Saturday, March 6, 2021

Revelation Chapter 16 (R16b)

        Wrath of God (7th Seal)

The 6th Bowl/Trumpet on River Euphrates
Rev 16:12-16   Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. "Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame." And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.
    When the 6th bowl is poured into the River Euphrates, the dragon, the beast, and false prophet send out demonic spirits to gather the kings of the earth to fight God's anointed in Jerusalem, which includes the 2 witnesses and the 144,000 Israeli converts.   
    Meanwhile, the four angels bound in the River Euphrates will hear the 6th trumpet. Out of the mouths of the two hundred million horsemen, fire, smoke, and brimstone will kill a third of mankind that bear the mark of the beast.
Rev 9:13-16  Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind. Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them... By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.
     
No Repentance Found
Rev 9:20-21  But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
    With such great sufferings and seeing a third of mankind killed yet they will not repent because all of them have already received the mark of the beast.

The 7th Bowl/Trumpet on the Air
Rev 16:17-21  Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.
    Great earthquakes flatten Jerusalem, mountains and make islands disappear; soon after, large hailstones weighing 60kg each hit the earth. Many lost their lives that day yet those who remain blaspheme God instead of repenting.
    At the 7th bowl/trumpet, God has completed His work and has laid the path for Jesus to establish His Millennium Rule on earth.
Rev 11:15-19  Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"