Amen and amen and welcome. You can be seated. Thank you. Glad you're here. Those of you

online, glad you're watching. Before we jump in though, I just want to quickly mention that our prayer

meeting is going to be this upcoming Tuesday. It's the 4th 7 p.m. here in the sanctuary. I'm going to begin with a brief

teaching keyword brief a brief teaching titled when God Delays Answering Prayer.

And actually it was birthed out of the text that we have before us today,

which is Revelation chapter 16, the first nine verses.

Now, chapter 15 was preparatory it was a preparation as the

angels were given the golden bowls filled with the wrath of God now as we turn

this corner in the chapter 16 the angels are going to now pour out the wrath of God from these bowls.

So I'm just kind of forewarning you.

It's a pretty intense passage, but it's in our Bibles for a reason, and I hope to explain what that reason is.

So, for the reading of God's word, if you're able, I ask you to stand if not where you're

seated is fine. You don't have to, just if you're able to and want to.

John is riding as he was commanded to by the spirit and says verse one.

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, go, pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth.

The first angel, verse two, went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the

beast and worshipped its image the second angel verse three poured out his bowl on the sea.

And it turned into blood like that of a dead person and everything, every living thing in the sea died.

The third angel verse 4 poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water,

and they became blood. Then I heard verse 5, the angel in charge of the waters say,

you are just in these judgments, oh, holy one, you who are

are and who were, for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink

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