Introduction
2. Preparation for the bowl judgments ch. 15
John recorded what he saw in this chapter to heighten further his readers’ expectation for the climactic judgments of the Great Tribulation that we read in chapter 16 (cf. Revelation 8:1-5). This chapter continues supplementary revelation begun in Revelation 12:1 and the emphasis on preparation for the final judgments of the Great Tribulation begun in Revelation 14:1.
"Following the sign of the seven angels with the seven last plagues, the fifteenth chapter has two visions, the first one picturing the victors fresh from their triumph and the second describing the white-and-gold clad angels who hold the seven bowls." [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 228.]
". . . it is not the image of a domestic bowl which John wished to conjure up in our minds, but the cup of God’s wrath, of which the prophets frequently spoke and to which John himself has already referred (in Revelation 14:8; Revelation 14:10)." [Note: Beasley-Murray, p. 231. Cf. Isaiah 51:17, 22.]
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