Preparation for the Bowl Judgements

¹Then I saw another great and awe-inspiring sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven last plagues; for with them God’s wrath will be completed.[#15:1 Or and awesome symbolic display; #15:1 Mt 16:1; 24:30; Lk 21:11; Ac 2:19; Rv 12:1,3; 13:13; #15:1 Jn 19:30; Rv 10:7; 16:17; 17:17]

²I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, its image, and the number of its name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.[#15:2 Rv 4:6; #15:2 Other mss add his mark; #15:2 Rv 5:8; 14:2]

³They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb:[#15:3 Ex 15:1; Dt 31:22]

⁵After this I looked, and the heavenly temple #– #the tabernacle of testimony #– #was opened.[#15:5 Ex 38:21; Nm 17:7; 18:2; #15:5 Rv 11:19]

⁶Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes wrapped round their chests.

⁷One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives for ever and ever.[#15:7 Ex 15:18; Ps 10:16; 45:6; 48:14; Gl 1:5; Eph 3:21; Php 4:20; 1Tm 1:17; 2Tm 4:18; Heb 1:8; 13:21; 1Pt 4:11; Rv 1:6,18; 4:9–10; 5:13; 7:12; 10:6; 11:15]

⁸Then the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.[#15:8 Ex 19:18; 20:18; Is 4:5; 6:4]