Wormwood hitting the planet

[eternally-gratefull]

And the Lamb of God was a barn animal?

The Book of Revelation is highly symbolic, but it is not so dense to be impenetrable. The reason is, so many of the things that have been spoken in the Book of Revelation by symbol has been spoken of before in Scripture, whether by direct reference or by analogy. For example, the sealing of the people of God, which precludes them or grants them immunity from the terrifying judgments that are coming upon the earth, is analogous to the way that Israel, in the land of Goshen, in the time of Egypt and the plagues, were sealed by the blood of a lamb on two sides of the door and on the lintel. So the structure of the doorway had the blood on it, and it prevented the weaponry that God was using, which was, of course, the use of destruction and death, even referred to as spirits or angels. The destroyer—and if you want to extend it, the plagues—did not have an effect upon the people of God in Egypt. Why? Because they were sealed; in a type and shadow of Christ, they were sealed by the blood of a lamb, the reminder of an existing covenant. We see the same patterns occurring again and again and again throughout the Scripture. God does that so that when we are coming to these not easy to be understood prophetic passages, it is not as though we are taking a shot in the dark. We may
walk on the illuminated path of the word revealed.

Here, in Revelation, we have got the entire theme of Scripture coming to its apogee. There is this inevitable clash between the destiny of the man in the image and likeness of God and the enemy of that man and God. In the presentation of the final iteration of the man in the image and likeness of God, he is shown not from an earthly standpoint, but he is shown from a heavenly standpoint. And by that I specifically mean, there are set pieces and images that show Christ no longer Mary’s Son, the Man from Galilee and Nazareth, but a Man from the eternal realm, and described similarly as a Man from heaven. So, He comes and He meets with John on the island of Patmos, and He is not the familiar Lord who sat at the table with John. He is presented in His glory. And so awesome, this Man, that John falls before Him as if John is dead. But we begin to see that very description of the risen Christ, having come back to visit John on the island of Patmos, is an easy transfer to all the ways that this glorified Body of Christ is also described: described as the man above the waters; described as the four living creatures; described as this innumerable company, perfectly constituted, who is the naos of God, the temple of God, the dwelling place of God; who acts with great power and authority, being supported by the throne of God.

We see the glorious inheritance of the saints, we see the workings of His mighty power, we see the identity and purpose of God fully completed when we stand before the throne of God. So, both prophetic Scripture and plainly written Scripture, such as Ephesians, are summarized when this man in the image and likeness of God is presented in his finality. All natural events correlate to spiritual truths. And truths are not principles, they are foundations onto which entire kingdoms have been built.

But the point of it is, and the value of understanding the reoccurring themes of Scripture is, this is how God means to communicate with you, so that when these Scriptures that are yet to be unpacked are unpacked, you have that aha! moment. Here is what Romans 15:4 says: “For whatsoever things were written before time, were written for our learning, so that we through patience and the comfort of Scripture might have hope.” This is the manner in which prophetic Scriptures are specifically a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, so that we do not walk in darkness, we who are in Christ, who is Himself the Word, whose person has been revealed to us through the Holy Spirit, who was specifically sent to take of what belongs to Jesus and to make it known to us, and that in the timing of the Lord.

Prophecy has a purpose.

Scripture says prophecy is for those who are there. so they can KNOW that he the lord has spoken.

Scripture also says that if the prophet prophesy's, and that prophecy does not come true. Then that word he spoke did not come from God

Are you saying that all the prophecy concerning Israel and Judah. All the prophecy concerning the messiah's 1st advent, and all the prophecy concerning the 4 gentile kingdoms and the time of the gentiles which were literally fulfilled should not be used as a means to interpret future prophecy that has not yet come true yet?

or how about luke 4?

16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”


remembering jesus cut off the prophecy in the middle. and stopped reading. the prophet said many things would happen that has not happened yet....

look at the prophecy as a whole..

61 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To [b]console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

4 And they shall rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
5 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
7 Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery [c]for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.


since the above in black was literally fulfilled. Does that not also mean the Blue should be literal too. Or do we do as many and just make it a parable. that it will not really happen. or that it is fulfilled in the church?

or how about all the times where the authors of the gospels said "so the prophet was fulfilled" means nothing?

If prophecy is not literally fulfilled. We have no hope/ Because prophecy states there will be a time of great tribulation. But in the end God wins.

Symbolic parabolic prophecy is meaningless. because it says it is not real.. It is just a parable.

 

[ewq1938]

It's an Asteroid, your belief isn't going to change that.

The text says a star which is not an asteroid. You have allowed your preconceived beliefs to override what scripture actually says. You also changed mountain to an asteroid with no scriptural support to do that at all. You also further decided to change mountain to rock so you could force your eisegesis of an asteroid into the text. Let's not even get into your use of "nuclear" for a non-nuclear event.

 

[soberxp]

My understanding of one-third or third part is, We are like living in a castle with three layers inside and outside. The center of the castle is the king ruling the world, the middle layer is secular, and the outermost layer is believers.
The meaning or metaphor here is that God wants to abolish the rules of the world from third part.

 

[Aaron56]

Prophecy has a purpose.

Scripture says prophecy is for those who are there. so they can KNOW that he the lord has spoken.

Scripture also says that if the prophet prophesy's, and that prophecy does not come true. Then that word he spoke did not come from God

Are you saying that all the prophecy concerning Israel and Judah. All the prophecy concerning the messiah's 1st advent, and all the prophecy concerning the 4 gentile kingdoms and the time of the gentiles which were literally fulfilled should not be used as a means to interpret future prophecy that has not yet come true yet?

or how about luke 4?

16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”


remembering jesus cut off the prophecy in the middle. and stopped reading. the prophet said many things would happen that has not happened yet....

look at the prophecy as a whole..

61 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To [b]console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

4 And they shall rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
5 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
7 Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery [c]for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.


since the above in black was literally fulfilled. Does that not also mean the Blue should be literal too. Or do we do as many and just make it a parable. that it will not really happen. or that it is fulfilled in the church?

or how about all the times where the authors of the gospels said "so the prophet was fulfilled" means nothing?

If prophecy is not literally fulfilled. We have no hope/ Because prophecy states there will be a time of great tribulation. But in the end God wins.

Symbolic parabolic prophecy is meaningless. because it says it is not real.. It is just a parable.

I understand your meaning. And for the most part we agree, brother.
When it is written that a prophetic word is fulfilled, then it is fulfilled, like the example you gave when Jesus declared, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Consider Revelation: as the apogee of the Word, Who is Christ, and from the perspective of John who sees these things from heaven. John is writing from the perspective of heaven where the spiritual is the reality and the antecedents are of the things written in scripture ages ago. The Word is being seen in His fullness in the culmination of the Book. Therefore, we must go to the Book to find what was written to understand the matters unfolding in Revelation. It’s the Word defining the Word in the ultimate revelation. He is the golden thread through the scriptures.

 

[Rondonmon]

Not my point at all,,,the point is that wormwood,kings of the east ect. are after the mark,image worship ect.(not before) hence if there are anything present or past tense fulfilling the things being looked at then the mark,image ect. is not coming in the future it's already here and so Gods pouring his wrath out on those who took it and worship the image.

Gotcha, I m having to help my mom to the restroom all day (she's 86 and with me today) and probably was interrupted whiles reading, I always get the same thing when told about the Kings of the East and China, that they have a 200 Million man army. But alas, I also don't even see them as China, I think God gives us a "PICTURE" of All Four of Daniels wayward Beasts in Rev. 16, in a most subtle way. The Kings of the East (THINK, both Persia and Baylon are in the Euphrates River area) are IMHO God's way of showing His Judgment over all of the Beat Kingdoms, thus the Kings of the East hint at Persia (Iran) and Babylon (Iraq) via the Euphrates river link. The Anti-Christ himself is born in Greece (Dan. 8:9 says so), and he comes to power out of the Fourth Beast (Europe/Rome). So, I don't think it is ever speaking directly about China, I do think VChina is a part of the whole, ALL THE KINGS IN ALL THE EARTH gather to fight against God Almighty in the 6th Vial, but I think the Euphrates mention and Kings of the East is simply God telling us He is judging all of these Beast Kingdoms in these End Times.

You are correct, anything being judged via the Mark of the Beast has to be happening afterward.

I got a little CONFLATED MYSELF...........

 

[iamsoandso]

Gotcha, I m having to help my mom to the restroom all day (she's 86 and with me today) and probably was interrupted whiles reading, I always get the same thing when told about the Kings of the East and China, that they have a 200 Million man army. But alas, I also don't even see them as China, I think God gives us a "PICTURE" of All Four of Daniels wayward Beasts in Rev. 16, in a most subtle way. The Kings of the East (THINK, both Persia and Baylon are in the Euphrates River area) are IMHO God's way of showing His Judgment over all of the Beat Kingdoms, thus the Kings of the East hint at Persia (Iran) and Babylon (Iraq) via the Euphrates river link. The Anti-Christ himself is born in Greece (Dan. 8:9 says so), and he comes to power out of the Fourth Beast (Europe/Rome). So, I don't think it is ever speaking directly about China, I do think VChina is a part of the whole, ALL THE KINGS IN ALL THE EARTH gather to fight against God Almighty in the 6th Vial, but I think the Euphrates mention and Kings of the East is simply God telling us He is judging all of these Beast Kingdoms in these End Times.

You are correct, anything being judged via the Mark of the Beast has to be happening afterward.

I got a little CONFLATED MYSELF...........

Yep I agree on Greece,,,probably an Hebrew after generations of captivity so his name is spelled in Greek. I think most just jump the gun on the China/Covid stuff(should think more post trib/pre wrath but they don't) instead of way into the future. Anyway though I would go on record with your mom(in my 80's too) about it all(boy are the kids in store for a rude awakening when put two and two together)...lol...

 

[HatedForNoReason]

Has anyone wondered about the verse talking about Wormwood hitting the planet? Any guesses when that will hit or any thoughts on it? I'm trying hard to piece together the end times and it's very hard.

Revelation 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Revelation 8:11 Context

8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; 9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. 10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound![/QUOMoRevelation

Has anyone wondered about the verse talking about Wormwood hitting the planet? Any guesses when that will hit or any thoughts on it? I'm trying hard to piece together the end times and it's very hard.

Revelation 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Revelation 8:11 Context

8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; 9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. 10And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

Most of Revelation is symbolic. Please compare all the other books of the bible with Revelation... Let Scripture interpret Scripture.

 

[Nehemiah6]

Most of Revelation is symbolic.

Most of Revelation is NOT symbolic. And where there are symbols, they are generally explained. Revelation is mostly a revelation of future events which will literally take place. And most of it is chronological.

 

[soberxp]

Most of Revelation is NOT symbolic. And where there are symbols, they are generally explained. Revelation is mostly a revelation of future events which will literally take place. And most of it is chronological.

Whatever,I just don't understand it all.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

I understand your meaning. And for the most part we agree, brother.
When it is written that a prophetic word is fulfilled, then it is fulfilled, like the example you gave when Jesus declared, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

Consider Revelation: as the apogee of the Word, Who is Christ, and from the perspective of John who sees these things from heaven. John is writing from the perspective of heaven where the spiritual is the reality and the antecedents are of the things written in scripture ages ago. The Word is being seen in His fullness in the culmination of the Book. Therefore, we must go to the Book to find what was written to understand the matters unfolding in Revelation. It’s the Word defining the Word in the ultimate revelation. He is the golden thread through the scriptures.

John is to the NT what Daniel was to the OT.

A prophetic and deeper understanding of the prophecies given in Daniel and other OT prophets.

It is what will happen in the end of this age and the end if time.

You asked yesterday if the lamb of God was a barn animal.

Thats the wrong way to look at it.

In parabolic writing, the barn animal represented a spiritual truth. A symbolic representation of a truth. Like the prodigal son.

In prophetic writing

the animal represents a literal person. Place event or thing.

Again, the statue of daniel 2 represented 4 literal kingdoms. Like the beasts of Dan 7 equal 4 literal kingdoms. Just like the lamb represented the literal son of God. He is called a lamb due to symbolic lamb of the law of Moses.

a bunch of stars falling. Are a bunch of stars falling.

1/3 of the waters = 1/3 of the waters

wormwood represents what happen to those waters.

the men dieting equal the men dying

there is no need to seek for a spiritual truth in this passage. Just take what God said literally. And know that when this happens. The people that see it will have no question that what they saw (whatever it is) was prophesied in the first century AD.

Again we can try to guess what the stars are (meteors, rockets) what where it happens, and what waters are made bitter.

but that would be all it is. A guess..

what it is NOT. Is some spiritual truth. Thats not the way prophecy works. If someone tries to say that is how we interpret. We can look to that interpretation and question it biblically as wrong.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

My understanding of one-third or third part is, We are like living in a castle with three layers inside and outside. The center of the castle is the king ruling the world, the middle layer is secular, and the outermost layer is believers.
The meaning or metaphor here is that God wants to abolish the rules of the world from third part.

This would be a symbolic or parabolic interpretation of the prophetic word.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

Most of Revelation is symbolic. Please compare all the other books of the bible with Revelation... Let Scripture interpret Scripture.

Revelation is a book of prophecy,

Not a book of parables

 

[eternally-gratefull]

Whatever,I just don't understand it all.

A lot of people don.t and wont. Until those events actually take place

Its why a lot of people did nto understand christ had to die. Because they did not understand the OT prophecies about the first coming, until the events actually occurred.

Paul called the church the hidden mystery. But the church as he showed in roma 9 - 11 is there in prophecy. It was just hard to understand

 

[Aaron56]

Symbols are all throughout Revelation.
John hears “Behold the Lion of the Tribe of Judah” and he looks and sees a lamb that has been slain. We’re not to simply conclude “Oh, it’s Jesus.” but to see that He rules with absolute dominance like the lion but does so by giving His life for those He rules over.

We have 144,000 from the Jews, 12,000 from each tribe listed but them John looks and sees a company no one could count.

Symbols are even within the book itself. If we can’t see these things we’ll get bad exegesis, nuclear missiles, attack helicopters and dirty water.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

Symbols are all throughout Revelation.
John hears “Behold the Lion of the Tribe of Judah” and he looks and sees a lamb that has been slain. We’re not to simply conclude “Oh, it’s Jesus.” but to see that He rules with absolute dominance like the lion but does so by giving His life for those He rules over.

It’s still a literal person. Not a spiritual idea

The lion of the tribe of judah is one of the many TITLES given to jesus

We have 144,000 from the Jews, 12,000 from each tribe listed but them John looks and sees a company no one could count.

the 144000 are numbered.

AFTER these thing THEN he sees a number to many that he could not count.

while the 144000 may be part of that number, that number is not referencing JUST a group of 144,000

Symbols are even within the book itself. If we can’t see these things we’ll get bad exegesis, nuclear missiles, attack helicopters and dirty water.

If you try to make a symbolic interpretation you have zero ability to determine if the prophecy is fulfilled or not.

Babylon fulfilled symbols. Babylon was not a spiritual idea but a nation.

Jesus fulfilled man OT symbols.. But he was a person not a spiritual idea

John saw stars falling

Thats what he saw

He saw the water become bitter. and he saw men who drink it die

If we interpret it to mean anything other that what John saw. We have zero capacity to claim it has been fulfilled.

The roman church decided to make prophecy symbolic so they can deny that they did not like about future events, because a literal translation would contradict what they wanted. God did not intend prophetic utterance to be misrepresented.

THIS SAYETH THE LORD


When you read prophecy, put these words in front of it. then look to what it happened. If it has not happened yet. You can be assured it will happen.

 

[Aaron56]

THIS SAYETH THE LORD

You broke out the King’s English! That’s a good sign there’s nothing more I can say to you in the matter.

However, for those paying attention, the revelation of Jesus Christ is unfolding before us now. Many of us can see what is clearing going on. Go back and read the posts Pilgrimshope wrote. You will better understand the times and know how we are to prepare.

 

[eternally-gratefull]

You broke out the King’s English! That’s a good sign there’s nothing more I can say to you in the matter.

However, for those paying attention, the revelation of Jesus Christ is unfolding before us now. Many of us can see what is clearing going on. Go back and read the posts Pilgrimshope wrote. You will better understand the times and know how we are to prepare.

Actually if they do that they will remain blind to the truth as you will

But if that’s what you want. Your right. I can’t help you

 

[Adstar]

Wormwood poisons the fresh drinking waters after the Asteroid Strike, thus it's the Nuclear Fallout of the Asteroid Impact. You are overthinking it and trying to tie it unto false teaching, the Church is long gone because the Rapture is Pre Trib.

I don't think that Nuclear fallout will be involved in the impact.. There is another phenomenon that meteor impacts cause and that is acid rain.. Nitric Acid..

Bolide impacts, acid rain, and biospheric traumas ​

R o n a l d G . P r i n n a n d B r u c e F e g l e y , J r .
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 ( U.S.A.) Received April 21, 1986; revised version accepted February 6, 1987


Large projectiles impacting the Earth will cause severe shock heating and chemical reprocessing of the Earth's atmosphere. This occurs during atmospheric entry and, more importantly, as a result of the supersonic plume ejected on impact. In particular, very large amounts of nitric oxide would result from the impact of the putative Cretaceous-

Tertiary bolide(s). We present models of the shock chemistry, the conversion of NO to NO2 and thence to nitrous and nitric acids, and the global dispersion of the NO 2 and acids. Two plausible projectiles are considered: an ice rich long period comet and a much smaller rock metal asteroid. The comet produces
sem-iglobal atmospheric NO 2 mixing ratios of 0.1% while the asteroid produces these high mixing
ratios only in the immediate region of the impact. The comet produces concentrated nitrous and nitric acid rain with a pH ~ 0-1.5 globally. The asteroid produces rain with a pH ~ 0-1 near the impact and - - 4 - 5 globally.

Immediate environmental effects of these nitrogen species include inhibition of photosynthesis due to extinction of solar radiation by NO 2, foliage damage due to exposure to NO 2 and HNO 3, toxicosis
resulting from massive mobilization of soil trace metals, and respiratory damage due to exposure to
NO 2. The acid rain decreases the pH of the oceanic mixed layer affecting the stability of calcite withimportant implications for the survival of calcareousshelled organisms and for exhalation of CO, from the mixed layer to the atmosphere. Longer term environmental effects perhaps --- 1000 years in
duration include a global warming due to the sudden CO 2 injection and the simultaneous extinction of
the ocean micro-organisms which normally help remove CO 2 from the atmosphere mixed layer system.
Havens for survival include carbonate buffered lakes and burrows. This acid rain theory therefore serves
to explain the peculiar selectivity of the extinctions seen at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary.