The picture here is of evil people and forces rising up against Christians (as we still see today). But the Lord is faithful to His dear children and keeps the evil ones from ruining them (vv. 4-5).
BibleGateway: Revelation 9:1-11 ESV Text: Revelation 9:1-11 Revelation 9:1–11 (Listen) 9:1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.1 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came…