Revelation Chapter 16 VERSE 4-7 “And the third (angel) poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and who was, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge: for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy. And I heard the altar saying,…
Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 3 continued “And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.” (As explained in “The Keys of Revelation” by Brother Shallieu) The “sea” of Verse 3 is the same as the “earth” of Verse 2; the earth is not one class of professed churchianity and the sea another. Subsequent plagues mention “rivers and fountains of waters,”…
Revelation Chapter 16 VERSE 3 “And the second (angel) poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, [even] the things that were in the sea.” We believe the second angel to have been the Apostle John now in his glorified condition, as he was the honored servant to sound the second trumpet so likewise he is chosen to pour out the second bowl of wrath. Keep in…
Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 2 continued, “And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image.” Question: Would the image have to be vitalized to be worshipped? Response: The account does not so state. The image did not have to be vitalized, but it had to be formed before the plagues could be…
As was stated in our opening segment on Chapter 16, “it has been suggested that the Volumes (i.e., the “Studies in the Scriptures”, series) have been (and are being) used by the Lord in the destruction of Babylon, with this we are in agreement, this can be scripturally proven, however what particular part in this work they play is disputable,” nevertheless we should still like to present this viewpoint, a view shared by both Brother Shallieu and Brother Eugene Burns…
The First Plague as explained from R498 Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 2 “And the first went forth and poured out his bowl on the LAND; and there came an evil and malignant ULCER on those men having the mark of the BEAST, and on those WORSHIPING HIS IMAGE.” These evils, called plagues or bowls of wrath, are designed to rid the world of every form of evil and wrong. The class symbolized by the land or earth, we understand to…
“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.” (Matt 24:21) The thought here is that a “time” or period of great trouble is to come upon the world. This time of trouble has both a beginning and an end. The length of this period is not so stated; although many have conjectured. The general view held by the professing church is that…
“The Seven Last Plagues and the Destruction of Babylon” As we have discussed in our previous study entitled. “The Timing of the Seven Last Plagues”, which please see, there are three typical viewpoints held among the brethren with regards to the pouring out of the Seven Last Plagues, that is as to what they consist of and when precisely they are poured. A) The plagues are all past, B) The plagues are presently in the progress of being poured out,…
(5) PSALM 149 This Psalm is often used in connection with the future view. It does not, however contain much information to place it chronologically except in a way contrary to a future view. The claim is made that Psa 149:7 (highlighted below) is the equivalent of the seven plagues. (Verses 5-8 shown here for reference) “Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,…
We return now to our third argument against the future-plague view. (3) A PRACTICAL CONSIDERATION Many (not all) of the holders of the future-plague position believe that the sealed saints will accomplish the administration of the plagues while in the flesh by a proclamation of harvest truths. As we have seen, however trumpets were for proclamation; plagues are not. Another proclamation would merely be another short-term blowing of the trumpets. No one would listen now any more than they did…