Rev 10:4b Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down. This is about the angel who had the little scroll, who was coming down from heaven, who was robed in a cloud, a rainbow above his head, his face was like the sun, and his legs like fiery pillars. (Verse 1). When this angel spoke, the voice of the seven thunders spoke. John was about to write what he saw because he was asked to write initially what he sees. But here the previous angel who spoke to him told him not to write. Sometimes I am not able to understand or get the full picture of many things in the Bible. That doesn't mean that the Bible is untrustworthy. It is because I am not able to understand and my knowledge is limited. I cannot make understand a first grader the concept of different energy levels in an electron's orbit or valency or trigonometry or the concept of kinetic and potential energy. If I teach a 10th grader the side effects of the drug digoxin or the etiopathogene...
Rev:8 & 9 First trumpet: A third of the earth was burnt up, a third of the trees were burnt up, and all the grass were burnt up. Second trumpet: A huge mountain, all ablaze was thrown into the sea, and it turned into blood. A third of the living creatures in the sea died, a third of the ships were destroyed. Third trumpet: A great star, blazing like a torch fell from the sky and on a third of the rivers. A third of the river turned bitter, and many people died. Fourth trumpet: A third of sun, moon and stars were struck and there was no light in a third of the day and night. The upcoming three are even worse. Fifth trumpet: A star falls from sky who has the key to abyss. Releases locusts who has the power to torment the inhabitants of the earth for five months. Sixth trumpet: Releases four angels who has the power to kill a third of mankind. After all this cataclysmic destruction, you expected people would see the hand of God and ...