Revelation 7

Synopsis of Bible Study 08/17/11

Delivered by
Bishop Walker III

Remember we
left off last week talking about the beast
and the dragon. The Dragon of
course was the devil and the first beast to come out of the sea
was the Antichrist. The 2^nd
beast we see now comes out of Chapter l3, which we are getting ready to see
right now.

Revelation
13:11 says ¹¹And I beheld another beast coming up out of the
earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.

1. This beast is interesting. It has to
   horns like a lamb. The two horns will represent that the beast has
   authority in two realms which are the religious
   and political realm.
2. When he spoke, it was like that of a dragon. This beast
   is called the false prophet.

Revelation 13:12-14 says ¹²And he
exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him; and he causeth the
earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed. ¹³And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.¹⁴And he
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by means of those miracles which he had
power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth
that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword and
lived.

1. This beast’s responsibility is to exercise
   all authority of the first beast in the presence of the first beast. He
   causes all the people on the earth to worship the first beast, the Antichrist
   who’s deadly wound was healed, and he performed great signs (like making
   fire come down from heaven) which was used to deceive the inhabitants of
   the earth.
2. He told those who dwelt on the earth to
   make an image of the first beast.

Revelation 13:15 says ¹⁵And he
had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak and cause to be killed as many as would not worship the image
of the beast.

1. What we see is this
   false prophet giving adoration to the Antichrist. He encourages those on
   the earth to worship the first beast. He is like the cheerleader for the Antichrist.
2. He encourages the
   inhabitants on the earth to make a statue or idol of the first beast. He
   actually causes signs and wonders take place. Jesus says there will be
   great signs and wonders, but this would not be of him. This false prophet will be a great deceiver. Everyone doing
   signs and wonders is not of the Lord.
3. There are amazing
   consequences to those who would not worship the beast. If you go back to
   the beginning of time, before the fall, Lucifer was God’s worship leader.
   When he got tired of the worship going to God, the Dragon was cast out of
   heaven and took a third of the stars (angels) with him who became fallen angels. They were kicked out of the
   heavenly host, because they wanted worship shared. God will not share his
   glory with anyone. The antichrist now desires
   to be worshipped. That is what this False Prophet on earth will do. He
   will make those think they are worshipping God, but they will worshipping the
   Antichrist. Those that do not worship the Antichrist will have great
   consequences as a result of not worshipping the Antichrist.

Revelation 13:16 – 17says ¹⁶And
he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive
a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, ¹⁷that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark or
the name of the beast or the number of his name.

1. Followers of the
   False Prophet. They will have a mark on head or hand. Without it, they can’t
   buy our sell.
2. This mark will impact
   the economy, because in that day, you will see that no one can participate
   in the world’s economy without this mark.

Revelation 13:18 says ¹⁸Here is
wisdom: Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it
is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.

1. We know the number
   man is 6, because he made man on the 6th day.
2. There are a lot of hypothesis
   about what the 666 really means. There are a lot of people throughout
   history like Hitler and Ronald Reagan that people thought could be the
   Antichrist. After all, this beast would have authority and come to a political position.
3. Some even try to use
   the number of letters in person’s name to justify this. Some people tried
   to say President Ronald Reagan was
   the Antichrist, because there were 6 letters to his first, middle, and
   last name. Now we know Ronald Reagan was not the Antichrist. 6 letters in
   your name don’t make you an antichrist. If that were the case, then Bishop Walker would be the
   Antichrist. There are six letters to his first, middle, and last name
   (Joseph Warren Walker).
4. Some ways people try
   to come up with this 666 formula:
5. The number 12, the
   square root of 144, is God’s number. 25 is the square root of the
   Antichrist number. By this, we find out the Antichrist will be a political
   body that would affect the number 15 just as much as God and his church
   affect the number 12. Ex- God
   did a lot with the number 12 such as the 12 tribes of Isreal, 12
   disciples, Gen 12 God gave Abraham the promise, the woman with the issue
   of blood was sick for 12 years. Jesus began his ministry at the age of 12.
   12 is a powerful number
6. Others say if you
   take the 6 roman numbers I=1 V=5
   X=10 L=50 C=100 D=500. You can add them up and get the number 666.
7. They say if you add
   the letters in “Jesus” using Greek letters, you end up with 888.
8. 666 is a satanic
   counterpart to 888 falling just short of the perfect number 777.
9. Some people suggest
   in 1 Kings 10:14 that King Solomon received a yearly wage of 666 talents
   of gold. They suggest that the Anitchrist will be someone like Solomon who
   was a good man who turned corrupt.
10. One thing we can
    really extract from this is that the Antichrist is an imitation. 666 is
    always imitation. When you know
    the real thing, you know the counterfeit. If you are not sure what is
    real, you are easily persuaded or deceived by the counterfeit. A person
    that really knows jewelry or clothes can look at something and tell if it
    is real or not. Just like this, a person that really knows Christ, can try the spriit by the spirit. One
    of the greatstest compliments Bishop ever received was a Profession Actor who
    said to Bishop, “I know acting when I see it and I want to thank you for
    being the real thing. “ This antichrist is not the real thing.
11. Know that you have to
    know Jesus for yourself, because there will be many deceivers that will
    come.
12. To recap, we just saw
    beast come out of the land and he was the False Prophet that promoted the
    Antichrist. He tries to get every to worship the dragon who was the devil.
    And those who refuse will be killed.

Chapter 14

Revelation 14:1 says ¹And I looked and lo, a Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with
Him a hundred forty and four thousand, having His Father’s name written in
their foreheads.

1. There were a 144,000
   reedemed during the tribulation. They had their fathers name in their
   forehead. What is the father’s name some may ask? Bishop Walker takes a
   stab at it by saying the only name that we can think of that runs consistently
   through tthe bible is “I am
   that I am” . In Hebrew it means, I will be who I will be.

Revelations 14:2 says ²And I
heard a voice from Heaven as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a
great thunder, and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. ³And
they sang, as it were, a new song before the throne, and before the four living
beings and the elders; and no man could learn that song, except the hundred and
forty and four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

1. You have these who
   were redeemed from the earth which means they will not suffer the tribulation. They have accepted Christ
   and they are with him at Mount Zion.
   Mt Zion is an ancient name for the hill that makes up Jerusalem is the
   place where the Messiah will gather the remnant and reigns over the earth
   along with those who have their father’s name in their foreheads. Psalm 48 talks about this when it says¹Great
   is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, on the
   mountain of His holiness. ²Beautiful in situation, the joy of
   the whole earth is Mount Zion; on the sides of the north, the city of the
   great King., Isaiah 24:23 when it says²³Then the
   moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall
   reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before His elders gloriously., Joel
   2:32 when it says³²And it shall come to pass, that
   whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in
   Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said,
   and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call., Obadiah 1:17 where it
   says¹⁷“But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and
   there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their
   possessions., Obadiah 1:21 says ²¹And saviors shall come
   up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the
   LORD’S., Micah 4:1 where it says¹But
   in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of
   the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains; and it shall be
   exalted above the hills, and people shall flow unto it., and Micah
   4:7 where it says⁷And I will make her that is halt a
   remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation; and the LORD shall
   reign over them in Mount Zion from hence forth, even for ever.
2. This 144,000 who had
   been redeemed had heard a voice like running water and loud thunder. It
   was the voice of God. If you remember in Revelations 1:5, God often spoke
   and it was like thunder and many waters. Remember Matthew 25:21where it says ²¹His
   lord said unto him, `Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast
   been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things.
   Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.’-We believe this is the
   fulfillment of the word that the Lord gives. This was an approval for
   faithful servants.
3. Harpist was playing. Remember
   the elders in Revelations 5:8 had harps.
4. The 144,000 sung a
   unique song. Their praise brought them into the presence of God before the
   throne. Our praise and worship transports us to heavenly places.

Revelations 14:4-5 says
⁴These are they that were not defiled with women, for they are
virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were
redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.⁵And
in their mouth was found no guile, for they are without fault before the throne
of God.

1. Virgin deals with
   purity. They were not defiled by idoltry. Israel throughout scripture is consistently
   referred to as the virgin. For
   Example: In 2 Kings 19:21 it says²¹This is the word
   that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: “The virgin, the daughter of
   Zion, hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of
   Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. –
   Israel is called the virgin daughter of Zion., Isaiah 37:22 says ²²this
   is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him: `The virgin, the
   daughter of Zion, hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the
   daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.- Again called the
   virgin daughter of Zion. Lamentations 2:13 says ¹³What
   thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I liken to thee,
   O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort
   thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea. Who
   can heal thee? – Again called the virgin daughter of Zion. Jeremiah 18:13 says¹³Therefore
   thus saith the LORD: “Ask ye now among the heathen: Who hath heard
   such things? The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. – Here
   she is called virgin of Israel. – All of these scriptures refer to Israel
   as a virgin or undefiled and pure. It means
   following God without being tainted by idolatry or going the wrong way.
   These are redeemed.

Revelation 14.6-7 says ⁶And I saw
another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to
preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred, and
tongue and people, ⁷saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and
give glory to Him, for the hour of His Judgment is come. Worship Him that made
heaven and earth, and the sea and the fountains of waters.”

1. This angel flies through.
   The 144,000 has been redeemed and the church has already been caught up.
   The only people left on the earth are those who are damned or those who are condemned to judgment. The angel flies
   though and says, “You better give God glory whether you are a sinner,
   cynical, or atheist.” The angel preached to earth saying judgment has come!
   Everyone regardless of your belief will one day have to declare that He is King of kings. It is hard for
   some people to believe in the story of Christ. You don’t have to, but know
   that Paul says in Philippians 2:9-11⁹Therefore
   God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above
   every name, ¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
   of things in Heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, ¹¹and
   that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
   of God the Father. – In the end, even the dragon will have to bow down. You
   might as well get your practice in now.

Revelation 14.8 says ⁸And there followed another angel, saying, “Babylon is
fallen! Fallen is that great city, because she made all nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

1. Babylon was the
   nation that made them drink the wine of wrath and fornication. God was faithful to them, and they kept
   cheating with idols. Prophetically Babylon always refers to a literal city, a religious system, or
   political system. What this angel is saying is Babylon is going to
   fall. Babylon represents the things
   that people had been investing in and position of thinking was going to
   stay forever.

Revelation 14: 9-11 says ⁹And the
third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any man worship
the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, ¹⁰the
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out unmixed
into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹And
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever; and they have no
rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth
the mark of his name.”

1. Those who received
   this image 666 on their forehead will drink of the wine of the wrath of God and the cup of
   indignation. Can you imagine the full strength of the wrath of God?  Ex–
   On the weather channel one day, Bishop says he heard someone say that an F5
   tornado is the worst type of tornado to go through. They said in
   comparison that an F5 tornado is like just one finger of God. Knowing
   this, just imagine if God would release his whole strength on the earth.
2. The cup of indignation-
   The wrath of God is called the cup of indignation. More than 13 times in
   the bible, we see this cup of
   judgment. We see it in Psalm
   75:8 which says ⁸For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the
   wine is red and fully mixed; and He poureth out the same. But as for the
   dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink
   them., and we see it in

Jeremiah 25:15 which says ¹⁵For thus
saith the LORD God of Israel unto me: “Take the wine cup of this fury at
My hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it. The most
powerful and prolific one is this; Matthew 26:39 says ³⁹And
He went a little farther, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “O My
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I
will, but as Thou wilt.”-Jesus loved us so much; he took the wrath of God
upon himself. Jesus took for us, a cup they we deserved and some folk don’t
think anything about it.

1. Indignation really
   comes from the Greek word 3709. orge or-gay’ from
   3713 which means settled disposition.
2. Smoke from their
   torment ascends forever and ever. They have no rest day or night.

Revelations 14:12 – 13says ¹²Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep
the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. ¹³And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying unto me,
“Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth.'”
“Yea,” saith the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors,
and their works do follow them.”

1. When we are saved and
   know the Lord, we put death in perspective. When saints die, it is not a
   final act. They are really more blessed than living. They will be the
   first caught up during the rapture.
2. They rest
   from their labor and their works follow them.

Revelation
14:14 says ¹⁴And I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and upon the cloud
sat one like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden crown and in his
hand a sharp sickle.

1. This is about the
   harvest in the earth.
2. The last time we saw
   Jesus, he had a crown of thorns. This time his has a golden crown on his
   head and a sickle used for harvest.

Revelation
14:15 – 16says ¹⁵And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud
voice to him that sat on the cloud, “Thrust in thy sickle and reap; for
the time has come for thee to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
¹⁶And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth,
and the earth was reaped.

1. We see this word reap
   and we think of it as a positive think. It really is about something being
   overripe as in a dry crop. God
   doesn’t rush to judgment. He keeps saying alright, alright, ok, alright,
   ok, and then finally “that’s enough!”

Revelation 14:17-20
says ¹⁷And another angel came out of the temple which is in Heaven,
he also having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸And another angel came out from the
altar, who had power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him that had the
sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters
of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” ¹⁹And
the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the
earth, and cast it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. ²⁰And
the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the wine
press, even unto the horse bridles, for the space of a thousand and six hundred
furlongs.

1. All this means is the wrath of God
   trampled on the people of God like grapes
   being crushed.

Revelation 15

Revelation
15:1 ¹And I saw another sign in Heaven, great and marvelous: seven
angels holding the seven last plagues, for in them is filled up the wrath of
God.

1. Here 7 last angels
   have 7 last plagues. Within them, the wrath of God is complete after this.
2. We are about to the
   see the complete wrath of God.

Revelation 15:2 ²And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire, and
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass and
having the harps of God.

1. Remember in Revelation
   4, we told you what the sea of glass was and we told you it was at the
   throne of God? We are at the throne of God at this time, because we have
   been redeemed, because we are saved.

Revelation 15:3 ³And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the
song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God
Almighty! Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints!

1. All those that
   resisted the beast were singing a song while the wrath of God is about to
   be poured out onto the earth. The redeemed are at the throne singing God’s
   praises.

Revelation
15:4 ⁴Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? For
Thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and worship before Thee, for Thy
judgments are made manifest.”

1. This is the song of Moses
   and the song of the Lamb.
2. The two titles of
   this song refer to the perfect union between old and new covenant or the
   Old and New Testament.
1. They are
   singing about:
2. God’s
   works
3. God’s
   ways
4. God’s
   worthiness
5. God’s worship
3. If you really look
   at this song, how many times do you see you or your? This means that this glory has nothing to do with
   us; it has all to do with God.

Revelation
15:5 ⁵And after that I looked, and behold, the temple of the
tabernacle of the testimony in Heaven was opened; ⁶and the seven
angels, having the seven plagues, came out of the temple, clothed in pure and
white linen and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

1. Out of this temple, there
   came 7 angels who had 7 plagues.
2. They were clothed with
   pure white linen and their chest was girded with golden bands. Remember their chest grided with gold bands is
   to remind us God’s judgment is righteousness.

Revelation
15: 7⁷And one of the four living beings gave unto the seven angels
seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

1. When we talk about the
   bowls or vials (depending on translation), we are not talking about fruit
   or cereal bowls. It is more like a shield turned upside down.
2. Remember the 4 beasts
   represent the 4 gospels. They
   gave the angels the vials (or bowls) filled with God’s wrath.

Revelation
15:8 ⁸And 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.

1. No one was able to enter the temple with plagues.
2. Praise and worship brought
   in the glory and smoke and once it happened, we mov/ to chapter 16.

Chapter 16

Revelation 16:1 says ¹And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the
seven angels, “Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God
upon the earth.”

• And so God’s wrath begins …

1. First
   bowl- Sores that would never heal-
   Revelation 16:2 ²And
   the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a
   noisome and grievous sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast and
   upon them that worshiped his image.
2. 2^nd
   bowl – Blood of a dead man in the sea–Revelation 16.3 ³And
   the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the
   blood of a dead man, and every living soul died in the sea.

• Remember in Revelation 8, there was only
  partial contamination that took place, but now there will be complete contamination, because this is
  the complete wrath of God.
• Remember in Genesis, God created
  everything in perfect order. He put the grass there before the cows, so they
  could eat it for example. He didn’t make man and say oops, he is going to be
  thirsty. He did everything in perfect
  order so man would have all that he needed.
• Now all the water is contaminated
• Revelation 16:5-7 ⁵And I heard the angel of the waters say, “Thou art
  righteous, O Lord, who art, and wast, and shall be, because Thou hast judged
  thus; ⁶for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and Thou
  hast given them blood to drink, for they are worthy.” And I heard another
  out of the altar say, “Even so, Lord God Almighty; true and righteous are
  Thy judgments.” -Those who had caused the death of God’s prophets and
  those who martyred the saints now have to drink the blood that they caused. Be
  careful how you handle God’s anointed. The bible says vengeance is mines said
  the Lrod.
• They
  were scorched, but didn’t die.
• They
  cursed God the whole time, even though God had the power and did not repent.
• They beast and his kingdom blasphemed God because
  of pain. They gnawed their tongue and teeth.
  Remember in Exodus 10 God made darkness come, because Pharaoh would not let his
  people go. Judgment may produce carnal
  repentance which is of the flesh. In this type of repentance, the heart
  remains the same. It is only an outward
  show of repentance. The iron is cast into another image, but it never turns
  to gold for example. Carnal repentance is caused by fear. It is a repentance caused by the fear of the consequence. Doesn’t
  every murderer repent when he is about to be hung? When you can repent even
  when God condemns you, this is real
  repentance. It is taking responsibility for what you have done and agreeing
  not to do it anymore.
• This is the great day of the Battle of the Lord.
• There are 3 important battles
  mentioned in prophecy.
  • The battle of Gog and Magog- The allies came against Israel
    in Ezekiel 38 and 39.
  • The
    battle of Armageddon- This is when the Antichrist leads that world system
    against Christ himself.
  • Final
    Battle- When Satan and his allies, after the 1000 millennia reign, make war
    against God.
• The
  reason why verse 14 says the great day of God almighty is because the winner of
  the Battle of Armageddon, the great Day of God, is God.
• Verse
  15 says he comes as a thief. A thief does not announce when he is coming.
  Garments are pictures of spiritual riotousness. Remember in Galatians 3:27
  which says²⁷For as many of you as have been baptized into
  Christ, have put on Christ. – Here God reminds us to have spiritual garments. Remember Ephesians 4 reminds us to put on holiness. Remember in Genesis 3:7 which says⁷And the
  eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed
  fig leaves together, and made themselves things to gird about. – Adam and Eve
  were naked and they tried to cover themselves, because of their sins. Isaiah 64:6 says ⁶But
  we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
  and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us
  away.- God reminds us that our righteousness is like filthy rags in his sight.
• Armageddon or Megiddo is a literally region.
  Many battles of ancient times were fought here in this valley: In Judges
  5:19 which says ¹⁹“The kings came and fought; then fought
  the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of
  money.- Deborah defeats Sisera In Judges 7, Gideon defeated the Midianites (Judges 7:24 – 25 ²⁴And Gideon
  sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim, saying, “Come down against
  the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and the
  Jordan.” Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and
  took the waters unto Bethbarah and the Jordan. ²⁵And they took two
  princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock of
  Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and
  brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan. Pharaoh
  defeated Josiah in 2 Kings 23:29 which says ²⁹In his days
  Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up together with the king of Assyria to the
  River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaohnechoh slew
  Josiah at Megiddo when he had seen him.). Judges 7 guide over the midianites
  and 2 Chronicles 35:22 which says²²Nevertheless Josiah would
  not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with
  him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came
  to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.
• Also it is a place of end time morning. Zechariah
  12:11 ¹¹“In that day shall there be a great mourning in
  Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddo.-
• The city was divided into 3 parts.
• The mountains were not found.
• Hail fell upon men in a great hail storm. The
  hail stones will be about 100 pounds.
• God stretched the scene out. First there were
  the seals, the trumpets, and then the bowls. There will be no more judgments
  after this.
• The waters dried up. We saw 3 unclean spirits
  came out of the mouth of the beast looking like frogs.
• From the throne of God comes the announcement
  that it is done!
• God stretched this scene of mercy out. He gave
  us his mercy. It was the seals, then the trumpets, and then the bowls. There
  will be no judgements on the earth after this. It is done.
• Notice
  where the 7^th angel pours out his bowl. It is over the air. Ephesians
  2:2 declares this about the devil; ²wherein in times past ye
  walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the
  power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
  -The devil was called the prince and
  power of the air. This bowl then will be poured out where this devil reigned.
• When
  the earthquake comes, it is like one never seen before. Hebrews 12:26 says ²⁶whose
  voice then shook the earth. But now He hath promised, saying, “Yet once
  more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.” –  God will shake earth and heaven. When the hail
  comes down it will be like the weight of a talent weighing up 100lbs. Men will blaspheme
  God because of this hail.

3. 3^rd bowl- The freshwater becomes blood. Revelation 16.4 ⁴And
   the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of
   waters; and they became blood.

4. 4th bowl- The sun scorches mankind
   – Revelations 16:8 ⁸And
   the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given
   unto him to scorch men with fire. ⁹And men were scorched with
   great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these
   plagues; and they repented not to give Him glory.

5. 5th bowl- Attack against the beast and
   his government- Revelation 16: 10-11 ¹⁰And
   the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his
   kingdom was full of darkness, and they gnawed their tongues from pain; ¹¹and
   they blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores,
   and repented not of their deeds.

6. 6th bowl- Armies gather for the great
   battle– Revelation 16:12-16 ¹²And
   the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and
   the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east
   might be prepared. ¹³And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs
   come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast,
   and out of the mouth of the false prophet. ¹⁴For they are the
   spirits of devils working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the
   earth and of the whole world to gather them for the battle of that great
   Day of God Almighty. ¹⁵“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed
   is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they
   see his shame.” ¹⁶And he gathered them together at a place
   called in the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon.

7. 7th bowl – Final Judgment – The
   seven angels poured the bowl into the air (there was great earthquake. Revelation
   16:17 -22¹⁷And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air;
   and there came a great voice out of the temple of Heaven from the throne,
   saying, “IT IS DONE!” ¹⁸And there were voices and
   thunders and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as has not
   been since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great. ¹⁹And
   the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations
   fell, and great Babylon came to remembrance before God, to give unto her
   the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. ²⁰And every
   island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ²¹And there
   fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of
   a talent. And men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for
   the plague thereof was exceeding great.

Chapter 16 is often referred to as the Great Chapter,
because it describes:

• A great evil
• A great city
• Great  Babylon
• Great tools of
  judgment
• Great heat
• Great river that
  dried up
• The Great earthquake
• Great hail
• Great plagues.

What it really shows is if we you are saved, we serve
a great God!