Book of Revelation of John

Compiled by WD Kemner January 2024

 

 

Chapter 15 and 16 – Seven Vials

 

Chapter 15

 

 

John now returns to where he left off at the end of Chapter 11 talking about Trumpet 7.

 

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Where we are on the Seals Chart sequence

 

Seven Seals – consists of:

 

            First 6 of 7 seals – (Chapter 6)

 

            Seal 1 – White Horse: conquering diplomatically

            Seal 2 – Red Horse: political upheaval, no peace, people killing people

            Seal 3 – Black Horse: cost of “bread”, famine

            Seal 4 – Pale Horse: ¼ population killed by beasts, swords, hunger

            Seal 5 – Martyrdom for Faith: death for Word of God receive white robes

            Seal 6 – Earthquake, stars fall, sun black, physical world gone berserk

 

            Seal 7 – (Chapter 8) consists of 7 Trumpets (Chapters 8-11)

 

                        Trumpet 1 (8:7) – hail and fire mixed with blood

                        Trumpet 2 (8:8) – mountain burning with fire

                        Trumpet 3 (8:10) – star falls from Heaven

                        Trumpet 4 (8:12) – darkness

 

                        Trumpet 5 (9:1-12) FIRST WOE:  star falls, bottomless pit opened

 

                        Trumpet 6 (9:13-21) SECOND WOE:  4 angels kill 1/3 of men

 

7 Thunders uttered - described in Chap 10

 

Two Witnesses (11:3) appear: testify for 1260 days, killed and resurrected 3.5 days later. Earthquake and 7000 die. Then WOE 2 ends.

 

                        Trumpet 7 (11:15-19) THIRD WOE: WRATH OF GOD

 

Temple of God opens in Heaven (11:15)

 

WE ARE NOW AT THIS POINT IN THE TIMELINE

 

Seven Vials / Bowls / Plaques (Chapters 15-16)

First 4 on Men – last 3 on kingdom of Anti-christ

 

Vial 1 – Sores on wearers of mark required by Beast

Vial 2 – Sea turned to Blood

Vial 3 – Rivers and Water Sources turned to Blood

Vial 4 – Sun given power to scorch the Earth

Vial 5 – Seat of Beast attacked darkness, pain, sores

Vial 6 – Euphrates River dried up for Kings of East

Vial 7 – It is Done!

 

 

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Revelation 15:1

 

And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

 

 

 

Seven last plagues that contain the WRATH OF GOD

 

 

Revelation 15:2

 

And 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, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

 

 

 

Sea of Glass mingled with fire. Standing on it are the martyr Tribulation saints holding harps of God.

 

 

Revelation 15:3a

 

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb,

 

 

 

Song of Moses from Exodus 15:1-21.

 

 

The same way the Israelites reacted to the drowning of Egyptian army, so the Tribulation saints will be with victory.

 

 

Revelation 15:3b-4

 

saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who 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.

 

 

 

Song of the Lamb.

 

 

Revelation 15:5-8

 

And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 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.

 

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. 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.

 

 

 

The Tabernacle – The Holy of Holies – The Ark of the Covenant.

 

“…filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power…”

 

Moses’ tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple were modeled after this. The REAL tabernacle in Heaven.  God has always kept His covenant with both Israel and those that seek a relationship with Him. 

 

Temple of the Tabernacle of Testimony is opened and out of it come Seven Angels having the Seven plagues.  They come out of the temple.  They are allowed in the presence of God.  They are given Seven Golden Vials to be poured upon the earth.  Temple is then filled with smoke.  No one being allowed in until after the last of the plagues is over.

 

 

Chapter 16

 

 

The first four plagues are on man for giving their allegiance to the Beast.

 

First four are similar to the plagues of Egypt.

 

 

Revelation 16:1

 

And 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.

 

 

 

Begins in the last half of Tribulation because it is against those that took the mark of the beast.

 

 

FIRST VIAL

 

 

Revelation 16:2

 

And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

 

 

 

Occurs after the “Mark of the Beast” and worship of the “image” is instituted. Grievous Sore upon men which had the mark of the beast.   “Boils”

 

 

SECOND VIAL

 

 

Revelation 16:3

 

And 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.

 

 

 

Seas became blood and all life in them died.

 

 

THIRD VIAL

 

 

Revelation 16:4-7

 

And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

 

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and throu hast given them blood to drink; fo they are worthy. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

 

 

 

Rivers and fountains of waters became blood. “…fountains of waters…” is the “life source” of the water.  The “…angel of the waters…” is an angel who has sole responsibility for the “waters”. He gives his acknowledgement of God’s righteousness in this.

 

 

FOURTH VIAL

 

 

Revelation 16:8-9

 

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

 

 

 

Upon the sun. Man scorched with great heat.  Also referenced in Malachi 4:1-2.

 

Even after all this, man still does not want to repent!

 

 

Now begins the Vials that are directed right at the enemy himself.

 

 

FIFTH VIAL

 

 

Revelation 16:10-11

 

And 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 for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

 

 

 

See also Mark 13:24

 

This vial is directed upon the center of the kingdom of the Antichrist, Kingdom covered in darkness, pain and sores.

 

 

SIXTH VIAL

 

 

Revelation 16:12

 

And 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.

 

 

 

Upon the river Euphrates.  Water was dried up, which would allow the kings of the east to be able to cross.

 

 

Revelation 16:13-16

 

And 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.

 

For 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 to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

 

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

 

 

 

Unclean spirits tasked with uniting kings of the earth to go and fight God at Armageddon. Gathering of the Antichrist’s troops at Armageddon.

 

 

SEVENTH VIAL

 

 

Revelation 16:17-21

 

And 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.

 

And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

 

And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

 

And 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.

 

 

 

Voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, IT IS DONE!. The effect of this vial will be: Upon the Air, Earthquake, Nations collapsed, Islands and mountains disappeared, Great Hail fell upon men.