Dr Tom Hover
September 8, 2024
Revelation 16:1-21
THE POURING OUT OF THE 7 BOWLS OF JUDGMENT Part 2 / "Things Which Are Most Surely Believed Among Us”
(Part Two) THE POURING OUT OF THE 7 BOWLS OF JUDGMENT Text: Revelation 16:1-21
Introduction: The seven bowls have certain similarities to the seven trumpets. However, there are marked differences. The trumpets were calls to repentance. The bowls are the execution of total judgment when all hope of repentance is gone. In the case of the trumpets only one-third of living things were affected. With the bowls there is total destruction. In the trumpet judgments man was not affected until the fifth trumpet. In the bowl judgments man is afflicted from the beginning.
I. THE FIRST BOWL JUDGMENT - Evil and Grievous Boils. Revelation 16:1-2
A. Notice the Components of the Judgment. Revelation 16:2
Noisome and Grievous
B. Notice the Confines of this Judgment. Revelation 16:2
II. THE SECOND BOWL JUDGMENT - Sea as Blood and All on The Sea Die. Revelation16:3
A. The Affect. Revelation 16:3 B. The Effect. Revelation 16:3
III. THE THIRD BOWL JUDGMENT - Rivers and Underground Fountains Become Blood. Revelation 16:4-7
A. The Affect. Rev. 16:4 B. The Effects. Rev. 16:5-7,6:10
IV. THE FOURTH BOWL JUDGMENT - God Causes Global Warming. Revelation 16:8-9
A. The Affect. Revelation 16:8 B. The Effects. Rev. 16:8
1. The Scorching Results. Rev.16:8 2. The Scathing Remarks. Revelation.16:9, Revelation16:10-11
A. The Affect. Revelation16:10, Revelation 13:2 B. The Effects. Revelation16:10-11
V. THE FIFTH BOWL JUDGMENT - The Beast and his kingdom in darkness, pain and bitterness. Revelation 16:10-11
A. The Affect. Revelation16:10, Revelation 13:2
B. The Effects. Revelation16:10-11
Darkness. Revelation 9:2 2. Pain. 3. Blasphemy.
VI. THE SIXTH BOWL JUDGMENT - Euphrates River Dried Up. Revelation 16:12-16
A. The Affect. Revelation 16:12a The River is dried up.
B. The Effect. Revelation 16:12 b
1.The Way of the Kings is prepared. Revelation 16:12 b
2. The Warring of the Satanic Trinity. Revelation 16:13, The Dragon/Satan, The Beast/Anti-Christ, The False Prophet/Head of Satan’s Church.
All 3 Like Frogs?
3. The Warning to Christians. Revelation 16:15.
Revelations 7 beatitudes: 1.) Revelation 1:3 2.) Revelation 14:13
3.) Revelation 16:15 4.) Revelation 19:9 5.) Revelation 20:6 6.) Revelation 22:7 7.) Revelation 22:14
4. The Welcome at Armageddon. Revelation 16:14-16
VII. THE SEVENTH BOWL JUDGMENT - A Total World Climatic and Catastrophe Event. Revelation16:17-21
A. The Affect. Revelation16:17, Demons Prepare the way: Rev. 9:13-14
B. The Effects. Revelation 16:18-21 The great city was split into three parts = signals the first effect of the unparalleled earthquake. Scholars do not agree on the identity of "the great city." However, the context is clear. Jerusalem is "the great city." Jerusalem is explicitly identified in Revelation 11:8 as "the great city." Why the city is split into three parts is not stated. However, Zechariah 13:8 declares, "It will come about in all the land [of Israel], declares the Lord, that two parts in it will be cut off and perish; but the third will be left in it." This accords with the destruction of "the great city" indicated in Revelation 16:19. Also, Zechariah 14:2 indicates that God will leave a segment of His people in Jerusalem when the nations gather to destroy it. Zechariah 14:5 states that God will empty Jerusalem of his people just prior to His arrival with His angels for the battle of Armageddon. The destruction of Jerusalem will be highlighted in Revelation 17-18. The cities of the nation’s fell = is the second proof that "the great city" refers to Jerusalem. "The cities of the nations" (Gentiles) is in contrast to "the great city (Jews)." The punishment of Jerusalem is not as severe as the punishment of the cities of the Gentile nations. Babylon the great was remembered before God = is the third entity to suffer as result of the unparalleled earthquake. Who or what "Babylon the great" refers to has not been explicitly defined however all 21 clues given point only to the USA. This is the second reference to it in the Revelation. God will pour out the worst expression of His wrath the world will ever know upon it. Revelation 16:20-21 Someday God will say IT IS DONE! Revelation16:17.
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"Things Which Are Most Surely Believed Among Us" Luke 1:1 The Inspiration of The Bible (The Breath of God) Text: II Timothy 3:13-17
