REVELATION 9

 

The fifth angel’s trumpet

 

Rev. 9:1  And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw

            [1] a star fall [a fallen angel]

[a.] from heaven [the heavenlies: the earth’s atmosphere]

[11.] unto the earth: and

            [2] to him was given the key

[a.] of the bottomless pit [the abyss].

 9:2  And

            [3] he opened the bottomless pit [the abyss]; and

 

            [4] there arose a

                        [a.] smoke out of the pit,

                        [b.] as the smoke of a great furnace; and

            [5] the sun and the air were darkened

[a.] by reason of the smoke of the pit.

 

A demonic army is released into the earth

 

 9:3  And

            [1] there came out of the smoke

[a.] locusts upon the earth: and

            [2] unto them was given power,

[a.] as the scorpions of the earth have power.

 9:4  And

            [3] it was commanded them that they should not hurt

                        [a.] the grass of the earth [the grass has re-grown from Rev. 8:7],

                        [b.] neither any green thing,

[c.] neither any tree [the remaining 2/3^rd of the trees (c/p. Rev. 8:7)];

[11.] but only those men

[aa.] which have not the seal of God in their foreheads [only the 144,000 men of the twelve tribes of Israel are sealed (Rev. 7:3-4); and only 12,000 of these are Jews from the Tribe of Judah].

 

 9:5  And to them it was given

            [1] that they should not kill them,

            [2] but that they should be tormented five months: and

                        [a.] their torment [was] as the torment of a scorpion,

                        [b.] when he striketh a man.

 9:6  And in those days shall men

            [1] seek death, and

            [2] shall not find it; and shall

            [3] desire to die, and

            [4] death shall flee from them.

 

The locusts described

 

9:7  And

            [1] the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto

[a.] horses prepared unto battle; and

            [2] on their heads [were] as it were

[a.] crowns like gold, and

            [3] their faces [were] as

[a.] the faces of men.

 9:8  And

            [4] they had hair as

[a.] the hair of women, and

            [5] their teeth were as

[a.] [the teeth] of lions.

 9:9  And

            [6] they had breastplates, as it were

[a.] breastplates of iron; and

            [7] the sound of their wings [was] as the

[a.] sound of chariots of many horses

[11.] running to battle.

 9:10  And

            [8] they had tails like unto

[a.] scorpions, and

            [9] there were stings

[a.] in their tails: and

            [10] their power [was]

                        [a.] to hurt men five months.

 

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