The Seven Last Plagues
Chapters 15 and 16
Just as most of the people who remain have sworn an oath to the Beast (Antichrist) and received the "Mark of The Beast" believing the Beast, will make things better.
Just when things are so bad that the people are in need of relief and the Antichrist promises that relief, but He is a liar.
Just when the people of earth that remain believe that things just cannot get worse, they get much worse.
The Lord God Jehovah is just getting started.
There are still some who did not take the "Mark of the Beast" and they will also go through these terrible things, but they will be saved out of them.
Many of them already martyrs for refusing the "Mark of the Beast".
We should clearly understand that nothing is over, till the Lord says they are over.
Just as the Lord was about to take His last breath as He hung on the Cross on Mount Calvary, He said it is finished.
Joh 19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
Joh 19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
What was accomplished? The plan of salvation for all believers was "finished" on that cross.
There is no other method to appease God beyond accepting the "work" that the Lord Jesus Christ did to provide our salvation, by paying the sin debt that was required for every human being that has lived since the time of Adam.
Even all those that were held in Abraham's Bosom had to believe the work that the Lord did for the salvation of all those of the world.
Eph 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Eph 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Eph 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Eph 4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
Eph 4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
Eph 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
There is only one hope for salvation and this hope is even extended into the Great Tribulation!
Jesus Christ did all the work and our only requirement is faith in that work.
In these Scriptures Jesus will say it is over. He will use the words "it is done".
What will be done? The full wrath of God will have reached its fulfillment!
*****Rev 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
Rev 15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
Rev 15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
The seven last plagues.
In case we miss it, there is a Temple in Heaven and guess what, my home and your home and every believers home are built around the Heavenly Temple.
Joh 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Every believer will live in the Father's House, in His Holy Temple.
But this day our Heavenly Father will show His wrath to those who have taken the "Mark of the Beast" who will live their final days in misery at the wrath of God.
Then in Hell, and then in the Burning Lake of Fire.
They are already in misery. They will see and feel and live in even more misery before they die and be sent to Hell for even more misery and after the "White Throne Judgment" into the Burning Lake of Fire, where they will endure everlasting misery in a place they cannot die to avoid it, just because they rejected their Creator.
This word wrath does not just mean they will endure God's anger until His anger does not exist.
This word wrath means they will endure God's never-ending anger upon them!
These angels come out of the Temple because their orders can come only from God Himself.
God's "Two Witnesses" have finished their work and they are back in Heaven, their work complete.
Remember it takes two witness before God will allow death.
The angels assigned to deliver the Gospel to the entire world have finished their work as Jesus had commanded, and have returned to Heaven and their place.
Mat_24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
With all things accomplished as written then Jehovah would do just as He said He would do!
*****Rev 15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
Notice those vials full of the wrath of God were not inside the Temple because anger should never be inside the House of God.
We did not use it, but in verse three in the Song of Moses, we see that all the acts of God are "just and true"!
Verse four says these "judgments" are made manifest.
The "judgments" of God are justified, and they will be according to His written Word!
These things in these vials must be completed before the Millennial Kingdom on earth can begin! All these things that written in the Word of God.
The Antichrist will be put down forever!
The False Prophet will be put down forever!
Satan will be chained up for 1000 years then released, for a very short season, and then sentenced to the Burning Lake of Fire!
To those who have questions, Satan will not be king of the Burning Lake of Fire, it is just his eternal home of misery just as it will be for all those who reject Jesus Christ.
It was in fact designed and created for him and the angels that followed him!
Mat 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
God never intended to have to send humans to this place, but they have chosen this fate themselves!
We must not forget the number seven used here can be said to be the complete nature of the "Wrath of God"!
God has no other alternative left for sin except to completely destroy it!
Once God has commanded this action, Jehovah stood in all His glory and no man was able to enter the Temple of God.
To be sure there are no men in Heaven!
The Lord Jesus will come to this earth in all His glory and just His glory, being so powerful that sin will be eradicated wherever the Lord places His feet upon this earth.
Sin cannot stand before the Glory of God in any form or fashion!
God is long-suffering.
God is patient.
God is good.
God is kind.
God is love.
But God is also a consuming fire!
Deu 4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
God deals with sin with blood and fire.
If you are not covered by the blood of Jesus, you will be consumed by His glory!
Isa 28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Isa 28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
This strange thing is about to take place!
*****Rev 16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
Rev 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
What we need to clearly understand is when Jehovah pours out these vials (bowls), His wrath will flow without mercy.
At no time in the Scriptures has Jehovah showed His wrath without it being tempered with "Mercy".
God will show no mercy at this time!
He was warned and warned and warned again. There will be no more warnings! There will be no escape!
God takes no pleasure in showing His wrath.
God will eradicate ungodliness and wickedness and immorality from the face of the earth, just as He warned and just as He promised!
We have just been through a time of pestilence (plague) throughout the world so we now realize that a plague can affect the entire world.
Plague number one:
That word "noisome" means terribly destructive.
That word "sore" means boils or ulcers.
It will be similar to leprosy but far worse.
It will be a cancer outside the body that is incurable.
It will be sin exposed to the pure liquids from Heaven that will eat them like an acid.
I cannot imagine someone with running boils and running ulcers, still falling down to worship the Antichrist (the Beast).
I am sure they will also be begging for him to help them, but he cannot, nor will he be able to.
Some of these plagues actually happened on a smaller scale in Egypt in the days of Moses.
Exo 9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exo 9:9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exo 9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
Exo 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
In reality "boils" are caused by "bad blood"!
"Boils" reveal "corruption" in the body!
These things will only happen to those who have the Mark of the Beast!
"Judgment" in all its bitterness had finally began.
The "fury" of the Lord that He would have rather not used, will no less be used on all those have the "Mark of the beast!
Not just in Jerusalem, not just in Israel, but all across the earth where men dwell!
*****Rev 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
Remember we are seeing the wrath of God without mercy and its best just to understand this Scripture just as it is written.
We need to go back to the Book of Genesis.
Gen 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Gen 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Gen 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
What we should understand from our verse three, is that those seas are no longer water but blood not because of the blood of the sea creatures but because it is the blood that killed all the sea creatures because the Seas could no longer sustain life.
This is not just the Mediterranean Sea but just as in Genesis it is all the Seas as they are one Sea.
We should probably also understand that these bowls (vials) were probably poured out in rapid succession.
*****Rev 16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
Rev 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Rev 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Rev 16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
The Seas as we know are Salt Waters, now we see that the fresh waters are also affected because in reality all the waters on our planet are connected.
Job 28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Job 28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
Job 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
Job 28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Job 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Job 36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Job 36:28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
Job 36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Without water there is no life and drinking blood will only cause death.
All, freshwater species, will die because of the blood.
Again this to has happened on a much smaller scale.
Exo 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Exo 7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
God's warnings are over, "death" is the key word during this time near the end of the Great Tribulation.
The prophets, the preachers, the saints of God have been murdered for centuries on end, just because of faith and the Word of God.
Even the Lord Jesus Christ shed His blood for all the world if the world would just show a little faith.
That blood that has been in the soil and the seas all these years would now surface in the Seas, and the Lakes and the Streams and the Springs and the waters of the earth would be blood and that blood would no longer sustain life because it is the blood of death.
The Lord God Jehovah is right to do these things, because of the injustice the world has caused to His children.
And Christ Jesus is not yet through.
*****Rev 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
Rev 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
I just wonder sometimes if all those who claim "Climate Change" are just afraid that what God says is true, but they still have some notion that they can defeat Jehovah.
They forget that Jesus Christ laid down His life and He then pick His life back up and the truth is He can never die!
I for one do hot handle the hot weather as well as I did when I was young, but this fourth bowl (vial) is pour directly on the Sun.
The Sun will have enough power to scorch the skin of those it reaches, who are unprotected.
Just what will protect you from the Sun that sends our fiery flames? Not much, and fire will break out everywhere with no means to extinguish its flame!
There will be a heat wave around this world, one such that has never been seen!
These people who can stay alive will not feel sorrow for their wickedness, they will only blaspheme and curse the Lord even more.
They still do not realize they are going to die.
How any could survive is only in the hands of the Lord.
We know the true Jews are in a place protected by the Lord, possibly the caves of Edom.
What had the Lord said?
Mal 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Mal 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Mal 4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Over and over the Lord has warned of this day.
Old Testament
Psa 21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Psa 21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Nah 1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Nah 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Nah 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Zep 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
New Testament
Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Mat 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
2Th 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
2Th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2Th 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
The world is ready for the coming of the Lord today! For they will not repent!
*****Rev 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Rev 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Some may say "well finally some relief", but this darkness will not bring relief!
In fact this darkness is just a little taste of Hell.
So dark that you can feel it.
In so much pain but cannot find relief nor even see enough even to move.
Even then those hot flames will still burn but be invisible to the eye, such as the burning of the petrol in a formula one race car.
The pain of God's Wrath cannot be avoided, and there will be no relief!
They will curse God even more!
Isaiah wrote that this would be a "gross" darkness.
Isa 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
But the Lord is not yet through.
All the world that remains hate the Lord so much, along with the Antichrist it is time for them to be gathered for one final battle, so the Lord makes a way for them to be gathered in the valley of Jehoshaphat.
Nah 1:5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Nah 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Nah 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Nah 1:8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Nah 1:9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
The Antichrist, The Beast does not even realize what is taking place.
Psa_2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
*****Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
At first glance it would seem that this sixth vial (bowl) does not seem to be much.
If we look closely, it not only says the way of the kings of the east is made clear, but the final preparations of the Great War called Armageddon have already been completed.
We know the Euphrates River has existed since the time of Creation and more or less has kept its tract even after the great flood just for the reason we read about in this chapter.
For those who do not know, there is a great dam built on the Euphrates today and it is possible to almost stop the flow of this great river that has supplied water to many people for a long time.
Nearly 2000 years ago Jehovah said He would dry up this river basin to allow a great army to come to Jerusalem from the East.
Say what we will and guess if we must, but the largest army in existence is the Chinese Army and it lies to the East.
In earlier studies we already know that the great armies of the North will also converge on Israel, which the great armies of the North would be the Russian and the Turkish armies.
The armies of the West would be the revived Roman Empire, which by the way I would hope would not include the USA, but there is little doubt that this is true, except the Scripture that mentions "on the wings of a Great Eagle".
It is a fact that God has cursed every nation that goes against Israel, so they all will serve their purpose in this Great War that can only end one way.
The Antichrist has now the means to march all the armies of the world to Israel in an attempt destroy her, simply because the Lord has said that this is His land.
Hatred, we are fools if we do not see hatred growing today throughout the world.
What are these unclean spirits (like frogs)? The means to instill even more hatred!
Isa_11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
All the world has given in to the Antichrist, (the Beast) and he has total control of all the great armies of this world.
God does not redo things He has not already done!
1Ki 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
1Ki 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1Ki 22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
The Lord used one lying spirit to convince Ahab to go to his death.
Jehovah will use three unclean spirits, to convince the Antichrist to go to his defeat along with all these great armies.
They are "spirits of devils"!
Notice they have the power to perform miracles to show the mighty (perceived) power of the Beast.
It takes a fool to challenge the Almighty God and Satan has been defeated at every turn, and now he will lead most of the remaining people of this earth to their death because of his great hatred for God's creation.
That war, Armageddon, is used by many men and women, but this is not really a war.
God says it is a slaughter! Armageddon means "slaughter" and it will be a slaughter!
Why would King Jesus speak at this time to John? It is just a reminder!
*****Rev 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. Rev 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Jesus will come as a thief to carry the Church away.
In fact the departure of the Church will be explained away by the Antichrist and the only ones who will take notice will be the Hebrew Children.
They will become jealous!
Rom_10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
Rom_11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
What will happen to true Israel?
Rev_12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
The Lord has come again as a thief and moved the intended victims of the Antichrist to safety.
Those who die in the war of Armageddon die for nothing and it will be a slaughter!
*****Rev 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Let us review:
The Trumpet Judgments.
1. Hail, fire, and blood cast upon THE EARTH; one third trees, and one third of all living things burnt.
2. One third of SEA made blood; one third of creatures therein and of ships destroyed.
3. One third of the RIVERS made bitter; many men destroyed.
4. One third of the SUN smitten; one third of the day darkened.
5. Star from heaven falls into the ABYSS; he sends forth locusts; men seek death; Hebrew name of their king is Abaddon.
6. Armies from the EUPHRATES destroy one third part of men; men repent not.
The two witnesses of God WITNESS for him and work MIRACLES; WAR against them by the beast.
7. VOICES in heaven; the JUDGMENT; earthquake, lightning and HAIL weighing over hundred pounds.
The Vial Judgments.
1. Vial poured ON THE EARTH; sores upon the followers of the beast.
2. The SEA made blood as of a dead man; every soul therein destroyed.
3. RIVERS made blood; declared to be God’s vengeance upon [ALL] men.
4. SUN smitten; men scorched; men blaspheme, men repent not.
5. The THRONE and kingdom of the beast smitten; men, in pain, blaspheme God; men repent not.
6. The way prepared for kings beyond the EUPHRATES. Three unclean spirits of the dragon WITNESS for him and work MIRACLES; WAR by the world at (the Hebrew) Armageddon.
7. VOICES in heaven; the FALL of Babylon; EARTHQUAKE lightning and HAIL.,
We may from this comparison notice:
(1) The vials form a series of visions announcing God’s judgments against the wicked.
(2) The number seven as well as their character indicates the universal and complete nature of these judgments.
(3) The events portrayed occupy the same period in time as the seals and trumpets; that is to say, the period of the world’s history terminating with the last judgment day.
(4) As in the uses of the seals and trumpets, they are general indications of God’s judgments; and though particular events may be partial fulfillment, the complete fulfillment is in our time.
(5) In comparison with the seals and trumpets, we may observe some points in common and some in which the visions differ.
(a) Like the former visions, these may be divided into two groups of four and three.
(b) The structure of the vial visions is almost exactly parallel to that of the seals.
(c) The visions all terminate with the same events portrayed in similar language, though, as the three sets of visions proceed, more stress is laid upon the judgment of the wicked, and less on the victory of the redeemed.
(d) An episode occurs after the sixth vial of almost identical nature with, though much shorter than that after the sixth trumpet.
(e) The severity of the nature of the vial judgments is conspicuous. Whereas under the seals one fourth was afflicted, and under the trumpets one third, there is nothing to indicate any exemption in the vial visions.
(6) The reason of the employment of the term "vial," or "bowl," is most likely to be found in the expression, "cup of God’s anger," in Rev_14:10.
It indicates the pouring out of God’s wrath in an overwhelming and irresistible flood.
It is, therefore, significant of retribution more dire than that symbolized by the trumpet, just as the trumpet indicated greater severity than the seals.
When we read where so many of this world died during these "vial" judgments what we see is a world under total confusion.
The Antichrist, the beast has proven to be a total lie!
The Lord Jesus Christ has proven to be the truth!
Never has this world seen so much confusion, so much chaos, and so much discord.
All these people are at a loss to explain what is happening to them!
They had rejected the Word of God, but the Word of God had been true all along!
Psa 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psa 102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Psa 102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Isa 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
The kingdom of Satan is crumbling, and he has no power to stop it!
Only ruin can be seen wherever eyes can see.
Jer 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jer 4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Jer 4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Jehovah in His "great anger" had accomplished what He said He would do!
The remaining chapters give us greater detail of all these things, but the truth is King Jesus has just stepped out upon the world stage.
Amen
