SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 06/20/2005
My Worship Time Focus: The Bottomless Pit
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelations 9:1-2
Message of the verse: “1. Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a
star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless
pit was given to him.
2. He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of
the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were
darkened by the smoke of the pit.”
This is the
beginning of the description of the fifth trumpet judgment which will take
twelve verses to describe. It is also
the first “woe” judgment, named that because of how harsh the judgment will be.
Verse one
talks about a star that had fallen to earth, and this is probably Satan, for he
is described to have brightness from the name Lucifer which is one of his
names. Isaiah also compares him to the
“morning star” in Isaiah 14:12-14, a portion which most Bible commentators
refer to as speaking of Satan.
This “Star”
has a key to the bottomless pit and this is a pit where some of the most awful
demons are living unable to come out until it will be opened for them. When Jesus cured the man who had the legion
of demons in him, and when they came out of the man they begged Jesus not to
send them into the pit, and this is probably the pit that they were referring
to. This pit is not hell, for hell will
be there final judgment place along with all those who have not accepted the
forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Jude
also speaks of a place where awful demons reside in Jude 6 “And angels who did
not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in
eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.”
When the
star opened this pit smoke came out of it and John describes it like smoke from
a great furnace and this smoke made a lot of pollution, so much that it added
to the darkness that was already on the earth at this time. It could be said that these judgments will
certainly not make the environments very happy with all of the pollution that
they cause.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: As I read this portion of Scripture I realize
that in a sense all of the judgments are to not only judge those evil people
that are on this earth, but they are also being use by God to wake up people so
that they can understand that there is a God and that He loves them and has
already provided judgment for their sins on the cross that Jesus Christ died
on. I can also be thankful that these
awful demons are locked up so that they cannot be trying to defile any
believers at this time as they will be doing during the time described here in
Revelations 9: 1-12.
The Word of God has reinforced the wonderful truth that God
is in control of all things, even though at times it may not seem like it.
My Steps of Faith
Today: To pray with my wife about
the things that are going on in our lives that are very big problems at this
time.
Memory verse for the week:
1Thes. 4:3-4
For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is,
your abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his
own vessel with sanctification and honor,
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