Having addressed some of the external obstacles to the restoration of the community’s religious life, Zechariah now receives a vision that is disturbing because of how personal it is. There is some comfort in blaming factors beyond our control when things are not going in a positive direction.
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I’m afraid it’s getting darker by the day. As the fifth trumpet sounds we move from natural disasters to direct satanic attack. John sees a vast bottomless pit belching out smoke and fire which darkens the sun. Then, emerging from the black hole, he sees locusts who morph into horses with human faces.
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