25 Dec (Revelation 15 & 16)

Revelation 15 & 16

Revelation 15

v.1 I remind my kids that God is loving, and He doesn't like to bring His wrath upon His creation. However, He gave us free will, to choose to love Him or not. He made everything, and all He asks of us is to accept Him.

"Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways," says the Lord GOD. "Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Ezekiel 18:30

The Lord is not slack concerning [His] promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

v.7 I like to remind my kids that in the Bible, numbers have meaning. The number seven means completion. This book completes everything before it!

Revelation 16

The Bowls of Wrath:

1. Sores ~ When we have sores on our bodies, it is a sign of something wrong internally. The people who experience this, may look OK on the outside, but these sores display that they are wrong inside...they don't know Jesus!

2. Seas turn to Blood ~ God had Moses do this in Exodus 4:9, 7:19-21.

3. Waters turn to Blood ~ water is essential to life...Jesus' blood is essential to our eternal life!

4. Men are scorched ~ Even when God is bringing His wrath, there are those who won't come to repentance...very sad.

5. Darkness ~ This is a prelude to hell...the absence of God's light.

6. Euphrates Dried Up ~ The Euphrates is mentioned in the Bible 25 times! In fact, the Euphrates is the boundry of the land that God promised Israel.

On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates. Genesis 15:18

Isn't it odd that the world won't even let Israel border the Jordan River, when they were promised all the way to the Euphrates River?

7. Earth Shaken ~ The bowl was thrust into the air...the last place of dominion of Satan. The earth will experience an earthquake of immense power...we fear an 8.0 earthquake, but this will be like a 15.0!