Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.
- 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: Pain is typically invisible and endured alone. Unless, maybe, you are hooked up to a server computer with a bio-brain chip in which everyone must endure the pain.
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.
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 (cursed) the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.
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 (chewed) their tongues because of the pain.
- The fifth bowl and the fifth trumpet are the same event with slightly different descriptions.
- Revelation 9:3 Then out of the smoke locusts (military) came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads (those who had taken the mark of the beast). 5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
- Revelation 9:3 Then out of the smoke locusts (military) came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads (those who had taken the mark of the beast). 5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
- Jerusalem is the throne of the beast, the Antichrist, since halfway (3-1/2 yrs) into the tribulation. Jerusalem was been given over to the gentiles for 42 months (3-1/2 yrs) which includes the Antichrist. (Revelation 11:2, Revelation 13:5)
- Pain from the biochip – pain from being scorched – (pain from nuclear radiation?)
Revelation 16:11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.
When you Curse the Light, Your get the Darkness
What on earth is going on for heaven’s sake?
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.
- The sixth bowl and the sixth trumpet are the same event with different descriptions.
- Revelation 9:13-18 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. And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 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.
- Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates.
- Revelation 9:13-18 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. And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 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.
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 each one 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.
AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRIBULATION
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