Carl
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Revelation 9:7-11 "And in appearance the locusts resembled horses prepared for battle; on their heads were what seemed to be crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces, but they had hair like women’s hair. And their teeth were like those of lions, and they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the sound of their wings was like the sound of horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle. Also, they have tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails is their authority to hurt the people for five months. They have over them a king, the angel of the abyss. In Hebrew his name is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon."
This angel is in control of the abyss as clearly stated in the above scripture. At Revelation 9:1 we read "The fifth angel blew his trumpet. And I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth, and the key to the shaft of the abyss was given to him." The phrase "fallen from heaven" makes it sound like this angel is Satan, but why would Jehovah allow Satan to have control over the abyss? And who are the locusts of the abyss? Aren't they the 144,000 after they've been gathered by Jesus? At Revelation 1:17-18 we learn that Jesus has the keys to death and the grave, otherwise known as the abyss. "... And he laid his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, and the living one, and I became dead, but look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of the Grave." We know for sure the angel of the abyss isn't Satan after we read Revelation 20:1-3 "And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years. And he hurled him into the abyss..."
Since most of the world believes Abaddon/Apollyon is Satan, could there be a mass deception brewing regarding who this angel is? Is this how Satan tricks Christians into believing he is good and Jesus is bad? Does it even matter?
This angel is in control of the abyss as clearly stated in the above scripture. At Revelation 9:1 we read "The fifth angel blew his trumpet. And I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth, and the key to the shaft of the abyss was given to him." The phrase "fallen from heaven" makes it sound like this angel is Satan, but why would Jehovah allow Satan to have control over the abyss? And who are the locusts of the abyss? Aren't they the 144,000 after they've been gathered by Jesus? At Revelation 1:17-18 we learn that Jesus has the keys to death and the grave, otherwise known as the abyss. "... And he laid his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, and the living one, and I became dead, but look! I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of the Grave." We know for sure the angel of the abyss isn't Satan after we read Revelation 20:1-3 "And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. He seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years. And he hurled him into the abyss..."
Since most of the world believes Abaddon/Apollyon is Satan, could there be a mass deception brewing regarding who this angel is? Is this how Satan tricks Christians into believing he is good and Jesus is bad? Does it even matter?