Season 6 Podcast 8 Book of Revelation “Opening of the Seven Seals, S, Chapter 16:3-9 “The Beginning of Plagues.”

Season 6 Podcast 8 Book of Revelation “Opening of the Seven Seals, S, Chapter 16:3-9 “The Beginning of Plagues.”

The Lord unleashes more plagues upon the wicked.

Revelation 16:3-4

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.  And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

This occurs just before the Battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ. Scientists can tell us of the consequences:

·      It would disrupt the carbon cycles. Death and decay would release massive amounts of CO2 and methane.

·      Oxygen would be depleted. 

·      Ecosystems would collapse.

·      Climate would be unstable.

·      It would cause an economic collapse.

·      It would increase toxification.

·      The earth could not recover

Revelation 16 refers to the time immediately prior to Christ appearing. The time for repentance is past and the earth is being cleansed.

To understand the escalation of the coming of End Time, let’s refer back to Revelation 7. Revelation 7 refers to an earlier time when people still have a chance to repent. The Gospel is restored, and people are called to repentance. The 144,000 are sealed. Multitudes of saints are exalted. This is all in preparation of the Lord’s Second Coming. 

Revelation 7:1-4

“And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.”

The above is foreboding because the four angels ‘holding the four winds of the earth’ are standing on the four corners of the earth, poised to strike. For example, scientists tell us that if the wind stopped blowing, it would have catastrophic effects on the earth’s environment, weather systems, ecosystems, as well, of course, on human life.

But the four angels are commanded to wait. That means, of course, that they will still strike, but before they strike miraculous things will first happen: First, the angels must wait until “we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.”

144.000 does not mean that only 144,000 are saved. In fact, in Revelation 7 God makes that quite clear. The 144.000 symbolize those specially called to gather the elect. The elect themselves come in far greater numbers as the following verse makes clear:

Revelation 7:9

“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.”

And who are those that make up the great multitudes. John tells us.

Revelation 7:13-17

“And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.