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 we saw plagues fall on the grass and trees, the sea, rivers, and fountains, and upon the sun, and m... [ Continue Reading ]
"And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet." Observe carefully the terms of this verse and see what it proves. What did we have in Chapter s twelve and thirteen? Why, dragon, beast, an... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold I come as a thief. God's judgments come unexpectedly. This seems to be a parenthesis, and then verse sixteen goes on to say: "And he, (or they, meaning the frog-like spirits) gathered them (meaning the kings or nations before mentioned) together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armage... [ Continue Reading ]
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air, (the Devil is called the prince of the power of the air) and a great voice from heaven said: "It is done." Yes it is done, the last vial emptied, and the judgment executed. "And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and a great earth... [ Continue Reading ]
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, (the Sinaitic manuscript has city, in the singular as if referring to Rome alone, yet the plural is perfectly consistent with the view we maintain, for the empire had many cities) and great Babylon came in remembran... [ Continue Reading ]