Angels of the Apocalypse - blowing their trumpets
The Revelation of John the Theologian, that is, the Apocalypse, is one of the most mysterious, allegorical and subject to various interpretations of books in the history of mankind.
This is primarily due to the special images presented by the apostle after the corresponding vision - images that are both vividly colorful and at the same time very mysterious. One of the main similar images of the Revelation of John the Theologian is the Angels of the Apocalypse. Literal interpretation
Angels are described in the eighth and ninth chapters of the Revelation of John the Theologian. There are two traditional ways of interpreting this passage (as, indeed, the entire Apocalypse): literal and metaphorical, allegorical. Adherents of the literal interpretation believe that one must imagine exactly those images that the apostle describes, and that one must expect exactly those events and creatures that are mentioned in the prediction. In this case, the Angels of the Apocalypse seem to be spiritual entities who, on the eve of the Last Judgment, the Last Judgment - does it exist? various disasters will befall the world. This is what the Apocalypse says about each of the seven Angels who had trumpets and sounded:
- the first Angel is hail and fire mixed with blood; and the third part of the trees was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up;
- the second Angel - a large mountain, blazing with fire, was cast into the sea; and the third part of the sea became blood, and the third part of the living creatures that lived in the sea died, and the third part of the ships perished;
- third Angel - a large star fell from the sky and from it a third of the waters became bitter and many of the people died from the waters;
- fourth Angel - the third part of the sun, moon, stars was eclipsed;
- the fifth Angel - a star that fell from heaven to earth, opened the well of the abyss; and the locusts came out, which did not harm plants and animals, but was poisonous to humans and was given to them to torment people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads for five months;
- sixth Angel - four Angels bound at the great river Euphrates were released to kill the third part of the people through an army of horsemen with lion heads;
- seventh Angel - voices from heaven report that the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of the Lord and His Christ (the mystery of God has been completed).
Metaphorical interpretation
Among modern people trying to interpret the Revelation of John the Theologian in their own way, the method of modern interpretation of the images contained in this work has become especially popular. For example, they are trying to interpret the mysterious locusts, the invasion of which will begin at the signal of the fifth Angel, as a kind of virus that will be dangerous only for people and will cause severe damage, possibly physical abnormalities, and death. And, of course, the described falls from the sky of stars, causing various, but in any case catastrophic consequences, are associated with the prediction of a collision of the Earth with certain cosmic bodies (asteroids, comets. Comet: the longer they study, the more mysteries, and so on).
However, the existing tradition of metaphorical, that is, allegorical interpretation of the Apocalypse. Interpretation of the Apocalypse: there are many versions, rejects such interpretations. Proponents of this method believe that the images described by John the Theologian were intended to enhance the emotional impact on readers by describing “ordinary” events. Therefore, various falls of stars and darkening of the heavens and luminaries should be explained with especially colorful descriptions of bloody wars, civil strife and natural disasters, albeit global, but at the same time trivial (earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, fires and the like). Just as the diseases described should be considered as corruption of human morals, apostasy from faith in Christ and readiness to follow the AntichristAntichrist: there are many candidates. And the described death of many people is interpreted as punishment for accepting the Antichrist and worshiping him as God. That is, the formidable image of the seven Angels of the Apocalypse, according to this point of view, is a kind of artistic and pedagogical device: since people are no longer horrified by the prediction of “simply wars” and “simply disasters” as punishment for sins, then these future events were clothed in such frightening images. However, there is no consensus among theologians on this matter.
Alexander Babitsky
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“Trumpets of the Apocalypse” are sounding all over the world and no one knows why
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In June 2021, a strange phenomenon was recorded in different parts of the globe, which received the unofficial name “Trumpets of the Apocalypse.”
Strange, unusual and frightening sounds are so loud that they seem to permeate everything around and are coming from somewhere from the sky or from underground. Recently, they have become more frequent and scientists cannot yet say exactly what is connected with this unusual phenomenon.
You can listen to what these sounds are like because witnesses were able to record them. All videos presented were made in June 2021.
Groningen, Netherlands
USA, Sanford, Florida
USA, Oklahoma
USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
And this is only a small part of the recorded anomalies. What could it be and what versions of the origin of this phenomenon are there?
This is exactly the phenomenon that occurred in the past and which is described in the Bible prophecies about the end of the world as the “Trumpets of the Apocalypse.”
These trumpet sounds are described in detail in the Kolbrin manuscript, and according to him, these sounds will intensify and be heard everywhere at the moment of Planet X's close passage by the Earth. Here are excerpts from the Ancient Egyptian Manuscript:
Work 4:5 Then a day came when everything was quiet and filled with fear, for God commanded a sign to appear in the Heavens so that people would know that the Earth would be crushed, and this sign was a wandering star.
Work 4:6 The star grew and increased to great brightness, and it was scary to contemplate. It extended its horns and buzzed, becoming unlike any other ever seen before.
Trees will be felled and all living beings will die. The waters will be swallowed up by the earth and the seas will boil. The heavens will burn with reddish fire, and the face of the earth will have a copper tint. And the Day of Darkness will come. The lunar month that appears will move and fall.
People will scatter in madness. They will hear the trumpet and battle cry of the Destroyer and will seek refuge in the caves. Fear will eat their hearts, and courage will leave them like water from a cracked jug. They will be consumed by the fire of wrath and dissolved in the breath of the Destroyer.
So it was in the Days of Heavenly Wrath that are past, and so it will be in the Days of Perdition when he comes again.
When the Earth tilted, the streams of water flowed backwards, and large trees were thrown to the ground and broken like twigs. Then a voice like ten thousand trumpets was heard throughout the wilderness, and the fiery breath was like tongues of flame. The whole Earth moved and the mountains melted. The sky itself roared like ten thousand lions in agony, and bright bloody arrows swiftly flew back and forth across his face. The earth swelled like bread on the hearth.
The Messenger of Doom, who appeared in the days of the distant past, was called the Destroyer. This is how it was recorded in ancient chronicles, few of which have survived. It is said that when he appears in the heights of Heaven, the Earth cracks from the intense heat, like a roasted nut before the fire. Then the fire rises and rushes through the surface like blood from a vein.
The moisture in the earth dries up, pastures and fields disappear in the fire, and they and all the trees become white ash.
Days of stillness were followed by a time when the sound of the trumpet and noise was heard in Heaven, and the people became like a frightened herd without a shepherd, with lions roaming nearby. People talked to each other about the God of slaves, and some of them light-heartedly joked: “If we knew where this God is, we would sacrifice to him.” But the God of slaves was not with them. There was no need to look for it in swamps or rock pools. He appeared in Heaven for all people to see, but they did not understand the sign.
So far we are seeing only small harbingers that appear from time to time in some places. This phenomenon will increase over time.
THE BIG THE ONE
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On the night of December 9th to 10th, 2021, many residents of the city of Valkenswaard, Holland, were awakened by a strange, frightening sound coming from everywhere:
Hoort serieus niemand dit???
❗ Gepostet von Roy van Zon am Dienstag, 10. December 2019
WFT is dit dan weer?
Nu buiten!! Gepostet von Roy van Zon am Montag, 9. December 2019
Usually, when people post something like this on a video hosting site, they are often accused of faking it, arguing that “others have not heard.” In this case, others actually heard everything – there are several videos from the scene. Moreover, according to eyewitnesses, there was a buzz there for two days: the frightening sound either disappeared or reappeared.
As a result, again and again people, especially the frightened residents of Valkenswaard, have a question: what was that?
In an attempt to answer this question, experts tried to compare this sound with a similar one recorded in the city of Gouda in Holland in 2016:
As you can hear and see, the sounds are so similar that you might think it's a fake. However, there are several videos from Valkenswaard and even the local Radio 538 was involved in the topic - the sound was accurate, a lot of people talk about it. And the fact that the sounds are so similar is very surprising.
The most popular explanation for these sounds involves some kind of processes in the lithosphere, in the mantle, or even in the core, since very often such noises are followed by either earthquakes or volcanic eruptions - as happened in Hawaii on the eve of the Kilauea volcano eruption:
Valkenswaard, where the sound was recorded on December 9-10, and Gouda, where the same sound was heard three years ago, are at a distance of about 100 kilometers, which is nothing by geological standards. From here you can think that the sound comes from some kind of geological fault that runs under these cities. But even if there is only one fault, the sound should still be different, but for some reason it is the same.
Therefore, in such a situation, one can think about the presence of some kind of “Martians” above the “trumpet sounds” of some huge ship, which makes these sounds. We talked about this in our recent material. Do trumpet sounds in the sky create huge UFOs?
The UFO hypothesis is just a hypothesis, the reason for the sounds may be different, however, the UFO explains everything quite well. And the “Martians” don’t forget us.
Basingstoke, UK:
In the comments to the video, the author of the video writes that the illumination lasted about 30 minutes. This is not a tower crane in the fog, or drones or helicopters.
Prineville, Oregon, also December 14:
In general, as you can see and hear, miracles in the world are becoming more and more amazing and soon, as we assume, miracles will not be the same. In the meantime, we are all watching the developments together.
Trumpets of the Apocalypse . This is what I would call the images created by Andrei Rublev.
The Last Judgment of the Russian master is very different from its Western European representation with the division of people into righteous and sinners, some of whom fly to the Empyrean, others are cast into hell and terrible torment.
The trumpets of the Apocalypse are not torture or division into good and bad. These are the sounds of fanfare, announcing the meeting of everyone with the merciful Savior. He comes out to meet everyone, inviting them to enter into unity with Him.
From a formidable event, the scene of the Last Judgment turned under the brush of Andrei Rublev into a triumph of philanthropy.
The frescoes are located in the Assumption Cathedral of Vladimir and is a cultural monument taken under the protection of UNESCO.
Looking at the amazing frescoes, comparing them with the paintings of Bosch, you understand how the Russian national character differs from the Western European one with its desire to crush, prevent, destroy, force. The images of the Last Judgment of the 12th century on the icons and frescoes of that period are equally strict.
“Everyone will be rewarded according to his deeds” was the slogan of what will happen at the end of time. Andrei Rublev lived a hundred years earlier than Bosch (born in 1360) and became the final point in the formation of the image of the Russian national character and the Russian school of icon painting. A distinctive feature of the Rublev school is kindness, love and sacrifice.
Icon "Last Judgment"
God's judgment cannot be fair and righteous, because there is no person who will live and not sin. Judgment can only be the grace of God and nothing else. Mercy at the Last Judgment is much more important and stronger than punishment, more important than the fear of hellish torment that Bosch’s paintings are full of.
“Never say that the Judge is just, because if He were just, we would all be condemned.”
God requires only love and mercy and is Love Himself. What is a person before the forces of nature? A grain of sand, a worm, which will not be difficult to crush. And will God really be so great if he begins to deal with the defenseless? This is not the power of God and He does not expect sinlessness from man. The Day of Judgment for all those resurrected is a meeting, a meeting of the first day of the New World and the New Heaven, a meeting with the merciful Judge.
This is what the Russian icon painter thought when he began painting the western wall of the cathedral. He relied on images of living Russian people with whom he met, talked, who had just overcome the Tatar-Mongol yoke on the Kulikovo Field. The Last Judgment of Andrei Rublev is, first of all, a memory of the departed generations who created the Russian land, a reward for those who will never return from battle.
But this is an appeal not only to those generations that lived before Andrei, but also a look into the future, towards the coming generation that will still live after. The Last Judgment is the expectation of the meeting of all who will rise from their graves on Judgment Day, whom the Earth and Sea will give up, and whom the Savior will meet. This was the plan of the Monk Andrew when he began painting the vaults of the temple.
It was necessary to show the unity and conciliarity of all humanity, an idea taken from Sergius of Radonezh. And he begins. The painting begins with the western arch of the vault under the choir. At the very top of the arch, Andrew depicts a circle in which is inscribed a huge half-clasped Hand of God, in which the Lord contains the souls of all the righteous. In the same arch he places King David (to the left of the Hand of God) and the prophet Isaiah (to the right of the Hand of God).
In David's hand is a scroll with words addressed to those who do not fear God's judgment and walk in unrighteous ways, knowing about their atrocities. The king's face is meek and full of concern for them. The fresco of the prophet Isaiah has not been completely preserved, only his robes and a scroll with words addressed to the stiff-necked Jewish people, whose eyes are blinded, whose ears do not hear, and cannot see the truth, remain.
Below the images of the prophets are depicted archangels with trumpets announcing the resurrection of the dead for the Last Judgment. Under the image of the prophet Isaiah is the Archangel Gabriel with a trumpet raised upward; on the contrary, under King David, with a trumpet lowered to the ground, is the Archangel Michael.
Their trumpet voice is directed in the direction where the Earth and Sea are depicted, giving up their dead to the sound of the trumpet. This calling cry is perceived in different ways. Andrew begins his fresco with this trumpet sound, announcing the beginning of the Judgment.
Under the vault, where the arch is the entrance, Andrei will paint a scene in which not only arches, vaults, walls and their joints will merge in unity, but also the scene of the Last Judgment will appear in complete unity.
The main figure here is “Savior in Power”. Christ seems to be hovering above the heads of those entering under the arches of the temple through an arch with images of archangels. He is depicted on a pure blue background in a mandorla, surrounded by heavenly powers: cherubim and seraphim with kind eyes.
The face of the Savior is kind and does not inspire fear, serious, but not menacing. The Lord is creating a New World and invites everyone to participate in this Creation. His right hand is raised upward in a blessing gesture. The left one is lowered down, indicating the path to the underworld for those who do not want to participate in the creation of the New Earth and the New Heaven. The Lord Jesus Christ is depicted in golden tones, as if cast from gold: a golden halo, luminous golden hair and luminous golden clothing.
Above the Savior are depicted two soaring angels, folding into a scroll the old sky and the obsolete world with the old luminaries, the moon and stars, which must give way to a new and unprecedented kingdom of goodness and light.
Under the image of the Savior there is an image of the throne, the place of Judgment, before which every person will appear. On it lies a large Cross, an instrument of the Lord’s passion, and an open book with the deeds of those resurrected and those who came to the Judgment. Here, at the foot of the throne, the fallen prostrate Adam and Eve are depicted, as an image of redeemed humanity.
On the left and right, according to the iconographic tradition of the Deesis rite, the Mother of God and John the Baptist stand in prayerful poses, begging the Savior to spare the human race for their sins. Behind the Mother of God is the Archangel Michael, behind John the Baptist is the Archangel Gabriel. They are followed respectively by the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul.
The archangels, speaking in front of the angels, seem to lead their army, depicted behind the seated apostles. The angels of the southern arch with noble and gentle faces are depicted especially warmly, easily and in a free musical rhythm.
Paul and Peter, depicted separately from the other apostles, also seem to lead the ranks of the apostles depicted on other walls of the vault, on the north and south sides of the arch. On the northern side of the slope are the apostles Andrew, Mark, Luke and Matthew. The last one, on the slope of the eastern arch, we see ap. Philippa.
On the south are Thomas, James, Bartholomew, Simon and John. The faces of all the participants in the Last Judgment (angels, archangels, apostles) express not anger and fear, but a benevolent, bright and calm mood, as if they were going to a meeting that should bring only joy and light.
Apostle Matthew under the brush of Andrew is a quiet and meek old man, who expresses gentleness and disposition towards people.
Luke is depicted as young and determined. He is ready to participate in this Court. Mark awaits the Judgment with a calm expression.
Rublev writes about St. Andrew the First-Called in a special way. According to legend, Andrew the First-Called came to Crimea, to Korsun and went up the Dnieper. At night, at one of the rest stops, he had a dream that there would be a great city here.
This prediction of Andrei came true: Kyiv arose on this mountain. Then he will go north to Novgorod. Rublev's Andrei the First-Called is a strong man with broad shoulders and a strong neck, with a thick round beard, reflecting on what he must witness.
In the arch that leads under the dome, Andrei Rublev will write in a circle four animals, personifying the four kingdoms, after which comes the kingdom of Christ. They are depicted in dynamics, as if they are running in an inner circle, ahead of each other:
bear (Babylonian kingdom), lion (Persian kingdom), panther (Macedonian kingdom) and man-beast (Roman kingdom). But none of them, except the last one, have a predatory expression. An angel points to this circle to the prophet Daniel. Their figures are depicted on the northern side of the vault, at the very bottom
Where the Sea and Earth are depicted giving up their dead, we see righteous women going to judgment. They are depicted opposite the prophet Daniel and the Angel. Their faces do not express fear, they are not waiting for punishment, but for meeting someone for whom they have been waiting for so long, who is joy and happiness for them.
In the southern vault in front of the iconostasis, Andrei Rublev creates the fresco “Procession of the Righteous to Paradise,” which is recognized as a worldwide masterpiece. The righteous are accompanied by Paul and Peter. The apostle of love, Paul, is depicted turning to a crowd of righteous people, as if calling them according to the scroll in his left hand, “Come with me...”.
Nearby, a little lower, is the Apostle Peter with the keys to heaven. In the crowd of righteous people one can distinguish Nicholas the Pleasant and Gregory the Theologian, Savva the Sanctified and Anthony the Great, Basil the Great and John Chrysostom.
Opposite the “Procession of the Righteous to Paradise” is Paradise itself with the forefathers seated in it: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
There in paradise, between the fresco “Procession to Paradise” and Abraham’s bed, we see a prudent thief.
Of all the characters in “The Procession...” the face of the Apostle Peter, about whom much has been written, is especially striking. Peter in Andrei’s portrayal is love itself, pure and childlike, trusting and all-forgiving. These are the traits that Andrei Rublev wanted to emphasize as truly Russian: kindness, gentleness, sincerity and openness. It’s as if he bequeathed to all of us to always remain like this, no matter how many centuries have passed: “Be like children...”
Apostle Peter
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