Page 26 - 08 The Seven Trumpets

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 8 – The Seven Trumpets
his provinces; and before he died, in the

fulness of years and of glory, he beheld the

final extinction of the empire of the West.” —

Gibbon, Vol. III, pp. 495-498.

Concerning the important part which this bold

corsair acted in the downfall of Rome, Mr.

Gibbon uses this significant language:

“Genseric, a name which, in the destruction of

the Roman empire, has deserved an equal

rank with the names of Alaric and Attila.”

VERSE 10. And 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.

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.