Study
18 From the Book of Revelation is: Revelation 15 and 16
The
series of judgments here described, though similar to those of the seals and
trumpets, is seen as a separate ‘portent’ in heaven. What follow are no longer
warnings but a final outpouring of the wrath of God.
1-
John is looking at the seven angels, when his eye is caught by
another vision, which he describes in 15:2-4. No doubt for the comfort of
believers, in face of the terrible judgments which are about to fall. What
great truths are they thereby assured of, and encouraged to rejoice in? What
should such awareness make them---and us----do? Cf. 16:5-7.
2-
In what respects are the ‘bowl’ judgements more severe than
those of the seals and the trumpets? What was the reaction to them (a of men,
and (b) of the dragon and his allies? Before such a prospect, what ground have
we for hope, and what reason for watchful concern? With 16:15, cf. Mt.
24:42-44.
Notes
1-
15:3,4 ‘The song of Moses’: cf. and contrast Ex. 14:30-15:19.
2-
16:16. ‘Armageddon’: the hill of Megiddo’: i.e., the plain of
Megiddo, where more than one famous battle was fought (Jdg. 5:19; 2Ch. 35:22),
and the hills around.
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