The Bottomless Pit

The Bottomless Pit
ἄβυσσον; ab’-us-on, without depth, depthless, bottomless (pit) [G12.]

Monday, May 2, 2008 Luke 8:30-31

Jesus asked him, saying, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him. And they begged Him that He would not command them to go out into the abyss.
Was the man answering the Lord Jesus, or was it the demons? The demons. Next, they plead with the Lord NOT to be consigned to the bottomless pit.
Are there demons loose today? There is no biblical reason to rule this out: I believe there are some demons loose today but have not had personal experience.

Tuesday, May 3, 2008: Romans 10:6-9

But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, “‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
What does the doubter say? Nothing will bring the Messiah down from heaven to suffer and enter the bottomless pit for us, because who will bring Him out of the abyss of death
What does the faithful say? I say Jesus Christ is (not was) Lord and believe that God has raised Him from the pit! I am saved!

Wednesday, May 4, 2008: Revelation 9:1–2, 11

Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
What did the star who came from heaven to earth at the sound of the 5th trumpet do? The angel unlocked and opened the bottomless pit, unleashing thick smoke. In this smoke was a pestilence of locusts who had a king over them named Abaddon or Apollyon.

Thursday, May 5. 2008: Revelation 11:6-8

These (my two witnesses) have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
What happens to the two witnesses? After their work is done, the BEAST who ascends out of the bottomless pit kills them and their dead bodies lie in the streets three days. Later verses point to their coming to life again.

Friday, May 6, 2008: Revelation 20:1-3

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
Who is the serpent of old (Genesis 3)? He is clearly identified in these verses as the dragon, the Devil who is Satan. The Angel who has the key to the bottomless pit shuts Satan in the pit and seals the deceiver for 1,000 years.