Rev 9:1, 11, 11:7, 17:8 | PNT | STEP | The Woe Trumpets SUMMARY OF REVELATION 9: The Fifth Trumpet. The Fallen Star. The Destroying Locusts. The Five Months of Their Power. The Sixth Trumpet. The Four Angels at the Euphrates Loosed. The Myriads of the Horsemen. The Third Part of Men Killed. The Rest of Mankind Repent Not. THE FIFTH TRUMPET. I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth . "I saw a star from heaven fallen to the earth" (Revised Version). John saw when the trumpet sounded, not a star fall, but a star fallen to the earth. A star is a symbol of a leader. A star fallen to the earth would indicate his degradation in some way. To him was given the key of the bottomless pit . He was given power to let out hellish influences on the earth.

Revelation of John 9:1

The Woe Trumpets SUMMARY OF REVELATION 9: The Fifth Trumpet. The Fallen Star. The Destroying Locusts. The Five Months of Their Power. The Sixth Trumpet. The Four Angels at the Euphrates Loosed. The Myriads of the Horsemen. The Third Part of Men Killed. The Rest of Mankind Repent Not. THE FIFTH TRUMPET.

I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth. "I saw a star from heaven fallen to the earth" (Revised Version). John saw when the trumpet sounded, not a star fall, but a star fallen to the earth. A star is a symbol of a leader. A star fallen to the earth would indicate his degradation in some way.

To him was given the key of the bottomless pit. He was given power to let out hellish influences on the earth.

Revelation of John 9:11

They had a king over them. The real king was not the star, but the power of the bottomless pit.

Apollyon. The destroyer; either the devil or one of his angels.

Revelation of John 11:7

When they shall have finished their testimony. The thought is, "When they shall have made their testimony complete".

The beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit. The coming up of the beast out of the abyss is named here, in Re 13:1 17:3. The powers that come from the abyss are satanic. Compare Re 9:2 9:11. The beast, therefore, represents some devilish power or influence. The Greek word "therion", rendered "beast" here, in Re 13:1 17:3 denotes a savage wild beast of prey. The beast from the abyss should be distinguished from "the beast coming up out of the sea" (Re 13:1), and from "the beast coming up out of the earth" (Re 13:11). They are all malign powers, but the power of evil manifested in different forms.

Shall . . . kill them. Whatever the beast represents, that power shall assail the witnesses, and shall slay them for a time.

Revelation of John 17:8

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not. See notes on Re 13:1-10. The beast that existed then, when John wrote, was to receive a deadly wound, and to appear again in a new form.

They . . . whose name were not written in the book of life. Are not of God's spiritual children.

From the foundation of the world. The meaning of this expression is to be sought in Re 13:8. Their names were written in the book of life which had existed from the time referred to in Re 13:8, when the plan of redemption was prepared in the counsels of God.