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New Testament, the Book of Revelation, chapter 9-
The Fifth Trumpet and the Locust Army
The Book of Revelation describes one of the strangest and most terrifying sequences in the Bible: five angels, five trumpets, and a series of supernatural disasters unleashed upon the earth.
John sees seven angels standing before God, each holding a trumpet. When the angels begin to sound them, the world is transformed.
The first angel raises his trumpet and blows.
Suddenly, hail and fire mixed with blood are thrown upon the earth. A third of the earth is burned, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
Then the second angel sounds his trumpet.
John sees something enormous, resembling a mountain burning with fire, thrown into the sea. A third of the sea becomes blood. A third of the living creatures in the sea die, and a third of the ships are destroyed.
The third angel blows his trumpet.
A great star falls from heaven, blazing like a torch. It falls upon a third of the rivers and springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood, and the waters become bitter. Many people die after drinking them.
Then the fourth angel sounds his trumpet.
A third of the sun is struck, along with a third of the moon and a third of the stars. The heavens become partially darkened, and both day and night lose part of their light.
At this point, John hears an eagle—or, in some manuscripts, an angel—flying through the heavens, crying out a warning:
“Woe, woe, woe!”
Three terrible judgments are still coming.
Then the fifth angel raises his trumpet.
And everything becomes even stranger.
John sees a star that has fallen from heaven to earth. The star is given a key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
It opens the pit.
Smoke pours upward like smoke from a gigantic furnace, darkening the sun and the sky.
Then something emerges from the darkness.
Locusts.
But these are no ordinary insects.
They are given power like scorpions. They are commanded not to harm the grass, trees, or any green plant. Instead, they are ordered to torment human beings who do not possess the seal of God on their foreheads.
For five months they are permitted to torment their victims.
John struggles to describe what he sees.
The creatures resemble horses prepared for battle. They have something resembling golden crowns on their heads. Their faces appear human. Their hair is like women's hair, and their teeth are like lions.
They wear armor resembling iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings is like the thunder of countless horses and chariots charging into battle.
Their tails resemble scorpions, carrying stingers capable of causing terrible pain.
And they have a king.
His name is Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek.
Both names mean essentially the same thing:
The Destroyer.
Yet even these terrifying creatures are given limits. They are allowed to torment, but not to kill.
And their victims will desperately wish for death—but death will escape them.
The fifth trumpet has unleashed an army unlike anything humanity has ever seen.
But John has not yet reached the end.
The sixth trumpet is about to sound.
And waiting beyond it is another supernatural army—one that will not merely torment humanity.
It will kill.
Revelation's terrifying sequence has only just begun.
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