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Last week we did not make it through the entire study, we stopped about half way through, and now we have the other half, which contains the fifth trumpet and all that goes with it.

Now last week we looked at the first four trumpets, and seen that they brought this increase of judgment and torment to the tribulation period, the first trumpet brought judgment to the land and things that grow, the second trumpet brought judgment of oceans and things that live in the sea, the third trumpet brought judgment of rivers and men who walk on earth, and the fourth trumpet brought judgment on the skies and the light that shines from it.

Which brings us to where we stopped, the fifth trumpet, and the beginning of chapter nine.

E. The Fifth Trumpet:

The fifth trumpet sounds, and there is an invasion from the bottomless pit.

Demons will be released upon the earth from a bottomless pit.

The Greek word for bottomless pit is abussou, from which we get our English word abyss.

Who are these demons?

They will be especially vile, malicious, and powerful.

In fact, they are so diabolical that God in His mercy prepared a special pit in which to lock them away until the appointed time.

These demons are not like the demons who have roamed the earth since they fell from heaven.

They dread to go to the pit!

When Jesus cast the demons (called Legion) out of a man - Luke 8:31

This is also the place Peter referred to when he said in 2 Peter 2:4

I defined the fallen star as Satan in the last section.

Here Almighty God has given him permission to open the door to the bottomless pit to set the demons free.

The Demons: The Dominion of the Antichrist

We need to learn eleven things about the demons from the abyss:

They are degenerate spirits.

They are the vilest of the vile.

They are darkening spirits. in Revelation 9:2 we learn that a demonic darkness will come upon the earth that will choke out the light.

They are devouring spirits.

Revelation 9:3-4

In the Middle East locusts have swarmed like great clouds and blotted out the light of the sun and the moon.

They devour every bit of plant life in their path like an army - every blade of grass, every flower in the field, every seed and stalk of grain, sometimes even stripping the bark from the trees.

But these particular locusts will not feed on green things.

They will feed on the hearts and souls of men.

And as they do, they will inflict torment like a scorpion.

But these are not literal locusts, or even scorpions, but they are demons from the abyss that will inflict torment on those that are unbelievers, those that have come to Christ during the tribulation period, that have received the seal of God during this time, these demons are not allowed to harm or bother them.

4. They are debilitating spirits.

Revelation 9:5-6

A scorpion sting is like none other, it is just crazy and there are many different kinds of scorpions.

But the worst I have had is this huge wasp, stung me in the arm and with in a few minutes my whole arm was swollen, from my shoulder to my finger tips and it got to the point that I could not bend my finders and felt like my skin was going to bust open because my arm was that swollen.

I ended up after refusing to for a couple hours, going to the hospital and getting a couple of shots.

But it says they will be tormented for five months, see my pain went away, it took some time after I got the shots, but it went away.

Those in the tribulation will be tormented consistently with no relief, for five months, to the point that they will want to die, but will not be able too.

Five months is the normal life span of the Locusts in he Middle East and even though these were not literally locusts, they represented locusts, these demons would torture the people for five months, long enough that the people would seek to die to get away from the torment but would not be able to die.

5.

They are dauntless spirits.

Revelation 9:7

The first part of the verse says the locust are like horses prepared for battle.

Picture a team of mighty horses pawing the ground, snorting in fury, and covered with armor.

Think of their ability to gallop quickly into battle.

They are eagerly dauntless for their mission of doom.

Now picture yourself standing in front of them and trying to stop them.

No amount of money will be able to do it.

The military cannot help.

And even medicine will not work.

They are dauntless.

6.

They are domineering spirits.

Next part of verse seven there says, they had something like a golden crown was on their heads.

Satan has always wanted to wear a crown.

Now hell has a holiday, and the world has said to Jesus Christ, We will not have You rule over us.

Instead they crown Satan and his demons to rule.

Demons will have dominion in the great tribulation.

No human ingenuity will be able to stop them.

It will be a reign of terror.

The golden crown - as crowns do - it signifies authority and in this case, authority from the abyss, from Hell.

7.

They are deceptive spirits.

Notice the last part of verse seven: there faces were like human faces.

What does that mean?

Like human or men’s faces is a symbol of intelligence.

The Antichrist will be crafty and subtle.

Satan has a cunning plan.

When he sends the Antichrist into this world, he will be able to make people think white is black, black is white, up is down, and down is up.

This may sound hard to believe, but I think the Antichrist will be so conniving that he will make you murder your mother and think you are doing God a service.

The Antichrist will be so deceiving that people will follow after him and not even realize the evil that they are doing or the evil that he is doing.

8.

They are defiling spirits.

God has given women their hair for their glory, and it is beautiful, but these demons will use that as a trap.

In many ways these deceptive demons will seem alluring.

The Bible speaks of seducing spirits.

We see that now to some extent but it will continue to get worse, as we get closer to the end of times.

But they will have teeth like lions.

This is the picture of Satan we see in 1 Peter 5:8

These evil spirits will be hideously beautiful and brilliantly deceptive.

Which makes me think of when Jesus warned us about the wolves in sheep's clothing in Matthew 7:15

The Antichrist and all his false prophets will be so attractive not just in appearance but also in their leadership, in their message, in the way they conduct themselves, that people will flock to them, but they will just be wolves in sheep clothing, they will be demons.

9.

They are defiant spirits.

These demons will be wearing impenetrable armor so that groans, cries, and shrieks of their victims will be meaningless to them.

They will not be moved from their course of action.

And wave after wave will come.

You can hear the chariots rumble.

They cannot be stopped.

They cannot be outrun.

There is not place to hide.

Nothing will affect these demons, they will not have emotions, therefore, they will not be affected by hurting people, by leading people in the wrong directions.

There will not be anyone that will attack them because everyone will be deceived by them and believe that they are the true leaders, the ones that are right.

10.

They are durable spirits.

Five months is the normal lifespan of a locust.

Five is also the number of completeness.

What does this mean?

Until their deed is done, they cannot be stopped.

Nothing but the hand of Almighty God can stop these durable spirits.

They cannot be destroyed.

There is no weapon against them.

The demons will have a tail like a scorpion that is the demons will use their tails to harm people, they will not kill the people, but harm them for five long and drawn out time, as we seen earlier that these five months will be so tormenting that the people will want to die but will not be able too.

11.

They are diabolical spirits.

Apollyon is Satan himself.

Can you imagine what would happen if all the prison doors in America were flung open?

If every rapist, murderer, pervert, arsonist, abuser, and thief were free to roam the earth, and no police force could protect us?

That is the idea here.