[Salvation]

You are sorely misled about Revelation here. Yes, some does apply to the Last Judgment.

It was written by John to the people of that day as a warning about the Roman Empire. There are many parallels in his language that the Romans would have understood.

Trumpets, bowls, etc. are pertain to these warnings. Heck the first chapters are specific warnings to the cities of that day.

It is not an End Times book, but what John was seeing in his day.

Many people do interpret it to be an End Times book, and as my first sentence stated -- yes, there are direct references. Please dod a historical Bible Study of Revelation. Then do the spiritual Bible Study of Revelation. It will make a lot more sense!

Sara -- fyi

[saradippity]

Thanks for the info Salvation. As I have explained years ago,a nun told us too much Pale Gas would be the downfall of individual man as well as the world. And no,she was not the first Catholic,feminist environmentalist,she went on to explain that the "pale gas" she was talking about was an acronym for the seven deadly sins.

During the first three quarters of my life I conquered (or at least almost conquered) four of the deadly sins---Pride,Avarice,Lust and Envy. The other three--Gluttony,Anger and Sloth are daily challenges.

My sloth,both spiritual and temporal,often stop me from fuller participation on these threads since I am too lazy to learn to be computer literate,research and convey the information. Therefore I am grateful for caring,hardworking and knowledgeable people,you in particular,for supplementing my comments.

My mom,when she was totally exasperated would say that I was put here to make saints out of all who knew me; parents,spouse,children,friends,employees and acquaintances,I think you may be in those ranks. I just hope this doesn't trigger a remark on Free Republic in the near future about how flawed our Catholic saintmaking process is!!