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"To torment them for five months"

Text: Revelation 9:5

DEMONIC TORMENT

From the bottomless pit, terrible demons would emerge. John described them as he saw them.

“Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth.
And to them was given power,
as the scorpions of the earth have power.
They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth,
or any green thing, or any tree,
but only those men who do not have
the seal of God on their foreheads.
And they were not given authority to kill them,
but to torment them for five months.
Their torment was like the torment
of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
In those days men will seek death and will not find it;
they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.”
Revelation 9:3-6

1. Out of the smoke from the bottomless pit.

a) Locusts came upon the earth.

b) They were given powers.

c) They can cause pain as scorpions do when they sting someone.

2. A divine command.

a) They were not the typical locusts that feed on vegetation.

b) They were not allowed to hurt the trees, grass or any green thing.

3. What they were allowed to attack.

a) They were allowed to attack mankind.

b) They were not allowed to attack those who are sealed by God (Revelation 7).

c) The seal of God on their foreheads would protect them from these demons.

d) The protection of God is certain and secure.

4. Limits of the authority of the demons.

a) They are not allowed to kill.

b) They can only torment.

c) The torment is that of severe burning pain (a scorpion sting).

5. Seeking death.

a) The torment would be terrible.

b) Many would seek death than to bear the pain.

c) But death would flee from them.

d) They would have to bear with severe torment for five months.