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Bitter Waters
What does Revelation say about this poisonous water?

Revelation 8:11 “The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood,
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and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.”

The bitter waters are poisonous and cause men to die. The term of “wormwood” is used in the old Hebrew text of
the Bible. What does the Old Testament say about “wormwood”?

Deuteronomy 29:18 “so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose
heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; that there will
not be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.”
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We now know that it is poisonous and bitter. There is a similar statement in Hebrews to this bitterness.

Hebrews 12:15 “See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing
up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;”
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This must be a sign of “whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations.” This
appears to be a clear description of those who have turned their heart away from the Almighty God to worship
the Antichrist on the earth and take the mark of the beast. We now know the timing of the mark of the beast
must be prior to this falling star called Jacob’s comet. This mark is made on the right hand or on the forehead
mentioned in Revelation 13:16-17.

Revelation 13:16 “And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free
men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

17 and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either
the name of the beast or the number of his name.”
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The comet Giacobini–Zinner now approaches the earth with light shining up into the heavens. The comet is
coming down to the south of Jerusalem in the October 2394 timeframe. The software program that maps the
heavenly object movements in the skies above, doesn’t have a model of gravity built into the program. We
cannot be sure of where the comet’s destruction occurs on earth. The variability of the out-gassing on its orbits
can affect its point of impact.

Nevertheless, the comet is seen always to the south of Jerusalem during the month of October. The Red Sea is
directly south of the city of Jerusalem. The Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea are also further south of the nation
of Israel. It appears to go down in the south. Many scholars believe that the impact would be the Mediterranean
Sea, which is to the west of Jerusalem and not to the south. Nevertheless, the second judgment does destroy one-
third of the ships that were in the Mediterranean. This included the ships from the united European base of
Kittim on the island of Cyprus.

60 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Dt 32:32–33). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

61 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 8:11). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

62 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Dt 29:18). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

63 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Heb 12:15). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

64 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Re 13:16–17). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.