In the book of Revelation
Revelation 16 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
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Revelation 16
The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath
1Then 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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
Footnotes:
Revelation 16:13 Greek unclean
2007-04-01 22:23:23
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answered by meganzopf 3
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It never mentions the "end of the earth," though Armageddon is mentioned either directly or indirectly. Armageddon is a name that is affixed to the "last war," which is when the Messiah shows up, and teaches humanity to follow God, and get along.
The "end of the earth," is a reference to the phrases, "the end of days," " the end of years," and "the end of time." None of those phrases really mean the "end of the earth," though it is easy to see why people might think they do. It doesn't stand to reason that they mean the end of the earth though, because there would be nothing for the Messiah and his people to live on. So it must mean somthing else.
It's easy to see what that something else is, if you understand the rest of the prophecy. What if the sun got brighter for a period of time, as described by Isaiah, and sent a blast of energy, like a CME towards earth? It stands to reason that if that happened, it would get so smokey that we couldn't see the stars or moon, because our vegitation, and a lot of us would go up in smoke. It also stands to reason that we might get knocked out of our orbit just a bit, causing us to need a new calendar because the length of our years would change. Thus, the end of years, days, and time.
Regards,
Chris
2007-04-01 22:52:44
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answered by ChrisJ 3
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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. 13 And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. 14 For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
15 ("Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!")
16 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. 17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, "It is done!" 18 And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. 21 And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.
2007-04-01 22:55:37
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answered by Martin S 7
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If you take the futurist view of Revelation, then the book of Revelation is. Most people use this view, although some people view it under a historicist view, which means it is about the early Christians and their persecution.
2007-04-01 22:46:23
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answered by Anonymous
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In the book of Revelation.
2007-04-01 22:47:40
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answered by Anonymous
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