'As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”'
Revelation 8:13
'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 on 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 allowed 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. During those days people 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 with stingers, 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 is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). 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 four 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 twice ten thousand times ten thousand. 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 who 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.'
Revelation 9:1-21
https://my.bible.com/bible/111/REV.9.1-21
I don’t know whether this is a literal eagle or something symbolic to that, but at the end of Revelations 8, it announces that the remaining judgements will be worse than the previous ones. These judgements are called “woes”.
Here is the first woe. The trumpet sounded by the fifth angel will result in a star falling to the earth with a key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opens the Abyss, smoke will flow out and will darken the sun and sky. Giant locusts will come out of the Abyss, looking like horses prepared for battle, having crowns of gold on their heads, human-like faces, hair like women, teeth like lions, breastplates of iron, and the flapping of their wings will sound like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They will have a tail like scorpions with a stinger that will be allowed to torment people for five months. These scorpions will have a king over them who is the angel from the Abyss that was just opened and whose name means “the Destroyer”. These are obviously not natural locusts. The “Enduring Word” commentary describes these as a visual representation of the hordes of demons loosed on the earth. Only those with the seal of God on their foreheads will be protected from this. At this time, these demonic hordes will not be given the authority to kill, but only to torments people for 5 months. People will long to die and even try to commit suicide, but they won’t be allowed to die at this time. Wow!! The commentary points out the repetitive use of “like” in this passage, showing that it is not to be taken literally. They also suggest that this king of the locusts is Satan himself, which makes sense If the “demonic hordes” theory is correct.
Something just caught my attention. The first four trumpets brought judgements that afflicted the environment to judge the people. The remaining judgements are called “woes” and are direct attacks on the people without the seal of God on their foreheads.
Revelation 8:13
Revelation 8:13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three | New International Version (NIV)
As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three
my.bible.com
'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 on 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 allowed 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. During those days people 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 with stingers, 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 is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). 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 four 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 twice ten thousand times ten thousand. 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 who 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.'
Revelation 9:1-21
https://my.bible.com/bible/111/REV.9.1-21
I don’t know whether this is a literal eagle or something symbolic to that, but at the end of Revelations 8, it announces that the remaining judgements will be worse than the previous ones. These judgements are called “woes”.
Here is the first woe. The trumpet sounded by the fifth angel will result in a star falling to the earth with a key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opens the Abyss, smoke will flow out and will darken the sun and sky. Giant locusts will come out of the Abyss, looking like horses prepared for battle, having crowns of gold on their heads, human-like faces, hair like women, teeth like lions, breastplates of iron, and the flapping of their wings will sound like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They will have a tail like scorpions with a stinger that will be allowed to torment people for five months. These scorpions will have a king over them who is the angel from the Abyss that was just opened and whose name means “the Destroyer”. These are obviously not natural locusts. The “Enduring Word” commentary describes these as a visual representation of the hordes of demons loosed on the earth. Only those with the seal of God on their foreheads will be protected from this. At this time, these demonic hordes will not be given the authority to kill, but only to torments people for 5 months. People will long to die and even try to commit suicide, but they won’t be allowed to die at this time. Wow!! The commentary points out the repetitive use of “like” in this passage, showing that it is not to be taken literally. They also suggest that this king of the locusts is Satan himself, which makes sense If the “demonic hordes” theory is correct.
Something just caught my attention. The first four trumpets brought judgements that afflicted the environment to judge the people. The remaining judgements are called “woes” and are direct attacks on the people without the seal of God on their foreheads.