As
John continued to share concerning the events during the tribulation,
He wrote about the antichrist, the false prophets and the angels who
were involved in the reaping of the harvest of believers who received
the Lord Jesus during that time.
John saw the first and second angel “pour
out”
their “vials”,
and he wrote,
“the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains
of waters; and they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters
say, you are righteous, O Lord, which are, and was, and shall be,
because you have judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints
and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are
worthy. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God
Almighty, true and righteous are
your judgments”,
and
in
chapter sixteen and verse eight of Revelation John saw what happened
when “the
fourth angel poured out his vial”
where
we read:
and
power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
The
verse reads, “And
the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun;”
John
began with the words, “and
the fourth angel”
which means “and the fourth messenger, envoy and one sent”
“poured
out”
or “shed forth, bestowed and distributed largely”
“his vial”
which means “the angel's shallow bowl full of the wrath of God”
“upon
the sun”
or “on the sun in the sky”. John watched as this “fourth
angel” distributed
his “vial”,
and this time it was directed toward the
“sun”.
The
verse continues, “and
power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.”
John
added the words, “and
power”
which means “strength, ability and ” “was
given” or
“was granted, bestowed, supplied and furnish” “unto
him”
which refers to “to the fourth angel”
“to scorch men”
or “burn and torture with intense heat”, “with
fire” which
means “with fiery heat like lightning”. John saw this “angel”
given
the “ability” to “burn” people with “fiery heat”.
When
we think through John's words in this verse, we see the intensity of
this “fourth” messenger from God. This time the “angel”
directs his power toward the sun and was given the “ability” to
“scorch” people with “fiery heat”. We can imagine how
horrific this time will be for those who have “worshiped” the
“antichrist”. God does not want people to suffer this terrible
time, and He will “save” them when they receive His Son Jesus as
their personal “Savior and Lord”. One may wonder why anyone would
desire to have intent “heat” and “scorching” come upon them,
so woe be to those who ignore this warning.
Next
time John shares how “men were
scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God”,
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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