My
Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 16:9
Before
Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray,
something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and
they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear
His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but
most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were
doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do
not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of
you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you
heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes
many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to
sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled
with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your
time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you
and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the
rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you
need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions
for you.
Revelation
16
And men were scorched
with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power
over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory” Rev.
16:9
scorched
with great... But even this does not drive the rebels to their knees
in repentance. Instead, they blaspheme the name of God "who has
power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him
glory."
With
this type of rays from the sun, they would be covered with sores.
This terrible plague is vented at the beast and its followers.
and blasphemed the... The worst thing they could possibly do was to curse God, and that is just what they did. They did not repent; their hearts had been hardened. They either were not aware of God's power or just did not want to give Him the glory. Either way, they are in trouble.
This type of "heat" would burn up all crops, cause droughts, and probably even melt all the polar ice region.
they repented not... Incredibly, sinners will still refuse to repent (compare verses 11 and 21), but instead blaspheme God, the One they know has caused their afflictions.
In
response people cursed… God and refused to repent (cf. Rev. 16:11).
By contrast, the fourth trumpet (Rev. 8:12) darkened a third of the
heavens but did not include additional intense heat. It is clear from
this and other prophecies that dramatic changes in climate will occur
in the Great Tribulation.
This plague is called
“great heat.” Men fret and groan under heat from the sun when it
is 90 to 110 degrees, but what will they do under such intense
scorching heat at this future time? This passage shows God has power
over “these plagues” and that men recognize it. In Egypt, when
the plagues became so great as to unbearable, the magicians could not
imitate them, so they told Pharaoh that they were the “finger of
God.” Thus we have in these first four vials, the earth, the sea,
the rivers and fountains, and the planets all adding their quota of
torment to men. Yet these same men will be so degraded and
degenerated that they will not repent. The plagues upon Egypt had the
effect of hardening the hearts of evil men; even so, these plagues
will harden the followers of the Antichrist and make men rather wish
to die than to serve God. The Greek word for “repent” here means
“to change one's mind,” always for the better and morally, Mt.
3:2; Acts 2:38; 3:19. It means not merely to forsake sin, but to
change one's attitude regarding it. This, men will not be willing to
do, so they will receive judgment for their sins until the judgment
becomes unbearable, so they will blaspheme God for such treatment.
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