Can internet infrastructure survive the judgements of Revelation 6-11 and 16?

[linux.poet]

I’m thinking that the undersea cables may survive the ocean turning to blood, but the earthquakes and the sun being turned up may do some serious damage to data centers and router boxes. I’m interested to read how the different theological views on how these judgements are carried out would approach this problem.

Thoughts?

 

[Vambram]

During and after the cataclysmic judgements in Revelation 6-11 and 16, the only kind of global telecommunications which might still work could be satellite radio and satellite internet.

 

[Marilyn C]

I’m thinking that the undersea cables may survive the ocean turning to blood, but the earthquakes and the sun being turned up may do some serious damage to data centers and router boxes. I’m interested to read how the different theological views on how these judgements are carried out would approach this problem.

Thoughts?

 

[Marilyn C]

THE MIGHTY EARTHQUAKE

There is great darkness upon the earth when the world`s armies surround Jerusalem.

`Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will diminish their brightness.` (Joel 3: 14 & 15)

Then through the gloom they see a strange light coming closer to the earth. This supernatural sign is the great glory of the Lord and His angelic hosts leaving heaven and coming to this sin-stricken earth. As they come closer the glory gets brighter and by evening it is bright.

`It shall come to pass in that day that there will be no light; the lights will diminish. It shall be one day which is known to the Lord - neither day nor night but at evening time it shall happen that it will be light.` (Zech. 14: 6 & 7)

Suddenly there is a mighty roar from God Almighty and the heavens part and on the earth there is a great and mighty earthquake destroying the cities of the world.

`The Lord also will roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and earth will shake;...` (Joel 3: 16)

`And there were noises and thundering and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell....then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.` (Rev. 16: 18 - 20)

The multitudes in the valley, and all the peoples of the earth tremble in fear and try to hide, for they know that it is the great day of the wrath of God.

`...behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black....and the moon became like blood and the stars fell to the earth,.....Then the sky receded.... and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!

For the great day of His wrath has come and who is able to stand?” (Rev. 6: 12 - 17)

The Lord Jesus Christ with His mighty angelic host will have shaken this planet to its very core. Truly “Who can stand?”

 

[Marilyn C]

LIFE IN THE MILLENNIUM

The plagues through the tribulation and the great earthquake that caused the cities of the nations to fall, will cause such great devastation upon the earth that civilization as we know it will cease. No technology, no fuel, no food production, no medical facilities, no businesses of any kind, all will have crumbled, obliterated. There will be only few people upon the earth after the plagues, mass killings and persecutions.

Life in the millennium will have to start from the basics - agriculture and working together in family groups. There will be no more wars, so the weapons will be made into farm implements.

` They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.` (Micah 4: 3)

`They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit....` (Isa. 65: 21)

People will have to learn to work together to rebuild houses and dwelling places. Then over time some of the cities will be repaired by the generations that follow.

`And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.` (Isa. 61: 4)

`They shall build houses and inhabit them; ...` (Isa. 65: 21)

Many people will come to Israel and work for them, as they realise the blessing of the Lord is upon the nation of Israel.

`Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the foreigner shall be your ploughmen and your vine-dressers.` (Isa. 61: 5)

Over time people will live longer as there will be no wars, and life is centred round outdoor healthy living. People will learn of the ways of the Lord from the priests, and thus there will not be so much anxiety and stress.

`No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, .....for as the days of a tree so shall be the days of my people, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth children for trouble; for they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.` (Isa. 66: 22 & 23)

 

[Marilyn C]

 

[keras]

During and after the cataclysmic judgements in Revelation 6-11 and 16, the only kind of global telecommunications which might still work could be satellite radio and satellite internet.

But our satellites will fall like ripe figs in a storm. Revelation 6:13
The internet will be history, never to be re-established.

 

[Vambram]

But our satellites will fall like ripe figs in a storm. Revelation 6:13
The internet will be history, never to be re-established.

That verse can also be talking about meteorites and very small asteroids as well.