Revelation 15
Seven Angels with
Seven Plagues
1I
saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the
seven last plagues—last, because with them God's wrath is completed.
2And I saw what looked like a
sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had
been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his
name. They held harps given them by God
3and sang the song of Moses
the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:
"Great and marvelous are your deeds,
Lord God Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
King of the ages.
4Who will not fear you, O
Lord,
and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship before you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed."
5After
this I looked and in heaven the temple, that is, the tabernacle of the
Testimony, was opened. 6Out
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. 7Then 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.
8And 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
Bowl 1:
Rev. 16:1-2
1.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."
2The 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 worshiped his image.
Bowl 2:
Rev. 16:3
3The 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.
Bowl 3:
Rev. 16:4-7
4The
third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they
became blood. 5Then 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;
6for they have shed the blood of
your saints and prophets,
and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve."
7And
I heard the altar respond:
"Yes, Lord God Almighty,
true and just are your judgments."
Bowl 4:
Rev. 16:8-9
8The
fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to
scorch people with fire. 9They
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.
Bowl 5:
Rev. 16:10-11
10The
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
11and cursed the God of
heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to
repent of what they had done.
Bowl 6:
Rev. 16:12-16
:12The 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. 13Then
I saw three evil[a]
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.
14They 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.
15"Behold,
I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes
with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed."
16Then
they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called
Armageddon.
Bowl 7:
Rev. 16:17-21
17The
seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a
loud voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!"
18Then there came flashes of
lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No
earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so
tremendous was the quake. 19The
great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed.
God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine
of the fury of his wrath. 20Every
island fled away and the mountains could not be found.
21From the sky huge hailstones of
about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of
the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
Artist: Devi Anne Moore
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