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Trials, Suffering, Tribulation: Scorpions
In \reference{Revelation 9}{Revelation 9}, God tells that under the
fifth seal the bottomless
pit, or hell, will be opened and doleful creatures like scorpions will
emerge and torment men. "And their torment was as the torment of a
scorpion, when he striketh a man. The following is a description of
the scorpion: "A venomous reptile, like a small lobster, that has a
bladder full of dangerous poison. It has four eyes and eight legs,
proceeding from its breast, each of which is divided into six parts,
covered with hair, at the end of which are six claws. The abdomen is
divided into seven rings; from the last protrudes the tail, which is
divided into seven little heads, which are armed with stings. The tail
is long and made after the manner of a string of beads. At the end of
the tail there are two hollow stings, which are filled with deadly
poison which the scorpion squirts into the body it stings. The
scorpion is a blackish color like soot. It fixes violently with its
snout and feet upon the person it stings so that it is almost
impossible to pluck it off. The mother brings forth eleven young ones,
which at first are small, round worms. After the mother has hatched
them, they kill the mother."
Fearful judgments are to be poured upon the earth during the Great
Tribulation. May we be raptured and thus "escape all these things."
William Moses Tidwell, "Pointed Illustrations."
