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Chapter 46: The Wrath Of God
After the first resurrection has taken place, those who rejected the gospel and God's mercy, must now suffer his wrath. Luke 17:26-30 KJV And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. The same day that Noah entered the ark, the rain began to fall on the Earth, and he was in the ark for one year. The same day that lot left Sodom fire and brimstone began to fall from heaven and destroy those cities. Likewise, the same day that the first resurrection takes place, and the Lord has taken his people to safety, his wrath will begin to fall on the world. On that day fire and brimstone will rain on the great cities of the Earth. As horrible as that is, it is only the very beginning of the terrible calamities that will come upon the Earth before Christ returns with his saints. After the harvest of the righteous at the first resurrection, the armies of the nations of the world that hate God and his son, Jesus Christ, will begin to prepare themselves to gather at Armageddon. They will have about one year to accomplish this and to bring their best weapons of war with them, to do battle with the Lord when he returns. Revelation 14:17-20 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the Earth's vine, because its grapes are ripe." The angel swung his sickle on the Earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath. They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia. (180 miles) The harvesting of the grapes and throwing them into the winepress is referring to the gathering together of the armies of the world to the Mid-East, to Armageddon. Joel 3:9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, 'I am strong!' Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD! Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side. (The valley of Jehoshaphat is the same place as Armageddon) Zephaniah 1:14-15 & 2:1-3 & 8 The great day of the LORD is near-near and coming quickly. Listen! The cry on the day of the LORD will be bitter, the shouting of the warrior there. That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. I will bring distress on the people and they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD. I have decided to assemble the nations, to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them; all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger. Jeremiah the prophet also wrote about day of the Lords anger and compared it to cups or bowls filled with the wine of God's wrath. He prophesied that God would make all the nations of the world drink of it. Jeremiah 25:15-17 & 30-33 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: "Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. When they drink it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among them. "So I took the cup from the Lord's hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it: All the kingdoms on the face of the Earth. "'The LORD will roar from on high; he will thunder from his holy dwelling and roar mightily against his land. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, shout against all who live on the Earth. The tumult will resound to the ends of the Earth, for the LORD will bring charges against the nations; he will bring judgment on all mankind and put the wicked to the sword," declares the LORD. This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Look! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the Earth. "At that time those slain by the LORD will be everywhere; from one end of the Earth to the other. They will not be mourned or gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground. The Seven Bowls Of God's Wrath
Revelation 15:1 KJV And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. The seven last plagues are described as seven bowls, filled with the wrath of God, which are about to be poured out upon the Earth. Revelation 15:5-8 & 16:1 "After this I looked and in heaven the temple, that is, the tabernacle of the Testimony, was opened. Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen and wore golden sashes around their chests. Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go, pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the Earth." The whole world is now filled with people who know of God but hate him. They rejected the gospel when it was preached to them by the Two Witnesses. The first resurrection has taken place before their eyes, and still they refuse to repent. Since they have rejected the Lord, they will now experience his wrath. The only exception being those people whom God has sealed to live through the time of wrath, until his return. Revelation 16:2 The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshipped his image. All of those who have taken the mark of the beast will now break out with ugly and painful sores. It would have been better for them to have died at the hands of Antichrist, than to have accepted his mark and suffer these plagues from God. Revelation 16:3-7 The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead man, and every living thing in the sea died. The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say: "You are just in these judgments, you who are and who were, the Holy One, because you have so judged; for they have shed the blood of your saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve. "And I heard the altar respond: "Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments." Earlier, during the time of the second and third trumpet judgments, one third of the worlds water was poisoned. Drinking water was scarce, but still available. Now, during the time of the second and third bowl judgments, all of the worlds water is polluted. But, as Gods word says, it is only fitting that the false church, the False Prophet, and the people who supported them and shed the blood of the saints should be given blood like water to drink. Revelation 16:8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to scorch people with fire. They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him. The ozone layer protecting the Earth is now destroyed because of weapons used during the wars of Antichrist. The intense heat from the sun will now scorch those dwelling upon the Earth. Revelation 16:10-11 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. Men gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done. Even after all of this, the world still refuses to repent. After the plague of scorching, some other effect will happen that will prevent the suns light from reaching the Earth, plunging the Antichrist's kingdom into darkness. Exodus 10:21-23 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness will spread over Egypt; darkness that can be felt." So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else or leave his place for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived. By specifying that the Antichrist's kingdom will be in darkness, it may mean that there will be some light in Israel and perhaps in those countries that fought against the Antichrist. This was the case at the time when God instructed Moses to call for a plague of darkness on Egypt. Revelation 16:12 "The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East." The kings of the east, China, Japan, Korea, and all of the oriental countries will now begin to move the 200 million man army that they mustered earlier, at the sounding of the sixth trumpet, toward Jerusalem. They will march across the Euphrates river which will be dried up for them. Turkey has already built a dam on the Euphrates river that is capable of shutting off the flow of water to the south of them at any time they choose to do so. The reuniting of the kings of the east is already in progress today. The British have signed an agreement to give honk Kong back to China in 1997. In 1992 the United States removed it's military bases from the Philippine islands. Revelation 16:13-14 "Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the False Prophet. They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty." It appears that the Antichrist and the False Prophet will deceive the world one more time. They will probably say that the way to rid themselves of these plagues is to gather all of their armies to Jerusalem, and kill the Lord Jesus Christ, who will soon be returning there. God, through David, prophesied of this event in the Psalms. Psalms 2:1-3 "Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain. The kings of the Earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One. `Let us break their chains,' they say, `and throw off their fetters.' The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them." God, it says in the Psalms, laughs at these people who actually believe that they can destroy Christ with man made weapons of war. The kings of the Earth and their armies will gather together in Israel and the surrounding areas, awaiting the return of Christ. Revelation 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of Lords and King of kings--and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers. Isaiah 34:2-3 The LORD is angry with all nations; his wrath is upon all their armies. He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter. Their slain will be thrown out, their dead bodies will send up a stench; the mountains will be soaked with their blood. Joel 3:13-14 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow--so great is their wickedness! Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. When the armies of the world are gathered together at Armageddon, the day of the Lord will be very near. |