Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 2 “And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.” AND I SAW: John now focuses our attention to something else newly appeared beyond the veil — the glorified saints of the first resurrection (Rev 14:13). A SEA OF GLASS…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 1 continued “Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.” “The seven plagues allude to the ten plagues visited by God at the hand of Moses upon Egypt incidental to the departure of the Israelite’s from that land. More particularly, the vision of Verse 1 focuses attention upon the last seven of the ten Exodus plagues. Special note…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 1 “Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.” THEN I SAW: Three times in this chapter (Verses 1, 2, 5) John refocuses our attention. To help understand this chapter, it is good to see these three focuses and their purposes. A) The first focus (Verse 1) is on angels which have plagues which will finish God’s (These…
Revelation Chapter 15 INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAGUES A brief preface to the Subject of the Plagues “This exposition will treat the plagues as having mostly occurred during the 20th Century. No serious Bible student, or human being for that matter, can deny that this century has been, if not THE most eventful in history, certainly ONE of the most eventful in history. Are we to believe that Revelation has ignored these astounding events (viz. the first of its kind world…
Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 17-19 “Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” So, the angel thrust his sickle into the…
Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 17-19 “Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” So, the angel thrust his sickle into the…
Revelation Chapter 14 Once again before we continue, a brief review of the last three angels of Chapter 14: ANGEL # 4 comes out of the temple. Verse 15 ANGEL # 5 comes out of the temple in heaven Verses 17 & 19. ANGEL # 6 comes out from the altar Verse 18. ANGEL # 4 has a message for the Lord. ANGEL # 5 has no message, but does have a sickle. ANGEL # 6 has a message for…
Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 17-19 “Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” So, the angel thrust his sickle into the…
Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 15-16 continued “And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So, he who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.” “In this picture in Revelation, A.D. 1878 corresponds to the time, in…
Revelation Chapter 14 VERSE 15-16 “And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So, he who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.” THREE MORE ANGELS. “These three angels are related to the work which Jesus…