January 10, 2021 – End Times Prophecy Report

The Seven Bowl (or Vial) Judgments

During the last days, God pours out His judgments upon the earth and upon most of those who dwell there.

This judgment and wrath is divided into three main groups. PREVIOUSLY, the first two groups (the seven Seal Judgments and the seven Trumpet Judgments) were covered.

This article will cover the last group of judgments–which are composed solely of God’s wrath and are, therefore, more severe than anything up to this point–called the Bowl (or Vial) Judgments.

This last group of judgments are poured out upon the earth and its inhabitants from seven bowls (also called “vials“).

These great outpourings of God’s wrath are the primary topic of the 16th Chapter of Revelation.

“And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 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. And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. {scorched: or, burned} And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

“And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

“And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city [Jerusalem] was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse [Jesus Christ], and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.”
–Revelation 15:1,16:1-21,19:11-16,19:19-21

These are the last seven–and the most severe–judgments of God during the last days.

They fall upon–NOT ONLY the leaders of the worldwide rebellion against God and His Son, Jesus Christ–the most wicked of the workers of iniquity: those who repent not EVEN AFTER witnessing the wrath of God.

After God’s wrath has been poured out upon the earth, then Jesus Christ returns to make things right for believers and to smite the workers of iniquity at Armageddon.

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 8-10 2020.]

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Rejecting the Strong Tower of Safety in Times of Trouble

“The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.”
–Proverbs 18:10

On more than one occasion, God’s Word assures the reader that the LORD is STRONG TOWER to which believers may run to in times of trouble and be safe.

Which ought to bring comfort to all of those who are concerned about the calamities and commotions promised for the end times by God’s Word

“And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. “
2SAMUEL 22:2-3

HOWEVER, if the one who requires safety and protection in times of danger rejects that safety–for WHATEVER reason(s)–then he is no better off than the one who is marked for destruction.

Like so many other behaviors which carry consequences, the reason behind the rejection of safety is not all that important.

“My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. “
–Psalm 144:2

Perhaps the one who rejects safety has been erroneously informed during his youth.

Perhaps he was taught from an early age that belief in the LORD is one sign of an unsound, primitive mind in need of a crutch?

Perhaps the one rejecting protection and safety during times of chaos and turmoil had legends of disbelief passed along AS IF they were true?

Perhaps those who dismiss the safety of the strong tower of the LORD believe that those who place their faith in God and His Son, Jesus Christ, are WEAK-MINDED?

Perhaps the one who spurns a safe haven has been otherwise misinformed during his lifetime.

Perhaps the one refusing safety believes he is better off trusting to his own resources.

“Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.”
–Psalm 61:1-3

It matters not how strong a nearby tower may be, IF one MAKES THE CHOICE to avoid running to it during times of danger.

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.”
–Psalm 91:1-10

WHAT does the reader think of the promises of protection offered in God’s Word?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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Paul’s Thorn

Perhaps no part of the Bible has been so mis-taught over the centuries than the three verses in Second Corinthians where the apostle Paul relates the account of his ‘thorn in the flesh.’

Paul’s account of his ‘thorn in the flesh’ is fairly straight forward.

Short and sweet: the reason for this ‘thorn,’ how Paul approached this problem, God’s answer to Paul’s request to take away this chastisement and the reason behind being given this ‘thorn in the flesh.’

“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
–2CORINTHIANS 12:7-9

Paul’s report on the matter actually is fairly complete.

MINUS one detail: the apostle does not name what his thorn in the flesh’ was.

Naturally, there has been MUCH speculation on the matter by those who are associated with the churches. BUT, mostly, they have appeared anxious for their readers to believe that Paul’s ‘thorn’ was some sort of illness or physical weakness (such as eyesight). Over the years, these commentators, for the most part, have been very careful to avoid any connection between Paul’s thorn and SIN.

A good overview of their thinking might be had by consulting some of the popular commentaries–particularly those of the past couple of hundred years.

[A thorn in the flesh] The word skoloq signifies a stake, and anaskolopizesyai, to be tied to a stake by way of punishment; and it is used, says Schoettgen, to signify the most oppressive afflictions. Whatever it was, it was th sarki, in the flesh, i.e. of an outward kind. It was neither sin nor sinfulness, for this could not be given him to prevent his being exalted above measure; for sin never had and never can have this tendency. What this thorn in the flesh might be has given birth to a multitude of conjectures: Tertullian thought it dolor auriculae, the ear ache; Chrysostom, kefalalgia, the head ache; Cyprian, carnis et corporis multa ac gravia tormenta, many and grievous bodily torments. I believe the apostle to refer simply to the distresses he had endured through the opposition he met with at Corinth; which were as painful and grievous to him as a thorn in his flesh, or his being bound to a stake; for, if he could have devoted himself to destruction, Ro 9:3, for his rebellious and unbelieving countrymen, what must he have suffered on account of an eminent Church being perverted and torn to pieces by a false teacher! God permitted this to keep the apostle humble, and at last completely delivered the Church out of the hands and influence of this deceiver; none, not even the incestuous person, having been turned finally out of the way by the false doctrines there preached.
—Adam Clarke Commentary (1817)

Paul was told indirectly that his calamity would not be removed, and he submitted. We may expect no such revelation from heaven, but we may know in other ways that the calamity will not be removed; and we should submit. The child or other friend for whom we prayed may die; or the calamity, as, e.g., blindness, or deafness, or loss of health, or poverty, may become permanent, so that there is no hope of removing it; and we should then cease to pray that it may be removed, and we should cheerfully acquiesce in the will of God.
—Albert Barnes’ Notes on the New Testament (1832)

The best of God’s people have in them a root of pride, or a disposition to be exalted above measure, upon their receipt of favours from God not common to others; of which nature extraordinary revelations are none of the meanest, especially when they are multiplied, as it seems they were here to Paul. To prevent the breaking out of which, the apostle here tells us, that he had a thorn in the flesh given him. It is variously guessed what this was; he calleth it a thorn in the flesh; but whether (supposing flesh to be here strictly taken) he meaneth some disease affecting his body with pain and smart, and if so, what that specifical disease was, is no where revealed, and very uncertainly conjectured: or whether (taking flesh in a large sense, for his state in the flesh) he meaneth some motions to sin made to him from the devil; the importunity of which made them very grievous and afflictive to him, being in the flesh: or (as others think) motions to sin from his own lusts; which God suffured to stir in him, withholding such influence of his grace, by which he ordinarily kept them under, and in subjection; is very uncertain.
—Matthew Poole’s Commentary (1669–)

So, most of the commentaries taught that Paul’s thorn was a physical weakness; some sort of ailment: NOT SIN.

However, this view is very unconvincing–at best.

The reader can know that Paul’s thorn was sinful behavior because he relates that it came from Satan himself. Of course Satan has to obtain God’s permission first before afflicting any of God’s people. And, Satan IS able to afflict with physical means (The Book of Job is proof of this.)

However, the reader may also know that the thorn was SIN because it bothered Paul enough to ask God–three times!–to relieve him of it. Paul was no stranger to physical discomfort and there is NO record of Paul EVER asking for such relief for ANY of the other physical discomforts he experienced.

“Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.”
–2ndCORINTHIANS 11:24-28

AND, the reader can KNOW that Paul’s thorn was SIN by God’s reply.

God told Paul, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”

Paul would NOT have needed God’s grace for a physical ailment. God’s mercy is NOT dispensed because of one’s physical ailments, which are NOT chosen behaviors.

SIN, however, is a freely-chosen behavior–and men need God’s grace (mercy) to to overcome SIN, as well as its consequences.

There was ONE commentary which taught that Paul’s problem was most likely SIN. It is from over 420 years ago: the 1599 Geneva Bible.

He means sinful lust, that sticks fast in us as it were a thorn, to such a degree that it forced Paul himself who was regenerated to cry out, “I do not that good that I would”, etc. And he calls it a thorn by a metaphor taken from thorns, or stumps, which are very dangerous and harmful for the feet, if a man walks through woods that are cut down. A messenger from Satan… Which sets those lusts on fire.

FINALLY, a question for the reader:

“Why does the reader think those connected with the counterfeit churches have pushed the idea–especially over the last 200 years–that Paul’s problem was a physical ailment of some sort, rather than SIN?”

HAS the reader ever thought of what Paul’s ‘thorn’ might have been?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: January 4 2020.]

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Why Doesn’t God Act Now?

Not long ago, a nonbeliever asked a very good question.

“Why doesn’t God do his thing NOW? What’s He waiting for? Why all the buildup? What’s the use of any of that?”

In a way, this IS true: after all, God DOES know who will remain an unrepentant sinner.

This echoed someone else (also a nonbeliever) who asked the question about ten years ago;

“Do you think God is still smiting people?”

smite

2. To strike down or kill with godly force.

3. To injure with divine power.

Back to the original questions of not long ago (“Why doesn’t God do his thing NOW? What’s He waiting for? Why all the buildup? What’s the use of any of that?”)

At the time, the non-believer was given a few answers from God’s Word.

1- Man must wait on God.

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
–Psalm 27:14

Man must wait on God–for the good AND for the bad.

Most associate waiting on the LORD with waiting for something good, such as provenance or deliverance. But man must also wait on those things declared in God’s Word–which is TRUE.

BELIEVERS know that God’s Word is true and that ALL that is written will come to pass.

That is one lesson which end times nonbelievers will learn in many painful ways.

2- God experiences time much differently than man.

“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
–2PETER 3:8-9

God waits because He HOPES that man will repent and will avoid destruction and perdition.

However, God KNOWS–since He inhabits EVERY point in time, past present and future–which men will turn toward Him and who will be defiant until the bitter end.

At any rate, what seems like a LONG TIME to man is only a SHORT TIME to God.

So, God most likely does NOT believe He is “waiting around.”

3- Man’s schedule is not God’s schedule

This is much like item #2: but God does all things at JUST THE RIGHT TIME.

That time may not be the best time for man.

God declared long, long ago when end times events would happen–and that is the way which end times events will happen.

Not a day sooner.

Not a day later.

4- Who can question ANYTHING of God’s doing–particularly God’s TIMING?

Who can question God?

“Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
–Isaiah 55:6-9

God will act in His own good time–when it seems best to Him to act.

And that is a primary reason the reader is not being smitten heavily at the present time.

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

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