启九1~2 第五位天使吹号，我就看见一个星从天落到地上，有无底坑的钥匙赐给他。他开了无底坑，便有烟从坑里往上冒，好像大火炉的烟，日头和天空都因这坑的烟昏暗了。

　　〔启示录九章一节〕的星是指撒但，他要从天上摔到地上。天使被比喻作星（伯三八7，启十二4）。撒但是天使长，原是明亮之星（赛十四12）。他在路加十章十八节已经受了审判。在启示录九章这里以及十二章九至十节，乃是那审判的执行。

　　〔十二章〕启示，男孩子被提到天上后，要与撒但争战。……按照这一章，撒但要在末了的三年半开始时，从天上落下去。……这一点强有力地证明，大灾难的开始，不会早过这时，因为在此以前，撒但仍在天上。

　　撒但从天上落到地上后，有无底坑的钥匙赐给他，使他可以打开无底坑，放出那些被鬼附的蝗虫，叫人受痛苦五个月（启示录生命读经，三四○至三四一页）。

　　Rev. 9:1-2 And the fifth angel trumpeted, and I saw a star out of heaven fallen to the earth, and to him was given the key of the pit of the abyss. And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

　　The star [in Revelation 9:1] refers to Satan, who will be cast down from heaven to earth. The angels are likened to stars (Job 38:7; Rev. 12:4). As the archangel, Satan was the Daystar (Isa. 14:12). In Luke 10:18 we see the judgment upon him. In Revelation 9:1 and in 12:9-10, we see the execution of that judgment.

　　Revelation 12 reveals that after the man-child is raptured to heaven, he will fight against Satan…According to that chapter, Satan will fall from heaven at the beginning of the last three and a half years…This is a strong proof that the great tribulation will not begin before then, for, prior to this, Satan will still be in heaven.

　　When Satan falls from heaven to earth, the key of the abyss will be given to him that he may open the abyss to release the demon-possessed locusts to torment men for five months. (Life-study of Revelation, p. 279)

　　关于蝗虫，启示录九章十一节说，“有无底坑的使者作王管辖它们；他的名，希伯来话叫亚巴顿，希利尼话叫亚玻伦。”无底坑的使者就是兽，也就是敌基督，他要从无底坑里上来（十一7，十七8）。按希伯来话，无底坑的使者名叫亚巴顿，原文意毁坏，与约伯记二十六章六节，二十八章二十二节，箴言十五章十一节之灭亡、灭没同。按希利尼话，他的名字是亚玻伦，原文意毁坏者。敌基督是毁坏者，要行许多毁坏的事（但八23~25）。

　　再后撒但要放出蝗虫，在那兽的统帅下组成一支军队；兽就是敌基督，他是这支军队的王。这些蝗虫要使那些额上没有神印记的人，受痛苦五个月（启示录生命读经，三四三至三四四页）。

　　第五号吹响时，撒但从天上摔到地上，有无底坑的钥匙赐给他，他开了无底坑，有蝗虫从无底坑所冒出的烟中飞到地上（启九1~3）；这些定规是鬼，因鬼是住在无底坑里。这种怪物的尾巴像蝎子，又有毒刺，有能力伤人五个月（3~5、7~10）。那种痛苦仅仅使人痛，却不置人于死；因为六节说，“在那些日子，人要求死，却绝不得死；切望要死，死却远避他们。”头四号的灾祸是临到人外在的环境，但第五号的灾祸是临到人身上（李文集一九五五年第一册，六○四至六○五页）。

　　罗马十章七节所提的“无底坑”，原文这辞在路加八章三十一节指鬼的住处；这辞在启示录九章一节、二节、十一节，指那些“蝗虫”出来的地方，它们的王名叫亚玻伦（敌基督）；在十一章七节，十七章八节这辞指“兽”，就是敌基督要上来的地方；在二十章一节、三节，这辞指千年国时，撒但要被扔进去受监禁的地方。旧约七十士希腊文译本，在创世记一章二节用这辞指深渊。罗马十章七节的无底坑是指基督在死后，复活前所去的地方。根据行传二章二十四节、二十七节，这地方就是阴间，因为这二节启示，基督死后下到阴间，复活时从那里起来。因此，照圣经的用法，无底坑一辞乃是指死亡，以及撒但黑暗权势的地方，就是基督死后所降到地的低下之处（弗四9）。祂胜过了这地方，就在复活里从这地方上来（罗马书生命读经，三一九至三二○页）。

　　参读：李文集一九五五年第一册，六○四至六○五页；罗马书生命读经，第二十三篇。

　　Speaking of the locusts, Revelation 9:11 says, “They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon; and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.” The angel of the abyss is the beast, Antichrist, who will come out of the pit of the abyss (11:7; 17:8). In Hebrew the angel of the abyss is called Abaddon, which means “destruction,” as in Job 26:6; 28:22; and Proverbs 15:11. In Greek he will have the name Apollyon, which means “destroyer.” As the destroyer, Antichrist will do much destroying (Dan. 8:23-25).

　　Satan will then release the locusts, which will be organized as an army under the rule of the beast, Antichrist, who will be their king. The locusts will proceed to torment for five months those who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 281-282)

　　At the sounding of the fifth trumpet, Satan will be cast down from heaven to earth, and the key of the pit of the abyss will be given to him. After he opens the pit of the abyss, smoke will go up out of the pit of the abyss, and out of the smoke will come forth locusts to the earth (Rev. 9:1-3). These are demons, because they dwell in the pit of the abyss. These strange creatures have tails like scorpions and in the sting of their tails is their power to harm men for five months (vv. 3-5, 7-10). The pain from their sting torments men but does not kill them. Verse 6 says, “In those days men will seek death and shall by no means find it; and they will long to die, and death flees from them.” The plagues of the first four trumpets are on men's outward environment, but the woe of the fifth trumpet is directly upon men. (CWWL, 1955, vol. 1, p. 455)

　　In Greek the word rendered as “abyss” [in Romans 10:7] is abyssos. This word is used in Luke 8:31 referring to the dwelling place of the demons. It also occurs in Revelation 9:1-2 and 11 denoting the place out of which the “locusts,” whose king is Apollyon, will come; in Revelation 11:7 and 17:8 signifying the place out of which the beast, which is the Antichrist, will ascend; and in Revelation 20:1 and 3 specifying the place into which Satan will be cast and imprisoned during the millennium. The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, uses this word for the word deep in Genesis 1:2. Here in Romans 10:7 it points to the place Christ visited after His death and before His resurrection, which place, according to Acts 2:24 and 27, is Hades, for Acts 2:24 and 27 reveal that Christ went into Hades after He died and rose from that place in His resurrection. So, according to biblical usage, the word abyss always refers to the region of death and of Satan’s power of darkness into which Christ after His death descended as into the lower parts of the earth (Eph. 4:9), which He conquered, and from which He ascended in His resurrection. (Life-study of Romans, p. 263)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1955, vol. 1, p. 455; Life-study of Romans, msg. 23