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The 7 bowls of God’s wrath

The 1st bowl.

The first bowl is poured into the land onto the people who have the mark of the beast and
worshiped the image, they will have fouled & painful sores.

The 2nd bowl

The second bowl causes the sea to turn to blood, and everything within it to die. This has
major implications for the world’s food supply and all whose livelihoods are connected
with the oceans. The sea will be full of death.

The 3rd bowl

The third bowl causes the fresh water to turn to blood, “for they have shed the blood of
saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink” (16:6). This is what is
termed “poetic justice.” If the second and third bowls are taken literally, there is neither
salt water nor fresh. Clearly, the end is near.

The 4th bowl

The fourth bowl is poured on the sun, and it scorches the earth and its people with intense
heat. There is much talk today about global warming. The intense heat of the fourth bowl
judgment is presented as something which occurs suddenly, dramatically, and
supernaturally, as an act of God

The 5th bowl

The fifth bowl brings total darkness and causes great pain. It is not quite clear what
causes the pain in this instance, but experiments have shown that prolonged total
darkness can have a damaging effect on the human psyche. Even so, like Pharaoh before
the Exodus, the hearts of the people are hardened to the point where even supernatural
events will not move them. John says, “They blasphemed the God of heaven because of
their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds” (16:11)
The 6th bowl

When the sixth bowl is poured out, the stage is set for the greatest and most famous of
battles: Armageddon (16:16). The name is the Hebrew form of Mt. Megiddo, a location
in northern Israel, though whether this exact location is implied is open to interpretation.
John writes:

I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out
of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are
the spirits of demons, performing signs which go out to the kings of the earth and
of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God
Almighty.” (16:13-14)

These demons may be understood as the spirits of the dragon, beast, and false prophet,
themselves, or as emissaries for them which go out to deal with the nations. They are
corrupt, for they are described as “unclean.” They have more than convincing words with
which to manipulate the earth’s leaders, but go out performing “signs.” Whatever these
signs may be, they are sufficiently compelling to bring the nations together for the
world’s last and greatest battle. At this time, the Euphrates River is dried up to make way
for the armies of the east. This appears to be an act of God, rather than satan, which
indicates that the powers of heaven are also preparing for the battle, and that they intend
to meet the forces of evil in a final and decisive confrontation.

The 7th bowl

We have been listening to the words of John. We have not heard from Jesus directly since
the messages to the seven Asian churches in the first three chapters. In the middle of this
passage about the sixth bowl, we unexpectedly hear the voice of Jesus again: “Behold, I
am coming…” (16:15). Immediately following this announcement comes the climax of
the whole tribulation. John writes, “The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,
and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, ‘It is done!’”
(16:17). There is an earthquake so big that “every island fled away, and the mountains
were not found” (16:20). This is a more extreme form of the sixth seal, where “every
mountain and island was moved out of its place” (6:14).

The words, “It is done!”, remind us of Jesus’ last words on the cross (Jn 19:30). They are
said here at the completion of the tribulation which is said to occur at the end of this age.
The same words are repeated at the completion of the Last Judgment at the end of the
world (21:6)
Juicios e las
siete copas de
la ira de Dios.

-Wandaliz
Torres

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