The righteous and the unrighteous will be “gathered” before Jesus on the Last Day, the former for vindication and salvation, and the latter for condemnation. This event is linked consistently in the New Testament to the “arrival” of Jesus at the end of the age when he will resurrect the dead, judge the dead and living, and consummate the Kingdom of God.
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The Seventh Bowl (16:17-21)
(Revelation 16:17-21) – “And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came forth a great voice out of the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done: and there were flashes of lightning, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men upon the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.”
The primary Old Testament source of this image is the plague of hail on Egypt (Exodus 9:22-34). The pouring out of this bowl “upon the air” prepares for the “hail” with which this judgment concludes. Continue reading “The Seventh Bowl of Wrath”
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