When the World Gets What It Deserves

Do you ever look at someone and think “One day they are going to get what they deserve?” I get it! I really do! But what all of us deserve is Hell!

Because God is holy and righteous and He intends to fix this old broken world and its many injustices and the seemingly endless list of unrighted wrongs.

But before we see the wrath of GOD finally commencing in chapter 16 with the last bowls of wrath, let me interrupt that thought to say, THANK GOD FOR HIS AMAZING GRACE.

God is patient and wants us to repent. His loving kindness leads us to repentance.

As this war in the last 3.5 years of the Tribulation unfolds, and things get worse and worse, you would think, more people would turn to Christ but they don’t.

You ever watch someone go through something and think MAN THIS SHOULD GET THEIR ATTENTION, but instead they get more brazen in their rejection of God?

That’s what happens in chapter 16.

Revelation 16 HCSB

1 Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.” 2 The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. 3 The second poured out his bowl into the sea. It turned to blood like a dead man’s, and all life in the sea died. 4 The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. 5 I heard the angel of the waters say: You are righteous, who is and who was, the Holy One, for You have decided these things. 6 Because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, You also gave them blood to drink; they deserve it! 7 Then I heard someone from the altar say: Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments. 8 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. He was given the power to burn people with fire, 9 and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory. 10 The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues because of their pain 11 and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, yet they did not repent of their actions. 12 The sixth 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. 13 Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are spirits of demons performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty. 15 “Look, I am coming like a thief. The one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame is blessed.” 16 So they assembled them at the place called in Hebrew, Armagedon. 17 Then the seventh poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18 There were flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder. And a severe earthquake occurred like no other since man has been on the earth—so great was the quake. 19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; He gave her the cup filled with the wine of His fierce anger. 20 Every island fled, and the mountains disappeared. 21 Enormous hailstones, each weighing about 100 pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe.

The Seven Plagues

Sores

Revelation 16:2 HCSB

2 The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

Death of Aquatic life

Revelation 16:3 HCSB

3 The second poured out his bowl into the sea. It turned to blood like a dead man’s, and all life in the sea died.

Fresh water to blood

Revelation 16:4 HCSB

4 The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

Scorched Earth

Revelation 16:8 HCSB

8 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. He was given the power to burn people with fire,

Painful Darkness

Revelation 16:10 HCSB

10 The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues because of their pain

Preparation for Armageddon

Revelation 16:12–14 HCSB

12 The sixth 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. 13 Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are spirits of demons performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty.

Revelation 16:16 HCSB

16 So they assembled them at the place called in Hebrew, Armagedon.

World-wide Cataclysm

Revelation 16:17–21 HCSB

17 Then the seventh poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18 There were flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder. And a severe earthquake occurred like no other since man has been on the earth—so great was the quake. 19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; He gave her the cup filled with the wine of His fierce anger. 20 Every island fled, and the mountains disappeared. 21 Enormous hailstones, each weighing about 100 pounds, fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe.

Two Words from Heaven

The Earth Deserves God’s Righteous Wrath

Revelation 16:5–7 HCSB

5 I heard the angel of the waters say: You are righteous, who is and who was, the Holy One, for You have decided these things. 6 Because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, You also gave them blood to drink; they deserve it! 7 Then I heard someone from the altar say: Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.

Jesus Will Come Quickly

Revelation 16:15 HCSB

15 “Look, I am coming like a thief. The one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame is blessed.”

One Response From The World

Revelation 16:9 HCSB

9 and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

Revelation 16:11 HCSB

11 and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, yet they did not repent of their actions.