Prophecy
13
The Seven
Bowls –
Revelation 15:7 – 16:21
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The
Sequence:
Revelation
15:7
And one of
the four beasts gave unto the seven
angels seven golden vials full of the
wrath of God, who liveth for ever and
ever.
{7} While
the wicked on Earth were celebrating
the death of the Two Witnesses,[12]one of the
four living creatures gave a golden
bowl filled with God’s wrath to
each of the seven angels that stand
before God. All Heaven watched with
solemn interest, for the angels know
that Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today and forever.[13]
During the
Great Tribulation, the blood of
God’s saints will cry out for
justice in the same way that
Abel’s blood cried out to the
Lord[14] and the
seven last plagues will be the
Lord’s response.
Revelation
15:8
And the
temple was filled with smoke from the
glory of God, and from his power; and
no man was able to enter into the
temple, till the seven plagues of the
seven angels were fulfilled.
{8} After
the seven angels received the seven
bowls, Heaven’s temple was
filled with smoke from the glory of
God and from His power. Everyone had
to leave the temple for His wrath is
a consuming fire.[15] No one
could enter the temple until the
seven plagues were finished. The
empty temple means there is no
further intercession or salvation for
individuals. God’s offer of
redemption was finished.
When the
1,265th day of the Great Tribulation
arrives, Jesus will resurrect the
144,000 and take them to Heaven. On
that morning, the sky will become
violent and threatening. Great sheets
of lightning will slice through the
darkness and peals of intimidating
thunder will boom throughout the
Earth. Voices will be heard rumbling
deep from within the Earth. People
who have the mark of the beast will
be paralyzed with terror. When the
saints observe these manifestations
of divine power, they will know that
the time for the seven bowls has come
and there is nothing further they can
do. They will flee to the wilderness
or the mountains to wait for Jesus to
appear.
Revelation
16:1
And I heard a
great voice out of the temple saying
to the seven angels, Go your ways,
and pour out the vials of the wrath
of God upon the earth.
{16:1} Then
I heard a loud voice in Heaven say to
the seven angels, “Go now and
make the wicked drink from the cup of
God’s wrath.”
Jesus said to
the first angel, “Lucifer
controls the world. He will not
permit my people to buy or sell
because they will not wear his mark.
He intends to starve my people to
death. Do to the wicked as they have
done to my people. Go and poison
their food. Let those who are wearing
the mark of the beast eat their
cursed food and suffer from the
horrible boils that will follow.”
“The day of the Lord is near for
all nations. As you have done, it
will be done to you; your deeds will
return upon your own head.”[16]
Revelation
16:2
And the first
went, and poured out his vial upon
the earth; and there fell a noisome
and grievous sore upon the men which
had the mark of the beast, and upon
them which worshipped his image.
{2} The
first angel poured out his bowl of
poison on the land, and
ugly and painful sores broke out on
everyone who had the mark of the
beast, but the saints were not
affected. When the wicked realized
that their food supplies from the
land were the source of their boils,
they rushed to the ocean to find
food.
Then Jesus
said, “Neither shall the sea
provide food for the wicked. Poison
the oceans of the world!”
Revelation
16:3
And the
second angel poured out his vial upon
the sea; and it became as the blood
of a dead man; and every living soul
died in the sea.
{3} The
second angel poured out his bowl upon
the oceans and the water turned into
a thick blood-like fluid, like the
blood of a dead man. Every living
creature in the sea died. The remains
of the sea creatures floated to the
surface and washed onto the shores.
Nothing from the sea could be eaten,
but the saints were not affected. God
provided food for them.
Jesus said to
the third angel, “Many of the
wicked participated in the slaughter
of my servants, the 144,000. Since
they are bloodthirsty, take away
their water and give them blood to
drink.”
Revelation
16:4-7
And the third
angel poured out his vial upon the
rivers and fountains of waters; and
they became blood. And I heard the
angel of the waters say, Thou art
righteous, O Lord, which art, and
wast, and shalt be, because thou hast
judged thus. For they have shed the
blood of saints and prophets, and
thou hast given them blood to drink;
for they are worthy. And I heard
another out of the altar say, Even
so, Lord God Almighty, true and
righteous are thy judgments.
{4} The
third angel poured his bowl of poison
on the rivers and springs of water,
and the springs of water became like
blood, just like the ocean. The
drinking water became poisonous for
everyone who had participated in the
murder of God’s people. The
agony suffered by the murderers was
intense. They were hungry, thirsty
and the agony they suffered was
unbearable.
{5} The
angel with the third bowl spoke to
Jesus: “Eternal God, you are
just and fair in these judgments, for
you have judged righteously.
{6} For
these devil worshipers have shed the
innocent blood of your saints and
prophets, and you have given them
blood to drink.”
{7} Then,
the mighty angel who stood at the
Altar of Incense also responded:
“Yes, Lord God Almighty, your
vengeance is righteous and your
actions are justifiable.”
After the
third bowl is poured out, the wicked
will be in great anguish all over the
world. The devil, who pompously
masquerades as Almighty God, cannot
prevent or cancel the effects of the
first three bowls. To keep his
deception intact, the devil will
stall for time by promising to
improve food supplies and provide
fresh water, but his promises will
not be fulfilled. To further divert
the attention of the wicked from his
failure to save them from these
plagues, Lucifer will direct the
wicked to utterly destroy the
remaining saints because he will
claim they are aligned with “the
devil.” Lucifer will lead the
wicked into thinking that the saints
have managed to bring a great curse
upon the Earth and if they are
eliminated, the curse will end.
Immediately, the wicked will agree to
kill the saints beginning on a
specific day (the 1,290th day of the
Great Tribulation). Great rewards
will be promised to everyone who
captures and kills God’s saints,
but Jesus will protect His saints.
None of His people will perish. Jesus
will say to the fourth angel having
the fourth bowl, “The wicked
intended to kill my people, now let
them feel the heat of my wrath.”
Revelation
16:8-9
And the
fourth angel poured out his vial upon
the sun; and power was given unto him
to scorch men with fire And men were
scorched with great heat, and
blasphemed the name of God, which
hath power over these plagues: and
they repented not to give him glory.
{8} The
fourth angel poured out his bowl on
the Sun. The Sun became so hot that
it scorched Earth with unbearable
heat. The stench rising from dead sea
creatures was unbearable. No one
could go outside and it was worse
indoors. There was no water. There
was no electricity.
{9} Objects
became so hot that people were badly
burned by merely touching them.
Millions of wicked people, exhausted
from their efforts to survive, died
from hunger, thirst, and heat
exhaustion. Even the devil’s
highest ranking officials had very
little food and water and there was
no protection from the searing heat.
Nevertheless, the wicked refused to
repent of their wickedness and
worship the Creator of Heaven and
Earth, the only true God. They cursed
the saints and their God who had
control of these plagues and refused
to glorify Him.
The wicked
will call out to Lucifer, “If
you are Almighty God as you claim,
stop these curses. Ever since you
became king of kings and lord of
lords (during the sixth trumpet), our
condition has become worse and worse.
Use your miracle working powers to
end our suffering! Show us that you
are Almighty God!” These
requests will put the devil in a
great predicament. He cannot undo the
effects caused by the first four
bowls.
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