Can some one explain to me why the bible future prophesy fails to mention cars, planes, the internet, TV , Satellites and Rockets.
I know the words did not exist, but even trying to describe them was not attempted, could it be because it was not talking about this time, but a time before all of these inventions.
Hello WhyNotAsk,
Do you really think that John is going to know what a car, plane, the internet, TV and satellites are, or even how to describe them? He doesn't have any technology to compare to what he was seeing, which is why he described the mark of the beast as a "Mark." However, I believe that he does mention cars in Revelation 18:11-13
"The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore—
12cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble;
13cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and
carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.
Same goes for weapons of war. All that John and all of the OT saints who also saw the future, had to compare to what they were seeing was swords, spears, bows and arrows. They could not say, automatic weapons, bullets, missiles, nuclear bombs, lasers, etc. They had nothing to compare those future devices to, much less a satellite, or TV. Therefore, anything that is a weapon would be referred to as one of the weapons of their time.
We can discern when future devices are being referred to by their descriptions, such as the image of the beast. John attributes life to it and that because in his vision he hears it speak. However, I believe that what he saw and heard in his vision, was an image of the beast as an outer covering made in the beasts likeness, housing a future computer. John most likely heard a computer protocol language coming from the image and attributed it to being alive. What do you think John would do if he heard and saw a cell phone, or your car speaking to you? He wouldn't be able to fathom nor grasp it, because there was absolutely no technology of his day to compare it to. He might even call it sorcery.
Furthermore, I believe that at the second trumpet John is describing an asteroid coming through the earths atmosphere, as described as "something like a huge mountain all ablaze being thrown into the sea." And also in his description of "something like a great star, blazing like a torch and falling on a third of the rivers and springs of water." This sounds like a comet coming through the earths atmosphere. Because a comet is made up of ice, rock and gases, the ice will have been absorbing the sun's radiation for as long as it has been in orbit around the sun. Since it is not solid like an asteroid, it would explode in the atmosphere and all of that radioactive fallout would land on the rivers and fresh waters, which is why it states that many people die from drinking the water.
The book of Revelation is (for the most part) definitely describing future events, unless of course you do what others have done by allegorizing/symbolizing the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments, so that they are not literal events. The wrath of God has not yet begun, but will ensue once the church has been gathered from the earth. Then that ruler, the antichrist will establish his seven year agreement with Israel, which will be in fulfillment of that last seven of the seventy 'sevens' that were decreed upon Israel and Jerusalem, as revealed in Daniel 9:24-27.
Remember, Jesus said that from the time that the abomination was set up, which will be in the middle of that last seven years, it would be a time of great tribulation such as the world has never seen, from the beginning, until now and never to be equaled again. So far we have had no events that satisfy that time period.