Revelation 9

The fifth trumpet of Revelation 9 shows the devil fallen to earth, like a star, with the key of the pit of the abyss in his possession. This is the result of events that will have taken place shortly before the sounding of the fifth trumpet. The casting down of the dragon (=the devil) on earth probably took place in 2023/2024 and the abomination of desolation we expect to take place around the summer of 2026. The total destruction of the land of Israel that follows, could be the 'smoke out of the pit of the abyss'. The resemblance of the smoke of a furnace makes one think of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen.19:28) - a term which in Revelation 11:8 is used to describe the spiritual character of the state of Israel. Out of the smoke of the abyss, that is out of the land of Israel, the agents of the beast will go out over the world in order to subject every citizen of every country to the beast system. It will be the digital monetary system that will function as a tool of total control by the rulers of this world. The central bankers were the ones that forced the foundation of the state of Israel and manipulated the way it developed. The agents of the beast system are presented as a swarm of locusts that come forth from the smoke. Once the dust of the last world war has settled and the USA has established itself again as the world's hegemon, nothing will stop it from exerting totalitarian control. This is how Revelation 13:7,8 describe it: 'and power was given him over all peoples, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.'