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Brooks AldenThis Months Featured Article
"And 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." (Rev. 8:8).
A few days ago when they were showing news clips of the oil disaster in the Gulf a news reporter was in a boat on the water and showing pictures of the devastation. She was commenting on the fact the water had turned red because of all the oil. As soon as I heard this I thought of the Bible verse that mentions the sea becoming blood (red). I was discussing this with my friend and she mentioned that this verse could also refer to the blood of all the creatures that are being killed because of this horrific disaster. The Bible also refers to this, “And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died;” (Rev. 8:9). Could this also affect the ships that use this water? The Bible says this, “…and the third part of the ships were destroyed.” (Rev. 8:9). The note in my King James study Bible says, “The second trumpet turns a third of the sea into blood, and a third of the sea creatures and ships are destroyed. This will produce a reduction of evaporation and thus a shortage of rain and fresh water on land. International commerce and distribution of food and resources will be severely hampered.”
