Revelation 5 explained (updated!) 

Praise the Lord, and thank you brother Martin! I am presenting Revelation 6 tomorrow at church and should have it uploaded by next week. May the Lord bless you and your family! 🙏

Praise the Lord. God bless you my friend. 🙏

This is a really good question. The word "abyss" is a place of darkness and is also translated as "bottomless pit" in Revelation 20. What is interesting is the parallel account of this story in the gospel of Mark 5 and verse 10 where he records the demons asking Jesus not to send them "out of the country." I believe these 2 different accounts are saying the same thing with different words. The demons were asking Jesus not to send them away from that area and also not to send them to a place of darkness or isolation where they would have no human beings to tempt and annoy. Thanks again for your questions. These take careful Bible study to see and understand the answer. God bless. 🙏

Hi sister! The Greek word translated "hell" in this passage is the word "tartaroo" which simply means a place of darkness. When the angels sinned and were cast out of heaven we are told in Revelation 12 they were cast out to this dark world below. Ephesians 6:12 also echoes this thought: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the DARKNESS of THIS WORLD, against spiritual wickedness in high places." This is the only time this Greek word is used in all of the New Testament so it is a highly unique word. God bless your study of His word, sister! 🙏