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新约 - 启示录(Revelation)第9章

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.
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.
And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.
Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.
They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God.
It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."
And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.
The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.
A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths.
The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.
The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk.
Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
启示录第九章   启 9:1> 天上星星坠落地上,且手握钥匙,会是谁? 

  9:1 我们不知道那从天上落到地上的“星”究竟是指撒但、堕落的天使,还是基督、良善的天使。最有可能的是一位良善天使,因为无底坑的钥匙是握在基督的手里( 1:17-18 ),现在暂时交给这位从天上下来的使者( 20:1 )。但不管他是谁,他仍然服在神的管辖和权力之下。无底坑代表鬼魔和撒但的地方,撒但就是鬼魔的王( 9:11 )。(有关无底坑,请参路 8:31 。) 

  启 9:3> 蝗虫,带着蝎子的能力,从烟中群起而来,景象可怕…… 

  9:3 先知约珥说蝗虫灾是“耶和华的日子”的预兆,这是说神的审判快到了(参珥 2:1-10 )。在旧约里,蝗虫是毁灭的象征,因为它们会摧毁植物;但在这里,它们象征鬼魔的侵略,要残害那些不信神的人。这些鬼魔受到限制(只能使人受苦五个月),表示他们仍服在神的权力之下。 

  启 9:3-11> 蝗虫竟是撒但所统辖的!难道神不管它们吗? 

  9:3-11 这些蝗虫看来是被撒但统辖的邪灵。它们并非撒但所创造的,因为只有神是万物的创造者;也许它们是堕落的天使,加入了撒但背叛的行列之中。神限制了它们的力量;没有神的许可,它们便不能做任何事情。鬼魔在地上主要的目的是要阻止、扭曲、或破坏人与神的关系。我们要认识它们的恶行,使我们可以远离它们,这是非常重要的事;对于邪恶的势力,千万不要过于好奇,免得入了迷惑。 

  启 9:14> 四个使者被释放出来!他们将要行的事你可知道? 

  9:14 “使者”在这里是指堕落了的天使或鬼魔,这四个不知名的鬼魔是极其邪恶、充满破坏性的。但要留意,它们没有能力释放自己,也没有能力在地上作恶。它们反而被神捆绑,要在指定的时间才被释放出来,也只能做神所容许做的事情。 

  启 9:15> 到这里,已超过一半人口被杀!再来的呢? 

  9:15 这里有三分之一的人被杀。在第 6 章 7 至 8 节,已有四分之一人被杀。因此世上已超过一半的人在神的大审判中被杀。倘若神没有限制这破坏的程度,可能会有更多人被杀。 

  启 9:16> 二万万!竟然可以有这么多人?从哪儿来的? 

  9:16 在约翰所处的时代,实在难以想像一支军队可以有这样多的战士,但在今日,有些国家和联盟,可以很容易招聚这个数目的士兵。这支庞大的军队由四个鬼魔率领,前往杀死地上三分之一的人,但审判仍未完结。 

  启 9:20-21> 看见灾祸,仍不悔改。为什么会这样?只是我们又何尝不是…… 

  9:20-21 这些人的心肠是多么刚硬,甚至灾难也不能够使他们来到神面前。世人通常不会突然变得不道德和邪恶──他们是慢慢地一点点地变坏,在不知不觉中已泥足深陷,无法脱身。凡容许罪在自己的生活中生根的人,会发现自己正处身于这预言之中。今日容许试探,明日便变成罪恶,再一日便成为习惯,然后是死亡和永远与神隔离(参雅 1:15 )。你若自以为永不会变得这样邪恶,就是走向刚硬的第一步;所以,你需要在神面前承认自己的罪。──《灵修版圣经注释》