Chapter 15: The Seven Last Plagues Introduced

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We have now reached the last part of the seventh seal—which is the seventh trumpet, the third woe, or the seven last plagues (Rev 11:1). All four of these terms represent the exact same thing! As we have seen, they are synonymous. Let’s now examine what they mean.

Recall from chapter 11 (Rev 11:15-19) that the blowing of the seventh trumpet represents the moment when Christ returns to set up His kingdom. The time setting is that God’s WRATH has come!

Here is what John wrote: “And the nations were angry, and YOUR WRATH is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that You should give reward unto Your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Your Name, small and great [the first resurrection]; and should destroy them which destroy the earth” (Rev 11:18).

John records that the nations “were angry.” But so is God! Notice it said, “YOUR wrath is come.” Keep this straight! The last part of the seventh seal, the seventh trumpet, the third woe, the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES—and the vials—are all one and the same event—GOD’S WRATH! It is this time that will have finally come to all surviving inhabitants on earth!

Notice: “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” (Rev 15:1)

Before this occurs, Rev 15:2 and 3 show that the resurrected saints sing praise to God. God’s anger is about to be complete. If something is “filled up,” there is room for no more. This represents the final sum of God’s punishment.