Revelation 16 - Introduction
_THE ANGELS POUR OUT THEIR VIALS FULL OF WRATH. THE PLAGUES THAT FOLLOW THEREUPON. CHRIST COMETH AS A THIEF. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT WATCH._ _Anno Domini 96._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ANGELS POUR OUT THEIR VIALS FULL OF WRATH. THE PLAGUES THAT FOLLOW THEREUPON. CHRIST COMETH AS A THIEF. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT WATCH._ _Anno Domini 96._... [ Continue Reading ]
I HEARD A GREAT VOICE, &C.— In obedience to the divine command, the seven angels _pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth:_ and as the _trumpets_ were so many steps and degrees of the ruin of the Roman empire, so the vials are of the Roman church. The one, in polity and government, is... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST WENT, AND POURED HIS VIAL, &C.— The first vial is poured out upon the earth; and so the hail and fire of the first trumpet, ch. Revelation 8:7 _were cast upon the earth._ it produces _a noisome and grievous sore,_ and in this respect resembles the sixth plague of Egypt; Exodus 9:10. This i... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SECOND ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL, &C.— This vial _is poured out upon the sea,_ and the sea becomes as _the blood of a dead man,_ or as congealed blood; and, in like manner, under the second trumpet, ch. Revelation 8:8 the burning mountain _was cast into the sea,_ &c. The third vial (Revelation 1... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FORTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE SUN, &C.— As the fourth trumpet affected _the sun,_ ch. Revelation 8:12. so likewise the fourth vial _is poured out upon the sun._ An intense heat ensues, &c. Revelation 16:9. Whether by this intense heat of the sun, is meant literally uncommon sultry sea... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIFTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE SEAT, &C.— The fifth vial _is poured out upon the seat or throne of the beast, and his kingdom_ becomes _full of darkness,_ as Egypt did under her ninth plague, Exodus 10:21. This is some great calamity which shall fall upon Rome itself, and shall _darken... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SIXTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS VIAL UPON THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES, &C.— Whether by Euphrates be meant the river so called, or only a mystic Euphrates; and whether by the _kings of the East_ be meant the Jews in particular, or any eastern potentates in general, can be matters only of conjecture, til... [ Continue Reading ]
KEEPETH HIS GARMENTS— This may be an allusion to what that Jewish officer, called _the man of the mountain,_ (that is, of the Lord's house) used to do, when taking his round in the temple to examine the watch: if he met with any asleep, they were beaten by the provost, and had _their garments taken... [ Continue Reading ]
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. and is represented, Revelation 16:13. as a principal actor in these latter scenes; so that this last... [ Continue Reading ]