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