Revelation, 9

Evil Angels Idols Judgment Repentance Worship Death Punishment Prophecy Almighty

This chapter describes the release of the five angels and the torment they bring upon the earth. The chapter also describes the bottomless pit and the release of demons upon the earth.

Revelation, 9

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The Five Angels and the Bottomless Pit

1 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.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
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.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 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:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Commentary

Revelation 9 is a chapter of great significance in the book of Revelation. It is the beginning of the fifth trumpet, which is the first of the three woes. This chapter is a vivid description of the torment that will be inflicted upon those who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior. The first part of the chapter describes a star that falls from heaven and opens the bottomless pit. From the pit comes a great smoke, and out of the smoke come locusts with the power of scorpions. These locusts are commanded not to harm the grass, the trees, or any green thing, but only those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. The second part of the chapter describes the king of the locusts, Abaddon, or Apollyon. He is described as having a face like a man, and a body like a lion. He is given power to torment those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads for five months. The third part of the chapter describes the torment that will be inflicted upon those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. It is described as a torment like that of a scorpion when it stings a man. The torment will be so great that those who are tormented will seek death, but will not be able to find it. Revelation 9 is a powerful reminder of the consequences of rejecting Jesus Christ as our Savior. It is a warning to all who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior to turn to Him and accept Him as their Lord and Savior. Those who do not will suffer the torment described in this chapter.

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Assuming a reader with an average reading speed of 300 WPM reads the Revelation, chapter 9 it would take approximately 2 minutes to finish.

There are 21 verses in Revelation, chapter 9.