Repented Not
“20 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:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”
(Rev 9:20-21 KJV)
Learn MoreFire, Smoke, and Brimstone
“17 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.
18 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.
Learn MoreTwo 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.
Learn MoreThe Four Angels
“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.
Learn More