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I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!"
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A Command from God Himself
Commentators unanimously identify the "great voice" as coming directly from God in the heavenly temple. This is not a delegated command from an angel but a direct, divine decree from the throne. This emphasizes that the final judgments are initiated by God's ultimate authority and are an expression of His sovereign will.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
CHAPTER XVI
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER
The previous chapter described the preparation for the last plagues that were to come upon that m…
A great voice (μεγαλης φωνης). Not an angel as in 5:2; 7:2; 10:3; 14:7,9,15,18, but of God as 15:8 shows, since no one could enter…
19th Century
Anglican
And I heard . . .—A great voice is heard out of the temple; it bids the angels pour out their vials into the earth
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This chapter describes the “third woe” (see comment on 15:1–19:10) in the form of the outpouring of seven bowl judgments. They occur in rapid succe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I heard a great voice out of the temple The church, which in the preceding chapter is said to be opened; this was either t…
We are to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven.
Here is a succession of terrible judgments of Providence, …
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