Revelation 6:13

and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind. And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

"Here we have one picture of the end; all of the language is figurative."[52] All discussion of whether these passages are to be understood figuratively or literally are beside the point. "That day will spell the end of the entire universe as we know it."[53] "The atomic age has opened our eyes to the fact that such extreme language may be fulfilled with horrible literalness."[54]

[52] R. C. H. Lenski, op. cit., p. 239.

[53] Michael Wilcock, op. cit., p. 74.

[54] Ralph Earle, op. cit., p. 546.