The Shapes Of The Locusts
/Before reading any of my blog posts it is important to have already seen The Revelation Of Jesus Christ Documentary. Without this foundation of knowledge, you will not be able to understand the concepts I will be explaining in these teachings. After watching, I would recommend beginning at the oldest blog and working toward the most recent. New posts typically build upon the previous ones.
Today, I will complete the description I began in my last post The LORD’s Army. I spent most of the time dedicated for this teaching on creating images that will depict these concepts clearly for you to see. Therefore, I will only give short written descriptions of the verses because the pictures themselves will provide the visualization necessary for you to understand.
Beginning where we left off in Revelation 9, it says,
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Before I explain, please read through my explanations of each before viewing the images so that you have a clear understanding when we reach the illustration. The first subject of the scripture, which is the shapes of the locusts, compares them to horses prepared for battle. This is given to show that the entirety of their body is like a horse that is covered in armor, as a horse prepared for war. But notice how God says ‘shapes’ (plural) and not “shape” (singular) because he is referencing the whole insect population, and not just a single type. If he was referencing only the mosquitoes, or only the bees, or only the grasshoppers, he would have said “the shape of the locusts” (singular).
Next, the Word stated ‘on their heads were as it were crowns’, this wording means the crowns themselves looks as if they are on their heads, though the part that looks like a crown is actually separate. Just as a crown that would be placed upon a king’s head is a considered a separate object. Then, the scriptures say their faces were ‘as the faces of men’, but in order to grasp how this is possible, you must recall my previous post on The Four Living Creatures, and The Firmament Upon Their Heads. Utilizing these explanations will refresh your memory of what the face of a man is referring to, and how this imagery applies perfectly to the ‘locusts’ shown below.
HORSES PREPARED UNTO BATTLE & “AS IT WERE” CROWNS ON THEIR HEADS
The Face Of a mosquito
the face of a bee
The face of a man
OVERLAY TO SHOW “THEIR FACES WERE AS THE FACES OF MEN”
Then, the proceeding scriptures we read from Revelation 9 state,
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
The hair is easy to describe, because in many up-close pictures of these flying insects, you will see how they are covered in what looks like the hair of women upon their heads. The teeth are in reference to the insects “mandibles”, which are those two protruding pincer like objects that resemble the two protruding teeth of a lion. I included the tongue of a lion’s mouth below, so you can visualize the extending mouth piece of insects, located between their mandibles. Additionally, there is a common anatomy amongst insects, where their head is connected to a breastplate portion, known as the “thorax”. This is their main site of motor control, and visibly looks like a thick breastplate, because it protects all of their locomotive functions.
Also, if you have ever heard the sound of a swarm of insects, you will understand how loud their wings can be when they are all flying in unison. But the part I need you to focus on from the verse is that it says the sound of their wings was ‘as the sounds of chariots of many horses’, not the sound of horses themselves. This is an important distinction, because in a future post I will give a full breakdown of ‘horses’ within the body. For now, just picture your body as the horse (the means by which you travel), but the chariot you ride upon, would be your vehicle (remember, the bible is written during our time). Personally, I ride a motorcycle, so I have provided a short video what the chariot wheels of a motorcycle sounds like, in comparison to the wings of a single mosquito (the mosquito being the focal point of our teaching today). Here is the sound of a chariot wheel and the sound of mosquito wings, and I want you to listen closely to the sound pattern they produce (with that particular clicking noise) to hear the resemblance. Remember, this video is the sound of a single mosquito, so you can multiply this exponentially when they travel in swarms.
HAIR OF WOMEN, BREASTPLATES OF IRON, TEETH OF LIONS
The last scripture of the description we are given in Revelation 9 states,
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Having already explained the ‘power was to hurt men five months’ portion in my previous post, I will only expound upon the “stings in their tails”. Because we are utilizing the description of a mosquito as the primary focus, I need to provide you with the definition of a “tail” and “stringer” so you can understand how it applies.
The word “tail” is defined as:
A thing resembling an animal's tail in it’s shape or position, typically something extending downward or outward at the end of something.
A terminal appendage in an insect.
And the word “stinger” is defined as:
A stinger (or sting) is a sharp organ found in various insects, capable of piercing the epidermis of another animal.
From these three definitions, you can see why a mosquito’s piercing mouth-piece can be classified as a ‘stings in their tails’ because a tail is simply something that extends outwards, known as it’s “terminal" appendage. To explain how this relates to a scorpion, I will illustrate the process of the fluid exchange between mosquito to human contact, and scorpion to human contact. When a mosquito bites you, it uses the “Proboscis” mouth-part to pierce your skin, suck out the blood, and secrete saliva (containing diseases if infected) into your bloodstream. In the same manner as how a scorpion, when it “stings” you, uses it’s “telson” to pierce your skin, and secrete toxic venom into your bloodstream.
Though I mentioned I would explain “Apollyon” in this post, it will have to wait for another day. The depth that comes with explaining the function of this angel, it’s relation to the earth, and it’s relation to the mind, is too vast to expound briefly. However, I would like to conclude with how this plague of Revelation 9 correlates with the spiritual punishment it is inflicting.
The word ‘sting’ is used specifically because this ‘woe’ is the manifestation of the punishment for the sin of rejecting my ministry. As stated in 1 Corinthians 15,
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
When you believe in me, you are no longer under the law, you are under grace through your faith. Therefore, those who did not have faith, are now being punished by the strength of the law, by the sting of death. But likewise, this is a death that does not kill you, though they will desire to die, because it represents how spiritual death does not immediately kill the body. This physical manifestation of that has come into the earth to prove they are guilty, as shown in Romans 3,
19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
This is an extremely important concept to understand, because it is the proof that the things God shows us are true. As we read in Deuteronomy 29,
18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
The reason these disasters are proof of my words is because they are coming upon all the earth, and all the people from least to greatest, to show that they are not actually believers. If they do not believe in me specifically, they are serving the “gods of these nations”, and therefore they and their people are being punished, even though all of their prophets say they will have peace. And because this is the final day of judgement (the seventh year of my ministry, as explained in A Fervent Heat), all those without faith now are reaping the curses of the whole law they are under. Thus proving that the bible and myself are what wrote the story of the entire earth, because all people, of all nations, are experiencing the plague of unbelief. Whatever other god they believe in, is not protecting them, nor coming to save them, and they now have to reap the consequences of not seeking the truth in me.
Acts 13,
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.