Revelation 9:1-6 Series

Revelation 9 1-6

9:1-12 ~ And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

Revelation 9:1 ~ And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.

What does the word “star” commonly reference? An angel. How we know in this verse that it is indeed an angel and not a star is because it says “and he was given the key”. He, obviously is a term for being a male, we do need to clarify words like this these days unfortunately, but obviously a star is neither he or she but an object.

What is “the bottomless pit”? Hell, being bottomless means that it can hold absolutely everyone if needed and then some.

2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

It mentions the angel with the key opened the shaft, this is thought to be the same angel that in chapter 20:1 locks him back up again.

In the last chapter we saw how God dimmed the light from the sun, the moon and the stars. We now add to this darkness with the smoke from the bottomless pit.

The darker things get in life the more overwhelming it is for a person. This is a time where it will either make you or break you. The hope here is once again, that by God turning the screws on mankind that it will turn as many unsaved to Him as possible.

3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

What is “ the seal of God on their foreheads”?

Revelation 7:1-4 ~ After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

4 And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

So the ones with the seal were the unbelieving 144,000 Jews who are still alive on earth and who God is protecting until He calls them to repentance and faith in Christ.

You may be thinking, what about those who are not the 144k? All who are already believers are already sealed and protected.

Ephesian 1:11-14 ~ In him (Christ) we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. (repeat 13-14)