The Fifth Trumpet

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Stoic
Can anyone decipher the exact meaning of what is written below? Is there a hidden meaning in it, or should it be taken at face value? What are these things? Could they be something that man made? A virus?

Comments.

Fifth Trumpet Rev 9:1-11

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 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.

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had a King over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Digi
Revelations. lol.

It could be lots of things. Interpretation is the key to justifying all sorts of lunacy.

ADarksideJedi
People always take the bible and put it in little pieces that is why there are so many Religions everyone likes to think there own way.

Digi
Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
People always take the bible and put it in little pieces that is why there are so many Religions

I don't think keeping it in bigger chunks would help with this though. Also, most other religions don't use the Bible at all.

Also, this:
Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
...everyone likes to think there own way.

...spelling aside, you pretty much hit the nose on the head. Religions are just social groups. There are as many belief systems as there are people.

Deja~vu
Originally posted by Stoic
Can anyone decipher the exact meaning of what is written below? Is there a hidden meaning in it, or should it be taken at face value? What are these things? Could they be something that man made? A virus?

Comments.

Fifth Trumpet Rev 9:1-11

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 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.

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had a King over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. It depends on the church teaching it but I remember hearing that it was some asteroid falling to the earth and the locusts with the breast plates were hilocopters and since the grass and vegatation wasn't to be harmed it was said to be something of a biological nature type war. I believe it was taught that there would be great earth quakes. It was said that people in those days didn't understand modern technology and so they wrote what it would have looked like to them. I believe this is part of the Great Tribulation that churches or at least some teach.


They were smoken some gooood stuff back in the day. lol

Also, the book of Revelation was taken out of the Canon 3 times, I believe depending on what Pope was presiding. It should have been left out. IMO

King Kandy
You are in luck! No less a theologian than Charles Manson has blessed us with the correct interpretation of this passage.

Originally posted by Stoic
Fifth Trumpet Rev 9:1-11

This is chapter nine... because it foretells the Beatles song "Revolution 9"! Duh.

Originally posted by Stoic
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 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.
When the race wars start, Manson is going to hide in a big hole after being given the key.

Originally posted by Stoic
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Well, Locusts are bugs... and beetles are bugs... Ahah! The Beatles again. And Manson is a Scorpio! It almost makes too much sense!

Originally posted by Stoic
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Well you know those types love the environment. Manson and the Beatles will have some mercy and not kill plants, only humans.

Originally posted by Stoic
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
The Beatles had long hair... and guitars are kind of like breastplates, right?

Originally posted by Stoic
11 And they had a King over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Manson loves greek.

Bentley
Why would you take that statement to face value in the first place?

ADarksideJedi
Yes and alot of people use the bible I was just mosty talking about Christians and Cathloics.

Shakyamunison
Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
People always take the bible and put it in little pieces that is why there are so many Religions everyone likes to think there own way.

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