Reading through the last book in the Bible is quite an experience. The narrative begins in a manner that's relatively easy to follow, but before long the reader is exposed to unfamiliar scenes and bizarre

characters that are unsettling. At these moments it's helpful to hear from Bible

teachers who've researched the meaning of John's revelation. Today on Insight

for Living Chuck Swindall continues his verse-by-verse study of revelation called Unvailing the End.

In this study, we'll witness another shocking display of God's judgment.

Chuck titled his message,

Releasing read from the

last verse of chapter 8

into the ninth chapter.

I need to tell you ahead of time,

this is an extremely sober and dark section, a time as well as recorded for us in this book that ends triumphantly but not before we go through the period of

great and dreadful judgments. You recall there were seven seals that came in the form of judgments the seventh

when opened the next set of judgments called the trumpets, the seventh of which will open the next set of seven

are called Bowles, B-O-W-L-B-L-B-S-S-S.

And each section of judgment is like a crescendo marking on a score of music becomes

increasingly more intense. This will be the most intense we've seen as far.

Reading for you from Revelation 813 through 912.

Then I looked and I heard an eagle flying in mid-Heaven saying with a loud voice,

Whoa, whoa, whoa to those who dwell on the earth

because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound.

Then the fifth angel sounded and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth.

And the key of the bottomless pit was given to him.

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