Teaching | Understanding Revelation: Everything Falls Apart (Revelation 16)

Revelation moves in waves. It pushes forward to a certain point, then recedes, then pushes forward again onto the shore except this time a bit further. We’ve seen seven seals, seven trumpets, and in Revelation 16 seven bowls of God’s wrath. Each succession of sevens overlaps, but also progresses forward toward God’s climactic judgement of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. We often think of God as trigger-happy, reading to inflict wrath at the slightest offense. But if we read Scripture carefully we realize God is exceptionally patient. God’s seals, trumpets, and bowls serve as a warning to those who war against him that there is still time to repent. But when that time passes only judgement remains. The message is clear: turn from your sin to God before it’s too late. This is Understanding Revelation