Revelation Chapter 16:13-21/Commentary

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Revelation Chapter 16:13-21

Revelation 16:13-21 “And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; 14for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. 15("Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, lest he walk about naked and men see his shame.") 16And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called HarMagedon. 17And the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air; and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is done." 18And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 19And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. 20And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe”. 16:13 “And I saw”: Introduces a new phase of the vision. “Out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet”: “Out of the mouth of the dragon had been emitted a river of lies by which he sought to engulf the woman, but which the earth swallowed up (12:15f); out of the mouth of the beast had been uttered great pretenses and blasphemies (13:5); and out of the mouth of the false prophet had come seductive propaganda (13:14-17). The false prophet is the beast out of the earth who performed the signs to deceive (13:11ff; 19:20)” (Hailey pp. 333-334). 16:13 “Three unclean spirits”: In the Old Testament a lying spirit had deceived king Ahab (1 Kings 22:21-23), and in the New Testament people would fall away 1


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