Message Notes

SSS 4 16 March 2025
Text: Revelation 9

1 Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
7 The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.
8 They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.
9 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle.
10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.

Revelation 9:1-12

THE FIFTH TRUMPET

1. A star fallen from heaven Revelation 9:1

a) Perfect Tense “fallen”

b) A fallen angel

2. A key to open the bottomless pit

a) Sealed

b) Opened

3. The Bottomless Pit Ezekiel 26:20 Tyre consigned to “The Pit”

a) Smoke in the pit

b) The smoke affects the sun and the atmosphere

4. A plague of locusts

a) Given the power of scorpions

b) To sting but not to kill

c) The torment they bring would be terrible

d) Many wish to die but are unable

5. An army of locusts led by a demon

a) Shape of the locusts like horses

b) Crowns on their head

c) Faces like men

d) Hair like that of women

e) Teeth like the lions

f) Breastplates of iron

g) Sounds of chariots in movement

h) Tails like scorpions

i) Power to hurt for five months

6. Leader of the army of locusts

a) Abaddon

b) Apollyon

c) Both names mean: “Destruction” (Destroyer)

7. This was a terrible Woe pronounced

OUR CHALLENGE

1. To increase faith

2. To find grace and strength

3. To put on the whole armour of God

4. To stand strong in the Lord