The Bowls of Wrath

Revelation 16:1-21—The Bowls of Wrath

I. The Recipients of Wrath (vv. 2b, 6, 9-14, 19; Rom. 1:16-18)

II. The Reason for Wrath (vv. 2, 6, 9, 11; Rom. 1:18ff; 2:4-5)

III. The Results of Wrath (vv. 2-21; Rom. 1:24, 26, 28)

IV. The Revealer of Wrath (vv. 1, 5, 7, 15, 17; Rom. 1:18)

Call-backs to the Cross (vv. 10, 15, 17, 18)

"It is done"—Jesus' voice as to the final consummation, like Jesus' voice on the cross when the work of expiation was completed, 'It is finished.'"—Jamieson, Fausset, & Brown