Revelation: The Terrible and the Good - Pt 9
Revelation: The Terrible and the Good - Pt 9
By Stephen Bennett
(Chapter 16) Feb 25 / 2022
Good Moses and Me
Strangely enough, Moses and I woke up about the same time; us old guys need our rest! I sound buoyant with familiarity, well… I am, we got on so well, like a house on fire. In between our sleeping spots, a table of breakfast like food had been set; even though there is no day or night here, it felt like morning (Rev 22:5).
There’s baked fish, flatbread, some beautiful coloured fruits I had never seen before, and something called coffee; it was black and needed a splash of goats milk. Later, I asked the angel I flew with, where it was from. He said, a goat herder in Ethiopia discovered it 900 years after me, and 600 years further more into the future it will be common place in century 15 Arabia. I was so fascinated; a hot drink I could get used to, as it woke me up and got my heart racing!
Anyhow… Moses and I greeted each other at the table, got our food, sat on our pillows, and boy did we talk. I had so many questions for him. Like…How did you cope being the cause of Egypt’s devastation? Was the walk through the Red Sea like being in a giant fish tank? How did you really die? But he was chatty like a youth, so I let him talk.
The great Moses, told me he was bit of a fan. He admired what I was doing with this writing, and encouraged me to keep going, as millions of people would read it in the future; it is important for God’s people to understand in the last days. If truth be told, I needed to hear that, as I was feeling weary. He said not to worry, as he had been through similar, and people once held his arms up long ago, when he had run out of energy to win a battle for Joshua. Like me, the Lord said to write it for the future to remember (Exodus 17:12-14).
Moses was fascinated with my journey with Jesus and the disciples, and just quietly he’s a bit jealous, in a good way. He’d loved to have lived in our time (Luke 10:23-24). He spoke of the mountain, when he, Jesus and Elijah transfigured (Matt 17:1-3). He caught my eye then, and smiled warmly. I’d forgotten, but recalled it, and remembered how excited I was. Now here we were talking! I said he was one of the best songwriters in the world, along with king David of course. He appreciated the compliment, but I found Moses to be very humble and youthful, but yet an old man who lived 120 years, and now eternal (Deut 34:7). We finished our food and could have talked for days, then the angel came to us and said, “It is time.”
We looked at each other; the golden bowls were about to be poured. I asked the angel, “Hasn’t that all been done yet?” The angel said, “No sir, the King wanted you to rest for a minute or so beforehand.” I looked at Moses who smiled and shrugged his shoulders. I felt like I’d slept for a full night. We both stood up, new found friends from different times and era’s but we’re all connected; I wondered about time itself. We then embraced, Moses walked off toward the throne, and I prepared myself to write.
The Final Bowls of Wrath
Bang, it was on! I heard God’s loud voice ‘from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.” (Rev 16:1). I thought, ‘Uh-oh, take cover…it’s all about to begin!’
First Bowl: ‘So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image’ (Rev 16:2). The consequence of being compliant to the world’s authoritarian demands, not thinking critically, and not trusting in God, looked very bad for the ongoing health of those people. The first bowl is bad enough, as I saw severe, malignant cancerous growths attacking the bodies of the image worshippers. Many had heart failures, blood clots, seizures, chronic headaches, all manner of ailments due to the sores; like being slowly poisoned for an ultimate death.
Second Bowl: The second angel poured ‘his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.’ (Rev 16:3). I John, am a man of the sea. I know every species of fish in Galilee, and of the great beasts in the Med and the open oceans; the sharks, whales, and millions of other crazy colourful creatures. There are many intelligent people who give their lives for the seas of the world and its animals, fighting for their survival, and for a long time we all ate of our labor in the boats; now, the ‘dead blood’ plague kills everything.
I remember Jesus saying, ‘I shall make you fishers of men.’ (Matt 4:19, Mark 1:17) In this bowl moment, I could see the severity of how important it is to God for winning the souls of men and women, to be with Him forever, and why He told us to leave the fish and boats behind. The sea life can be re-created anytime by God as we personally saw in His miracles (Luke 5:4-8) (John 6:10-12), but a human soul once lost to eternity; that was it. The seas turning to blood that kill all the fish… well… I’d seen enough blood recently to last me a lifetime. My emotions are a bit awry.
I looked over to the throne, the Lamb sat there and Moses was beside him talking. They both turned their heads to me with a look that said, ‘are you ok?’ Moses was flicking his right hand side to side, grimacing, and breathing out with pursed lips. I understood what he was doing. Of course he’d seen all this before in Egypt, prior to the Exodus of Israel. He had lifted up his rod and struck the waters of the river, turning them to blood and killing all the fish. All the buckets and pitchers of water turned to blood, no-one could drink and everything stank of deadness, just like what is happening here (Exodus 7:19-25).
Pharaoh was like antichrist; his heart was dark and stayed hard as a rock. He didn’t listen, and in the end he died in the appropriately named Red Sea. The next bowl would be the same…
Third Bowl: ‘The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood’ (Rev 16:4). This was bad, really bad. More blood, geez… why? Then I got it, when I heard the special angel of the waters sing a little song (V5). The lyrics… they got to me: “For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due.” (Rev 16:6). I John, now understood this judgement; it was an eternal one, covering all of history. The saints of God, the prophets, and all believers slain throughout that time, this is now the Lord’s vengeance for them (Hebrews 10:30).
His enemies shed His blood, the blood of those He’d sent, and the wicked slaughter of thousands in tribulation. So… they want blood! Well, here’s the payback; the terrible chastening (Luke 11:50, 18:7). It is written… ‘give place to wrath… “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord’ (Romans 12:19), and then an angel from the temple’s altar affirmed the rightness of what is happening. “Even so (it is bad), Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgements” (Rev 16:5-7). Jesus said, this is ‘great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.’ (Matt 24:21). How true!
Fourth Bowl: Hot, hot City! The fourth angel flew toward the sun, and ‘poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.’ (Rev 16:8-9). The angel, literally turned up the heat in the sun. He brought such climate change that unbearable temperatures soared on all the earth. The skin from men peeled off them like an orange; lungs collapsed, and it was hard to breathe.
They swore and cussed; filthy words I’d never heard before, screaming at God, yet even in pain, they stubbornly refused to accept Jesus and give their lives to Him, with the hardest of hearts. Every place was a very hot city, and many died; anxiety wrapped is talons around my mind, it was terrible. The bowl judgements were rapidly being executed, no time to think; my writing stick, traversed the parchment back and forth at great speed. I told myself, ‘I am strong, I can do this.’ Then… I saw the beast antichrist, the pharaoh of the end-times, his eyes wide with fear; I thought, ‘will he back off, and let the people go?’ Hmm… I’m not convinced…
Fifth Bowl: ‘the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain’ (Rev 16:10-11). Ominous darkness fell on what was left of the one world government, and its oppressive global system of living. The beast killed millions who resisted him; chopping off heads and burning their bodies in ovens all over the world. Now, deep darkness returns to him full force; gosh, he’s chewing his tongue like gum, blood drips from his mouth like a ghoul, as he scratches his yellow pus oozing sores. Yet, anti-pharaoh-christ still cussed my Lord in heaven with great vile hatred, along with his cronies; this is their last chance saloon.
Again, as in Egypt, Moses had brought tangible thick darkness to the land; it could be felt, and no one could see each other. But all the children of Israel had light in their houses (Exodus 10:21-23). No wonder Moses was here; to be honoured for his works, song-write, and hangout in history with God. I don’t think the beast will let people go, but I pray God’s people will have the same light of protection. Moses caught my eye and stared at me. I was still in awe he was actually here. He was a friend of God like Abraham (James 2:23), and now he was my friend too. He waved and put both thumbs up. My question was answered; everything will be all right.
Sixth Bowl: The demonic spirit world was frenetic, working over time, as the great black mist of darkness moved across the earth. Angel six, poured out his bowl ‘on the great river Euphrates, and it’s water dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared’ (Rev16:12). The Euphrates now dry, allowed the oriental armies of the east nations to descend to Israel for battles, and the global gathering of armies for war with the Lord at His return. The great red dragon satan, was violently mad, eyes wide open from the darkness, and blood red with hate; he knew what is coming. His tail swished with great force and woe if any got in the way.
War Frogs n’ Warts
I felt ‘the depths of satan’ being summoned for ultimate chaos and war (Rev 2:24). Red dragon satan, had conference with the beast, false prophet and all their assistants. They all stood in a circle on what looked like a large black and red five pointed star. And immediately, ‘I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon… the beast… the false prophet’ (Rev 16:13). It was a horrible scene, as they all gagged and choked as giant, slithery, wart ridden croaking frogs, emerged from inside their bodies with a gush of dark green bile. The frogs had rows of razor sharp teeth and hissed loudly, ‘ribib’. The assistants fell to the floor spewing, some coughing blood, some choking to death. It was ugly.
These were the War Frogs, ‘spirits of demons performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to battle of that great day of God Almighty’ (Rev 16:14). The giant frogs, encompassed with their legions of sign performing demon spirits, were swirling in a huge cloud of coal black mist. The dragon shouted with vile aggression, “Go!”
The mist of darkness left the centre of the disintegrating world government and flew over all the nations of the earth, whispering whatever lies they could about a coming major war, and they all needed to be allied. The oriental kings and armies are paid a visit, and their millions of soldiers already battle hardened were on the move into the Middle-East.
Smell the Battles!
However, other successive wars and battles would be the bane of the antichrist at the end of the tribulation, before the great day of God (Daniel 11:40-45). Especially in Jerusalem, but ultimately the Lord will fight them and stand on the mount of Olives after the city is split wide open from the earthquake. But the armies left would all turn allied to fight Jesus on His sudden return (Zechariah 14:1-5). Yet still, many around the world seriously think an army of weird aliens are coming from far off galaxies…
Antichrist broadcast a message to all the world leaders and their armies, ‘It’s time for the war!’ He knew the true King of the Universe is to return soon, but the world was deceived, and the antichrist was ready for much bloodthirsty warmongering; he was a madman. I John, then could hear millions of horses stirred up in the distance in heaven, saying in unison, ‘Aha aha aha!’ ‘At the blast of the trumpet he (the horse) says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of captains and shouting’ (Job 39:25). I then heard the loud voice of the Lord Jesus Christ proclaiming…
“Behold I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame’ (Rev 16:15). Jesus warned and made it clear, He would come back suddenly ‘as a thief in the night.’ (1Thess 5:2, Luke 12:39, 2Peter 3:10). It was a final warning; He could return anytime soon, and for those who believe, the message is; stay strong in righteousness, don’t be spiritually naked, think wisely, and keep those holy clothes on! The beast, will also not be able to find many believers in the Lord, who are safe in hiding at this time (Matt. 24:16).
(Now click this link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTFTWgM1ul8 for the song Lord of Thunder by Stephen Bennett, blog author)
Perilous Days
The apostle Paul spoke of these perilous times in the latter days, where intelligent people increase in learning, but never find the truth, resisting it with corrupt minds, but their folly will be exposed. And, as ‘evil men and imposters grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived,’ those in Christ will suffer persecutions but must stay firm in the faith of Christ (2 Tim 3:1-15).
And now ‘the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth… professing to be wise, they became fools… therefore God also gave them up to the uncleanness of a debased reprobate mind.’ But always, “The just shall live by faith.”’ (Rom 1:16-24). I John, plead with you reader, as I saw in the vision; take care, be wise, ‘blessed is he who watches,’ (Rev 16:15).
Antichrist ‘gathered them together to the place called in the Hebrew, Armageddon.’ (Rev 16:16). Armageddon is the western plains of Megiddo, next to the Meggido ‘Mount of Slaughter,’ a place of many historic battles in Israel and to the north east, the large plain of Esdraelon (I heard a ring-lord lives there… hmm). The armies of the world will also be spread in a 200 mile area. In their grand delusion, after warring in other battles, the ones left are gathered in this theatre of war in Israel, to fight Jesus. Many will think they are in the greatest invasion from space ever seen! Then…
Seventh Bowl: I John saw a curious thing, ‘The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven from the throne, saying,“It is done!” It was clearly the Lord’s voice, and I immediately remembered His same tone of voice, when I was standing with Jesus’s mother Mary at the cross, and He cried out “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit’ (John 19:26-30). What happened next, is the same when Jesus died and an earthquake ripped through Jerusalem, shaken everything and damaging buildings, and the temple veil was torn in two (Matt 27:51).
When the bowl is cast into the air, there is a release, that is connected to the sound of the Lord’s proclamation of completion from the temple, “It is done!” You can then feel nature, the seas, the air and the very atmosphere, hearing His words, and all creation (held together by his words, Heb 11:3), is suddenly triggered by words, into a slide of massive disruptive change.
The earth responded to the beautiful voice all creation knows, and caused devastating shifts of climate change; everything made by man that was in the air and in space around earth, was shaken and destroyed and came crashing down. On earth, the shaking caused great movements in the planet’s tectonic plates never seen before. ‘Tectonic plates?’ Hmm… not quite sure what that is… but the word just came to me; must be huge…
The Greatest Earthquake Ever
I John, then heard the noises of the warning voices of judgement, that were so severe, words were not expressed. It’s a cacophony decree; noise extending from heaven to earth. It could only be described as a cataclysmic, urgent ‘Warning! Be prepared for the worst.’ Then convulsion hit the earth like a million hurricanes. ’Noises and thunderings and lightnings; there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.’ (Rev 16:18).
The reverberations are felt here in heaven, and I fell on the floor in awe of the enormity of these unusually deep, extraterrestrial layered sounds of immediate danger. In doing so, I saw directly through the universe landscape door. I was suddenly transported to earth, zooming down to my city Jerusalem, buffeted by great flashes of lightning and peels of thunder. The city wasn’t destroyed but split three ways; hard to believe what I saw.
Then I realised, I was flying on the giant angels back; I always wanted to do this! Somehow, I was strapped onto his wings, and I clung on for dear life. We left Israel, and flew over what seemed like all the cities of the world. The structures are gigantic; breathtaking, clean Babel like glass buildings reaching the sky. All that mankind had cleverly created and built, is violently shaking and falling down before my eyes, like a thousand chopped trees in a forest.
Thick tall clouds of grey dust, and massive piles of debris is everywhere, with multitudes of people being crushed to death. ’Now that great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.’ (Rev 16:19).
Mountains Tremble Terribly
Rome, where I’d been, with all its religious facades is destroyed, along with the great city Babylon on the Euphrates, in fact the whole Babylonian world was falling like a stack of cards. We then flew over the oceans, and I saw island groups disappear into the sea, volcano’s erupted everywhere and even under the seas, causing tsunami’s and waves many furlongs high. ‘Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found’ (Rev 16:20). This mega earthquake affected absolutely everything.
The angel showed me where majestic mountain ranges had just disintegrated to powder, and the tallest mountains on the earth had gone with all those that climbed them. We were flying over a great snowy area, that is to be known way in the future as the Himalaya Mountain Range, between two small nations Nepal and Tibet, in the East nation of China territories (angels know so much!). It was up to 44 furlongs high, and must have been so beautiful; I felt sad by its crushing. Suddenly the angel flew vertical with great speed, and we were soon among the stars of heaven.
(Click-link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb6oJkEYxEw&t=1s for the end-time song In this City by Stephen Bennett, blog author).
Great Balls of Hail
In space, we then flew through a strange black hole, shining with lights all around its entrance; within a great whooshing sound, I was suddenly back in the throne room, just in time to see that the treasury of hail had been opened and released its heavy load (Job 38:22). ‘Great hail from heaven fell upon men, every hailstone the weight of a talent (60k / 130lb). And men blasphemed God because of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great’ (Rev 16:21). It was the final thrust of a perfect pulverising judgement; an old Jericho Harbinger of every stone crushed to powder; never to return.
The hail, made sure everything destroyed by the violently swaying earth, was reduced to pulp; this is real, not fiction. Human heads were obliterated like watermelons, and bodies exploded, gone forever. Bowl Seven, is literally hellish total annihilation. The trumpet judgements I’d seen (Rev 8,9,11), were only a third destructive, just hors d’oeuvre judgments, compared to these final bowls, which fully completed what started with the trumpets. The coming of the Lord will be very soon… I can feel it…
The huge angel I flew with to earth, one of first seven, had been resting nearby. He stood up tall and grand, slowly walking over to me, with the majestic stature of his centuries of service to God. I had finished writing the final bowl section of my narrative in this crazy theatre of heaven, and I looked up at him.
Relief Good
“Can I ask your name?” I said, looking up at the tall angel. “Yes, it is Adriquel, I’m assigned to you.” He replied. “Oh… nice, to ah… officially know you… and thank you for the amazing ride,” I said. “Don’t mention it… just doing my job. The King requested you have a closer look at the quake… Listen… I need to show you something…” I jumped in and quickly replied, “Yes of course, but please just wait a minute, I need to do something too… er… do you know where I can find a ˈtoilit?”
“But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers” 1 Peter 4:7.
‘He (Jesus) who testifies to these things says,“Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”’ Rev 22:20.
‘And He (Jesus) said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” Mark 4:9. “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” (Luke 11:28).
By Stephen Bennett 25/02/2022
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PRAYER OF FAITH: The Call to give your life to Jesus Christ.
No matter where you are in your Christian walk, Jesus is with you; in your triumphs and trials, to the end! If you have never known God; know this;
“Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world (ages)” Amen’ Matthew 28:20. ’But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And the gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come’ Matthew 24:13-14.
Pray this prayer from your heart and your spirit will come alive to God, for with him there is hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).
“My Father in heaven, I give you my life, I repent of all my sin, recreate me brand new. I give you my heart. Fill me Lord Jesus Christ with Your Holy Spirit. I believe You died for me on the cross, and by Your shed blood, you washed away my sins once and for all. Raise me from my deadness of my life to live a new life, just like you Jesus, when you were raised from the dead; I believe you did that. Make my spirit reborn, and let me come alive as well, filled with Your Holy Spirit.”
“I believe I belong to you Lord. Help me to know you well, teach me Your ways, that I become all that I am meant to be. Help me to love and find love. I thank you Lord that you will always be with me.”
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