We haven’t even come to the worst yet. Even though the seventh seal has been opened and four of the angels have blown their trumpets…
Even though fire and blood have been hurled onto the earth…
Even though a third of the earth was burned up…
Even though a third of the seas were destroyed along with the fish and creatures within them and the ships upon them…
Even though a third of all of the fresh water sources, the rivers and the springs of water, were destroyed…
Even though a third of the moon, a third of the stars, and a third of the day and the night were now without light…
As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”
Revelation 8:13
…Despite all of this, in his vision, John saw an eagle fly over and heard him crying out woes upon the earth in advance of the last three angels yet to sound their trumpets.
What could be worse? The earth and the universe are not only destroyed, those that are left are suffering because of the lack of one-third of the entire ecosystem required to maintain balance and live. It is gone and nothing will work correctly. And yet there is more to come?
Woe to us here on the earth that won’t heed God’s direction and acknowledge him for who he truly is, the creator and king over all things! God’s judgment and wrath are coming. Let us be prepared for it in Christ!