(Please let me know if the following may possibly be so,or if it is too way out there, or is this all clearly wrong?)
Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
(There are references to the stars and the host of heavenas physical entities, like the sun or moon:)
Deuteronomy 4:19a And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven,
II Kings 23:5c to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
(However, there are also some celestial beingsthat are referred to as stars, or the host of heaven.)
Judges 5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
II Chronicles 18:18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
II Chronicles 33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Isaiah 24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
Jeremiah 19:13b because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
Daniel 8:10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Luke 2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Revelation 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
(So, this star is a celestial creature,who falls from heaven unto the earth,probably at about 150 mph normal free-fall speed.This celestial-creature star is given a key, to open with.There are various keys mentioned in the scriptures:)
Judges 3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Isaiah 22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Matthew 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Luke 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Revelation 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
(This is not the key of the parlour, or the house of David,or of knowledge that the lawyers took,or of the kingdom of heaven.No, this key is the key of the bottomless pit,given to the celestial creature that fell from heaven.This key is seen again, later, when an angel has it,and comes down to lock the devil in there.The key to the bottomless pitmay be one of the keys of death and hell,considering what and who is there, or will be there.It is not a key to the gates of hell,nor simply a key to a manmade pit,it is the key to what is called the bottomless pit.The bottomless pit appears to go downinto the depths of the earth like hell does.)
Deuteronomy 32:22a For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell,
Job 11:8b deeper than hell;
Psalms 55:15b and let them go down quick into hell:
Psalms 86:13b and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Proverbs 9:18b and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 15:24b that he may depart from hell beneath.
Isaiah 14:9b Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:
Ezekiel 31:17a They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword;
Luke 10:15b shalt be thrust down to hell.
(It is possible that the pit, the bottomless pit,is a unique and more horrible part of hell,perhaps the lowest and darkest hell?)
Isaiah 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Ezekiel 31:16b when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit:
(If so, then the pit, the bottomless pit,has been referred to, even in the old testament:)
Numbers 16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
Psalms 55:23a But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
Ezekiel 26:20a When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit,
Ezekiel 31:14b for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel 32:18b unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
(Perhaps the bottomless pit is that terrible place,where the angels that sinned were cast down,and chained in darkness:)
II Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
(And perhaps where they are chained,is further down in the pit than anyone,or anything, else is, similar to:)
Psalms 88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
(The bottomless pit is wherethe fallen angelic spirit of the antichrist will arise from:)
Revelation 11:7b the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them,
Revelation 17:8a The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit,
(So, why would it be called the bottomless pit?Heaven is above the earth,and apparently exists in another dimension,than our experience here on earth,both with time and space.Hell is beneath, in the nether parts of the earth,and may also exist in another dimensionof time and space.That is possibly how, when going down into that pit,the bottom is never reached, as there is no bottom.It does not go down to Jules Verne’s center of the earth,nor clear to the other side of the globe,like the China syndrome.Rather, going down, it continues to get darker,and more horrible, with worse fire and torment,apparently forever.)
(This celestial star-being, falls from heaven to the earth,so, does that mean he is a fallen creature?Then he given the key of this horrible bottomless pit.Apparently, it is the key to only this unique partof the abode of the damned,not a key to all of hell, only the bottomless pit.If it is, then, the worst part of hell,reserved for the darkest and most terrible damnations,then unlocking and opening it, will, no doubt,allow some of the worst and most hideous creatures ever,to come up and out of the bottomless pit!It will actually be hell on earth, not a metaphor,but a terrible reality,like the world has never experienced before.Dangerous, evil creatures, climbing up, creeping out,and flying out, from their torments, for a short time,free from the pit, temporarily allowed to inflicttheir cruel desires upon men,made in the image of the Godthat they hate with a vengeance!)
Revelation 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
(So, this fallen, celestial star-creature took the keygiven to him and opened the bottomless pit.The first thing out of the pit is smoke,like the smoke of a great furnace, similar to:)
Genesis 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
(Clearly, there is fire down there, in the bottomless pit,lots of fire, for that much smoke to come out first.There is so much smoke that the sun and the airare darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.This has happened in a similar fashionwhen large volcanoes erupted.It also similarly happened when Saddam Husseinhad the oil wells of Kuwait set on fire.No doubt people will see this smokecoming up out of the earth,and many more will see that the sun and airwill be darkened by the smoke.It doesn’t say over how large a part of the earththat this smoke covers.In and of itself, this will be frightening,but nowhere near the terrorwhen men see what comes out the smoke.)