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History is filled with disasters, wars, and plagues. Those pages are dark ones in history, but they are far worse than those to come. Armies that dwarf all whichever marched are poised even as we speak, and at the moment known only to God, the ultimate weapon, angels of doom by the hundreds of millions will be unleashed.
These cosmic warriors are unstoppable and deadly, needing no weapons, no food, no vehicles, no rest. In their wake will fall more than all wars have ever killed, and all in just a brief moment in time. All that, and yet the earth dwellers miss the message, turn their Backs on God, and worship themselves and the demons that enslave them in cruel hatred and lust.
Join me in Revelation 9 as we Discover the JUDGMENT OF JESUS as He opens the Abyss of Horrors and judges the hardened and unrepentant sinners.
As chapter 9 opens, John introduces us to the dreadful realm of the fallen spirits and their abode: the abyss. This bottomless pit is often mentioned in God’s Word (9:1-2, 11; 11:7; 20:1,3) as the holding tank of punishment for the fallen angels, demons, the beast, the false prophet, and Satan. Every time the Bible describes it, the location is at the earth’s center.
If all of these are taken literally, God has designed an impregnable fortress that holds the most fearsome creatures in the universe. These spirit beings of the highest magnitude of evil are leftover from Satanās rebellion. Jude tells us some were trying to corrupt the human race so the promised seed of the woman (Jesus Gen. 3:15) could never come. Others seem to be critical leaders of Satanās forces, and they are held back until now.
This abyss or bottomless pit is only an intermediate step before the final abode of the Prince of Darkness and all his followers. In chapter 20, the final place of terror is the Lake of Fire of Gehenna, which Jesus spoke of so often in His warnings scattered throughout the Gospels. The fallen Lucifer is given permission to open the dungeon of demons and release the legions of terrors.
As the shaft leading downward is unlocked, the infernal smoke of the pit billows out of the darkness, unleashing the pent-up fury of hell. With the most destructive imagery known to man, John describes them as locusts. No plague was more fearsome in the ancient world.