Subj:	Revelation 9:4-6
Date:	98-01-11 05:47:56 EST
From:	SERVFATHER

  Satan and his angels can't just do anything they want to.  God has given them rules to
follow.  Let us study what Satan and his angels can and can't do.

Revelation 9:4
	And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth,
neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of
God in their foreheads.

     First of all as you can see they were commanded not to "hurt"
the grass, any green thing, or any tree. You have to understand The Father is speaking
spiritually.  When you first look at this verse you think it is talking about the real grass or
flowers or trees of the earth,  but it is not.  There are two reasons how you know this. 
First of all the verse it self is strangely said.  
      The verse connects grass, green things and trees to men.  These two are not in the
same category.  Look at the verse again Satan is not allowed to "hurt" the green things, 
he can only hurt certain men.  By that words "but only" you are saying men are grass or
trees. So the Father is not talking about real grass or trees, he is talking symbolically,
which is the second reason.  The whole book of Revelation is written symbolically.  
     The Father uses these words to describe certain people who will also be on earth.
Satan can "hurt"  only the people who don't have the seal of God.  That is very important
to understand. 
      Revelation 9:5
	And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be
tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he
striketh a man.

     They are also given another command concerning the people who do not have the seal
of God in their forehead.  They can not destroy them right away,  they are to destroy them
little by little over a period of five months.  What we mean by destroy or kill is "spiritually"
not killing or destroying their flesh body.

     Remember a scorpion puts his poison in and waits for it to destroy the inside of his
prey.  It does not happen instantly.  People will be in torment, because they won't know
what to do.  They will have everything they knew about "religion" being twisted or
destroyed.  The other people who don't care about religion or being "good"  will be having
fits.  
    Think about it for a moment.  This is the scene.  You have a few different groups of
people on earth at this time.  One group is the group that studies the Word and knows
what to expect and what to do.  You have another group who knows the Word, but isn't
quite sure what to do.  You have another group who think they know the Word,  but in
reality they don't and are totally unprepared.  You have another a group who have another
"religion" they follow, besides christianity (this is any other religion in the world).  You
have another group who don't care about religion.  You have another group that doesn't
want anything to do with religion,  they are the "bad eggs".   They only care about
themselves and getting what they want and they don't care if they hurt others to do it.
    You could take each group seperately and try to figure out what they would do if some
supernatural power came to earth and made it law that you had to be "good"  or you had
to "fix the world".  The one group that would have the biggest problem, would be the
selfish group or the "bad eggs".  They don't care about anyone or anything but themselves,
so they would be going through a great torment mentally.
     That is why the next verse says what it does.

Revelation 9:6
	And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die,
and death shall flee from them.

      What this verse tells you is two things.  First it tells you all
those people who don't want to be "good" will want to leave this flesh and get it over
with.  The other thing this tells you is that NO WILL BE ABLE TO DIE. NO ONE WILL
BE ABLE TO PHYSICALLY KILL ANYONE.  After Satan and his angels show up,
there will be no flesh death.  
    So you don't have to worry about someone killing you,  because they can not. It is
written,  so do not be deceived.  The only death there will be is spiritual death.

In His Service