@Kosonen
Revelation 8:7 The first one blew his trumpet. And there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green vegetation was burned up.
The conclusion of the text, "all the green grass will be burned", shows that this is a symbolic description. It is not a physical fire, but neither is it literal green vegetation. If such a thing were to happen, then history might not continue at all. A fire that destroyed all green vegetation on Earth would destroy life on Earth. That physical fulfillment is not even the literary goal of Revelation is suggested by the fact that "green vegetation" reappears in Rev. 9:4.
I think it is necessary to ask first whether the text of the prophecy, will have a literal fulfillment. But if that literal fulfillment would prevent further events, then it is appropriate to consider the symbolic meaning. The decision as to what is literal and what is symbolic is, in my opinion, based on God's desire to save people, or more accurately: the entire plot of Revelation (until the coming of Christ with his 1000 year reign) is a description of how, through the "plagues" of God, punishment falls on sinners, with the goal of them repenting and turning to God and surviving. At the same time, Satan and his world will be activated and will want people to worship only him and he and his people, will murder others. God will not murder the righteous with the sinner, but He wants the sinner, too, to repent and be saved. It is only after all possibilities have been exhausted, at the point that the righteous dies without his death causing the sinners to repent (see Saul/Paul), that God will reveal himself as the sovereign Ruler...
My point, very briefly, is that in my opinion, Revelation will have some physical/material manifestation on Earth, but Revelation deals with roles, functions, and relationships between symbols (e.g. the beast and the woman) because it is a universal prediction of the end - which may have already come true in the 5th or 13th century. But it may not be fulfilled until the 23rd century.
In my opinion, it is more useful to be concerned with "uncovering" the parables/symbols in Revelation, in their interrelationships or roles, than to immediately look for an entity, a government or organization behind each symbol. The history of interpreting Revelation shows that this is not the way, or more accurately, it is a dead end.
Example: to discuss over Revelation that a symbol represents the UN, and it is intended to destroy religion, means that the one who interprets it that way must have information about the coming end, despite the claim that no one knows the hour and day. Either there is humility and an admission of not knowing, or there is pride, because of the supposed knowledge...
I am not saying that Revelation cannot be commented on, on the contrary! But it wants first to reveal the symbols, their roles (sometimes they have two or more), their function and their relationships: the green vegetation of Rev 8:7 will probably be different from that of Rev 9:4. If I can find the meaning of the symbol for Rev 8:7 (here grass, as those "rich" in the knowledge of God, but who are like chaff), then the symbol in Rev 9:4 speaks of "grass" as the little ones that are yet to grow in God's field, yet to bear fruit. These are the little ones....
I won't go into who specifically and which church will be the grass to burn or deserve protection in the 23rd century. Nor am I looking for that, even for my 21st century... JWs negative example of theology, is a pretty big warning 😊✌️