Revelation 8:10; There Fell A Great Star From Heaven

Revelation 8:10-11 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; 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. 

When Israel came out of Egypt, the only water supply available for them was contaminated. When Moses sought the Lord, the water was made sweet, it was healed by a tree that was cast into the water. God provided for His people. His people can trust His provision as they walk in His will according to His Commandments. The incident was a test for God’s people to behold God’s faithfulness in caring for them.

This was the account recorded in Exodus 15:22-27 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. 

In our text in Revelation 8:10-11, the water was made bitter as a judgment against the inhabitants of the earth after the rapture of the church during the Great Tribulation period. It was severe!

We have seen a third of the ocean became blood in v8. There was a further plague sent by the Lord to awaken the inhabitants to return to their Creator, the Source of their blessings. A further sign to show sinful men their eventual judgment in the everlasting destruction of hellfire. From the ocean to the river and the fountain of waters were contaminated. It has become more obvious that heaven is against them. If these men murmur to their dumb idols, will the idols hear them and heal the waters as the Lord did for the Israelites? No!

Men who are contaminated with the disease of sin can be healed by being reconciled with their Creator through Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Outside Jesus Christ, there is no cure for the disease of sin. And there is no escape! Just as the inhabitants on earth during the Great Tribulation faced the wrath of God meted out by the third angel by a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, that contaminated a third of the rivers and water sources. There is a gradual disappearance of life-supporting sources that causes men to realize that the star from heaven is a judgment from the God of heaven and earth. Men ought everywhere to repent before its too late!

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Amen.