It seems to be the message from certain prophets of God that it is soon to be upon us more extensively -globally- than in the past decades, where certain places in the world suffered while others did not, and those who would be prepared should plant food crops, and learn to farm.
There is time to plan now, for those who take heed.
I agree. Jesus warned his disciples ahead of time that Jerusalem was going to be destroyed so that they wouldn't suffer with the rest of the Jewish population. So, I don't see why Revelation wouldn't provide the same kind of warning for the Church.
I believe that the fifth trumpet applied farming terminology to warn the Church of a coming world-wide economic collapse.
The five months were symbolic for the five months of the harvest season. The locusts are significant because locusts devoured vegetation. What is being emphasized here is that the harvest season is going to be fruitless because these symbolic locusts are devouring the vegetation.
However, the vision takes a twist when it says that the vegetation isn't eaten, but the people are tormented. What I think that this is saying is that the workers and the customers are not going to get any fruit out of the labor. What this sounds like to me is a global stock market collapse. The symbolic fruits of the labor will be available, but will be worthless.
That means all savings are wiped out. Retirements are gone. Entire plans for the future are brought to ruin. The vision said that men would want to kill themselves, which is a sign of depression and hopelessness. Now, tie that in with the economic woe here and you have yourself a full-fledged global Great Depression.
In the book
Nectar In A Seive, it tells of a farming family whose father works so hard throughout the season only to have locusts come and eat it up. Interestingly enough, the tannery nearby had already caused prices to rise in the village. The only comfort they had was to gorge themselves on the locusts.
Usually when economic depressions hit, the thing countries do is invade other countries and benefit off their resources. Christ gave a message to his Church. Instead of buying gold to save our wealth, he told us to buy gold refined in the fire, which the treasure of grace through faith. If you recall what happened when the economically depressed Roman Empire fell, the Roman bishop spoke directly with the invaders of Rome and kept them at bay, preserving the Roman Church and earning the Roman Church a title that would bring it prosperity and primacy for over a thousand years. (The abuses of that primacy is another topic however.)
People tend to lose their heads when their entire future falls apart before their eyes. Christ is warning us not to place our hopes in our works or in our wealth, but in His power to save us. If we do the right thing and keep our hopes, we will not go insane like those tormented by the figurative locust plague.
Thanks for thought provoking message yeshuasavedme. God bless
