Fallen Angel

Abaddon Angel of The Abyss

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The Biblical "Destroyer" Isn't Satan, It's Abaddon, God's Right-Hand Man

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John was an apostle of Jesus Christ who wrote many of the texts that inspired the Book of Revelation after he received a preview of the end of days. It's from John's writings in Revelation that we learn the angel of death is not the devil, but Abaddon, the leader of Fallen Angels tasked by God to torture Earth and humanity as punishment for the sins of humankind.

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Abaddon's role in the Old and New Testaments provide a horrifying look at the part archangels are said to play during judgment day, and the function of such angels and demons doesn't sit well with the Christian view of an all-loving and merciful God.

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Even more disturbing, in the Gnostic texts, Abaddon is pivotal in the creation of humankind, gathering the dirt from which God created Adam. So it's perhaps fitting that Abaddon will also gather souls and carry them to the place of God's final judgment. While the concept of Satan is frightening, it's nothing compared to an angel of death commissioned by God to torture sinners.

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His Name Means 'The Angel Of Death' In Some Translations

Some biblical interpretations even treat Lucifer (Satan) and Abaddon as the same figure. However, many theologians point to specific passages in the Book of Revelation and other biblical passages as evidence that Abaddon is a distinct entity. For instance, one verse states: "They have over them as king the angel of the abyss." This verse arrives after God unleashed the locusts to torture Earth during the end of days.

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Some scholars read this in conjunction with Proverbs 30:7, where the locusts have no king. So, while Lucifer functions as the king of Hell, Abaddon is the leader of the locust of demons unleashed to torture those who do not bear the seal of God. Many also point to Ephesians 6:12, where it's described that Satan has underlings. While Abaddon might not be synonymous with Lucifer, he shares similar traits.

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Some Biblical Translations Claim Abaddon Is A Subordinate Of Satan, Not An Angel Of God's Army

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Those familiar with the Torah or the Bible know that Satan seeks to destroy the works and creations of God. While Satan doesn't receive as much exploration in the Torah, his existence is undoubtedly present in the text. During the end of days in Revelation, God releases the demons of Hell. Humans who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads will suffer at the hands of Satan and his demons.

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Here, Satan functions as the primary antagonist of God, and it's Abaddon who serves as the leader of the plague of demons to torture Earth. Abaddon is a controversial figure for some, as the interpretations differ on whether Abaddon is a minion of Satan or an angel of death authorized by God.

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Abaddon Is The Ruler Of An Abyss Of The Same Name

In both the Jewish and Christian traditions, Abaddon is not only the personification of a fallen angel but an actual place of destruction. In Job 31:12, Abaddon is described as a hellish abyss, "for it would be a fire that consumes to Abaddon." Some believe that Abaddon is both a manifest being as well as the bottomless pit that he oversees.

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John writes of this abyss in Revelation, describing that "after the fifth angel sounds his trumpet, a star falls from heaven and opens the bottomless pit. A storm of smoke arises, and from the smoke, a plague of locusts emerge to torment, but not kill, men who lack the seal of God on their foreheads."

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In Some Texts, Abaddon Is Merely A Place For Lost Souls

Some believe that Abaddon is merely a term for a hopeless pit like Hell. Such theories point to the fact that Satan is the ruler of Hell and Abaddon (which means destruction or place of destruction) is only synonymous for the kingdom of torture where Satan has dominion.

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Such understandings focus on that passage of Job 31:12, in which Abaddon is described as a place of fire. This argument does gain some support in Psalm 88:11, which states, “will Your loving kindness be declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Abaddon?” However, it's also in Job where Abaddon first gets identified as a conscious being. In Job 28:22, Abaddon can speak and hear and is the personification of death. Many also point to Biblical Antiquities of Philo, which describe Abaddon as a place.

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Abaddon Is Described As Present During Jesus's Resurrection In The Gnostic Text

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Abaddon is used interchangeably with death in many passages, but those who study the Gnostic texts point out that Abaddon was present at the tomb of Jesus Christ at the time of his resurrection. His role as either an angel in God's army or an underling of Satan becomes more confusing in the Gnostic documents.

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 In the Gospel of Bartholomew, Abaddon approaches Jesus in the underworld after his death. But Jesus laughs in the face of Abaddon, which terrifies him and his sons. When Jesus rises from the dead, Abaddon and his son, Pestilence, seek to protect the underworld. However, Jesus had departed from Hell, and according to Bartholomew, he left only three souls there: Herod, Cain, and Judas.

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In The Gnostic Text, Abaddon Is Also The Angel Who Gathered The Earth Used To Create Adam

In another Gnostic document, the Acts of Thomas, Abaddon plays a vital role in the initial creation of humankind. He receives the task of gathering the Earth from which God creates Adam. He's then identified as a guardian and all of the angels, demons, and corporeal entities fear him.

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Additionally, on the Day of Judgment, it's said that Abaddon will carry souls to the Valley of Josaphat, where God will deliver all souls for final judgment. This adds to the confusion for many who accept the Gnostic documents as part of their biblical understanding because Abaddon sounds much like Lucifer in this regard.

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God Unleashes Abaddon To Torture The Earth In The Book Of Revelation

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It's believed that John wrote the Book of Revelation while living in exile on the island of Patmos. There, he reportedly received a glimpse of "The Day of The Lord," or the end of days. In Revelation, John reveals that Fallen Angels will be released to wreak havoc and spread torture on Earth during the apocalypse.

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It's in Revelation, and at the moment when John hears the Fifth Trumpet, that Abaddon (or "Apollyon" in Greek) is introduced to the world as the leader of the Fallen Angels. According to the texts, Abaddon is to unleash God's wrath upon humanity.

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Abaddon Is Allowed To Torture Human Beings

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While biblical translation leads to some dispute, one thing most scholars agree upon is that Abaddon's authority is not unlimited. Revelation 9:4 states: "And it was commanded of them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads."

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Furthermore, this passage says that Abaddon and his team "were not given the power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months." Still, Abaddon's authority actively torture humankind is unsettling. Revelation 9:6 provides some insight into the degree of torture.:"In those days, men will seek death, but will not find it; they shall long to die, but death will flee from them."

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Abaddon Is Contrary To The Christian View Of An All-Loving And Forgiving God

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In many ways, Abaddon is a confusing figure, but one thing is sure: he's terrifying. His role to torture those members of humankind who do not bear the seal of God seems antithetical to the Christian view of an all-loving and merciful God. It's confusing that God can create and love all creatures and things, but unleash a terror like Abaddon onto humanity. In John's description of judgment day (which is set into action by God), Abaddon is given five months to create what seems like Hell on earth.

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Abaddon (Apollyon - Apollo) ... They are all names for the same Entity

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"The Destroyer" , He is the hebrew name for the Greek Apollyon "Angel of the bottomless pit" , as in revelation 9:10.

Revelation 9:11 “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.” KJV, 1611

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In Revelation 9:1–11, Abaddon is described as a personified star who falls to Earth from heaven and is given the key to open the bottomless pit. Abaddon opens the pit, releasing a swarm of locusts.

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Abaddon is also described in the same passage as "The Destroyer", the angel of the abyss, and as the king of a plague of locusts resembling horses with crowned human faces, women's hair, lions' teeth, wings, iron breast-plates, and a tail with a scorpion's stinger that torments for five months anyone who does not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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Genesis 3:15: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

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He is also known in the Far East by SHIVA. Abaddon is the name of a demon, or of the devil himself. According to Mathers, The Greater Key of Solomon , Abaddon is a name for The Angel that Moses Invoked to bring down the blighting rain over Egypt. He is also "death's Dark angel", a reference to Abaddon's hooked wings occurs in Francis Thompson’s poem "To The English Martyers".

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Abaddon has also been identified as the Angel of Death and Destruction, Demon of the Abyss, and Chief of demons of the underworld hierarchy, where he is equated with Samael or Satan. (ref: De Plancy, Dictionnaire infernal; Grillot, A pictorial anthology of witchcraft, magic and Alchemy P.128). Abaddon is the "Destroying Angel of the Apocalypse" In Barrett, The Magus, Abaddon is pictured in color as one of the Evil demons.

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Abadon - a term for the nether world, the spelling here with one d, is from the ZOHAR (Deuteronomy 286a). Among the sources that consider Abaddon to be a place is The Thanksgiving Hymns, discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls, where there is mention of "the Sheol (Hell) of Abaddon" and "the torrents of Belial [that] burst into Abaddon." Other authorities, such as the First Century publication, The Biblical Antiquities of Philo, also refer to Abaddon as sheol. Milton uses Abaddon as the name of a pit in his book Paradise Regained, and the cabalist Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla says that Abaddon is the name of the sixth lodge of the seven lodges of Hell (arka) and that it is presided over by the angel Pasiel.

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Abadon - according to the Zohar (which is where this spelling is found), Abadon describes the infernal hierarchies and the nether world.

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Apollo

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Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion, Greek and Roman mythology, and Greco–Roman Neopaganism.

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Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun (as so Lucifer the bringer of light / Angel of Light), truth and prophecy, healing/plague (as he struck Egypt with the plague to save it), music, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis. The cult centers of Apollo in Greece, Delphi and Delos, date from the 8th century BCE. The Delos sanctuary was primarily dedicated to Artemis, Apollo's twin sister.

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Artemis

Artemis was the name that the pagan Greeks gave to one of their most prominent idols. It corresponded to the Roman idol Diana, the idol's most extravagant temple was at Ephesus. It became one of the "seven wonders" of the ancient world. Constructed over the span of 220 years. Inside was a bizarre statue of the "fertility" idol, the original of which was apparently carved from a meteorite that had "fallen from heaven." (Acts 19:35). The cult of Diana, or Artemis, was so powerful and widespread (religiously and economically) in the first century.

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"And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky? Seeing then that these things cannot be contradicted, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash. For you have brought these men here who are neither sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess. If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against any one, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another. But if you seek anything further, it shall be settled in the regular assembly. For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, there being no cause that we can give to justify this commotion." And when he had said this, he dismissed the assembly." (Acts 19:20-41 RSV)

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A lot of theories suggest that the Muslim's Black stone that is an actual meteorite that fell down from the sky and claimed by Arabs to be a piece of heaven , which is why the ancient pre-Islamic Arabs have built the Kabaa around it and were worshipping it.  Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu.

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Apollo was an oracular god—the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle. Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius, yet Apollo was also seen as a god who could bring ill-health and deadly plague. Amongst the god's custodial charges, Apollo became associated with dominion over colonists, and as the patron defender of herds and flocks. As the leader of the Muses (Apollon Musegetes) and director of their choir, Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry. Hermes created the lyre for him, and the instrument became a common attribute of Apollo. Hymns sung to Apollo were called paeans.

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In Hellenistic times, especially during the 3rd century BCE, as Apollo Helios he became identified among Greeks with Helios, Titan god of the sun, and his sister Artemis similarly equated with Selene, Titan goddess of the moon.

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The Greeks most often associated Apollo's name with the Greek verb ἀπόλλυμι (apollymi), "to destroy". Plato in Cratylus connects the name with ἀπόλυσις (apolysis), "redeem", with ἀπόλουσις (apolousis), "purification". Among the proposed etymologies is the Hurrian and Hittite divinity, Aplu, who was widely invoked during the "plague years". Aplu, it is suggested, comes from the Akkadian Aplu Enlil, meaning "the son of Enlil", a title that was given to the god Nergal God of The Underworld, who was linked to Shamash, Babylonian God. As sun-god and god of light, Apollo was also known by the epithets Aegletes "light of the sun"), Helius literally "sun" ) , Phanaios, literally "giving or bringing light"), and Lyceus from Proto-Greek  "light").

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The meaning of the epithet "Lyceus" later became associated Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddess of Lycia (Λυκία) and who was identified with the wolf (λύκος), earning him the epithets Lycegenes literally "born of a wolf" or "born of Lycia"). As god of the sun, the Romans referred to Apollo as Sol (/ˈsɒl/ sol; literally "sun" in Latin).

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Abaddon In Kabbalah

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If you read up on the Kabbalah,, you will find reference to the Ten Sephiroth, the Realms of Existence through which pass the Emanations of the Divine.  Look at the Chart above, and you will see that there is an "Eleventh Sephirah", on the Path between Tiphereth and Kether.  This invisible Realm is calledDa'ath, which means "Knowledge"; it is also known as the "Abyss".   Da'ath is on the Path betweenTiphereth, the Realm of the Malakhim, and  Kether, the Realm of the Chayoth HaKodesh.

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Considering the Nature of Da'ath, we will discuss the Archangel first, before the Angels. Thie Archangel of the Abyss is Abaddon, whose ame means "Destruction" or the "Destroyer".  There is some connection between Abaddon and She'ol, the Abode of the Dead in the Hebrew Scriptures.  In Job 26:6 it is written

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“There are those who have attempted to equate Abaddon with Samael ("God's Poisoner") or Azrael (the Angel of Death), or even Satan ("the Accuser"), but the functions of Abaddon seem different from them.  Abaddon  assists the human Spirit across the Abyss, the final obstacle betweenTiphereth  and Kether.  The parallels between crossing the Abyss and some of the conftrontations in the Tibetan Book of the Dead are quite astonishing.”

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Are there Angels in Da'ath?  This is a difficult question.  Some would say demons, and others the Qlippoth.  The Qlippoth  ("Shells"), say the Kabbalists, are remnants of a prior Existence prior to the one described in Genesis.  The are fragments, not focused or "whole" like Angels.  They appear to be a "Necessary Evil", as their Presence seems to be needed for the proper functioning of the Universe, just as Chaos is for Order.  They are not truly Demonic, per se, but their Presence in the physical world can wreak havoc. The Occultist customarily acknowledges the Qlippoth prior to proceeding with a Ritual, particularly if the Procedure will involve Invocation.  It is outside the scope of this article to discuss how this is done.

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