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[Revelation Ch.9: The Trumpet Judgments (Cont'd)] VI.
The Fifth Trumpet
REV
9:1-2 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from
heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
And he opened the bottomless pit
The "star" here is most probably an angel, because he is
described in with a masculine pronoun and is given the key to the
bottomless pit. He possesses personality and will.
The bottomless pit is the home of the demons (Luke 8:31; Rev. 20:1). At
the millennium, Satan would be bound in the pit. REV
9:3-5 ...locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power,
as the scorpions...[to hurt] only those men which have not the seal of God
in their foreheads...they should be tormented five months ...And in those
days shall men seek death, and shall not find it
These are demon-possessed locusts. Unlike regular, these locusts do not
eat green vegetation. They were programmed to torment mankind for five
months. Like the herd of swine which went insane at the moment of their
possession by demons (Matt. 8:32), these possessed insects would be used
to hurt people.
For 5 months, there would be no funerals. People would be tormented night
and day, almost to the point of death, but there would be no release from
life in death. REV
9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the
bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the
Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
This is apparently a special demonic angels, Satan's right- hand demon,
assisting the devil in his works. "Apollyon"
means destroyer. Satan could
deceive people under many guises, but here his real nature is relfected in
these evil names.
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