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"The Book of Revelation: Its Astounding Relevance for the 20th and 21st Centuries."
Section 2 Part 2 of the REVELATION Commentary
WALKING through the FUTURE by means of SEVEN CHAINS of PROPHECIES validated as WORTHY to BE BELIEVED by previous ones already fulfilled.
Chain 1 of the series of Seven Chains is IDENTIFIED and STUDIED. It is composed of the Sixth and Seventh Seals of the Book of Revelation.
Document 2. The FOURTH EVENT prophesied in Chain 1.
"...and the STARS of the HEAVEN FELL unto the EARTH, as a fig tree cast her unripe figs when she is shaken by a great wind." Revelation 6:13
The original Greek for the first clause is:
The Greek Dictionary by Bill Mounce says that the Greek for “star” (ἀστήρ) means “…a star, luminous body like a star, luminary.” https://www.billmounce.com/greek-dictionary/aster.
Dialogue with Self-Assured One and Mr. Skeptic about "Falling stars."
Young Professional Self-Assured One quickly speaks up again, Mr. Unbelieving Skeptic vigorously nodding agreement. She observes rather disdainfully: “Whoa! Hold up! That makes no sense, for should even the smallest real star of the spiral of
the Milky Way Galaxy, where Earth is located, come a little close to Earth; the whole planet, with its Moon, would be altogether vaporized in a second. What, then, of your so-called ‘Most evil people’ who are still alive after the sun goes black, the moon, like blood, and the stars fall to the earth? That could not be. It is a bald inconsistency in a prophecy you assert to be worthy of being believed.”
REPLY. No doubt, respected Self-Assured One, what you say about a “real star hitting Earth” would be true. However, I think both of you are too quick to make assumptions. The text of the prophecy does not say that real, full-size stars will actually hit Earth, or that even just one will come close. It does not say that all the trillions of stars of the billions of galaxies that astrologers see in the universe will fall toward Earth. Not even all those of the spiral we are on in the Milky Way. Furthermore, it says nothing whatsoever about the material, physical consequences on planet Earth of the stars falling “unto the earth.”
Think about it. Is there not another possible, even probable, scenario? To wit: That the Creator and Sustainer of all those galaxies of stars will, in the act of bringing all material creation to an end, initiate actions that will result in the DEATH of all those stars. Some of them, perhaps a great number of them would then be seen by those “MOST EVIL PEOPLE trying to ESCAPE the WRATH of God,” as they FLAME OUT in the HEAVENS, crisscrossing the skies, FIERY REMNENTS FALLING to Earth. The whole, a most terrifying experience, indeed! “…men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,” so prophesied Jesus of Nazareth. Luke 21:26
Neither should you overlook or discard one of the meanings of the Greek word for “STAR.” Renowned Greek scholar Bill Mounce says the word can mean a “luminous body like a star.” METEORS, the larger ones called "Bolides," and all of them identified colloquially as "Shooting STARS" -Do you take due notice?- would fall in that category. And so would hot, burning fragments of burned-out, disintegrating
stars. In 2021, 9,629 sightings of meteors were reported. They occur in the mesosphere at altitudes from 76–100 kilometers (47–62 miles). And their velocity is 110,000 km/h (67,000 mph). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor
Of a truth, the fact that the “MOST EVIL PEOPLE” are still alive, breathing, and frantically seeking refuge during and after the traumatic EVENTS of the Sixth Seal underscores the logicalness of the above observations.
EVENT 5. "And HEAVEN DEPARTED as a scroll rolled up..." Revelation 6:14 YLT. Other versions translate: “The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up…” NIV. “The sky vanished like a scroll that is rolled up…” RSV. “And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up…” ASV. “Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up…” NKJV. Many versions translate “SKY” instead of “HEAVEN” or "HEAVENS."
Analysis of EVENT 5 is to be added.
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A LIST of the CONTENT, with links, of the commentary "Revelation: Its Astounding Relevance for the 20th and 21st Centuries."
Steps to take to be saved eternally according to the New Testament of Jesus Christ. And be blessed with the imperishable reward of living forever on "the New Earth with New Heavens." "Approaching God in Search of Pardon, Honor, and Eternal Life." Hear the true gospel. Believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the promised Messiah. Repent of sins. Publicly confess that Jesus is the Son of God. Be baptized (immersed in water) "for the forgiveness of sins." Concise text. 33 Bible texts cited. 2 video clips. 6 images. 4-minute read. Este mensaje en ESPAÑOL
The following section will be added to the last EVENT of those described in the Sixth and Seventh Seals of the Book of Revelation.
Additional orientations on the Sequence of the
Seven Chains of Prophecies in Revelation
The Sixth Seal contains two more Vision-Prophecies portrayed in detail in Chapter 7 of the Book of Revelation.
Revelation 7:1-8 contains the Vision of the Sealing of the 144,000 of the children of Israel.
Revelation 7:9-17 relates the Vision of a “great multitude… standing before the throne of God… arrayed in while robes… that come out of the great tribulation,” the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures present. A scene similar to the one in Revelation 4.
Logically, these two scenes take place before the very last moment of the “great day” of the “wrath of the Lamb” and of God the Father, when “the earth and the heaven” flee “away; and there was found no place for them.” Revelation 20:11. Many tremendous events quickly lead up to that “great day,” and more take place on that “great day” before the last second of material time is registered and “there is no more time.” Revelation 10:5-7. No very exact sequence is published in any one particular text of the Book of Revelation.
We should also keep in mind that, while that “great day” may be 24 hours long, no more, it is also true that “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8. Therefore, we may assume that “the day of the Lord…the day of God” that “comes as a thief in the night” (2 Peter 3:10 and 12; 1 Thessalonians 5:2) will be as long or short as he determines.
Now, after the two scenes in Revelation, Chapter 7, comes Revelation 8:1, and it contains the message of the Seventh Seal, which reads: “When the Lamb opened the SEVENTH SEAL, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.”
At this critical point in our studies, let us take due notice. Revelation 8:1 DOES NOT CONTAIN a link to the First Trumpet, but rather marks the end of time, with the "silence in heaven for about half an hour" being the last event revealed through the series of the Seven Seals.
Revelation 8:2 begins a NEW CHAIN of Prophecies and Visions with the words: “And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them SEVEN TRUMPETS.”
The division of the Sacred Scriptures of the New Testament into chapters and verses was not done by God but by fallible human beings. Into “chapters” by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, around 1205 CE. Into “verses,” by Robert Estienne, a French printer, in 1551, for the New Testament, and in 1555, for the full Latin Bible.
Plainly, in a strictly logical division, Revelation 8:1 should have been Revelation 7:18, completing, thus, in that chapter the Chain of the Seven Seals.
NEXT. The SECOND CHAIN of the series of "Seven Chains of Prophecy in the Book of Revelation that conclude with the END of the MATERIAL UNIVERSE and TIME ITSELF." A Mighty Angel declares the END of TIME. The sounding of the Seventh Trumpet signifies that the TIME of the END has come. TIME to deliver the Kingdom to God, to judge the dead, to reward the prophets, good people, and those who fear his name, to destroy them that destroy the earth. The Temple of God in Heaven is opened.