I reread Revelation not too long ago when I was in the adoration chapel at my church and a strange thing occurred to me. The words written in the book are becoming far less symbolic and are starting to read almost like the headlines in the paper.
Read Chapter 8 below and see what I mean. The first angel sounds his trumpet and we get destruction from storms and fires and drought. I think it's hard to read the papers or watch the news without thinking that all of the flooding and hurricanes and earthquakes of recent years and how I never remember quite this many all packed into the same time frame. I could be wrong and this is just purely subjective. The thing is, I'm not alone. Nearly everyone I talk to says the same thing. And as far as the fire and scorched earth goes, Iran and Israel are getting really close to war and it will go nuclear.
"And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and as it were a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea became blood:
And the third part of those creatures died, which had life in the sea, and the third part of the ships was destroyed."
Obviously, this sounds like the blowout in the Gulf. I can't count the times I've seen the blowout described as an underwater volcano, or mountain. I always wondered how an ecosystem as vast as the worlds oceans could be destroyed. I think we have our answer. And have you noticed in many of the aerial photos of the slick that it's red and blood like?
"And the third angel sounded the trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a torch, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters:
And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."
These events are yet to come, but if the others are accurate then I'd expect this to come along soon.
There is a lot of talk out there about a tenth planet that is nearing the sun (go here to see and hear one mans presentation of this argument). It's supposed to have an orbit of 3600 years or so and it supposedly causes cataclysmic events on earth, the severity of these events dependent on how close it comes. Is this Wormwood? If it's true, are we hearing echoes from the people of the past in the Book of Revelation, warning us of a wholly predictable natural event? God uses nature all the time in the Bible, and why not? He created it. He controls it and could very possibly change the direction of this planet, if it exists, to lessen or increase the severity of our coming chastisement.
"And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day did not shine for a third part of it, and the night in like manner."
Many mystics have spoken over the centuries about the "Three Days of Darkness". You can go here to read what some of them have had to say.
Look, you can believe the Bible or not; that's a choice for you to make. The thing that you want to keep in mind is just how uncannily accurate it has proven to be over time. If nothing else, read what it says about the events of the future leading to a new era of existence for mankind and judge the events surrounding us by these words. If it's all superstitious gibberish then what have you wasted? A small amount of your time? But, if it's right, if the Bible is warning us of what is right around the corner, wouldn't it be nice to know what's coming so you can prepare both spiritually and physically?
Revelation 8
1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven, as it were for half an hour.
2And I saw seven angels standing in the presence of God; and there were given to them seven trumpets.
3And another angel came, and stood before the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which is before the throne of God.
4And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended up before God from the hand of the angel.
5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth, and there were thunders and voices and lightnings, and a great earthquake.
6And the seven angels, who had the seven trumpets, prepared themselves to sound the trumpet.
7And the first angel sounded the trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and it was cast on the earth, and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and as it were a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea became blood:
9And the third part of those creatures died, which had life in the sea, and the third part of the ships was destroyed.
10And the third angel sounded the trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a torch, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters:
11And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day did not shine for a third part of it, and the night in like manner.
13And I beheld, and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth: by reason of the rest of the voices of the three angels, who are yet to sound the trumpet.
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