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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 16 – The Plagues Poured Out
Chapter 16 — The Plagues Poured Out

THIS chapter gives a description of the seven

vials of the unmingled wrath of God, and the

effects that follow as they are poured upon the

earth. Concerning the character and

chronology of these plagues, there is a

difference of opinion among Bible readers.

Our first inquiry therefore is, What is the true

position on these points? Are they symbolical,

and mostly fulfilled in the past, as some

contend? or are they literal, and all future, as

others no less confidently affirm? A brief

examination of the testimony will, we think,

conclusively settle these questions.

VERSE 1. And I heard a great voice out of the

temple saying to the seven angels, Go your

ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of

God upon the earth. 2. And the first went, and