Amazing Facts
Daily Devotional
July 23rd
Bowls of Wrath.
A 900-year-old Chinese bowl sold just a few years ago for a record-shattering $38 million. Created during the Song dynasty, the porcelain, used for cleaning calligraphy and painting brushes, was in perfect condition.
In our text today, “seven golden bowls” are given by “one of the four living creatures … to the seven angels.” But instead of being displayed as art pieces, these bowls are to be used. They contain “the wrath of God,” the seven last plagues. Interestingly enough, we previously see the four living creatures holding “golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints” (Revelation 5:8). The prayers of the saints are cries for justice, for the persecution to be truncated, for deliverance (6:10). God answers these prayers with the seven bowls of His divine judgments.
Bowls are also one of the instruments used in or in relation to the sanctuary services (Exodus 24:6; 25:31; Numbers 7:13). They are connected to covenants and offerings. God keeps His promises: “Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Romans 12:19). God promised to avenge His people, and He will do so with the seven bowls.
Bowls are often also used as drinking vessels (Judges 5:25). In this, we see repeated and emphasized the symbolism of drinking the judgments of God from a vessel. “Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?” (John 18:11), Jesus asked before going to the cross to take the wrath meant for us. And in today’s verse, the third angel’s message is about to be realized: “He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation” (Revelation 14:10).
Notice that besides being at “full strength,” the bowls are also “full,” emphasizing once again the completeness of this work. Furthermore, notice that God is specifically described here as the One “who lives forever and ever.” Don’t you want to be with the One who is offering us the same eternity?
Merciful Savior, may I be a voice of warning to the inhabitants of the earth, shining a light on the mercy You offer them now.
For Further Study: Psalm 19:9; 75:8; Jeremiah 25:15
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. Revelation 15:7
Daily Devotional
July 23rd
Bowls of Wrath.
A 900-year-old Chinese bowl sold just a few years ago for a record-shattering $38 million. Created during the Song dynasty, the porcelain, used for cleaning calligraphy and painting brushes, was in perfect condition.
In our text today, “seven golden bowls” are given by “one of the four living creatures … to the seven angels.” But instead of being displayed as art pieces, these bowls are to be used. They contain “the wrath of God,” the seven last plagues. Interestingly enough, we previously see the four living creatures holding “golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints” (Revelation 5:8). The prayers of the saints are cries for justice, for the persecution to be truncated, for deliverance (6:10). God answers these prayers with the seven bowls of His divine judgments.
Bowls are also one of the instruments used in or in relation to the sanctuary services (Exodus 24:6; 25:31; Numbers 7:13). They are connected to covenants and offerings. God keeps His promises: “Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Romans 12:19). God promised to avenge His people, and He will do so with the seven bowls.
Bowls are often also used as drinking vessels (Judges 5:25). In this, we see repeated and emphasized the symbolism of drinking the judgments of God from a vessel. “Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?” (John 18:11), Jesus asked before going to the cross to take the wrath meant for us. And in today’s verse, the third angel’s message is about to be realized: “He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation” (Revelation 14:10).
Notice that besides being at “full strength,” the bowls are also “full,” emphasizing once again the completeness of this work. Furthermore, notice that God is specifically described here as the One “who lives forever and ever.” Don’t you want to be with the One who is offering us the same eternity?
Merciful Savior, may I be a voice of warning to the inhabitants of the earth, shining a light on the mercy You offer them now.
For Further Study: Psalm 19:9; 75:8; Jeremiah 25:15
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. Revelation 15:7
Amazing Facts
Daily Devotional
July 23rd
Bowls of Wrath.
A 900-year-old Chinese bowl sold just a few years ago for a record-shattering $38 million. Created during the Song dynasty, the porcelain, used for cleaning calligraphy and painting brushes, was in perfect condition.
In our text today, “seven golden bowls” are given by “one of the four living creatures … to the seven angels.” But instead of being displayed as art pieces, these bowls are to be used. They contain “the wrath of God,” the seven last plagues. Interestingly enough, we previously see the four living creatures holding “golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints” (Revelation 5:8). The prayers of the saints are cries for justice, for the persecution to be truncated, for deliverance (6:10). God answers these prayers with the seven bowls of His divine judgments.
Bowls are also one of the instruments used in or in relation to the sanctuary services (Exodus 24:6; 25:31; Numbers 7:13). They are connected to covenants and offerings. God keeps His promises: “Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Romans 12:19). God promised to avenge His people, and He will do so with the seven bowls.
Bowls are often also used as drinking vessels (Judges 5:25). In this, we see repeated and emphasized the symbolism of drinking the judgments of God from a vessel. “Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?” (John 18:11), Jesus asked before going to the cross to take the wrath meant for us. And in today’s verse, the third angel’s message is about to be realized: “He himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation” (Revelation 14:10).
Notice that besides being at “full strength,” the bowls are also “full,” emphasizing once again the completeness of this work. Furthermore, notice that God is specifically described here as the One “who lives forever and ever.” Don’t you want to be with the One who is offering us the same eternity?
Merciful Savior, may I be a voice of warning to the inhabitants of the earth, shining a light on the mercy You offer them now.
For Further Study: Psalm 19:9; 75:8; Jeremiah 25:15
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. Revelation 15:7
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