Revelation 9:18 Meaning and Explanation
“By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.”
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What Does Revelation 9:18 Mean?
The three plagues from the horses' mouths, fire and smoke and brimstone, are now named as the agents of death; by them a third of mankind is slain. The verse gathers the dreadful images of the previous lines into a single, sober summary of their effect.
Once more the toll is a third, not all. The judgment is real and the loss immense, yet the limit still stands, and with it the open door of mercy for those who remain. Scripture does not soften the gravity of what sin brings, but neither does it close the account while breath is left. The reader is meant to take the warning to heart and to flee, while there is time, to the One whose own death and rising are the only shelter from the fire.
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What does Revelation 9:18 mean?
By the fire, smoke, and brimstone, a third of mankind is killed.