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.
WhatsApp
Copy
Revelation 9
Listen to the Word
Initializing audio...
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
WhatsApp
Copy
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
WhatsApp
Copy
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
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:
WhatsApp
Copy
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
WhatsApp
Copy
Chapter Study & Analysis
Overview
Revelation 9 describes the fifth and sixth trumpets, involving the opening of the bottomless pit and the release of demonic forces and a massive army. Despite the severity of these plagues, those who remain on earth do not repent of their idolatry and murders.
CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS
1. The Nature of Evil: The demonic locusts and the army of horsemen show the destructive intent of the enemy (v. 1-11). We must put on the whole armor of God to stand against spiritual wickedness.2. The Hardness of the Heart: Despite clear signs of divine judgment, many continue in their rebellion (v. 20-21). We should pray for a soft heart that responds to God’s correction rather than hardening against it.
3. Boundaries of Evil: The enemy can only go as far as God permits (v. 4). Our security is not in the absence of danger, but in the presence of God’s restrictive hand over evil.
Practical Lessons
FORMAL PRAYER
Deliver us, O Lord, from the powers of darkness and the snares of the bottomless pit. Grant us a spirit of repentance, that we may turn from all idols to serve Thee, the living and true God, with a pure heart. Amen.