1. The Unveiling ‘Reversed Thunder’ Revelation 8-9

2. Reversed Thunder Reversed Thunder – Revelation 8-9 Ch 8:1 - Silence …. for 30 minutes.

4. Reversed Thunder Reversed Thunder – Revelation 8-9 Ch 8:1 - Silence …. for 30 minutes. Silence whilst God hears the prayers of his people. Ch 8:4-5 - The trumpets usher in God's answer to the prayers of his people

5. ‘The prayers which had been ignored, despised, and mocked returned with immense force, as reversed thunder. Prayer re-enters history with incalculable effects. Our earth is shaken daily by it.’ Eugene Petersen

6. Reversed Thunder Reversed Thunder – Revelation 8-9 Ch 8:1 - Silence …. for 30 minutes. Silence whilst God hears the prayers of his people. Ch 8:4-5 - The trumpets usher in God's answer to the prayers of his people Ch 8 trumpets usher in calamity in creation.

7. Ch 9 – calamities directed at people Star – ‘Star’, v1 = Satan – ‘Locusts’ – ‘Locusts’ V3-11 (despotic rulers and dictators?) one of the Egyptian plaques vegetarian but these only harm people - v5 couldn’t kill, only ‘torture’ or ‘torment’ - v5 limited to 5 Months - v5 & 10. grotesque, but attractive - v9 – Human like faces & woman’s hair – Crown = authority – iron breastplate – invincibility – power - horses and chariots – Alluring but with a sting in the tail – v10 – 6 th Trumpet - terror and death to a 1/3rd of the population ( – 6 th Trumpet - terror and death to a 1/3rd of the population (v13) - overwhelming evil and terror. Reversed Thunder Reversed Thunder – Revelation 8-9