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Verse Revelation 9:5. _TO THEM IT WAS GIVEN_] That is, they were
_permitted_.
_THAT THEY SHOULD BE TORMENTED FIVE MONTHS_] Some take these months
_literally_, and apply them to the conduct of the Ze...
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AND TO THEM IT WAS GIVEN - There is here the same indefiniteness as in
the former verse, the impersonal verb being here also used. The writer
does not say by whom this power was given, whether by God,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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From the smoke locusts came forth upon the earth, and they were given
power like the power of the scorpions of the earth. They were told not
to harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor an...
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THAT... NOT. As in Revelation 9:4.
TORMENTED. Greek. _basanizo,_ literally to test (metals) by the
touchstone, then to torture. Occurs: Revelation 11:10; Revelation 12:2
(pained);...
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_five months_ It has been conjectured that this period is named, as
being the time for which a plague of the literal locusts is liable to
last. But more probably the period is to be reckoned on the sa...
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ΒΑΣΑΝΙΣΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ; Erasmus altered this into
βασανισθήσωνται; Text. Rec[319] reads
βασανισθῶσι with B2.
[319] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.
5. ΜΗ͂ΝΑΣ ΠΈΝΤΕ. It has been conjectured tha...
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Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
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Revelation 9:1-12. THE FIFTH TRUMPET. FIRST WOE...
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_THE LOCUST AND THEIR WORK REVELATION 9:4-12:_ Locusts are a universal
symbol of destruction. The locusts are not literal. We know this
because these locusts would not touch the grass, nor any green t...
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BUT THAT THEY SHOULD BE TORMENTED FIVE MONTHS, &C.— _But that they
should torment,_ &c. one hundred and fifty years, from the year 612 to
the year 762. See on Revelation 9:10. As the Saracens were to...
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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...
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And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that
they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the
torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
THEY ... THEY. T...
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Throne Section-The Locusts
8 The detailed description of these locusts forbids our taking them in
any way but as literal creatures just as they are described, Their
time limit is the same as natu...
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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...
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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...
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AND TO THEM... — Better, _And it was given to them that they should
not kill them (i.e.,_ those who had not the seal of God in their
foreheads), _but that they should be tortured five months._ The
gen...
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Revelation 9:1-12 : _The fifth trumpet_....
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παίσῃ here, like ἐπάταξεν James 4:7, represents LXX,
tr. of נכה in sense of reptile's bite; the scorpion with its
long-fanged tail stings the prey which it has already gripped with its
claws (_cf._ Se...
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“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...
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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...
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Their victims suffer mental and spiritual pain because of the sting,
but, though they desire it, they do not die. The word for torment is
used of Lot and by the demon who possessed the man in the land...
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(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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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AND TO THEM IT WAS GIVEN THAT THEY SHOULD NOT KILL THEM,.... As the
power of the locusts was limited with respect to the persons they
should hurt, so with regard also to the mischief they should do; f...
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And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they
should be tormented five months: and their torment _was_ as the
torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Ver. 5. _And to t...
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_And it was commanded that they should not hurt the grass,_ &c. This
verse demonstrates that they were not natural, but symbolical locusts.
The like injunctions were given to the Arabian officers and...
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FIVE MONTHS; the period of the duration of natural locusts. It here
denotes a time appointed and limited by God; according to some, 150
years-a day being taken for a year-which was about the period du...
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AND TO THEM IT WAS GIVEN THAT THEY SHOULD NOT KILL THEM, BUT THAT THEY
SHOULD BE TORMENTED FIVE MONTHS; AND THEIR TORMENT WAS AS THE TORMENT
OF A SCORPION WHEN HE STRIKETH A MAN....
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The plague of the locusts:...
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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...
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_ 5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment
them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion
when it strikes a man._
A. The locusts were forbidden from ki...
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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...
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Supposing the Saracens and Turks here meant by the locusts, here arise
two difficulties:
1. How it can be said of them, that they had no power to _kill, _ but
only _torment_ men.
2. How their time is...
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Revelation 9:5 And G2532 they G846 not G3363 given G1325 (G5681) kill
G615 (G5725) them G846 but...
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‘And it was given to them that they should not kill them, but that
they should be tormented five months; and their torment was like the
torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. And in those days m...
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The verses before as contain an account of the fifth trumpet....
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Revelation 9:5. While ‘men' are thus the object of the locust
plague, its violence is even AS to them restrained. AND IT WAS GIVEN
THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT KILL THEM, BUT THAT THEY SHOULD BE TORMENTE...
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THAT THEY SHOULD NOT KILL THEM
(ινα μη αποκτεινωσιν αυτους). Sub-final object
clause (subject of εδοθη) with ινα μη and the subjunctive of
αποκτεινω either present (continued action) or aorist
(con...
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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...
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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...
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NOT ALLOWED TO KILL THESE MEN. God has placed a limitation on these
evil spirits who operate in the hearts and lives of evil men and
women. They are destructive, horribly so, yet they can torture, but...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:1 The STAR FALLEN FROM HEAVEN TO
EARTH (v. Revelation 9:1) when the FIFTH trumpet sounds is
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:4 These locusts are no threat to
earth’s vegetation (GRASS, GREEN PLANT, or TREE), and they do not
look like locusts (vv....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_3 AND THERE CAME OUT OF THE SMOKE LOCUSTS UPON THE EARTH: AND UNTO
THEM WAS GIVEN POWER, AS THE SCORPIONS OF THE EARTH HAVE POWER._
The bottomless pit is opened and tormentors come on the earth. Thei...
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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...
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Daniel 5:18; Daniel 7:6; Job 2:6; John 19:11; Revelation 11:7;...
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They should be tormented (basanisqwsin). See on torments, Matthew
4:24.
Striketh [π α ι σ η]. Dr. Thomson says that the scorpion cannot
strike sideways. All accounts agree as to the fearful pain from...
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Not to kill them — Very few of them were killed: in general, they
were imprisoned and variously tormented....
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That is, God would bring such dreadful judgments and calamities upon
the wicked world, that men should be an affliction beyond all other
afflictions, that they could not die: to flee death is. great m...