In this week’s study, I start Chapter 15. Before I begin I go into this study I was again go into a rant on some of the current events that affected our daily life. I talk about Donald Trump and PEAD documents. The attack on Israel. Some DoD Covid-19 stats.
The Sixth Vision "In Heaven”
It is the Vision which introduces us to the most terrible of all the Visions which affect the earth; for it is followed by the Seven Vials, the 7 great and final judgments which close up the whole series set forth in chapters—
16 The Great Judgments.
17 The Great Whore.
18 The Great City.
Introduction
Chapter 15 is the final chapter and the climax of the “Introduction to the Bowls”, which began with chapter 12.
Summary of the Bowl Introduction
In this bowl introduction section, we’ve seen the following:
Satan’s opposition to Yahweh (chapter 12).
Antichrist’s opposition to Yahweh (Chapter 13).
The False Prophet’s opposition to Yahweh (chapter 13).
Two groups of people: Those who worship the Messiah and those who oppose him (chapters 13 and 14).
A basic reading of Revelation reveals that the end times are described using three periods of events: (1) the seals, (2) the trumpets, and (3) the bowls. The transition from seals to trumpets is quite clear because the seventh (and final) seal event in Rev 8:1 is immediately followed by an introduction to the trumpets in Rev 8:2.
The bowls constitute the period of Yahweh’s wrath, or as the prophets would say, the Day of the Lord, which by the way is the Day that John is in the spirit (Rev. 1:10)!
Yahweh has always warned that the day would come when His patience with sin would end (Deut 32:34-35, Rom 2:5, 2 Pet 3:9-13). The bowl judgments constitute the process by which Yahweh’s grace period of patience ends, and His justified wrath against wickedness begins. When the bowls have concluded, Yahweh will have carried out an execution of the wicked upon the earth, just as He did with the flood in the days of Noah (Matt 24:37). The prophet Isaiah actually describes this event as an extermination:
What do we observe in this bowl introduction? First, we see the charges presented. These charges state the offenses perpetrated against Yahweh by various parties.
The first statement of offenses brings charges against Satan himself. These are presented in Revelation chapter 12. In particular, Satan is charged with intent to murder Yahshua Messiah, who would be born out of Israel.
The second statement of offenses comes against the king of Satan’s final kingdom, Antichrist (Rev 13:1-7). He is charged with blaspheming Yahweh and waging war and conquering Yahweh’s holy people during the great tribulation.
The third statement of offenses comes against the religious leader of Satan’s final kingdom, the False Prophet (Rev 13:11-17). He is charged with creating a great deception and compelling people to worship Antichrist, and to receive the damning mark of the beast.
The fourth statement of offenses comes against that portion of humanity that followed after Satan and the human cohorts of his final kingdom. They are charged with believing the lies, giving their worship to Antichrist and Satan, and receiving the mark of the beast
These statements of their offenses are followed by the sentencing of their punishment, which is given in the form of a preview of the bowl events (Rev 14:17-18, 19, 20).
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