Stars of Heaven Falling Revelation 6:13

After the worship scene in heaven where “the Lamb” of God received the “scroll” in God's right hand, the beginning of the tribulation came upon the earth began as John the apostle saw the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and the sixth seals of the “scroll” opened by Jesus, and he wrote, “ there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;”, and in chapter six and verse thirteen of Revelation John shared how “the stars of heaven fell unto the earth” where we read:

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs,

when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

The verse reads, “And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs, ...” John began with the words, “and the stars” which means “the stars as strewn over the sky” “of heaven” which means “the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it” “fell” or “descended from a higher place to a lower” “unto the earth” which means “toward the arable land, country, territory or region”, “even as a fig tree” or “like and in the same way as a tree with figs” “casts” which means “throws, scatters and pours out” “her untimely figs” or “the fig trees' unripe fruit”. John saw the “stars” in the heavens falling upon the “earth” like a “fig tree” drops it's unripe fruit.

The verse continues, “... when she is shaken of a mighty wind.” John added the word, “when” which means “at the present time and moment” “she is shaken” or “the fig tree throws, scatters and pours out”“of a mighty wind” or “pertaining to a large, abundant and tempestuous stream of air”. The “stars of heaven” were falling like “figs” being thrown from their “trees” when “mighty winds” blow upon them.

When we think through John's words in this verse, we see the cataclysmic display of the “stars” falling from heaven toward the earth. Meteors and space debris are crashing upon the world as though they were thrust by a “mighty force” like a wind blowing through a fruit tree. The times John describes are horrific upon the earth, and those who reside in the world at that time shall suffer great devastation. God desires to save people through His Son Jesus from this horrific time, and though the “stars” are destined to fall with a mighty force, they may be avoided by simply putting “faith and trust” in Jesus Christ. May all who read these words “take heed”.

Next time John shares how he saw, “the heaven departed like a scroll”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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