„Trâmbița a cincea și primul «vai» (Apocalipsa 9, 1-11) – o profeție care se împlinește în zilele noastre?”
The fifth trumpet and the first «woe» (Revelation 9, 1-11) – a prophecy which fulfills nowadays?

Summary/Abstract: The book of the Revelation has always caused its readers to have comprehension difficulties and especially to feel a certain fear because of the repeated allusions the author makes “to the end times”, but also because of its affecting and impressive scenes, with a catastrophic tendency. This is the source of the negative meanings acquired by the word “apocalypse” in almost all modern languages and in the common thinking of people. At the same time, nevertheless, the text of this book continues to fascinate and attract the exegetes and the readers through its mysterious language, imbued with symbols, as well as through its numerous visions with a prophetic character. A testimony of this is that this book had a decisive influence on art, culture, universal literature and cinematography.We aim in this study at reading, but especially at analysing in depth one of the pericopes of this book – Revelation 9, 1-11 – and its theological message and we attempt to relate it to the times we are living, to our concrete life: ecclesial and social.The religious message of the Revelation addresses primarily the faithful, as the one who approaches God must first believe that God exists, because one cannot approach something which does not exist (Hebrews 11, 6), but under no circumstance does this mean that the people who believe in God have “exclusivity” in understanding this book. Nonbelievers, free-thinkers and agnostics are also “welcome”, however, the questions they will ask the book will receive various answers, depending on each one’s perspective.

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