REVELATIOIN LESSON 35

REVELATIOIN

LESSON 35

ARE WE LIVING IN THE END TIMES?

Revelation 15:6   ⁶ And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

Seven angels will come out of the temple. They will be dressed in pure bright linen, signifying their righteousness. The perfect righteousness of the acts that are to be performed on earth. They will wear golden bands around their chests, signifying their royal priesthood. This represents the same attire as that of our Lord.

These seven angels will move away from the temple and mercy seat. What they are about to do pertains solely to the work of Christ. In other words Christ Jesus is in charge of all the judgments.

The seven angels are royal and powerful priests preparing to pour out the wrath of God. Those on earth will receive judgment without mercy, because they rejected the word of God and followed the antichrist, they took the mark of the beast and worshiped the image of the beast. They also rejected Jesus as Lord, they will face the full fury of God.

Revelation 15:7   ⁷ And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

One of the four living creatures will hand the seven angels seven bowls “vials”. When a bowl or vial has been turned upside down, it is suddenly dumped out. That is the picture we have here, Gods wrath will suddenly dump out on the inhabitants of the earth. 

In the old testament days, one time a year on the day of atonement the high priest would take a bowl of blood from an animal who was sacrificed into the holy of holies and pour it on the mercy seat over the ark of the covenant.

God would have them do that to offer atonement for the sin of the people. The antichrist and his followers will not accept the blood of Jesus as an atonement for their sins, these priestly angels will be given these bowls filled with Gods wrath, instead of the Blood of Jesus. Instead of dumping the bowls of blood on the mercy seat they will dump bowls of wrath on those on earth.

First the four living creatures summon the four horsemen. Now the living creatures summon the seven angels of Gods wrath. Man will never get away with sin and rebellion. In the final stages of the tribulation these seven last plagues are poured out on a Christ rejection world who are running after Satan and the false prophet and religious worship that focus’ on the beast.

Revelation 15:8   ⁸ And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

Things just keep getting worse for those who reject God. No one will be able to divert God from his purpose. When the priestly angels leave the temple, it will be filled with smoke from the glory and power of God.

No one will be able to go back in, or enter the Holy of Holies. No one can change their mind and pour blood on the mercy seat. There will be no more mercy, no more delays and no more opportunities to repent until the seven plagues have passed.

This is a warning to those on earth who won’t listen to the pleas of God made through his messengers, the 144,000 Jews, the two witnesses the angel and others. At some point in the tribulation period God will say it is over, the destiny of those who keep rejection my son Jesus is forever lost. God has been patient with mankind for a very long time. The time will come when he will have no more patience to give to mankind.

He will pour out his wrath, keep people away from the mercy seat and refuse to hear the pleas of those crying out for one more chance.

Now we move on to see what happens when the seven bowls of Gods wrath are poured out on a sinful world. The severity of these judgments indicates the extent of Gods wrath toward those who steadfastly refuse to acknowledge him.

The severity also indicates the extent of Gods love by showing how far he will go to get unbelievers to repent. God loves the wicked and wants them to change before he has to remove them from earth so he can set up his kingdom of righteousness.

In the end times it will be as the days of Noah when the wicked were removed from the earth by the flood and the righteous trusted God and survived. Every lost person will be removed from the earth when Jesus returns at the second coming. The saved will repopulate the earth during the millennium.

Whether you are willing to accept it or not, Armageddon is coming also who in their right mind would choose to fight with the antichrist against God. Yet millions are making such a decision each day when they reject so great a salvation as what was offered by God through his Son Jesus Christ.

This is the heart of what Armageddon is about. It is the world saying we will not bow our knee to anyone, we are too proud we are too important.

Until our next lesson,

Stay in the word.

Brother Andy