seekeroftruth
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Revelation 15:1 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God’s wrath is completed. 2 And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God 3 and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb:
“Great and marvelous are your deeds,
Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
King of the nations.
4 Who will not fear you, Lord,
and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship before you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
King of the nations.
4 Who will not fear you, Lord,
and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship before you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
5 After this I looked, and I saw in heaven the temple—that is, the tabernacle of the covenant law—and it was opened. 6 Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests. 7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
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Here's a link to the commentary I read. Of course, you should use the link to read all the stuff I left out.
I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: Revelation 14 seemed to describe the consummation of all things, ending with the fury of the Battle of Armageddon. But now John will go back and describe God’s judgment in more detail. This idea of stating and re-stating in more detail is common with prophecy, and with Hebrew literature in general (see Genesis 1:1-2:7 and Genesis 2:8-25).
Seven angels having the seven last plagues: This idea is also in Leviticus 26:21: Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins. These seven last plagues are God’s judgment on a disobedient and contrary world.
For in them the wrath of God is complete: The ancient Greek word for wrath is thymos. As was the case in Revelation 14:10, there are two words for wrath or anger in Biblical Greek: thymos (a volatile, passionate anger) and orge (anger from a settled disposition). This is a place where God’s anger flashes hot.
Those who have victory over the beast: These are those who were victorious over the beast through their faithfulness unto death. They are the tribulation martyrs, described in Revelation 7:9-17.
Having harps of God: The only people seen with harps before were the twenty-four elders (Revelation 5:8). These tribulation martyrs are given the blessing of worshipping God with music in heaven.
Out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues: These angels bring God’s judgment. It is significant that they came directly from the heavenly temple, from the presence and throne of God. They do not act on their own authority, but God’s.
Seven golden bowls: These bowls are broad, flat bowls or saucers used ritually for drinking or for pouring libations in sacrifice. The contents of such a shallow bowl were quickly, easily, and completely poured out.
The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power: When the cloud of glory fills the temple in heaven, no one can enter. It was the same when Moses could not enter the Tabernacle when the smoke of the cloud of God’s glory, sometimes called the Shekinah filled the tent (Exodus 40:34-35).
Filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power: Both the bowls and the cloud came from the glory of God and from His power. This is a reminder of God’s special presence and glory, even in the midst of devastating judgment.
No one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed: This declares that judgment was now irreversible. Nothing could hinder it any longer, because access to this temple in heaven would not long be denied.
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I left out a lot of commentary. I left out the description of the sea of glass, on fire, glass on fire! Volcanoes create glass. When the glass comes out of the volcano... It's so hot, it's still on fire. So, this event in Heaven, the sea of glass on fire, must have been seen, by John, on the war table. I figure God and Jesus plotted every little part of Armageddon before it happened. They were probably at a war table in the Temple in Heaven. God can see the future, so God can tell which troops are held up in which cave. God is in total control... it's in the plan that was written on the scroll, protected until Jesus opened the seven seals, that held all the intricate details of Armageddon. [Now that's not Biblical... that's just my opinion.]
Non-believers and un-believers who made it through the earth shapeshifting, will apparently have to survive seven plagues.
God will fill the bowls. God will decide which plague hits which Satan worshipping moron. Naturally, I think, a fake priest who raped children will get a worse plague than the stupid stubborn self-indulgent Pew Warmer.
I figure a rapist priest will get a worse plague because the Pew Warmer doesn't pretend to bring the Gospel. I wonder if the plague the rapist priest gets will make his junk fall off!!!
Pew Warmers only want to look significant so they can do business with the Christians, while the rapist priest pretends to want to "save your sole".
And then.... When the angels are dispatched with the seven bowls filled with plagues, the Temple will be filled with smoke and no one will be there to answer any prayer requests. There will be no one to answer Heavenly 911 calls! "Oh my god" won't work because there is only one God and those who are bowing to satan are not God's children.
I'd like to say, "Don't worry.... if you haven't confessed by then, God will still let you into the family." After all the Bible says, a Good Shepherd will leave the 99 and to looking for the 1 lost sheep". I'd like to say that, but by this time, there are no sheep left on the shape-shifted, harvested earth. There are only goats who pretend to be part of the flock or deny the flock all together.
The time to confess will have passed. The time to "get right with God" will have passed. No one will taint the Gospel after the Smoke has taken over the Temple.
People seem to think that God can't be mean. Sometimes a Father has to be mean to protect His children.
Full of Smoke, the Temple is closed, and Judgement will be irreversible.
Judgement will be irreversible!
