Bottomless pit is “Tartarus” in Greek. It is also often refered to as hell.

Condition in bottomless pit

Fallen angels are in darkness and chained. There is smoke, a great furnace, and there are creatures like big locusts.

Jude 1:13
_{¹³ Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.}

2 Peter 2:4
_{⁴ For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;}

Jude 1:6
_{⁶ And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.}

Revelation 9:2-3
_{² And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
³ And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.}

Until when they are there?

Angels that sinned are stuck in the bottomless pit until judgment day

Jude 1:6
_{⁶ And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.}

2 Peter 2:4 
_{⁴ For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment}

Do the creatures casted there like or fear going in the bottomless pit?

They beg God not to put them there

Luke 8:26-39
_{²⁶ And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
²⁷ And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
²⁸ When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
²⁹ (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
³⁰ And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
³¹ And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.}

Is the bottomless pit locked?

It’s probably locked because according to the book of Revelation, there is a key for the bottomless pit.

Revelation 20:1
_{1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.}

Revelation 9:1-2
_{1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
² And he opened the bottomless pit;}

Who is in bottomless pit exactly ?

Angels that sinned were casted and are stuck in the bottomless pit.  The dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, big locusts like creatures, and the kings of the locusts 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.

◾fallen angels

Jude 1:6
_{⁶ And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.}

2 Peter 2:4  (maybe not here)
_{⁴ For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;}

Revelation 20:1-3, 7
_{1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
² And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
³ And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
⁷ And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,}

◾Abaddon, apollyon, bottomless pit angel and his locusts

Revelation 9:1-11
_{1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
² And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
³ And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
⁴ And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
⁵ And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
⁶ And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
⁷ And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
⁸ And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
⁹ And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
¹⁰ And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
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.}

What is bottomless pit exactly?

Bottomless pit seems to be like a prison for fallen angels.

Revelation 20:7
_{⁷ And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,}

Ezekiel 31:16 (Hell in this is Sheol in ESV but mentioned pit)
_{¹⁶ I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.}

1. The serpent is subtle in lying

“Now the serpent was more subtle than all the wild beasts that the LORD God had made. And the serpent said to the woman, Truly has God said that you shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
– Genesis 3:1, LBP

“You are from the father of accusation, and you want to do the lusts of your father, he who is a murderer of men from the very beginning and who never stands by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks he speaks his own lie, because he is a liar, and the father of it.”
– John 8:44, LBP

“For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
– John 8:44, NLT

2. Satan’s lies and deadly schemes

a. Satan plots how to make us doubtful about God’s word by twisting what God says

Creates doubt by questioning if something is for real, or really happened, or what God truly instructed. Also, notice how Satan said, any. He did not specifically say the fruit of good and knowledge to confuse us and for him to identify how we understand God’s word and how he can twist details to confuse us. Testing the water.

“Now the serpent was more subtle than all the wild beasts that the LORD God had made. And the serpent said to the woman, Truly has God said that you shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
– Genesis 3:1, LBP

“Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”
– Genesis 3:1, KJV

“The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
– Genesis 3:1, NLT

“Sa lahat ng hayop na nilikha ng PANGINOONG Dios, ang ahas ang pinakatuso. Minsan, tinanong ng ahas ang babae, “Totoo bang pinagbabawalan kayo ng Dios na kumain ng bunga ng alin mang puno sa halamanan?”
– Genesis 3:1, ASND

God clearly instructed

“16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat; for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
– Genesis 2:16-17, LBP

Eve understood

“2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of all the trees of the garden;
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.“
– Genesis 3:2-3, LBP

b. Satan lied when he said we will not die

Satan is crafty when he lies. Satan lied and falsified what God said when he told Eve would not die.

“And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die“
– Genesis 3:4, LBP

Satan contradicted what God said by justifying or providing a seemingly valid reason by telling just a part of the truth but not what God really means.

Satan said that we will not die. Satan knew Eve would not die instantly after eating the fruit of good and evil. Satan withhold the truth and did not say the long-term consequence of eating the fruit.

“Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”
– Genesis 3:22, LBP

Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
– Genesis 3:22, NLT

“Just as sin entered into the world by one man, and death by means of sin, so death was imposed upon all men, inasmuch as they all have sinned”
– Romans 5:12, LBP

“12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.”
– Romans 5:12, NLT

“14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them who had not sinned in the manner of the transgression of the law by Adam, who is the likeness of him that was to come.
15 But the measure of the gift of God was not the measure of the fall. If therefore, because of the fall of one, many died, how much more will the grace and gift of God, because of one man, Jesus Christ, be increased?
17 For if by one man’s offence, death reigned, how much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one man, shall many be made righteous.
21 Just as sin had reigned through death, so grace shall reign through righteousness unto eternal life by our LORD Jesus Christ.”
– Romans 5:14-15,17,19, 21, LBP

“In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the ground; out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust shall you return.
– Genesis 3:19, LBP

“21 What kind of fruit did you have then, in the things of which you are now ashamed? for the end thereof is death.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through our LORD Jesus Christ.”
– Romans 6:21,23, LBP

Eating fruit of sin / evil = death

2. Satan did not say what will really happen and what’s in it for him if we eat the fruit.

He said what can lure us to sin (be like gods and know more) to make his intention and proposal sound more reasonable, believable, and appealing.

“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.”
– Genesis 3:5, LBP

Satan did not say we will become slaves – servants of sins.

“For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.
– Romans 6:20, LBP

We did not become gods because we know good and evil. Our knowledge and wisdom are limited and incomparable to the thoughts of God. See the Book of Isiah to know what God said.

“Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”
– Genesis 3:22, LBP

“8 For my thoughts are not like your thoughts, neither are my ways like your ways, says the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
– Isaiah 55:8-9, LBP

“8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
– Isaiah 55:8-9, KJV

What really happened is that by eating the fruit of good and evil, sin can enter the world. Through this way, satan can influence us.

“12 Just as sin entered into the world by one man, and death by means of sin, so death was imposed upon all men, inasmuch as they all have sinned“
– Romans 5:12, LBP

“12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
– Romans 5:12, NLT

“He who commits sin is of the devil; because the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
– 1 John 3:8, LBP

Hence, we just become more knowledgeable about how to sin and be carnally minded.

“6 To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace;
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, because it cannot be.
8 So then, they who are in the flesh cannot please God.“
– Romans 8:6-8, LBP

We did not become gods

“Then the LORD said, My spirit shall not dwell in man forever, because he is flesh; let his days be a hundred and twenty years.”
– Genesis 6:3, LBP

In Job Chapter 1, we’re going to understand the nature of Satan as described in the different books in the Bible. In the New Testament Satan has been referred to as:

1. Satan is a devouring lion that’s on the lookout

Satan is waiting for every opportunity to enslave and afflict us 

“Be vigilant, and be cautious; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:”
– 1 Peter 5:8, LBP

Job’s story

First assault

“6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present them selves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
7 And the LORD said to Satan, Whence have you come? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking on it.
8 Then the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an innocent and upright man, one who reveres God, and turns away from evil?”
– Job 1:6-8, LBP

Second assault

“1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
2 And the LORD said to Satan, Whence have you come? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking on it.”
– Job 2:1-2, LBP

2. Satan is an accuser

“9 Thus the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out on the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now the deliverance and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ, has been accomplished: for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before God day and night, is cast down.”
– Revelation 12:9-10, LBP

Job’s background: 

a.  Job was innocent, upright, revered God, and turned away from evil.

“There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was innocent and upright, and one who revered God and turned away from evil.”
– Job 1:1, LBP

b. Job was also obedient and conscientious.

“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were over, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”
– Job 1:5, LBP

First assault

“Then the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an innocent and upright man, one who reveres God, and turns away from evil?”
– Job 1:8, LBP

Upon hearing that God was pleased with Job, Satan tried to malign Job. (Job 1:9-11)
Satan instigates doubt by influencing us with intentionally malicious assumptions and brainwashes us with wrong impressions.

“9 Then Satan answered the LORD and said, Does Job revere God for nought?
10 Thou hast rested thy hand of protection upon him and upon his house and upon his children and upon everything that he has everywhere; thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
11 But put forth thy hand now, and destroy all that he has, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
– Job 1:9-11, LBP

Second assault

“4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has will he give for his life, to save it.
5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his flesh or his bone, and he will curse thee to thy face.”
– Job 2:4-5, LBP

3. Satan provokes to cause division and be able to do his plans

“And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an innocent and upright man, one who reveres God, and turns away from evil? He still holds fast to his integrity, although you provoked me against him, to destroy him without cause.“
– Job 2:3 LBP

“And Jesus said to Simon, Simon, behold Satan wants to sift all of you as wheat;”
– Luke 22:31, LBP

4.  Satan kills, destroys, steals

“A thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly.”
– John 10:10, LBP

“And Jesus said to Simon, Simon, behold Satan wants to sift all of you as wheat;”
– Luke 22:31, LBP

“And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:”
– Luke 22:31, KJV

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.”
– Luke 22:31, NLT

Job’s story

3 And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an innocent and upright man, one who reveres God, and turns away from evil? He still holds fast to his integrity, although you provoked me against him, to destroy him without cause.
– Job 2:3, LBP

Job is blessed

Job had ten children, had herds, a great household, and was a respectable man in his region. (Job 1:2-4)

“2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3 His substance was seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred she-asses and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.
4 And his sons went and feasted in the house of each other on his appointed day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.”
– Job 1:2-4, LBP

First assault

God knows the heart of Job and He’s confident about Job’s faithfulness and loyalty to Him, so God allowed Job to be tested. (Job 1:12)

In the first assault, Job’s house was damaged by a strong wind, his slaves were killed by the Chaldeans, his camels, oxen, and asses were robbed, and his sheep and shepherds were consumed by fire (Job 1:13-19)

12 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself you shall not put forth your hand. So Satan went out from
13 And there was a day when Job’s sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house;
14 And there came a messenger to Job, and said to him, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding be side them;
15 And robbers raided them, and carried them away, and they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and I only have escaped to inform you.
16 While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said to him, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and has burned up the sheep and the shepherds, and consumed them; and I only have escaped to inform you.
17 While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said to him, The Chaldeans divided themselves into three bands, and raided the camels, and carried them away, and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only have escaped to inform you.
18 While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said to him, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house;
19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only have escaped to inform you.
– Job 1:12-19 LBP

Second assault

In the second assault of Satan, Job had a disease and boils. Prashitta Lamsa stated cancer while King James and other Bible translations only described it as boils. (Job 2:7-8). The severity of Job’s disease can be visualized on the succeeding verses as it is mentioned that his friends did not recognize Job when they saw him. (Job 2:11-13)

“7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with cancer from the sole of his foot to his brain.
8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he sat down upon ashes.”
– Job 2:7-8, LBP

“So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.”
– Job 2:7, KJV

“So Satan left the LORD’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.”
– Job 2:7, NLT

11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this misfortune that had come upon him, they set a time of meeting, and came to him every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to console and comfort him.
12 And when they lifted up their eyes from afar, they did not recognize him, and they lifted up their voices, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and threw dust upon their heads toward the heaven.
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that his affliction was very great.”
– Job 2:11-13  LBP

5. Satan cannot do what God has not allowed him to do.

First assault

In the first assault God, did not allow Satan to hurt Job physically. In the second assault God allowed Satan to make him physically suffer by having a disease. But God did not allow him to kill Job.

“And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself you shall not put forth your hand. So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.”
– Job 1:12, LBP

“All right, you may test him,” the LORD said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.” So Satan left the LORD’s presence.”
– Job 1:12, NLT

Second assault

“And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is delivered into your hands; only spare his life.”
– Job 2:6, LBP

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Job’s response

1. Despite the unfortunate events that happened to Job after Satan’s first assault, Job responded with faith by continuing to worship and trust God.

First assault

“20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
21 And he said, Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return; the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.“
22 In all these disasters, Job did not sin, nor did he blaspheme against the LORD.”
– Job 1:20-22, LBP

Second assault

9 Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die.
10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. We have indeed received God’s blessings, now shall we not also receive his afflictions? In all these misfortunes Job did not sin, nor did he blaspheme against God with his lips.
– Job 2:1-13, LBP

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God’s view about Job’s response and His description of Job

First assault

“Then the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an innocent and upright man, one who reveres God, and turns away from evil?”
– Job 1:8, LBP

Second assault

“And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an innocent and upright man, one who reveres God, and turns away from evil? He still holds fast to his integrity, although you provoked me against him, to destroy him without cause.” 
– Job 2:3, LBP