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Revelation 9

1. What was the first thing to emerge from the bottomless pit?

smoke

What came out of the smoke?

locusts 

2. What indication is there that the locusts are symbolic? (v. 4)

They were told not to touch what locusts normally eat. Instead, they were commanded to hurt only those who didn’t have the seal of God in their foreheads.

3. What is the mission of the locusts? (v. 5)

to torment but not kill; men would seek death, but they wouldn’t be able to find it

4. To what is the torment of the locusts compared? How bad is this torment?

 the torment of a scorpion

5. Describe the locusts. (7-10)

like horses prepared unto battle; with something like gold crowns on their heads, hair as the hair of women, teeth as the teeth of lions, breastplates as iron, wings as the sound of chariots running to battle, and tails like unto scorpions

6. Who was the king of the locusts?

the angel of the bottomless pit (Abaddon or Apollyon)

7. What happened when the 6th angel sounded the trumpet?

The four angels bound in the Euphrates were loosed.

8. What was the purpose of the four angels?

to slay the third part of men

9. How many horsemen were there?

two hundred thousand thousand

How did they kill a third part of men?

 by breathing out fire, smoke, and brimstone

10. The men who were not killed by the plague didn’t repent. What sins did they commit?

idol worship, murders, sorceries, fornication, thefts,

 

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All Scripture is taken from the NKJ Version.  Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson,Inc.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.