The fifth trumpet sounded and John saw a star fall to the earth; and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. This star is not a literal star; this is symbolism too. Immediately a personal pronoun is applied to that star; "to him" was given the key. This indicates that some personality' was r... [ Continue Reading ]
And this personage, whoever he was, opened the bottomless pit, and there came out dense smoke that darkened the sky, and locusts with the power of scorpions. And they were enjoined not to hurt grass or tree but only the men who had not the seal of God in their foreheads. It will be remembered that w... [ Continue Reading ]
The sixth angel sounded the sixth trumpet, and when the trumpet sounded a voice commanded the sixth angel to loose the four angels that are bound in the great river Euphrates. The river Euphrates was the boundary between Israel and her ancient captors. It was across the Euphrates that Assyria came a... [ Continue Reading ]