Chapter 9:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Jude Genesis
Revelation 9
Concise Complete
The fifth trumpet is followed by a representation of
another star as falling from heaven and opening the bottomless pit, out of which
come swarms of locusts. (1-12) The sixth trumpet is followed by the loosing of
four angels bound in the great river Euphrates. (13-21)
Verses 1-12
Upon sounding the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having
ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by this star becomes
the minister of the devil; and lets loose the powers of hell against the
churches of Christ. On the opening of the bottomless pit, there arose a great
smoke. The devil carries on his designs by blinding the eyes of men, by putting
out light and knowledge, and promoting ignorance and error. Out of this smoke
there came a swarm of locusts, emblems of the devil's agents, who promote
superstition, idolatry, error, and cruelty. The trees and the grass, the true
believers, whether young or more advanced, should be untouched. But a secret
poison and infection in the soul, should rob many others of purity, and
afterwards of peace. The locusts had no power to hurt those who had the seal of
God. God's all-powerful, distinguishing grace will keep his people from total
and final apostacy. The power is limited to a short season; but it would be very
sharp. In such events the faithful share the common calamity, but from the
pestilence of error they might and would be safe. We collect from Scripture,
that such
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early writers plainly refer this to the first great host of corrupters who
overspread the Christian church.
Verses 13-21
The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems the subject.
Their time is limited. They not only slew in war, but brought a poisonous and
ruinous religion. The antichristian generation repented not under these dreadful
judgments. From this sixth trumpet learn that God can make one enemy of the
church a scourge and a plague to another. The idolatry in the remains of the
eastern church and elsewhere, and the sins of professed Christians, render this
prophecy and its fulfilment more wonderful. And the attentive reader of
Scripture and history, may find his faith and hope strengthened by events, which
in other respects fill his heart with anguish and his eyes with tears, while he
sees that men who escape these plagues, repent not of their evil works, but go
on with idolatries, wickedness, and cruelty, till wrath comes upon them to the
utmost.
Chapter 9:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| McGee
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
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