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|And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

|And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

|The second Messenger blew his trumpet, and an object like a great flaming mountain was thrown into the sea. One-third of the sea became blood,

|The second Messenger blew his trumpet, and an object like a great flaming mountain was thrown into the sea. One-third of the sea became blood,

|This could be a catastrophic fall of a near-[[earth]] [[asteroid]].

|In accordance with a literal interpretation, this could be a catastrophic fall of a near-[[earth]] [[asteroid]]. However, due to Revelation's constant use of allegories, this more likely is a highly symbolic description. A mountain represents a kingdom (Jeremiah 51:24–25), and "the sea" or "the waters" represents an area with a crowded, dense multitude of people. (Revelation 17:15)

 

Since Revelation is written in accordance with a chiastic structure shaped in the likeness of the Hanukkah 9-candlestick Hebrew menorah, there is a left and right side: the left side primarily focuses on the historical, continuous events, while the right side is the eschatological arm jumping right into events of the far future. The seven trumpets, in accordance with a consistent application of the chiastic implications and furthermore a historicist viewpoint adhered to by the Church Fathers and Protestant Reformers, are not future events but rather already fulfilled.

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