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Revelation 9:2
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Verse Revelation 9:2. _HE OPENED THE BOTTOMLESS PIT_] το φρεαρ της αβυσσου _The pit of the bottomless deep_. Some think the angel means _Satan_, and the bottomless pit _hell_. Some suppose _Mohammed_...
AND HE OPENED THE BOTTOMLESS PIT - It is represented before as wholly confined, so that not even the smoke or vapor could escape. AND THERE AROSE A SMOKE OUT OF THE PIT - Compare Revelation 14:11. The...
CHAPTER 9 Revelation 9:1 . The remaining three trumpets have a “woe” attached to each. This is announced in the last verse of the preceding chapter, where the word angel should be “eagle.” An eagle,...
THE FIFTH TRUMPET OR THE FIRST WOE. The seer sees a star fallen on the earth. The star seems to represent a person, possibly Satan (_cf._ Luke 10:18). ABYSS: the word properly means bottomless, and is...
THE FIFTH TRUMPET. We are now prepared to listen to the trumpet of the fifth angel, and to behold the symbolism described by the prophet.. quote: And the fifth angel sounded, and. saw. star fall from...
THE UNLOCKING OF THE ABYSS (Revelation 9:1-2) 9:1,2 The fifth angel sounded a blast on his trumpet, and I saw a star failing from heaven on the earth, and to him there was given the key of the shaft...
OUT OF. App-104. FURNACE. Compare Revelation 1:15. Indicating. place of fire, but not to be confused with _Hades_ (Sheol) or with Tartarus. Compare Jeremiah 4:23, where the judgments are against Juda...
ΚΑῚ ἬΝΟΙΞΕΝ … ἈΒΎΣΣΟΥ. These words are omitted by אB2 vg[310] (am[311] harl. tol[312]) cop[313] arm[314] æth[315] [310] Vulgate. [311] Codex Amiatinus 6th century in Laurentian Library at Florence....
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
Revelation 9:1-12. THE FIFTH TRUMPET. FIRST WOE...
_THE FIFTH ANGEL SOUNDS HIS TRUMPET REVELATION 9:1-3:_ As the fifth seal was opened a star was personified. "And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him w...
ΉΝΟΙΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать, ΆΝΈΒΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подниматься, восходить, ΚΑΠΝΌΣ (G2586) дым, курение, ΦΡΈΑΤΟΣ (G5421) печь, ΚΆΜΙΝΟΣ (G2575) печь, очаг...
THERE AROSE A SMOKE OUT OF THE PIT,— As a great smoke hinders the sight, so do errors the understanding. St. John keeps to the allegory, says Grotius: a smoke takes from us the sight of the stars. _Sm...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 30 Text Revelation 9:1-12 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss. 2 And...
_AND HE OPENED THE BOTTOMLESS PIT; AND THERE AROSE A SMOKE OUT OF THE PIT, AS THE SMOKE OF A GREAT FURNACE; AND THE SUN AND THE AIR WERE DARKENED BY REASON OF THE SMOKE OF THE PIT._ No JFB commentary...
__ Throne Section-The Trumpets 15 The fact that they perform priestly functions shows that they are of the priest nation. No other nation will have access to the temple (Exo_19:6; 1Pe_2:9; Rev_1:6)....
9:2 it (g-2) i.e. the star....
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TRUMPETS These herald woes upon the ungodly and idolatrous, inflicted both by demonic and by human agency. 1-12. The fifth trumpet initiates the first of the three woes. A star fa...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 9 THE FIFTH (5TH) *TRUMPET - REVELATION 9:1-12 V1 The fifth (5th) *angel’s *trumpet sounded. And I saw a star that had fallen from...
AND HE OPENED... — Translate, _And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun was darkened, and the air, by reason of the smok...
For the following description of this destructive horde of weird locusts, see Joel 2. with Driver's notes and excursus (_C. B._) to which add the famous description of a locust-plague in Newman's _Cal...
Revelation 9:1-12 : _The fifth trumpet_....
“OUT OF THE SMOKE OF THE PIT” Revelation 9:1 This chapter reminds us of the prophet Joel who, under the imagery of a swarm of locusts, depicted the coming invasion of hostile nations. Whether these w...
At the sounding of the fifth trumpet the procedure of judgment takes a new form, passing from the material to the spiritual. The loosing of Satan is suggestive of the manifestation of satanic agency u...
When the pit was opened, it belched forth the blue-black smoke of an industrial furnace. This represents the light (truth) darkening influence of sin and the delusion which comes with it. (2 Corinthia...
(4) And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. (4) To this is a...
And the smoke, &c. Luther and his followers propagated and defended their new doctrines with such heat and violence, as to occasion every where seditions and insurrections, which they seemed to glory...
(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. (2) And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
Hell on Earth Some minds are like finished concrete - thoroughly mixed and permanently set. I. INTRODUCTION A. By nature, we as human beings have an incredible gift for not dealing with things! 1....
The fifth angel sounds; and one who should have been by position the instrument of light and governmental order over the earth was seen as having lost his place; and the power to let loose the full da...
AND HE OPENED THE BOTTOMLESS PIT,.... With the key that was given him; he made use of his universal power over all bishops and churches, enacted laws, issued out decrees, made articles of faith, and i...
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. Ver. 2. _And there...
_There arose a smoke out of the pit_ As a great smoke hinders the sight, so do errors blind the understanding. The apostle keeps to the allegory, says Grotius, for smoke takes from us the sight of the...
A SMOKE OUT OF THE PIT; the smoke arising out of the bottomless pit and darkening the sun and the air may be taken as an apt emblem of the Mohammedan delusion. Out of this smoke come the swarms of loc...
THE FIFTH TRUMPET: A DEMON INFESTATION (vv. 1-12) The sounding of the fifth trumpet discloses "a star _fallen_ from heaven:" it is _already_ fallen (v. 1). This is the same star that fell under the...
_ 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit._ A. The smoke must repres...
1-12 Upon sounding the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by this star becomes the minister of the devil; and lets lo...
AND HE OPENED THE BOTTOMLESS PIT; he was a means of hell's breaking loose, by loosing Satan. AND THERE AROSE A SMOKE OUT OF THE PIT, AS THE SMOKE OF A GREAT FURNACE: I had rather interpret this genera...
Revelation 9:2 And G2532 opened G455 (G5656) bottomless G12 pit G5421 and G2532 smoke G2586 out G305 ...
‘And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven, fallen to the earth, and the key of the pit of the abyss was given to him. And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke from the pit went u...
The verses before as contain an account of the fifth trumpet....
Revelation 9:2. No sooner was the well opened than THERE WENT UP A SMOKE OUT OF THE WELL AS THE SMOKE OF A GREAT FURNACE. The smoke must be thought of as so thick and black that the sun was shrouded f...
OPENED (ηνοιξεν). First aorist active indicative of ανοιγνυμ. With the "key" (κλεις).AS THE SMOKE OF A GREAT FURNACE (ως καπνος καμινου μεγαλης). The plague of demonic locusts is here turned loos...
SMOKE Contrast (Revelation 21:24); (Joel 2:10)....
CONTENTS: Judgments of the fifth and sixth trumpets. CHARACTERS: God, angels, John, Abaddon. CONCLUSION: So fearful and unbearable will conditions be in the Great Tribulation days when Satanic powers...
Revelation 9:1. _The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star,_ the vile impostor Mahomed, _fall from heaven unto the earth. And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit:_ it should read, the keys...
OPENED THE ABYSS. This is "hell" before the Judgment. After Judgment hell is the "lake of fire" (Revelation 20:14-15). WERE MADE DARK BY THE SMOKE. Satan opens the abyss and fills the world with demon...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:2 LOCUSTS recalls the eighth plague on Egypt (Exodus 10:14) and...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:1 The STAR FALLEN FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH (v. Revelation 9:1) when the FIFTH trumpet sounds is
And this personage, whoever he was, opened the bottomless pit, and there came out dense smoke that darkened the sky, and locusts with the power of scorpions. And they were enjoined not to hurt grass o...
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH WOE-TRUMPETS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 9:1. FALL.—Better, “fallen”; that had fallen. A star would seem to represent a false teacher. Some think Mahomet is referre...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 9:1 AND THE FIFTH ANGEL SOUNDED, AND I SAW A STAR FALL FROM HEAVEN UNTO THE EARTH; _a star from heaven fallen unto the earth _(Revised Version); not _saw a star fall. _(For the...
CHAPTER 9 - FIFTH TRUMPET BRINGS FIRST WOE _ 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._ _ 2 AND HE OPENED TH...
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the eaRuth (Revelation 9:1): And it is interesting how that a great mountain of fire burning, a star falling, a star falling, these...
Acts 2:19; Exodus 10:21; Genesis 15:17; Genesis 19:28; Isaiah 14:31;...
Smoke of a great furnace. Compare Genesis 19:28; Exodus 19:18; Matthew 13:42; Matthew 13:50....
And there arose a smoke out of the pit — The locusts, who afterwards rise out of it, seem to be, as we shall afterwards see, the Persians; agreeable to which, this smoke is their detestable idolatrous...