HOW CAN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ALMIGHTY GOD, ANGELS & DEMONS TRANSFORM US AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS TODAY? As we open to Revelation 9 this morning we come asking God to meet with us and speak to us from His Word. That is what the Bible means when it is called the Word of God. So for each of us, for every day of our lives, we are to live not just by eating food, but by also listening from our hearts to these: Words to Hear from Almighty God The Bible is the Almighty God of the Universe Who desires to speak to us and desires that we respond to Him. The Bible was sent to us by God, and God is the Subject of every part of this Book. As we invite God to speak to us through His Word, what would be the first truth that should confront us, and that we could respond to about the God of the Book that we are holding and reading from? Look down at verse 1. What are the first four words of this verse? They are: “Then the fifth angel”. So this morning the first point we will study from Revelation 9 is the Doctrine of the creation of angels. The Doctrine of the Creation of Angels God uses this first verse to introduce us to these spirit-world creatures, that are unimaginably powerful, called angels in the Bible. God created all the angelic creatures. God is worshiped and served by some of the angelic creatures. God uses all of them, controls all of them, and as we will see in this chapter: God actually imprisons some of these angels that He created. A simple diagram of angels would be: God created all angels: then they split into two types as some rebelled and are fallen angels or demons + and some angels did not rebel and they are God’s servants. The rebellious angels are further divided into two groups as in this chapter we see that some of the rebellious angels are imprisoned in the Abyss, and others are not. With that in mind, pause with me and look at the entire Bible’s contents about angels and think of this: Each of the angels we read about in God's Word has power that exceeds anything we can humanly understand as possible by the laws of the physical world that we know. Knowing that we are surrounded by amazing, supernatural beings so powerful, but that are opposed to God and in rebellion against Him could make us fearful. But before we look at the power of these demons, think about where they came from. So, this morning the first application of this doctrinal truth about the creation of angels we can see and hold onto is about the One who created all things including these angels. Here is the comforting doctrinal truth: God is Absolute, All-Powerfully Greater Than Everything that is Anywhere (ROK-30a) Join the LAND OF THE BOOK channel to get access to weekly video releases over the next year totaling 50+ EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS that feature weekly in-depth Bible Study lessons with John & Bonnie. Plus all the assigned HOLY LAND STUDY RESOURCES, and John's two most loved books--David's Spiritual Secret & Living Hope for the End of Days at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ DTBM Academy Courses: https://dtbmonline.org/all-video-courses/ Purchase John's Books, Mp3 & DVD resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Here are links to our Amazon Pages-- https://www.amazon.com/shop/dtbm Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ For more of Dr. John Barnett's Bible teaching messages go to: https://discoverthebook.org/ https://youtu.be/NN-6tLYTXh4 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN-6tLYTXh4