THE SIXTH VISION. THE SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON THE GREAT (CHAPTER S 15-18). It is noteworthy that before each vision dealing with activities on earth there is an assurance that God's people are well catered for. The seven seals (chapter 6) are preceded by the representatio... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having seven plagues which are the last, for in them is finished the wrath of God.' The seven plagues are the last to be described not the last chronologically, for the seven seals and the seven trumpets which run parallel to them... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I saw as it were a glassy sea mingled with fire, and those who came victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the glassy sea, having harps of God.' Here John is looking forward to the rapture and resurrection. He is declaring that what is to fol... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvellous are your works (Psalms 104:24; Psalms 111:2; Psalms 139:14), Oh Lord God, the Almighty. Righteous and true are your ways (Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalms 145:17), you King of the Ages (Jeremiah 10:... [ Continue Reading ]
‘After these things I saw, and the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Heaven was opened, and there came out from the Temple the seven angels that had the seven plagues, arrayed with precious linen (some few authorities read ‘stone' - lithon for linon), pure and bright, and girded about the... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. And the Temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one was able to enter into the Temple until the seven plagues of the seven an... [ Continue Reading ]