The “Great Alarm Bell”: Revelation 16

The First Angel poured out God’s Wrath and the men who had worshipped the beast and taken the mark became stricken with sores.

The Second Angel poured out God’s Wrath upon the sea and “every living soul died”.

The Third Angel poured out God’s Wrath upon the rivers and fountains of water and they turned into blood.

The Fourth Angel poured out God’s Wrath upon the sun.  “and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.”

And still, they did not repent!

The Fifth Angel poured out God’s Wrath “upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,”

The Sixth Angel poured out God’s Wrath, on the river Euphrates; “and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared”

“Behold, I come as a thief.  Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments”

It is here that we read of the gathering at Armageddon.

The 7^th Angel poured out God’s Wrath men.  This particular plague was a plague of Hail. Each Hailstone weighed 129 pounds.  It’s hard to imagine, but true.  Men blasphemed God.  What does it mean to blaspheme God?  One dictionary says it is to, “speak irreverently about God”.  Big, big mistake.  Huge!

Prepare, Pray & Be Ready.