Commentary: So in chapter nine we have an angel from heaven and an angel from hell! Wow! Can they be in both places! They are from very different places! Remember Satan or Lucifer is a fallen angel! An angel is a created being just like a human! That is why we are not to worship an angel! Jesus Christ is not a created human being! He pre-existed creation and is actually the creator of heaven and earth! He has no beginning and no end! So in the apocalypse described in Revelation we see this angel from heaven releasing the angel of hell unto the earth for judgment of the inhabitants of the earth who have rejected Christ! This angel by definition is a King or monarch over the people of Hell! The word Abaddon is an inserted Hebrew word meaning angel of death and desolation. The Greek word Apollyon means a destroyer. So where did hell get all of its population? From the same place heaven got its population. From the earth! Since Easter is approaching what happened to Jesus during those three days in the heart of the earth? He preached to the captives! Jesus went to hell for you and me and preached to the captives there! It was an evangelistic crusade! Did he get any converts? Do you remember the rich man and Lazarus Jesus told us about in the Gospel of Luke? Lazarus the poor beggar while on earth was now in heaven! The rich man was in hell! A great gulf separated heaven and hell and no one could cross over! A border wall! The rich man wanted the Lord to go to his five brothers and warn them of this terrible place he was suffering in! The Lord said they have Moses and the Prophets! The rich man said if one would go to them raised from the dead they will listen! The Lord said if they will not believe Moses and the Prophets they will not believe one raised from the dead sent to them! Remember Jesus said Moses spoke of me! So the first place Jesus went when raised from the dead was hell! Even those in hell will confess Jesus is Lord and Savior but it will not help them! The disciple Judas betrayed Jesus so if Jesus could not save him who could? Those that have rejected God while on earth and now in hell do not have the moral capability to repent! So during this seven year Tribulation period before Christ’s second coming we see the judgments of the wicked on earth are punished by God releasing the inhabitants of hell back unto the earth so that the wicked consume each other! Their fallen condition perpetuates hell on earth! God through his Son Jesus Christ perpetuates heaven on earth as people repent of their sin! Jesus Christ the God/Man has power and authority over Heaven, earth and Hell! Would we be so foolish as those in Hell and some living on the earth to deny his power who determines where we spend eternity? To reject his love is a serious mistake that can have eternal consequences for our soul! Christmas explains that God was born for us and Easter explains that God died for us and rose from the dead for us and lives in Heaven waiting for those who will call upon his name and repent while living here on the earth! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com