Bible Discussion Thread

@Ray: I think the oil spill could be verse 8. Either the prophet could have seen the oil residue in the water and interpreted it as blood, or it could be that God allowed the prophet to see the water as blood, to represent all the resultant deaths, as Sha-ron said. The mountain being cast into the sea could just be a symbol to the prophet that something big was to happen. I believe we are seeing it unfold as others have commented. And since it is happening slowly, like when you put a frog in cool water and heat it up slowly until the frog is finally dead, we aren't going to respond to it with the proper urgency until it's possibly too late.