Revelation 9:1-12 | The Fifth Trumpet and First Woe

Studying Scripture with Pastor David Higa at ccEchoPark · Sep 23, 2026

Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. [Rev 9:1] There are some interesting things to observe in this verse. The star mentioned here seems to refer to a person rather than a literal star or meteor. His fallenness is a clue to this beings identity. In Luke 10:18, Jesus said He saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. [Walvoord] John records in Rev 12:9-10, So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his…