Revelation 9 Trumpet 5 Woe 1

Revelation 9 Trumpet 5 Woe 1 Fifth Trumpet: Locusts/Fallen Angels/demons; Abaddon/Apollyon 9 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star (Lucifer; verse 11; Isaiah 14:13-14) fall/fallen (Past tense) from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit (the pit of abyss; Rev 9:1, 2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3). Satan's fall came through pride. He wanted to be coequal with God. Jesus, in eternity past, beheld this fall and said to his 70 disciples in Luke 10:18: And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. This fallen angel/Lucifer is presented with a key to the abyss, and he uses it. 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. The abyss/Hades is a place to restrain or hold certain beings which have come under the judgment of God like fallen angels and demons (Lk 8:31) and wicked spirits. It is considered to be the abode for the dead (Rom 10:7; Acts 2:31). References: Ps 139:7-8; Phil 2:10. It could be the inner core (3rd realm) of the earth. Another word is “the deep” (Lk 8:31; Rom 10:7). Hell is often used around the word abyss. Hades is the place of deepest degradation, a place of torment or punishment. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts/fallen angels/demons upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. These are not literal locusts. Their power is too great. They are most likely fallen angels who have been restrained and imprisoned in the bottomless pit since the fall of man in Genesis 6. They have been chained in darkness for 1000's of centuries (2 Pet 2:4), and can hardly wait to begin their acts of evil. They are told what they can and cannot do. 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. They can torment the unsealed—those who have worshipped Beast and accepted his number, 666. 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. Notice that this will be 10 months total time. What an agonizing period of time this will be. With this statement, we can guess that one year is too short so it may be the full 3.5 year time frame for the Day of the Lord but Psalms 120 and 121 says one year for the Day of the Lord. 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. Suicide is out of the question. People will try everything, but they will not die. Description of the Locusts 7-10 7And 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. The teeth have long canines, and the upper pair extends over the lower lip. 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. They way heavy and thick in their bodies. There shells are unbreakable. They are demons taking the form of organisms. These creature are described like locusts. They feel like an mixture of metal, spiny protrusions, and insect slime. The four horse like legs supported a horse-shaped body consisting of a two-part abdomen. First was a preabdomen in the torso area made up of 7 segments and draped by a metallic breastplate that accounted for the noise when it flew. The posterior consisted of five segments and led to the scorpionlike stinger tail, nearly transparent so that you can see the sloshing venom. Their length is the width of a man's hand. They appear to be invincible. Abaddon/Apollyon 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon (Hebrew Bible: Job 26:6, 28:22; 31:12; Psalm 88:11; Prov 15:11; and 27:20), but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon/ the destroyer/Satan/Lucifer. See Sheol. 12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. God is trying to get your attention to repent and accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior.