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Revelation #27 Revelation 16:1-21 End Times: Bowls, The Days of Catastrophe

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Revelation #27 Revelation 16:1-21 End Times: Bowls, The Days of Catastrophe

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  Revelation #27 Revelation 16:1-21 End Times:  Bowls, The Days of Catastrophe During our study of John’s vision, we proposed that the Seal, Trumpet, and Bowl events happen simultaneously.  In the Seal event John sees things from a rough perspective, and then with the Trumpets an intense perspective, and now with the Bowls a catastrophic perspective.  It’s a difficult way to grasp what we are reading.  The key to understanding the decision to interpret in this fashion is the 7 th event.  Each 7 th event ends with God’s victory.  You would think that the story would end with the victory, but it continues.  One of the reasons that it continues is because it is a type of literature that follows a certain pattern of writing.  John has narrated his vision in 3’s and 7’s, Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls comprise the 3 and each series has 7 events.  Numbers are symbolic, with the numbers 3 and 7 combined mean perfection, completeness, and divine intervention. This is one reason why John doesn’t

Revelation #26 Revelation 15:1-6 (MSG) End Times: It’s Now or Never

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  Revelation #26  Revelation 15:1-6 (MSG)  End Times:  It’s Now or Never Click Here

Revelation #26 Revelation 15:1-6 (MSG) End Times: It’s Now or Never

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  Revelation #26  Revelation 15:1-6 (MSG)  End Times:  It’s Now or Never Click here

Revelation #26 Revelation 15:1-6 (MSG) End Times: It’s Now or Never

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  Revelation #26  Revelation 15:1-6 (MSG)  End Times:  It’s Now or Never   John could certainly have ended his apocalypse with the two harvests in chapter 14 but he has more to reveal to us. One of the characteristics of apocalyptic literature is how John has arranged his material in groups of sevens and there are three sevens. The seven/three arrangement stands for divine perfection. John has one more set of seven to reveal to us. But first, he writes another dramatic setup for what is to come.   Revelation 15:1-2 (MSG) I saw another Sign in Heaven, huge and breathtaking: seven Angels with seven disasters. These are the final disasters, the wrap-up of God's wrath. I saw something like a sea made of glass, the glass all shot through with fire. Carrying harps of God, triumphant over the Beast, its image, and the number of its name, the saved ones stood on the sea of glass.   What does it take for a person to renounce their egoism and turn to God?  Humanity has a propensity for rebel

Revelation #25 Revelation 14:13-20 (MSG) End Time: A Blessing to Die?

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  Revelation #25 Revelation 14:13-20 (MSG) End Time:  A Blessing to Die? Click Here