The Sounding Of The Seven Trumpets (Part 3)

Revelation 9:1

"And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall

from heaven unto the earth: and to him was

given the key of the bottomless pit." 

        This is not a real star, it's an Angel who will look like a Star; because "to him was given the Key."  He will not be a "Fallen Angel," nor Satan as some people think. Why? Because God would not entrust the Key to the "Bottomless Pit" to Satan, but he will be the "same Angel" that will bind Satan and cast him into the "Bottomless Pit" for 1000 years. "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season" (Rev. 20:1-3).

        When the "Bottomless Pit" is opened a cloud, like smoke of, "locusts" will come out and cover the earth. They will be a combination of horse, man, women, lion, and scorpion. The "sound of their wings" will be like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle.  The size is not given, but they will no doubt be much larger than ordinary locusts, and these locusts will not feed on vegetation. These locusts will be forbidden to hurt the grass or trees, or any green thing, and will only be permitted to afflict "men," and only the man who does not have the "Seal of God" in their foreheads, and these they shall not be permitted to kill only torment. 

        The meaning of this scourge of Scorpion Locusts seems to be that a vast army of "Demons" will be liberated from the "Bottomless Pit," that will enter into and take possession of the bodies of men, and torment them til they want to die, but cannot; because the demons will prevent them from doing so. Their attack is to last for five months. The explanation of the five months is almost probably that the life-span of a locust from birth, through the larva stage, to death is five months. It is as if we might say that one generation of locusts is being launched upon the earth. 

        Theses "Scorpion Locusts" have a King, which ordinary locusts have not. "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; (Prov. 30:27).  The King of the Scorpion Locusts in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek it is "Apollyon."  The word means destroyer.  Now this King is not Satan.   Satan is at liberty, while the king which is the Angel of the Bottomless Pit is confined with his subjects.

       One Woe is past as terror mounts in its awful intensity. Now the terrors coming upon the earth are beyond nature; they are demonic; the abyss is being opened and superhuman terrors are being dispatched upon the world. My friend, if you do not know Jesus Christ Today; I pray you will seek Him and Open your Heart to Him Today. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)
        Amen!! 

Reading: (Rev. 9:1-12)
Ref: (HG SB; BSB)
        (C. Larkin)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr 

The Cross Life Ministry