The King of the Bottomless Pit: Introduction (Part 1)

      There are many verses in the Bible that talk about Satan, the Devil, and Lucifer.  One of these verses is 1 Peter 5:8, which says,  "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” David prayed against his adversaries in Psalm 109, saying this in verse 6,  "Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.”  Paul wrote this in 1 Timothy 5:15,  “For some are already turned aside after Satan,” and said this in 1 Thessalonians 2:18, “Satan hindered us.”  Jesus was "tempted of Satan” in  Mark 1:13.“The synagogue of Satan"  is referred to in Revelation 2:9.  And, speaking about Thyatira in Revelation 2, verse 4 refers to those who had “not known the depths of Satan, as they speak.”  The Bible talks about the Bottomless Pit in Revelation 20, saying this in verses 1-2,  "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.”  Satan is the king of this Bottomless Pit in Revelation 9, and this episode helps a person understand the one who ascends out of this pit.