Thy Strong Word From Kfuo Radio

Rev. John Lukomski, retired LCMS pastor, joins host Rev. AJ Espinosa to study Revelation 9. “They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit.” Chapter 9 might seem to take a darker turn to describe Satan and the demons, but this fifth angel is a servant of God! He is sent to earth by the trumpet and “given the key” to open the abyss. He does not war against people with “the seal of God on their foreheads,” nor is he king of the underworld. He rather rules over the army of locusts to restrain them, tormenting only God’s enemies. Like the angel of death, he heralds new creation. The eagle, the abyss, and the lions remind us of God’s fifth and sixth days of creation: the Lamb on the throne makes a new heaven and a new earth, reigning over all things.