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Angelic Messages for Our DayThe Watchtower—1988 | December 15
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12. Who opens the pit of the abyss, and how in modern times has a swarm of “locusts” stung the clergy?
12 So the fifth angel sounds his trumpet. Behold! “A star”—the Lord Jesus—opens the smoky pit of the abyss, and a horde of locusts swarms forth. Strikingly, this depicts Jesus releasing God’s anointed witnesses from inactivity in 1919. With divine authority, these devastate the pastures of the clergy, exposing their false teachings and hypocrisy “five months”—the normal life span of a locust.
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