Table 9-2
Comparison Between the Fifth and Sixth Trumpet Calls

    We may see under these two trumpets (the first and second woes), the final struggle between the force of darkness and of light. Here we compare certain elements between them.
 
 
Element
5th Trumpet
6th Trumpet
Lead characters 1  Fallen star (Satan) 1  Voice from altar (Christ)
Place of origin 1  Heaven 13  Altar before God (heaven)
Authority granted 1  Key to pit given 14  To release the four angels
Authority exercised 2  Smoke bringing darkness and locusts 15  Angels prepared
Fighting troops 3  Locusts like horses; 7 prepared; 9  Had the sound of horses, chariots and wings 16, 17  Two hundred million horses
Breastplates 9  Like iron  17  Fire, jacinth, and brimstone
Time 5  Five months of torment (but not for sealed ones) 15  Prepared for the hour, day, month and year to slay
Tails 10  Stinging as from scorpions 19  Hurting as from snakes
Lion-like features 8  Teeth 17  Heads (of horses)
Smoke 3  Produced locusts and darkness 17  From mouths of horses
Ending 11  Those accepting Satan are subjects of their destructive king 20, 21 Those refusing Christ's forgiveness worship idols and keep their evil ways

   I expect you can find other corresponding elements. The truth that all these emphasize is the controversy between Christ and Satan which will one day be resolved. We see this here in the preparation, purpose, and results of each side in the final struggle of good and evil before the coming of Christ. The fifth trumpet scenes show the battle thrust of the powers of darkness and the sixth is God's response.

See details of these opposing forces in chapter 9
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