As
John continued to share concerning the events during the tribulation,
He wrote about the antichrist, the false prophet and the angels who
were involved in the reaping of the harvest of believers who received
the Lord Jesus during that time.
John wrote about the first, second and third angel and what happened
when they poured out their “vials”,
and he continued,
“And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power
was given unto him to scorch men with fire And men were scorched with
great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which has power over
these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. 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”,
and
in
chapter sixteen and verse eleven of Revelation John shared how people
“blasphemed
the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores”
where
we read:
And
blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores,
The
verse reads, “And
blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores,
...”
John
began with the words, “and
blasphemed”
which means “and spoke reproachfully and evil, railed at,
calumniated” “the
God”
or “the Godhead and trinity which is comprised of God the Father,
Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit”
“of heaven”
which means “the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of
order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and
other heavenly beings” “because
of”
or “since they experienced” “their
pains”
which refers to “the people of the earth's great
trouble, intense desire, toil and anguish”
“and their sores”
or “and the wounds producing a discharging pus or an ulcer”. John
shared how the people upon the earth “spoke reproachfully”
against God because they were suffering so much “pain”
from their “oozing ulcers”.
The
verse goes on to say, “
and repented not of their deeds.”
John
added the words, “and
repented not”
which means “and did not turn away from, change their minds about
or heartily amend with abhorrence” “of
their deeds” or
“from their wicked and evil business, employment, acts or whatever
they undertook to do”. Even though they suffer so greatly, people
will not “change their ways” or altar their “actions”.
When
we think through John's words in this verse, we marvel at the
stubbornness within this suffering group of people. Rather than turn
to God from their evil ways, they choose to “revile” Him instead.
God wants a relationship with every person through His Son Jesus
Christ who said, “If
any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow me” (Matthew
16:24),
and the first step is “humility”. These people are so prideful
that no matter what happens to them, they blame God, and they forfeit
a relationship with Him because of it.
Next
time John shares what happens when, “the
sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates”,
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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