{"id":6427,"date":"2011-04-18T11:39:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T11:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2011-04-18T11:39:03","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T11:39:03","slug":"sevenfold-abyss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2011\/04\/sevenfold-abyss\/","title":{"rendered":"Sevenfold Abyss"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">\n<\/head><body><p><\/p><p> The Greek word  <em> abussos <\/em>  is used seven time in Revelation, and that makes one wonder if they correspond to the days of creation.  SOme do pretty well. <\/p>\n<p> Day 1: A star falls from heaven with a key to the abyss (9:1).  the world is de-lightened. <\/p>\n<p> Day 2: From the abyss comes a cloud that snuffs the sun; it is an anti-firmament through which no light can pass (9:2). <\/p>\n<p> Day 3: The locusts have a king, who is the angel of the abyss (9:11).    The name is given in both Hebrew and Greek; there is a \u201cland name\u201d for the king, and a \u201csea name.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Day 4: This is the height of the power of the abyss, when teh beast from the abyss overcomes and kills the two witnesses (11:7). <\/p>\n<p> Day 5: The beast that ascends out of the abyss returns to destruction (17:8). <\/p>\n<p> Day 6: An angel from heaven chains the dragon in the abyss (20:1), perhaps a type of new Adam who defeats the serpent. <\/p>\n<p> Day 7: Sabbath comes for the world and the nations because the dragon is chained in the abyss for a thousand years (20:3). <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greek word abussos is used seven time in Revelation, and that makes one wonder if they correspond to the days of creation. SOme do pretty well. Day 1: A star falls from heaven with a key to the abyss (9:1). the world is de-lightened. 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