anded me." G.C. 613.
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• Rev. 22:11. Christ then makes the following solemn
announcement: "He that is unjust; let him be unjust still: and
he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is
righteous, let him be righteous still."
• G.C. 622.
• Isa. 4:3, margin. The saved are "written to life." G.C. 480,
481.
• Dan. 12:1; Rev. 3:5. Their names are in the book of life.
• Dan. 12:1; 11:20, 21. The term "stand up," indicates that
Michael (Christ) at this time ceases to be high priest, and
takes His kingdom and is called "King of kings" from that
time forward.
• 1 Tim. 2:5. Christ is the only mediator between God and
man; and when he ceases to be priest there is no one to plead
for guilty man. E.W. 280.
• Rev. 14:8-10. When there is no mediator in the heavens, there
is nothing to prevent the wrath of God from being poured
out upon the wicked.
• Isa. 59:16-18; Lev. 16:23. Christ puts on the garments of
vengeance.
• Rev. 15:1. The work of pouring out the unmixed wrath of
God upon the earth is assigned to seven angels, and is called
the seven last plagues.
• Rev. 15:8; 1 Tim. 2:5. "The man Christ Jesus" can not enter
the temple while the seven last plagues are being poured out
upon the earth.
• Ex. 8:20-23, margin. The Lord sent ten plagues upon Egypt;
the first three plagues fell upon the Israelites as well as upon
the Egyptians, but none of the seven last plagues of Egypt
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fell upon the children of Israel. Ex. 8:22; 9:4-7, 26; 10:23;
G.C. 627, 628.
• Ps. 91:1-10. Likewise, when the psalmist foretold the effect of
the seven last plagues, he said no plague would come nigh the
dwelling of the righteous. G.C. 630.
Seven Last Plagues
• Rev. 16:1. The seven angels pour out the vials of God's wrath
upon the earth. G.C. 628, 629.
• Rev. 16:2. The first plague is a "noisome and grievous sore."
• Rev. 16:3. The second plague causes the sea to become "as
the blood of a dead man."
• Rev. 16:4. The third plague causes the rivers and fountains of
water to become blood.
• Rev. 16:5, 6. After the plagues have affected all the water
upon the earth, the angel of the waters declares it to be a
righteous judgment.
• Rev. 16:7. An angel from heaven responds.
• Rev. 16:8. The fourth plague will cause the sun to "scorch
men with fire."
• Rev. 16:9. These plagues will cause men to blaspheme God;
naturally they accuse God's people, who are sheltered from
the plagues as being responsible for the plagues.
• Rev. 16:10. The fifth plague is darkness that fills all the
kingdom of the beast. C.O.L. 420.
• Rev. 16:11. The wicked are still suffering because of the sores
that come under the first plague, and the
