Comments on Revelation, Chapter 16:

7 Disasters of our Time

The Seven Disasters from the Seven Bowls of God's anger are:

1. Diseases and epidemics: Britain, where people have the Mark of the Beast, has been worst affected by Mad Cow Disease, its human form and other epidemics. In most other countries people cannot worship the picture of the Beast on money, but they still worship money anyway, which means this prediction applies to every country.

2. Sea water turns brown being poisoned with sewage, oil and toxic waste, fish die.

3. Rivers and drinking water become polluted.

4. Damage to the Ozone Layer of the Earth and the greenhouse effect unleash the destructive force of the sun: increase in damaging ultraviolet sun rays causes lethal sunburn and an increase in skin cancer.

5. Trouble for the British Monarchy and for the country in general.

6. Trouble in the Middle East, possibly in connection with a water dispute about the river Euphrates.

7. The final act: a fierce debate and a major disaster bring the end of the world as we know it.

In verse 13 and 14 between the trouble in the Middle East and the final act the Dragon, the Beast and her False Prophet step up a propaganda campaign. In verse 15 someone, maybe the Rider on the White Horse or one of his supporters, appears on the scene unnoticed like a thief ...