May 29th

Today I read

1 Corinthians 1:

Paul corrects the church in Corinth for arguing about who they follow, and instructs them that they are to boast in the LORD, not in man. They are to remember that God’s wisdom is foolishness to those who are perishing, and that they did not bring significant value in wisdom to God’s kingdom when they were called.

(archived audio)

And then I listened to (Week 16, Day 77) of the Immerse audio from four chapters in the book of Revelation, and then I took some reference notes shown below.

Revelation 8:

The seventh seal was opened. The first angel of seven blew a trumpet and caused hail, fire and blood to burn 1/3 of the plants on the earth. The second angel’s trumpet blow caused a fiery mountain to fall on the earth and killed 1/3 of the life in and on the ocean. The third angel’s trumpet blast caused a star to fall and kill 1/3 by contaminating many of the fresh water sources on the earth. The fourth angel’s trumpet blast caused 1/3 of the sun, moon, and stars to go dark. Then an eagle warned about the last three trumpets that were still yet to come.

Revelation 9:

The fifth angel blew his trumpet, which caused a star to fall to earth from heaven, and that star was given a key to open the shaft of a bottomless pit. Opening this shaft caused a plume of smoke to be released and stinging locusts flew out and sting (but not to kill) all who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads, torturing them for five months. They look pretty weird up close. The sixth angel blew a trumpet, causing four angels to kill 1/3 of all humankind, and they totaled 200 million mounted troops. This who did not die still would not turn to God, but continued to worship idols, murders, thefts, witchcraft, and other sins.

Revelation 10:

An angel was standing on sea and land and was holding a little scroll, and a voice from Heaven told John to eat it and that it would be sweet, then sour. It would cause him to prophesy about many peoples, nations, languages and Kings.

Revelation 11:

John was told to measure the temple, just not the outer courtyard. Two witnesses would be given power to prophesy for 1,260 days. They will have power to send drought, plagues and will kill those who try to harm them with fire flashing out from their mouths. The beast will come out of the pit and kill them, people will celebrate their death, and after three and a half days, they will be resurrected by God and brought up to Heaven in full view of their enemies. The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and voices announced from Heaven what wrath and judgement was going to be happening soon. Then an earthquake happened, lightning, thunder, another earthquake, and then a terrible hailstorm.