W𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕝𝕪 B𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕠𝕗 R𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 16 8-16

8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it burned people with its heat. 9 People were scorched and cursed the name of God who had [greek “echo” - holds] the power [epi - on, upon] the plagues [plégé - blow(s), wound(s)]. But they did not change their minds, nor give God glory. [Change mind - metanoéō - from metá - changed after being with, and noiéō - think; repent, think differently afterwards.] 10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl upon the seat [thronos] of the beast (of the large many headed geopolitical beast of its time, as history does repeat). And his kingdom was plunged into darkness, and they gnawed their tongues in distress. (I had to consult a commentary for this phrase “gnawed their tongues” and “Barnes” Commentary said this — The word rendered here "gnawed" does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament, nor is the expression elsewhere used in the Bible, but its meaning is plain - it indicates deep anguish. And elsewhere -  “Take heed,” Jesus said, “that the light that is in you isn’t darkness.”) 11 And they cursed the God of heaven because of their distress, and their sores. But they did not repent of their works [ergon - work, task, employment, deeds, actions, that which is wrought or made, from ergo - to work, accomplish, érgon ("work") is a deed (action) that carries out (completes) an inner desire, intention, purpose].

     12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and it was completely dried up, making way for the kings from the rising of the sun. 13 And coming out of the mouth of the dragon (the adversary, first named Lucifer, then Satan) and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet (white robed magician with a getting old “strong” concoction/“delusion” who has “miracles” and modern wonders, and a prophecy it puts forth) what I [John] saw, was three unclean spirits like frogs (very distasteful? but intoxicating? “Coming out of their mouths.”) 14 They are the spirits of demons performing [poieó - making, doing, manufacturing, constructing] signs [sémeion - miracles, indications, marks, tokens, signs] which spirits go forth to the kings of earth to gather them together to the battle of the great day of God the Almighty. (Great Day of the LORD? — which proceeds from 2Pet.3:10 to 2Pet.3:12-13?/1Cor.15:24,28.)

     15 ..(Rev.1:1 - “This vision is what God showed to Jesus, so he could tell his servants what must happen. And Jesus sent his angel with the message to his servant John.”) Back to (16:)15 - “Behold I am coming like a thief does, happy are those watching and keeping their garments, lest they walk unclothed and the shame of them be seen.” 16 And they were gathered together to the place which in Hebrew, is called Armageddon. (And Is.24:20? 2Pet.3:10, 2Thes.1:7,8 — two thousand years before Rev.21:1-5, 2Pet.3:12-13, Is.11:7.)

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🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. ℓιѕтєη  𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔..

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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Little Things

I prayed.. I asked God, "please.. if I'm wrong about these things (warnings and signs relating to the trend of fulfilling Bible prophecies of a coming world governing gone tyrannical, what the Bible calls worst time ever, but plain and specific signs given so its worst days, 45, can be avoided) please let me know.. don't let me teach in any tiny way, anything which is not true.."
- The Lord 'speaks' to me (if you're a believer, you know what I mean) sometimes, quite often, actually, using my birth date in various ways - 5,5,55. It's amazing how many times I wake up at 5:55 or look up at the clock and it's 2:22 or 3:33, or something :55... Silly perhaps, to some.
- I like to relax by reading a short romance or adventure story written by Christians. My favorites are old world, simpler life style settings of settlers or other old fashioned, reverent type stories where good triumphs, etc. and faith is common to the culture and the families. My latest one was an adventure set in the days of the rising of Hitler in Germany... It all started out sort of slow, those days, and all the while the news reported how good things were. And Hitler did actually rise to power by doing some very good things. Promised prosperity for all, education for all, fitness programs for all.. And he resurrected their very ailing currency and economy. The nation went from chaos to order, and the people idolized him. He was great, he was for the common person, they lauded him with rapture and spellbound faces. But the heroine of the story stumbled upon the ugly truth of the first ghettos where the Jewish citizens were imprisoned after much of the nation was stirred up into hatred of them (first beginning as condescension and disdain?). Every problem of life and society the nation had experienced was their fault, so the party line went, first they were ignorant, against progress and then they were evil intentioned and finally "vermin". They were forced from their homes, and government confiscated their businesses. And soon they were to be trucked off to death camps. At a pivotal moment in the story, our heroine noted the time, 5:55.
- The hero and heroine of course went on to live happily ever after, having rescued one such ghetto of residents from being ex-terminated. And at the end of the story as grandparents they visited the Holocaust Museum. As they left that place they said "I can barely stand to think of the holocaust, but thank God for this memorial". And, "God willing, the world won't forget, so it will never happen again"....
- A touching moment in the story, after the daring rescue and escape, an elderly gent said "Baruch atoh adnoy, elohaynu melech ho-lom shee-osoh li nays bamokm hazeh. You are blessed. Lord our God, King of the Universe, Who performed a miracle for me in this place."