Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Revelation 9:1-21. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Revelation 9:1-11 (NIV)
1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss.
2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.
3 And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
On verses 1-11: If there was any passage in the Bible that resembled a science fiction movie, it’s these 11 verses. What is going on here? The fifth angel sounds his trumpet, which then triggers “a star that had fallen from the sky” to appear. Apparently this star is not an actual star from space, but a fallen angel who is referred to as “he” in verse 2. This fallen star (or fallen angel) is given the key to “the Abyss”. While “the Abyss” sounds like some kind of spacecraft, it is not clear what exactly the Abyss is. We do know that when the fallen angel opens the Abyss, enough smoke comes out of the Abyss to darken the sun and sky. After that, the most powerful and scariest looking locusts come out of the Abyss.