Revelation Chapter Sixteen Breakdown

1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”

John, hearing what is likely the voice of YHWH, the commanding of these seven angels to pour out the bowls of wrath on the earth.

2 So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.

All who had taken the mark of the beast and who had worshipped his image had a breakout of sores. These bowls are quite interesting when you compare them to the judgments against Egypt during the time of Moses.

Exodus 9:9-10

And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.” Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them toward heaven. And they caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast. (the sixth plague)

3 Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.

Exodus 7:17-18

Thus says the Lord: “By this you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that are in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink the water of the river.” ’ ” (the first plague)

4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

In the Exodus the waters were struck, in Revelation the sea then the rivers become blood. Definitely an order here.

5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be, Because You have judged these things.

One of the angels calls out in a reference of Yeshua and calls Him righteous because He made the judgements of the sin in the world.

6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due.”

The ones who are being judged, and have to deal with the bloody water to drink are those who are killing believers, those were are killing Jews and Christians. I keep coming back to this, but as of right now, the only people killing Jews and Christians regularly are the Muslims.

7 And I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”

Another angels proclaims the judgments of YHWH are righteous.

8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

Isaiah 66:22-24

“For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord, “So shall your descendants and your name remain. And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.  “And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

There are some interesting things we can take away from this passage. The bowl brings fire from the sun to burn men alive. Once the new heaven and earth is here, men will come from all over the world to worship Yeshua and when they do they will see the never ending burning of the bodies of those who broke YHWH’s Law. Also something to consider, the new heaven and earth is likely this very earth we stand on now, made new because these bodies are continually burning from this earth to that one.

9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.

John gives a bit more detail on these men who are effected by the heat of the sun.

10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

This bowl is poured out onto the throne of the antichrist causing all his kingdom to become dark. Those within this kingdom are in severe pain causing them to chew on their own tongues.

11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

These men still did not repent and turn away from the antichrist. They were in pain and blamed YHWH.

12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.

This bowl dries up the Euphrates River which allows a path for the kings of the east to come to YHWH. Its likely these kings are those from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and so on.

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

Exodus 8:6

So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

We see another parallel between Exodus plagues and Revelation bowls. These frogs, however, come from Satan, kingdom of the antichrist and the antichrist, who I believe is the false prophet.

Mark 13:21-23

“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.

Matthew 24:26-27

“Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

We know the Middle East is mostly desert, specifically the nations full of Muslims. This is quite interesting considering we know the prophecies of Islam say Issa, who they claim is the one we call Jesus, will come back in their prophecies as well. Issa will also have miraculous powers to show signs and wonders to the world. It is quite amazing just how these things match up. 

14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

These frogs are demons. They have the ability to do what we would consider as magic in order to bring the kings of the world against YHWH on the great day of YHWH.

15 “Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

John hears the statement.

16 And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon (Megiddo).

All these kings gathered together against YHWH in the valley of Megiddo.

17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

The last angel pours out his bowl and the voice came out of the temple proclaiming it is done.

18 And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.

Isaiah 29:5-7

“Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible ones Like chaff that passes away; Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly. You will be punished by the Lord of hosts With thunder and earthquake and great noise, With storm and tempest And the flame of devouring fire. The multitude of all the nations who fight against Jerusalem, Even all who fight against her and her fortress, And distress her, Shall be as a dream of a night vision.

Isaiah prophesied about this very incident giving us a little more information as to who we should be looking at in terms of who will be punished by YHWH.

19 Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.

The great city, Jerusalem was divided into three parts during the battle. The cities of the nations lost. Mystery Babylon’s deeds were remembered by YHWH and he gave this city the fiercest part of His wrath.

20 Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

At this point all those nations were no longer found. They were gone, as in destroyed.

21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.

Exodus 9:18-19

Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now. Therefore send now and gather your livestock and all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man and every animal which is found in the field and is not brought home; and they shall die.”

We see yet another parallel with the Exodus. During this “greater exodus”, we see many of the same things, and yet, men are still against YHWH. This hail weighs about seventy five pounds each.