Daniel WhedonSECOND TRUMPET The curse-struck sea, Revelation 8:8-9. 8, 9. As it were Not really a mountain, but a burning bolt, mountain-shaped and mountain-sized. Fire again indicates that it is a bolt of wrath; its size is necessary to its doing such damage to so vast a domain as the sea. The third part symbolizes a divine proportioning, leaving a major part in beneficence. To the fisherman, the seaman, the merchant-man, the beneficence of the sea is thus much despoiled; while the images of ... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:8-9
SECOND TRUMPET The curse-struck sea, Revelation 8:8-9. 8, 9. As it were Not really a mountain, but a burning bolt, mountain-shaped and mountain-sized. Fire again indicates that it is a bolt of wrath; its size is necessary to its doing such damage to so vast a domain as the sea. The third part symbolizes a divine proportioning, leaving a major part in beneficence. To the fisherman, the seaman, the merchant-man, the beneficence of the sea is thus much despoiled; while the images of ... read more