Revelation 15–16 (The Seven Bowls)

Revelation 15–16 (The Seven Bowls) with Dr. Jamie Davies

Dr. Jamie Davies (Trinity College) guides us through Revelation 15-16. We discuss:

• God’s wrath coming to end (15:1)

• The sea of glass mixed with fire (15:2)

• Those who conquer sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb (15:3–4)

• The temple of the tent of witness in heaven (15:5)

• The bowls being poured into the earth and the sea and the resulting “ecological collateral damage,” and the altar crying out (16:1–3)

• The people cursing God for his judgments (16:9, 11, 21)

• The interlude of Jesus coming like a thief (16:15)

• The beast, the prophet, and the dragon from whose mouths comes three frogs who gather the kings of the earth for the final battle of Armageddon (16:10–16)

• The final angel pours the bowl that splits Babylon in three parts, and the islands fleeing and the mountains disappearing (16:17–21)

Works by Dr. Jamie Davies

• Reading Revelation: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Smyth & Helwys, 2023.

• The Apocalyptic Paul. Cascade Companions. Cascade, 2022

• Paul Among the Apocalypses? An Evaluation of the ‘Apocalyptic Paul’ in the Context of Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature. LNTS 562. T&T Clark, 2016.

Jamie Davies recommends

• Saint Augustine of Hippo, The Confessions, Books 10 and 11

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