Arriving at verse 9 God the Father has finished his unity proclamation. God with us, Immanuel, Eternal Christmas was revealed to John the Apostle. Following on those heals an angel began a walk toward John, who by this stage was familiar with the gentle slide from one vision to the next.
This angel is one familiar to John, and maybe to us as well. In Revelation 16 God dismantled the old earth displaying it to John through angels pouring bowls of wrath upon various features of the planet. Do you recall any of those stages?
Here is a quick plague refresher:
- Health destroyed
- Oceans destroyed
- Freshwater destroyed
- Global warming
- Technology disruption
- Armageddon march
- Mountains came down, and the floods came up
It is interesting to me that an angel of destruction was also an announcer of the restoration. [Read more…] about Revelation 21:9-27>> Jerusalem descending