Contradictions and Paradoxes in Revelation 9:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Revelation 9:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Revelation 9:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, this verse means that an angel in heaven is blowing a trumpet, and a special voice from a golden altar is speaking to give an important message from God. This is like a signal for something big that God wants to happen.

Revelation 9:13: And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

This verse promotes loving and praying for enemies, which contrasts with the destructive events signaled by the sixth angel in Revelation 9:13.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Contradiction with Jeremiah 29:11

This verse speaks of peace and hope for the future, contrasting with the impending woes described in Revelation 9.

Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. [expected...: Heb. end and expectation]

Contradiction with 1 John 4:8

This verse states that God is love, which appears in tension with the unleashing of destructive forces in Revelation 9:13.

1 John 4:8: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Contradiction with James 3:17

This verse describes wisdom as pure and peaceable, which contradicts the conflict and chaos unleashed in Revelation 9.

James 3:17: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. [partiality: or, wrangling]

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:4

This verse envisions nations not learning war anymore, contrasting with the martial imagery and events in Revelation 9:13.

Isaiah 2:4: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [pruninghooks: or, scythes]
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