Revelation 9:1-21

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt - Web: www.2rbetter.org *

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*May 14, 2010
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   *J. REVELATION 9:1-12 “FIFTH TRUMP: LOCUSTS FROM THE ABYSS”*

*1. 9:1-11 FIFTH TRUMP: DESCRIPTION OF THE TORTURE*

*a. 9:1 KEY TO THE ABYSS*

Kai ho PEMPtos AGge-los eSALpi-sen [4537],

*And the fifth angel trumped,*

kai EIdon aSTEra [792] ek tou ou-raNOU pep-t*o*KOta [4098] eis t*e*n g*e*n:

*and I saw a star from :heaven fallen unto the earth:*

kai eDOth*e* auT*O* h*e* kleis [2807] tou PHREa-tos [5421] t*e*s aBUSsou
[12].

*and the key of the pit of the abyss was given him.*


 *b. 9:2 THE PIT OF THE ABYSS OPENED*

kai *E*noi-xen [455] to PHREar [5421] t*e*s aBUSsou [12];

*And he opened the pit of the abyss;*

kai aNEb*e* [305] kapNOS [2586] ek tou PHREa-tos [5421], h*o*s kapNOS
kaMInou [2575] meGAl*e*s;

*and smoke went up out of the pit, as smoke of a great furnace;*

kai e-skoT*O*th*e* [4654] ho H*E*li-os [2246] kai ho a*E*R [109] ek tou
kapNOU tou PHREa-tos.

*and the sun was darkened and the air by the smoke of the pit.*


 *c. 9:3 LOCUSTS AND SCORPIONS*

kai ek tou kapNOU eX*E*Lthon aKRIdes [200] eis t*e*n g*e*n;

*And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth;*

kai eDOth*e* auTAIS e-xouSIa [1849], h*o*s Echou-sin e-xouSIan hoi skorPIoi
[4651] t*e*s g*e*s.

*and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.*


 *d. 9:4 RESTRICTION UPON WHOM HURT*

kai erREth*e* auTAIS HIna m*e* a-diK*E*sou-sin [91]

*And it was said to them that they should not hurt*

ton CHORton [5528] t*e*s g*e*s, ouDE pan chl*o*RON [5515], ouDE pan DENdron
[1186],

*the grass of the earth, neither anything green, neither any tree,*

ei m*e* tous anTHR*O*pous HOIti-nes ouk Echou-sin t*e*n sphraGIda [4973] tou
TheOU ePI t*o*n meT*O*p*o*n [3359].

*but only such :men as have not the seal of :God on their foreheads.*


 *e. 9:5 TORMENT - BUT NOT DEATH*

kai eDOth*e* auTAIS HIna m*e* a-pokTEIn*o*-sin [615] auTOUS,

*And it was given them that they should not kill them, *

all' HIna ba-sa-nisTH*E*son-tai [928] M*E*nas PENte:

*but that they should be tormented five months:*

kai ho ba-sa-nisMOS [929] auT*O*N h*o*s ba-sa-nisMOS skorPIou,

*and their :torment was as the torment of a scorpion,*

HOtan PAIs*e* [3817] ANthr*o*-pon*.*

*when it strikes a man.*


 *f. 9:6 DEATH PREFERRED*

kai en tais h*e*MErais eKEInais z*e*T*E*sou-sin [2212] hoi ANthr*o*-poi ton
THAna-ton [2288],

*And in those :days :men shall seek :death,*

kai ou m*e* heuR*E*sou-sin [2147] auTON;

*and shall in no wise find it;*

kai e-pi-thuM*E*sou-sin [1937] a-po-thaNEIN [599], kai PHEUgei [5343] ho
THAna-tos ap' auT*O*N.

*and they shall desire to die, and :death flees from them.*


 *g. 9:7 LOCUSTS LIKE HORSES*

kai ta ho-moi*O*ma-ta [3667] t*o*n aKRId*o*n [200] HOmoi-a HIPpois [2462] h*
e*toi-masMEnois [2090] eis POle-mon [4171];

*And the likenesses of the locusts were like horses prepared for war;*

kai ePI tas ke-phaLAS [2776] auT*O*N h*o*s STEpha-noi [4735] HOmoi-oi chruS*
O* [5557],

*and upon their :heads as if crowns like gold,*

kai ta PROs*o*-pa [4383] auT*O*N h*o*s PROs*o*-pa anTHR*O*p*o*n.

*and their :faces were as men's faces.*


 *h. 9:8 WOMEN'S HAIR AND LION'S TEETH*

kai EIchan TRIchas [5359] h*o*s TRIchas gu-naiK*O*N [1135],

*And they had hair as hair of women,*

kai hoi oDONtes [3599] auT*O*N h*o*s leONt*o*n [3023] *E*san.

*and their :teeth were as of lions.*


 *i. 9:9 FURTHER LOCUST DESCRIPTION*

kai EIchan TH*O*ra-kas [2382], h*o*s TH*O*ra-kas si-d*e*ROUS [4603];

*And they had breastplates, as if breastplates of iron;*

kai h*e* ph*o*N*E* [5456] t*o*n pteRUg*o*n [4420] auT*O*N h*o*s ph*o*N*E*harMAt
*o*n [716],

*and the sound of their wings was as a sound of chariots,*

HIPp*o*n polL*O*N treCHONt*o*n [5143] eis POle-mon.

*of many horses rushing to war.*


 *j. 9:10 SCORPION TAILS FOR LOCUSTS*

kai Echou-sin ouRAS [3769] hoMOIas skorPIois [4551], kai KENtra [2759];

*And they have tails like scorpions, and stings;*

kai en tais ouRAIS auT*O*N h*e* e-xouSIa auT*O*N a-diK*E*sai [91] tous anTHR
*O*pous M*E*nas PENte.

*and in their :tails is their :power to hurt :men five months.*


 *k. 9:11 THE KING OF THE LOCUSTS*

Echou-sin ep' auT*O*N ba-siLEa [935] ton AGge-lon t*e*s aBUSsou [12]:

*They have over them as king the angel of the abyss:*

Ono-ma [3686] auT*O* 'Eb-ra-isTI [1447] A-badD*O*N,

*his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,*

kai en t*e* Hel-l*e*-niK*E* [1673] Ona-ma Echei A-polLU*o*n.

*and in the Greek he has the name Destroyer.*


 *2. 9:12 WARNING OF LAST TWO WOES*

H*e* ouAI [3759] h*e* MIa aP*E*Lthen: iDOU, ERche-tai Eti DUo ouAI meTA
TAUta.

*The one :Woe is gone: lo, yet two Woes come hereafter.*



 *K. 9:13-21 SIXTH TRUMP: LOOSING OF FOUR ANGELS AND HORSE ARMIES*

*a. 9:13-14 FOUR ANGELS LOOSED*

Kai ho HEKtos AGge-los eSALpi-sen [4537], kai *E*kou-sa ph*o*N*E*N [5456]MIan

*And the sixth angel trumped, and I heard one voice*

ek t*o*n keRAt*o*n [2768] tou thu-si-a-st*e*RIou [2379] tou chruSOU tou eN*O
*pi-on tou TheOU,

*from the horns of the golden :altar :before :God,*

LEgon-ta t*o* HEKt*o* agGEl*o* ho Ech*o*n t*e*n SALpig-ga [4536],

*14 one saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet,*

LUson [3089] tous TESsa-ras agGElous tous de-deMEnous [1210]

*Loose the four angels :bound*

ePI t*o* po-taM*O* [4215] t*o* meGAl*o* EuPHRAt*e*.

*at the great :river Euphrates.*


 *b. 9:15 THEIR ASSIGNMENT: SLAYING THE THIRD OF MEN*

kai eLUth*e*san [3089] hoi TESsa-res AGge-loi,

*And the four angels were loosed,*

hoi h*e*-toi-masMEnoi [2090] eis t*e*n H*O*ran [5610] kai h*e*MEran [2250]kai M
*E*na [3376] kai e-ni-auTON [1763],

*those prepared for the hour and day and month and year,*

HIna a-pok-teiN*O*sin [615] to TRIton t*o*n anTHR*O*p*o*n.

*that they should kill the third of :men.*


 *c. 9:16 THE NUMBER OF THIS ARMY*

kai ho a-rithMOS [706] t*o*n stra-teuMAt*o*n [4753] tou hip-piKOU [2461]

*And the number of the armies of the horsemen was*

dis mu-riAdes [3461] mu-riAd*o*n: *E*kou-sa ton a-rithMON auT*O*N.

*twice ten thousands of ten thousands: I heard their :number.*


 *d. 9:17 THE DREADFUL HORSES AND THEIR RIDERS*

kai HOUt*o*s EIdon tous HIPpous en t*e* hoRAsei [3706],

*And thus I saw the horses in the vision, *

kai tous ka-th*e*MEnous ep' auT*O*N,

*and them that sat on them,*

Echon-tas TH*O*ra-kas [2382] puRInous [4447] kai hu-a-kinTHInous [5191] kai
thei*O*deis [2305]:

*having breastplates as of fire and hyacinth and brimstone:*

kai hai ke-phaLAI [2776] t*o*n HIPp*o*n h*o*s ke-phaLAI leONt*o*n [3023];

*and the heads of the horses are as heads of lions;*

kai ek t*o*n stoMAt*o*n [4750] auT*O*N ek-poREUe-tai [1607] pur [4442] kai
kapNOS [2586] kai THEIon [2303].

*and out of their :mouths proceeds fire and smoke and brimstone.*


 *e. 9:18 THE SUMMARY OF THESE THREE PLAGUES*

aPO t*o*n tri*O*N pl*e*G*O*N [4127] TOUt*o*n a-pekTANth*e*-san [615] to
TRIton t*o*n anTHR*O*p*o*n,

*By these three :plagues was the third of :men killed,*

ek tou puROS kai tou kapNOU kai tou THEIou [2303]

*by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone*

tou ek-po-reu-oMEnou [1607] ek t*o*n stoMAt*o*n auT*O*N.

*which proceeds out of their :mouths.*


 *f. 9:19 THE MOUTH AND TAIL OF THESE HORSES*

h*e* gar exouSIa t*o*n HIPp*o*n en t*o* STOma-ti auT*O*N es-tin,

*For the power of the horses is in their :mouth,*

kai en tais ouRAIS auT*O*N: hai gar ouRAI auT*O*N HOmoi-ai [3664] Ophe-sin
[3789],

*and in their :tails: for their :tails are like serpents,*

Echou-sai ke-phaLAS [2776]; kai en auTAIS a-diKOUsin [91].

*and** have heads; and with them they hurt.*


 *g. 9:20-21 YET - MEN UNREPENTANT IN SPITE OF PLAGUES!*

kai hoi loiPOI t*o*n anTHR*O*p*o*n hoi ouk a-pekTANth*e*-san [615] en tais
pl*e*GAIS [4127] TAUtais

*And the rest of :men who were not killed with these :plagues*

ou me-teNO*e*-san [3349] ek t*o*n ERg*o*n t*o*n cheiR*O*N auT*O*N,

*repented not of the works of their :hands,*

HIna m*e* pro-skuN*E*sou-sin [4352] ta daiMOni-a [1140], kai ta EId*o*-la
[1497] ta chruSA [5552],

*that they should not worship the demons, and the idols :of gold,*

kai ta ar-guRA [693], kai ta chalKA [5470], kai ta LIthi-na [3035], kai ta
XUli-na [3585];

*and :of silver, and :of brass, and :of stone, and of :wood;*

ha OUte BLEpein DUnan-tai, OUte aKOUein, OUte pe-ri-paTEIN:

*which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:*

kai ou me-teNO*e*-san [3340] ek t*o*n PHOn*o*n [5408] auT*O*N, OUte ek t*o*n
pharMAk*o*n [5331] auT*O*N,

*21 and they repented not of their :murders, nor of their :sorceries,*

OUte ek t*e*s porNEIas [4202] auT*O*N, OUte ek t*o*n klemMAt*o*n [3809] auT*
O*N.

*nor of their :fornication, nor of their :thefts.*



 *NOTE**: *If Revelation chapter 8 was “scary”, then chapter 9 is even *more
so*! This is a very serious insight of revelation in the coming judgment
upon unrepentant sinners. It would seem that there would be a large-scale
turning to God because of this prophecy. But when we read of the wicked
kings of Judah, and *all* those of Israel in the divided kingdom, and how
they and their followers responded in exactly the same manner as has been
foretold concerning the ungodly at the end of this age - then we shouldn't
be too shocked or surprised.


 9:12 - Look how God gives every opportunity and warning concerning coming
judgments. But just as Pharaoh of old in the days of the First Passover and
the Crossing of the Red Sea by Israel - yet refused to act upon the clear
warnings of Moses; so it will be again at the end of this age.


 9:13-21 - Notice how last day judgments gain in intensity. So it was in the
days of Moses - and so it will be for this final generation. 9:20-21 twice
reports that the ungodly at this time - do *not* repent in spite of the
merciful warnings of God. Could they have? Of course. But there is a point
of no-return with sin. If we develop a pattern of disobedience and
ungodliness, then like Esau of old, it is *too late* to change. We have
sinned away our day of grace, and our ways are now set in concrete. How
serious is this insight.


 *Train up a child* in the way he should go - and when he is old he will *
not* depart from it. This requires “loving discipline” on the part of
parents. Corporal punishment is set forth by God through many of His Bible
writers, especially the book of Proverbs. Our liberal, humanistic,
God-hating age has become incorrigible, and rejects the teaching of God
through His writers.


 But there *is* a day of reckoning on the way! There is a spiritual
“pay-day” some day. The apostle Peter clearly speaks and warns of this in
his two NT letters.


 God told Jeremiah and Ezekiel of their difficult task of warning a
generation bound and determined to pursue its godless way. However, this
kind of generation *must* be warned. For then at the Judgment seat of God it
will be unable to say, “But we didn't know!” O, but they *did*! - and they
refused to listen, amend their evil ways, and return to God. O, that
*many*would come to their senses like the Prodigal Son. The poor,
foolish
self-living course ended him in a pig-pen, where he came to his senses - and
returned to his father's house, and received a royal welcome. There will
always be a few in the ranks of the ungodly who will respond. Let us for *
their* sake, and for God's sake, be faithful in declaring a “heaven to gain
- and a hell to shun.” - J.A.W.
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