Revelation 16:2 [2] And the
first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome
and grievous sore upon the men, which had the mark of the beast, and upon them
which worshipped his image. This first
vial is directly tied to the first trumpet.
The trumpets herald (announce) the beginning of seven chronological
events, and the seven vials close each of these events. The first trumpet announces the beginning of
event number one, and the first vial closes it when its last drop strikes the
earth. Previous chapters have fully
outlined the series of horrifying events that begin with the blowing of the
first trumpet. The great unleashing of
thousands of great earthquakes from the sixth seal to the seventh trumpet will
be the action of God, and it will eventually lead to the outbreak of noisome
and grievous sores in Revelation 16:2.
The following Scriptures attest fully that God will shake the earth to
its very foundation during the latter part of the Tribulation Period:
Luke 21:11
[11] And great
earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and
fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. Malachi 4:1 + Haggai 2:6 + Isaiah 24:1 + 29:6
+ 24:19,20 [1] For,
behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and
all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them
up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
[6] For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I
will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; [1]
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it
upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. [6] Thou shalt be visited
of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with
storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. [19] The earth is utterly
broken down, the earth is clean dissolved (torn asunder), the earth is moved
exceedingly. [20] The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be
removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;
and it shall fall, and not rise again. When the Bible
was written mankind believed the world was flat. But God, who made the universe, knew the folly of man’s belief,
for in Isaiah 40:22 He tells us, “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the
earth.” God knew the earth was circular
before man. He also established the
invisible forces of the universe that hold the earth in its planetary
position. He testifies to this in Job
26:7 by the statement: “and hangeth the earth upon nothing.” This circular earth, made by God, and held
in space by His invisible powers, will soon be shaken to the very foundation of
it’s gravitational center. God
testifies to this unbelievable foundation shaking of the earth’s core in Isaiah
24:18 as he states: “For the windows from on
high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.” When the
tectonic plates of the earth begin to readjust themselves to a new balance of
geophysical isostasy, there will be a dramatic change in the gravitational core
balance of the earth. Isostasy is
neither a force nor a process, but the universal tendency to establish balance
between the segments of the earth’s crust.
It’s attempt to correct the gravitation imbalance in the plates will
cause a disruption from the crust to earth’s core. This disruption of the earth’s tectonic balance will damage the
electromagnetic field. The central core
of the earth is solid nickel and iron.
The outer core surrounding it is liquid nickel and iron. As the earth spins in space it moves the
liquid around the solid core. So we
have the solid core rotating as an electric conductor in a magnetic field. God has so constructed the interior of the
earth that it operates like a huge generator.
This produces electricity in fantastic quantities, which generates a
very powerful magnetic field, and that field is God’s magnetic field of the
earth. The earth’s magnetic field is so
complex that only God understands the delicate balance which keeps the
geomagnetic shield in place around the earth. Figure 22
portrays the protective magnetic field that God maintains around His planet
Earth. The magnetic field is a protective
barrier around the earth. The field is
constantly being bombarded by many a wide variety of celestial particles and
rays. Among the many attacking
celestials are cosmic rays, which are strong charged, fast moving particles of
hydrogen and helium. They severely
damage living cells, and produce horrifying mutations of the skin. If the magnetic field were to be disrupted,
all life forms would be subject to a very high dose of cosmic-ray bombardment. Terrible mutations of the skin would
naturally occur. I am convinced
that the great shaking of the earth prior to, and during, the pouring of the
first vial, will produce the conditions described in Revelation 16:2, the
outbreak of noisome and grievous sores upon the flesh. The shift in the magnetic field of the earth
will play a part in the fulfillment of Revelation 16:2. The earth’s magnetic field has shifted
several times during geologic history.
Whenever these reversals occur they reduce the earth’s magnetic field by
about 80%, thereby leaving the earth without it’s protective shroud. I believe God will lower his protective
magnetic shield to plague the doomed of the earth with flesh mutilation by
cosmic radiation. Thus far we
have dealt with only the fantastic shaking produced by earthquakes up to the
pouring of the first vial, which leads to surface cosmic ray bombardment. In all reality, this cosmic bombardment will
be incidental in production of sores, when compared with the effect of volcanic
eruptions produced by the movement of the same tectonic plates. Lord willing, we will show what will produce
most of these sores, as we examine trumpet four and vial four in a continuation
of this chapter next Friday as BIRTH PANG NUMBER 14A. Destruction of the ozone layer will produce most of the sores.