Seven angels equipped with God's wrath ruin the earth

Revelation 15-16
AIM: Fear of God's wrathful judgement of sin, causes worship filled repentance

"...And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 25:46 

A) The Song around the Glassy Sea
(15:1) Another event, seven angels with seven plagues, would bring God's wrath to completion
(2-3) seemed like glass sea, fire beside it those victorious over beast, image, number of name, harps given by God and sang song of God's servant Moses and Lamb:

• Praise his natural attributes: Creator (Great and marvelous are your deeds), Almighty, holy (set apart, unique), 
• Praise his character attributes: Just and true are your ways, righteous, holy (pure)
• Praise his name: Adonai Elohei Tseva'ot (a-doh-NIGH e-lo-HAY tse-va-OHT) Lord God Almighty
• Adonai (My Lord) - the respectfully spoken word, written YHWH (tetragrammaton) Yahweh, or The LORD

(4) Who will not fear you, Lord and give glory to your name? You alone are holy

• Spoiler alert, it's everyone on the earth...(Rev 16:9,11)

Application: How do I give reverent glory to God? What's sin in my life holds me back from giving reverent glory to God?

B) God's Tabernacle opened and seven angels equipped with wrath
(5-6)  Temple, God's Tabernacle thrown wide open, seven angels, with seven plagues, dressed in clean, shining linen, golden sashes around chests

• Fathers' house many rooms John 14:2, "pearly gates" the temple is the Lord God Almighty Rev 21:21-27, it is the Christians desire to go home to God (Heb 11:16) when our work is finished.
• We can't image it's beauty 1 Cor 2:9, it's paradise Luke 23:43
• It's value is more than we can achieve on earth Matthew 6:19-21
• Treasures in heaven are people Luke 12:33-34, be generous, ready to share 1 Timothy 6:17-19

(7-8) 1 of 4 living creatures given seven bowls filled with God's wrath, temple filled smoke no one could enter until the seven plagues were completed
Application: How do I live in God's presents?

C) The bowls of God's final judgement
(16:1) heard loud voice from temple saying "Go, pour out seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth"
(2) First bowl - land, ugly sores on people with mark of beast and worshiped its image (Exodus 9:8-11 furnace soot, air boils on animals & people)
(3) Second bowl - sea, blood everything died (Exodus 7:14-25 only the Nile; Revelation 8:8-9 Only 1/3 sea)
(4-5) Third bowl - all rivers and springs to blood (Revelation 8:10-11 only 1/3)

• Sending these judgments causes angel to praise God , "You are just, O Holy One, is and always was"
• A world without any clean water
• (7) They shed blood of your holy people and prophets, God gave them blood to drink, their just reward

(8) Fourth bowl - on the sun, scorches everyone with its fire, they refuse to repent and glorify God (Deuteronomy 28:22 scorching heat and drought until perish; 2 Peter 3:7 heaven and earth are reserved for fire)

• (9) they cursed the name of God, refused to repent and glorify him

(10) Fifth bowl - on the throne of the beast, kingdom plunged into darkness, gnawed tongues agony (Exodus 10:21-23 darkness limited to Egypt-could see anyone, didn't impact Hebrews)

• (11) they cursed God of heaven cause of pains, sores but refused to repent of what they had done

(12) Sixth bowl - on Euphrates, water dried up prepared way kings East (Exodus 8:1-15; 14:21-27) 

• (13) Three impure spirits, like frogs from mouth of dragon, beast and false prophet
• (14) demonic spirits, work miracles gather all rulers of world to battle against the Lord, judgment day of God Almighty
• (15) "Look, I'll come unexpectedly as thief - keep watch, clothes ready - won't be naked, ashamed"
• (16) demonic spirits gathered all rulers and armies to Armageddon

(17) Seventh bowl - air, from throne in Temple "It is finished!"

• (18) thunder, lightening, great earthquake worse since people were place on the earth
• (19) great city split into three parts, cities of nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of fury of his wrath
• (20-21) Every island fled away, mountains couldn't be found, huge hailstones 100 lbs each
• they cursed God plague of hail was so terrible

Application: How authentic is my repentance to God?


Helpful Verses: Revelation 15-16; Exodus 40:34-35; 2 Chronicles 5:13-14; Isaiah 6:1-4; Revelation 15:5-8 ;Exodus 9:8-11;Exodus 7:14-25; Revelation 8:8-9; Revelation 8:10-11;Deuteronomy 28:22; 2 Peter 3:7;Exodus 10:21-23;8:1-15; 14:21-27; Luke 12:39-40; 2 Peter 3:10; Matthew 24:43-44; Mark 13:32-37; 2 Peter 3:10; Isaiah 61:10; Romans 13:11-14; Galatians 3:26-27

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