Revelation 9:1

Revelation 9:1

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

Before starting the discussion I have five question in my mind

1.      What is happening when the fifth angle blew the trumpet ? (Revelation 9: 1-11)

2.      Who is that star ?

3.      What authority given to him ?

4.      What happened when he use his power ?

5.      What is behind mysteries of locusts ?

When we read the fifth trumpet (Rev. 9:1-11) incident, it resembling or recalling the Job incident

God gave authority to satan “…the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand” (Job 2:6)	Key(authority ) given to fallen star “To him was given the key” (Rev 9:1)
satan gave trouble only to his body.  “…touch his bone and his flesh” (Job 2:4)	To locuts gave permission to torment the people for five months    “…to torment them for five months.” (Rev 9:5)
Satan did not had permission to take Job’s life “…but spare his life” (job 2:6)	Locusts  not killing the people “they were not given authority to kill them” (Rev 9:5)
Job want to die, but he can’t “…death rather than my life”  (job 7:15)(KJV Cambridge Ed.)	People wants to die, but they can’t “men will seek death and will not find it” (Rev 9:6)

I.              Star

Why I am comparing the Job and Revelation means to find the answer for our second question. Who is that star?

Stars are repeating many times in the whole bible. But the meaning of the star is changed place to place.

1.     Multitude or Descendants are referred as star

Genesis 26:4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven;

2.    Jesus referred as star and morning star

Numbers 24:17 " A Star shall come out of Jacob;”

2Pet 1:19, Rev 2:28, Rev 22:16 : Morning star

3.    Righteousness is referred as star

Daniel 12 :3 righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.

4.    Idols or goddess are referred as star

Amos 5 :26  You also carried Sikkuth your king And Chiun, your idols, The star of your gods, Which you made for yourselves.

5.    Church Leaders are referred as star

Revelation 1:20 The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches,

6.    In bible we can see some fallen stars and wondering star

Bible mentioning two type of fallen stars

1.Fallen stars

2.Fallen star

a.     Fallen stars

This may be we can take as literal meaning or spiritual meaning. Some references are          

Matthew 24:29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Mark 13:25 the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

Revelation 6: 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.

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.

Daniel 8:10 And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them.

b.     Fallen star

Isaiah 14:12(NIV) : “How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star,”

Revelation 8:10 Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

c.      Wandering stars

“Jude 1:12 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.”

Here Jude himself clearly mentions about whom that is wandering star in Jude 1:9.

Angels were not fallen

Throughout bible no were mentioned that angles or an angle are fall from heaven. Bible mentioning about angle is

1. “angels came”  - Gen19:1, Judges 13:6, 2 king 19:35, Zec 4:1, Zec 5:5,

2. “The Angel of the LORD came” - Judges 2:1, Judges 6:11, 9, 1king 17:9, Mat 4:11 luke 24:23, Rev. 14:15, 17,18, Rev. 15:6, Rev. 20:1 

3.“An angel of the Lord descended from heaven” - Mat. 28:2

II.          “to him”

            Here, if we take a look closely to verse revelation 9:1, it is using the word “to him”. Here the “him” refers the star. So we can understand that this star referring some person. In the same verse mentioned that star was fallen down to the earth.

            Already we saw many stars and its meaning. So we can understand that the fallen star is nothing but devil.    

III.      “given the key”

Here we can see that the star receiving key from someone. From whom he got the key ? for that first we can understand who holding the keys   Rev 1:18, Is.22:22 and Mat. 16:19 stating that, the key of hell and hades holding by Lord Jesus.      

Revelation 1:18 - And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. 

Isaiah 22:22 - The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder

Matthew 16:19 – And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven:

All above three verse states that Christ has the key. We know that meaning of key is authority to do things. Anything Satan does, as in hurting Job, must be approved by Christ before he does it, because Christ has complete authority over all things. 

 Therefore it is not difficult to see that Christ gives the keys to the bottomless pit to this star, who opens the pit and lets loose these terrible calamities upon the earth. 

Revelation 20:1 records that an angel from God now has the keys (authority) of the bottomless pit, which he opens and chains Satan for 1,000 years. 

IV.      Bottom less pit

We will discuss the bottom less pit in next week.