Revelation 8:7

Revelation 8:7

Revelation 8:7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

The first 4 trumpet are affecting the people on earth indirectly

a.       The sea is affected by 1^st trumpet

b.      The earth is affected by 2^nd trumpet

c.       The water sources affected by 3^rd trumpet

The structure of universe affected by 4^th trumpet

Plagues on Egypt                                                        Plagues on Earth

1. Waters turned to blood (Exodus 7:17)              Sea becomes blood (Second TrumpetRev. 8:8)

there followed hail                                                         he Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt

2. Frogs from the rivers (Exodus 8:3)

3. Lice (Exodus 8:17)

4. Flies (Exodus 8:21)

5. Disease on livestock (Exodus 9:3)

6. Boils and blisters (Exodus 9:9)

7. Hail (Exodus 9:18)                                             Hail  (First Trumpet Rev. 8:7)

8. Locusts (Exodus 10:14)                                     Locusts from the earth (Fifth Trumpet  Rev. 9:3)

9. Darkness over Egypt (Exodus 10:21)               Darkness (Fourth Trumpet Rev. 8:12-13)

10. Death of the firstborn (Exodus 12:29)

Joel 2:1 Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,

Introduction to first trumpet

“The first trumpet” – When the angel blows the first trumpet, “hail and fire, mixed with

blood” are thrown upon the earth. As a result, “a third of the earth and its trees, and all

green grass, were burned up.” This first judgment corresponds to the seventh plague

inflicted upon Egypt (Exod. 9:22-25), but, unlike that plague, this judgment is not to be

taken literally, as if we should expect literal hail and fire, mixed with blood, to fall upon the earth. Instead, this judgment indicates that throughout the NT era, the earth will constantly suffer the destruction of warfare, natural phenomena, etc., causing parts of the earth to be inhabitable and unproductive to the dismay and danger of the human race. “A third” suggests partial, not total destruction throughout these judgments. While the earth will suffer these judgments, it will not be totally destroyed.

What is the meaning of Hail rain ? what purpose God used this Hail rain?

Reason 1 : People not obeyed God’s word

1.       According to the Exodus 9:18 God declared through Moses hail punishment upon the Pharaoh Government  “I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail”. Why means, we can see from Exodus 9:20-26 who are not obeyed the word God, then God sending the hail from the heaven 

Exodus 9:21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.

Exodus 9:22 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt."

Exodus 9:23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

Exodus 9:24 There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

Exodus 9:25 The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And the hail struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field.

Exodus 9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was  no hail.

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What  John was seeing in vision when the first angle blew his first trumpet

Revelation 8:7 “and there followed hail and fire” mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

Hail & Fire	Exodus 9:23 hail, and fire ran down to the earth	Rev. 8:7 “and there followed hail and fire”
Destroyed	Exodus 9:25 the hail struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field.	Rev. 8:7 a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up

Reason 2. When the nation raise against the Israel

When Gog raised against Israel God’s Prophecy came to Ezekiel. We can see the prophecy in the book of Ezekiel 38:18-23 

Ezekiel 38:22 With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur.

Possible meanings of these symbols in Revelation 8, according to Criswell:

• Hail could be a sudden, sharp judgment of God (Isa. 28:2, 17).
• Fire could be the unsparing evidence of the wrath of God, mostly in the form of war (Deut. 32:22: Isa. 33:14).
• Blood could symbolize death in all its forms – physical, spiritual, moral.
• The earth could stand for the civilized world.
• The sea could depict the restless masses of humanity (Dan.7:2-3; Isa. 57:20).
• Trees could represent the pride of human greatness (Dan. 4:10, 20-22; Eze. 31:3-18).
• Grass is a term sometimes used to represent people in general (Isa. 40:6-7).
• Green grass could symbolize the finest of mankind.
• A star can be a pastor, a teacher, or a person of great authority.
• Rivers and fountains could stand for sources of life-giving water – the doctrine, salvation and hope that false teachers undermine (pp. 174-75

Mixed with blood

Blood Rain Real evidence

The Kerala red rain phenomenon was a blood rain (red rain) event that occurred from July 25 to September 23, 2001, when heavy downpours of red-coloured rain fell sporadically on the southern Indian state of Kerala, staining clothes pink. Yellow, green, and black rain was also reported. Colored rain was also reported in Kerala in 1896 and several times since, most recently in June 2012.

Red rains were also reported from November 15, 2012 to December 27, 2012 occasionally in eastern and north-central provinces of Sri Lanka, where scientists from the Sri Lanka Medical Research Institute (MRI) are investigating to ascertain their cause.

Occurrence

Kottayam district in Kerala, which experienced the most intense red rainfall

The colored rain of Kerala began falling on July 25, 2001, in the districts of Kottayam and Idukki in the southern part of the state. Yellow, green, and black rain was also reported. Many more occurrences of the red rain were reported over the following ten days, and then with diminishing frequency until late September. According to locals, the first colored rain was preceded by a loud thunderclap and flash of light, and followed by groves of trees shedding shriveled grey "burnt" leaves. Shriveled leaves and the disappearance and sudden formation of wells were also reported around the same time in the area. It typically fell over small areas, no more than a few square kilometers in size, and was sometimes so localized that normal rain could be falling just a few meters away from the red rain. Red rainfalls typically lasted less than 20 minutes. Each milliliter of rain water contained about 9 million red particles, and each liter of rainwater contained approximately 100 milligrams of solids. Extrapolating these figures to the total amount of red rain estimated to have fallen, it was estimated that 50,000 kilograms (110,000 lb) of red particles had fallen on Kerala.

 

Rain water sample (left) and after the particles settled (right). Dried sediment (center).

Elemental analysis

Several groups of researchers analyzed the chemical elements in the solid particles, and different techniques gave different results. The particles were composed mostly of carbon and oxygen^{[clarification needed]} with lesser amounts of hydrogen, nitrogen, silicon, chlorine and metals.

Some water samples were brought to the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) in India, where they separated the suspended particles by filtration. The pH (acidity) of the water was found to be around 7 (neutral). The electrical conductivity of the rainwater showed the absence of any dissolved salts. Sediment (red particles plus debris) was collected and analyzed by the CESS using a combination of ion-coupled plasma mass spectrometry, atomic absorption spectrometry and wet chemical methods. The major elements found are listed below.^[5] The CESS analysis also showed significant amounts of heavy metals, including nickel (43 ppm), manganese (59 ppm), titanium (321 ppm), chromium (67ppm) and copper (55 ppm).

Louis and Kumar used energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis of the red solid and showed that the particles were composed of mostly carbon and oxygen, with trace amounts of silicon and iron. A CHN analyzer showed content of 43.03% carbon, 4.43% hydrogen, and 1.84% nitrogen.

Official report Particles

imaged with a scanning electron microscope

A single spore viewed with a transmission electron microscope, purportedly showing a detached inner capsule.

Initially, the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) stated that the likely cause of the red rain was an exploding meteor, which had dispersed about 1,000 kg (one ton) of material. A few days later, following a basic light microscopy evaluation, the CESS retracted this as they noticed the particles resembled spores, and because debris from a meteor would not have continued to fall from the stratosphere onto the same area while unaffected by wind. A sample was, therefore, handed over to the Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI) for microbiological studies, where the spores were allowed to grow in a medium suitable for growth of algae and fungi. The inoculated Petri dishes and conical flasks were incubated for three to seven days and the cultures were observed under a microscope

Trentepohlia on Cryptomeria japonica bark

In November 2001, commissioned by the Government of India's Department of Science & Technology, the Center for Earth Science Studies (CESS) and the Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI) issued a joint report which concluded that:

The color was found to be due to the presence of a large amount of spores of a lichen-forming alga belonging to the genus Trentepohlia. Field verification showed that the region had plenty of such lichens. Samples of lichen taken from Changanacherry area, when cultured in an algal growth medium, also showed the presence of the same species of algae. Both samples (from rainwater and from trees) produced the same kind of algae, indicating that the spores seen in the rainwater most probably came from local sources.

CESS/TBGRI report were supported by Dr. Milton Wainwright at Sheffield University, who, together with Chandra Wickramasinghe, has studied stratospheric spores. In March 2006 Wainwright said the particles were similar in appearance to spores of a rust fungus, later saying that he had confirmed the presence of DNA, and reported their similarity to algal spores, and found no evidence to suggest that the rain contained dust, sand, fat globules, or blood. In November 2012, Dr. Rajkumar Gangappa and Dr. Stuart Hogg from the University of Glamorgan, U.K., confirmed that the red rain cells from Kerala contain DNA

Alternative hypotheses.

 

Further details visit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_rain_in_Kerala

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/red-rain-in-india-may-have-alien-origin-275252.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_rain