King of the Demons (Rev. 9:10-11)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 06/29/2005

 

My Worship Time                                                                  Focus:  King of the Demons

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                         Reference:  Revelations 9: 10-11

 

            Message of the verse:  “10  They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.  11  They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.”

            Verse ten gives a further description of these locust demons that have a tail like a scorpion which can give a bit that will cause much pain, and in the case of these demon locusts they can hurt men for five months, but will not cause death.

            In verse eleven there can be seen an order of power in the demonic world as it mentions there is a king to rule over these demon locusts and it gives the name in both the Hebrew and in the Greek, and in both cases it means destroyer.  The question arises as to who this king is, and it could be that this king has been kept in this pit for a long time and is probably one of Satan’s most trusted of his demons.  Dr. Macarthur says in his commentary that this is not Satan who is this king that is spoken of here in verse eleven.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I know from reading Scripture that Satan has always wanted to be like God, and that is one of the reasons that he fell from the position that he was in when God created him and so it is no wonder that he copies things that God does and one of them is the levels of beings that are under His control.  In the order of the good angels there are ranks and thus in the order of the bad ones Satan has made ranks too. 

 

The Word of God was a bit confusing to me as I read it this morning.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  Trust in the Lord who has the right to rule over me and have Him lead me into the areas in which He wants me to minister and not push to try and go where I want to be.

 

Memory verse for the week:  1Thes. 4:3-4

 

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor.