1. The End Of The World-Wide Internet (The Seventh Vial)
As part of the chastisement of the world which is to come about as announced in Apocalypse, the Internet will come to an end. As it is then part of the system of the 'beast', and his mark, and his image (Apoc. 13) it cannot be otherwise. What is not immediately clear is what communications will remain from that point, but, as the final conflict of Armagedon will yet arrive after this comes to pass, there probably remains radio and satellite. With the new Starlink satellite network coming into prominence in recent years, this will likely be what remains to organize the forces of the beast as they are arrayed for the final battle:
"And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war with him that sat upon the horse and with his army" (Apoc. 19:19). [See End-Note]
As seen in "Last Three Seals In Our Time", during the sixth seal event the Internet is knocked off-line for a time:
"And the heaven departed as a book folded up: and every mountain, and the islands were moved out of their places" (Apoc. 6:14).
We argued that by the use of such 'natural' imagery as the sack-cloth and the casting about of the green figs that St. John is not using metaphors but describing events which are seen naturally. This does not necessarily follow for verse fourteen. All the events of the sixth seal are happening simultaneously, as signified in the translation by the colon (:) adjoining verses twelve through sixteen; but in verse fourteen the presentation changes. The 'natural' imagery is still present in the first part: "And the heaven departed as a book folded up", but not for the second: "and every mountain, and the islands were moved out of their places".
It would not be possible, naturally, to observe all of the mountains and islands to be moved out of their places. Neither it is said that they were moved, as the stars of the heavens appeared to be moved like 'green figs cast by a great wind', in any particular way. But the placement of this particular detail immediately after the description of the heaven departing 'as a book closed up' indicates a world-wide effect.
It could be argued that the entire verse speaks of the temporary crash of world-wide communications, except for the 'natural' imagery of the 'book folded up'. It might be an effect of the light disappearing from the sky for a time, or it might be an effect of watching the event of the sun and the moon, from different places on the earth due to the Internet, etc., suddenly blanking on all the screens; or both (as is most likely).
In any case, the detail of 'every mountain, and the islands' is repeated in Apocalypse chapter sixteen:
16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial upon the air. And there came a great voice out of the temple from the throne, saying: It is done.
16:18 And there were lightnings and voices and thunders: and there was a great earthquake, such an one as never had been since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great.
16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts: and the cities of the Gentiles fell. And great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath.
16:20 And every island fled away: and the mountains were not found.
16:21 And great hail, like a talent, came down from heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God, for the plague of the hail: because it was exceeding great.
That "every island fled away, and the mountains were not found" may be taken a metaphor for the extent of the destruction occasioned by the great earthquake, but this is already sufficiently indicated in the preceding two verses. It is much more likely that this signifies the end of the world-wide Internet, as the infrastucture which supports it is crumbled. In the previous reference, they were merely 'moved out of their places', which means they can be moved back; but in this instance, they are simply not to be found any longer. Again, the usage of mountains and islands signify points, in the air or in the sea, of communication and their centers; even as mountains may be used for navigation over land, and islands as way-points upon the sea: They represent online navigation which almost all use today.
What happens afterwards in the world, particularly after the final battle of Armagedon, and how it might be managed, is not for us to know at this point. But the end of the world, and the Second Coming of Christ, is not yet - see Apocalypse Chapter twenty. There is still more to do during that last time.
End Note
This may confirm an idea which was considered before, but not incorporated into the 'canonical' section of this blog. The second beast of chapter thirteen (verses 11-18) is then very likely one Elon Musk, or his successor (more on that in a moment): He has the technology and the influence to enact the mark of the beast (related to 'Neuralink'), and also the satellite network to maintain the link even when the Internet is destroyed as a world-wide network. He first appears with two horns, 'like a lamb':
"And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth: and he had two horns, like a lamb: and he spoke as a dragon" (Apoc. 13:11).
The 'two horns' may simply represent 'X' (formerly Twitter). It is said to be 'like a lamb' because this is the largest platform in the world in which the truth, represented by the 'lamb', may be told (at least in its greater part); and since he co-operates with the first beast (representing the antipapacy, pretending to be the papacy), 'X' would seem to be as a 'voice for the truth', as opposed to the media (the operation of error), up until this point. However, since the second beast and his resources are in service to the first beast, this 'voice for the truth' is only in appearance, as the antipapacy is only in appearance, for the truth and the Papacy, respectively.
The two horns may represent two world leaders who work with him, probably East and West (and they should be obvious), as well as signifying simply the two prongs of the 'X', which itself is a kind of a bent Cross - which, like the 'lamb', signifies an apparent stand for the truth; but it is not so, for they are in service to the antipapacy, and the antichrist, who appears in place of the truth and of Christ (and even, perhaps, of the Father and the Holy Spirit). This all begins with the sixth seal event, which represents a false prophecy fulfilled (Garabandal - see "Last Three Seals In Our Time"), and is the beginning of the 'signs and wonders' (2 Thess. 2:9-10), properly speaking, of the reign of antichrist.
The 'operation of error', "to believe lying" (2 Thess. 2:10), includes many things, but their commonality is 'error confirmed by authority': The theory of evolution by the officials of science; the media in general and its official narrative for decades; the false council by the name of Vatican '2' and its antipapacy; the illusory pandemic of 2020 and its officials; and finally a false message, Garabandal and its 'Warning', in opposition to Fatima, and confirmed by the antipapacy and/or by the first beast of Apocalypse chapter thirteen.
To continue with whom the second beast might be:
"And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight. And he caused the earth and them that dwell therein to adore the first beast, whose wound to death was healed" (Apoc. 13:12).
The key here is the difference between "the former beast in his sight" and "the first beast, whose wound to death was healed". It simply means, for the initial instance, that this new beast controls 'all that his precessor did formerly', as though a successor; and in the second instance, that the first beast (of the seven heads), who himself is a successor to the seventh 'head' (the 'eighth' of Apoc. 17: 11), arrives to continue the work of his predecessor, thus healing the 'wound to death' of the first beast.
In short, both the first and the second beasts of Apocalypse chapter thirteen arrive as a result of the death of the former men in their positions, though they are not as they were before: The first beast comes 'up out of the abyss' (Apoc. 17:8) and the second, although inheriting the 'two horns, like a lamb', speaks 'as a dragon' (so, not the same as the previous). Also for the second beast there is indication of a replacement, but not of a 'death's wound being healed' as of the first; but for the first, he is also not the same, but comes to finish the work of his predecessor, which was begun as the 'Synodal Church' and must culminate in the world-church of all false religions ('Babylon the great' of Apoc. 17:5). The 'image' of the beast remains separate from the other two, as it were a third beast: a kind of 'anti-Holy Trinity'.
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