the locusts' exit to the earth - The Revelation, chapter 9 verses 1 to 11

chapter 9

  1. The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
  2. He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit,
  3. Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Hans MEMLING, “Triptych of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist”, detail of the right inner shutter, “the sortie of locusts onto the earth”, Memling Museum, Old St. John's Hospital, Bruges (Brugge)
detail of the right inner shutter, “the sortie of locusts onto the earth”.
power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power, The Revelation, chapter 9 verse 3.
  1. They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.
  2. They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.
  3. In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
  4. The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces,
  5. They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
  6. They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.
  7. They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
  8. Their tails were like scorpions' tails, with stings,
  9. They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon” (which means: Destructor).
the angel descended from heaven - The Revelation, chapter 10 verses 1 to 3

chapter 10

  1. I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
  2. He had in his hand a little open book.
  3. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.
  4. He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars.
  5. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
Hans MEMLING, “Triptych of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist”, detail of the right inner shutter, “the angel coming down from heaven”, Memling Museum, Old St. John's Hospital, Bruges (Brugge)
detail of the right inner shutter, “the angel coming down from heaven”.
I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire, The Revelation, chapter 10 verses 1 to 3.
The heaven of Revelation - The Revelation, chapter 10 verses 3 to 6
  1. When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying,

    “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them.”

  2. The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,
  3. and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay.
Hans MEMLING, “Triptych of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist”, detail of the right inner shutter, “The heaven of Revelation”, Memling Museum, Old St. John's Hospital, Bruges (Brugge)
detail of the right inner shutter, “The heaven of Revelation”.
the seven thunders sounded, The Revelation, chapter 10 verses 3 to 6.
the woman and the dragon - The Revelation, chapter 12 verses 1 to 4

chapter 12

  1. A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
  2. She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
  3. Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
  4. His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Hans MEMLING, “Triptych of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist”, detail of the right inner shutter, “The woman and the dragon”, Memling Museum, Old St. John's Hospital, Bruges (Brugge)
detail of the right inner shutter, “The woman and the dragon”.
The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child, The Revelation, chapter 12 verses 1 to 4.
battle of saint michael, the dragon and their angels: fall of the dragon and his angels - The Revelation, chapter 12 verses 5 to 9
  1. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
  2. The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
  3. There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
  4. The dragon fought back with his angels,
  5. They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
  6. The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Hans MEMLING, “Triptych of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist”, detail of the right inner shutter, “fight of saint Michael, of the dragon and of their angels: fall of the dragon and his angels”, Memling Museum, Old St. John's Hospital, Bruges (Brugge)
detail of the right inner shutter, “fight of saint Michael, of the dragon and of their angels: fall of the dragon and his angels”.
He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him, The Revelation, chapter 12 verses 5 to 9.