The seven plagues and the aftermath of Armageddon

Ok, after all this time, finally come the seven angels with the seven plagues.  The people who repented and survived the beast, they did not worship the image, or get the mark, or his number, they were given harps and they sang in glory to the lord in heaven who lives forever and ever.

The final seven angels were given seven vials and were told to pour out the wrath of God on the earth. 

1.     The first angel poured out his vial on earth and caused sores to appear on those who had the mark or who worshipped the beast

2.     The second angel poured out his on the sea and all the sea died.

3.     The third angel poured out onto the rivers and fountains of water, they became like blood

4.     The fourth angel poured his out on the sun, and with that he had the power to burn the people with great heat.

5.     The fifth angel poured out into the pit and made it like darkness, those in the pit chewed their tongues!

6.     The sixth angel – dried up the Euphrates and then three frogs came out of the mouths of the three beasts and they went into the leaders of the earth, to prepare for battle with God almighty.  This is the beginning of Armageddon.

7.     The seventh angel – poured out into the air and God said, “It is done”

The earth is torn apart and recreated.

The Beast has:

1.     Seven heads = seven mountains = seven kings – continents?

2.     Ten horns = ten kings with no power

3.     Waters = people

A rider on a white horse will chain up and cast the beast and his minion into the pit for 1000 years, to be let out again for a season.  Those that did not take the mark will live for those years in peace, those that did take the mark or worshipped the image would not return until that time period is up.  When the beast returns he is again defeated and is cast back in the pit to be tortured forever and ever.  This is when all those who took the mark and such would then be judged in the book of life.  If they are not written in it then they too will be cast into the pit.

Those that survive all of this and the return of the lord will be able to dwell in a city that is descended from the heavens where the walls are made of precious materials, the gates made of pearl and the streets are paved in gold.  The old earth will be gone and a new one will be in its place.  There will be no darkness or need for light because all light will emanate from God who will dwell among the people.

After the Seventh Seal is broken!

Seal Seven – Silence in Heaven for 30 minutes!  Then the tribulation begins. Thank goodness that this one has not broken because the next 7 to 10 years are a doozy! Because there are seven angels with seven trumpets each one more horrible than the last!  In the following all of the angels will trumpet but I only mention it with the first angel.

1.     Angel one – trumpets hail and fire mixed with blood, and a third of all the trees on the planet will be destroyed and no green grass.  This has to be bad, all the grass gone and one third of the trees will put stress on a planet that already has been logged to death, so air quality must deteriorate. 7 billion people – 144,000 = 6,999,856,000 left

2.     Angel two – a great mountain burning with fire will be cast into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.  This must be about a volcano pouring lava into the sea and with the lack of fish already available having the sea turn to blood, must be from the deaths of the people left. 6,999,856,000 * .33 (one of the deaths) = 2,309,952,480.  4,689,903,520 left

3.     Angel three – There fell a great star from heaven to fall on a third of the rivers and fountains of waters.  The fallen star will be called Wormwood and will make all the waters bitter, and many men will die.  Must be a meteorite that gets rid of river.  At some point in Revelations it is revealed that the people brought up during the Rapture would be fountains of waters. 4,689,903,520 – 1,547,668,161 = 3,142,235,359 left

4.     Angel four – one third of the sun will be smitten and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars.  That will mean that for four hours during the day there will be no light and four hours in the night there will be no light from the moon or the stars.  That would have to be extremely scary to have no light at all.

5.     After the grass is gone, one third of the trees are gone, which means that the air quality is spoiled, then the ocean is spoiled, then the rivers are spoiled, and people die of hunger, thirst, and lack of good air, another angels says that worst is about to come!

6.     Angel five – A star falls from the sky and causes a bottomless pit in the Earth that belches smoke and out comes horse sized locusts that pursue all the people on the earth at are not sealed and stings them for five months straight!  Stings them like a scorpion would sting something, during this time there will be no deaths, people will want to die but won’t.  There is a king over the locust called Abad don, or Apol lyon.

7.     Angel six – Four angels that are bound in the Euphrates River are released and they are commanded to kill one third of the men left on the earth.  They have an army that is two hundred thousand thousand strong, and out of their mouths will issue fire, smoke and brimstone, for one year, one month, one day and one hour.  Unbelievably, after all of this, the remainder of the people left on earth, still do not repent! 3,142,235,539 – 1,036,937,668 = 2,105,297,870 left.  Then an angel descended from heaven, and put one foot on land and one in the ocean and spoke but we don’t know what he says because it is sealed.  Year 1.5

At this point there will be two people who will prophesy for 1,260 days which is roughly 3.5 years.  Anyone that tries to stop them or hurt them will be hurt in kind, at the end of the time the beast will come out of the pit and kill the two prophets and in three and a half days they will rise to heaven.  Those that rejoiced in their death will be astonished by their rise and 7,000 will be killed in a mighty earthquake.  Year 5

8.     Seventh Angel – When this angel trumpets the heavens will open and a woman will give birth to the messiah, at the same time a great red dragon waits for the birth so that the child can be consumed. God gets the child and places him on the throne and the angels in heaven led by Michael will fight the dragon and one third of the other angels.  They will be defeated and cast down into the pit where the dragon and the left over angels were to dwell for 3.5 years. Year 8.5

Devil – Red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads

Blasphemy - Leopard, bear feet, and lions mouth, with seven heads ten horns and ten crowns on his horns.  He blasphemes for 3.5 years (42 months) against God and all that dwell in heaven.

Beast 3 – has two horns like a lamb and spoke as a dragon. He is the one convinces people to worship the beast called blasphemy and to get the mark 666 on the forehead or the hand in order to purchase anything.

to be continued.....

Book of Revelation - my revelations

With the world in so much turmoil today and all of the evil that is happening, one could only think that this is indeed the end of days. Everywhere one looks you can see the signs that the world is speeding very quickly to a crescendo.  You can almost feel it in your bones; it like every bad occurrence is tweaking us closer to a big blow up.  People must feel it too because there is lots of talk about December 21, 2012, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, when the current cycle ends and a new begins.  There are lots of prophecies what will happen and a lot of speculation of will we still be here or even if the last president, current president or the incoming president is the anti-Christ.

Well, last night I decided to really read my Bible and the book of Revelation.  Now, I’ve read it before many,  many times and I do admit that I was fascinated by all the Pale horse and seven angels and candle sticks  as some vague story that some ancient guy wrote about an event that I won’t see happen.  But last night I read it as an instruction manual.  Like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, I look to see where in time I currently am and what information I would need to impart on my children if I am not going to see it to the end.

     Well, if one were to look critically at all of the events that are occurring, you have to realize that they have all occurred over time but no one was there to broadcast the information.  With the world shrinking in ability to connect with others the frequency of information spreading no matter how minute, one can be overwhelmed by the amount of data.  In 1412 I’m sure there were earthquakes and tornadoes and tsunamis but either no one was there to view them or/and there was no need to tell someone on the other side of the world.

     With all this in mind, I figured I would take the book of Revelation seriously and agree that now is the time at hand.  So, saying that the seals are broken or breaking where, am I in that time frame?

My bible is the King James Version, produced by the Thomas Nelson Bibles division of Thomas Nelson, Inc., last copyright 1987.

• Seal One – White Horse:  that rider was given a crown and given the power to conquer. (Paraphrased) – My interpretation could involve many, from kings and rulers all the way to the Vatican.  So, saying that the first seal is definitely broken.

• Seal Two – Red Horse – the power was given to that rider to create war and negate peace – that could be any of the many wars, one any continent.  So, we people have lived without true peace for thousands of years.  It, the lack of peace, has permeated the family home; one is always incredulous about people harming themselves and loved one.  Seal two is definitely broken.

• Seal Three – Black Horse – this rider leaves with scales, and is talking about the price of food – I can only assume that food prices will rise and there will be those that cannot eat because of the high cost of food.  Seal three is broken too.

• Seal Four – Pale Horse – Death of one quarter the earth, from hunger, war and disease.  The fourth seal is broken.  Look to the people dying from the various famines, in all parts of the world, war and disease have taken at least another quarter of people, i.e. AIDS, bubonic plague, malaria, WWI & II, etc.

• Seal Five – All those killed for the word of the lord.  They are given white robes and told to wait until the others are killed as well.  Now is when things get tricky because people are killed all the time for their conviction of knowing that their God is the one God.  Jews killed by Pharaoh and Hitler, pagans killed by Catholics, Quakers and Protestants killed by Catholics and Catholics being killed by Protestants, Muslims being killed by Christians and in turn killing Christians, Jews killing Muslims and being killed by Muslims.  If one were to assume religious persecution is one of the seals, then yes five is broken.

• Seal Six – The earth is rearranged and the leaders go into mountain bunkers from protection.  At this time those that are children of the Lord of will be sealed on their foreheads.  I do not think that the sixth seal is broken.  But, that is not to say that in December this seal will not be broken.  It seems that might actually be what the Mayans predicted, the breaking of the sixth seal.  Only 144,000 will get the seal, but have no fear, all that are good of every denomination, race and creed will be sent to heaven to wait until the end of tribulation.  This is called by some as the Rapture.  They will be sent back to earth when all is done, as new founts of society.  The 144,000 sealed people have to stay on earth to witness the tribulation and to fight on the side of good.  I’m not sure if I want to just be taken up with the Rapture or if I can be given the honor of fighting for good.  I wouldn’t mind fighting, even though I don’t think that I worthy of it.

• Seal Seven – Silence in Heaven for 30 minutes!  Then the tribulation begins.

 My next blogs will explain what happens during the breaking of the seventh seal and how long it takes to get to the anti- Christ, and what Jesus tells his disciples in Matthew 24