the Seven Bowls
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The Seven Bowls are a series of final, catastrophic divine judgments poured out upon the earth in the apocalyptic narrative of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Seven Bowls | 48 | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apocalyptic judgment
→
biblical concept → symbolic event → |
| alsoKnownAs |
seven bowls of wrath
→
seven last plagues → seven vials → |
| announcedBy | a loud voice from the temple → |
| associatedWith |
divine wrath
→
end times → final judgment → |
| centralTo |
futurist interpretations of Revelation
→
historicist interpretations of Revelation → idealist interpretations of Revelation → preterist interpretations of Revelation → |
| describedIn |
Revelation 15
→
Book of Revelation →
surface form:
Revelation 16
|
| fifthBowlEffect | darkness on the throne of the beast → |
| firstBowlEffect | painful sores on those with the mark of the beast → |
| follows |
Seven Seals
→
Seven Trumpets → |
| fourthBowlEffect | scorching heat from the sun → |
| hasNumber | 7 → |
| hasTheme |
catastrophic judgment
→
completion of God’s wrath → eschatological punishment → |
| interpretedAs |
literal future plagues
→
symbolic judgments → |
| languageOf | apocalyptic literature → |
| linkedTo |
Armageddon
→
the beast → the false prophet → Babylon →
surface form:
the great city Babylon
|
| mentionedIn | Christian eschatology → |
| partOf |
Book of Revelation
→
New Testament → |
| pouredOutBy | seven angels → |
| prefiguredBy |
Seven Seals
→
Seven Trumpets → |
| secondBowlEffect | sea turned to blood → |
| seventhBowlEffect |
collapse of the great city
→
great earthquake → huge hailstones → |
| signifies | the completion of God’s wrath → |
| sixthBowlEffect |
drying up of the Euphrates River
→
gathering of kings for the battle of Armageddon → |
| thirdBowlEffect | rivers and springs turned to blood → |
| usedIn |
Christian preaching
→
theological commentary → |
Referenced by (1)
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