Cygnus—Bible Prophecy Fulfilled?

“The second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood” (Revelation 8:8).

An angel is a messenger. This angel messenger sounds when it blows the second trumpet. In Ezekiel 33:4-5, trumpets warn the people of impending danger. When this messenger sounds its warning, a great mountain burning with fire is cast into the sea. Strong defines great: prepared on a grand scale. Mountain from an obsolete root (oro) means: to rise up or rear as a mountain rises to its peak and goes down on the other side. The gist of the symbolism may be: to go up and come down. And oro can be further traced to a root meaning a fowl. Burning with fire tells how the grand mountain falls in a brilliant blaze. The blood would be literal if fossil fuel is from the mass graves of men and animals as coal is from ancient forests. The BP oil blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico actually looked like the blood of dead men floating on the sea.

When the Cygnus approacked the ISS Sunday, their computers could not communicate and the docking was aborted.

Docking was rescheduled for Monday night 9/23/13 but before that could happen, it was decided that the land crew should take a week to debug the program and the docking would be 9/28/13 so everybody would have a chance to review the procedure and be well rested.

They have Russian, Japanese, dragon, Cygnus, and maybe another ship or two docking with the ISS. The odd thing is that each of these ships have a different protocol. Nothing uniform about the procedure. That is a disaster in the making.

I still see a better fit to this second trumpet in the events of 9/11.

1) The twin towers were tall, towering over the city like a mountain, and significantly contributing to the city's landscape. It was also an economic "tower" in terms of the world's economy.

2) Many people died in its falling.

3) The fires were hard to put out--so hard, in fact, that they were still burning in January.

4) Waters, e.g. "seas," represent people, nations, multitudes, and tonges. (See Revelation 17:15.) I see the waters as representing all people through their common economies.

When the trade towers fell, the economy took a significant hit. Yes, people literally died in the event. But the "bloodier" part may be symbolic of the general death to business and economy that occurred afterwards in the "sea" of commerce. What we saw at that point was truly a "sea change."

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Not familiar with the term, approacked. Are you trying to merge, approach and attacked? I don't understand any "attacking" to it.


But interesting, you seemed dead set on the space station plunging through a mile deep of water, rupturing the bottom of the ocean and releasing oil. I would have thought you would have latched onto what I heard the other day. A mountain island instantly formed somewhere over by China or something caused by plates jutting over another.

approacked was a typo.

It should have read: When the Cygnus approached the ISS Sunday, their computers could not communicate and the docking was aborted.

"The prophecies of Daniel and of John are to be understood. They interpret each other. They give to the world truths which every one should understand. These prophecies are to be witnesses in the world. By their fulfillment in these last days they will explain themselves." {7BC 949.6}

Recent events relating to the ISS

One of the astronauts nearly drowned in his space suit.

Two astronauts just changes a cooling pump that operates the ac.

And cygnus is scheduled to go back to the iss.

Is the second trumpet getting ready to sound?

The trumpets were fulfilled in the past. They will have another fulfillment after probation closes.

Solemn events before us are yet to transpire. Trumpet after trumpet is to be sounded; vial after vial poured out one after another upon the inhabitants of the earth.--3SM 426 (1890). {LDE 238.1}

One, I don't think the trumpets have begun to sound yet.

See what MM wrote.

His Child,
Would you mind proiding some info on how the4 cygnus is suppose to shoot down the iss? This is in your title, and was wondering how you came to that conclusion.
Is it possible that the mountain could be a large rock, maybe an asteroid that could hit the ocean, or maybe as mentioned above the island that tripled its size in a matter of days, which by the way I found to be a fitting illustration of how God made dry land in one day.
God Bless,
Will

These are the trumpets:

1. a THIRD of the trees (and ALL the green grass) were burned up
2. a THIRD of the sea creatures (and ships) died and were destroyed
3. a THIRD of the waters became wormwood (fatally bitter)
4. a THIRD of the sun, moon and stars (day and night) were struck into darkness

5. all UNSEALED men tormented 5 months by the ANGEL OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT
6. a THIRD of man killed by the FOUR ANGELS OF THE EUPHRATES
7. all the KINGDOMS are given into the hand of Jesus Christ (the Second Advent)

Is there a trend in the progression, an overarching purpose, a reason? Here are the seven last plagues and they seem to want to interpret the meaning of the trumpets as if the trumpets are really THE last work of the Church much like Moses was sent to Egypt to tell Pharaoh, TEN times, "Let my people go!" only this time, the Church does so SEVEN times instead.

1. loathsome sore on men who had the mark of the beast
2. the sea "dies"; and every living creature in the sea died
3. rivers and springs of water became blood (made fatally bitter)
4. men scorched by the sun with fire

5. kingdom of beast (from his throne downwards) grows painfully dark
6. unclean spirits leave the Euphrates for the world, for Armageddon.
7. Babylon falls, earthquake, great hail, Second Advent

The voice of the leadership of the Church to the council of world leaders (Moses to Pharaoh) seem to be the trumpets and the bowls (of plagues) seem to be the response by God when His warning is not heeded through His servants. There is a tantalizingly close one-to-one relationship between trumpets and bowls.

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Interesting, I get from the first trumpet,
hail and fire mixed with blood

which seems closer to a bloody sore than trees do. Though trees and grass are in there too.