Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 8 “The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.” AND THE TEMPLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE FROM THE GLORY OF GOD AND FROM HIS POWER: This verse, among other things, gives a date. This is vital in the interpretation of this chapter. There are several steps needed in determining this…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 5 “After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.” AFTER THESE THINGS I LOOKED: In essence, John goes back to LOOK at what he had seen. His traditional re-focus expression now gives us another look at the plague preparation. We had almost forgotten by this point about the contents of Verse 1. It will be re-stated with clarifying detail. AND THE TEMPLE OF THE TABERNACLE…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 4 “Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested.” “The AIM of the saints throughout life is that all will glorify God’s name. Now the process is to begin which will ensure that goal — ALL NATIONS WILL WORSHIP HIM. The reason is that the REVEALING of His justice, as promised, will accomplish…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 2 and 3 continued “And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 2 and 3 continued “And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 3 “They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!” AND THEY SANG: This is NOT the new, personal song of Rev 14:3. Only the 144,000 know that song. But obviously Moses knew this one! This confirms what was stated in our previous post: the harp playing and…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 2 “And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.” AND I SAW: John now focuses our attention to something else newly appeared beyond the veil — the glorified saints of the first resurrection (Rev 14:13). A SEA OF GLASS…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 1 continued “Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.” “The seven plagues allude to the ten plagues visited by God at the hand of Moses upon Egypt incidental to the departure of the Israelite’s from that land. More particularly, the vision of Verse 1 focuses attention upon the last seven of the ten Exodus plagues. Special note…
Revelation Chapter 15 VERSE 1 “Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.” THEN I SAW: Three times in this chapter (Verses 1, 2, 5) John refocuses our attention. To help understand this chapter, it is good to see these three focuses and their purposes. A) The first focus (Verse 1) is on angels which have plagues which will finish God’s (These…
Revelation Chapter 15 INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAGUES A brief preface to the Subject of the Plagues “This exposition will treat the plagues as having mostly occurred during the 20th Century. No serious Bible student, or human being for that matter, can deny that this century has been, if not THE most eventful in history, certainly ONE of the most eventful in history. Are we to believe that Revelation has ignored these astounding events (viz. the first of its kind world…