I've given some thought to that particular verse myself. It raises a couple questions/points-to-ponder in my mind.
1. The Blood of a Dead Man: It isn't red. It's black, thick and sticky. Much like an oil spill.
2. The Sea (as known in Biblical times): The Mediteranean was the main body of water they were familiar with.
From the perspective of what they knew (geographically) Revelations could be referring to a more localized area for some of the events mentioned, although many (such as plague) would almost certainly be world-wide. None-the-less, the Med choked by oil is not that difficult to imagine should a war take place there. A couple super tankers and a few other ships going down would certainly make a mess of things. Especially in coastal areas.
I don't say this to make any claims to having special insights or to be a modern day prophet. And I make no claims to know if and when they will happen (I really wouldn't want to know). It's just interesting (for me anyway) to look on prophesies from a perspective of what the contemporary writers understood when they wrote them. It even makes them a little more plausible in my mind.
:hmm:
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