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Bible Verses About Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: Symbolic

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Verses on Symbolic

  1. And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

  2. and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

  3. The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

  4. After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

  5. Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

  6. And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

  7. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

  8. And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

  9. Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.

  10. Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,

  11. a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

  12. Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

  13. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.

  14. Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.

  15. Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

  16. The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

  17. Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.

  18. A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

  19. For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

  20. Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

  21. He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

  22. Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

  23. When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

  24. Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

  25. And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!