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This is the first Trumpet to have this much detail about it, so that it can be identified side by side with world events. The most detail given prior to this is with the 6th Seal, but as you see from this page, the interpretation has to be seen as a someone describing a vision as what it appears like, and not the actuality of the description. The description needs to be seen with eyes on the events and how they could have been described by someone who didn't know of these modern weapons or events.

Revelation 9:1-3
Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him.
He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Revelation 9:4-6
They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.
And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

Revelation 9:7-10
The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.
They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.
They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.

Revelation 9:11-12
They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.
The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

War on Iraq (19 March 2003) (G. W. Bush Jr)

This is the first trumpet which gives this many details. This means we have more things to line up to identify the events.

The war on Iraq, more specifically the bombing of Baghdad, started on the 19th of March 2003. This entailed Tomahawk Missiles and Airforce Bombers. The first of which would have the appearance of a star falling from heaven to earth. (verse 1)

Saddam had prepared large oil pits and set them on fire to act as a smoke screen all around the city, in an effort to cloud visibility for the bombs and missiles. The pit would appear to be a bottomless pit on fire to one who had never seen nor considered such a thing. The smoke blocked out the sun and darkened the air.(verse 2)

Through the smoke advanced the Apache Helicopter Gunships, which resemble a locust with a scorpion tail. (verse 3)

Called Operation Iraqi Freedom, it had some criteria as a framework to work within.

As the war went on, many military operations were put into effect with specialised goals. One such operation named Operation Desert Scorpion, started on the 16th June 2003 and lasted for 5 months (150 days inclusive), till Operation Iron Hammer took over on the 12th November 2003. (verses 5 & 10)

The power of a scorpion sting is in its tail. It poisons resulting in sickness and the bodies effects of dealing with poison which many would rather die than experience. Certainly during such a poisoning, people have been known to state that they wish they were dead.

The top of the Apache Longbow Model has a "crown" like dome for advanced electronics sensors. (verse 7)

The Apache Helicopters make up what is termed as an AIR Calvary. They line up along side each other behind the crest of hills ready to pounce on their targets. The fire control radar housed in their domes, allocate targets to each other, so that they all attack in the formation of a Calvary of horse charging forward. (verse 7)

The description of the pilots of the locusts is given as the faces of men with hair like women. Apache Helicopter pilots have helmets on, which have a variety of attachments which could be seen as hair adornments. Their teeth are seen as being like lions teeth, perhaps referring to their missiles and or the pair of wheels landing gear that hang down with a "2 fangs" look. (verse 8)

Also we see that verse 11, which is in effect 9:11, points to the leader of the "locusts". We all know that the events of September 11, 2001, called colloquially as 911, triggered of the war on terror, resulting in the excuse to invade Iraq, and put Saddam Hussein out of power.

We see that the "locusts" army does the Lord God's bidding in ridding the area of the evil regime and delivering those with the seal of God in their foreheads. We also see that the title given to the leader is the spiritual leader from the abyss, called the Destroyer. (see more below in summary)

Note: due to the world dates of Australia being 12 to 18 hours ahead of USA (with a variation of 1 hour for daylight saving time), there are variations in the dates, as I recorded these from the News Reports in Australia.

War on Iraq (19 March 2003) (G. W. Bush Jr)

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