Panorama of Prophecy
Part Three
The Book of Revelation is full of warnings of awesome events soon to occur. Yet most do not grasp the urgency of heeding staggering prophetic warnings of the Bible. Today we are in the second recess between stages of world war. The first two world wars have occurred. In this interim, bushfire wars have raged and “rumours of war” continue. Next to strike the earth are great famines, disease epidemics, earthquakes and finally the continuation of world war. To understand how future earth shattering events are going to unfold we need to study the last book of the New Testament – the book of Revelation. In this book the Apostle John records the events he saw in vision whilst on the island of Patmos. In chapter 6 John records how Christ begins to reveal the future by the breaking of seven seals. Let us study the symbolism and meaning behind these seven seals.
Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse constitute – represent – the first four seals.
The White
Horse
THE FIRST
horseman of the Apocalypse was described this way by the apostle John: "And 1
saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was
given unto him: and he went forth conquering and to conquer" (Rev. 6:1-2).
The identity of this first horseman has caused more confusion and consternation among Bible critics than the other three horsemen combined! The majority of Bible commentators are at least partially correct in determining the meaning of the red, black, and pale horses which follow. Revelation 6 is quite clear as to the final three horsemen's identity. But that of the first horse is almost universally misunderstood because scholars have neglected the clarifying words of Christ the Revelator in Matthew 24:4-5. Many, using human interpretation, have looked ahead to the 19th chapter of Revelation, to the description of the glorious Second Coming of Christ on a white horse. They have made the error of equating the white horse of Revelation 6 with the true Christ of chapter 19. This basic misinterpretation appears in many forms. Some say the white horse of Revelation 6 represents the worldwide preaching of the Gospel, to "conquer" men's minds. Some say it is an angel preparing the way for Christ. Some say it represents Christian governments conquering heathen nations in the name of Christ. Some say it is the church. Some say it represents "Elijah," preparing the way for Christ. Some say it represents the Second Coming, while others think it is a flashback to Christ's first coming. Nearly all commentators label the white horse rider as Jesus Christ, or some form of his Work on earth. But what does Christ himself have to say about the white horse? Believe it or not, he prophesied that this very deception and misunderstanding would occur!
The very first world development Jesus Christ warns about in his discourse in Matthew 24 is the advent of many false preachers, misleading and deceiving the many, not the few (verses 4-5). This condition began immediately after Christ's death and resurrection. The apostle Paul warned that the spirit of iniquity was already working, even as he wrote. Jude, the younger brother of Jesus Christ, exhorted early Christians to "earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness" (Jude 3, 4).
In the first century true Christians witnessed a counterfeit Christianity creeping in, deceiving many. Such religious deception has now increased in intensity until the whole world has become deceived about the true message of Christ. By the time of the end, your Bible says that Satan the devil "deceiveth the whole world" (Rev. 12:9). There is no greater sign of this universal ignorance about God than the misunderstanding of who the first horseman of Revelation 6 actually represents.
It is true that the rider of the white horse represents a Christ, but it is a false Christ. It is true that the first horseman represents a gospel and a church, but it is a false gospel and a false church-all in the name of Jesus Christ, but in truth a deception and a counterfeit. Jesus Christ says so himself in Matthew 24, and the apostle Paul amplified Christ's words very plainly in 2 Corinthians 11. "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works" (2 Cor. 11:13:15).
Paul isn't warning us against obviously false religions such as pagan animism, Eastern occult sects, outright Satan worship, or bizarre semi-Christian cults-but rather against a subtle counterfeit. Counterfeits, like bogus money, attempt to be as close as possible to the original, yet with subtle flaws discernible only to experts. Counterfeit Christianity is the same. It may appear biblical or Christ-like, but subtle flaws exist throughout its beliefs. The horseman riding the white horse in Revelation 6 is just such a subtle counterfeit.
If you will carefully compare Revelation 6:1-2 with Revelation 19:11-15, you will see that this first horseman is no more than a clever counterfeit Christ, one close enough to fool the majority, but not the "elect." Notice first that the returning Christ of Revelation 19 brandishes a sword out of his mouth, not a bow in his hand, as in Revelation 6. The sword is his Word the Bible. The Word of God is called, in symbol, a "two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12). Christ comes reproving nations with his Word, while the counterfeit horseman of Revelation 6 comes with another source of power. Regardless of the precise meaning of the bow," it is clearly not the Word of God-the two-edged sword.
The time setting of Revelation 6 contrasted with chapter 19 also proves they could not be the same Christ. In fact, the two could hardly be further apart in the time flow of the book of Revelation. The white horse is the first seal opened, the very first event in the unfolding drama of the end times. Christ's Second Coming, on the other hand, ushers in the end of the drama. It is the last portion of the last seal, just prior to the 1,000-year reign of the saints of God on earth. The two events are years apart in fulfilment. They could therefore not be the same horse and rider, since they are so widely separated.
The general condition of false religion appeared first after Christ's death (even before war, disease and famine in A.D. 70), and has increased for over 1,900 years. But remember that Christ's prophetic words refer to both a long-term world condition and to an end-time specific event, at "the end of the age." The long-term condition of false religion described above will culminate in the end-time fulfilment of the white horseman of Revelation 6, in the person of a great False Prophet. From the midst of many conflicting nominal Christian sects and arguing religious leaders will emerge a single individual of immense personal power and magnetism, eclipsing all others. He will rise to prominence in the near future-the exact year is unknown-just prior to all other cataclysms at the time of the end. Notice his description in II Thessalonians. "And then shall that Wicked [One] be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders..." (II Thess. 2:8-9).
This powerful instrument of Satan will have unusual charisma and power! He will dazzle the world with miracles, mobilizing vast armies of formerly lukewarm professing Christians to his sinister service. This "wolf in sheep's clothing" will appear innocent, sincere, and righteous before men. Only the "elect"-those already led by God's Spirit and obedient to his laws-will be able to recognize the true power behind these deceitful wonders (Matt. 24:24).
The Red Horse
As John’s
astonishing vision continues, Jesus opens the second seal and John sees a red
horse. He recorded: "And there went out another horse that was red; and power
was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they
should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword" (Rev. 6-4).
This rider is given authority to remove peace from the earth. The absence of
peace is war. The red horseman represents the scourge of war.
Even though Revelation 6:4 clearly interprets itself, corroboration is given in the parallel prophecy of Matthew 24:6-7. In Jesus' own words, the second horseman represents "wars and rumours of wars." But hasn't man always had war? To which wars is Christ referring? Which wars does the second horseman represent? All war or one specific war?
Jesus first
prophesied a general condition of war on earth that would continue from his day
until the very end of man's government on earth. "And ye shall hear of wars and
rumours of wars [notice the plural!]." These many wars, therefore, represent a
general condition of mankind. For nearly 6,000 years, there have been
alternating generations of war and peace: big, small, civil, and uncivil wars.
But the remaining verses of Matthew 24-and the second horseman of the
Apocalypse-refer to more than brushfire wars. They refer to one specific,
end-time period of war of great magnitude. It culminates in the first and last
war of its kind: a war of cataclysmic proportions. This refers to
total war, with the annihilation of all mankind as the probable outcome-barring
divine intervention. "And except those days should be shortened, there should no
flesh be saved." (Matthew 24:22). Notice in Revelation 6:4 that he has power to
take peace from all the earth. This involves world war, not local wars, civil
wars, or even conventional international conflicts such as Korea or Vietnam.
Also notice that this second horseman has a "great" sword. This certainly
represents the ability to kill hundreds of millions, not just the tens of
millions killed in past wars. How destructive will it be? Whole metropolises
will be vaporized by nuclear attack, with tens of millions dying instantly. "Thy
cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant" (Jer. 4:13-7).
This is a direct prophecy of how many will die as a result of the sword of war
given to the second horseman.
The Black
Horse
John wrote, "and
lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And
I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a
penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil
and the wine" (Rev. 6:5-6).
As surely as the third horseman appeared on the heels of the second, famine follows on the heels of ongoing revolutionary and counter-revolutionary struggles and warfare. In Matthew 24, Christ spoke of this general condition of famine in the context of wars and rumours of wars. He again used the plural, famines, referring to many reoccurring instances of famine over the centuries, increasing at a time just prior to his return.
Jesus Christ predicted this condition when he said, "And there shall be famines...." But he meant more!
The third
horseman of the Apocalypse doesn't primarily refer to the cyclical famines of
the past, or the "structural famines" of the present, but to a specific great
famine. This great famine will spread to all peoples and nations of earth until
mankind turns to God in total surrender. These dire plagues are allowed by a
loving God to teach man obedience. Peoples and nations will have brought this
pain upon themselves, by man-devised religion and man-devised war. God is
allowing man to reap what he sows, so that mankind will learn the bitter lesson
that sin brings pain! After man learns this lesson, God will shower down a world
of plenty once again, in the wonderful World Tomorrow.
But first, the fourth horseman must ride.
The Pale Horse
As the fourth
seal is opened, John sees a pale horse. "And I looked," he recorded, "and behold
a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with
him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill
with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth"
(Rev. 6:7-8).
What is this fourth horseman of Revelation 6:8? A clue is found in the word "pale." The word "pale" is translated from the Greek word chloros. It is the same root word from which we derive the term "chlorophyll' (a substance which helps make leafy plants green). It means, in biblical usage, a pale-green, the sickly yellowish-green colour of disease.
Jesus Christ, the Revelator, fills in the most correct word to interpret the meaning of this pale green horse: ". . . and there shall be ... PESTILENCES..!' (Matt. 24:7). The pestilences referred to by Jesus are disease epidemics of world proportion-pandemics! As the fourth horseman follows the third, worldwide disease epidemics will strike hard on the heels of famine. Millions more will die. This last of the four horsemen will bring the total death toll of all four to one fourth of mankind (Rev. 6:8). This death toll represents more than one billion (one thousand million) human beings.
Such massive plagues are not now happening due to existing sanitary standards, medical science, and the organized security measures which separate "civilization" from wilderness. But the point is that the potential for epidemic is always there, dormant, latent, and ready to strike when such protective conditions break down.
The Fifth
Seal
The fifth seal
pictures a martyrdom of saints - of converted, but "lukewarm" (Rev.
3:14-19; 12:17) begotten children of God!
Comment - Notice two separate martyrdoms are here portrayed. The first martyrs died during the great religious persecutions which occurred prior to and down to the end of the Middle Ages. These verses show that the earlier martyrdoms were only a type, or forerunner, for the martyrs of that time are told to wait until another martyrdom of saints has occurred. This future martyrdom will occur at the time to which John, the writer of this book of Revelation, has been carried forward in vision just prior to the "day of the Lord."
These martyrs are in actuality, of course, sleeping - unconscious - dead in their graves, having been in a sense sacrificed on the altar beneath which was collected the blood in which had resided their lives - or "souls" (Greek psuche). But they are pictured in vision as if crying out from under the altar, "How long?" before Christ will come and avenge their martyrdom. They are told Christ will not come to take vengeance on their behalf until another great persecution and martyrdom of saints will have taken place. Is such a horrible thing really possible in our supposedly "enlightened" age? Dachau and other World War 2 concentration and extermination camps stand as mute but shouting witnesses to what human minds can do when they reject God - even in the twenty first century - and answer YES!
1. Will martyrdom even be the lot of God's two very special witnesses? Rev. 11:3:4. Who will be responsible for this end-time religious persecution? Rev. 11:7; 17:5-6; 18:24; 19:2. Will human beings behave this way because the devil, who has deceived the whole world (Rev. 12:9), will have become extremely active in working through his agents? Rev. 12:12, 17.
The Sixth Seal
COMMENT -
The sixth seal consists of spectacular heavenly signs - sun and moon
becoming dark, and the "stars" falling. Tremendous meteor showers will make the
starry heavens appear to be crashing earthward
1. What is the description of the sixth seal? Rev. 6:12-13. Will a great earthquake occur at this time? Verse 12. What will happen to the very "powers of the heavens"? Matt. 24:29. How soon after the fifth seal does all this occur? Same verse.
2. What great heavenly sign accompanies or immediately follows this event? Rev. 6:14-16; Matt. 24:30.
The Four Winds
1. After
the awesome signs in the heavens and earth occur, and just before the seventh
seal is opened, will further disruptions be stopped for a brief period of time?
Rev. 7-1. Why? Verses 2-3. How many - and who - will be "sealed" in their
foreheads? Verse 4.
COMMENT: The "four winds," of course, are symbols, but they are restrained from blowing until the "servants of God" are sealed in their foreheads. First of these to be sealed are the 144,000. They are 12,000 from each of the 12 literal tribes of Israel
2. But what is this "seal” with which they are sealed? Verse 2; Rev. 14: 1; Eph. 1: 13; 11 Cor. 1: 22.
COMMENT: The 144,000 are sealed "in their foreheads" (symbolic of their minds) by receiving the Holy Spirit of God, and it is the Father's name (authority, power) that is written there. Jesus' very last prayer for His Church was that they would be kept in the Father's name (John 17:11). This sealing, or receiving of God's Spirit, is a result of personal repentance of past sins and total surrender to God's righteous ways.
3. After the 144,000 are sealed, will a great number of others also be sealed? Rev. 7:9. Are these people from all nations? Same verse. What did they come out of? Verses 13-14.
COMMENT: "These are they which came out of [the] great tribulation .. ." - and have been forgiven their sins through the shed blood of Christ. They are seen clothed in white robes, symbolizing purity and righteousness - obedience to God's laws - unspotted by the ways and customs of the world. As they see God intervening through terrible supernatural signs in the heavens and on earth, this great multitude of all nations will surrender themselves completely to God, ask God to cleanse them from all their past sins by the blood of Jesus Christ, and be brought under divine protection, so that just as God protected the children of Israel when He poured out the plagues on ancient Egypt, so shall all these be protected from the plagues to come.
Then, just as those protected from those ancient plagues were taken under Moses and Joshua to the promised land, the Holy Land, so shall those saved from the coming plagues be taken by Christ into the Kingdom of God - to be set up on earth with headquarters in Jerusalem!
The Seventh
Seal
1. What
transpires as soon as the "sealing" is complete and the seventh seal is opened?
Rev. 8:1-6. Are these "trumpets" actually plagues? Rev. 9:20.
COMMENT: John sees in vision seven trumpets being handed to seven angels. The seven trumpets are, of course, symbols. They represent real world events to come. These trumpets are plagues which God shall send in physical punishment of evil in this world.
These "trumpets" are not, as so many have believed, identical to or contemporaneous with the seven seals. Neither do they follow the closing of the seventh seal. They are - they constitute the seventh seal. This seventh seal occurs, then, in seven successive stages, each of the seven stages or parts being called a trumpet.
The first four trumpet plagues are the "winds" which were held back from blowing upon the earth (Rev. 7:1). But we do not here attempt to interpret the exact nature of these plagues - whether this language is to be taken literally or as symbols.
2. What occurs on the earth after the first trumpet is blown? Rev. 8:6-7.
COMMENT: The result of limited use of chemical defoliants during the Vietnam War will seem trifling after this supernatural fire burns all the grass and one-third of the trees on earth!
3. What does the blast of the second angel's trumpet announce? Verses 8-9.
COMMENT: The seas will be gravely affected by this plague. One-third of the seas will turn to blood; one-third of all life in it will be destroyed!
4. Next, what happens to part of the earth, supplies of drinking water when the trumpet of the third angel is sounded? Verses 10-11. Will many die from drinking this poisoned water? Verse 11.
5. What terrifying plague is announced by the fourth trumpet? Verse 12.
Last Three
Trumpets
In vision, God
continued to show the Apostle John that the next tormenting event to afflict
rebellious, heedless mankind will be renewed WARFARE! It is described in the
ninth chapter of Revelation.
1. What are the last three trumpets called? Rev. 8:13.
COMMENT: The last three trumpets are called "woes" because they shall cause terrible woe on the earth. There will be great destruction of human life and natural resources. And when these woes are finished, only God will be able to repair the damage that will have been done to the surface of the earth.
In Old Testament times, the sound of a trumpet was used to signify a time of trouble and "an alarm of war" (Jer. 4:19-20). Zephaniah 1:16 says: "A day of the trumpet and alarm against fenced [that is, fortified or defended] cities, and against the high towers [that is, military fortifications." Thus a "trumpet" is a symbol of war and destruction. And so the last three trumpet plagues specifically picture three phases of coming WORLD WAR. At the third stage - the third woe and last trumpet - men will be saved from extinction only by a miracle from God. If God did not personally intervene in this climactic war, men would destroy last vestige of human life from the face of earth!
The First Woe
1. As the
fifth angel sounds his trumpet, how is the first woe described? Rev. 9: 1 -11.
Are men tormented by symbolic "locusts"? Verses 3
COMMENT: Note in verse 5 that their torment is “of' a scorpion, but "as of' a scorpion. They are not actual scorpions.
2. How are these "locusts" described? Verses
COMMENT: These symbolic locusts can only be terrifying war machines - very possibly attack helicopters, or similar weapons to be invented.
3. Who is the motivating force - the real leader - of this religious-political war-making power? Rev. 9:11.
COMMENT: The Hebrew word Abaddon, and the Greek word Apollyon, both mean "destroyer"! The sinister power guiding the "beast's" army will be none other than the great destroyer himself Satan the devil!
4. Who will be spared from this blitzkrieg-type warfare? Verse 4.
COMMENT: When the forces of the beast attack its enemies, those who came through the great tribulation, turned to God and were "sealed" by His Spirit, will be protected. Meanwhile, hordes of other people in Asia will also have been preparing for war. They will have similar space-age "horses" with heads of "lions." The second woe is ready to begin - the sixth trumpet is ready to sound.
The Second Woe
1. Are the
sixth angel's trumpet plague and the second woe clearly the same? Rev. 9:12-13.
What happens when the sixth trumpet is blown – who will dare to threaten and
even to make war on the "beast"? Verses 14-16. And how are their weapons
described? Verses 17-19.
COMMENT: To the east (from the point of view of the Holy Land), beyond the Euphrates River, lies the Communist realm. From there an army of two hundred million men (verse 16) will attack westward. Their war machines, here again described by symbolic terms, deal death from front and rear - principally by "fire, smoke and brimstone." These symbols may include all forms of explosives, fire bombs, hydrogen bombs, poison gas and other chemical agents.
2. How many people will suffer the torment, torture and death inflicted by this mighty army and its sophisticated weaponry? Verses 15, 18.
COMMENT: As man's technical knowledge mushrooms and the international arms race continues, even hitherto unheard of weapons may be used. It is this wholesale carnage that Jesus Christ's personal intervention must halt, for if such battles were permitted to continue, no flesh would be saved alive! (Matt. 24:22).
The Third Woe
- Last Trumpet
1. What
happens when the seventh trumpet sounds and the third woe begins? Rev. 11:15.
COMMENT: We saw that following hard on the heels of the first four trumpet plagues warfare will rage. Millions will die. Mankind will be threatened with COSMOCIDE! And so it is at the LAST TRUMPET that mankind will be saved from extinction by the return of Jesus Christ to intervene in the titanic war which will be raging on the earth - the war which would otherwise lead to the annihilation of all life.
2. But what is the reaction of rebellious mankind at this time? Verse 18.
COMMENT: Jesus Christ, the new Ruler of the world, will not be meekly accepted by the power crazed nations already engaged in an all-out struggle to grab world domination. Men have never wanted God's rule - even though it is the only way to peace, happiness and joy. And so the nations are found angry. They will contest Christ's rule over the earth by gathering their forces together to fight the King of Kings!
3. What else occurs at the blowing of the seventh and last trumpet? Verse 18. Notice the words, "thy wrath is come."
COMMENT: The only thing described at the blowing of this seventh trumpet that could possibly be the third woe is the WRATH OF GOD. But all the trumpets have been plagues, pouring out the wrath of God - His punishments to bring this hell-bent world to its senses. We will see that the seventh trumpet actually consummates this wrath.
4. Exactly what consummates - fills up completes, the wrath of God? Rev. 15-1. Are these plagues to be poured out in Christ's presence on earth? Rev. 11:15; 14:10.
COMMENT: All of the preceding six trumpets have heralded the unleashing of different types of grievous plagues upon this rebellious world. But notice that the seventh, or last, trumpet (Rev. 11:15) consummates - completes - this wrath by ushering in the terrifying "seven last plagues."
Just as the seventh seal is subdivided into the seven trumpets, so the seventh trumpet is divided into the seven last plagues, which are and constitute the seventh trumpet or third woe. Thus the seven last plagues, too, are a part of the seventh seal. And the seven last plagues are poured out at Christ's coming - actually in the very presence of Jesus Christ and all the holy angels - immediately after He returns to save humanity from extinction in the warfare which constitutes the second woe.
The Seven Last
Plagues
1. Are
these final plagues of wrath compared to "vials" about to be poured out? Rev.
15:7. (Some translations use the word "bowl.") Are they poured out upon the
earth? Rev. 16:1. Read the rest of this chapter to get the story flow.
2. Will the seven last plagues be poured out in one day? Rev. 18:8.
COMMENT: These plagues are God's righteous judgments upon modern "Babylon." This scripture indicates that all seven vials will begin to be poured out in one 24-hour day, though some of these symbolic vials of wrath will undoubtedly continue to be administered past this 24-hour period. This 24-hour day is the climactic part of the much longer "day of the Lord" which will have begun with the seventh seal (Rev. 8:1) which ushers in the seven consecutive trumpet plagues. And it will be during this one day that the "Babylonish" leadership of this sinful world will be UTTERLY DESTROYED!
3. Upon whom does the first vial cause excruciating sores? Rev. 16:2.
COMMENT: It will be poured upon all who are participating in this world's false, paganized religious system - the "beast" system.
4. What will the second and third of these plagues do? Rev. 16:34. How just and righteous are these punishments of God upon mankind? Verses 5-7.
5. What great plague is produced as the fourth angel pours out his vial? Rev. 16-8 How intense will God cause the light of the sun to become for a short time? Isa. 30:26-27. Will many repent as a result of these grievous plagues, or will men continue to defy God? Rev. 16:9.
6. What cumulative effect will the plagues o God have on the earth's population? Isa. 24:6. Will comparatively few mortal people be left at the start of Christ's rule? Same verse.
COMMENT: Note particularly that not all people will die! There will still be millions left. With these, as His subjects, Christ will begin His rule on earth.
7. After the fifth angel empties his vial, will darkness and great pain afflict those in the area of the headquarters of the beast? Rev. 16:10. Will this plague finally compel these people to repent of their evil deeds and submit to Christ? Verse 11.
COMMENT: God's Word clearly shows that the earth's inhabitants will refuse to yield to Christ's authority when He comes. That is why Jesus Christ will have to powerfully subdue the world and force mankind, at first, to submit to His rule!
It is amazing to see, in advance, just how this world will react to the second coming of Jesus Christ
8. At the pouring out of the sixth vial will the greatest battle in all human history occur - with the world's nations joining together to fight the returned Christ? Rev. 16:12-16. Will Christ righteously judge and make war on defiant men? Rev. 19:11.
COMMENT: This plague is part of God's plan to gather the armies of all nations that remain rebellious to His ways into one place for the final phase - the final battle - of World War 3.
9. Will the earth be violently shaken by the mightiest earthquake ever to occur when the seventh and last plague is poured out? Rev. 16:17-18. Will even the islands of the sea be moved? Verse 20.
COMMENT: Many islands, being dormant volcanic cones, will literally blow up and disappear as this final plague is unleashed! The "day of the Lord" is often described as a day of darkness. Here is one major reason why: when volcanoes erupt they emit great quantities of cinder and ash which obscure the light of the sun. In 1883 the eruption of Krakatoa in the East Indies spewed such enormous quantities of matter into the upper atmosphere that for an entire year the sunrises and sunsets throughout the world were abnormally colored. If the eruption of one volcano can accomplish this, just imagine what hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of erupting volcanoes will do!
10. Will part of God's very last and final punishment of men be with gigantic hailstones? Rev. 16:21.
COMMENT: The weight of each hailstone will be about a talent - approximately 58 pounds. Can you imagine the tremendous destruction this storm will cause?
To those who will truly repent of wanting their own way – those who are willing to rid their lives thoroughly of their old ways, ideas and practises which are contrary to God’s ways as revealed in the Bible – and those who come to God through Jesus Christ and His sacrifice, He promises spiritual, supernatural, miraculous shelter.
Will you be one of those who receive God’s divine protection during the hideously hellish days ahead? Will you repent and return to God and be “accounted worthy of escape”? The decision is YOURS!