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.And the men blasphemed God, who had power over these plagues — They could not but acknowledge the hand of God, yet did they harden themselves against him. read more
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,The four first phials are closely connected together; the fifth concerns the throne of the beast, the sixth the Mahometans, the seventh chiefly the heathens. The four first phials and the four first trumpets go round the whole earth; the three last phials and the three last trumpets go lengthways over the earth in a straight line.The fifth poured out... read more
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.And they — His followers.Gnawed their tongues — Out of furious impatience.Because of their pains and because of their ulcers — Now mentioned together, and in the plural number, to signify that they were greatly heightened and multiplied. read more
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.And the sixth poured out his phial upon the great river Euphrates — Affected also by the sixth trumpet.And the water of it — And of all the rivers that flow into it.Was dried up — The far greater part of the Turkish empire lies on this side the Euphrates. The Romish and Mahometan affairs ran nearly parallel to each other for several... read more
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.Out of the mouth of the dragon, the wild beast, and the false prophet — It seems, the dragon fights chiefly against God; the beast, against Christ; the false prophet, against the Spirit of truth; and that the three unclean spirits which come from them, and exactly resemble them, endeavour to blacken the works of creation, of redemption,... read more
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.Behold, I come as a thief — Suddenly, unexpectedly. Observe the beautiful abruptness.I — Jesus Christ. Hear him.Happy is he that watcheth. — Looking continually for him that "cometh quickly." And keepeth on his garments - Which men use to put off when they sleep.Lest he walk naked, and they see his shame — Lest he lose the graces which he takes no care to keep, and... read more
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.And they gathered them together to Armageddon — Mageddon, or Megiddo, is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. Armageddon signifies the city or the mountain of Megiddo; to which the valley of Megiddo adjoined. This was a place well known in ancient times for many memorable occurrences; in particular, the slaughter of the kings of Canaan, related, Judges 5:19. Here the narrative breaks off. It is resumed,... read more
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.And the seventh poured out his phial upon the air — Which encompasses the whole earth. This is the most weighty phial of all, and seems to take up more time than any of the preceding.It is done — What was commanded, verse1. Revelation 16:1 The phials are poured out. read more
3. The chapter of the destruction of Babylon by batteries of wrath poured from Jerusalem, Revelation 16:1-21. a. The four creational vials upon earth, sea, waters, and sun. Revelation 16:1-9 . 1. And The preparations of war are complete; (see introduction to xiv;) the officers are armed with their ammunition of plagues; the object is Babylon, the beast; and from the inmost holy place, where omnipotent Justice is secreted, the command for action comes forth. Go… pour… earth For this... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 16:8
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.The fourth poured out his phial upon the sun — Which was likewise affected by the fourth trumpet. There is also a plain resemblance between the first, second, and third phials, and the first, second, and third trumpet.And it was given him — The angel.To scorch the men — Who had the mark of the beast.With fire — As well as with the beams of the sun. So these four phials affected earth,... read more