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See: Revelation 8:2
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See: Angel; Throne
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See: [Angel](../articles/angel.md); [Throne](../articles/throne.md)
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### What is a bowl of the wrath of God?
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John used the bowl as a metaphor. A bowl holds something. Here, it holds God’s anger. When God wants to punish people, he pours it on them.
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See: Metaphor; Wrath
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See: [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md); [Wrath](../articles/wrath.md)
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### How does God speak to the angels?
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God commands all of the angels at the same time. Some scholars think this means that these things will happen in a very short period of time. Other scholars think these things will happen over a longer period of time.
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See: Angel
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See: [Angel](../articles/angel.md)
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### What are the painful sores?
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See: Exodus 9:8-12; Deuteronomy 28:27-35
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See: Antichrist; Metaphor; Temple; Hell
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See:[Antichrist](../articles/antichrist.md);[Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md); [Temple](../articles/temple.md); [Hell](../articles/hell.md)
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### Who is the beast?
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1. Other scholars think the metaphor was about Israel becoming unclean.
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1. Other scholars think he wrote about the war between Israel and the Roman Empire. This happened after Jesus returned to heaven.
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See: Metaphor; Clean and Unclean; Heaven
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See: [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md); [Clean and Unclean](../articles/cleanunclean.md); [Heaven](../articles/heaven.md)
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## 16:4-7
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The angel spoke to God the Father in heaven.
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See: Angel; Heaven
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See: [Angel](../articles/angel.md); [Heaven](../articles/heaven.md)
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### Why were people being punished?
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1. Some scholars think this was a metaphor. John was writing about God punishing Israel for not believing in Jesus and what the prophets said.
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1. Some scholars think God will one day turn rivers all over the world to blood. God will punish those who worship the antchrist.
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See: Angel; Metaphor; Prophet; Antichrist
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See: [Angel](../articles/angel.md); [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md);[Prophet](../articles/prophet.md); [Antichrist](../articles/antichrist.md)
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## 16:8-9
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1. Other scholars think that John wrote about the Roman Empire.
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1. Other scholars think John wrote about God judging the world.
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See: Metaphor
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See:[Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md)
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### What is blasphemy?
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See: Blaspheme (Blasphemy)
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See: [Blaspheme (Blasphemy)](../articles/blaspheme.md)
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### What is repenting?
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See: Repent (Repentance)
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See: [Repent (Repentance)](../articles/repent.md)
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### What is a plague?
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Other scholars think he wrote about the kingdom the antichrist rules.
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See: Satan (The Devil); Antichrist
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See: [Satan (The Devil)](../articles/satan.md); [Antichrist](../articles/antichrist.md)
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## 16:12-16
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Some scholars think John wrote about the actual Euphrates River. Other scholars think this was a metaphor about a certain country or kingdom.
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See: Metaphor;
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See:[Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md);
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See Map: Euphrates River
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### What is an unclean spirit?
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See: Clean and Unclean; Spirit; Demon
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See: [Clean and Unclean](../articles/cleanunclean.md); [Spirit (Spiritual)](../articles/spiritspiritual.md); [Demon](../articles/demon.md)
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### Who is the dragon?
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A prophet is someone who says the things God tell him to say. A false prophet says they are saying the things God wants them to say, but God has not really said anything to them. John was talking about a certain false prophet. This false prophet said the things that Satan wanted him to say, but he said they were from God.
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See: Prophet; Satan (The Devil)
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See: [Prophet](../articles/prophet.md); [Satan (The Devil)](../articles/satan.md)
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### What is a demon?
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See: Demon
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See: [Demon](../articles/demon.md)
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### What is the battle of the great day?
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Some scholars think John wrote about a physical war that will happen before Jesus returns to the earth (see: Joel 2:11; 3:2). Other scholars think John wrote about the spiritual war that would happen before Jesus returns to the earth.
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See: Spiritual warfare
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See: [Spiritual Warfare](../articles/spiritualwarfare.md)
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### How will Jesus return like a thief?
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See: Revelation 3:3
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See: Metaphor
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See:[Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md)
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### Where is Armageddon?
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1. Other scholars think it was the Roman Empire. Other scholars think he wrote about the city of Jerusalem.
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1. Other scholars think that John wrote about a certain religious leader and the people who followed this religious leader.
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See: Prophecy
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See:[Prophecy (Prophesy)](../articles/prophecy.md)
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See Map: Babylon
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Other scholars think these things will happen in the same way John saw them.
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See: Hyperbole
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See:[Hyperbole](../articles/hyperbole.md)
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### How heavy is a talent?
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### What does it mean to curse God?
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See: Curse
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See: [Curse](../articles/curse.md)
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