Revelation 6:13 Meaning and Explanation
“And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The stars fall to earth like unripe figs shaken from a tree by a strong wind.
What Does Revelation 6:13 Mean?
The shaking reaches the stars themselves. They fall to the earth, and John reaches for a homely picture to convey it: like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when a great wind tears through its branches. What seemed fixed and far above comes loose and tumbles down, the very heavens giving way.
The image of the storm-shaken fig tree makes the cosmic upheaval almost familiar, and that is its power. Nothing in the created order is too lofty to answer when God moves. For the reader, the falling stars are a summons to set one's hope not on things that can be shaken but on the Lord who does the shaking and remains unshaken Himself.
Revelation 6:13 in the Original Language
olunthos (ὄλυνθος), 'untimely fig' -- a late, unripe fig that drops easily, the picture for falling stars.
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What does Revelation 6:13 mean?
The stars fall to earth like unripe figs shaken from a tree by a strong wind.