The
American
Wisdom Series
Presents
Part #1 of 9 parts "That Fearsome Locust Army" from The
Book of Joel
Details of that fearsome locust army from the
9th chapter of Revelation.
Joel 1:3
Tell
ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and
their children another generation.
Tell your generations and their
generations until the last
generation (of sons and daughters) is here, which is the generation
when
all these things He has foretold us shall be fulfilled (Mat. 24:34). And
He has foretold us all things, the details of which He told us through
His prophets: Mark 13:23
"But take ye
heed: behold, I have foretold you all things." By
the way, if your father
or one of your forefathers has broken this commandment of God in Joel
1:3
to tell your children His words contained herein, then YOU get busy
studying
His Word and learn the truth and restart the process with your children. John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my
commandments."
Locusts, Locusts,
Everywhere!
The
Book of Joel gives us the details of that fearsome locust army from the
9th chapter of Revelation.
The name JO-EL means "Yahveh is
God". This sets the stage
and lets us know two important things right away, even before we begin
our study of this prophetic and timely book. First
and most important of all, it lets us know that only Yahveh, the Great
"I AM", is God, for there is no other!In that sense, you could say that
JO-EL is the first of the 10 Commandments summed up in one word. Secondly,
because JO-EL contains God's personal and covenant name, Yah, which is
short for YHVH, it also let's us know that He isn't some remote god or
creator out there in the universe somewhere, but that He is our Father,
the one who created our very souls. This is so important to keep in
mind
as we read about the judgment and spiritual destruction contained in
this
awesome book, for you see, God loves all of His children and is
"longsuffering
to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should
come
to repentance (2 Peter 3:9)". That is His purpose and His will which
will
be evidenced time and again in Joel by His many calls to repentance. So
we are comforted in knowing that God's chastisement, the judgments and
plagues He brings upon the land, are part of His overall plan designed
to bring His children who have gone astray back to His open and loving
arms.
There is no doubt whatsoever
that the Book of Joel was written concerning the judgment and events of
"the last days" that usher in the "Day of the Lord" and the return of
Jesus
Christ. In fact, the prophecy of Joel is undated
and there is
no reference to time (though Peter will set the clock on Pentecost Day)
because it speaks of the very same "Day of the Lord" that John was
taken
to "in the spirit" in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 1:10). Revelation,
which
means to "uncover" or "reveal", really contains nothing new that isn't
explained in detail elsewhere in the Word of God.
Much of it in the
book of Joel!
For
the sake of your soul, through out eternity, it is of utmost importance
that you know and understand the lessons taught by our Lord through His
prophet Joel. Perhaps
the hardest part for most people to see and understand is that the
desolation
by Satan and his locust army is a spiritual destruction which
causes
the "spiritual death" of the soul, not the
physical death of the flesh body. That's
right, the great
tribulation of the spurious
messiah
is actually a
time of peace and
prosperity
which Daniel documents in Dan. 11:24.To
that end, this Book of Joel gives us the details of that fearsome
locust
army in the 9th chapter of Revelation and also how God's warning, His
Word,
would be "Trumpeted" in the last days. Furthermore, as we alluded to
earlier,
the
Apostle Peter would let us know with certitude that the Book of Joel
was
written concerning the events of "the last days" when he stood up on
Pentecost
Day in Acts chapter two, after witnessing those through whom the Holy
Spirit
spoke concerning the wonderful works of God, and said "But this is that
which was spoken by the prophet Joel (Acts 2:16)". In
other words,
Peter said that what they were "seeing" was an example of what Joel
described
would happen in the last days, i.e. during the final generation.
Also, if you are fortunate enough
to have a Companion
Bible you should turn to page 1224 and familiarize yourself with the
four
part structure outlining the simple message of our Father through His
servant
Joel. That message can also
be summarized
in one sentence: "Listen closely My children, for though the following
unpleasant events described herein must take place, if you will repent
and turn to me you shall emerge unharmed and live with Me happily ever
after."
Again, the subject of
Joel is the "Day of the LORD" declaring that a destruction SHALL COME
in
the form of devastating and vicious spiritual destruction that will
consume
like a plague of locusts all those who do not have the "Seal of God" in
their foreheads* (Rev. 9:4). Yes,
it is coming soon, it is even nigh at hand, so you servants of the Most
High need to sound the alarm in His Purple Mountains Majesty and Blow
the
Trumpet in Zion! These two verses sum up the knowledge and
the duty
of a servant of God in these last days:
Joel
1:15
Alas for the
day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and
as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Joel 2:1
Blow ye the
trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the
inhabitants
of the land tremble:
for the day of the LORD
cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
John's
Note: If you have studied the Word
of God
through His prophets of old, i.e. in the OT, by the time you get to the
Book of Revelation you will know all about locusts and who they
actually
represent. They are the spiritually deadly army of the false-christ,
who
is really Satan, Apollyon, the son of perdition, the king of the
bottomless
pit, their lowlife leader who's claiming to be Jesus. No further
introduction
is necessary so let's get started. Joel
chapter 1
Joel
1:1
The word of
the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Our Father lets us know that these are His
words, not man's,
that He has given us through His servant Joel, the son of Pethuel,
whose
name means "vision man of God". That's
cool,
because it is written in this book that in the last days the young men,
i.e. the sons and daughters of the prophets, will see (understand)
visions,
i.e. the visions God gave to their fathers, like the one we are
studying
now!
[2]
Hear
this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath
this
been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
John's Note: When God says, "ye old men", He is not necessarily referring to your flesh age, but rather your amount of Biblical knowledge!
Listen closely and take heed ye elders,
all you who are in
charge of your families (vs. 3). Ask yourselves if you have ever seen
anything
like this before in your life that is even anywhere close to what I'm
about
to tell you? So pay attention, listen and learn, and then
pass it on!
[3]
Tell
ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and
their children another generation.
Tell your generations and their
generations until the last
generation (of sons and daughters) is here, which is the generation
when
all these things He has foretold us shall be fulfilled (Mat. 24:34). And
He has foretold us all things, the details of which He told us through
His prophets: Mark 13:23
"But take ye
heed: behold, I have foretold you all things."
John Note:
(If you have studied
the Parable of the Fig Tree which Christ
commanded us to do in Mat. 24 and Mark 13, then you are one of those
who
know that "final generation", the one which would not pass
away
before Christ returns, began on May 15, 1948, when the fig tree was
planted
in the land of Judea when the UN gave sanction to the State of Israel!
Yes, there will be Baby Boomers who shall see all these things
fulfilled!)
Live Link to- The Parable of the Fig Tree
By
the way, if your father
or one of your forefathers has broken this commandment of God in Joel
1:3
to tell your children His words contained herein, then YOU get busy
studying
His Word and learn the truth and restart the process with your children.
John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my
commandments."
Joel
1:4
That which the
palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust
hath
left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left
hath the caterpiller eaten.
When our Father uses an analogy of a
person, or an animal,
or a place, or a thing, we are supposed to understand the
characteristics
of that person, place, or thing in order to gain a more in-depth
understanding
of that which He would have us know. Therefore we need to know at least
the basics of what locusts are and how they behave and especially how
they
eat since that is what verse four describes them doing in Four
Different
Stages. You can learn about locusts from any encyclopedia.
Below are some excerpts from the websites listed
above:
"What are
locusts?
Locusts
are insects belonging to the order Orthoptera. They are identical in
appearance
to grasshoppers with which they share the family Acrididae. The only
difference
between the two types of insects is that locusts can exist in two
different
behavioural states (solitary and gregarious) whereas grasshoppers do
not.
When the population density is low locusts behave as individuals, much
like grasshoppers. However, when the population density is high locusts
form highly mobile gregariously behaving bands of nymphs or swarms of
adults.
It is this change from one behavioural state to another, known as phase
change, that makes locusts such devastating pests. Phase change may be
accompanied by changes in body shape and colour, and in fertility,
survival
and migratory behaviour. These changes are so dramatic in many species
that the swarming and non-swarming forms were once considered to be
different
species."
Those of you with eyes to see and ears to
hear, who understand
about the latter day rain, might find the following information of
great
interest:
"What causes a locust
plague? In
general, locust plagues occur when widespread areas of inland Australia
receive good rainfall in successive seasons. High rainfall
stimulates
good growth of grass rendering the habitat ideal for locust
breeding."
It
is the gentle rain that
falls from heaven, from God's Word, that gives "life" and makes things
"green" as was declared long ago in that great "Song of Moses" which
the
overcomers of Satan and his locust army will be singing at the victory
celebration in Rev. 15:3.
Deut.
32:2
My doctrine
shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small
rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.
Yes, our Father pours out the rain to make
the earth bring
forth abundantly, but the locusts swarm to consume everything that is
"green"
before them, leaving nothing but desolation and waste behind them.
Also, you will find the four
stages of the locust noted
in your Companion Bible which are as follows:
The Gnawer
(stage 1 being done by Satan's Kenite grandkids right now during the 5th trumps)
The Swarmer
(stage 2 will be done by Satan and his fallen angels when the 6th trump sounds)
The Devourer
(stage 3 will be done by Satan and his fallen angels during the 6th trump)
The Consumer(stage 4 will be done by Satan and his fallen angels during the 6th trump)
These four stages describe the
complete and total destruction
by Satan's locust army. "4" is also the number which denotes "earth"
(see
appendix 10 in your Companion Bible) for the whole earth is consumed in
the wake of the locusts. They also describe their MO, their method of
operation
as to how they enter in and the stages by which the locusts, through
the
Four Hidden Dynasties, devour the earth.
Just
remember that the locusts spoken of here in Joel and in Revelation are
symbolic of MEN, not insects, for they make up the
"nation" we shall
read of in verse 6!
So
the instruction from
the Word of God through JO-EL, son of Pethuel, is "Blow ye the Trumpet
in Zion! Warn the children of Israel what is really coming and that the
desolator, Apollyon, and his swarming(stage 2) locust army will soon come to
devour(stage 3)
and consume(stage 4) every green tree and all the green grass and every living
person
who does NOT have the seal of God in his or her forehead (Rev. 9:4). Note
But first, lets pause with
another warning and wake up call to those Christians who are
spiritually
drunk from sipping the wine from the cup held to their lips by the
religious
harlot of Rev. 17, which is churchianity following after the traditions
of men.
Joel
1:5
Awake, ye drunkards,
and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because
of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
The
new wine is the truth
of God's Word which never reaches their lips because these
"drinkers
of wine" who think they obey God's commands (though they have never
studied
His Word enough to know what they are and therefore do not do them,
i.e.
are not doers of the Word) drink from the golden cup of idolatry held
in
the hand of the great religious whore described in Rev. 17!
Rev.
17:4
And the woman
was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and
precious
stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations
and filthiness of her fornication:
Purple and scarlet are the
colors of royalty and the priesthood. Those who have studied the Book
of
Hosea know that adultery and fornication are symbolic terms for
religious
idolatry, which is a form of worship made to appear to the spiritually
"drunk" as Christianity, when in fact it is only churchianity
where
"the new wine" is not found.
It is even written that
if you try to put new wine (truth) into those old brittle "wine skins"
they will burst asunder from the fermentation, which is the
purification
process of His Word (Mark 2:22).
There are many, many different
analogies used throughout
the scriptures to describe the deception of these last days. The
one we are learning here in the Book of Joel is that the truth has
already
been cut off from the mouths of the spiritually drunk for it has been
consumed
away by the unholy nation of locusts! Yes, a
nation!
Joel
1:6
For a
nation
is come up upon my land, strong,
and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath
the
cheek teeth of a great lion.
Again, by the time you read about the
locust army in Rev.
9 you will already know that the harmless looking little locusts, which
by themselves seem like such nice people, do rip and tear like the
great
cheek teeth of a lion when they "swarm" upon the land.
Rev.
9:7
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.
Horses
are symbolic of power
and these locusts (men)
are like the horses prepared for the great endtime
battle when the trumpets blow! In this prophetic sense it refers to the
Four Horses of Rev. 6, those first Four Seals which are the Four Hidden
Dynasties of Religion/doctrine
of many of our Christian churches, (The
Man on a White Horse), Politics/political
direction of our country, (The
Man on a Red
Horse), Economics/economic direction
our country has taken, (The
Man on a Black Horse) and Education/teachings
of our schools and media.
(The
Man on a Pale Horse), i.e.
"The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
You
see, "on their heads were as it were crowns like gold", which means
they
control the kings (crowns) of the earth, behind the scene so to speak,
and "their faces were as the faces of men" because although you do not
see many of those who actually wear the crowns, i.e. are in charge,
they are MEN, not insects!
John's
Note: There
is a time coming soon when the leader of the locusts, Apollyon, who is
Satan himself, is cast out of heaven (Rev. 12:7-9) along with his
fellow fallen angels,
and the final stage of the locust army swarms the earth. We shall cover
more of that later, but if a person isn't familiar with ground troops
who
have been marching and chomping away, he or she will not recognize the
air support when it arrives as belonging to the enemy.
(If you do not understand that at this point, just chill out and we'll
explain it in detail at a later time.)
[8]
And
they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth
of
lions.
They appear to be gentle as a woman, which
is what the figure
of speech "had hair as the hair of a women" means. In other words,
their
"covering" of hair is just a disguise, a cover-up, because when they
open
their mouths, they rip and shred and tear like the "biters" of a lion.
This is no different than the analogy used of false preachers described
as "wolves in sheep clothing"!
Let's identify what "nation"
Joel is speaking of in verse 6 who will be so strong and burdensome to
our people. We will find the answer in the Book
of Amos, whose
name means "burden"! This is the same book that details what the great
famine of the end time is that Christ told us in Mat. 24 and Mark 13
would
be a SIGN of the times before He returns. The famine is not for bread
but
for the "hearing of the Word of God" (Amos 8:11-13). Neither
are the locusts insects, but men of great deception!
Amos
6:14
But, behold,
I will raise up against you a nation,
O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict
you from the entering in of
Hemath unto the
river of the wilderness.
First,
"unto the river of the
wilderness" is also a figure of speech which simply means "to the end
of
the river" or in other words, "until the end of time", meaning the end
of this earth age. So from the time Hemath enters into the true House
of
Israel, even into this great nation of America, our people would be
afflicted
until Jesus Christ returns.
The only thing left to
know is "Who is Hemath?"
That's a no-brainer
if you seek the answer in God's Word. You will find in the Book of
Chronicles
that Hemath is the father of the Kenites of the house of Rechab who
were
not of Israel but had affixed themselves to the tribes of Israel and
became
their scribes. (They are Satan's grandchildren through his son Cain from his sexual encounter with Eve in the "Garden of Eden"!)
1 Chron.
2:55
And the families
of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites,
and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father
of the house of Rechab.
The
next question is: "Do
you know who the Kenites are?" The
word "kenite" is a "transliteration",
which is simply when you convert the letters of one language into the
letters
of another. That differs from a "translation" where you convert a word
to its meaning. The meaning of "kenite" comes from the Hebrew word
"Qayin"
or "Kayin" who is known to us English speaking peoples as "Cain". You
see,
the letter "Koph", ÷,
in Hebrew,
the first letter in the name Kayin, Qayin, Cain, has the sound of a "K"
or a "Q" or a hard "C", just like the names Kathy and Cathy are
pronounced
exactly the same way in English. A Cainite, or Kenite, is therefore a
son
of, or descendent of Cain (not to be confused with a Canaanite).
Here is Strong's definition:
ïP÷
qayin
kah'-yin
#7014
The same as H7013 (with a play upon
the affinity to H7069);
Kajin,
the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an
Oriental
tribe:—Cain,
Kenite (-s).
We will discuss more of these
locusts and even give the date when they entered into the "storehouse"
of United States of America and began gnawing away! Hint: It
was about the same time as the 1st of the Four Stages of Zionism. Oh,
here
is the Hebrew definition of "storehouse".
øöÈBà
�oòtsaòro-tsaw'
#214
From H686; a depository:—armory,
cellar, garner,
store(-house), treasure (-house) (-y).
OK, I too hate it when someone keeps me in
suspense. It was
1913! More on this latter.
Read part 2 of our Fearsome Locust Army next:
Live Link to> Part #1 of 9 parts
Live Link to> Part #2 of 9 parts
Live Link to> Part #3 of 9 parts
Live Link to> Part #4 of 9 parts
Live Link to> Part #5 of 9 parts
Live Link to> Part #6 of 9 parts
Live Link to> Part #7 of 9 parts
Live Link to> Part #8 of 9 parts
Live Link to> Part #9 of 9 parts
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