ACC ~ Revelation 9 v11

THE DEVIL HAS GREAT POWER IN THE WORLD. TYCONIUS: [The angel of the bottomless pit] is the devil, who possesses his great power among the kings of the world. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 9.11.

A SUITABLE KING FOR THOSE WHO SERVE HIM. PRIMASIUS: [“As king they have over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is ‘Armageddon,’ whose name in Greek is ‘Apollion,’ and whose name in Latin is ‘Exterminans.’”] Although God is supremely good, by hidden yet just judgments he nevertheless allows an angel suitable for such persons to rule over them. For a person is awarded as servant to the one who conquered him. And so the apostle said that they had been handed over “to every wicked deception because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore, God sends upon them a strong delusion that they might believe what is false and that all who did not believe the truth but consented to iniquity might be condemned.” The kind of work he did, therefore, was befitting to the character of his name, that is, the “exterminator.” COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 9.11.

THE DEVIL DESTROYS THOSE WHO OBEY HIM. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: It follows that the devil is to be regarded as their king, for he certainly destroys those who obey him. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 9.9-12.

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