God's Anger Brought to a Finish - "It Has Come to Pass!"

"It Has Come to Pass!"

"And the seventh one poured out his bowl upon the air. At this a loud voice issued out of the sanctuary from the throne, saying: "It has come to pass!' " -Revelation 16:17.

"The air" is the final life-sustaining medium to be plagued. But this is not the literal air.  There is nothing about the literal air that makes it deserving of Jehovah's adverse judgments, any more than the literal earth, sea, freshwater sources, or sun deserve to suffer judgments at Jehovah's hand.  Rather, this is "the air" Paul was discussing when he called Satan "the ruler of the authority of the air."  (Ephesians 2:2) It is the satanic "air" breathed by the world today, the spirit, or general mental inclination, that characterizes his whole wicked system of things, the satanic thinking that permeates every aspect of life outside  Jehovah's organization.  So in pouring out his bowl upon the air, the seventh angel expresses God's wrath against Satan, his organization, and everything that motivates mankind to support Satan in defying Jehovah's sovereignty.

This and the previous six plagues give the sum total of Jehovah's judgments against Satan and his system. They are a declaration of doom for Satan and his seed.  When this final bowl is poured out, Jehovah himself proclaims:  "It has come to pass!"  There is nothing else to say.  When the contents of the bowls of God's anger have been publicized to Jehovah's satisfaction, there will be no delay in his executing the judgments proclaimed by these messages.

Next time: God's Anger Brought to a Finish -Conclusion of "It Has Come to Pass!"

From the Book of Revelation