Revelation 15

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REVELATION 15

Seven Vials ofWrath


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1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, sevenangels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath

of God.


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2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them thathad gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his

mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass,having the harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the

servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellousare thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thouKing of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thyname? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship

before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.


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Chapter 15 opens with a quickglance at seven angels carryingthe seven last plagues. But then

it quickly shows us again apicture of the joyful ones

around the throne who havewon the victory over evil

through the power of Jesus.Whenever there is something

sad that has to be told, ourloving Jesus always gives usfirst, a view of somethinghappy to encourage us.

It is a good idea that if we

have to show anyone a mistakethey have made or some othernegative thing that we first saysomething kind and cheering to

them.


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Here we see the saved ones again, all joyful before Gods throne, and theyare all declaring something very important. They are singing the song ofMoses, and the Lamb. This is a song about unselfish love that wins thevictory over evil by humble self-sacrifice; the song of people who have

learned to love as Jesus loved.


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They are also saying that God is fair and good, even though we are going tosee some terrible things happen in the next few chapters of Revelation,things that will and must take place after the close of probation for thiswicked world, still it is the love, mercy and justice of our loving Father inheaven that makes these thing needful. They are agreeing with what God

has to do, even though it is sad and terrible.


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Then we see the temple opened andout of it comes seven angels. Theyare dressed in white linen, whichshows they are pure and holy, like

Jesus. One of the four beasts giveseach angel a golden vial, which is

full of the wrath of God.Remember that these 'beasts'

represent some of the people whohave been saved.


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5 And after that I looked, and,behold, the temple of the

tabernacle of the testimony inheaven was opened: 6 And theseven angels came out of the

temple, having the sevenplagues, clothed in pure and

white linen, and having theirbreasts girded with goldengirdles. 7 And one of the four

beasts gave unto the sevenangels seven golden vials full of

the wrath of God, who liveth forever and ever.


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8 And the temple was filledwith smoke from the glory ofGod, and from his power; andno man was able to enter into

the temple, till the seven

plagues of the seven angelswere fulfilled.


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What a very sad thing that ourloving God, who has patience,unselfishness and kindness

beyond anything we can even

imagine; this wonderful Beingwho tells us His mercy is newevery morning; has to finally

pour out wrath on those He hasdone everything to save, but

who have despised all Hisgoodness and are determinedto kill His faithful children.


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How cruel and wicked it is to

wear out the patience of Oneso good. But still it isnt a caseof God finally loosing His

temper! Oh, no indeed! It isnecessary for the good of

others that these terribleplagues have to fall on thewicked world. There are severalreasons for them. One is that

these wicked ones aredetermined to murder all of

Gods faithful children. He willnot allow this to happen.


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Another reason is to show to the universe that nothing God could dowould ever get these rebels to change. No matter what, they will curse

God and still go on being wicked and cruel.


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The last verse of chapter 15 tellsus that nobody is in the heavenlysanctuary at this time. Probationhas closed forever on the earth.The mercy and love, which for all

the years of earths history hasbeen poured out for people throughJesus, has finally ended. The worldis left to its chosen ways, while the

faithful ones are surrounded byheavenly angels and protected.


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Oh, readers! Jesus, our Great High Priest is still pleading at present inthe Most Holy Place of the heavenly Sanctuary. The Day of Atonementjudgment is going on. How soon All of our names will come up, we don'tknow but signs are all around us that the mercy of God will soon cease

and our probation will close forever!


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Jesus, as our High Priest has ALL power in Heaven and Earth! Anythingwe need to be able to overcome sin and have a character like His and

be saved is available to us NOW! Do not wait or put it off! Do not listento those who say all you need is to believe- REMEMBER the Bible saysin the Letters to the churches, (Rev. 2-3) They that OVERCOME will

receive the promises not just they who BELIEVE! And we CANovercome-- we MUST! but Jesus is there to give us the victory He hasalready won for us. The victory enables us to live a life like Jesus lived-

- in the POWER that He gives us!


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We have to want that sinlesslife we have to choose to haveitif we want to give Jesus lip-

service while we still cling to ourdarling sinswe will be lost!

Those who are saved at last willhate sin just as God hates itsthey will have rejected all of its

so called pleasures and see it forthe hideous, cruel thing that itis.

TRUST & OBEYFOR THERE'S NO OTHER WAY

TO BE HAPPY IN JESUSBUT TO TRUST AND OBEY!


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CONTINUED IN REVELATION 16

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