what is shown looks like clouds of smoke gushing out of a hole. This
is an underwater video.
Revelation 9: 2 says "...And he opened the bottomless pit; and there
arose a smoke out of the pit..."
Thats what the video seems to show, though we know the hole out of
which the "smoke" is rising is at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
And - apparently its not smoke from a fire which the video is showing,
but gas perhaps mixed with oil.
Revelation 9: 3 says "And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the
earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth
have power."
The locusts, or scorpions, coming out of the smoke from the opening of
the bottomless pit is metaphoric, and literal scorpions are not
expected to come out of some literal hole. In fact, the bottomless
pit is a metaphor.
Revelation 9: 5 says "...that they should be tormented five months:
and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion..."
Is this a literal period of five months, or is it also metaphoric?
Whichever it is in the Book of Revelation, the BP Oil Blowout Disaster
lasted exactly five months, from the time of the blow out and
explosion which killed eleven men until it was officially announced
that the "oil leak" was closed off.
Five months does not have exactly the same number of days at different
times of the year, because some months have 30 days and some 31. So,
five months is about 150 days. What is the probability that an oil
well blow out under the ocean would last about 150 days? I know of no
way to calculate this probability in an exact way - because, in part,
there have not been many such events. The higher the probability that an underwater oil well blowout would last exactly 150 or 151 days the more likely it this time period is coincidental. I doubt that the probability is real high, so the chances of it being coincidental are not zero, but still not real high. In other words, it could be a coincidence, but not real likely to be.
So we have to wonder if the Lord has not given those with eyes to see
a clue from this agreement of the 151 day period of the "leak" with
what is said in Revelation 9: 5.
The opening of the bottomless pit is a metaphor in itself. The BP oil
blowout points to that metaphor for those who can see it.
There have been reports of the dispersant Corexit used in massive
amounts in the Gulf coming down in the rain over parts of the eastern
U.S., and some say this has caused brown-black spots on some trees. I
posted parts of an article on the break up of the Gulf Loop Current
and the warm Atlantic Gulf Stream, due to Corexit and maybe oil too.
Authorities have said that fish from the Gulf is safe to eat, and if
this is not true and the fish is contaminated with Corexit, eating
fish from the Gulf may kill many Americans. So, what the mainstream
media has called an "oil spill" is likely to be an event much larger
in scope than an oil spill. How large cannot be determined now, but it
has the potential of being big.
Some have said that BP drilled into the side of an asphalt volcano in
the Gulf, which contained a huge amount of oil and gas under great
pressure. They say that there are other asphalt volcanoes under the
Gulf of Mexico and perhaps BP should have expected a blow out to
occur which would cause problems.
Note that Revelation 9: 1 says "And the fifth angel sounded..." This
is the Fifth Trumpet. It is the time of the scorpions.
What is the opening of the bottomless pit? At a literal level, some place that was sealed off - maybe underground or under the sea -
is opened and smoke comes out of the hole made when the bottomless
pit is opened. This can mean metaphorically that evil was restrained
and at some point - during the Tribulation - it is allowed to get out
of its restraint. The metaphor goes on to say that locust-scorpions
come out of the bottomless pit and torment those who do not have the
Another Look At the BP Oil Blowout and Revelation 9
Posted : 26 Sep, 2010 07:20 AM
I said that "What is the probability that an oil
well blow out under the ocean would last about 150 days? I know of no way to calculate this probability in an exact way - because, in part, there have not been many such events. The higher the probability that an underwater oil well blowout would last exactly 150 or 151 days the more likely it this time period is coincidental. I doubt that the probability is real high, so the chances of it being coincidental are not zero, but still not real high. In other words, it could be a coincidence, but not real likely to be."
What I was thinking when I wrote this is that if - for some reason - an underwater oil well blowout would be expected to last about five months, then Revelation 9: 5, talking about a period of five months, would not appear to be related to the oil blowout. I used the word
coincidental to suggest this idea. That is, if the oil spilling out of the hole in the ocean floor was expected, on the basis of knowledge about such blow outs, to last five months. then Revelation 9:5 and the oil blowout would not seem to be related.
But there is not exact knowledge available for predicting how long an underwater oil blowout would last. It depends upon many factors, such as how much oil is in the oil pool below the sea, how competent the oil people are in stopping the oil, etc.
There are no good reasons to expect the BP oil blowout to last exactly 150 or 151 days.
But - the problem in using man made knowledge is that God is sovereign over everything that happens. Whether there was knowledge predicting an undersea oil well blowout would last five months or not, God could arrange things so that a time period in scripture and how long an event in the physical world lasts would match up.
God could get the attention of some of his people by showing them that Scripture talks about a five month period and that the BP oil blowout lasted that long.
"Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." Amos 3: 7
What is God showing us?
If the BP oil blowout marks the beginning of the Fifth Trumpet Judgment of Revelation 9, then somehow we have missed the earlier Trumpet Judgments.
So, according to Revelation 9, which is a very difficult chapter, what is going to happen during the period of the Fifth and Sixth Trumpets?
