Wednesday 2021.09.22
This afternoon, from the NT, I read Revelation chapters 9 through 11.
Revelation chapter 9 begins with the sounding of the Fifth Trumpet by the fifth angel in John's vision. It brought forth the first of Three Woes mentioned in verse 13 of the previous chapter.
In this first Woe, locusts emerged from smoke coming out of the Bottomless Pit and tormented those who do not have Seal of God on their foreheads. The torment lasted for five months and was so unbearable that verse 6 tells us that men would desire to die and would not find it:
Revelation 9:6 KJV
6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Verses 7 to 11 describes the terrible fearsome appearance and power of these locusts that were ruled by the Angel of the Bottomless Pit. They had hair like women's, teeth like lions', and tails with stings like those of scorpions.
Revelation 9:7 - 11 KJV
7And 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.
8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
