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‘Reversed Thunder’ Revelation 8-9

Reversed Thunder – Revelation 8-9

Ch 8:1 - Silence …. for 30 minutes.

Reversed Thunder – Revelation 8-9

Ch 8:1 - Silence …. for 30 minutes.• Silence whilst God hears the prayers of his people.

Ch 8:4-5 - The trumpets usher in God's answer to the prayers of his people

‘The prayers which had been ignored, despised, and mocked returned with immense force, as reversed thunder. Prayer re-enters history with incalculable effects. Our earth is shaken daily by it.’

Eugene Petersen

Reversed Thunder – Revelation 8-9

Ch 8:1 - Silence …. for 30 minutes.• Silence whilst God hears the prayers of his people.

Ch 8:4-5 - The trumpets usher in God's answer to the prayers of his people

Ch 8 trumpets usher in calamity in creation.

Ch 9 – calamities directed at people – ‘Star’, v1 = Satan– ‘Locusts’ V3-11 (despotic rulers and dictators?)

• one of the Egyptian plaques• vegetarian but these only harm people - v5• couldn’t kill, only ‘torture’ or ‘torment’ - v5• limited to 5 Months - v5 & 10. • grotesque, but attractive - v9

– Human like faces & woman’s hair– Crown = authority– iron breastplate – invincibility– power - horses and chariots– Alluring but with a sting in the tail – v10

– 6th Trumpet - terror and death to a 1/3rd of the population (v13) - overwhelming evil and terror.

Reversed Thunder – Revelation 8-9