1 vision ii the seven heavenly announcements and the seven bowls e. michael rusten 2009 all rights...

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VISION IITHE SEVEN HEAVENLY

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND

THE SEVEN BOWLS

E. MICHAEL RUSTEN 2009ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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OBJECTIVES FOR SESSION 6

BY THE END OF THIS SESSION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

1.) EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE SEVEN HEAVENLY

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

2.) EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE SEVEN BOWLS.

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THE SEVEN HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENTS

AFTER READING OF THE INTENSE PERSECUTION DESCRIBED IN

REVELATION 12‑13, THE QUESTION ARISES, “WHAT ARE THE

IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PERIOD FOR THOSE LIVING AT THAT TIME?”

REVELATION 14:6‑16:21 ___________________ THIS QUESTION.

THE THREE SIGNS IN HEAVEN (REV. 12:1‑14:5; 15:1‑16:21) DISCUSS

FOUR DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS:

THE MIDPOINT OF THE 70TH WEEK REV. 12:6‑13:3A

THE GREAT TRIBULATION REV. 13:3B‑18

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SECOND COMING REV. 14:1‑5

THE WRATH OF GOD REV. 15:1‑16:21

ANSWERS

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THE SEVEN HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENTS (REV. 14:6‑16:21) GIVE THE

IMPLICATIONS OF THESE______________________ FOR THE CHURCH

AND FOR UNBELIEVERS.

IMPLICATIONS IMPLICATIONSTIME FOR CHURCH FOR UNBELIEVERS

MIDPOINT OF 70TH WEEK REV. 14:6‑7 REV, 14:8

GREAT TRIBULATION REV. 14:13 REV. 14:9‑12

SECOND COMING REV. 14:14‑16 REV. 14:17‑20

THE WRATH OF GOD REV. 15:2‑4 REV. 15:1; 15:5‑16:21

THE SEVEN HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENTS(CONTINUED)

PERIODS

THE FIRST HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

REVELATION 14:6‑7

“AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL FLYING IN MIDHEAVEN, HAVING AN ETERNAL GOSPEL TO PREACH TO THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE EARTH, AND TO EVERY NATION AND TRIBE AND TONGUE AND PEOPLE; AND HE SAID WITH A LOUD VOICE, ‘FEAR GOD, AND GIVEHIM GLORY, BECAUSE THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT HAS COME; AND WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND SEA AND SPRINGS OF WATERS.’”(REV. 14:6‑7)

THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO SHOW

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIDPOINT OF DANIEL'S SEVENTIETH

WEEK FOR THE ______________________________________________.

A VERY SIMILAR VERSE IS FOUND IN MATTHEW 24:14

“AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE PREACHED IN THE WHOLE WORLD FOR A WITNESS TO ALL THE NATIONS, AND THEN THE END SHALL COME.” (MATT. 24:14)

REV 14:6‑7 IS MATTHEW 24:14 IN _________________ LANGUAGE. SINCE

MATTHEW 24:15 DESCRIBES THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION

OCCURRING AT THE MIDPOINT OF DANIELS SEVENTIETH WEEK, THE

GOSPEL WILL HAVE GONE TO EVERY NATION JUST PRIOR TO THAT TIME.

CHURCH

APPOCALYPTIC

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIRST HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT IS

THAT AT THE MIDPOINT OF DANIEL'S SEVENTIETH WEEK THE

____________________ WILL TRY TO END CHRISTIAN WORSHIP

AND EVANGELISM.

AT THE TIME OF THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, THE ANTICHRIST

NOT ONLY PUTS AN END TO JEWISH WORSHIP (DAN. 9:27; MATT. 24:15;

MARK 13:14). BUT TO _________________________ WORSHIP AS WELL.

THE REASON HE PUTS AN END TO THESE FORMS OF WORSHIP IS

THAT HE SETS HIMSELF UP TO BE WORSHIPPED DURING THE FINAL

THREE AND ONE HALF YEARS (REV. 13:12, 18).

THE FIRST HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT(CONTINUED)

ANTICHRIST

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SEALS TRUMPETS SIGNS IN

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VISION III VISION IV

1 PAST EVENTS GEN. 3:15 12:1-5

2 ANTI-CHRIST APPEARS DAN. 9:27A 4-5 6:1-2

3 GOG DEFEATED EZEK. 38:22 8:07

4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6

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7 BABYLON DEFEATED JER. 51:25 8:8-9

8 SATAN CAST OUT ISA. 14:12 8:10-11 12:7-12

9 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM DAN. 9:27B 15-20 6:7-8

10 ISRAEL IN WILDERNESS EZK. 20:34-38 12:6,13-16

11 WORSHIP OF ANTI-CHRIST DAN 11:35-39 12:7 -

12 MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS DAN 12:1 21-22 6:9-11 13:18

13 CELESTIAL SIGNS JOEL 2:31 29A 6:12-13 8:12

14 HEAVENS SPLIT APART MT. 26:64 29B-30A 6:14-17

15 2ND COMING / RAPTURE I THESS. 4:16-17 30B

16 MOURNING OF 144,000

17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5

18 CHURCH IN HEAVEN 7:9-17 14:2-3A,15:2-4

19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11

20 BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON JER 46: 1-12 9:12-21

21 MILLENNIAL KINGDOM DAN. 7:14,18,22 11:14-19

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14:6-714GOSPEL TO THE WORLD

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REVELATION 14:8

“AND ANOTHER ANGEL, A SECOND ONE, FOLLOWED, SAYING, ‘FALLEN, FALLEN IS BABYLON THE GREAT, SHE WHO HAS MADE ALL THE NATIONS DRINK OF THE WINE OF THE PASSION OF HER IMMORALITY.’” (REV. 14:8)

THE PURPOSE OF THE SECOND HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO

SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIDPOINT OF DANIEL'S SEVENTIETH

WEEK FOR ___________________________________________________.

THE SECOND HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT INDICATES THE FALL OF

BABYLON (THE RELIGION, CULTURE AND COMMERCE OF FALSE

CHRISTIANITY).

THE SECOND HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

UNBELIEVERS

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIDPOINT OF DANIEL'S SEVENTIETH WEEK

FOR UNBELIEVERS IS THAT ______________________ IS OVERTHROWN

BY THE __________________________________________.

“AND THE TEN HORNS WHICH YOU SAW, AND THE BEAST, THESE WILL HATE THE HARLOT AND WILL MAKE HER DESOLATE AND NAKED AND WILL EAT HER FLESH AND BURN HER UP WITH FIRE.” (REV. 17:16)

AT THE SAME TIME THE ANTICHRIST TRIES TO PUT AN END TO THE

FUNCTIONING OF THE TRUE CHURCH (REV. 14:6‑7), HE ALSO

OVERTHROWS THE _______________CHRISTIAN WORLD SYSTEM.

THE ANTICHRIST DOES THIS BECAUSE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING

THE MID POINT OF THE SEVENTIETH WEEK, HE SETS UP HIS OWN

RELIGIOUS AND ECONOMIC SYSTEM (REV. 13:14‑18).

THE SECOND HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT(CONTINUED)

BABYLON

ANTICHRIST

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4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6

6 GOSPEL TO THE WORLD 14 14:6-7

7 BABYLON DEFEATED JER. 51:25 8:8-9










17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11



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REVELATION 14:9‑12

“AND ANOTHER ANGEL, A THIRD ONE, FOLLOWED THEM, SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, ‘IF ANY ONE WORSHIPS THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND RECEIVES A MARK ON HIS FOREHEAD OR UPON HIS HAND, HE ALSO WILL DRINK OF THE WINE OF THEWRATH OF GOD, WHICH IS MIXED IN FULL STRENGTH IN THE CUP OF HIS ANGER; AND HE WILL BE TORMENTED WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE IN THE PRESENCE OF THEHOLY ANGELS AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LAMB. AND THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT GOES UP FOREVER AND EVER; AND THEY HAVE NO REST DAY AND NIGHT, THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE, AND WHOEVER RECEIVES THE MARK OF HIS NAME. (REV. 14:9FF)

THE PURPOSE OF THE THIRD HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO

SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION FOR

_______________________________.

HE WARNS THAT ALL THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE BEAST AND RECEIVE

HIS MARK (REV. 14:9) WILL EXPERIENCE THE WRATH OF GOD AND

THE LAKE OF FIRE.

THE THIRD HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

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4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6


7 BABYLON DEFEATED JER. 51:25 8:8-9 14:8










17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11



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REVELATION 14:13

“AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, SAYING, ‘WRITE, BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD FROM NOW ON!’ 'YES', SAYS THE SPIRIT, ‘THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABORS, FOR THEIR DEEDS FOLLOW WITH THEM.’” (REV. 14:13)

THE PURPOSE OF THE FOURTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO

SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION FOR THE

__________________________________________.

FOR THE CHURCH, THE GREAT TRIBULATION WILL BE A PERIOD

OF MARTYRDOM.

THE FOURTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

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4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6






11 WORSHIP OF ANTI-CHRIST DAN 11:35-39 12:7 - 14:9-12






17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11



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“AND I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, A WHITE CLOUD, AND SITTING ON THE CLOUD WAS ONE LIKE A SON OF MAN, HAVING A GOLDEN CROWN ON HIS HEAD, AND A SHARP SICKLEIN HIS HAND, AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE, CRYING OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE TO HIM WHO SAT ON THE CLOUD, ‘PUT IN YOUR SICKLE AND REAP, BECAUSE THE HOUR TO REAP HAS COME, BECAUSE THE HARVEST OF THE EARTHIS RIPE.’ AND HE WHO SAT ON THE CLOUD SWUNG HIS SICKLE OVER THE EARTH; AND THE EARTH WAS REAPED.” (REV, 14:14‑16)

THE PURPOSE OF THE FIFTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO

SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SECOND COMING FOR THE

__________________________________.

IN REV 14:14‑16, THE “ONE LIKE A SON OF MAN” IS _________________.

THE REFERENCE TO THE SON OF MAN AND A CLOUD (REV. 14:14‑15)

RELATES TO MATTHEW 24:30, “AND THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN

COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY.” (SEE ALSO MARK 13:26;

LUKE 21:27; ACTS 1:9‑11; 1 THESS. 4:17)

THE FIFTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

CHURCH

CHRIST

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THE FACT THAT THE ONE EARLIER REFERENCE TO CHRIST AND A

CLOUD IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION WAS A REFERENCE TO THE

SECOND COMING (REV. 1:7) IS FURTHER EVIDENCE TO IDENTIFY

REVELATION 14:14‑16 WITH THE ______________________________.

REVELATION 14:14‑16 IS AN ALLUSION TO THE PARABLE OF THE

WHEAT AND THE TARES (MATT. 13:24‑30, 36‑43).

THERE CHRIST INDICATES THAT AT THE HARVEST THE ____________

WILL BE GATHERED INTO GOD'S BARN (MATT. 13:30, CF. MATT. 3:12)

AND THAT THE WHEAT REPRESENTS BELIVERS (MATT. 13:38).

THE FIFTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT(CONTINUED)

2ND COMING

WHEAT

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IN MATTHEW 13:39, CHRIST INDICATES THE TIME OF HARVEST,

“THE HARVEST IS THE OF THE __________________________ AGE.”

THEREFORE, REVELATION 14:14‑16 DESCRIBES THE

___________________ OF THE CHURCH AT THE END OF THE AGE.

REVELATION 14:14‑16 SHOWS THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF

THE SECOND COMING FOR THE CHRISTIAN IS THAT THE

RAPTURE OCCURS AT THIS TIME.

THE FIFTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT(CONTINUED)

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4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6







12 MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS DAN 12:1 21-22 6:9-11 13:18 14:13





17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11



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“AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE WHICH IS IN HEAVEN, AND HE ALSO HAD A SHARP SICKLE. AND ANOTHER ANGEL, THE ONE WHO HAS POWER OVER FIRE, CAME OUT FROM THE ALTAR; AND HE CALLED WITH A LOUD VOICE TOHIM WHO HAD THE SHARP SICKLE, SAYING. ‘PUT IN YOUR SHARP SICKLE AND GATHER THE CLUSTERS FROM THE VINE OF THE EARTH, BECAUSE HER GRAPES ARERIPE.’ AND THE ANGEL SWUNG HIS SICKLE TO THE EARTH, AND GATHERED THE CLUSTERS FROM THE VINE OF THE EARTH, AND THREW THEM INTO THE GREATWINE PRESS OF THE WRATH OF GOD. AND THE WINE PRESS WAS TRODDEN OUTSIDE THE CITY, AND BLOOD CAME OUT FROM THE WINE PRESS, UP TO THE HORSES' BRIDLES, FOR A DISTANCE OF TWO HUNDRED MILES.” (REV. 14:17‑20)

THE PURPOSE OF THE SIXTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO

SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SECOND COMING FOR

__________________________________________.

REVELATION 14:17‑20 SHOWS THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SECOND

COMING FOR UNBELIEVERS IS THAT THEY ARE CAST INTO THE

WRATH OF GOD.

THE SIXTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

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4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6










15 2ND COMING / RAPTURE I THESS. 4:16-17 30B 14:14-16


17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11



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REVELATION 15:1‑16:21

“AND I SAW ANOTHER SIGN IN HEAVEN, GREAT AND MARVELOUS, SEVEN ANGELS WHO HAD SEVEN PLAGUES, WHICH ARE THE LAST, BECAUSE IN THEM THE WRATH OF GOD IS FINISHED. AND I SAW, AS IT WERE, A SEA OF GLASS MIXED WITH FIRE, AND THOSE WHO HAD COME OFF VICTORIOUS FROM THE BEAST AND FROM HISIMAGE AND FROM THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME, STANDING ON THE SEA OF GLASS,HOLDING HARPS OF GOD. AND THEY SANG THE SONG OF MOSES THE BOND‑SERVANTOF GOD AND THE SONG OF THE LAMB, SAYING, ‘GREAT AND MARVELOUS ARE THYWORKS, O LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY; RIGHTEOUS AND TRUE ARE THY WAYS, THOUKING OF THE NATIONS. WHO WILL NOT FEAR, O LORD, AND GLORIFY THY NAME? FOR THOU ALONE ART HOLY; FOR ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE THEE. FOR THY RIGHTEOUS ACTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED.’” (REV. 15:1‑4)

REVELATION 15:1‑16:21 IS BOTH THE THIRD SIGN IN HEAVEN

(CORRESPONDING TO THE FIRST AND SECOND SIGNS OF REVELATION

12:1‑14:5) AND THE SEVENTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

(COMPLETING THE SERIES BEGINNING IN REVELATION 14:6).

THE SEVENTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

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REFERENCES SIGNS ANNOUNCEMENTS

REV. 12:1-2 1

REV. 12:3-4 2

REV. 14:6-7 1

REV. 14:8 2

REV. 14:9-12 3

REV. 14:13 4

REV. 14:14-16 5

REV. 14:17-20 6

REV. 15-16 3 7

THE SEVENTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT (CONTINUED)

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REVELATION 15-16 AS THE THIRD SIGN IN HEAVEN

AS THE THIRD SIGN IN HEAVEN, REVELATION 15:1ff RESUMES THE

NARRATIVE WHERE IT WAS LEFT OFF AT THE END OF REVELATION 14:5.

REVELATION 14:1‑5 PICTURES HARPISTS IN HEAVEN TEACHING A SONG

TO THE 144,000 ON EARTH, AND REVELATION 15:2‑4 PICKS UP THE

NARRATIVE, AGAIN SHOWING THE HARPISTS SINGING A SONG.

THE PURPOSE OF THE THREE SIGNS IN HEAVEN IS TO SUMMARIZE

THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE WOMAN (REV. 12:1‑2) AND THE

DRAGON / SERPENT (REV. 12:3‑4A) AND THEIR SEEDS.

REVELATION 12:1‑14:5 (FIRST AND SECOND SIGNS IN HEAVEN)

SUMMARIZES THE CONFLICT AND REVELATION 15:1‑16:21 (THIRD SIGN

IN HEAVEN) PICTURES THE ORDEAL THAT DETERMINES THE

OUTCOME OF THIS CONFLICT (CF. REV. 8:5). (See Section 3 Page 35)

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REVELATION 15-16 AS THE THIRD SIGN IN HEAVEN (CONTINUED)

THE JUDICIAL OUTCOME IS GIVEN IN THE__________________ AND

__________________ VISIONS OF THE BOOK (REV. 17:1‑21:8; 21:9‑22:17).

BOTH VISIONS ARE INTRODUCED BY ONE OF THE OF _______________

THE FINAL ORDEAL (REV. 17:1; 21:9).

THE THIRD VISION (REV. 17:1‑21:8) RECORDS THE RESULTS OF THE

ORDEAL FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOUND __________ AND ARE DEFEATED.

THE FOURTH VISION (REV. 21:9‑22:17) RECORDS THE FINAL

VICTORY OF GOD'S PEOPLE.

3RD

4TH

ANGELS

GUILTY

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AS THE SEVENTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT, REVELATION

15:1‑16:21 HAS THE TWO‑FOLD PURPOSE OF SHOWING THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WRATH OF GOD FOR _______________________

(REV. 15:1, 5‑16:2) AND FOR THE _____________________ (REV. 15:2‑4).

ACCORDING TO REVELATION 16, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WRATH OF

GOD FOR UNBELIEVERS IS THAT THEY MUST ________________ IT.

ACCORDING TO REVELATION 15:2‑4, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WRATH

OF GOD FOR BELIEVERS IS THAT THEY ARE IN HEAVEN

SINGING GOD'S PRAISES.

REVELATION 15-16 AS THE SEVENTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

UNBELIEVERS

CHURCH

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THIS IS IN ACCORD WITH I THESSALONIANS 1:10:

“AND TO WAIT FOR HIS SON FROM HEAVEN, WHOM HE RAISED FROM THE DEAD, THAT IS JESUS, WHO DELIVERS US FROM THE WRATH TO COME.” (I THESS. 1:10)

ACCORDING TO I THESSALONIANS 1:10 BELIEVERS WILL BE SAVED

FROM THE __________________________OF GOD.

IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF EVERY MENTION OF THE

WRATH OF GOD IN REVELATION (REV. 6:16‑17; 11:18; 14:10,19; 15:l,7;

16:1,19; 19:15), THERE IS MENTION OF THE RAPTURED CHURCH

IN HEAVEN. (REV. 7:9‑17; 11:18; 15:2‑4; 20:4‑6).

REVELATION 15-16 AS THE SEVENTH HEAVENLY ANNOUNCEMENT

WRATH

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THE FIRST FIVE BOWLS: THE WRATH OF GOD ON UNBELIEVERS

REVELATION 15:5‑16:11

“AFTER THESE THINGS I LOOKED, AND THE TEMPLE OF THE TABERNACLE OF TESTIMONY IN HEAVEN WAS OPENED, AND THE SEVEN ANGELS WHO HAD THE SEVEN PLAGUES CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE, CLOTHED IN LINEN, CLEAN AND BRIGHT, AND GIRDED AROUND THEIR BREASTS WITH GOLDEN GIRDLES. AND ONE OF THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES GAVE TO THE SEVEN ANGELS SEVEN GOLDEN BOWLS FULL OF THE WRATH OF GOD, WHO LIVES FOREVER AND EVER. AND THE TEMPLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE FROM THE GLORY OF GODAND FROM HIS POWER; AND NO ONE WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE TEMPLE UNTIL THE SEVEN PLAGUES OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WERE FINISHED. AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM THE TEMPLE, SAYING TO THE SEVEN ANGELS,‘GO AND POUR OUT THE SEVEN BOWLS OF THE WRATH OF GOD INTO THE EARTH.’ AND THE FIRST ANGEL WENT AND POURED OUT HIS BOWL INTO THEEARTH; AND IT BECAME A LOATHSOME AND MALIGNANT SORE UPON THE MENWHO HAD THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND WHO WORSHIPPED HIS IMAGE. AND THE SECOND ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL INTO THE SEA, AND IT BECAMEBLOOD LIKE THAT OF A DEAD MAN; AND EVERY LIVING THING IN THE SEA DIED.”

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THE FIRST FIVE BOWLS: THE WRATH OF GOD ON UNBELIEVERS (CONT)

“AND THE THIRD ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL INTO THE RIVERS AND THESPRINGS OF WATERS; AND THEY BECAME BLOOD. AND I HEARD THE ANGEL OF THE WATERS SAYING, ‘RIGHTEOUS ART THOU, WHO ART AND WHO WAST, O HOLY ONE, BECAUSE THOU DIDST JUDGE THESE THINGS; FOR THEY POUREDOUT THE BLOOD OF SAINTS AND PROPHETS, AND THOU HAST GIVEN THEM BLOOD TO DRINK. THEY DESERVE IT.’ AND I HEARD THE ALTAR SAYING, ‘YES, O LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS ARE THY JUDGMENTS.’ AND THE FOURTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL UPON THE SUN; AND IT WAS GIVEN TO IT TO SCORCH MEN WITH FIRE. AND MEN WERE SCORCHED WITH FIERCE HEAT; AND THEY BLASPHEMED THE NAME OF GOD WHO HAS THE POWER OVER THESE PLAGUES; AND THEY DID NOT REPENT, SO AS TO GIVEHIM GLORY. AND THE FIFTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL UPON THE THRONEOF THE BEAST; AND HIS KINGDOM BECAME DARKENED; AND THEY GNAWEDTHEIR TONGUES BECAUSE OF PAIN, AND THEY BLASPHEMED THE GOD OFHEAVEN BECAUSE OF THEIR PAINS AND THEIR SORES; AND THEY DID NOT REPENT OF THEIR DEEDS.” (REV. 15:5‑16:11)

THE BOWLS CONTAIN THE WRATH OF GOD WHICH IS POURED

OUT FOLLOWING THE SECOND COMING.

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4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

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17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11 14:17-20



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THE SIXTH BOWL: THE BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON


“AND THE SIXTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL UPON THE GREAT RIVER, THEEUPHRATES; AND ITS WATER WAS DRIED UP, THAT THE WAY MIGHT BEPREPARED FOR THE KINGS FROM THE EAST. AND I SAW COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON AND OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST AND OUT OFTHE MOUTH OF THE FALSE PROPHET THREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS; FOR THEY ARE SPIRITS OF DEMONS, PERFORMING SIGNS, WHICH GO OUT TO THEKINGS OF THE WHOLE WORLD, TO GATHER THEM TOGETHER FOR THE WAR OFTHE GREAT DAY OF GOD, THE ALMIGHTY. (BEHOLD, I AM COMING LIKE A THIEF. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO STAYS AWAKE AND KEEPS HIS GARMENTS, LEST HEWALK ABOUT NAKED AND MEN SEE HIS SHAME.) AND THEY GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO THE PLACE WHICH IN HEBREW IS CALLED HAR‑MAGEDON. (REV. 16:12‑16)

THE SIXTH BOWL OCCURS AT THE __________ OF THE WRATH OF GOD.

ACCORDING TO REVELATION 9:5,10, THE WRATH OF GOD IS A PERIOD

OF AT LEAST ___________________ MONTHS.

THE SIXTH BOWL INDICATES THE BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON.

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THE SIXTH BOWL: THE BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON (CONT)

ACCORDING TO THE POPULAR VIEW THE NATIONS GATHER FOR

HAR-MAGEDON PRIOR TO THE SECOND COMING ___________________

CHRIST IS VISABLE.

HOWEVER, SINCE THEY GATHER AT THE END OF THE WRATH OF GOD,

THEY WILL BE GATHERING TO FIGHT AGAINST THE CHRIST THEY CAN

PHYSICALLY SEE AS THE SOURCE OF THEIR PROBLEMS.

BEFORE

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THE SIXTH BOWL: THE BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON (CONT)

THE REFERENCE HERE IS TO THE FACT THAT IN ANCIENT

TIMES VICTORIOUS ARMIES WOULD________________ THEIR CAPTIVES

AND LEAD THEM AWAY ____________. (ISA. 20:1‑5; II CHRON. 28:8-19).

THE MEANING OF REVELATION 16:15 IS THAT UNLESS THOSE IN THE

CHURCH WAKE UP (REV. 3:2‑3; 16:15) AND REPENT (REV. 3:3,19), THEY

WILL FIND THEMSELVES AMONG THOSE WHO ARE DEFEATED BY

CHRIST AT HAR-MAGEDON (REV. 16:15).

STRIP

NAKED

WHAT DOES REV 16:15 MEAN? IT STATES:

(BEHOLD, I AM COMING LIKE A THIEF. BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO STAYS AWAKE AND KEEPS HIS GARMENTS, LEST HE WALK ABOUT NAKED AND MEN SEE HIS SHAME.)

EVENTS

KEY

PASSAGES

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HEAVEN

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ANNOUNCE-

MENTS





4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6












17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11 15:1,5-16:11 14:17-20



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16:12-21

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THE SEVENTH BOWL: THE END OF THE AGE

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“AND THE SEVENTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL UPON THE AIR; AND A LOUD VOICE CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE FROM THE THRONE, SAYING, ‘IT IS DONE.’ AND THERE WERE FLASHES OF LIGHTNING AND SOUNDS AND PEALS OF THUNDER; AND THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE…” (REV. 16:17FF)

THE SEVENTH BOWL ENDS WITH “FLASHES OF LIGHTNING, SOUNDS,

PEALS OF THUNDER, AND AN EARTHQUAKE” AS DID THE ___________

SEAL (REV. 8:5) AND THE______________ TRUMPET (REV. 11:19).

IN OTHER WORDS, THE SEVEN SEALS, SEVEN TRUMPETS, AND SEVEN

BOWLS ALL END AT THE SAME TIME.

7TH

7TH

EVENTS

KEY

PASSAGES

MATT

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HEAVEN

HEAVENLY

ANNOUNCE-

MENTS





4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6












17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8 14:1,3B-5


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11 15:1,5-16:11 14:17-20

20 BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON JER 46: 1-12 9:12-21 16:12-21


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