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| Re 11:15 Then the 7th angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever."
Re 11:16 And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, Re 11:17 saying, "We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. Re 11:18 "And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth." After the 7th trumpet, there are 7 bowls of wrath. The 7 bowls are the consummation of the Wrath of God. God curses the unrepentant people with more plagues. Notice that after the 6th trumpet there is no mention of repentance of the people, no matter how bad things get on earth. When the 7th bowl of wrath is poured, Satan influences the one world government leader and his armies, along with some minor government armies to gather at Megiddo for the Battle of Armageddon to fight Christ and his saints Re 19:19. Of course, the devil is no match for Christ and his armies. The one world government leader and his "false prophet" are thrown in "the lake of fire" Re 19:20, Satan is chained for a thousand years, the first resurrection occurs Re 20:5, and the millennium begins. There is a series of stories interjected among the scope of the book of Revelation in order to give more information to the reader. Some of these stories are in reference to: The message to the angels of the 7 Churches Re 2:1 The 144,000 sealed from the tribes of Israel Re 7:4 The big company in front of God's throne, the Rapture Re 7:9 The Two Witnesses Re 11:3 The nation of Israel and Christ's followers through time, Woman with 12 Stars Re 12:1 The nation, or national leader referred to as the Scarlet Beast Re 17:3 The city referred to as a woman Babylon the Great sitting upon the Scarlet Beast Re 14:8 The one world government who implants everybody with the Mark of the Beast Re 13:1 |