![]() Part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. Mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire ![]() The volcano spews magma which could easily burn up the third part of the trees and all the grass: The projectiles fly at high speed for long distances, surrounded by ash. "hail and fire" seems to fit well with the ejections from an erupting volcano. However, equally compelling is the fact that in the figure in Revelation 13:6-9, which is clearly an allusion to Exodus, the author appears to ascribe the death in the waters to lava: This suggests that miracle or no miracle there would have likely been a red algal bloom around that time. The article in the original question says that red tides occur in Egypt, usually strongest near Passover. Therefore, I conclude that an algal bloom could explain the Nile being red (where it is salty) but not all the fresh water sections of the Nile where people drew drinking water and fresh water separated from the Nile. This, the Egyptians worshipped the Nile as the source of life and prosperity and as a result of this first plague they had to find another source of drinking water. The whole point of the first plague (and all later plagues too) was to shake confidence on Egyptian false gods (Ex 7:5, 9, 22, 23, 8:18) and to establish YHWH as the ONE true God who controls all things. The Egyptian magicians apparently replicated the "water to blood" transformation but this could also be a slight of hand involving algal bloom (quite unlikely because of the instantaneous effect required by magicians) or a demonic act of some sort (?).Thus they had to dig to find water and could not rely upon the worshipped Nile. However, the Nile at this point where the king bathed and extracted their fresh drinking water was also affected. I also note that such algal blooms as reported in the quoted reference occur in salty estuaries that create the correct conditions, such as presumably exist in the Nile delta.The "water to blood" problem was not confined to the Nile but also affected all the water that had been previously taken from the Nile, and thus had been physically separated from the Nile - all the canals, all the "rivers", "ponds", all the pools of water, even in vessels of wood and stone (Ex 7:19).However this does not account for some of the other recorded details. Further, if the Nile did suffer an algal bloom, either naturally by divine fiat, the description of the Nile would be almost identical. Should we understand "blood" as referring to "the appearance of blood" in a Red Tide?Īt a superficial level, this might have been an algal bloom which would be consistent with the Nile becoming red, fish dying and thus the Nile creating a stench. The creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died and the Third part of the sea became blood Rev 8:9 And the third part of Great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the Rev 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a ![]() Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded, and thereįollowed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon theĮarth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass Rev 8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared I notice also that the Revelation uses the same figure: Giving credence to the idea is Joel's use of the same expression:Īct 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon intoīlood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: This article offers the idea that this is describing an algal bloom akin to the one now in Florida: Waters that were in the river were turned to blood. Sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants and all the Lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the The waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned toĮxo_7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded and he LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon Water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon theĮxo_7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the Of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the These two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take God describes what he will do to Egypt if they don't listen as "the water which are in the river will be turned to blood":Įxo_4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also
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