Revelation 9:21 Meaning and Explanation
“Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Revelation 9:21 Mean?
The list of unrepented sins completes the indictment: murders, sorceries, sexual immorality, and thefts. These are not abstract failings but the visible fruit of hearts turned from God, the wreckage that idolatry leaves in human life. Having refused to turn from false worship, they refused also to turn from the wrongs it bred.
The chapter ends not with a monster but with a mirror. The deepest tragedy is not the locusts or the horsemen, but a will that will not repent. Yet the very naming of these sins is itself a call, for the gospel is that even murderers and the immoral may be washed and made new. The door the survivors would not enter still stands open, and Christ still says, Come unto me. Repentance is never too late while His invitation sounds.
Revelation 9:21 in the Original Language
pharmakeia (φαρμακεία), 'sorceries' -- occult practice, often linked with potions and drugs.
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What does Revelation 9:21 mean?
Nor did they repent of their murders, sorceries, immorality, and thefts.