Revelation 15:1

Then I saw another mysterious sight in the sky. Again and again we see a cycle of events in Revelation - the cycle of the church. The Holy Spirit produces faith in the hearts of people through the preaching of the Good News of God's act in Christ to set men free. Those who believe and are baptized (Acts 2:41) are added to the group [the church: the messianic community], The Devil fights against them through human agents, and we see that again and again, the church is persecuted [Chapter s 4-7]. We see God again and again send warning-judgments against the persecuting world [Chapter s 8-11], but these people do not repent. [Some few do.] This constant warfare between the world and the church points to the deeper conflict between the "child of the woman" [Christ] and the Dragon [Chapter s 12-14]. But, when the Trumpets of Warning fail to produce repentance, and wicked men fail to turn to God, what then? Will God close his eyes to it all until the Judgment??? Chapter s 15-16 answer this. Whenever in our world, wicked men ignore the Trumpets of Warning, the Bowls of God's Wrath are poured out! These are the Last Plagues! Death plunges these rebels, who will not accept forgiveness, into the hands of an angry God! [Notice that the same event may be a Seal to the believer; a Trumpet of Warning to the wicked; and a Bowl of Wrath to the rebel.]