THE OLIVET DISCOURSE. Matt. 24, 25.

March 11, 2020

Key: SCHAFF: “When the Lord open his mouth, we should open our ears and hearts”

WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE? WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGNS OF THY COMING AND THE END OF THE WORLD? Matt. 24:3-13, Mk. 13:3-13, Lk. 21:7-19, 20-24…4

THE GREAT TRIBULATION continues. Matt. 24:21. The seven vials (cups) of God’s wrath. Rev. 15:1-16:21 continues

“The notion of God’s wrath is not always a welcome subject to the Bible reader, but its reality as a clear-cut teaching of both Old and New Testament is inescapable. The reality of evil, the reality of human freedom, the righteousness of God, and longing of God to have creatures, who though distinct from Him… nonetheless freely relate to Him in trust and love, made inevitable the notion and reality of God’s wrath. A righteous God responds to those who persist in their evil refusal to acknowledge their righteous Lord. God longs to see His rebellious children lay down their arms and come to Him” God has mercifully acted by all possible means to bring wayward children home. The very penalty He has prescribed for sin has been laid on His Only Begotten Son. Wrath brings grief even to the heart of God, but God will not coerce our love Him.

  1. The first vial: sore on men Rev. 16:2. The sore is as literal as in Egypt Ex. 9:8-12. This is also similar to that of poor Lazarus Lk. 16:20-21. Job was attacked by sore boils Job. 2:7, just as King Hezekiah once had this sore boil 2Kg. 20:7. Similarly, King Asa was given a sore on his feet 2Cho. 16:12. God sometimes uses sore to judge people Deut. 28:15, 27. These men had the mark of the beast they are also given a sore by God as their mark.
  2. The second vial: sea turn to blood Rev. 16:3. This is literal as in Rev. 8:8-9 where only a third part of the sea was turn to blood. Maritime business comes to a complete halt. Is. 50:2, Ps. 105:29
  3. The third vial: rivers are turn to blood Rev. 16:4-7. In Ex. 7:19-21 all pools, rivers and ponds were turn to blood.
  4. There is an angel who is in charge of all the waters, he acknowledges and worship God Accordingly Rev. 16:5-7. If angels of the water can worship, why not you?
  5. A third of the waters becomes bitter to taste in the third trumpet, and now all of the water is turned to blood. God gives them blood to drink for killing Christians and prophets.

The fourth vial: the scorching heat from the sun Rev. 16:8-9, Lk. 21:25. Moses talked about it in Deut. 32:24 and Isaiah predicts that “the inhabitants of the earth are burned” Is. 24:6; 42:25 and in Mal. 4:1 is the day of burning heat as oven. It should be noted that, the hole in the ozone layer is a sign of what is coming upon the world. Since it was discovered, it is said to be expanding. The world called it climate change. Christians should watch out for these signs, the day of our redemption is near.