stephen583
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Now you're swinging the other way, first you said a CME wouldn't do what is prophesied, now it's annihilation.
Could go either way. Depends on the size and duration of a solar flare. I don't believe God intends to wipe all the life off this planet when he pours out his wrath on the sun, so perhaps it will be the "greatest" solar flare in history, but not a planet killer. I'm not sure how much of the destruction described in the Revelation is attributable to acts of God, and how much results from our actions. The Revelation Prophecy says God will "destroy those who destroy the earth". So clearly, there will be some destruction caused specifically by mankind and our weapons of war. That having been said, it's also made equally clear, some of the destruction will be acts of God targeting those who are responsible for destroying the earth.
The Bible is filled with figurative language and metaphors (especially the Revelation). In Matthew 24 it says there will be earthquakes in diverse places. In Hebrew, one of the definitions of "earthquake" is a "great noise". Often an earthquake is proceeded by a loud noise (sonic boom) that can be heard for many miles. The fire department I worked for received reports of these "explosive" noises all the time. Usually they were reported as suspected plane crashes, or a sonic booms attributed to low flying military aircraft. Often the "noise" corresponded to "seismic" activity in the area, and had nothing to do with airplanes.
How exactly is the word "earthquake" being used in Bible Prophecy ?! Is it being used figuratively as a metaphor for "earth shaking" global events ?! Does it refer to the "noisome" and "disturbing" headlines that herald these apocalyptic events ?! Does it refer literally to actual geological seismic events ?! Could it be a reference to all of these things happening simultaneously ?! The Bible explicitly states, "there will be signs in the heavens and in the earth". I believe it could be a mixture of both literal and figurative symbolic fulfillment.
I just pray that Volcanic Caldera under Yellowstone Park doesn't erupt during the Apocalypse, because that would be an extinction event for everyone living in North America.
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