An Incomparable Disaster

Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.  Revelation 16:3

NOAA estimates there are more than 321 million cubic miles of water in the oceans of the world. One cubic mile of water would sit about nicely on top of our town and extend 1 mile high. When it collapsed it would then wash the town into Nebraska. We may talk of disasters in the oceans, but this second bowl poured out upon the Earth is difficult to imagine. All those cubic miles of salt water become blood as of a dead man. And, every living creature dies: plankton, mollusk, lobster, crab, octopus, fish, shark, or whale. This is not a joy-filled part of the good news of Jesus to bring to the world! Preaching this, do you suppose some might hate the messenger? And yet, there it is: the Revelation of Jesus Christ, that's how the message begins in the first verse. 

We have a few environmental problems floating around in the sea. These things are utterly insignificant when we look at the Lord's wrath poured out in the second bowl judgment. The message is ours to deliver, but is there any comfort to be found in the Revelation? The judgments of this final book of the Bible are so terrible that even we speak of the Rapture coming before the Tribulation begins. How can we say to the world that this sort of suffering is coming for them? For one, a multitude that no one could count is saved out of the Tribulation in the seventh chapter of Revelation. That is enough for us, but also God is preparing the Earth to be made new. And there are the judgments poured out on those who refuse to repent to the bitter end. Horrible as the second bowl judgment is, there are more of them to come in the Revelation. God's final attempt to reach every one who will be saved is coming soon, get ready!

Glory to God in the highest!

Bucky