Two Hundred Million
“And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.” (Rev 9:16 KJV)
The angels that are released from the abyss lead an army that numbers 200,000,000. This army is large enough to destroy a third of the world. There are several possible explanations of their identity. They could be an army of men. Some have suggested that this will be the army of China which will go to war with Israel.
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“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.”
(Rev 9:13-15 KJV)
Learn MoreLocusts
“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.
Learn MoreA Star
“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth:” (Rev 9:1a KJV)
The star that fell from heaven is most likely an angel. In this verse it is called ‘him’ and in verse 2 it is called ‘he’. He has the key to the bottomless pit. There are a few possibilities as to the identity of this angel.
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“12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.”
(Rev 8:12 KJV)
This judgment can be taken several ways, which makes it difficult to understand the devastation that it could cause. It could be that the sun, moon, and stars are visible for one third less time than normal.
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“10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.”
(Rev 8:10-11 KJV)
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