Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's Word with you, so let's get started.

Thanks for joining in the study today and all the great support that you've been to me throughout the whole year.

It's wild that we're entering the last several days of our read here at the end of Revelation.

We're in chapter 16.

A loud voice from the temple commands the seven angels to pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth.

The first bowl causes painful sores on

those who worship the beast. The second turns the sea into blood, killing all sea life. The third

affects rivers and springs, also turning them into blood. The fourth bowl scorches people with fire

from the sun, yet they do not repent. The fifth brings darkness to the

beast's kingdom. The sixth dries up the Euphrates River and prepares the way for kings from the east.

Unclean spirits gather the kings of the earth for battle at Armageddon. The seventh bowl brings lightning,

earthquakes and hail. Babylon is remembered before God and receives the full measure of his wrath. Now this is probably late, you know, second, third century fulfillment of Rome being Babylon and its decay and the rivers are dried up so that the Parthians could come from the east and destroy them. but the point is God is finished with his waiting, and this is going to be his victory over them.

This chapter emphasizes the severity of God's judgment and the danger of hardened hearts.

Even as the bowls of wrath are poured out, many still refuse to repent or give God glory.

We must pay attention to the warnings in these

events. God is patient, but he is also just, and he will not allow evil to go unpunished forever.

We are called to live with humility and repentance, recognizing that now is the time to turn to God.

His justice is perfect, and his timing is certain. As believers, we must remain alert, be prepared,

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