“ And they had a KING over them which is the ANGEL of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.” Rev. 9:11
This is he who is called the Beast from the Abyss which is another name for the Antichrist and he is both an angel and a king.
But an angel is a man. So this person who is to appear on the world stage in the coming Apocalypse and take control of the world is a man. A spirit man who is an evil angel who has been locked up in Tartarus since the time of the Flood of Noah some 4400 years ago. His name is Abaddon in Hebrew and in Greek is Apollyon.
But here is the thing. Apollyon is how the Greeks spell Apollo. And Apollo is one of the original gods of Greek and Roman mythology who reigned at Olympus some thousands of years ago along with the other gods, namely; Mars, Saturn, Zeus, Mercury, Poseidon, Jupiter, Sirius, Venus, Orion etc. And interestingly, there were some female goddesses also; Hera, Demeter and Athena of which Athens is named after.
Most learned persons suppose that Apollo and the rest of the Olympian gods are mere flights of fancy and dismiss them as myths. But we are not dealing in myths or fables. Our studies are to do with the revealed Word of truth and holy writ. And it testifies that Apollo is an angel who is locked up in Tartarus because of his role in the sin and violence that pertained in the days of Noah that precipitated the Flood in those bygone days. So the legends which talk of gods on the earth in ancient times may not be the myths that we were led to believe they were.
The other truth we must note well in this verse which speaks of Apollo is that he is called here a “king.” This is vitally important as we advance this investigation into the hidden prophecies of the Apocalypse. For we must allow the scriptures define the concepts we ponder so that the right picture emerges which will in turn give the proper interpretation regarding the message. In this regard the fact that Apollo is called a king is a very telling truth. For we will be examining other verses which talk of kings and we must accept that these other kings are of the same ilk as Apollo if we agree that the scriptures are the only template whereby the Word can interpret itself to us.
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