Rev 9:1\u00a0 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven\u00a0unto the earth<\/u><\/strong>: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. Before we begin to study the words of this fifth trumpet, let\u2019s recall what is said of these last three trumpets in the last verse of the preceding chapter.<\/p>\n Rev 8:13\u00a0 And I beheld, and heard an angel\u00a0flying through the midst of heaven<\/u><\/strong>, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As the life of any man of God, whether in the Old or the New Testament demonstrates, the trials we endure toward the end of our walk, in the lion\u2019s den, in the fiery furnace or in the Garden of Gethsemane, could never have been endured without first having our hearts prepared for those trials, by enduring easier trials earlier in our walk. So it is with each of these last three woes. Each of the first six seals and each of the first four trumpets were preparation for these last three \u201cwoes\u201d culminating in the seven last plagues upon all who are to become the temple of God\u2019s holy spirit.<\/p>\n 1Ch 29:18\u00a0 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and\u00a0prepare their heart<\/u>\u00a0unto thee:<\/strong><\/p>\n Job 11:12\u00a0 For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass\u2019s colt. Psa 10:17\u00a0 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble:\u00a0thou<\/u>\u00a0wilt\u00a0prepare their heart,\u00a0thou<\/u>\u00a0wilt\u00a0cause thine ear to hear<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n Jer 12:3\u00a0 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee:\u00a0pull them out<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0like sheep for the slaughter<\/strong><\/u>, and\u00a0prepare them for the day of slaughter.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rev 15:8\u00a0 And\u00a0the temple<\/u>\u00a0was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple,\u00a0till the seven plagues<\/u>\u00a0of the seven angels were fulfilled.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cPull out\u201d who? Who is \u201cpulled out\u201d like sheep for the slaughter? Who is the temple, and who enters that temple? It is those who are \u201ckeeping the things written therein.\u201d It is all who are now being judged by these seven trumpets. Being \u2018pulled out like sheep for the slaughter\u2019 is the greatest honor that can be bestowed upon mankind simply because \u2018the slaughter\u2019 refers to the death of our carnal minded old men and the destruction of what \u201cis \u00a0in my flesh\u201d:<\/p>\n Rom 7:18\u00a0 For I know that in me (that is,\u00a0in my flesh<\/u><\/strong>,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but\u00a0how<\/em>\u00a0to perform that which is good I find not.<\/p>\n Psa 44:22\u00a0 Yea, for thy sake are\u00a0we<\/u>\u00a0killed all the day long;\u00a0we<\/u>\u00a0are counted as sheep for the slaughter.<\/strong><\/p>\n Isa 53:7\u00a0 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth:\u00a0he<\/u>\u00a0is brought\u00a0as a lamb to the slaughter<\/u><\/strong>, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,\u00a0so he<\/u>\u00a0openeth not\u00a0his<\/u>\u00a0mouth.<\/strong><\/p>\n Act 8:32\u00a0 The place of the scripture which he read was this,\u00a0He<\/u>\u00a0[ Christ] was led as a sheep to the slaughter;<\/strong>\u00a0and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:<\/p>\n Rom 8:36\u00a0 As it is written, For thy sake\u00a0we<\/u>\u00a0are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cAs He is so are we\u201d, and just as Christ\u2019s flesh was first judged\u00a0for us, so must we \u201cfirst be judged\u201d for the sake of \u201cthe church which is His body\u201d.<\/p>\n 1Jn 4:17\u00a0 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment:\u00a0because\u00a0as he is, so are we<\/u>\u00a0in this world.<\/strong><\/p>\n Col 1:24\u00a0 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you,\u00a0and fill up\u00a0that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ<\/u>\u00a0in my flesh<\/u>\u00a0for his body\u2019s sake, which is the church:<\/strong> To remind us that the vials are but a later iteration of these trumpets, let\u2019s take note of how both target the same subject:<\/p>\n Rev 9:1\u00a0 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall\u00a0from heaven unto the earth<\/u>: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. Rev 16:10\u00a0 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat [G2362: \u2018thronos\u2019, throne] of the beast;\u00a0and his kingdom was full of darkness<\/strong>; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, With this reminder that \u201cThe sum of thy Word is Truth\u201d is the proper approach to this prophecy (Psa 119:160 ASV), let\u2019s number the symbols of the first two verses of this fifth trumpet. 1) The first symbol is the angel that sounds the trumpet. 2) the second symbol is a star that falls from heaven to the earth. 3) The third symbol is the heaven from which the star falls. 4) The fourth is the earth to which which the star from heaven falls. 5) The fifth is the key to the bottomless pit. 6) The sixth is the bottomless pit itself. 7) the seventh is the smoke of a great furnace. 8) The eighth is the darkened sun, which is darkened by the smoke of the pit, 9) and finally, the ninth is the air that is also darkened by the smoke of the pit.<\/p>\n Rev 9:1\u00a0 And the fifth angel sounded, and\u00a0I saw a star\u00a0fall from heaven<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0unto the earth:\u00a0and to\u00a0him<\/u>\u00a0was given the key of the bottomless pit.<\/strong> Since we have already given the Biblical revelation of what the first four symbols are and since we have already given the Biblical, spiritual meaning of what the eighth symbol of the darkened sun is, we will simply list and briefly review what these symbols and their meanings are before getting into what the scriptures reveal about the remaining four symbols.<\/p>\n 1) What is the angel?<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0angels<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0that sound the trumpets, as we have demonstrated, signify\u00a0the priests<\/strong> who alone are commissioned to \u201cblow with the seven trumpets\u201d:<\/p>\n Jos 6:4 And\u00a0seven priests<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0shall bear before the ark\u00a0seven trumpets<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0of rams\u2019 horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times,\u00a0and\u00a0the priests shall blow with the trumpets.<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Go back to our earlier study on Rev 8:1-6 \u2013 Part 2, What Is Fire of The Altar Cast Into The Earth? to review all the scriptures which reveal who these seven angels signify. They themselves tell us that they signify \u201cyour fellowservants who keep the sayings of this book and have the testimony of Jesus Christ\u201d (Rev 19:10, Rev 22:8-9), and Peter and John tell us that if we are in Christ then we<\/u>\u00a0are these \u00a0seven angels\u2026\u2018seven priests\u2019<\/strong>:<\/p>\n 1Pe 2:5\u00a0\u00a0Ye<\/u>\u00a0also, as lively stones,\u00a0are built up a spiritual house,\u00a0an holy priesthood<\/u><\/strong>, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n 1Pe 2:9\u00a0 But\u00a0ye\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>a chosen generation, a royal\u00a0priesthood<\/u><\/strong>, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:<\/p>\n Rev 1:6\u00a0\u00a0And hath\u00a0made us\u00a0<\/u>kings and\u00a0priests<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0unto God and his Father; to him\u00a0be<\/em>\u00a0glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.<\/p>\n Rev 5:10\u00a0\u00a0And hast\u00a0made us<\/u>\u00a0unto our God kings and priests<\/u><\/strong>: and we shall reign on the earth:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 2) What is the star?<\/strong><\/p>\n This star<\/u><\/strong> that \u201cfalls from heaven to the earth\u201d is a messenger from the God who \u201cdwells in the heavens.\u201d<\/p>\n Rev 9:1\u00a0 And the fifth angel sounded, and\u00a0I saw a star fall [G4098: pipto] from heaven unto the earth<\/strong>:\u00a0and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The use of the pronoun \u2018he\u2019 demonstrates that this \u2018star\u2019 is indeed a messenger from God, who is sent with a key to open up this thing called \u201cthe bottomless pit.\u201d When the angel uses the key to open the pit, the sun and the air are darkened by the smoke from the pit.<\/p>\n This \u201ckey to the bottomless pit\u201d appears again in the hand of an angel who does not \u201cfall\u201d (G4098: pipto) from heaven, but rather \u201ccomes down (G2597: katabaino) from heaven\u201d and binds Satan for a thousand years and “casts him into the bottomless pit.\u201d\u00a0 Look at what this angel with this key is doing the next time we see him:<\/p>\n Rev 20:1\u00a0 And\u00a0I saw an angel come down [G2597: katabaino] from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and a great chain in his hand. We are told that this star here in Revelation 9:1 \u201cfell from heaven\u201d, a phrase used elsewhere only of Satan and his angels.<\/p>\n Isa 34:4\u00a0 And all\u00a0the host of heaven<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll:\u00a0and\u00a0all their host shall fall down<\/u><\/strong>, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and\u00a0as a falling fig from the fig tree.<\/strong><\/p>\n Mat 24:29\u00a0 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,\u00a0and the stars shall\u00a0fall [ G4098, pipto] from heaven<\/u>,<\/strong>\u00a0and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:<\/p>\n Luk 10:18\u00a0 And he said unto them,\u00a0I beheld\u00a0Satan<\/u>\u00a0as lightning\u00a0fall [G4098: pipto] from heaven<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rev 12:3\u00a0 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold\u00a0a great red dragon,<\/strong>\u00a0having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. In Revelation 20:1 We are told \u201cI saw an angel come down [G2597: \u2018katabaino\u2019] from heaven having the key to the bottomless pit.\u201d Christ is certainly the preeminent \u2018Star\u2019 and as such it is He who sends both a good angel to cast \u201cthe dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan\u2026 into the bottomless pit\u2026 for a thousand years, and it is Christ who also sends an evil star, or angel, to open the bottomless pit and let the smoke of that pit darken the light of the sun and darken the air.\u201d It is Christ who sends an angel \u201cto testify unto [us] these things\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Rev 22:16\u00a0\u00a0I Jesus\u00a0have sent mine angel<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to testify unto you these things in the churches.\u00a0I am the root and the offspring of David, and\u00a0the bright and morning star.<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It is by the agency of this \u201cstar,\u201d Christ, that this angel is sent to open the bottomless pit so \u201cthe sun and air are darkened by the smoke from the pit.\u201d It is God who sends evil spirits to darken the sun and the air.<\/p>\n 1Sa 16:14\u00a0 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and\u00a0an evil spirit from the LORD<\/u>\u00a0troubled him.<\/strong> 1Ki 22:19\u00a0 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. This \u201cstar\u201d in this ninth chapter \u201cfalls [G4098: pipto] unto the earth.\u201d and has the key to\u00a0open<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0the bottomless pit and releases evil and lying spirits signified by the smoke of the pit which darkens the sun and the air. The angel of the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0chapter cast the dragon, that old serpent the devil and satan, into the pit and locks him up for a thousand years.<\/p>\n 3) Where and what is heaven?<\/strong><\/p>\n The heaven from which this star falls and \u201cthe heavens\u201d through which this angel is \u201cflying\u201d, we have established beyond question, are the hearts and minds of God\u2019s elect.<\/p>\n Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things\u00a0in the heavens<\/strong>\u00a0should be purified with these [the blood of animals \u2013 verse 22]; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. Exactly where is Christ? We just quoted the verse that tells us where Christ now<\/span> is.<\/p>\n Col 1:27\u00a0 To whom God would make known what is\u00a0the riches of the glory of this mystery<\/strong>\u00a0among the Gentiles; which is\u00a0Christ in you<\/u>, the hope of glory:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Upon what throne is Christ seated? Where is the kingdom over which Christ is ruling? Into which \u201choly place\u201d has He entered? Exactly where is the dwelling place of \u201cthe presence of God?\u201d Wherever all this is taking place – wherever all of these things are to be found – that is where Christ will be found \u201cMaking known to us the things that must shortly be done, [and] keeping the sayings of the prophecy of this book.\u201d Here is exactly where the kingdom of God is located.<\/p>\n Luk 17:20\u00a0 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Rev 1:1 \u00a0The Revelation of Jesus Christ<\/u>, which God gave unto him,\u00a0to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass<\/u>;<\/strong>\u00a0and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So where is the temple where God dwells in His heavenly kingdom at this very moment?<\/p>\n 1Co 3:16\u00a0 Know ye not that\u00a0ye are the temple of God<\/u>, and that\u00a0the Spirit of God dwelleth in you<\/u>?<\/strong> 4) What is the earth?<\/strong><\/p>\n The fourth is the\u00a0earth<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to which the star from heaven falls. Since we have seen in our previous studies that scripturally speaking, the \u201cearth\u201d is our physical bodies in which the spirit of God dwells in the heavens of our hearts and minds, we will gain much from the things which are written in the words of this prophecy, only if we keep all of these Biblical truths in mind, as we continue this study into the seven trumpets of the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n Jer 22:29 O\u00a0earth, earth, earth<\/u>,\u00a0hear the word of the LORD.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2Co 4:7\u00a0 But we have this treasure [\u201cChrist in us\u201d (Col 1:27)] in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n We must not fail to remember that both the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as well as the tree of life, (Christ), both come out of the ground, out of the earth. That is why Christ was \u201cmade of a woman\u201d\u2026the ground\u2026 the earth:<\/p>\n Gen 2:9\u00a0 And\u00a0out of the ground<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;\u00a0the tree of life also<\/u>\u00a0in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.<\/strong><\/p>\n Gal 4:4\u00a0 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son,\u00a0made of a woman<\/strong>, made under the law,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 8) What is the darkened sun?<\/strong><\/p>\n The eighth symbol is\u00a0the darkened sun<\/strong>, which is darkened by the smoke of the pit. We we have already covered this symbol in our study of a darkened sun in the previous trumpet where we saw that darkness is a word associated with lack of knowledge, and faith in the lies and false doctrines of Babylon. A darkened Sun is a deceived condition, with faith in the doctrines of \u201canother Jesus\u2026 another spirit\u2026 and another gospel.\u201d That \u2018darkness\u2019 is the lying doctrines of a triune God, an immortal soul, an ever-burning hell, a rapture, etc; etc; etc\u2026 \u201ctwo hundred thousand, thousand\u201d false doctrines of the messengers of Satan who appear as messengers of light.<\/p>\n Joh 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is\u00a0the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness\u00a0knoweth not whither he goeth<\/u>.<\/strong> 2Co 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth\u00a0another Jesus,<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0whom we have not preached, or if ye receive\u00a0another spirit,<\/strong>\u00a0which ye have not received, or\u00a0another gospel<\/strong>, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.<\/p>\n 2Co 11:13 For such are\u00a0false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves<\/u>\u00a0into the apostles of Christ.<\/strong> Rev 9:16\u00a0 And the number of the army of the horsemen\u00a0were two hundred thousand thousand:\u00a0<\/strong>and I heard the number of them. Isa 9:18\u00a0 For\u00a0wickedness burneth as the fire<\/strong>: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. That is the \u201cdarkness of the sun,\u201d with which we will be dealing throughout this revelation of Jesus Christ. This \u2018darkness\u2019 signifies all the lies and false doctrines of all the harlot daughters of Baylon the mother of harlots. Being caught up in that deception is all a necessary part of the revelation of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n 5) What is the key to the bottomless pit?<\/strong><\/p>\n The fifth symbol of this fifth trumpet is\u00a0the key<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0to the bottomless pit. What is this key? The answer is that this key unlocks and unleashes upon us those doctrines which cause us to be blinded by the lies of the Adversary and His messengers.<\/p>\n Rev 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given\u00a0the key<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0of the bottomless pit. It is needful at this point to remind ourselves that his prophecy is \u201cthe revelation of Jesus Christ,\u201d which we are commanded to \u201cread, hear and keep, for the time is at hand.\u201d\u00a0 It is also needful at this point to remember, and to once again recognize \u201cthe preeminence of Christ in all things.\u201d<\/p>\n Col 1:18\u00a0 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;\u00a0that in all things he might have the preeminence.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cAll things\u201d includes Christ\u2019s preeminence among the stars, good and evil. Christ is the preeminent \u201cMorning Star,\u201d or angel of God, as we pointed out above when discussing the meaning of a star.<\/p>\n Rev 22:16\u00a0 I Jesus<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and\u00a0the bright and morning\u00a0star<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n So while Christ certainly does not Himself \u201cdarken the Sun and the air with the smoke of the pit,\u201d He nevertheless tells us that it is \u201cHe who has the keys of death and hell.\u201d<\/p>\n Rev 1:18\u00a0 I am he that<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and\u00a0have the keys<\/u>\u00a0of hell and of death.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Just as Christ gave the keys to the kingdom of God to Peter, and to all the apostles, likewise He gives the key to the \u201cbottomless pit\u201d to this \u201cstar\u201d, and this angel opens the bottomless pit with this key.<\/p>\n Mat 16:19\u00a0 And I will give unto thee [Peter and you and me, Mat 18:18]\u00a0the keys of the kingdom of heaven:<\/strong>\u00a0and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be [have been] bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.<\/p>\n Mat 18:18\u00a0 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye [all the apostles and each of us if we are in Christ] shall bind on earth shall be [have been] bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be [have been] loosed in heaven.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n If the kingdom of God is within you (Luk 17:20-21) then we are all given those \u201ckeys to the kingdom of heaven\u201d:<\/p>\n Luk 17:20\u00a0 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: What does that have to do with the key to the pit? That key to the bottomless pit is also given to an angel who is within each of us, just as the kingdom of heaven is within us. The key of the bottomless pit is all the false doctrines which empowers us to deceive and be deceived and to confuse and lie to those who would enter the kingdom of God. That is the key to the bottomless pit out of which comes the smoke which darkens \u201cthe sun and the air\u201d:<\/p>\n Rev 9:2\u00a0 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here is how this angel uses this key to the bottomless pit.<\/p>\n Luk 11:52\u00a0 Woe unto you, lawyers!\u00a0for ye have\u00a0taken away the key of knowledge:<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0ye entered not in yourselves, and\u00a0them that were entering in ye hindered [with the wicked lies that burn like a furnace\u2019 (Isa 9:18) lies and false doctrines.<\/strong><\/p>\n 2Ti 3:13\u00a0 But\u00a0evil men and seducers<\/strong>\u00a0shall wax worse and worse,\u00a0deceiving, and being deceived.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Having the key to the bottomless pit and opening that pit and darkening the sun and air, by reason of the smoke of that pit signifies \u201ctaking away the key of knowledge.\u201d We have all been guilty of opening the bottomless pit, and darkening the sun and air, by reason of the smoke from that pit. We have all been guilty of \u201cdeceiving and being deceived\u201d as we use the key to the bottomless pit in our own lives<\/p>\n
\nRev 9:2\u00a0 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.<\/strong><\/p>\nIntroduction<\/h4>\n
\nJob 11:13\u00a0 If thou prepare thine heart<\/strong><\/u>, and stretch out thine hands toward him;<\/p>\n
\nCol 1:25\u00a0 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
\nCol 1:26\u00a0\u00a0Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:<\/strong>
\nCol 1:27\u00a0 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles;\u00a0which is\u00a0Christ in you<\/u>, the hope of glory:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRev 9:2\u00a0 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace;\u00a0and the sun and the air were darkened<\/u>\u00a0by reason of the smoke of the pit.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nRev 16:11\u00a0 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRev 9:2\u00a0\u00a0And\u00a0he<\/u>\u00a0opened the bottomless pit;<\/strong>\u00a0and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRev 20:2\u00a0 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
\nRev 20:3\u00a0 And\u00a0cast him into the bottomless pit,<\/strong>\u00a0and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRev 12:4\u00a0\u00a0And his tail drew the third part of\u00a0the stars<\/u>\u00a0of heaven,<\/strong>\u00a0and did cast [G906: \u2018ballo\u2019] them to the earth<\/strong><\/u>: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n1Sa 16:15\u00a0 And Saul\u2019s servants said unto him, Behold now,\u00a0an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n1Ki 22:20\u00a0 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
\n1Ki 22:21\u00a0 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
\n1Ki 22:22\u00a0 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
\n1Ki 22:23\u00a0 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nHeb 9:24 For\u00a0Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands<\/strong>, which are the figures of the true;\u00a0but into heaven itself,<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0now to appear\u00a0in the presence of God<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0for us:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nLuk 17:21\u00a0 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for behold, the kingdom of God is within you<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\n1Co 3:17\u00a0 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy,\u00a0which temple ye are.<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nJoh 12:36\u00a0While ye have light, believe in the light,\u00a0that ye may be the children of light<\/u>.<\/strong>\u00a0These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.<\/p>\n
\n2Co 11:14 And no marvel; for\u00a0Satan himself is\u00a0transformed into an angel of light<\/u>.<\/strong>
\n2Co 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if\u00a0his ministers also be\u00a0transformed<\/u>\u00a0as the ministers of righteousness;<\/strong>\u00a0whose end shall be according to their works.<\/p>\n
\nRev 9:17\u00a0 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of\u00a0fire<\/strong>, and of jacinth, and\u00a0brimstone<\/strong>: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and\u00a0out of their mouths<\/u><\/strong> issued\u00a0fire and smoke and brimstone.<\/strong>
\nRev 9:18\u00a0 By these three was the third part of men killed,\u00a0by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone<\/strong>, which issued out of their mouths<\/u><\/strong>.
\nRev 9:19\u00a0\u00a0For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails<\/strong>: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.<\/p>\n
\nIsa 9:19\u00a0\u00a0Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is\u00a0the land darkened<\/u><\/strong>, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nRev 9:2\u00a0 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose\u00a0a smoke out of the pit,<\/strong>\u00a0as the smoke of a great furnace;\u00a0and the sun and the air were darkened<\/u>\u00a0by reason of the smoke of the pit.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nLuk 17:21\u00a0 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n