So I was reading through Revelations the other day, found this verse, and had a thought.


Revelation 6:13 (KJV)

"And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind."

Maybe what John was actually seeing was the satellites falling out of orbit? When you look up at a satellite, it looks like a star, the only difference is that most of them move. So if some event caused them all to fall to earth at once, it would appear as if the stars were falling out of the sky, would it not?


Just a thought of course, Im not an expert at interpreting the bible. What do you think?


Also, Im not sure what kind of event would cause this, but I would be happy to find out if its even plausible or not.

Totally plausible, as there were tons of satellites around when that 'story' was written.

Maybe it was a meteor shower....

Originally posted by homeslice
Totally plausible, as there were tons of satellites around when that 'story' was written.

I take it you don't know how remote viewing works?
Imagine yourself seeing, in your mind, a bunch of satellites falling 2000 years ago. You have no idea what a "satellite" is. So you describe it as you see it.
And 1000s of satellites falling would appear much like what it says in the bible.
in summary, the words of revelation weren't given to John...he was shown things, and wrote down what he saw with words that he already knew. He didn't know the word "satellite," he could only use words that he already knew.

OP, you really have a great interpretation of that text.

It could be a meteor shower of course. It was just a thought.

The book of revelation was Johns account of what he saw happening in the future, no I dont think there were satallites back then, but perhaps he saw some from the future and described them in terms he understood.

The passage seems like its describing some sort of cosmic or nuclear event. Perhaps a nuclear blast (or several) at low orbit? Im not a scientist, but to me it makes sense that maybe this would affect satellites, and perhaps the reason the moon is black and the sun is red is just our perception of them from beneath a big cloud of some sort of fallout?

Revelation 6:12-15
King James Version (KJV)
12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

I think it's always a mistake to try to interpret details of Revelation in isolation.
Even placing this verse in the context of the previous verse helps the interpretation much better.
We're told that the sun turned black, the moon turned red, and the stars vanished.
In other words, something is blocking out most of the light from the sun, most of the light from the moon, and all of the light from the stars.
So if this verse is foretelling anything, it is foretelling a heavily polluted atmosphere.

Originally posted by homeslice
Totally plausible, as there were tons of satellites around when that 'story' was written.

Perhaps you should become more familiar with a subject before you discuss it. Revelations is written after the author is given visions of the future and witnesses events of the end times.