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Revelation 16:5
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.
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.
Verse Revelation 16:5. _THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS_] The rabbins attribute angels, not only to the four elements so called, but to almost every thing besides. We have already seen the _angel_ of the _bo...
AND I HEARD THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS SAY - The angel who presides over the element of water; in allusion to the common opinion among the Hebrews that the angels presided over elements, and that each el...
CHAPTER 16 Revelation 16:1 . The great voice commands the seven angels to go on their way and to empty the bowls upon the earth (Ps. 49:24). And these vials of judgments affect not only the Roman Emp...
REVELATION 16:2. The first bowl. The wrath of God is poured out on the worshippers of the beast, _i.e._ Antichrist, _i.e._ Nero. MARK OF THE BEAST: REVELATION 13:16 *. WORSHIPPED HIS IMAGE: _ i.e._ th...
THE THIRD VIAL. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. And. heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous,. Lord, which art, a...
THE SEVEN BOWLS OF THE WRATH OF GOD (Revelation 16:1-21) It will be better to read through the whole chapter before we study it in detail. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying to the seven...
RIGHTEOUS. App-191. O LORD. The texts omit. AND SHALT BE. The texts read "Thou Holy One". JUDGED. App-122....
_the angel of the waters_ Here at least there is no question (see on Revelation 7:1; Revelation 14:18) that we have an elemental Angel; see Exc. I. _O Lord_ Should be omitted. _which art, and wast, a...
ἈΓΓΈΛΟΥ. Primas[532] _angelos_ or _angelorum_. [532] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. Ὁ ὍΣΙΟΣ. So Tisch[533] [W. H[534]] and Weiss with אP; Lach[535] and Treg[536] omit ὁ with AB2C; cop[537] æth[53...
THE THIRD VIAL...
_THE FIRST THREE VIALS OF GOD'S WRATH REVELATION 16:1-7:_ This voice that speaks has to be the voice of God because no one else could enter the Temple because of the smoke. The message to "the seven a...
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THE SECOND ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL, &C.— This vial _is poured out upon the sea,_ and the sea becomes as _the blood of a dead man,_ or as congealed blood; and, in like manner, under the second trumpe...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 52 Text Revelation 16:4-7 4 And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters sa...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XVI _Text (Revelation 16:1-21)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wra...
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. ANGEL OF (PRESIDING OVER) THE WATERS. O LORD. Omitted by 'Ale...
__ Temple Section-The Bowls 3 This corresponds very closely with the second trumpet (Rev_8:8). That was limited to a third and affected the ships. The blood here is ''as if of a dead man." 4 The th...
16:5 one, (l-19) _ Hosios_ . see Note b, ch. 15.4....
THE SEVEN BOWLS In the last chapter there was a pause of suspense, during which the angels of the 'plagues' were seen coming forth from the Presence of God to pour out His wrath. In this chapter the...
ANGEL OF THE WATERS] As Churches (cp. Revelation 1:20), and nations and armies (cp. Revelation 9:14.), so also the elements of nature (cp. Revelation 7:1;...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 16 THE 7 BOWLS OF GOD’S ANGER - REVELATION 16:1-21 V1 Then I heard a loud voice from the *temple. It said to the 7 *angels, ‘Go. Po...
AND I HEARD THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS... — That is, the angel who was set over the waters, or the angel who is, on the heavenly side, representative of the waters. (See _Excursus A: On the Angels._) The...
(5-7) But this state of things is declared to be a just retribution, and reasonably so; for the corruption arises because the true power of life has been rejected: it is the refusal of the good, the w...
Revelation 16:1 CHAPTER XII THE SEVEN BOWLS. Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1. NOTHING can more clearly prove that the Revelation of St John is not written upon chronological principl
ὅσιος and δίκαιος are used together of God in hieratic inscriptions of dedication throughout Asia Minor, possibly under Jewish influence. Δίκαιος, often a title of messiah (see on Revelation 3:1 and B...
No more drinking water. The justice of this particular plague is acknowledged by (Revelation 16:5-6) the angel of the element in question and by (7) the altar (personified here, in line of Revelation...
RECOMPENSE FOR THE BLOOD OF SAINTS Revelation 16:1 It makes us pause to hear that angels, who rejoice over one sinner that repenteth, are employed in these terrible judgments. It is very startling to...
A condensed and graphic description of the processes of judgment on the rebellious and sinful race follows. Evil has wrought itself out to its most terrible expression, and now it is to be smitten wit...
Like the third trumpet (Revelation 8:11), this bowl affects the fresh water. Its result is similar to that of the first plague against Egypt except they could dig for fresh water, and this extends to...
(4) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. (5) And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast...
We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation. The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...
The Bowl Judgments At a children's missions conference I asked, "Where is the safest place in the world?" Matthew age 7, answered in all seriousness, "I think it's where God wants you to be!" I. INT...
The first vial of wrath brought the utmost distress and shameful misery on all who had taken the mark of the beast. The second brought the power of moral death on the mass of peoples; all who were amo...
AND I HEARD THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS SAY,.... So we read in Jewish writings t of an angel that was שרא דימא, "the prince of the sea", and of angels that were over the waters, and others over fire u; th...
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. Ver. 5. _The angel of the waters_] The same that poured forth hi...
_And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers a fountains of waters_, &c. Or those territories of the Papacy which were as necessary to it as rivers and fountains are to a country: the kind...
THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS; that had charge of the waters. Compare chap Revelation 7:1, where four angels have charge of four winds....
THE FIRST BOWL POURED OUT (vv. 1-2) A great voice from the temple now commands the execution of judgment. Grace has been patient; justice has not been hasty, but is to be apportioned out precisely...
_ 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be, Because You have judged these things._ A. The angel declares that the judgment...
1-7 We are to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven. Here is a succession of terrible judgments of Providence; and there seems to be an allusion to several of the pla...
This and the two following verses do but express the honour and glory that shall be given unto God, when he shall have accomplished his great work in destroying those who feed, and uphold, and maintai...
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‘And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, you who are and were, you holy one, because you did thus judge. For they poured out the blood of God's people (saints) and prophets, an...
Revelation 16:5-6. AND I HEARD THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS SAYING, THOU ART RIGHTEOUS, WHICH ART, AND WHICH WAST, THE HOLY ONE. No episode of this kind had intervened at the close of the third trumpet. Bu...
THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS (του αγγελου τον υδατων). Genitive case object of ηκουσα. See Revelation 7:1 for the four angels in control of the winds and Revelation 14:18 for the angel with power over fi...
CONTENTS: Vials of God's wrath poured out. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, 7 angels, beast, 3 demons. CONCLUSION: There shall, in the great Tribulation period, be poured out such manifestations of the...
Revelation 16:1. _Pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth._ The catastrophes of nations have their origin in heaven. “Oh Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff of my indignation....
I HEARD THE ANGEL. He declares the justice of what God is doing! God's people have cried out for vengeance (Revelation 6:9-11); and God heard them and promised to answer these prayers (Revelation 8:1-...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 16:4 With the THIRD bowl, RIVERS and SPRINGS (sources of drinking water) will be turned to BLOOD. “
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 16:1 The first four bowls inflict plagues on the earth, sea, rivers and springs, and sun (compare Revelation 8:7). The destruction poured out from the bowls is t
Chapter sixteen relates the pouring out of the vials. And they bear a close resemblance to the opening of the seals and the sounding of the trumpets in the preceding section of the Book. As previously...
THE SEVEN VIALS, OR BOWLS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ “THIS chapter describes the pouring out of the seven vials—that is to say, the extremest punishments of God—upon the throne and empire of the...
EXPOSITION In the judgments of the _vials, _or _bowls, _we have undoubtedly a recapitulation of what has been already foretold in the trumpet and seal visions. This recapitulation is not a mere repeti...
_4 AND THE THIRD ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE RIVERS AND FOUNTAINS OF WATERS; AND THEY BECAME BLOOD._ _ 5 AND I HEARD THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS SAY, THOU ART RIGHTEOUS, O LORD, WHICH ART, AND W...
In the fifteenth chapter of the book of Revelation, we had sort of the introduction to chapter sixteen, as we saw the seven angels in heaven who are given the seven final plagues which complete the ju...
2 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Daniel 9:14; Genesis 18:25;...
The angel of the waters. Set over the waters as other angels over the winds (ch. 7 1) and over the fire (ch. 14 18). O Lord. Omit. And shalt be. Following the reading oJ ejsomenov. Read oJ osiov Tho...
MERCY AND PUNISHMENT Revelation 14:1, _Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three Chapter s in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapte
The Gracious one — So he is styled when his judgments are abroad, and that with a peculiar propriety. In the beginning of the book he is termed "The Almighty." In the time of his patience, he is prais...
These verses seem to be. key to let us into the right understanding of the verses immediately foregoing; and clearly show, that as the idolatrous enemies of the church did shed the blood of saints and...