Chrissie's input on Rev. 8 requires more meditation and prayer, however for Rev. 8:10 you might re-read Lake of Fire part 9, wherein Isa. 14:4 & 11 would indicate this proverb was addressed to the King of Babylon.
Yes, I am familiar with the verse and the proverb taken up against the King of Babylon. However, I still see a relationship there to Satan; where is Satan’s seat? I was more specifically relating that verse to:
Luk 10:17-18 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,
even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.Joh 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.[/list:u]
For Rev. 8:11 look at these witnesses: (I believe wormwood represents the aftereffects of immorality, injustice and unrighteousness.) Deut. 29:18 So let there not be among you a man, woman, family or tribe whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Let there not be among you a root bearing such bitter poison and wormwood. Deut. 29:19 If there is such a person, when he hears the words of this curse, he will bless himself secretly, saying to himself, "I will be all right, even though I will stubbornly keep doing whatever I feel like doing; so that I, although "dry" (sinful,) will be added to the "watered" (righteous.) Deut. 29:20 But the Lord will not forgive him. Rather, the anger and jealousy of the Lord will blaze up against that person.
The second witness is Amos 6:12 Do horses run on rock? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitter wormwood.
The third witness would be Prov. 5:3-4 For the lips of a woman who is a stranger drop honey, her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double edged sword.
The fourth witness would be Jer. 23:15 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says concerning this prophets: "I will feed them bitter wormwood and make them drink poisonous water, for ungodliness has spread through the land fro the prophets of Jerusalem."
Grace be with you.
All a result of serving the lusts of the flesh, which is what Satan dines on, right?
Wormwood (la‛ănâh) means curse or to curse and what do we know about Satan?
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this,
thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:[/list:u]
Even the ground (earth) was cursed because of Adam’s transgression. And where did this star called wormwood fall from and to? That is what I was looking at and considering when I mentioned Satan in relation to the star falling from heaven (called wormwood)… but really I was asking more about the ‘third part’.
There is lots of stuff about the ‘third part’ in the scriptures. Some having to do with the temple sacrifices, that verse about God bringing ‘the third part’ through the fire and making them His people and the verses in Revelation.
I was looking at all the things that are addressed or that happen to the ‘third part’ prior to the LAST three sounds of the trumpet (called “woes� to the earth), and wondering how they tie into ‘the third part’ that God BRINGS THROUGH THE FIRE and the four angels who are not allowed to release the winds from the four corners of the earth UNTIL GOD’S PEOPLE ON THE EARTH ARE SEALED (even prior to last seal being opened)?
So just looking at this third part and what it means and how it relates to those verses in Zec.
When the Lord comes He comes with judgment (fire), right? And judgment has begun at the house of God, for that is who He comes to first, right?
the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Joh 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world:
now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Rom 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that
now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for
now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
2Co 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold,
now is the accepted time; behold,
now is the day of salvation.)
Col 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but
now is made manifest to his saints:
Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.[/list:u]
What does the third part in Zec and/or in Rev have to do with these verse?
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
1Pe 4:12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:[/list:u]
Just some things I am looking at and trying to work out…. :wink:
Chrissie