Rev 6:13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig treecasteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
So, in verse 13 it says the stars of heaven fell. Meteorite shower? Maybe or it could be that some of the persons who we looked upon for guidance who professed to know the Word of God but who had been led astray for one reason or another or, they may have been teaching false doctrine. In any account we find in Daniel 12:3 "Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever." That verse is taking about the true teachers of the Word, who did live the life Christ taught us to and who had been taken up to join the church when it was called.
These left behind "stars" are those clergy who modern men have put into power, those who "gave into the worldly ways and have changed or "bent " the Word of God so as not to offend anyone. These "religious men" will fall from a position of power, like "stars from heaven". The fig tree is another example of the strength that has been taken down.
Verse 14 is a description of John concerning the amount and type of terror that will be occurring on the Earth. Where is God in this? Waiting, watching allowing His wrath to begin. God's wrath began with the opening of the 6th seal.
The next blog we need to go into some depth on the "70 weeks" mentioned in Daniel. there are 62 events mentioned in Chapter 6 1-20:3 of Revelation. We need to set a "time line" of how this is all occurring. I will do it in a separate blog so it can be easily refereed back to in the future blogs.
* Make note, this is the first time there is mention of the Sun Darkening, the moon and the stars being affected. We will read of them again.
Until the next blog,
Blessings to all,
Calabash
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Revelation 6:12
Rev 6:12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
As we go deeper into Revelation I need to remind you that what John is seeing, he is trying to describe using descriptions of his time. The ideas I am going to convey concerning the description are speculation of what might be occurring. These are things that will take place in the future and I will give you ideas from the writings I have read. But remember, it is just speculation, not fact.
Earthquakes: Mentioned several times in the Bible. See, Amos 8:8, Joel 2:10, Ezekiel 38:19, Haggai 2 :6. It could be taken literal, a huge earth quake! Or, what may be occurring, is that the Earth is not truly moving but it will be shattered, destroyed, quaking s of destruction. Life like we know it now will be torn down, destroyed. Great organizations and establishments will crumble. Think of organized religion, the Vatican for instance, if the church is caught up, who will run these things? Would you trust a religious leader that wasn't taken to heaven? Our credit card and banking systems, if brother is fighting and killing brother, there is blood on the streets, and food is triple the cost, will there be anyone going to work? If people are not going to work, what about the food markets and how they are resupplied? How will you be able to buy (if you had the money) food? Schools and universities will be closed as well as television stations, phone systems, and possibly even water, electrical and sewer utilities. The Earth will quake! With no God and no Church.....I sure would not want to be there.
Sun becoming black: See Isaiah 50:3, Ezekiel 32:7, Joel 2:31, Matt 24:29, Mark 13:24 Luke 23:45. It could be that there will be an astrological event. An eclipse of sorts? Or, it may mean that our light, Jesus Christ will be no where to be found, he will pull himself from this Earth and He will be rejected, completely dismissed from all here. The Sun would truly be black in the hearts of men.
The moon becoming as blood....again, God has control of the heavenly bodies, it could be done, and scientifically explained. The moon shines due to the sun light hitting it. If Christ is the light and it is denied, then there will be no authorities with God's light shinning on them, there will be no government figures appointed with God's blessing. No Holy Spirit to lead since it will be taken with the Church, the powers that be (moon) will be dark as blood.
More next time, think of the implications of this and what it my mean to you, your family and your friends. Then, take the leap of faith and talk to them, you may be a light of Christ shining through for them.
Blessing on all,
Calabash
As we go deeper into Revelation I need to remind you that what John is seeing, he is trying to describe using descriptions of his time. The ideas I am going to convey concerning the description are speculation of what might be occurring. These are things that will take place in the future and I will give you ideas from the writings I have read. But remember, it is just speculation, not fact.
Earthquakes: Mentioned several times in the Bible. See, Amos 8:8, Joel 2:10, Ezekiel 38:19, Haggai 2 :6. It could be taken literal, a huge earth quake! Or, what may be occurring, is that the Earth is not truly moving but it will be shattered, destroyed, quaking s of destruction. Life like we know it now will be torn down, destroyed. Great organizations and establishments will crumble. Think of organized religion, the Vatican for instance, if the church is caught up, who will run these things? Would you trust a religious leader that wasn't taken to heaven? Our credit card and banking systems, if brother is fighting and killing brother, there is blood on the streets, and food is triple the cost, will there be anyone going to work? If people are not going to work, what about the food markets and how they are resupplied? How will you be able to buy (if you had the money) food? Schools and universities will be closed as well as television stations, phone systems, and possibly even water, electrical and sewer utilities. The Earth will quake! With no God and no Church.....I sure would not want to be there.
Sun becoming black: See Isaiah 50:3, Ezekiel 32:7, Joel 2:31, Matt 24:29, Mark 13:24 Luke 23:45. It could be that there will be an astrological event. An eclipse of sorts? Or, it may mean that our light, Jesus Christ will be no where to be found, he will pull himself from this Earth and He will be rejected, completely dismissed from all here. The Sun would truly be black in the hearts of men.
The moon becoming as blood....again, God has control of the heavenly bodies, it could be done, and scientifically explained. The moon shines due to the sun light hitting it. If Christ is the light and it is denied, then there will be no authorities with God's light shinning on them, there will be no government figures appointed with God's blessing. No Holy Spirit to lead since it will be taken with the Church, the powers that be (moon) will be dark as blood.
More next time, think of the implications of this and what it my mean to you, your family and your friends. Then, take the leap of faith and talk to them, you may be a light of Christ shining through for them.
Blessing on all,
Calabash
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Revelation 6: 9-11
Rev 6: 9 When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of God's word and the testimony they had given about him. 10 They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Master, how long before you judge and take revenge on those living on earth who shed our blood?" 11 Each of the souls was given a white robe. They were told to rest a little longer until all their coworkers, the other Christians, would be killed as they had been killed.GWT)
On the opening of the fifth seal, there is mentioned, the altar. According to special regulations (Leviticus 4:7) the base of the altar was the place where where the sacrificial blood would be poured. The blood is offered at the foot of the altar for a burnt offering. Because the blood is regarded to be the life and the life belonged to God (Lev 17:11-14), it was considered the most sacred part of the sacrifice and had special regulations.
Now, notice there are martyred souls under the altar. These are those followers who have died for their faith. Their blood was poured out for our Heavenly Father. A life given for God is an offering to God, and the death is ultimately more than the tragedy or evil that took that life.
The souls are crying, and crying out for God to take revenge. They want to know "how long?". Turn to Psalm 79:5-10 David asks why is God waiting and being angry, just devour them that ask, "Where is your God?" This question and the one the souls are asking is a matter of when, but there is no doubt that God is capable and that it will happen.
But, who are these souls? The church has been taken and we said they were represented by the elders before the first seal was even broken. If you read the 11th chapter of Romans, it asks what of the original chosen of God, (Rom 11:1) ".... "Has God rejected his people Israel?". No, of coarse not. Romans 11: 8 as Scripture says, "To this day God has given them a spirit of deep sleep. Their eyes don't see, and their ears don't hear!" Reading on we find that after the church as been taken, there will be a "blindness" lifted from the Israel people and they will know their sin of rejecting Jesus as Lord and Messiah. Many will begin to call upon Christ for forgiveness and deliverance. Remember though, the anti-christ is in power and the Satanic forces are everywhere! I will be almost impossible to declare Christ in those days and martyrdom will run rampant. These are believed to be the sacrificed souls at the bottom of the altar. They are given a white robe and told they must wait. The Messiah will not make his appearance until all those belonging to God were collected.
God loves us and wants us to be part of the group taken to His side way before this seal is ever broken. If you confess Jesus Christ as the son of the living God and ask God for his forgiveness and believe, you are well on your way. If you have doubts, please contact someone who can help. I can be reached through the e-mail address posted here.
Blessings on all!
Calabash
On the opening of the fifth seal, there is mentioned, the altar. According to special regulations (Leviticus 4:7) the base of the altar was the place where where the sacrificial blood would be poured. The blood is offered at the foot of the altar for a burnt offering. Because the blood is regarded to be the life and the life belonged to God (Lev 17:11-14), it was considered the most sacred part of the sacrifice and had special regulations.
Now, notice there are martyred souls under the altar. These are those followers who have died for their faith. Their blood was poured out for our Heavenly Father. A life given for God is an offering to God, and the death is ultimately more than the tragedy or evil that took that life.
The souls are crying, and crying out for God to take revenge. They want to know "how long?". Turn to Psalm 79:5-10 David asks why is God waiting and being angry, just devour them that ask, "Where is your God?" This question and the one the souls are asking is a matter of when, but there is no doubt that God is capable and that it will happen.
But, who are these souls? The church has been taken and we said they were represented by the elders before the first seal was even broken. If you read the 11th chapter of Romans, it asks what of the original chosen of God, (Rom 11:1) ".... "Has God rejected his people Israel?". No, of coarse not. Romans 11: 8 as Scripture says, "To this day God has given them a spirit of deep sleep. Their eyes don't see, and their ears don't hear!" Reading on we find that after the church as been taken, there will be a "blindness" lifted from the Israel people and they will know their sin of rejecting Jesus as Lord and Messiah. Many will begin to call upon Christ for forgiveness and deliverance. Remember though, the anti-christ is in power and the Satanic forces are everywhere! I will be almost impossible to declare Christ in those days and martyrdom will run rampant. These are believed to be the sacrificed souls at the bottom of the altar. They are given a white robe and told they must wait. The Messiah will not make his appearance until all those belonging to God were collected.
God loves us and wants us to be part of the group taken to His side way before this seal is ever broken. If you confess Jesus Christ as the son of the living God and ask God for his forgiveness and believe, you are well on your way. If you have doubts, please contact someone who can help. I can be reached through the e-mail address posted here.
Blessings on all!
Calabash
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Revelation 6: 7 & 8
Rev 6:7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
Let us remember that John is talking about things leading up to the end, not the final end. John uses what he knows to paint the picture of death and disaster. The horse is pale color, pale means green, or chrome. A Better translation is one of a livid horse. Chloros is the the Greek word and it is described as a face in terror, true terror, or the color of a corpse.. Things will be of death and pestilence, there will be no place where God's wrath on the disobedient can hide.
Notice here that he rider is given a name, Death. In addition, the rider that was to follow was Hades or Hell. They were named because they were not as easily recognized as the first three riders.
Let's Review:
1. First seal: White horse...Anti-Christ...Had a bow, ready to conquer.
2. Second Seal: Red horse...War...To remove the peace from the earth...fights and killing each other.
3. Third Seal: Black horse..Famine...Held the balances...if still alive, things will be very, very costly.
4. Forth Seal: Pale horse...Death...A great pestilence.
Pestilence 1 : a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating; especially : bubonic plague
Let us remember that John is talking about things leading up to the end, not the final end. John uses what he knows to paint the picture of death and disaster. The horse is pale color, pale means green, or chrome. A Better translation is one of a livid horse. Chloros is the the Greek word and it is described as a face in terror, true terror, or the color of a corpse.. Things will be of death and pestilence, there will be no place where God's wrath on the disobedient can hide.
Notice here that he rider is given a name, Death. In addition, the rider that was to follow was Hades or Hell. They were named because they were not as easily recognized as the first three riders.
Let's Review:
1. First seal: White horse...Anti-Christ...Had a bow, ready to conquer.
2. Second Seal: Red horse...War...To remove the peace from the earth...fights and killing each other.
3. Third Seal: Black horse..Famine...Held the balances...if still alive, things will be very, very costly.
4. Forth Seal: Pale horse...Death...A great pestilence.
Pestilence 1 : a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating; especially : bubonic plague
2
: something that is destructive or pernicious (Websters Dictionary)
This will NOT be a time to be here on this Earth. We need to remember God loves his children, ALL his children. We need to place Christ first in our lives, confess Him as risen from the grave and get right with Him. Please, seek counsel if you feel your not right with God. Dear friends, I and many like me feel time is running short!
Blessings on all,
Calabash
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