Rev 9:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Rev 9:1-21: 9:1-21 The fifth and sixth trumpets demonstrate how God’s judgment affects the people of the world and detail how futile it is to resist God. While these judgments should lead to repentance, they do not. Sin has such control over people that they choose to worship the evil forces that torture and murder them rather than repent and turn to God. Summary for Rev 9:1-12: 9:1-12 The fifth ... trumpet , the first of the three terrors (8:13 ), brings the judgment of locusts from the bottomless pit , a place of horror. Ancient cultures viewed the oceanic depths, or the “abyss,” as a dwelling place of demonic forces (see study note on Gen 1:2).

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‏ Revelation of John 9:1

Summary for Rev 9:1-21: 9:1-21 ^a The fifth and sixth trumpets demonstrate how God’s judgment affects the people of the world and detail how futile it is to resist God. While these judgments should lead to repentance, they do not. Sin has such control over people that they choose to worship the evil forces that torture and murder them rather than repent and turn to God.
Summary for Rev 9:1-12: 9:1-12 ^b The fifth ... trumpet, the first of the three terrors (8:13 ^c), brings the judgment of locusts from the bottomless pit, a place of horror. Ancient cultures viewed the oceanic depths, or the “abyss,” as a dwelling place of demonic forces (see study note on Gen 1:2).