Revelation 8 - 8.3.23

Scripture

Revelation‬ ‭8:13‬ ‭ERV

“While I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying high in the air. The eagle said in a loud voice, “Terrible! Terrible! How terrible for those who live on the earth! The terrible trouble will begin after the sounds of the trumpets that the other three angels will blow.”

Observation-What does it say?

In this chapter, the seventh seal from John’s revelation is revealed. The opening of the seventh seal reveals the appearance of seven angels with seven trumpets. When the first angel sounds his trumpet, hail, fire, and blood come hurling down to earth, burning up a third of the earth’s trees and grass. When the second trumpet from the second angel sounds, something like a huge mountain gets thrown into the sea, killing a third of the living sea creatures and ships, and turning a third of the sea into blood. The third trumpet being sounded will cause a great star to fall from the sky and land on a third of the rivers, and contaminating a third of the earth's water supply. Then, when the fourth trumpet is sounded a third of the sun, moon, and stars are struck, turning them dark. This causes a third of the day and night to be without light. But from the looks of things, even an eagle can see that things are about to get worse!

John’s vision from God is a pretty scary thought. It’s a vision of a world that was left behind because they rejected Jesus, and chose to do their own thing. With all those calamities just from the first four trumpets being sounded, only to have an eagle flying by the sky pretty much saying “you ain’t seen nothing yet folks!” I mean it sounds like the weather is going to be really cold and dark, and food and water are going to begin to be really scarce. It’s something we as Christians shouldn’t wish on anyone! So how should we as Christians respond? 🤔

Application

Share with everyone about the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

The good news is we still have time. We don’t know how much time we have left, but I think it’s best we better take advantage of what time we do have. We need to have a sense of urgency! Time to tell our family and friends the good news of the gospel of Christ. Time to share with anyone and everyone. The signs are upon us that time is counting down towards the end.

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.”-2 Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭

Do some of these things mentioned above look or sound like they’re happening in today’s world? Then what are we waiting for? We got some sharing to do!

Prayer

Father God, thank You for being so patient with us in this world. Your Word reminds us that You don’t want to see anyone perish. Instead, You want to see everyone come to repentance from their sinful ways so they can have eternal life. I pray for those people out there who are currently rebelling against You. I pray that You may soften their hearts to You, and they may repent from their sins, and put their faith in Jesus. I pray that You may give me the boldness and courage to go out there and tell others about Jesus before it’s too late. May we as a Church stand firm in our faith, and share the truth with others around us. In Jesus name I pray, Amen. 🙏🏽

-Moses Gaddi