REVELATION 16 (PART 1 of 2)

REVELATION 16
PART 1 of 2

SEVEN VIALS

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   1) And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

   2) And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image.

   3) And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man:  and every living soul died in the sea.

   4) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

   5) And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou are righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

   6) For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 

   7) And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments.

   8) And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

   9) And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the Name of God, Which hath power over these plagues:  and they repented not to give Him glory.  King James Version (KJV) Public Domain

COMMENTARY

   The plagues, calamities that have been bombarding the earth since the rapture have been God trying to convict and convert people's hearts.  Some have refused the mark of the beast and have been caught and executed; others have run for their lives.  But commodities are scarce and no one can buy or sell without the mark of the beast.  Now, the final judgments are no longer a call to repentance, but they are a pure expression of the vengeance of a holy God.

     Jesus gives the command to begin the final purge of evil, of human rebellion, from the earth.  Too long He has knocked on the door of our hearts only to be turned aside.  Everyone who received the mark of the beast is affected by the first plague.

   The second trumpet, you remember, affected a third of the sea and a third of sea creatures.  Here, the entire sea will be affected and all it's creatures will die.  The rivers and fountains became blood but it may be that the inhabitants can drink this (see verse 6) even though it will be bitter and repulsive.

   Then we get the real "global warming", in that the sun's heat will intensify.  (See also, Malachi 4:1)  Now, really, can you imagine the stench from all the hot "blood" in all of the waterways?



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