Friday, August 22, 2003

Hey Rhonda,

Let the fun continue!! I'll have to get into the Eby stuff over the weekend. David has been admonishing me for thinking of too many things at once and then barraging him with questions.(Wink)

David, I tried to only think of one or two things today and I have a slightly revised "speculation" of the vials...

Rev 16:2 And the first went away and poured out his bowl on the earth, and a foul and malignant ulcerated sore occurred on the people, the ones having the mark of the beast and the ones prostrating themselves in worship before its image.

Terrorist attack on Democratic/ Republican countries by religious zealots.

Rev 16:3 And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of [one] dead, and every living soul [or, creature] died in the sea.

Something akin to deliberate oil-spillage or ecological disaster in Middle East.

Rev 16:4 And the third {angel} poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the fountains of the waters, and it became blood.

Terrorist attack on drinking water systems or biological warfare.

Rev 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch the people with fire.
Rev 16:9 And the people were scorched with great heat, and the people blasphemed the name of God, the One having authority over these plagues, and they did not repent [so as] to give to Him glory.

SEVERE retaliation by one or both sides---bombing-nuclear or other.

Rev 16:10 And the fifth {angel} poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom has become darkened; and they began gnawing their tongues from the pain.
Rev 16:11 And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and because of their ulcerated sores, and they did not repent from their works.

Based on your thoughts about Western Europe becoming an "outer darkness prison", more severe attacks on Europe resulting in a large civil and economic failure. A "dark" kingdom.

Rev 16:12 And the sixth {angel} poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings, the ones from [the] rising of [the] sun [fig., from the east], would be prepared.

Severe retaliation from American powers on behalf of Europe on the Middle East making way for the gathering to Armegeddon.

Rev 16:17 And the seventh {angel} poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out from the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It has happened!"
Rev 16:18 And [there] occurred lightning flashes and peals of thunder and voices, and a great earthquake {occurred}, such as did not occur since the people came on the earth, so mighty an earthquake-so great!
Rev 16:19 And the great city became [fig., was split] into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the rage of His wrath.
Rev 16:20 And every island fled away, and mountains were not found.
Rev 16:21 And huge hail, [each] weighing about a talent [about 95 pounds or 42 kilograms], is coming down out of heaven [or, the sky] on the people, and the people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.

The final culmination of the Fall of Babylon as well as political worldwide upheaval and failure, even riots and warlike situations everywhere.

Love the timeline, I started writing one last week until I had so much writing all over the page it was hard to read.

Although I see the violent persecution of Christians as the more plausible, but, since I am the king of alternative thinking, might it be possible that the tribulation as the Witnesses lie dead is such that the Bible and religion are made so ineffective that unless the days were cut short, aside from the elect, no flesh would be saved (spiritually)? A completely decadent society as in the days of Noah? Just musing.

Talk to you two later.
Love you both.

Chris

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