Revelation 9:1-3

The fifth angel sounds his trumpet Revelation 9:1-3: As the fifth seal was opened a star was personified. "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." (Revelation 9:1) The star that looses the smoke and locusts from the bottomless pit was Satan. "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Revelation 12:9) Man's greatest enemy will always be the Devil himself.

The locust came forth with smoke from the bottomless pit. The smoke was dark, blinding smoke. It was a smoke that shut out the sun and the air. This is a picture of how the Devil works to shut out the true light and life from God. The false teaching of Satan blinds the minds of people to the truth of God's word. Satan literally blinds the minds of his victims. "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (2 Corinthians 4:4)

Satan has the power to deceive and destroy spiritually. He is even able to cause the death of the wicked. The Devil uses his power to incite man to rebel against the Almighty. When people serve Satan rather than Christ they will face certain torment.