The Shaft of the Abyss

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. Apocalypse 9:1-2 (NIV) ✝

Behemoth is the first of God's conquests. Its maker approaches it with his sword: 'The Avatar of Operation Deimos: Anonymous Hades' via OccupyHades & The New UnderWorld on @DeviantArt https://t.co/672fr8SUn5 Job 40:19 (GWT) pic.twitter.com/nq0J1pUexn

— OverSoul | 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV) ✝ (@JesusInSpirit) August 2, 2026

Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. Apocalypse 9:3-4 (ESV) ✝

Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters: 'Asmodeum: The Abyss of Violators' - Avichi Hell via The Consequences of Sin: Calamity, Disaster & Catastrophe https://t.co/hlp7Gy9Sbp 1 Timothy 5:2 (NLT) pic.twitter.com/4MUA0eF7r0

— OverSoul | 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV) ✝ (@JesusInSpirit) August 2, 2026

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. Apocalypse 9:5-6 (NIV) ✝

Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds." Jeremiah 14:14 (NIV) pic.twitter.com/JIMwJRgwyD

— OverSoul | 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV) ✝ (@JesusInSpirit) August 3, 2026

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. Apocalypse 9:7-8 (NIV) ✝

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart: 'The Sword of the Spirit' - Project OverSoul https://t.co/8ebxqm3zAs Hebrews 4:12 pic.twitter.com/2VqZDlkzMo

— OverSoul | 1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV) ✝ (@JesusInSpirit) August 2, 2026

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. Apocalypse 9:9-10 (NIV) ✝

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). Apocalypse 9:11 (NIV) ✝

Image: 'The Locust Patrol',
via Occupy Hades