启示录第 9 章解释了第七印及其灾难

This is a very interesting chapter which one cannot dismiss. We might have seen the movies of Star trek and Star wars with its foreign creatures. Therefore one does not need to be surprised about the creatures who are described in this chapter. Also there is a lot on the internet about Hades, the caverns under the earth. So continue watching and take it seriously, despite you might think it is above understanding. So let us start.
Verse 1 starts with I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit. I think we can take the star as symbolically, meaning the star is an angel of God, who goes from Heaven to earth, yes to the inner of the earth. Is what John sees the angel passing through the atmosphere of the earth, a crater is formed which gives access to Hades that is the shaft of the bottomless pit. If you search the internet, the shaft of the bottomless pit is at the North Pole and/or Antarctica. Do not say that is ridiculous, that are facts. Hitler already sent expeditions to locate the entrance to this pit. Some scientists tell that they located the entrance, heard strange sounds and saw creatures like the pictures in the pyramids in Egypt. Some have entered this caves and never returned.
He, the star or angel, opens the bottomless pit. The general believe is that Hades is in the inner of the earth and where the fallen angels (the sons of God) are locked (Genesis 6). Out of the intercourse of these sons of God, fallen angels, with the women on earth were born giant (in altitude) children (גיבור) of them. So God ended this intercourse and throw them in the pit. See 2 Peter 2:4.
In my opinion where they are kept until Revelation 9:2 and then they are set free.
The destructive forces of desert locusts are well known, as well as they huge amount are able to darken the sky (Joel 2:10). But here no earthly locusts are described, but locusts like scorpions with a sting. The prick of the sting is not deadly, as with earthly scorpions. The prick of these scorpions has a purpose to torture man (who has not the seal of God on their forehead) during five months. The pain is, however, so fierce that it is like the torture of a scorpion. It seems that suicide was not possible in those days, for in verse 6 states: "and death will fly from them". Woe, woe, woe them who live in those days and have the mark of the earthly powers (the Beast).
It matches with Joel 2:1-4 because there it speaks "for the day of the LORD is coming" and here in Revelation we are at the final of the Great tribulation, the day of the Lord is coming. Their appearances are like horses arrayed for battle with scales like iron breastplates.
Verse 11 These creatures have a king over them, his name is in Hebrew means destruction, synonymous with Sheol or the underworld of death. In Greek means the destroyer or abyss. So we can safely conclude: satan.
Verse 13 At the sixth trumpet, four angels were released, who were bound at the great river Euphrates. Considering that they were bound, we conclude that these angels were not angels of God, but angels of satan, who were bound by God until then, preventing them from doing evil.
The fifth trumpet brought pain but no death, the time to repent and stop the adoration of satan and turn to God. Due to their hardness and consisting to follow the Beast, this sixth trumpet brings death.
Verse 15 These are evil angels who were bound by God until the exact hour determined by God to release them over the wicked men on earth. They were given the release by God and limited by God to kill one third of mankind on earth. Again it is a warning of God to mankind on earth to reject satan. God is showing His Power. However mankind rejects.
The number of the troops of cavalry of demonic host is inconceivable: twice ten thousand times ten thousand, so 200,000,000. Looking to the few millions of soldiers who were engaged in the Second World War to kill under Hitler tenths of millions of Jews and people. We can without question imagine how an army of 200,000,000 is able to kill a third of mankind.
Many are the opinions that we should take these horses with lions' heads and tails like snakes, symbolically. But why should we? For it is God's revelation to John, which describes in human terms what he is seeing. From pre-historic excavations, we have a reasonable view of creature (dragons) which lived long ago, as well as the Psalms give dragons. Therefore, take this creature literally as described here in Revelation. These creatures, fallen angels, will be released by God on earth during the Great Tribulation and their mission is clearly to give pain and death to men and not their normal consumption of eaten any green growth or any tree, that is forbidden by God.
It is the fire, smoke and sulfur that comes out of the mouths of this creatures which inflicts pain and death upon mankind.