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Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit. 9 Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the [ a]bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace.
Revelation 9:7-9. The shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle — In this and the two following verses, the nature and qualities of these locusts are described, partly in allusion to the properties of natural locusts and the description given of them by Joel, and partly in allusion to the habits and manners of the ...
But the locusts of our vision are armed with the power of scorpions, to sting and to torture (Revelation 9:5): the scorpions are called scorpions of the earth. Some have thought that this expression is equivalent to land-scorpions, in contradistinction from so-called sea-scorpions.
Dec 4, 2023 · Unlike ordinary locusts, these symbolic locusts are given a specific charge—they are not to harm the grass, the earth, or any green thing (Revelation 9:4-6). Instead, they are permitted to torment those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
David Guzik commentary on Revelation 9, where the fifth trumpet brings demonic locusts and the sixth brings an army of destruction.
(Revelation 9:7-10) The appearance of these locusts. The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.
Revelation 9:7-11. King James Version. 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.
What does Revelation 9:7 mean? In this verse the apostle John begins his description of the demonic locusts that Satan released from the bottomless pit (Revelation 9:1–6).
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. New Living Translation
Jan 11, 2024 · Prior to the final call, Revelation 9 portrays the appearance of locusts woven into the events of the fifth and sixth trumpets, designated as “woes” upon the world. In the biblical era, locusts were often seen as harbingers of God’s destruction and divine punishment.
