Thus, "the heaven" that is to depart is to 'depart as a scroll' refers to the anti-God governments that rule over this earth. They will be removed with finality by the all-conquering Rider of the white horse. (Revelation 19:11-16, 19-21) This is confirmed by what the apostle Peter said when he looked forward to the events signified by the opening of the sixth: "The heavens and the earth that are now stored up for fire and are being reserved to the day of judgment and of destruction of ungodly men." (2 Peter 3:7) But what about the expression "every mountain and every island were removed from their places"?
In Bible prophecy, mountains and islands are said to rock or be otherwise stabilized at times of great political upheaval. For example, when foretelling Jehovah's judgments against Nineveh, the prophet Nahum wrote: "Mountains themselves have rocked because of him, and the very hills found themselves melting. And the earth will be upheaved because of his face." (Nahum1:5) There is no record of any breaking up of literal mountains when Nineveh actually fell in 632 B.C.E. But a world power that previously had seemed mountainlike in its strength suddenly collapsed. - Jeremiah 4:24.
Next time: Chapter Eighteen/Earthquakes in the Lord's Day - "The Heaven" Departs
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