LESSON 13

September 29, 1888.

THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES.

  1. WHEN the Third Angel’s Message shall have done its work, what voice will then be heard from the heavenly temple? Rev. 16:1.
  2. In addition to all these plagues, what awful famine will be upon men? Amos 8: 11, 12.
  3. What will be the first plague? and upon whom will it fall? Rev. 16:2.
  4. What will be the second plague? Verse 3.
  5. What will be the third plague? Verse 4.
  6. Why will the rivers and fountains of water be turned to blood? Verse 6.
  7. What will be the fourth plague? Verses 8,9.
  8. What will be the further effect of this? Joel 1:18-20.
  9. What will be the fifth plague? Rev. 16:10.
  10. Will those who love the truth of God be afraid in this time of darkness and dread? Ps. 91:5-8.
  11. What will be the sixth plague? Rev. 16:12.
  12. Does this refer to the literal river Euphrates, or to the nation that dwells in the country of the Euphrates? Ans. - The nation. Note.
  13. What then does the drying up of the river mean? Ans. - Evidently the wiping out of the Turkish power, - the nation that now rules the Euphrates country.
  14. What did the prophet see at this same time? Verse 13.
  15. What are these spirits? Verse 14, first part.
  16. What do they go forth to do? Last part of the same verse, with Rev. 19:11, 15, 19.
  17. When the seventh angel pours out his vial what is heard? Rev. 16:17.
  18. What is this voice? Jer. 25:30.
  19. What will then happen to heaven and earth? Hag. 2:21, 22; Heb. 12:26; Rev. 16:18, 20.
  20. What then falls upon men? Rev. 16:21.
  21. What will the people of God do in this fearful time? Joel 3:16; Isa. 25:9.
  22. Will any of these plagues afflict them? Ps. 91:9, 10.
  23. What will assure to all this perfect safety? Ans. - The love of the truth of the Third Angel’s Message. Ps. 91:4; Zeph. 2:3.
  24. Then is not that message the most precious boon this world can know?

NOTE

QUESTION 12. - It is not possible that it should refer to the literal river, because never in all history have the waters of the literal river Euphrates been a hindrance to any kings either of the East or of the West. A thousand years before Christ, the kings of Assyria crossed it regularly every spring - at the very time when the waters were the highest - in their campaigns. In the year 269 A.D., Tiridates, king of Armenia, swam it with his armor on. - Gibbon, chap. 13, par. 21. The view that the reference is to the power that rules the country of the Euphrates, and not to the literal river, is strengthened by the fact that Isaiah in speaking of the king of Assyria and his armies plainly calls them, “The waters of the river.” “ Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them [the people of Judah] the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks.” Isa. 8:7.

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