Where are you seeing any of that in Revelation 9? satan is not attacking any saints in that chapter. The first woe is only 11 verses and I'm not seeing anything like that in the text anywhere.
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.
Who would not have the seal of God in their foreheads? Saints????
No, those without the seal of God in their foreheads are the
unsaved "
tares" in the church.
In the beginning of Rev 9 Satan is loosened from the Pit.
The smoke and darkness rising from the Pit is Satan and
his demons being loosened on the church.
The grass and the green things and the trees represent
the saved "
wheat" in the church.. BTW, this would be the
Last Saints on earth.
The Locusts that come OUT of the smoke and darkness
are those preaching the Gospel of the Anti-Christ in the
churches. Locusts represent false prophets.
In those days men will seek death (in Christ, i.e., salvation)
by following the Gospel of the Anti-Christ. However, they
cannot be "
killed" (saved) and are tormented for a period
of 5 months, which represents the 1st Woe or 5th Trumpet.
BTW... these Locusts/false prophets are also shown in
Rev 11:7-10 as the two prophets that "
tormented" the
people (in the church). Those people are happy when they
see these Locusts/Prophets "
killed" (silenced) after their
prophecy is proven to be a false prophecy.
BTW... this is also when the Seventh "
Head" of the Revelation
Beast suffers what appears to be a fatal wound... again because
his prophecy proved to be false.
The Locusts preach their false gospel throughout the 1st Woe
or 5th Trumpet, tormenting those in the church who do not
have the seal of God in their forehead (the unsaved "
tares")
At the END of the 1st Woe and Beginning of the 2nd Woe
these Locusts/false prophets are "
killed" at the appointed
year/month/day/hour.
Rev 9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared
for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the
third part of men.
The third part of men represents the Last Saints... just as the
"
third part" in the first four trumpets [Rev 8] represented the
diminished influence of the Saints in the churches at the end
of the Christian "
Kingdom of Heaven".
The Locusts/false prophets represent the "
ten virgins" of Mat 25,
and the ten "
kings/horns" of Daniel 7 AND Revelation 17
Rev 17:12-13
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have
received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour
with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power
and strength unto the beast.
Rev 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree,
and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
At the end of the First Woe and Beginning of the Second Woe
the "
wise virgins" are "
killed" (silenced, when they realized they
had been preaching a false Gospel of the Anti-Christ). However,
the foolish virgins continued to follow the Anti-Christ during the
Second Woe/6th Trumpet
Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Rev 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
The Second Beast (the False Prophet or "
Little Horn" of Dan 7)
and the foolish virgins are destroyed just before the END of the
Second Woe. There is a Final Harvest of the "
wise virgins" just
before the Revelation Beast is destroyed...
I just posted a thread
entitled "The Final Harvest" in the eschatology section of the site
and it shows five (5) separate places where the Final Harvest is
shown in Scripture.
The Revelation Beast is also shown as the Great Tribulation
"
Kingdom of Heaven" [Mat 25:1] and as the experiences of
the "
ten virgins". It is also shown as the experiences of the
ten "
kings/horns" in Daniel 7
AND Revelation 17 and as the
reign of the Anti-Christ during Satan's "
Little Season" and as
the experiences of the ten "
Kings" of Daniel 2:44
Anyway, I am beginning to ramble. Let me know if you have
any other questions.
Jim
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