16:10
“The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast”. So the centre of power of the beast is now dealt with. When we see ungodly power and forces arising in society we should take things seriously, for the beast was allowed to do a lot of damage, but we should not fear and we should know that his power centre will be destroyed. We can see this in human terms with the collapse of various empires. The Berlin Wall was meant to keep the people of East Germany in, the wall collapsed. Nazi Germany seemed to be conquering all, but then terrible destruction was wrought upon Germany, and Berlin in particular.
16:10b,11
Once again the people refused to repent and instead cursed God. The beast was ultimately responsible, but the people were also responsible for going along with the beast. We must beware of thinking that an all powerful (seemingly) force excuses us from personal responsibility. Our first reaction should be “what should I do”, and we must never go along with following the ways of the beast.
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