The Final
Wrath
391
Rick Griffith • Crossroads International Church • BibleStudyDownloads.org
The Bowl
Judgments of
Rev. 15–16
What right
does God
have to
judge?
Noah
Shadowed
Noah
The earth must be destroyed due to man
not taking care of the environment!
Noah
Snake infestation
Noah
Who closed the door seven days
before the Flood?
Noah
Where's Ham, Shem & Japheth?
Noah
Methuselah the
"witch doctor"
Noah
Shadowed
Atheist Producer Darren Aronofsky
The "most
unbiblical"
film about the
Bible…
Ray Comfort's "Noah"
http://www.noahthemovie.com/
Does God have
the right to
judge the
world?
Content of the Judgments
SEALS TRUMPETS BOWLS
1 White: conqueror Hail & fire thrown to earth:
1/3 vegetation burned
Bowl poured on earth:
sores on unbelievers
2 Red: war Fire: 1/3 sea to blood Sea to blood
3 Black: famine Star: 1/3 fresh water blood Fresh water to blood
4 Pale: death Dark: 1/3 sun, moon, stars Sun burns men
(Trumpets 5-7 are woes)
5 Martyrs reassured Woe #1: locusts & sun &
sky darkened
Complete darkness on
beast's kingdom
6 Wrath: earthquake, signs Woe #2: Euphrates prep Euphrates dries up
(144,000 sealed) (Trump #7 = mystery)
7 1/2 hour silence Woe #3: victory imminent Earthquake & hail,
"it is done!"
337
HORSES
Adapted from Robert Gromacki, NT Survey and H. Wayne House, Chronological & Background Charts of the NT, 19
WOES
Does God have
the right to
judge the
world?
I. God alone is holy (Rev. 15).
Why does God have the right to judge the world?
Is God an arbitrary judge?
Shadowed
The Reality:
Holy = Judge
Not Holy = Judged
"Then I saw in heaven another marvelous event of
great significance. Seven angels were holding the
seven last plagues, which would bring God’s wrath
to completion" (15:1 NLT).
392
Tribulation Saints (15:2)
391
"I saw before me
what seemed to be
a glass sea mixed
with fire. And on it
stood all the
people who had
been victorious
over the beast and
his statue and the
number
representing his
name. They were
all holding harps
that God had
given them"
(15:2 NLT).
"And they were singing the song of Moses,
the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:
'Great and marvelous are your works,
O Lord God, the Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations.
4Who will not fear you, Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come and worship before you,
for your righteous deeds have been
revealed'" (15:3-4 NLT).
"Then I looked
and saw that the
Temple in
heaven, God's
Tabernacle, was
thrown wide
open"
(15:5 NLT).
"The seven angels
who were holding the
seven plagues came
out of the Temple.
They were clothed in
spotless white linen
with gold sashes
across their chests"
(15:6 NLT).
"Then one of the four living beings handed each of
the seven angels a gold bowl filled with the wrath of
God, who lives forever and ever" (15:7 NLT).
"The Temple
was filled with
smoke from
God's glory
and power. No
one could
enter the
Temple until
the seven
angels had
completed
pouring out
the seven
plagues"
(15:8 NLT).
I. God alone is holy (Rev. 15).
Why does God have the right to judge the world?
II. Christ will judge the earth through seven
bowls before he returns (Rev. 16).
391
Sores
afflict
those
who
accepted
the mark
of the
Beast
(16:2)
Sea turns
to blood;
all sea
creatures
die (16:3)
Rivers
turn to
blood
(16:4-7)
Mankind
scorched
by the
sun,
blasphe
mes God
(16:8-9)
The
Beast's
seat of
govern-
ment is
afflicted
(16:10-11)
The earth
is utterly
shaken
(16:17-21)
The
Euphrates
is dried
up; world
armies
gather to
Arma-
geddon
(16:12-16)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th6th
How will God judge the world?
"Then I heard a mighty voice
from the Temple say to the
seven angels, 'Go your ways
and pour out on the earth the
seven bowls containing
God’s wrath'" (16:1 NLT).
Used with permission
392
Christ
Among the
Lamp
Stands
(1:12-16)
"…voice
of many
waters"
(1:15)
"Then I saw another
mighty angel coming
down from heaven,
surrounded by a
cloud, with a rainbow
over his head. His
face shone like the
sun, and his feet
were like pillars of
fire"
(10:1 NLT)
"And in his hand was
a small scroll that had
been opened. He
stood with his right
foot on the sea and
his left foot on the
land. 3And he gave a
great shout like the
roar of a lion. And
when he shouted, the
seven thunders
answered"
(10:2-3 NLT).
Discerning the Trumpets & Bowls
Beale, 808, on Trumpets & Bowls
"Both trumpets and bowls present the
plagues in the same order: plagues striking
(1) the earth,
(2) the sea,
(3) rivers,
(4) the sun,
(5) the realm of the wicked with darkness,
(6) the Euphrates (together with influencing
the wicked by demons), and
(7) the world with the final judgment (with the
same imagery of 'lightning, sounds,
thunders, and earthquake' and 'great hail')"
Same Type of Judgment
in the Same Order
Trumpets Judgment Bowls
1. 8:1-7 The earth 16:1-2
2. 8:8-9 The sea 16:3
3. 8:10-11 The rivers 16:4-7
4. 8:12-13 The heavens 16:8-9
5. 9:1-2 Mankind—torment 16:10-11
6. 9:13-21 An army 16:12-16
7. 11:15-19 Angry nations 16:17-21
Warren Wiersbe, Bible Exposition Commentary
Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16)
Used with permission
392
Bowl #1
(16:2)
392-393
"So the first angel left the
Temple and poured out his
bowl on the earth, and
horrible, malignant sores
broke out on everyone who
had the mark of the beast
and who worshiped his
statue" (NLT).
Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16)
Used with permission
392
2
392-393
Bowl #2 (16:3)
"Then the second angel poured out his bowl on
the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse.
And everything in the sea died" (NLT).
Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16)
Used with permission
392
Bowl #3: All
Fresh Water
Turns to
Blood (16:4-7)
393
"Then the third angel
poured out his bowl on the
rivers and springs, and they
became blood" (16:4 NLT).
Bowl #3: Praise of God's
Justice (16:5-7)
"And I heard the angel
who had authority over
all water saying,
'You are just, O Holy
One, who is and who
always was, because
you have sent these
judgments.
6Since they shed the
blood of your holy
people and your
prophets, you have
given them blood to
drink. It is their just
reward'" (NLT).
"And I heard a voice from
the altar, saying,
'Yes, O Lord God, the
Almighty, your judgments
are true and just'" (NLT).
Bowl #3: Praise of God's
Justice (16:5-7)
"Heaven gives justification for this terrible
judgment: the earth-dwellers have shed the blood of
God’s people, so it is only right that they should
drink blood. In God’s government, the punishment
fits the crime. Pharaoh tried to drown the Jewish
boy babies, but it was his own army that eventually
drowned in the Red Sea. Haman planned to hang
Mordecai on the gallows and to exterminate the
Jews; but he himself was hanged on the gallows,
and his family was exterminated (Es. 7:10; 9:10).
King Saul refused to obey God and slay the
Amalekites, so he was slain by an Amalekite (2 Sam.
1:1–16)" (Wiersbe, Bible Exposition Commentary)
Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16)
Used with permission
392
4
393
"Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the
sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire.
9Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they
cursed the name of God, who had control over all
these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and
turn to God and give him glory" (NLT).
Bowl #4: The Sun
Burns Men (16:8-9)
Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16)
Used with permission
392
Bowl #5:
Darkness
(16:10-11)
393"Then the fifth angel
poured out his bowl
on the throne of the
beast, and his
kingdom was plunged
into darkness. His
subjects ground their
teeth in anguish,
11and they cursed the
God of heaven for
their pains and sores.
But they did not
repent of their evil
deeds and turn to
God" (NLT).
Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16)
Used with permission
392
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100 commentaries
57 interpretations!
The Dried Euphrates (Bowl #6)
393
Who are the kings of the East?
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."
Who are the Kings of the East? 394
India?
Russia?
South Korea?
North Korea?
Iran?
Myanmar?
China?
Pakistan?
Who are the Kings of the East? 394
Beasts of
Rev. 13
Dragon =
Satan
Sea Beast =
Antichrist
Land Beast =
False Prophet
Used with permission
387
"And I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from
the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
14They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to
all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the
Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty"
(16:13-14 NLT).
393
Bowl #6: Warning
from Christ (16:15)
"Look, I will come
as unexpectedly
as a thief! Blessed
are all who are
watching for me,
who keep their
clothing ready so
they will not have
to walk around
naked and
ashamed"
(NLT).
The Campaign of
Armageddon
(16:16 NLT)
"And the demonic spirits gathered all the
rulers and their armies to a place with the
Hebrew name Armageddon
(Har-magedon NAU)"
394
Megiddo ("place of troops" or
"place of slaughter")
Har ("hill") +
Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16)
Used with permission
392
Bowl #7: The Final
Judgment (16:17)"Then the seventh
angel poured out his
bowl into the air. And
a mighty shout came
from the throne in the
Temple, saying,
'It is finished!'" (NLT).
"Then the thunder
crashed and rolled,
and lightning
flashed. And a great
earthquake struck—
the worst since
people were placed
on the earth. 19The
great city of Babylon
split into three
sections, and the
cities of [the]
nations fell into
heaps of rubble."
Bowl #7
(Rev. 16:18-19a NLT)
395
"So God
remembered all of
Babylon’s sins, and
he made her drink
the cup that was
filled with the wine
of his fierce wrath.
20And every island
disappeared, and all
the mountains were
leveled."
Bowl #7
(Rev. 16:19b-20 NLT)
395
75-125 Pound
Hailstones
Revelation 16:21 (Bowl #7)
"There was a terrible hailstorm,
and hailstones weighing seventy-
five pounds ("100 pounds," NAU)
fell from the sky onto the people
below. They cursed God because
of the terrible plague of the
hailstorm" (NLT).
The largest single hailstone ever recorded in
the United States was 7" in diameter, 18.75"
around, and weighed in at just under 1 pound.
Imagine a large cantaloupe falling from the
sky at nearly 100 miles per hour! That
hailstone fell during a storm in Aurora,
Nebraska. The heaviest hailstone in the U.S.
was 1.67 pounds and fell in Coffeyville,
Kansas in 1970.
395
Why does God
have the right to
judge the
world?
Main Idea
God is holy
and Jesus is
returning!
I. God alone is holy (Rev. 15).
Why does God have the right to judge the world?
II. Christ will judge the earth through seven
bowls before he returns (Rev. 16).
391
Sores
afflict
those
who
accepted
the mark
of the
Beast
(16:2)
Sea turns
to blood;
all sea
creatures
die (16:3)
Rivers
turn to
blood
(16:4-7)
Mankind
scorched
by the
sun,
blasphe
mes God
(16:8-9)
The
Beast's
seat of
govern-
ment is
afflicted
(16:10-11)
The earth
is utterly
shaken
(16:17-21)
The
Euphrates
is dried
up; world
armies
gather to
Arma-
geddon
(16:12-16)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th6th
How will God judge the world?
Do you
acknowledge
Christ’s authority
over this world in
the future?
Used with permission
392
Do you
acknowledge
Christ’s authority
over your own life
right now?
392
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Revelation 15-16 The Bowl Judgments

  • 1.
    The Final Wrath 391 Rick Griffith• Crossroads International Church • BibleStudyDownloads.org The Bowl Judgments of Rev. 15–16
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
    Noah The earth mustbe destroyed due to man not taking care of the environment!
  • 5.
  • 6.
    Noah Who closed thedoor seven days before the Flood?
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
  • 10.
    Atheist Producer DarrenAronofsky The "most unbiblical" film about the Bible…
  • 11.
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    Does God have theright to judge the world?
  • 13.
    Content of theJudgments SEALS TRUMPETS BOWLS 1 White: conqueror Hail & fire thrown to earth: 1/3 vegetation burned Bowl poured on earth: sores on unbelievers 2 Red: war Fire: 1/3 sea to blood Sea to blood 3 Black: famine Star: 1/3 fresh water blood Fresh water to blood 4 Pale: death Dark: 1/3 sun, moon, stars Sun burns men (Trumpets 5-7 are woes) 5 Martyrs reassured Woe #1: locusts & sun & sky darkened Complete darkness on beast's kingdom 6 Wrath: earthquake, signs Woe #2: Euphrates prep Euphrates dries up (144,000 sealed) (Trump #7 = mystery) 7 1/2 hour silence Woe #3: victory imminent Earthquake & hail, "it is done!" 337 HORSES Adapted from Robert Gromacki, NT Survey and H. Wayne House, Chronological & Background Charts of the NT, 19 WOES
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    Does God have theright to judge the world?
  • 15.
    I. God aloneis holy (Rev. 15). Why does God have the right to judge the world?
  • 16.
    Is God anarbitrary judge? Shadowed
  • 17.
    The Reality: Holy =Judge Not Holy = Judged
  • 18.
    "Then I sawin heaven another marvelous event of great significance. Seven angels were holding the seven last plagues, which would bring God’s wrath to completion" (15:1 NLT). 392
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    Tribulation Saints (15:2) 391 "Isaw before me what seemed to be a glass sea mixed with fire. And on it stood all the people who had been victorious over the beast and his statue and the number representing his name. They were all holding harps that God had given them" (15:2 NLT).
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    "And they weresinging the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: 'Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations. 4Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed'" (15:3-4 NLT).
  • 21.
    "Then I looked andsaw that the Temple in heaven, God's Tabernacle, was thrown wide open" (15:5 NLT).
  • 22.
    "The seven angels whowere holding the seven plagues came out of the Temple. They were clothed in spotless white linen with gold sashes across their chests" (15:6 NLT).
  • 23.
    "Then one ofthe four living beings handed each of the seven angels a gold bowl filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever" (15:7 NLT).
  • 24.
    "The Temple was filledwith smoke from God's glory and power. No one could enter the Temple until the seven angels had completed pouring out the seven plagues" (15:8 NLT).
  • 25.
    I. God aloneis holy (Rev. 15). Why does God have the right to judge the world?
  • 26.
    II. Christ willjudge the earth through seven bowls before he returns (Rev. 16). 391 Sores afflict those who accepted the mark of the Beast (16:2) Sea turns to blood; all sea creatures die (16:3) Rivers turn to blood (16:4-7) Mankind scorched by the sun, blasphe mes God (16:8-9) The Beast's seat of govern- ment is afflicted (16:10-11) The earth is utterly shaken (16:17-21) The Euphrates is dried up; world armies gather to Arma- geddon (16:12-16) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th6th How will God judge the world?
  • 27.
    "Then I hearda mighty voice from the Temple say to the seven angels, 'Go your ways and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath'" (16:1 NLT). Used with permission 392
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  • 30.
    "Then I sawanother mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire" (10:1 NLT)
  • 31.
    "And in hishand was a small scroll that had been opened. He stood with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land. 3And he gave a great shout like the roar of a lion. And when he shouted, the seven thunders answered" (10:2-3 NLT).
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    Beale, 808, onTrumpets & Bowls "Both trumpets and bowls present the plagues in the same order: plagues striking (1) the earth, (2) the sea, (3) rivers, (4) the sun, (5) the realm of the wicked with darkness, (6) the Euphrates (together with influencing the wicked by demons), and (7) the world with the final judgment (with the same imagery of 'lightning, sounds, thunders, and earthquake' and 'great hail')"
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    Same Type ofJudgment in the Same Order Trumpets Judgment Bowls 1. 8:1-7 The earth 16:1-2 2. 8:8-9 The sea 16:3 3. 8:10-11 The rivers 16:4-7 4. 8:12-13 The heavens 16:8-9 5. 9:1-2 Mankind—torment 16:10-11 6. 9:13-21 An army 16:12-16 7. 11:15-19 Angry nations 16:17-21 Warren Wiersbe, Bible Exposition Commentary
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    Bowl Judgments (Rev.16) Used with permission 392
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    Bowl #1 (16:2) 392-393 "So thefirst angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue" (NLT).
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    Bowl Judgments (Rev.16) Used with permission 392 2
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    392-393 Bowl #2 (16:3) "Thenthe second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse. And everything in the sea died" (NLT).
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    Bowl Judgments (Rev.16) Used with permission 392
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    Bowl #3: All FreshWater Turns to Blood (16:4-7) 393 "Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs, and they became blood" (16:4 NLT).
  • 41.
    Bowl #3: Praiseof God's Justice (16:5-7) "And I heard the angel who had authority over all water saying, 'You are just, O Holy One, who is and who always was, because you have sent these judgments. 6Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is their just reward'" (NLT). "And I heard a voice from the altar, saying, 'Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just'" (NLT).
  • 42.
    Bowl #3: Praiseof God's Justice (16:5-7) "Heaven gives justification for this terrible judgment: the earth-dwellers have shed the blood of God’s people, so it is only right that they should drink blood. In God’s government, the punishment fits the crime. Pharaoh tried to drown the Jewish boy babies, but it was his own army that eventually drowned in the Red Sea. Haman planned to hang Mordecai on the gallows and to exterminate the Jews; but he himself was hanged on the gallows, and his family was exterminated (Es. 7:10; 9:10). King Saul refused to obey God and slay the Amalekites, so he was slain by an Amalekite (2 Sam. 1:1–16)" (Wiersbe, Bible Exposition Commentary)
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    Bowl Judgments (Rev.16) Used with permission 392 4
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    393 "Then the fourthangel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire. 9Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God and give him glory" (NLT). Bowl #4: The Sun Burns Men (16:8-9)
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    Bowl Judgments (Rev.16) Used with permission 392
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    Bowl #5: Darkness (16:10-11) 393"Then thefifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. His subjects ground their teeth in anguish, 11and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God" (NLT).
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    Bowl Judgments (Rev.16) Used with permission 392 6
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    100 commentaries 57 interpretations! TheDried Euphrates (Bowl #6) 393 Who are the kings of the East? 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."
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    Who are theKings of the East? 394
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    Beasts of Rev. 13 Dragon= Satan Sea Beast = Antichrist Land Beast = False Prophet Used with permission 387
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    "And I sawthree evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. 14They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty" (16:13-14 NLT). 393
  • 53.
    Bowl #6: Warning fromChrist (16:15) "Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed" (NLT).
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    The Campaign of Armageddon (16:16NLT) "And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon (Har-magedon NAU)" 394 Megiddo ("place of troops" or "place of slaughter") Har ("hill") +
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    Bowl Judgments (Rev.16) Used with permission 392
  • 56.
    Bowl #7: TheFinal Judgment (16:17)"Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. And a mighty shout came from the throne in the Temple, saying, 'It is finished!'" (NLT).
  • 57.
    "Then the thunder crashedand rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck— the worst since people were placed on the earth. 19The great city of Babylon split into three sections, and the cities of [the] nations fell into heaps of rubble." Bowl #7 (Rev. 16:18-19a NLT) 395
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    "So God remembered allof Babylon’s sins, and he made her drink the cup that was filled with the wine of his fierce wrath. 20And every island disappeared, and all the mountains were leveled." Bowl #7 (Rev. 16:19b-20 NLT) 395
  • 59.
    75-125 Pound Hailstones Revelation 16:21(Bowl #7) "There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing seventy- five pounds ("100 pounds," NAU) fell from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm" (NLT). The largest single hailstone ever recorded in the United States was 7" in diameter, 18.75" around, and weighed in at just under 1 pound. Imagine a large cantaloupe falling from the sky at nearly 100 miles per hour! That hailstone fell during a storm in Aurora, Nebraska. The heaviest hailstone in the U.S. was 1.67 pounds and fell in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1970. 395
  • 60.
    Why does God havethe right to judge the world?
  • 61.
    Main Idea God isholy and Jesus is returning!
  • 62.
    I. God aloneis holy (Rev. 15). Why does God have the right to judge the world?
  • 63.
    II. Christ willjudge the earth through seven bowls before he returns (Rev. 16). 391 Sores afflict those who accepted the mark of the Beast (16:2) Sea turns to blood; all sea creatures die (16:3) Rivers turn to blood (16:4-7) Mankind scorched by the sun, blasphe mes God (16:8-9) The Beast's seat of govern- ment is afflicted (16:10-11) The earth is utterly shaken (16:17-21) The Euphrates is dried up; world armies gather to Arma- geddon (16:12-16) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th6th How will God judge the world?
  • 64.
    Do you acknowledge Christ’s authority overthis world in the future? Used with permission 392
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  • 68.
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