CHRIST'S FINAL WRATH. CHAPTER S 15-16 (Romans 2:5) _This is the fifth parallel section. The central idea is: "God will not tolerate sinful men forever. "It once again begins with Christ's First Coming._ "But the wicked, with actions and words, have called death to themselves, and thinking it a frie... [ Continue Reading ]
GO AND POUR OUT THE SEVEN BOWLS. This is God's authorization for what follows. [The Bowls of Wrath are a lot like the plagues sent on Egypt (_see Exodus Chapter s 7-10);_ and they parallel the Trumpets of Warning (_Rev. ch 8-9)._ The first Trumpet (Revelation 8:7) affects the _earth;_ so does the fi... [ Continue Reading ]
POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE EARTH. Disease (_such as_ Acts 12:21-23); land disasters in general (_see note on_ Revelation 8:7). Note that the Trumpets affect only a third of the earth; but the Bowls affect the whole earth!... [ Continue Reading ]
POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE SEA. All disasters which involve the sea. (_See note on_ Revelation 8:8.)... [ Continue Reading ]
POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE RIVERS. All disasters which come from the _land waters. (See note on_ Revelation 8:10.)... [ Continue Reading ]
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 8:1-5).... [ Continue Reading ]
POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE SUN. The fourth Trumpet brings the heavens themselves as tools to be used against the enemies of Christ's church! (_See note on_ Revelation 8:12.) Some think Deuteronomy 28:20-22 applies here, and that man's cruelty to each other is included in this.... [ Continue Reading ]
Poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. This shows the incredible cruelty of man to each other. Governments fall! Political chaos brings economic depression! The throne of the beast is the center of anti-christian government. When Assyria falls, or Babylon, or Rome, the whole universe of the... [ Continue Reading ]
Poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. The sixth Trumpet introduces war in general (_see notes on_ Revelation 9:14). Here the Bowl brings us to Armageddon. See notes on Revelation 11:4-10. These verses are a picture-symbol. The river represents the wicked world. The unclean spirits look l... [ Continue Reading ]
LISTEN! I AM COMING LIKE A THIEF! At the peak of Satan's effort, Christ suddenly appears! Compare Revelation 20:9. The ungodly will be caught "naked" by this! As the kings come to Armageddon, the seventh bowl is poured out.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THE SEVENTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL IN THE AIR. Satan's last effort at crushing God's people ends before it has any chance of succeeding, as the seventh bowl brings the Judgment. IT IS DONE! God's decree has been carried out. The work is complete. The seventh bowl brings our world of time to... [ Continue Reading ]
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 pieces and the huge hail stones are part of the picture. The central idea is that in the final Judgmen... [ Continue Reading ]