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| Re 8:7 The 1st sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
We must notice that the destruction is widespread (1/3 of the earth), and that it starts with small size particles -- hailstones. The size of the particles increases as well as the damage. |
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| Re 8:8 The 2nd angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had souls, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed.
This incoming rock is the size of a mountain, and it falls in the ocean. The size of the incoming meteors continues to increase. The plagues continue to increase in severity with each trumpet blast. |
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| Re 8:9 The 3rd angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters. The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
The size now is like a star -- bigger than a mountain. This one falls on land. |
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| Re 8:10 The 4th angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.
The whole planet is now covered with dust that darkens the sky. Not only is the earth affected by this trumpet blast, but the sun and the moon are also affected. |
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| Re 9:1 Then the 5th angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him.
Re 9:2-4 He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. This is evidence that at the time of the fifth trumpet there are some Christians with the seal of God still living on earth. |
| Re 9:13 Then the 6th angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
River Euphrates Re 9:14 one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." Notice the 4 angels bound at the River Euphrates. These are not angels that proceed from the throne of God, these are angels that have been bound for some time and when they are released they kill 1/3 of mankind by influencing people to war against each other. We have to contrast these bound angels -- probably demonic angels, to the angels that are free and go into the presence of God. Re 9:15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. Re 9:16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. Revelation 9:17 And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone. Re 9:18 A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. Re 9:19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm. Re 9:20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; Re 9:21 and they did not repent of their murders, nor of their drugs, nor of their immorality, nor of their thefts. |
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