Truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction[1]
Revelation 8.13 niv
13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in
mid air 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 kjv
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the Earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
We see here that the angel flying warns that three woe’s are yet to happen.
It would seem that after the Angels who sound four Trumpet warnings the worst is yet to come.
Key Words
| Beheld | Flying | Midst | Heaven |
| Woe | Inhabiters | Reason | voices |
Strong’s Concordance
| Word in kjv | Ref-No-for Greek word | Definition(s) |
| beheld | 1492 3700 3708 2334 4648 | Used in certain past tenses, to know – be aware – behold – perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wist, wot, to gaze, with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable, 2334 signifies an earnest but more continued inspection 4648 watching from a distance appear, look, see, shew self. |
| Flying | 4072 | A primary verb fly, flying |
| Midst | 3321 3319 3772 3326 | Midst, mid-sky, midst of heaven 3319 from 3326 among X before them, between, midday midnight mid way, denoting accompaniment, follow hence hereafter proximity and transfer or sequence |
| Heaven | 3321 once in Bible 3319 | Midst of heaven, mid sky, before them |
| Woe | 3759 | Exclamation of grief, alas, woe |
| Inhabiters | 2732 | Dwelling place |
| Reason | 1537 | Denoting origin point whence action or motion proceeds. Often used in composition with the same general import; often of completion |
| voices | 5456 5316 | Through the idea of disclosure, a tone, an address saying or language, noise, sound, voice, to lighten, show, seem, be seen, shine, x think |
It seems the trouble really begins for the inhabiters of the Earth whether they be human or animals insects, fish or birds!
The Bible seems to indicate that we are going to both see and hear the Angel with our natural ears and eyes!
By looking at the word “reason” it suggests some time after the sun, moon and starlight are not providing their normal light (shining) because of the attack(s) of the destroyers of the Earth. We do not know the timing. Timing is of the Lord.
We just know that those that are alive at this time of the darkening of the Sun and Moon that it is close for the fifth angel to sound after the angel who warns of the three woes to come. This would be amazing to see and hear and again will prove that God is in control not man nor the destroyer satan.
[1] Truth is stranger than fiction quote by Lord Bryon’s Don Juan (1823)