Seek death; as a relief from the calamities brought upon them by these cruel invaders. When wicked men here suffer a part only of the evils which their sins deserve, life itself often becomes a burden, and they seek for death to relieve them. But there is effectual and permanent relief only in forsaking their sins and turning heartily to the Lord, who will then abundantly pardon.
Verse Revelation 9:6. _IN THOSE DAYS SHALL MEN SEEK DEATH_] So distressing shall be their sufferings and torment that they shall long for death in _any form_, to be rescued from the evils of life. The...
AND IN THOSE DAYS SHALL MEN SEEK DEATH ... - See the notes on Revelation 9:5. It is very easy to conceive of such a state of things as is here described, and, indeed, this has not been very uncommon i...
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...
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...
SEEK. As in Romans 2:7. NOT. The texts read "in nowise", the strong negative. App-105. SHALL FLEE. fleeth....
_shall flee_ Lit. FLEETH....
ΦΕΎΓΕΙ. The present after the future is a little strange....
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
Revelation 9:1-12. THE FIFTH TRUMPET. FIRST WOE...
_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...
ΖΗΤΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΖΗΤΈΩ (G2212) искать, отыскивать, ΕΎΡΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить, ΈΠΙΘΥΜΉΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΘΥΜΈΩ (G1937) стремиться, желать, ΆΠΟΘ...
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...
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 in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. SHALL DESIRE, [ epithumeesousin (G1937)] - set their mind on. SHALL FLEE. S...
__ 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...
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 IN THOSE DAYS... — Translate, _And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it; and they shall yearn to die, and death flees from them._ The change of tense from the future (“shall s...
Revelation 9:1-12 : _The fifth trumpet_....
The withholding of death, instead of being an alleviation, is really a refinement of torture; so infernal is the pain, that the sufferers crave, but crave in vain, for death (Sibyll. iii. 208: καὶ καλ...
“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...
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...
(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 IN THOSE DAYS MEN SHALL SEEK DEATH,.... Or desire to die, as Job did: AND SHALL NOT FIND IT; or shall not die: AND SHALL DESIRE TO DIE, AND DEATH SHALL FLEE FROM THEM; death will be preferred to...
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. Ver. 6. _Shall men seek death_] Being brought through anguish of conscience, an...
_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...
AND IN THOSE DAYS SHALL MEN SEEK DEATH, AND SHALL NOT FIND IT; AND SHALL DESIRE TO DIE, AND DEATH SHALL FLEE FROM THEM....
The plague of the locusts:...
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...
_ 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them._ A. The pain will be so severe that some will seek death as a relief from the inten...
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...
The calamities of those days shall be so great, that men shall be weary of their lives....
Revelation 9:6 G2532 In G1722 those G1565 days G2250 men G444 seek G2212 (G5692) death G2288 and...
‘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...
Revelation 9:6. So terrible is the plague that men shall eagerly, but in vain, desire to die a point reached under the _sixth_ seal, but now under the _fifth_ trumpet, the usual climax of the Apocalyp...
The verses before as contain an account of the fifth trumpet....
MEN (ο ανθρωπο). Generic use of the article (men as a class).SHALL NOT FIND IT (ου μη ευρησουσιν αυτον). Strong double negative ου μη with the future active indicative according to Aleph Q, but ευ...
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...
DURING THE FIVE MONTHS. Revelation 9:6-10 give a symbolic picture of these "locusts from the abyss." Do not try to "pick apart" the symbol of the locusts [what is the _separate_ meaning of the hair, t...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 9:1 The STAR FALLEN FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH (v. Revelation 9:1) when the FIFTH trumpet sounds is
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....
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...
_6 AND IN THOSE DAYS SHALL MEN SEEK DEATH, AND SHALL NOT FIND IT; AND SHALL DESIRE TO DIE, AND DEATH SHALL FLEE FROM THEM._ This is going to be so bad that people will seek death but they will not fi...
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...
2 Samuel 1:9; Hosea 10:8; Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 8:3; Job 3:20;...
Men. Rather, the men : those tormented. Shall desire [ε π ι θ υ μ η σ ο υ σ ι ν]. Epi has the force of vehemently, earnestly. Shall flee [φ ε υ ξ ε τ α ι]. Read feugei fleeth. Aeschylus says : "Not j...
The men — That is, the men who are so tormented....