Fifth Trumpet - First Woe
The fifth trumpet unleashes the first of “three woes,” and malevolent creatures began to ascend from the Abyss – Revelation 8:13-9:12. When the fifth angel blows his trumpet, John sees smoke “ ascending ” from the “ Abyss ,” a place ruled by an “ angel ” associated with “ destruction ,” and the “ Abyss ” becomes prominent in several subsequent visions. It is the source of entities hostile to the “ Lamb ” and his people, creatures that “ ascend ” to wreak havoc, sometimes on the “ inhabitants of the earth ,” but more often on the “ saints. ”