SEVEN PLAGUES (2-6): THE 6TH BOWL OF GOD'S WRATH (REVELATION 16:12-16)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Revelation
a) John wrote Revelation while a prisoner on the Island of Patmos, approximately 85-95 A.D. Its purpose is to give encouragement and hope for all Christians to continue watching for the return and triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ. It also is to warn of the Final Judgment that nonbelievers will endure on that Last Day.
b) John wrote that Revelation is special because,“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near” (Revelation 1:3).
c) A brief view of the Book of Revelation. It gives you some basic understanding of the book of Revelation.
2. The 6th Bowl Of God's Wrath
Revelation 16:12-16
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared 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 spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. 15 (“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) 16 And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon.
3. The Kings Of The Rising Sun
Revelation 16:12-16
a) Kings of the east
i) The sixth bowl dried up the Euphrates "so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun" (Revelation 16:12). These kings are not likely to be friends with the antichristian kingdom. They are from "the bright and morning star" (Revelation 22:16). They are those who have "lived and reigned with Christ" (Revelation 20:4). They will overcome the kingdom of darkness.
b) Demons
i) Between the pouring out of the sixth and seventh bowls, John sees the three beasts, called the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. From each one's mouth springs a frog-like demon. This is said to symbolize "the spirits of demons performing signs" (Revelation 16:13-14). Certainly the powers of darkness can do supernatural things, since they are supernatural beings. But their signs don't conceal their lies and blasphemies —which is all the mouths of the beasts can produce.
c) War - Armageddon
i) The kings of the whole world were gathering for the "war of the great day of God" (Revelation 16:14,16). In a later vision, we find that this war was never fought and was a great fiasco (Revelation 20:7-10).
d) Awake
i) There is an interjection from Jesus at the mention of the great day of God (Revelation 16:15). He warns us, in view of so much evil all around, and the judgment day coming, to keep awake and keep our clothes on —keep our faith alive and robed in righteousness.
The End ...
Revelation 16:12-16
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared 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 spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. 15 (“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) 16 And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon.
3. The Kings Of The Rising Sun
Revelation 16:12-16
a) Kings of the east
i) The sixth bowl dried up the Euphrates "so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun" (Revelation 16:12). These kings are not likely to be friends with the antichristian kingdom. They are from "the bright and morning star" (Revelation 22:16). They are those who have "lived and reigned with Christ" (Revelation 20:4). They will overcome the kingdom of darkness.
b) Demons
i) Between the pouring out of the sixth and seventh bowls, John sees the three beasts, called the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. From each one's mouth springs a frog-like demon. This is said to symbolize "the spirits of demons performing signs" (Revelation 16:13-14). Certainly the powers of darkness can do supernatural things, since they are supernatural beings. But their signs don't conceal their lies and blasphemies —which is all the mouths of the beasts can produce.
c) War - Armageddon
i) The kings of the whole world were gathering for the "war of the great day of God" (Revelation 16:14,16). In a later vision, we find that this war was never fought and was a great fiasco (Revelation 20:7-10).
d) Awake
i) There is an interjection from Jesus at the mention of the great day of God (Revelation 16:15). He warns us, in view of so much evil all around, and the judgment day coming, to keep awake and keep our clothes on —keep our faith alive and robed in righteousness.
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