The halfbaked Bard

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 ...

Revelation 8:1-5 The 7th seal is different from the other six seals. All the other seals brought forth something. The seventh seal brings silence for half an hour. Silence from God is equally scary. Lord I pray that you would speak to me continually. You would go with me. That I would hear your voice alone and go where only you are. It paves way for the seven trumpet judgements. Then another Angel comes with a golden censer. Incense in it and the prayers of the saints went up before God.  Yes dear saint,  your prayers never go unanswered. They for sure reach up to the throne of Grace and He The Almighty will answer. So pray without ceasing without losing hope Image credit: gemini

Rev 7:3 Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.  Yes, this is being told about the 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel. From the different tribes of Israel, this many number of people will be called, protected with the seal so that they wouldn't be harmed by the great tribulation initiated by the antichrist. The seal of protection will be on them.  The same seal is upon you. The seal of God, the Holy Spirit, the seal of approval, the seal of authority, the seal of being owned by God. Now that is a seal which no one would dare to touch.  Psalm 37:24 Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.  Psalm 91 reasserts it.  He is my fortress, He is my strong tower to which I would run to. He is my refuge and my rampart. He will cover me with His pinions.  Isaiah 43:1 You are mine. Image credit: gemini

Rev 6.  The first seal- white horse- conqueror- antichrist.  The second seal- red horse- war.  The third seal- black horse- famine.  The fourth seal- pale horse- death- a fourth of the earth will be killed by sword, famine, plague, and by wild beasts.  The fifth seal- martyrs are seen under the altar asking for judgment and avenging their blood. The sixth seal- cosmic catastrophe.  The stage is all set, and if we look around, the dress rehearsal is happening. This world is headed to its doom. The one who comes in the name of peace will turn his coins upside down. Then war and famine and death will follow.  Where are you headed to?  Rev 6:17, for the great day of wrath has come, and who can stand?   These people are trying to hide in caves from the sovereign God. How ridiculous? They prefer to be crushed by the mountains and rocks, hoping they would escape the wrath of the Almighty. But all they need to do is to give themselve...

Rev 5.  What a scene!  What a climax!  What a culmination!  V3. But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.  The scroll of the rights of the earth, the scroll about the future. No one could open it, therefore there was tension looming around. The background score reaches the epic peak here. Melancholic surround.  V 4. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll and look inside it.  Then the announcement comes about the Lion of Judah, the Root of David. He alone is able to open the scroll and its seven seals because it says that he has triumphed.  But instead of a lion, we see a lamb that looks as if it has been slain. The Lamb is worthy to open. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. The king gave it to him only because he alone is worthy.  Why?  V 9. Because you are slain and with your blood you purchas...