As
John continued to share concerning the events during the tribulation,
He wrote about the antichrist, the false prophet and angels who were
involved in the reaping of the harvest of believers who received the
Lord Jesus during that time.
John also wrote, “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. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven
golden vials full of the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from
his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the
seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. 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. 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 worshiped his image”,
and
in
chapter sixteen and verse three of Revelation John saw how “the
second poured out his vial upon the sea”
where
we read:
And
the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea;
The
verse reads, “And
the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea;”
John
began with the words, “and
the second angel”
which means “and the second of the seven messengers, envoys and
ones sent from God's temple” “poured
out”
or “and shed forth, bestowed and delivered largely”
“his vial”
which means “the angel's broad shallow bowl” “upon
the sea”
or “on the large bodies of waters”. John watched as this “second
angel”
distributed his “bowl of God's wrath” upon the “great waters”
of the earth.
The
verse continues, “and
it became as the blood of a dead man:
and every living soul died in the sea.”
John
added the words, “and
it became”
which means “and the great waters happened as, appeared and were
made” “as
the blood” or
“as the bloodshed” “of
a dead man”
which means “of a lifeless, deceased, departed and inanimate
person”: “and
every living soul” or “and
each, all, the whole and everyone of the living beings” “died”
which refers to “became lifeless, deceased, departed and inanimate”
“in
the sea”
which means “within the great waters”. John saw the effect of the
“second vial”
was for everything that was living in the great waters became dead
because of the “blood”
tainted waters.
When
we consider John's words in this verse, we can imagine how horrific
this “second vial”
will be. All the waters, like in the days of Moses, will become as
“blood”,
and the living creatures within them shall die. Even as the “grievous
sores”
are upon the people who are living, the waters upon which they depend
shall be putrefied and shall have death within them. God does not
desire for people to go through these cataclysmic events, and by
receiving His Son Jesus Christ as “Savior and Lord” a person
shall avoid all of them. Let all who read these words know, the word
of God is true, and these “vials”
filled with God's wrath are spoken of before they are “poured
out”
so all may know the importance of receiving Jesus – now.
Next
time John shares how “the
third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of
waters”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until
tomorrow…there is more…
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
Look for the daily devotional book “Equipped for Battle – From Generation to Generation”, the marriage book “So, You Want to Be Married”, “One Year in the Sermon on the Mount” and the new poetry book "Random Mushrooms Volumes I and II" and the new novel "Elizabeth County" in all major bookstore sites, http://www.amazon.com ; http://www.barnesandnobles.com ; download to e-books, and find it locally at www.mrzlc.com/bookstore.
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