The “Great Alarm Bell”: Revelation 8

Revelation 8 is a very serious Revelation. We know this because it starts with the Words:

“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”-Revelation 8:1

From this, we know the seriousness of what is too come. The Angels chosen by God did as they were told. There were voices, thunder and lightening and an earthquake.

There are four additional events that happen in Revelation 8. They were:

1. Hail and fire mingled with blood are cast upon the earth. A third of the trees were burnt up and all of the green grass.
2. A great burning mountain was cast into the sea and a third of the sea became blood. A third of the creatures in the sea died and a third of the ships were destroyed.
3. A great start named Wormwood fell from the heaven. It fell upon a third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters. It made the waters bitter and many died.
4. A third part of the sun received a firm blow, as well as a third of the moon and a third of the stars. And so it was, since a third of them were darkened, both the day and night also were darkened for a third.

Perhaps of even more concern is the way that Revelation 8 ends:

“And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!”-Revelation 8:13

Prepare, Pray & Be Ready!