The Seven Vials Of God's Wrath (Part 2)

Revelation 16:9  

"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." 

        When the "Fourth Vial" is poured out men will be "scorched with great heat." This is the only plague for which there is no parallel Egyptian plague.  However; The Prophet Malachi refers to it in Mal 4:1,  "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch." The effect of this plague will be to make men repent, but to cause them to Blaspheme the Name of God.  

        When the "Fifth Vial" is poured out there will be "darkness" over the whole Kingdom of the "Beast" and men will "gnaw their tongues for pain." This will be a repetition of the "Ninth Egyptian Plague." Ex. 10:21-23. Notice that this Plague follows the Plague of "Scorching Heat," as if God will hide the sun whose heat was so hard to bear. The effect of  "Darkness" will be to make men "gnaw their tongues" for pain, and for their sores, showing that these "Vial Plagues," overlap or follow each other rapidly. 

        When the "Sixth Vial" is poured out the river Euphrates will be dried up so the Kings of the East (India, China, Japan) and their armies may cross over and gather for the great Battle of Armageddon. This will be a repetition of the opening of the Red Sea and the river Jordan. The Prophet Isaiah foretells this:  "And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.  And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt" (Is. 11:15-16).

        These nations will be gathered by "Three Unclean Spirits," like frogs, that shall come out of the mouth of the "Dragon," and the "Beast" and the "False Prophet." Rev. 16:13-16. They will be the "Spirit of Demons," the "Seducing Spirits" of those days. 1Tim. 4:1. It was such a "Lying Spirit" that deceived King Ahab and led him to his death. 1Kings 22: 20-38.   Tomorrow we will conclude with the pouring out of the "Seventh Vial" (Rev. 16:17-21).

        Amen!!

Reading: (Rev. Chap 16)

Ref: (HGSB, BSB)

        (C.Larkin)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry