God is mighty! How is He going to show this in the last days?

Core verse:

And at the sounding of the first, a rain of ice and fire, mixed with blood, was sent on the earth: and a third part of the earth, and of the trees, and all green grass was burned up. (Revelation 8:7 BBE)

A trumpet was usually in Biblical times blown in battles. The first battle that we find in chapter 8, is God sending rain of ice (hail) and fire to the earth. This was mixed with blood, so it was red in color.

The hail and fire reminds me of the seventh plague in Egypt. This was when Moses and the Israelites were negotiating with the pharaoh to let the Israelite slaves go free. We read about this in Exodus 9:13-35. God was showing the pharaoh that He was powerful. Now in the Book of Revelations we read that God will do the same in the last days, but it will be red in color. Clearly this will demonstrate that God is all powerful.

Some people think that this “red” is significant because it is the color of lava coming out of a volcano. This might also be sand, dust or pollution that will color the skies red. Nowadays we see red skies because of pollution! This could very well also be a sign of the last days. However, the “red” colored skies could mean a lot of things. We can only speculate what this might be.

The point is that it will show the power of God for all to see. This was indeed the reason for the seventh plague in Egypt. 

The last part of the core verse is difficult to interpret. We read that a third of the trees and earth will burn but that ALL the grass will burn. This reminds me of the following verse:

The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal. (Isaiah 40:8 BBE)

The dead grass in this verse in Isaiah tells us that the grass is temporary but the word of God is permanent. Perhaps the core verse (Revelation 8:7) is referencing to Isaiah 40:8. In other words, the third of the earth and trees and all the grass that dies may very well highlight the eternalness of the Word of God.

The main purpose of this verse (Revelation 8:7) is to show the earth that God is mighty. Red hail and fire, tighter with the dead grass points to the fact that God is mighty!

Till next time!