15, 2012 the hour of judgment (jason

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WEEK 5—JULY 14/15, 2012 THE HOUR OF JUDGMENT (JASON ANDERSON)

Today we will be looking at seven angels, one at a time, pour out God’s wrath from a bowl. These seven bowls of wrath represent the end of God’s judgment, and the end of the world. Whether you believe what we’re reading in Revelation will happen literally or you think John’s vision is more symbolic, it can make some people wonder. Why does God have to do all this? Why does God seem so…harsh? Today we’re going to find that God isn’t doing this just to be mean, or pay people back, instead we’ll discover two reasons why God’s wrath is a good thing.

TWO REASONS GOD’S WRATH IS A GOOD THING: • God wouldn’t be a _________________ God if he didn’t have ____________________. • It shows he will _____________ _______________ _________________.

REVELATION 15:6A & 7 NLT The seven angels

angel poured out his bowl into the air. And a mighty shout came from the throne in the Temple, saying, ‘It who were holding the is finished!’ Then the seven plagues came thunder crashed and out of the Temple. rolled, and lightning Then one of the four flashed. And a great living beings handed earthquake struck-the each of the seven worst since people angels a gold bowl were placed on the filled with the wrath of earth. The great city God, who lives forever of Babylon split into and ever. three sections, and the cities of many nations fell into heaps The fifth angel poured of rubble. So God remembered all of his bowl on the Babylon’s sins, and throne of the beast, he made her drink and his kingdom was the cup that was plunged into darkfilled with the wine ness. His subjects of his fierce wrath. ground their teeth And every island in anguish and they disappeared, and all cursed the God of the mountains were heaven for their pain leveled. There was a and sores. But they did not repent of their terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighevil deeds and turn ing 75 pounds fell to God. from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague The sixth angel of the hailstorm. poured his bowl on the Euphrates River, and it dried up so the kings of the east “Do you think that could march their I like to see wicked armies toward the people die?,” says the west without hinSovereign Lord, “Of drance. course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways Then the seventh and live.”

REVELATION 16:10 &11

REVELATION 16:12

EZEKIEL 18:23

REVELATION 16:17-21

REVELATION 6:9 & 10 I saw the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony. They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”

REVELATION 15: 2-4 All the people who had been victorious over the beast…were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations. Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”