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1 | destroy 1/3 of the population? | Rev 12:4 | Emmaus | 79962 | ||
Timla6 Revelation 9:18, plagues, not war. Emmaus |
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2 | Four messengers kill a third of men? | Rev 12:4 | Timla6 | 80088 | ||
Thank you, Emmaus. Your answers continue to be a blessing. You have steered me to the passage, May I ask what do you think of the following passage? Rev 9:14 saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, 'Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates;' Rev 9:15 and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men; (Robert Young Literal Translation 1862,1887,1898) |
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3 | Four messengers kill a third of men? | Rev 12:4 | Emmaus | 80096 | ||
Timla6, Here is a quote from the commentary on Rev. 9:13-19 in the Navarre Bible. "As before, God permits the angels of evil to have their way; he uses them to inflict just punishment and offer the rest of mankind a chance to repent of their sins (vv. 20-21). The golden altar standing before the throne of God is shaped like the altar of the temple of Jerusalem (cf exodus37:26; Amos 3:14), with its four prominent corners and four horns; from the midst of the horns comes the voice which sets these punishments in motion. The inspired writer now describes a new and dreadful vision. The vast size of the calvary shows the scale of the evil in the world. The river Euphrates (in a sense the frontier of the world in the Bible0 was the direction from which invasions of Israel usually came (cf Is 7:20; Jer 46:10; etc.). At the time of writing it was the region from which the parthians mounted their threat to the Roman Empire. Some of the details of the vision are reminiscent of other desciptions of ruin and desolation (cf. Gen 19:24-28) and of the monstrous animals (cf. job 41:11). Fire, smoke and sulphur all indicate this army of monsters originates in hell." If you are interested I have a 21 Lesson Bible Study of Revelation that I can sent you one lesson at a time. It is in the pdf format, so you need to have or download free the Acrobat Reader. Lt me know if you are interested and give me your e-mail. My e-mail is in my profile. Emmaus |
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