The Fifth Trumpet
1Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the abyss. 2The star opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
3And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
“I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth”
The star is a person and that he had already fallen. But is this person good or bad? Whoever he is, it best to see him as an angel who is doing God’s work and he has the key to the bottomless pit.
“locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.”
“A visual representation of the hordes of demons loosed upon the earth.” (Walvoord)
God protected those who had His seal on their forehead!
In the Book of Job we learned Satan couldn’t touch Job without God’s permission, He protected him and his household.
The same principle applies here.
How do you get Gods seal?
Ephesians 1:13-14 NIV And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.
“5The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months,”
Five months of torment!
Satan gave Job boils from head to toe and Job used a pottery shard to scrape them, but with all his pain and torment Job didn’t curse God!
One thing stands out to me, Satan’s followers (unrepentant sinners) are tormented by Satan’s demons!
Will they curse God?
Gods children are protected by a seal!
Gods protection or Satan’s torment?
A no brainer here!
Blessings, David
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