Verse 17
This final judgment has the greatest impact of all since the air into which the angel pours his bowl is what humans breathe. [Note: Swete, p. 210.] The loud voice is probably once again God’s since it comes from the throne in the heavenly temple (cf. Revelation 16:1). With the outpouring of the final bowl God announced that His series of judgments for this period in history was complete. This statement is proleptic since it anticipates the completion of the seventh bowl judgment, which John had yet to reveal (cf. Revelation 21:6).
"The pouring out of the seventh vial into the air is probably a gesture pointing to the utter demolition of man’s greatest final weapon in human warfare, when once the wrath of God is poured out in the great day of God Almighty." [Note: Smith, A Revelation . . ., p. 236.]
"Men would not have the Savior’s ’It is finished!’ on Calvary; so they must have the awful ’It is done!’ from the Judge!" [Note: Newell, p. 262.]
The Greek words used are not the same.
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