The seven angels who were holding the bowls of the seven plagues came from the Temple, clothed in spotless white linenwith gold belts across their
chests.
(Revelation 14:3)
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Scripture
Rev 16:1
Then I heard a mighty voice shouting from
the Temple to the seven angels, "Now go your
ways and empty out the seven bowls of God's
wrath on the earth."
Rev 16:2
So the
first angel
left the Temple and poured out his bowl over
the earth, and horrible, malignant sores
broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast
and who worshiped
his statue.
(666)
Rev 16:3
Then the
second angel
poured out his bowl on the sea, and it
became like the blood of a corpse.
And everything in the sea died.
Rev 16:4
Then the
third angel
poured out his bowl on the rivers and
springs, and they became blood.
Rev 16:5
And I heard the angel
who had authority over all water saying,
"You are just in sending this judgment, O
Holy One, who is and who always was.
Rev 16:6
For your holy people
and your prophets
have been killed, and their blood was poured
out on the earth. So you have given their
murderers blood to drink. It is their just
reward."
Rev 16:7
And I heard a voice
from the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God
Almighty, your punishments are true and
just."
Rev 16:8
Then the
fourth angel
poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it
to scorch everyone with its fire.
Rev 16:9
Everyone was burned by
this blast of heat, and they cursed the name
of God, who sent all of these plagues. They
did not repent and give him glory.
Rev 16:10
Then the
fifth angel
poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was
plunged into darkness.
And his subjects ground their teeth in
anguish,
Rev 16:11
and
they cursed
the God of Heaven for their pains and sores.
But they refused to repent of all
their evil deeds.
Rev 16:12
Then the
sixth angel
poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates
River, and it dried up so that the kings
from the east could march their armies
westward without hindrance.
Rev 16:13
And I saw
three evil spirits
that looked like frogs leap from the mouth of the dragon, the
beast, and the false prophet.
Rev 16:14
These
miracle-working demons
caused all the rulers of the world to gather
for battle against the Lord on that great
judgment day of God Almighty.
Christ
again announces
His
second coming,
which He here
associates with
Armageddon
Rev 16:15
"Take note: I will
come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are
all who are watching for me, who keep their
robes ready so they will not need to walk
naked and ashamed."
And they gathered all the rulers and their
armies to a place called [Armageddon]
in Hebrew.
Revelation 16:16
Mount of Megiddo
on the south
side of the
valley of
Megiddo or
Esdraelon
southwest of
Mount Carmen
(2
Chronicles.
35:22;
Zecheriah
12:11).
Megiddo was the
capital of a
portion of
Canaan that was
given to Joshua
(Joshua
12:21;
17:11;
Judge 1:27).
It is at the
entrance to a
pass across the
Carmel mountain
range, on the
main highway
between Asia and
Africa, and is
the key position
between
Euphrates and
the Nile. It has
been the
battlefield of
many peoples
throughout the
ages. Thothmes
III, the founder
of the old
Egyptian Empire,
said, "Megiddo
is worth a
thousand cities".
Rev 16:17
Then the
seventh angel
poured out his bowl into the air. And a
mighty shout came from the throne of the
Temple in heaven, saying, "It is finished!"
Rev 16:18
Then the thunder
crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed.
And there was an earthquake greater than
ever before in human history.
Rev 16:19
The great city
split into three
pieces, and
cities around
the world fell
into heaps of
rubble. And so
God remembered
all of Babylon's sins,
and he made her drink the cup that was
filled with the wine of His fierce wrath. The mighty
city was broken
into three
parts, and the
cities of the
nations fell.
And God kept in
mind
mighty Babylon,
to make her
drain the cup of
His furious
wrath {and}
indignation.
(Amp)
The great
city—was the
capital and seat
of the
apostate church,
the spiritual
Babylon.
The city in
11:8
is probably
different—Jerusalem
under
Antichrist (the
beast).
In
11:13
only a tenth of
Jerusalem falls,
whereas here the
city “came to be
in three parts”
by the
“earthquake.”
Rev 16:20
And every island
disappeared, and all the mountains were
leveled.
Rev 16:21
There was a
terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing
seventy-five poundsfell from the
sky onto the people below. They cursed
God because of the hailstorm, which was a
very terrible plague.
By the seventh angel...
in Revelation 16:17
God remembered all of
Babylon's sins,
and he made her
drink the cup that was filled with the wine
of His fierce wrath. (Revelation 16:19)