Queen's Road Cell

 The seals represent the world as 'it is' in history (present), the trumpets, the warnings of God (present). The bowls are the judgments of God (future). The seals and trumpets had a 4+3 structure, but the bowls have a 3+2+2 structure.    1. What happens when each of the seven bowls of wrath is poured out?  16:2  poured on land. sores on worshippers of the beast and his image 16:3  the sea became like blood; sea creatures died 16:4  the rivers and springs becamse blood 16:8-9  the sun burns people 16:10-11  the kingdom of the beast is plunged into darkness 16:12-16 the Euphrates is dried up in preparation for invasion from the east 16:17-21  God speaks, an earthqyate and Babylon is destroyed . Hail.   2. The first four trumpet-judgments destroyed a third of the earth (and trees), the sea (and sea creatures), the fresh waters, and the light (8:6-12). How are the bowl judgments different? They are total. 3. a. How is the first plague ...

For Thought and Discussion:  a. Why are the dead who die in the Lord from this point on blessed? " Write this "  John is commanded to write twelve times—three times in relation to the book as a whole, seven times for the messages in Revelation 2–3, and twice of statements here and in 19:9–which emphasizes the importance of what is spoken.   These are the ones who endure, keep God's commandments, hold on to their faith, whose deeds are good in the sight of God.   " Those who die in the Lord " includes all those who come to the end of life before Jesus returns, and not merely those who are martyred.  " From this moment on " refers to the period that began with Jesus’ death, and the assurance is similar to Paul’s assurance for the Thessalonians (1 Thess. 4:13–18) that, because of Jesus’ resurrection, death is not the end but a time of awaiting the general resurrection of all humanity. {Paul, Tyndale Commentary)   It is possble that the dead in Christ afte...