Revelation chapter 8..

I use the King James Version, this is from the NIV Life in the Spirit Study Bible,,

Revelation chapter 8

1) When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2) And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
3) Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the alter. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, and the golden alter before the throne.
4) The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up befoer God from the angel's hand.
5) Then the angel took the censer, filled with fire from the alter, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
6) Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
7) The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and and all the green grass was burned up.
8) The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood,
9) a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10) The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water --
11) the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
12) The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
13) As I watched, I heard angel that was flying in midair 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!

Review of this chapter



8:1 - the seventh seal...........The opening of the seventh seal initiates the seven trumpets of judgement; thus, the trumpet judgements are the seventh seal. The trumpet judgements are partial judgements, while the judgements of the seven bowls are more severe. The seventh trumpet will announce the seven bowls of judgement. The silence in heaven is due to the horror of the coming judgements against sin.

8:7 - hail and fire mixed with blood...........The first four trumpet judgements begin. (1) One-third of the earth's vegetation is destroyed by fire and hail; one-third of the sea and rivers is polluted; the heavens, sun, moon and stars are darkened for a third part of both day and night. (2) The judgements affect humans also, for many are killed. The judgement is limited to one third of the world, because the purpose of the judgement is partial to warn people and bring them to repentance.

8:8 - huge mountain, all ablaze.........This may be a great burning meteor, which falls into the sea and kills one-third of the sea creatures and destroys and destroys many ships.8:11 - Wormwood..........."Wormwood" is a bitter plant, representing God's judgement and human sorrow(see Dt 29:18; Pr 5:4; Jer 9:15; Am 5:7).

8:13 - an eagle that was flying..........The eagle's threefold cry of woe is to warn that the next three trumpet judgements will be much more intense and devestating than those that preceded. The fifth and sixth judgements will involve horrible demonic forces.



NIV Life in the Spirit Study Bible is what my friend uses. I use the King James Version.. As long as they are studying up, It makes me no differents. We talk about it all....

ICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Pic. was taken this morning..

We got nothing but sleet from lastnight

around 4PM and it is still coming down out there.

This pic. was taken lastnight around 8 PM.

This pic. was taken around 5 PM lastnight..

I like snow but don't like the ice.. I guess

we won't get the snow..

Andrew's first time being with just grandma and grandpa..

Andrew was getting tired so, he thought he would lay down and read his book..

Then he decided to lay on his book.
Grandpa feeding his little stinker , while we had
him for the day..


We just got to Hardee's and Andrew was

still asleep..

Andrew got to spend the day with grandma and grandpa after church..

We had a good time with him..

We love him so....

Misty

I wished, I would have been there to she her get

baptized..

In this pic. Misty almost got the Holy Ghost..

You keep it up Misty and you will get the Holy Ghost...

She is crying.

Going to put her hands over her nose..As you can see they are praying...

Thank you Sarah for taking the pictures ..

Who ever see my blog keep her in your prays..

Love Ya Misty..

Out to eat

We went out to eat tonight at Diana's

diner. We took the two boys, dad, and mom.

We all had a good dinner and a good time.

In this pic. Josh is talking to Garland

Matthew finished his fish dinner and is getting

tired already.

Dad had chicken liver and all the other goodies
that went with it.. He also, got his hair cut
after we left the diner. I don't think he felt to
good because, he didn't finish his dinner.

Mom working on her dinner, she had chicken strips
and all the other goodies that went with it..

It was good not haven to cook tonight..

Party 1-21-09

Every month we pick a day were the children

can have a party for their B-Days..The kids take a vote

on what they want to eat at the party..This time pizza won

over the others... The children also had cupcakes and fruit punch..

In this pic. the one at the camera is Olivia the little

one with the cupcake is Cloey..

The little guy in this pic. is Kaden..

he had 3 cupcakes..
Again this is Cloey, she was asking
for more pizza...Boy it was good as you can see.

Here is Shelby, Olivia, Cloey and Kaden eating their

first piece of pizza.. They each had 2 to 3 pieces.

There were more children here that day,

but they didn't want their pics taking...

We had lots of fun Yesterday..

These pictures were taken at church this morning.

Janie Trying to fix her camera
Andrew sleeping after his morning feeding

Still asleep

All comfortable and relaxed.

Revelation 7

Revelation 7

1) After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.

2) Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

3) "Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."

4) Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Isreal.

5) From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,from the tribe of Gad 12,000

6) from the tribe of Asher 12,000,from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,

7) from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,from the tribe of Levi 12,000,from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,

8) from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.

9) After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palms branches in their hands.

10) And they cried out in a loud voice:"Salvation belongs to our God,who sits on the throne,and to the Lamb."

11) All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures.They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

12) saying:"Amen! Praise and gloryand wisdom and thanks andhonorand power and strengthbe to our God for ever and ever,Amen!"

13) Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes -- who are they, and where did they come from?"

14) I answered, "Sir, you know." and he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb,

15)0 therefore "they are before the throne ofGodand serve him day and nightin his temple;and he who sits on the thronewill spread his tent overthem.

16) Never again will they hunger;never again will they thirst.The sun will not beat upon them,nor any scorching heat.

17) For the Lamb at the center of thethrone will be theirshepherd;he will lead them to springs of living water.And will wipe away everytear from their eyes.

"Review of this chapter

7:1 - I saw four angels............Ch. 7 is an interlude between the sixth and seventh seal, and reveals those who believe and were faithful to Christ during the great tribulation. Those who take their stand for God (6:17) are both Jew (vv 3-8) and non- Jew (vv 9-10. 13-15). they accept the everlasting gospel proclaimed by angels (14:6).7:4 - 144,000 from all the tribes of Isreal.......... the 144,000 are described as servants of God (v 3) from the tribes of Israel (vv 4-8). God will put a seal or mark on their foreheads to indicate consecration and ownership (Eze

9:)1-6; 2Ti 2:19). (1) Some Bible interpreters believe these new believers from the tribes of Israel will be commissioned and empowered by the spirit to preach the gospel during the tribulation days. (2) their being sealed by God does not mean they are being protected from physical death or from martyrdom resulting from satan's persecution (v 14). However, they are protected from God's direct judgement and from demonic affliction (9:14).7:9 - a great multitude..........John describes a scene in heaven of a great multitude of people from all nations who come to salvation through faith in Christ. They will be with God (v 15), free from pain and sorrow (vv 16-17). Many believe that this multitude saved by the "blood of the Lamb" (v 14) are tribulation saints, because John states that they "have come out of the great tribulation" (v 14). those who accept Christ are special objects of persecution from satan and evil people.7:14 - the great tribulation..........the great tribulation is a time of God's judgements on the end-time antichrist world that has rejected Christ; it is also a time of satan's wrath and persecution against those who receive Christ and his Word during the tribulation (12:12). During this period. many saints will suffer terribly as objects of wrath of satan and the ungodly (vv 9-17; 6:9-11;20:4). So intense is the conflict between righteousness and wickedness that it can only be called a "great tribulation." this phrase in the greek literally reads "the tribulation, the great"; in the greek language repeating the article "the" makes a statement emphatic.7:17 - God will wipe away every tear..........this promise may refer to the removal of any memory that might cause us suffering, regret or remorse. In heaven nothing that invloves deprivation, suffering or sorrow remains (v 16)

NIV Life in the Spirit Study Bible

This is something that I have been reading on along with some friends...

Playing with our new camera

I do childcare in my home.. Here are my girls. No,

matter what I do they have to be part of it..

Here we are playing with our new camera, they even got

to see me hook the camera up to the tv and see there

pic. on it real big, I tell you...

The little one on the left is Mackenzie, the one with her head

turned is Cloey, then there is our Olivia she is sister Bunton's great

niece, last but not forgotten is Shelby..

1-13-09

Here is Garland, like I said, we were trying the camera

out...He is the one who got the camera for us.. You will

be seeing alot of pics. of different things we do..

Sunday January 11-09

My grandma put me to sleep, then laid me down...

Janie feeding Landon, one of the babies I watch..

We just got back from church and Landon on the left and Andrew on the right are fast a sleep.

Eagle

My friend Karan S. gave me this pics..

she knows that I'm in to Eagles and white tigers..
A man by the name of Sam took them, he did a great job
taking them...

Great grandma Stroud with Andrew (Andy) Andrew with both grandma and grandpa

Andrew with grandpa (Garland),Matthew, and Joshua

Myself and my little prince..I love him so.

Grandpa and his little stinker. He is so proud of Andrew

Andrew Franklin James Bell

These pics. was taking right after Andrew was born.. Andrew came in to the world on Dec. 30th-08...Mommy(Janie) got to hold him right after he was born. Then nurse Lisa took him to checked him over and gave him his first bath....