The sounding of the fifth Trumpet the three woes. Then the fifth angel sounded [his trumpet], and I saw a star (angelic being) that had fallen from heaven to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit (abyss) was given to him (the star-angel). Rev 9:1
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION
III. THE MESSIANIC CONFLICT, Revelation 8-14
1. The Seven Angels with Trumpets, Rev_8:1-13; Rev_9:1-21; Rev_10:1-11; Rev_11:1-19
18. What is our protection against spiritual foes?
Revelation 9:1-11
THE FITH TRUMPET SOUNDED THE FIRST WOE
Then the fifth angel sounded [his trumpet], and I saw a star (angelic being) that had fallen from heaven to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit (abyss) was given to him (the star-angel). [Rev_20:1]
He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke like the smoke of a great furnace flowed out of the pit; and the sun and the atmosphere were darkened by the smoke from the pit. [Gen_19:28; Exo_19:18; Joe_2:10]
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power [to hurt] was given to them, like the power which the earth’s scorpions have. [Exo_10:12-15]
They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but [to hurt] only the people who do not have the seal (mark of ownership, protection) of God on their foreheads. [Eze_9:4]
They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment and cause them extreme pain for five months; and their torment was like the torment from a scorpion when it stings a man.
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them. [Job_3:21
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The locusts resembled horses prepared and equipped for battle; and on their heads appeared to be [something like] golden crowns, and their faces resembled human faces. [Joe_2:4]
They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. [Joe_1:6]
They had breastplates (scales) like breastplates made of iron; and the [whirring] noise of their wings was like the [thunderous] noise of countless horse-drawn chariots charging [at full speed] into battle. [Joe_2:5]
They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months. [Joe_2:6]
They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss (the bottomless pit); in Hebrew his name is Abaddon (destruction), and in Greek he is called Apollyon (destroyer-king).
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Revelation 9:1-11
“OUT OF THE SMOKE OF THE PIT”
This chapter reminds us of the prophet Joel who, under the imagery of a swarm of locusts, depicted the coming invasion of hostile nations. Whether these warriors are intended for barbarian hordes which swept over the Roman Empire previous to its fall, or whether they represent the Saracens, between whose appearance and the details of this vision there is much in common, is not within our province to determine. The point which specially concerns us is that only those escaped who had received the imprint of God’s seal. Of old the destroying angel passed over the houses, on the lintels of which the blood was visible.
But there are spiritual foes, against whose invasion we must seek the sealing of God’s Spirit. “Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption,” Eph_4:30. What is impressed with the royal seal is under special protection; and when temptation assails you, you may assuredly claim that divine protection, which shall surround you as an impenetrable shield. “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them,” Psa_34:7. We fight not against flesh and blood, but against wicked spirits in heavenly places, and only the spiritual can secure for us immunity against the spiritual.
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