"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God…and the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever."
"When our spiritual mind comprehends that God has entered into a living covenant with all His people, then we are able to understand clearly why God would send His seven-angels-ministry to pour out the vials of plagues upon His people. We are living in the hour when God has a controversy with His people because they are not keeping the covenant! He is leading, but they are not following! He is speaking, but they are not listening! He is calling, but they are not responding! He has redeemed them for a high and holy purpose, but they have other plans. They expect to be blessed, but they are not obedient. They are living far beneath their privileges as the people of God, they have polluted the sanctuary, they have walked after the flesh instead of the spirit, they have mistaken the soulical for the spiritual, and have preferred religion over reality."
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"The "plagues" poured out of the bowls bring the spirit of purification and transformation into the lives of men. This is not an act of judgment, that is, of punishment, as we think of it, but rather an activity of purification! It recalls the action of the angel in Isaiah’s inaugural vision, taking a burning coal from off the altar and touching Isaiah’s lips (Isa. 6:6-7). Beholding the manifest glory of the Lord Isaiah had cried, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips." But the coal placed on Isaiah’s lips does not mean Isaiah’s judgment, punishment, or destruction; instead it is good news, for the angel says, "Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged." Purification does not come easy! Hot coal burns, as does the cauterization of an infected wound. Surgery might take away a part of us in order to make us well; we may not want to lose anything, but pain and loss may be necessary in order for us to experience actual healing."
"Most commentators, when viewing the plagues poured out into the earth, interpret them as divine judgment or punishment. They tell us that "plagues" bespeak wrath, torment, and destruction of the wicked. Those who tell us this say that the seven last plagues are the common figure of divine terribleness toward the guilty, the final retribution upon rebellious mankind on earth. But if this be so, why, I ask, yea, why are there such crescendos of celestial music, such scenes of heavenly rejoicing, such positive declarations affirming that because God’s judgments are now made manifest ALL NATIONS SHALL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE THE LORD! And why is the sign of the seven angels with the seven last plagues declared to be GREAT and MARVELOUS — WONDERFUL and AWE-INSPIRING! Why not say that the sign of the seven angels with the seven last plagues is terrible and frightening, or grim, dreadful, grievous, appalling, distressing, fearsome, horrendous, monstrous, and terrifying? But no — the sign is great and marvelous — mighty and wonderful! Furthermore, if their work is that of vengeance and destruction why do they step forth from before the ark of the covenant — from the very presence of God upon the mercy-seat? And why do they come forth in the garb of priests? And why do they come bearing the very bowls which carry the incense which is the prayers of the saints? My, what a shallow, confused, misguided mind-set the teachers have who teach the book of Revelation!"