The Bearer of Bad News (Revelation 8:13) Rev. 8:12 - The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light, and the night as well. I looked, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid-heaven, saying in a loud voice, Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth, because of the remaining trumpet blasts that the three angels are about to sound!" It would be easy to gloss over the single verse of Revelation that shows an eagle flying through the heavens crying out, Woe! Woe! Woe! (the Latin in the image below says, Vae! Vae! Vae!) but it's a critical incident in the Bible. In this case, the most majestic member of the avian kingdom has been tasked with announcing the absolute urgency of repentance before God puts an end to the wickedness of the world:

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