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Revelation Chapter 9

1 Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him.

2 He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

3 Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

5 And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.

6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.

8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like {the teeth} of lions.

9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.

10 They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.

11 They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.

12 The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

13 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."

15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind.

16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.

17 And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: {the riders} had breastplates {the color} of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.

18 A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.

19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

21 and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.


King James Bible

 



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Matthew Henry's Bible commentary for Revelation Chapter 9...



The fifth trumpet is followed by a representation of another star as falling from heaven and opening the bottomless pit, out of which come swarms of locusts. (1-12) The sixth trumpet is followed by the loosing of four angels bound in the great river Euphrates. (13-21)1-12 Upon sounding the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by this star becomes the minister of the devil; and lets loose the powers of hell against the churches of Christ. On the opening of the bottomless pit, there arose a great smoke. The devil carries on his designs by blinding the eyes of men, by putting out light and knowledge, and promoting ignorance and error. Out of this smoke there came a swarm of locusts, emblems of the devil's agents, who promote superstition, idolatry, error, and cruelty. The trees and the grass, the true believers, whether young or more advanced, should be untouched. But a secret poison and infection in the soul, should rob many others of purity, and afterwards of peace. The locusts had no power to hurt those who had the seal of God. God's all-powerful, distinguishing grace will keep his people from total and final apostacy. The power is limited to a short season; but it would be very sharp. In such events the faithful share the common calamity, but from the pestilence of error they might and would be safe. We collect from Scripture, that such errors were to try and prove the Christians, #1Co 11:19|. And early writers plainly refer this to the first great host of corrupters who overspread the Christian church. 13-21 The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems the subject. Their time is limited. They not only slew in war, but brought a poisonous and ruinous religion. The antichristian generation repented not under these dreadful judgments. From this sixth trumpet learn that God can make one enemy of the church a scourge and a plague to another. The idolatry in the remains of the eastern church and elsewhere, and the sins of professed Christians, render this prophecy and its fulfilment more wonderful. And the attentive reader of Scripture and history, may find his faith and hope strengthened by events, which in other respects fill his heart with anguish and his eyes with tears, while he sees that men who escape these plagues, repent not of their evil works, but go on with idolatries, wickedness, and cruelty, till wrath comes upon them to the utmost.

 

Jacque's comment on 4/27/2012, 4:24pm...

If you want answers .. Look for a book called \"Preach It\" by Mark Baughman.

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.
The \"locusts like unto horses\" vs 7 . were airplanes and the \"hair like the hair of women\" vs 8 is the jet streams left from the passing of jet planes. The \"stings in there tails\" vs 10. were bombs from airplanes that will bring fire,bombs of poisons, and bombs to bring explosions, this will last for 5 months .. this is from Mark Baughmans book called \"Preach It\" .. order it !! It has Doctrinal Sermons - Evangelistic Sermons And Prophecy Sermons. This will open anyone up to the Truth and whats to come. We are in the ~end times~ I believe that ! And so should you .. So Get this book and follow after it .. you will find out how to receive salvation, and that\'s though Acts 2:38 .. Let me add Ephesians 4:5 One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism.

 


Susan Dalton's comment about verse 7 on 3/03/2012, 6:45pm...

\"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.\" (Revelation 9:7)

These locusts come out of the bottomless pit. Other places in Revelation the lake of fire is described as \"a lake of fire burning with brimstone.\" Brimstone being another word for sulphur.

The bottomless pit is described in Revelation 9:2, \"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.\"

Later we see these locusts \"and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold...\" I found something interesting. I\'m not saying anything more than I found it interesting. When the bottomless pit is opened smoke arose out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace, and these locusts came out of this smoke. They have \"as it were crowns like gold on their head.\"

Look up \"sulphur\" and look at the structure of the cyclcooctasulfur molecule.

I just found that to be very interesting.

 


dann rivera's comment on 1/30/2012, 5:41pm...

Revelation 9:7-10 \"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. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breast plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they hd tails like unto scorpions, and their were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months.\"

Alien Invasion is part of the 2012 Mayan Calendar End of the World HOAX. The world had been and continue being conditioned (Predictive Programming) of an alien invassion. Again using their voodoo science - HAARP, CHEMTRAILS, HOLOGRAPHY & SATELLITES - \"THEY\" will try to DECEIVE the world so that if it were possible even the elect might be deceived.

Part of this GREAT DECEPTION is the second coming of our Lord YAHUSHUA. YOU\'VE BEEN WARNED, DO NOT BUY INTO THIS FALSEHOOD!

 


Itsme Thistime's comment on 12/09/2011, 6:56pm...

GaryLoyd I think that\'s a very intereting theory considering how excited people got just a few days ago when they found \"earths sister planet\" (kepler 22b) your theory would eplain the means in which all the \"fly away\" believers would think they\'re going to be flown away and to me kepler 22b is at least an example of the \"new earth\" they may believe they\'re flying off to. Again these are theories and simply interesting and something to think about. Either way God\'s elect are watchman so watch, watchman, watch!!! :D

 


garyloyd's comment on 12/06/2011, 12:12am...

This is all spiritual death. Example. Mother,brother,father,sister, all leading their loved ones to death. Who is death, the son of perditon,who has been sentence to death satan. Ezekiel 28 about vs. 19 I think. Burn from with to out, satan is the only one already a dead man walking. The Scorpian sting turns the victims backbone to mush. The locust army are priest and they will be blowing smoke and lies with Iron breastplates, long hair soft speaking super preachers. Tare your soul away with their lion teeth. Its 5 months of hell. First half satans spirit will be controlling things and the last half of the hour of temptation supernatual with him and his bunch. There are 4 stages of a locust and they are setting things up for their antichrist. I believe when satan heals one of his heads deadly wound and the world thinks god is with them, and this is just my thinking this last statement from here, ships might just show up with his bunch like the ones we read about in Ezekiel chapter one. All the space freaks that love space travel will sale their soul for a ride with antichrist. Just a thought?

 


 

Test Your Knowledge of Revelation Chapter 9

1.  What were the locusts released during the tribulation commanded not to harm?


Any animal
The two prophets
The oil and wine
The city on seven hills
The grass, green plants and trees


 



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