Revelation 8:11

And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. Symbolizers interpret the star fallen from heaven a chief minister (Arius, etc., or some future false teacher) falling from his high place, and instead of shining with heavenly light as a star, becoming a torch lit with earthly fire and smouldering with smoke. Wormwood, though medicinal, if used as ordinary water, would not only be disagreeable, but also fatal; so 'heretical wormwood changes the sweet Siloas of Scripture into deadly Marahs' (Wordsworth). Contrast the converse change of Marah water into sweet, (, etc.) Alford instances the conversion of water into fire-water-ardent spirits-which may destroy a third of the ungodly in the latter days....

7-13 The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood. A storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors falling on the church, or a tempest of destruction. The second angel sounded, and a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea; and the third part of the sea became blood. By this mountain some understand leaders of the persecutions; others, Rome sacked by the Goths and Vandals, with great slaughter and cruelty. The third angel sounded, and there fell a star from heaven. Some take this to be an eminent governor; others take it to be some person in power who corrupted the churches of Christ. The doctrines of the gospel, the springs of spiritual life, comfort, and vigour, to the souls of men, are corrupted and made bitter by the mixture of dangerous errors, so that the souls of men find ruin where they sought refreshment. The...

Verse Revelation 8:11. _THE STAR IS CALLED WORMWOOD_] So called from the _bitter_ or _distressing effects_ produced by its influence....

AND THE NAME OF THE STAR IS CALLED WORMWOOD - Is appropriately so called. The writer does not say that it would be actually so called, but that this name would be properly descriptive of its qualities. Such expressions are common in allegorical writings. The Greek word - ἄψινθος apsinthos - denotes “wormwood,” a well-known bitter herb. That word becomes the proper emblem of bitterness. Compare Jeremiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:15; Lamentations 3:15, Lamentations 3:19. And the third part of the wate

EXPOSITION REVELATION 8:1 AND WHEN. Καὶ ὅταν, instead of καὶ ὅτε (as in the other seals), is read in A, C, and gives a certain indefiniteness which does not belong to any of the rest (Alford). Ὅτε is, however, found in א, B, P, Andreas. HE HAD OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL; _he opened. _As in the case of the other seals, the silence accompanies the opening (see on Revelation 6:1, Revelation 6:3, Revelation 6:5, etc.). This completes the number, and sets the roll free ...

AND THE NAME OF THE STAR IS CALLED WORMWOOD,.... Because of the bitter afflictions, sorrows, and distresses which it was the instrument of; just as Naomi called herself Mara, because the Almighty had dealt bitterly with her, Ruth 1:20; AND THE THIRD PART OF THE WATERS BECAME WORMWOOD; that is, the inhabitants of the provinces and cities belonging to the Roman empire were afflicted with grievous and bitter afflictions and calamities; so great distresses are called wormwood, and waters of gall given to drink, Jeremiah 9:15; AND MANY MEN DIED OF THE WATERS, BECAUSE THEY WERE BITTER; through the barbarities and cruelties of these savage people, who afflicted the empire: there seems to be an allusion to...

CHAPTER S 8:6-11:18 The Sounding of the Seven Trumpets _ 1. The first trumpet (Revelation 8:6)_ 2. The second trumpet (Revelation 8:8) 3. The third trumpet (Revelation 8:10) 4. The fourth trumpet (Revelation 8:12) 5. The fifth trumpet (Revelation 9:1) 6. The sixth trumpet (Revelation 9:13) 7. Parenthesis: The angel and the little book ...

THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS. The first four trumpets, like the first four seals, form a connected group, and differ in character from the last three. They affect chiefly the natural world, which they overwhelm with disaster. Many of the features are borrowed from the plagues of Egypt. [The description seems to be based also on volcanic phenomena, as often in OT prophecy. The whole district was subject to volcanic disturbances, and in particular the island of Santorin (about 80 miles S.W. of Patmos) may have suggested several features. See J. T. Bent's article, What St. John saw in Patmos (_Nineteenth Century,_ 1888). On this island there is a work by F, Fouqué, _Santorin et ses é ruptions._ A. S. P.] REVELATION 8:7. The first trumpet (_cf._ Exodus 9:24), fire flashing continually amid

THE THIRD TRUMPET. And the third angel sounded, and there fell. great star from heaven, burning as it were. lamp, and it fell upon. third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; and the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. 8:10, 11. The third angel sounds the charge of battle. Now the apostle beholds. mighty meteor,. burning star,. _shooting_ star, that falls upon the rivers and fountains of waters. Where it falls they become bitter as wormwood, and are full of death. This evidently presages. time of great calamity and death in some way connected with the rivers of the Roman Empire.. star, as. have before said, would refer to some mighty chieftain. This is. blazing meteor that flashes with brilliancy and then expires. Who can be meant? None other but _Attila,_...

THE SILENCE AND THE THUNDER OF PRAYER (Revelation 8:1-5)...