Reminder: Pray to God to set your heart right as you engage His word. The text you are about to study was not written to you but is written for you. So, before applying we must ask the following questions:
What did it mean to the original reader or original audience?
READ THE SCRIPTURE (Multiple times & translations and notice the words that standout)
Biblegateway (NIV) (My choice of all-round site. It is a greatapp, better on computers or on a smartphone)
StepBible (ESV) (Great on phone or computer with good resources.)
Literal Word (New American Standard Bible) (Works well on a smartphone or computer + for searching for words like a printed concordance)
Biblia.com (New Century Version) (Great on a computer especially if you have a logos account)
Summarize the main story: Describe the events of the scriptural story in your own words.
#God = #People= John (the author of Revelation), The Angel of the Abyss (Abaddon/Apollyon), The Four Angels at the Euphrates #Time = #Place = Heaven, Earth, The Abyss, Euphrates River #Obedient faith = #Sin = #Key Idea =
Revelation 9 ESV
1And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.a2He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
7In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; 9they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. 11They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.b
12The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. 17And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphirec and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. 18By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.
20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
OBSERVATIONS(Reflect on the topic and build the concept the writer is trying to communicate to the original audience)
ebible (NLT) (Best for having Bible sections divided by "pericope" or sections by thought)
Bible Project (NLT) (Helpful videos and instructions for the bigger picture)
Bible Hub = Outline, Themes, Topics, People, Locations, and Questions
Revelation 9 provides a dramatic portrayal of God's final judgment, underscoring the dire consequences of continued disobedience. Yet, even amidst these terrifying events, the message of hope and redemption persists. Those who heed God's call, repent, and turn away from their wrongdoings may still find salvation in Him. This chapter serves as a stark reminder of the imperativeness of our choices and the profound need for humility, repentance, and divine guidance.
At the fifth trumpet, locusts from the pit tormented the earth. At the sixth trumpet, four angels killed a third of mankind with fire.
The chapter opens with the sound of the fifth trumpet. A star fallen from heaven is given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. Upon opening it, smoke ascends, darkening the sun and the sky. Out of the smoke emerge locusts with the power of scorpions to torment but not kill people without God's seal on their foreheads for five months. They are led by the Angel of the Abyss, named Abaddon or Apollyon.
The sixth trumpet releases four angels bound at the Euphrates River, who kill a third of mankind with an army of two hundred million. Despite these calamities, the survivors do not repent of their evil deeds. They continue worshipping idols and engaging in murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
Revelation Chapter 9 presents an apocalyptic vision filled with cryptic imagery and unfolding cataclysms. As the heavenly trumpets sound, divine judgment is unleashed upon the world. Here, the terrifying power of divine wrath is manifest, promising dire consequences for those who oppose God's sovereignty.
STUDY RESOURCES(This takes some work and here are more resources than you can go through completely)
NETBible (New English Translation) (Great for original text/manuscript information)
BlueLetter (King James Version) (A variety of resources and good on Phones / better on Computers)
BibleHub (HCSB) (Good on computer or app/phone with lots of well-organized information.)
BibleHub (BSB) (Good on computer or app/phone with lots of well-organized information.)
BibleRef.com (New King James Version) Basic able to compare core translations.
Today In Revelation 9 We look at the fifth and sixth Trumpets of warning, The first two woes. And then we take a brief look at the Christmas Dragon in Chapter 12
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