Revelation 8:12,13 12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light, and the night as well. 13 I looked again and heard an eagle flying high overhead, crying out in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth, because of the remaining trumpet blasts that the three angels are about to sound!” Just over 20 years ago a movie came out called Armageddon where an asteroid was headed straight for earth and would destroy life as we know it. A crew of oil diggers alongside astronauts traveled to this moving asteroid where they were to drill into it, drop some nuclear bombs into the hole and save the planet. It was an incredible movie depicting the human spirit and what we could do if we set aside our differences and work together. There will come a day, as we read today, that nothing and no amount of people working together will be able to keep what is coming from happening. While I'm all for us preserving our planet we need to remember that ultimately God Himself will destroy it and make us a new one. In today's reading we see this in part. How a third of the Sun, moon and stars are darkened is a mystery but the effects on earth would be devastating. According to this article form Universe Today, "The Sun and the Moon work together to create the tides we experience here on Earth. Most of the rise of the tides comes from the gravitational pull of the Moon, but a small amount comes from the Sun. When the two objects are on the same side of the Earth, we get the highest and lowest tides, and when they’re on opposite sides of the Earth, the tides are less extreme." www.universetoday.com/26987/earth-sun-and-moon/ I'm no scientist but I imagine there being tsunamis and temperatures plummeting at the very least and if this wasn't enough these are just a result of the first 4 trumpet judgments bringing plagues on all nature, the earth's trees, grass, seas and fresh water have all been affected. These affected the world's population indirectly, The next three trumpet, the three woes announced and yet to come, will affect people directly in chapter 9. Thank God for His Word that tells us, "For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are [alive here on earth or in His presence], we will live together with Him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing." 1Thessalonians 5:9-11 Have a great day Loved Ones and God bless you real good! Memory Verse of the Week The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up in the presence of God from the angel’s hand. Revelation 8:4
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