The Second Woe from the Book of Revelation

We're currently in a period described as the "Second Woe" in the Book of Revelation. (The first woe was the Persian Gulf War.) The key chapter for the second woe is Revelation 10. That chapter references a city that collapses and 3.5 days of burying the dead. Chances are good we just saw part of that. This article explores.

Timing of the Second Woe

In Revelation 10, the story references a rainbow. All stories match other stories and the rainbow is extremely rare. The rainbow of Revelation 10 matches the exactly 1 other rainbow in scripture, Noah's rainbow.

Noah's rainbow hit prophetically at January 25, 1992 when Yeltsin stopped pointing Nuclear Weapons at cities of the United States. 7 biblical years from there hit December 18, 1998. This is of course the start of the 1000 day mercy period not mentioned in Revelation 10. (Off by a couple important days, we may not be clear of this for another few days.)

The 42 month period described in Revelation 10 likely starts here, in December of 1998, or near here, covering the events in the rest of the Second Woe. (The small scroll was the Wye River memorandum, the trample of Jerusalem was Clinton's trip, etc.)

The first woe, identified Saddam as the "beast from the Abyss." He confirmed it giving an Abyss speech at February 24, 1991. In the second woe he comes back, attacks and overpowers the "two." The "two" are never random two, they must match some two already seen in scripture. Since this woe is apparently nearly over, already 1000 days into it, and about 260 remain, we can narrow our search for two to the stories near here. The "two" of Revelation 10 likely matches the other pairs I've covered so far, all hitting at or near September 11, 2001.

The city collapses

At the end of the Second Woe period, chapter 11 of the Book of Revelation turns its attention to a collapse of 1/10th of a city. The following is the relevant text:

66 Revelation 11:13 13ܘܒܫܥܬܐ ܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܙܘܥܐ ܪܒܐ ܘܚܕ ܡܢ ܥܤܪܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܢܦܠܘ ܘܐܬܩܛܠܘ ܒܙܘܥܐ ܫܡܗܐ ܕܓܒܪܐ ܐܠܦܐ ܫܒܥܐ ܘܕܫܪܟܐ ܗܘܘ ܒܕܚܠܬܐ ܘܝܗܒܘܢ ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ ܀ (SYP)

66 Revelation 11:13 13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (KJV)

66 Revelation 11:13 13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and 1/10 part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men 7000: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (KJV/NC)

66 Revelation 11:13 13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (ASV)

66 Revelation 11:13 13And at the same hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and the number of men killed in the earthquake was seven thousand; and the survivors were frightened, and they gave glory to God. (LAM)

66 Revelation 11:13 13And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.(RSV)

66 Revelation 11:13 13At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.(NIV)

66 Revelation 11:13 13In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (WEB)

66 Revelation 11:13 13In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (WEB/HNV)

66 Revelation 11:13 13And at the same hour there was a great earthquake, and 1/10th part of the city fell, and the number of men killed in the earthquake was 7,000; and the survivors were frightened, and they gave glory to God. (BRB)

The World Trade Center contained about 10 million square feet of office space. When it was destroyed the financial district of lower Manhattan lost about 15 million square feet of space because of collateral damage in the neighborhood. The twin towers alone represend about 10 percent of the total space in the financial district. 1 This is exactly what the passage suggests we should see.

At this writing about 6,300 people are dead or missing from the disaster in New York City. It will take many more weeks before the total numbers are known. Companies with offices in the towers, as well as family members with missing relatives can both submit names to New York City authorities. Illegal immigrants, likely working custodial jobs in the towers, are also not yet recorded on the logs of the missing. We'll continue to watch as this story unfolds, but it will likely approach 7000, the number mentioned in Revelation.

Burying the dead

It could take many months before all the bodies are recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers. The formal memorial service for the dead was held Friday afternoon at the National Cathedral in Washington DC. Using Biblical time keeping, three days ended at 9:00 on Friday Morning, September 14, 2001. The national funeral service was at the 3.5 day mark.

Technically, memorials were held at noon, Friday, and each hour there after as various time zones across the United States passed 12:00 noon. They finished on the continental United States at noon, Pacific time, or 3:00 PM Eastern.

Biblical days do not always cover nights, the time spent at night can be ignored. Days have 12 hours of day light and the memorial services on Friday were thus 3.5 days after the event.

The following is the relevant text from Revelation:

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8ܘܫܠܕܝܗܘܢ ܥܠ ܫܘܩܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܐܝܕܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ ܪܘܚܢܐܝܬ ܤܕܘܡ ܘܡܨܪܝܢ ܐܝܟܐ ܕܡܪܗܘܢ ܐܨܛܠܒ ܀ 9ܘܚܙܝܢ ܡܢ ܐܡܘܬܐ ܘܫܪܒܬܐ ܘܠܫܢܐ ܘܥܡܡܐ ܠܫܠܕܝܗܘܢ ܬܠܬܐ ܝܘܡܝܢ ܘܦܠܓܗ ܘܠܫܠܕܝܗܘܢ ܠܐ ܢܫܒܩܘܢ ܠܡܬܬܤܡܘ ܒܩܒܪܐ ܀ (SYP)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. (KJV)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. 9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies 3 1/2 days, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. (KJV/NC)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8And their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. (ASV)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8And their dead bodies shall be upon the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9And their dead bodies will be seen by the peoples and kindred and nations and tongues for three days and a half, and it will not be permitted to bury their dead bodies in graves. (LAM)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9For three days and a half men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, (RSV)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9For three and a half days men from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. (NIV)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. (WEB)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. (WEB/HNV)

66 Revelation 11:8-9 8And their dead bodies will be on the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. 9And their dead bodies will be seen by the peoples and families and nations and tongues for 3 days and a 1/2, and it will not be permitted to bury their dead bodies in graves. (BRB)

1www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/9/21/61916.shtml,    
 

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