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Gary Hampton Commentaries

Revelation 9:1

Earlier (Revelation 1:20), we were informed that the seven stars were the angels of the seven churches. The star here has fallen (ASV) and we believe this to be Satan. (Luke 10:18; Isaiah 14:12-14; Ezekiel 28:1-19) Isaiah's prophecy is first concerning the king of Babylon, and Ezekiel's concerns the king of Tyre, but in both instances much is said about them which could not have been true of men. Such must suggest they are personifications of Satan. The bottomless pit, or abyss, is the abode of demons (Luke 8:31), a place of temporary punishment for the beast and Satan himself. (Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:2-3) Satan is given the key to the abyss, which shows us that God limits Satan's authority. (Job 1:12; Job 2:6; Luke 22:31-32)

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Message from Patmos by David Scott Clark

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • The Revelation of Jesus Christ Through the Ages by Donald A. Koenig

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Thessalonians 2:3; 2 Timothy 3:1; Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18; Luke

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Fall [π ε π τ ω κ ο τ α]. Lit., fallen. The star had fallen before and is seen as fallen. Rev., properly construes star with from heaven instead of with fallen. Compare Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18. Of th...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star — Far different from that mentioned, Revelation 8:11. This star belongs to the invisible world. The third woe is occasioned by the dragon cast out of heav...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. That those who understand this WOE denounced by the fifth angel to denote. temporal judgment, apply it to the Jewish seducer, who headed the turbulent Zealots; he was. ringleader of m...

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