Chapter 8 Footnotes
[1] See Appendix 2 in Book1: The Olivet Discourse and Revelation
[2] Point 3 in Main Points in the Commentary.
[3] ‘Seven was symbolic in ancient near eastern and Israelite culture and literature. It communicated a sense of “fullness” or “completeness.”’
[4] Isaiah 64:12
[5] Psalm 28:1
[6] Amos 8:11
[7] The word means another of the same kind.
[8] Job 1:6
[9] Luke 1:19
[10] Daniel 10:13
[11] Jude 1:9. The term archangel only appears here, where it is applied to Michael, and in 1Thessalonians 4:16 where Christ returns for his people “with the voice of the archangel”.
[12] Revelation 12:7
[13] Tobit 12:15
[14] 1 Enoch 20:2-8
[15] Revelation 6:9-10
[16] Revelation 4:5, 8:5, 11:19, and 16:18
[17] hail, fire, and blood upon the earth with the first trumpet, a huge blazing mountain on the sea with the second trumpet, and a blazing torch on the fresh waters for the third trumpet.
[18] Isaiah 6:6
[19] Ezekiel 10:2
[20] God’s wrath as an element of purification may be seen in Ezekiel 24, especially vv. 9-14.
[21] Joshua 6
[22] Joel 2:1
[23] Zephaniah 1:14-16
[24] 1 Thessalonians 4:16
[25] 1 Corinthians 15:52
[26] Matthew 24:31
[27] Revelation 14:7
[28] Tunguska, in Siberia 1906 and the associated forest damage, and probably the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Midwest Wildfires of October 1871.
[29] The K-T boundary meteor impact that destroyed the dinosaurs and other extinction events, for example.
[30] A red tide is an algal bloom. Algal blooms can be of many colors. The algae that cause the blooms can release toxins harmful to other water life.
[31] Revelation 6:9-11
[32] Revelation 14:6-12
[2] Point 3 in Main Points in the Commentary.
[3] ‘Seven was symbolic in ancient near eastern and Israelite culture and literature. It communicated a sense of “fullness” or “completeness.”’
[4] Isaiah 64:12
[5] Psalm 28:1
[6] Amos 8:11
[7] The word means another of the same kind.
[8] Job 1:6
[9] Luke 1:19
[10] Daniel 10:13
[11] Jude 1:9. The term archangel only appears here, where it is applied to Michael, and in 1Thessalonians 4:16 where Christ returns for his people “with the voice of the archangel”.
[12] Revelation 12:7
[13] Tobit 12:15
[14] 1 Enoch 20:2-8
[15] Revelation 6:9-10
[16] Revelation 4:5, 8:5, 11:19, and 16:18
[17] hail, fire, and blood upon the earth with the first trumpet, a huge blazing mountain on the sea with the second trumpet, and a blazing torch on the fresh waters for the third trumpet.
[18] Isaiah 6:6
[19] Ezekiel 10:2
[20] God’s wrath as an element of purification may be seen in Ezekiel 24, especially vv. 9-14.
[21] Joshua 6
[22] Joel 2:1
[23] Zephaniah 1:14-16
[24] 1 Thessalonians 4:16
[25] 1 Corinthians 15:52
[26] Matthew 24:31
[27] Revelation 14:7
[28] Tunguska, in Siberia 1906 and the associated forest damage, and probably the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Midwest Wildfires of October 1871.
[29] The K-T boundary meteor impact that destroyed the dinosaurs and other extinction events, for example.
[30] A red tide is an algal bloom. Algal blooms can be of many colors. The algae that cause the blooms can release toxins harmful to other water life.
[31] Revelation 6:9-11
[32] Revelation 14:6-12
