The Mid-Point of the Tribulation
“For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. “Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. – Matthew 24:15-21 & Zechariah 14:2-6 (NASB)
Chapter 15: View from Heaven
Chapter 16: Corresponding activities on the Earth
(15:1) Remember the Church is not destined for
For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
– 1 Thessalonians 5:9 (NASB)
(vv.2-4) These are
The Song of Moses (Exodus 15) and The Song of the Lamb (Revelation 15) are the and the songs in the Bible
(vv.5-8) Plagues Delivered
(Chapter 16)
1st Bowl – (vv.1-2)
Only on those who took
Sores are an outward sign of
“The LORD will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed – Deuteronomy 28:27 (NASB95}
2nd Bowl – (v.3)
3rd Bowl – (v.4)
(vv.5-7) What Goes Around Comes Around
4th Bowl – (vv.8-9)
The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away. The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. – Isaiah 24:4-6 (NASB95)
5th Bowl – of the Beast (vv.10-11)
? – …and they worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” – Revelation 13:4 (NASB)
6th Bowl – Prepares World for (vv.12-14)
A Warning (v.15)
7th Bowl – Armageddon (vv.17-21)
(v.18) In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south…Then the Lord, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him! – Zechariah 14:4-6 (NASB95}
(v.21) …anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. – Leviticus 24:16