seekeroftruth
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Revelation 16:8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire. 9 They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.
10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
15 “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”
16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
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Here's a link to the commentary I read. Please go read the commentary for these verses... particularly the comments I left out concerning the sixth bowl.
The sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire: What is normally taken for granted as a blessing — the warmth of the shining sun — is now a curse.
They did not repent and give Him glory: The failure of men to respond with repentance shows that knowledge or experience of judgment will not change man’s sinful condition. Those who are not won by grace will never be won.
His kingdom became full of darkness: Some see this as a symbolic darkness. Caird called the last three plagues a “triad of political disaster” — internal anarchy, invasion, and irreparable collapse. (cited in Mounce)
But it isn’t necessary to see this darkness as a symbolic political darkness. The ninth plague on Egypt was a literal darkness, with spiritual overtones. It could be felt, as described in Exodus 10:21-22.
They gnawed their tongues because of the pain: The darkness of the fifth bowl is a preview of hell itself, which is described by Jesus as the outer darkness (Matthew 25:30). Those under the judgment of this fifth bowl stand, as it were, on the shores of the lake of fire.
And did not repent of their deeds: In man’s sinful condition, he increases his sin when under God’s judgment, the very time he should forsake his sin.
The great river Euphrates: The Romans considered the Euphrates River to be a secure barrier against invasion from the empires of the east. In that day it was 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) long and anywhere from 300-1200 yards (275-1,100 meters) wide.
Its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared: If the Euphrates were dried up and made a road, massive armies from the east (nations such as China, India, and Japan) could move westward with ease.
Some speculate on the reason these armies of the east come westward. Some think it is to wipe out Israel, or to rebel against a European-based world leader (the Antichrist). Ultimately, they come to do battle against God and His Messiah (Psalm 2).
I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon: The spirits are like frogs in form. The ancient Jewish people regarded frogs as unclean and repulsive, but the Egyptians revered a frog-goddess.
They are spirits of demons, performing signs: Again, signs and wonders are used by demons as tools of deception. The false prophet here is the second beast of Revelation 13.
Gather them to the battle: This battle is not nation against nation, but the nations against God (Psalm 2:2). This is one of three important battles mentioned in prophecy.
That great day of God Almighty: The winner of this battle is apparent. It is the great day of God, not the great day of man, not the great day of the Antichrist, not the great day of the dragon.
Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame: In the midst of the description of the coming battle, there is a warning to be prepared in light of Jesus’ assured victory.
And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon: This great battle happens at a place called Armageddon (Har-Megiddo).
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John is describing the next three bowls in these verses.
Check out verse 8. The sun will scorch humans. What happened to the ozone layer that protects us???? Remember, the earth has shape-shifted. No doubt there has been a release of noxious gases during the meteoric, volcanic, and quaking involved in the shape-shifting. The ozone would be swallowed up by the noxious gases, right? But humans are insane. They are fighting boils that continue to ooze and itch and burn. They can't get their daily shipments from Amazon because the seas and rivers are stagnant and became something like dry blood rather than cool potable water. Humans are insane and they won't repent!
I wonder what sun scorch does to their boils?
I've always missed something when reading verse 10. This morning, the commentary took me to Exodus and I have a new respect for verse 10, describing the darkness.
Exodus 10:21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.
Now it's one thing to experience an eclipse of the sun or the moon. That's what I thought Revelation 16:10 meant all this time. But the commentary took me to the verses in Exodus.... and it lasted for three days!!!! Now an eclipse is one thing, but if God is going to plunge us into darkness for three days.... Well, that's just dangerous! Wait... What happened to the sun? Did the earth stop rotating? Did the earth sit still for three days? It's not likely the sun went out... or maybe the sun burnt itself out thus scorching the earthlings.... but then how would God light up the sun again??? God is capable of turning the sun back on again, after all He created everything so He can repair anything. I just don't think He would turn off the sun... but He is God and very capable. See... 60 years as a child of God... at least 50 years in the church listening to preaches, elders, and teachers, and I still don't have a clue what this means!!!!!
And now the fifth bowl looks like Satan and his beasts all started preaching their version of everything. The three of them had frogs coming out of their mouths. Wait... maybe this is saying, now that the Children of God are no longer on earth, there is no one to point out the liars in the church and they have free reign to just spout whatever lies make Satan look better than God. I can almost hear the blathering.... "Why would you worship a god who leaves you in the dark?" I think the correct answer to that blathering question is "because there are no Children of God left on the planet, and y'all are never going to see the Light". God just has to do it in a natural way.... and the bums left on earth when this bowl is poured are the ones who took the mark.
And now the sixth bowl will cause the humans to gather at Armageddon. The "kings of the east" will just walk across the Euphrates on dry bloodlike matter. I wonder if they will bring tanks... probably not because the shape-shifting of the earth probably took out any chance to fuel a tank.
See, now Jesus knew all this stuff would happen. God is letting John see what Jesus knew! John wrote it down, and shared it with anyone who would actually read it.
And now.... Humans are so dangerous... all stirred up by the spewing of Satan and his beasts... They are ready for war. Bring on the Gog and Magog!!!!
These three bowls have led us to Armageddon!!!
