Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which can’t see, hear, or walk.And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:
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… Egypt. In chapter nine, verse 20, the apostle John brings the trumpet judgment to a close by saying this, verse 20, the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immoralities or their thefts, which is similar, by the way, to how Pharaoh responded in Exodus by hardening his heart. Now you read this and you wonder, really? Like after all of this, they still won't repent? I have to wonder what excuses will they come up with not to repent? Will they try to explain all these things away as just a run of really bad luck? Will these things make them rage more against God, blaming him for all these things, saying, how can there even be a God of love if these kind of things keep happening on earth? Most likely they will turn to the false promises of the Antichrist instead of turning to Jesus. …
… serpents, and they have heads, and with them they do harm. The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands so as not to worship demons and the idols of gold and silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. They did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their immorality, nor of their theft. The first unleashing of bound demons came in the first half of chapter 9. The second half of chapter 9, two hundred million more demons are released, two hundred million. So let's look at this text, and we'll start with the release of demons in verse 13. Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God. Five have already sounded, and the judgments are inconceivable, devastating everything in earth and sky, land, plants, animals, sea, fresh water, sky, heavenly bodies, sun, moon, And man is tormented by the unleashing of demons, and he seeks death but can't find it as that first barrage of demons brings pain but not death. …
… Go down to verse 20 of chapter 9. The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, so as to not worship demons. Oh, so what's their response to this demon force? They worship them, and they make idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, but they don't repent. They've been worshiping the environment. Now they worship the demons. They've been crying to the rocks and the mountains, praying to them. Now they bow to the demons who are torturing them. The world will know it's over. No tomorrow. No hope. Not even suicide. The earth has been devastated, the seas, the water, the grass, the trees, the animals, the sky. All hell has broken loose. No good is left. No hope. All we can do is bow the knee to the demons. The first response back in chapter 6, they hid. Now they want to kill themselves, but they can't. The dream has died. …
… to all these judgments. Verse 20, the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons and the idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. They did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their immorality, nor of their thefts." In spite of all this massive cataclysmic judgment and the gospel being preached, people's hearts get harder and harder and harder. So when we come to chapter 8, we see the seventh seal. The seventh seal then encompasses all the trumpet judgments and all the bowl judgments, so this really takes us to the end of the great tribulation, the day of the Lord, right up to the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. By the way, the angels have been waiting for this, not just for a half an hour, although Although John said there was half an hour of silence as they anticipated the horrors of it, they've been waiting for this for years, for centuries, for millennia. …