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Then
the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a
loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, “It
is done.” And there were flashes of lightning and sounds
and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such
as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth,
so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. (NASB) Rev.
16:17-18 |
This
time the bowl is not poured on the oceans, seas, rivers, sun, or
stars. It is poured on the air. It is poured out on the world. A
loud voice will cry out just like Jesus did, “It is done” - “It
is finished.” And immediately the world will know that God
has come to make war.
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The
great city was split into three parts, and the cities of
the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before
God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath.
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came
down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because
of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely
severe. (NASB) Rev. 16:19-21 |
They
will quickly realize that they are in trouble when the cities of
the world are destroyed, including Jerusalem and Babylon the Great.
In
Revelation 11:8 Jerusalem was called the great city, so it seems that God is
referring to the holy city. The world wide earthquake will be so powerful and
massive that buildings, bridges, and other structures around the world will be
destroyed. The topography of the world will also be impacted. Every mountain
will be flattened - islands are sea mountains. And God will cause massive, 100
pound (45.4 Kg) hailstones to fall.
The
Guiness World Records state that the heaviest known hailstone is 1 Kg or 2.2
lbs. This occurred in the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh on 14 April 1986.
God will bring hailstones so massive that the world will know they have a supernatural
origin. They have come from God.
The
conclusion of the battle will be given in Revelation 19. The next few chapters
will provide some details that God does not want us to miss. The details are
about Babylon and its doom.
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