Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

See Isaiah 34

• Revelation Chapter 16 is part of “the things which will take place after this” The Tribulation.

• Revelation 16 covers ALL Seven Bowls
  
  Three racers – all running to the finish line together to reach the seventh seal, the seventh trumpet, and the seventh bowl which culminates with Jesus appearing in the clouds at His return; displayed by an Earthquake, Thunder, Lightning, Great Hail, and Noises at His presence.

Revelation 16

• About the title: Esau sold his (salvation) birthright for a bowl of red stew; stew in Hebrew, means “pride”. 
  
  • Genesis 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red (Adom) stew (zuwd), for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom (Red).

• “Stew” (zuwd) in Hebrew means “Pride”.

• The Waters turn to red stew from the blood of men.

The Seven Bowls

Revelation 16:¹ Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the (seven) bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”

First Bowl: Loathsome Sores

Revelation 16:² So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome (severe and malignant, lit. bad and evil) sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.

Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood

Revelation 16:³ Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.

• Revelation 16:3 The Second Bowl is the same event as the Second Trumpet
  
  • Revelation 8:8 Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck – Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
    
• The second bowl and the second trumpet are the same event with slightly different descriptions.

• The Seas are salt water; ie the oceans.

• Every single creature in the sea died.
  
  • Revelation 11:18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great,
    And should destroy those who destroy the earth.

Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood

Revelation 16:⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

Revelation 16:⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying:

“You are righteous, O Lord,
The One who is and who was and who is to be,
Because You have judged these things.

Revelation 16:⁶ For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,
And You have given them blood to drink.

For it is their just due.”

Revelation 16:⁷ And I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”

Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched

Revelation 16:⁸ Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

Revelation 16:⁹ And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.

• The “Sun” is the wrong “Son”.

Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain

Revelation 16:¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

Revelation 16:¹¹ They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up

Revelation 16:¹² 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.

Revelation 16:¹³ And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon (Satan), out of the mouth of the beast (The Antichrist), and out of the mouth of the false prophet (The False Prophet).

Revelation 16:¹⁴ 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.

Revelation 16:¹⁵ “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.”

Revelation 16:¹⁶ And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon (Mt. Megiddo, Megiddo).

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• The simultaneous seventh seal, trumpet and bowl sum up the wrath of God and the pomp of Satan. The seventh of the seal, trumpet and bowl ends with thunder, lightning, earthquake, and noises. A complete 777 which overcomes Satan’s 666.

Seventh Bowl: The Earth Utterly Shaken

Revelation 16:¹⁷ 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!”

Revelation 16:¹⁸ 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.

Revelation 16:¹⁹ Now the great city (Jerusalem) was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon (Jerusalem) was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.

Revelation 16:²⁰ Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

Revelation 16:²¹ 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.

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AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRIBULATION