Revelation 8:6-17

Revelation 8.6-13 T

SLIDE 2  ⁶Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

Remember angels are messengers of God and he sends them out to pronounce    judgments.

⁷1ST angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And 1/3 of the earth was burned up, and 1/3 of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

·        What could burn tree and grass?
A severe electrical storm has been known to start forest fires.

·        What would the result of this devastation?
Pasture land destroyed-animals would starve. No milk, meat, wool. This summer my grass was so dry that it crunched when you walked on it.

SLIDE 3 ⁸2ND angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and 1/3 of the sea became blood.⁹1/3 of the living creatures in the sea died, and 1/3 of the ships were destroyed.

John said something large as a mountain was burning with fire and thrown into the sea. Some writers think this is a meteor. If we look at the Mediterranean Sea in Israel that would not have a world impact, so we will assume it means all salt water.

What fraction of the sea become blood? Does this sound like another time in the OT? Exodus 7:19-21

What living things died? What sea creatures would affect our food supply?

What else was destroyed? How would that affect our military, transportation, importing of goods?

 SLIDE 4¹⁰3RD angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on 1/3 of the rivers and on the springs of water.¹¹The name of the star is Wormwood. 1/3 of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.

A great star is definitely a meteor. Wasn’t there a meteor shower this week?

The God who created heaven and earth definitely can send a great star to earth?

What fraction was destroyed? Do you see the pattern?

This time what was destroyed? Does the name wormwood mean anything to you? Was there another time in history when the water became bitter? Too bitter to drink?

Exodus15:²²Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.²³ When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah.

Jeremiah 9:13And the LORD says: "Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it,¹⁴but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them. ¹⁵Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them poisonous water to drink.

Remember when Pastor Allen taught from Hosea. Not only were the people punished but the all nature mourned. Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away. Isaiah 24:4, Jeremiah 4:28; Joel1:10,18; Zephaniah 2:3; Ezekiel 38:20. All these prophets of the OT prophesied the truth of God’s promises.

SLIDE 5¹²4TH angel blew his trumpet, and 1/3 of the sun was struck, and 1/3 of the moon, and 1/3 of the stars, so that 1/3 of their light might be darkened, and 1/3 of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise 1/3 of the night.

For the God who created the heaven and the earth this is a small task.

 Genesis1: ¹⁶                And God made the two great lights---the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night---and the stars.¹⁷And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,¹⁸to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.¹⁹      And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

Imagine what would happen with 1/3 of the sun, moon, and stars be darkened and kept from shining. What things come to mind when there is not enough light?

Jesus taught about Dark and Light. Those who do evil hate the light. The gospel of John says Jesus is the light of the World. In heaven we will have no need for sun or moon for Christ is the light. In our Christian walk we are to be the light to others.

*The People in the Dark Room   If you are sitting in a dark room with no windows, you can't see the objects in the room.  Even though the objects are there, you aren't aware of them because you're in darkness.  However, if someone turns on the light switch,  the things previously hidden from your eyes are now obvious. 

Don't get angry at people in spiritual darkness for not being able to see what's obvious to you.  Instead, bring them some spiritual light. (Matt. 5:14-16) --Kent Crockett                     

SLIDE 6 Chart compare Exodus Plague with Seals and Trumpets       

plague	EXODUS	REVELATION
1	bloody river, 7:14	7th seal  1/3 seas became blood 8:8
		3rd trumpet 1/3 water bitter 8:11
2,3,4	frogs, 8:1, lice, 8:16
	flies, 8:20
5	livestock struck, 9:1	1st trumpet1/3 earth, trees, grass      No food for animals famine 8:7
6	boils, 9:8	4th seal  6:7 pestilence
7	hail, 9:13	7th seal Hail and fire 8:7
8	locusts 10:1	5th Locust to sting but not kill  9:5
9	painful darkness, 10:21	4th trumpet  Darkness     1/3 Sun, Moon, & Stars  8:12
10	firstborn struck, 11:1	6th trumpet   1/3 mankind killed 9:18

KJV ¹³ And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven ESV and others say eagle

 SLIDE 7 ¹³Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!"

Ezekiel 16:23“‘And it came to pass after all thy wickedness (Woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord God),

99 times in the bible men would say “woe is he” or “woe to them”. 33 times in the New Testament Jesus says “woe”12 in Matthew and 13 in Luke, mainly woe to the scribes and Pharisees.