John sees a scene in heaven of what is taking place right before the seven bowls of wrath are poured out on the earth. Destroying the worlds armies in the Valley of Har- Magedon is not the wrath of God, it occurs right before the seven bowls of God's wrath are poured out that complete the wrath of God. The battle in the Valley was to preserve the remnant of Israel that Jesus had just brought back to Jerusalem. This is what John saw taking place just prior to the pouring out of the seven bowls of wrath in verses 1 and 2 ;
(1)"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had
seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God in finished."
(2) And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had come
victorious from the beast and from his image and from the number of his name,
standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God."
This is how those who were victorious over the beast won their victory. In Chapter 14, verse 12, it says ;
"Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the comandments of God and
their faith (trust) in Jesus."
Also in Chapter 12, verse 11, it says;
"And they overcame the him (Satan) because of the blood of the Lamb and because
because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death."
In other words, it was more important for the saints to maintain confessing what they knew to be true, then to deny it to save their lives. They knew what real life was and though they loose this outer man to death, they gain life that is really life. Life that is eternal. And because of this John saw this in Chapter 15, verses 3 and 4;
(3)" And they sang the song of Moses the bond-servant of God and the song of
the Lamb, saying;
Great and marvelous are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are Your ways, Thou King of the nations.
(4) Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? For Thou
alone are Holy; For all the nations will come and worship before
Thee, For Thy righteous acts have been revealed."
Here we are seeing what the Apostle Paul wrote in his letter to the Phillipians in the 2nd Chapter, verses 1-11. Here it desribes what Jesus's righteous act or acts were. This is one of the most revealing passages of scripture descibing the whole plan of salvation and why God came to earth, in the person of Jesus, when it says;
"If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love,
if there is any fellowship in the spirit, if any affection or compassion, make my joy
complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit,
intent on one purpose. Do nothing out of selfishness or emptie deceit, but with
humility of mind let each of you reguard one another as more important than himself;
do not merely look out for your own personal interest, but also for the interest of
others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,
who, although He existed in the form of God, did not requard
equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself,
taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness
of men. And being found in appearance as a man, humbled
Himself by coming obedient to the point of death, even death on
a cross. Therefore God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on
Him the the name above every name, that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on the
earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess
that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
This is what we see taken place in Revelation Chapter 15, verse 4. There is going to come a day when everyone, whether a person came to believe or not, will bow to to Jesus and confess that He is Lord. God earn that right for Himself, when He came to earth and bore on Himself all the sins of the world and putting them to death on the cross by shedding His holy and and blameless blood for the forgiveness of them. When Jesus was here He stated that, "he who would be the least among you, would be the greatest in the kingdom of God." In coming to the earth and become the least, Jesus earned the name above all names, the greaest in the kingdom of God, worthy of being worshiped. His righteous act lead to the creation of many who would receive eternal life through His shed blood and resurrection. This is why He came, to offer the gift of eternal life and create a new creation.
John finishes Chapter 15 with this in verses 5-8;
"After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony
in heaven was opened, and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came
out of the temple, clcothed in linen, clean and bright, and girded around their
breasts with golden girdles. and one of the four living creatures gave to the
seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever
and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the Glory of God and
from His power; and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues
of the seven angels were finished."
This corresponds with Relelation Chapter 8, verse 1, when the seventh seal is broken there was silence in heaven for about an hour and a half before the the first of seven trumpets would sound that call bring forth events that would corresponds with the seven bowls of wrath. There is silence because there is possibly no one in heaven because they are all participating in the wrath of God. After the wrath is finished everyone who has ever lived will be gathered together were all of them will bow and confess that Jesus is Lord. Since all of those who would not believe are not allowed in the temple, this would have to take place outside the temple.
This event was even foretold as far back as the prophet Isaiah, where God speaks this in the 45th Chapter, verses 21-23;
"And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior, there
is none except me. Turn to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I
am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone forth
from My mouth in righeousness and will not turn back, that to Me every knee
will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance."
Jesus (Yeshua) means, The Lord Our Salvation
May Jesus peace be with you.
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