These are the effects of great earthquakes: see Revelation 6:14. Some, by islands and mountians, understand the inhabitants of both. I know not whether those reverend authors, who by this term understand their idol worship and superstition, or ecclesiastical dignities, (I suppose because the heathens, and Jews, in imitation of them, committed idolatry on mountains and high hills), be not here too critical.
Verse Revelation 16:20. _EVERY ISLAND FLED AWAY_] Probably meaning the capture of seaport towns, and fortified places....
AND EVERY ISLAND FLED AWAY - Expressive of great and terrible judgments, as if the very earth were convulsed, and everything were moved out of its place. See the notes on Revelation 6:14. AND THE MOUN...
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 16:17. The seventh bowl. The scene of destruction this time is the air. A mighty earthquake and a storm of hail follow, which involve the whole world, and specially Rome, in ruin. LIGHTNING...
THE SEVENTH VIAL. "And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came. great voice out of the temple or heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thun...
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...
_every island_&c. See Revelation 6:14. _great hail_ Revelation 8:7; Revelation 11:19. _about the weight of a talent_ While natural hailstones weighing the sixtieth part of one are noticed as ex
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THE SEVENTH VIAL. PRELIMINARIES OF JUDGEMENT...
_THE SEVENTH VIAL OF GODS' WRATH REVELATION 16:17-21:_ The earth, waters and now the air is affected by God's judgment against Rome. The great city in John's day was Rome. The picture now is that she...
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THE SEVENTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL, &C.— The seventh vial _is poured into the air,_ the seat of Satan's residence, who is emphatically styled, _the prince of the power of the air,_ Ephesians 2:2. a...
_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...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 56 Text Revelation 16:17-21 17 And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came forth a great voice out of the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done:...
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. Parallel to Revelation 6:14; by anticipation descriptive of the last judgment. THE MOUNTAINS - `there was found no mountains.'...
__ 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...
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...
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 EVERY ISLAND FLED. — So wide-spread are the effects of the earthquake; the convulsion tests every spot; there is only one kingdom which cannot be shaken. (Comp. Daniel 2:44; Daniel 6:26; Hebrews 1...
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
Here, as at Revelation 6:14, the removal of hills tallies with the Iranian belief (shared by later Jewish Christian apocalyptic, _cf._ Böklen, 131 f.) that mountains as the work of Ahriman would disap...
“THE WAR OF THE GREAT DAY OF GOD” Revelation 16:10 All these judgments apparently refer to the destruction of those great systems of falsehood and apostasy which set themselves against the truth and...
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...
Babylon is shaken into three parts, islands fled, and mountains disappeared. Babylon and all the cities that joined in her wickedness fall. She is given the cup of God's wrath to drink. Never let it b...
And every island fled away, and the mountains (29) were not (b) found. (29) That is, were seen no more, or were no more extant. A borrowed Hebraism. (b) Literally "appeared not"; (Genesis 5:24)...
(17) And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. (18) And there were voices, and thunders, an...
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 EVERY ISLAND FLED AWAY,.... This may be understood either of the dissolution of the world, the present heavens and earth, when there will be no more sea, Revelation 21:1 and so consequently no isl...
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. Ver. 20. _Fled away_] Either swallowed up by the water or consumed by the fire....
Revelation 16:18-20. It is said there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great; and the cities of the nations fell, and every island...
_And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air_ The seat of Satan's residence, who is emphatically styled, (Ephesians 2:2,) _the prince of the power of the air_, and is represented (Revelatio...
EVERY ISLAND FLED AWAY-THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT FOUND; representing the overthrow by mighty revolutions of all the powers opposed to Christ and his people....
The emptying of the seventh vial:...
AND EVERY ISLAND FLED AWAY, AND THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT FOUND....
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...
_ 20 Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found._ A. Most commentators believe that “island” represents the individual leaders of these nations. The previous verse mentions the cit...
17-21 The seventh and last angel poured forth his vial, and the downfal of Babylon was finished. The church triumphant in heaven saw it and rejoiced; the church in conflict on earth saw it and became...
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Revelation 16:20. AND EVERY ISLAND FLED AWAY, AND THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT FOUND. The particular thus mentioned is the sixth, and the language used is even stronger than that of chap. Revelation 6:14, ‘...
FLED (εφυγεν). Second aorist active indicative of φευγω. Islands sometimes sink in the sea in earthquakes (Revelation 6:14).WERE NOT FOUND (ουχ ευρεθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of ευρι...
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....
THERE WERE FLASHES OF LIGHTNING. These verses are symbolic of the _horror_ of Judgment. The final collapse of Babylon is a crushing blow to all who have the mark of the beast. The earth breaking to pi...
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
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 16:17 “IT IS DONE!” This declaration affirms that God has completed his plan (Revelation 10:7). His wrath against evil i
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...
_17 AND THE SEVENTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL INTO THE AIR; AND THERE CAME A GREAT VOICE OUT OF THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN, FROM THE THRONE, SAYING, IT IS DONE._ _ 18 AND THERE WERE VOICES, AND THUNDERS,...
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...
Isaiah 2:14; Jeremiah 4:23; Revelation 20:11; Revelation 6:14...
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
Every island and mountain was "moved out of its place," Revelation 6:14; but here they all flee away. What a change must this make in the face of the terraqueous globe! And yet the end of the world is...