What will the people who survive the plagues in Revelation 9 do?
Those not killed by the plagues refused to repent or change their minds about the works of their hands. They continued worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see, hear, or walk. Their idolatry persisted rather than turning to God.
Les teaches that the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent or change their mind about the works of their hands. They continued to worship demons and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see, hear, nor walk. He notes this kind of idolatry is unique to the Orient, where more idol worship exists today than anywhere else on earth, including Buddha worship, Shinto idols in Japan, and the abject idolatry of Tibet and other areas of the East. Verse 21 repeats that they did not repent.
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: