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Themes in Revelation 16

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Themes in Revelation 16

Revelation 16:1 (show verse)

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on earth."

Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Worship » Those that worship the beast
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:2 (show verse)

So the first went off and poured his bowl upon the land; and noisome, painful ulcers broke out on those who bore the mark of the Beast and worshipped his statue.

Animals » Beasts symbolical
Impress of sin » Seen in its degrading marks left upon men
Sin » Harvest of » Impress of, seen in its degrading marks left upon men
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » The plague upon the men who had the mark of the beast
Worship » Those that worship the beast
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:3 (show verse)

The second poured out his bowl upon the sea; it turned blood like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing within the sea perished.

Sea » Symbolical » In john's apocalyptic vision
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Vision » Of john on the island of patmos » The sea turned into blood
Water » Turned into blood
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:4 (show verse)

The third poured out his bowl upon the rivers and fountains of water, and they turned blood.

Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Water » Symbolical
Water » Turned into blood
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:5 (show verse)

Then I heard the angel of the waters cry, "O holy One, who art and wast, just art thou in this thy sentence.

God, Righteousness Of » Angels acknowledge
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Water » Turned into blood
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:6 (show verse)

They poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink! They deserve it!"

Blood » Illustrative » (given to drink,) of severe judgments
Blood » Figurative » Of judgments
Prophets » Martyrs
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:7 (show verse)

And I heard the altar cry, "Even so, Lord God almighty: true and just are thy sentences of doom."

God, Righteousness Of » Exhibited in » The punishment of the wicked
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
The fruit of righteousness » What is righteous
Truth » Of God » Exhibited in his » Punishment of evil people
the Truth of God » Exhibited in his » Punishment of the wicked
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:8 (show verse)

The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun; and the sun was allowed to scorch men with fire,

Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:9 (show verse)

till men, scorched by the fierce heat, blasphemed the name of the God who had control of these plagues; yet they would not repent and give him glory.

Blasphemy » Prophecy of
Character » Of the wicked » Blasphemous
Character of the wicked » Blasphemous
Repentance » The wicked » Not led to by the judgments of God
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:10 (show verse)

The fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the Beast; his realm was darkened, and men gnawed their tongues in anguish,

Animals » Beasts symbolical
Cities » Illustrative of » The apostacy
Darkness » Figurative » power of darkness,
Despair » Leads to » Blasphemy
Distress » Trouble, borrowing » Pain
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:11 (show verse)

blaspheming the God of heaven for their pains and their ulcers, but refusing to repent of their doings.

Animals » Beasts symbolical
Blasphemy » Prophecy of
Correction » Correction despised
Despair » Leads to » Blasphemy
Profanity » Blasphemy » General references to
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:12 (show verse)

The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its waters were dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

Animals » Beasts symbolical
Euphrates » Symbolical » In the symbolisms of the apocalypse
Euphrates, the » Shall be the scene of future judgments
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Then I saw issuing from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the Beast and from the mouth of the false Prophet, three foul spirits like frogs ??14 demon-spirits performing miracles, who come out to muster the kings of the whole world for battle on the great Day of almighty God.

Animals » Beasts symbolical
Dragon » Symbolical
Frogs » Symbolical
Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Good and evil » Conflict between
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Frog
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:14 (show verse)

Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Good and evil » Conflict between
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Magic » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Miracles » Performed through the powers of evil
Miracles through evil agents » Performed through the power of the devil
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
The Devil » Works lying wonders
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Wonders » Lying wonders, spurious miracles
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:15 (show verse)

(Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

Alertness » Those that watch
the Blessed » Who watch against sin
Garment » Of righteousness
Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Good and evil » Conflict between
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Second coming of Christ » Time of unknown
The second coming of Christ » The manner of » As a thief in the night
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
the future » The second coming of Christ » Time of unknown
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Watchfulness » Blessedness of
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » His appearance will be unexpected
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:16 (show verse)

And they were mustered at the spot called (in Hebrew) Harmagedon.

Armageddon » A symbolical name
Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Good and evil » Conflict between
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:17 (show verse)

The seventh angel poured out his bowl in the air; then came a loud voice out of the temple of heaven from the throne, crying, "All is over!"

Good and evil » Conflict between
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:18 (show verse)

followed by flashes of lightning, loud blasts, peals of thunder, and a mighty earthquake, the like of which never was since man lived on earth, such a mighty earthquake it was;

Earthquakes » Symbolical
Good and evil » Conflict between
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Meteorology » Thunder and lightning » Sent as a sign
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
Thunder » Sent as a sign
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:19 (show verse)

the great City was shattered in three parts, the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered to give Babylon the great the cup of the wine of the passion of his anger.

Babylon » The great
Babylon » A type of antiChrist
Babylon » Figurative
Cup » Cup of wrath, the wicked drink of
Good and evil » Conflict between
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Wine » Figurative » Of abominations
Wrath » Cup of
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:20 (show verse)

Every island fled away, the mountains disappeared,

Earthquakes » Symbolical
Good and evil » Conflict between
Island » Prophecies concerning
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath

Revelation 16:21 (show verse)

and huge hailstones fell from heaven on men, till men blasphemed God for the plague of the hail ??for the plague of it was fearful.

Blasphemy » Prophecy of
Good and evil » Conflict between
Hail » Figurative
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Symbolical » Used in the revelation of john
War/weapons » Who will attempt to make war with jesus Christ and his saints
Weights » Mentioned in scripture » Talent
Wrath » The seven vials of wrath