This is Truth Matters! Daily devotion with Dr. Cheryl Davis. Truth Matters is a ministry of The Truth Project whose mission is to empower men and women in the Christian faith to teach Biblical truth in the culture and the marketplace of ideas, using the Bible as a sacred trust of truth in sharing the message of Jesus.
Learn more about the ministry of The Truth Project at www.projecttruthmatters.com. We continue today with the judgments of blood. Hello, I'm Dr. Cheryl Davis and you are listening to Truth Matters in Revelation 6-4. We break in between the action and we go to the third bowl where the waters return to blood. Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water and they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters saying, You are righteous, O Lord, the one who is and who was and who is to be, because you have judged these things, for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets and you have given them blood to drink, for it is their just do. And I heard another from the altar saying, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments. In the third vial, the judgment now extends to the freshwater springs. If you remember in the second vial, it was the sea that was turned to blood.
Now the judgment extends to freshwater springs, so there will be no freshwater source on the earth to drink. But now we are given an explanation. In verse 6 it tells us, For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets. Notice the cry comes from the altar saying, True and righteous are your judgments. We are seeing the justice poured out that the martyred saints cried out for in chapter 14 and 15.
Next, again there is no break in the action. We go to the fourth bowl where men are scorched and we get that in verses 8-9. Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire, and men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory. Really, we don't know how this happens, but men are just virtually scorched by the sun. Possibly the atmosphere changes around the sun and more heat penetrates the earth's atmosphere. That's a possibility.
This may be the height of carbon emissions having burned a hole in the ozone layer. But still those that are scorched blasphemed his name. Which, that's interesting. Those that were scorched blasphemed his name. Even though they are experiencing judgment, they are still not repentant. And actually this was foretold by Isaiah in verse 24-6, so I'm going to read that. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. That is Isaiah 24 verse 6, also I'm going to read 42 verse 25. Therefore he has poured out on him the fury of his wrath and the strength of battle, and it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not know, and it burned him, yet he did not take it to heart. And you've got to remember, even though men are scorched, or the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, there is no water to drink, as the springs have been turned to blood, and there is no water in the sea either, as that has been turned to blood.
But really this just shows the hardness of their hearts by this time that they are blaspheming the name of God when they have been scorched and tortured. You've been listening to Truth Matters with Dr. Cheryl Davis. Truth Matters is a ministry of The Truth Project, a North Carolina based ministry dedicated to teaching biblical truth and sound theology to those inside and outside of the church. If you'd like to listen to these messages on demand, go to ProjectTruthMatters.com and click on the podcast link. Dr. Davis is also available to speak to your ministry group or church function. She can be reached by email at CherylDavis at ProjectTruthMatters.com or if you'd like to send a letter, the address is Project Truth Matters, Post Office Box 159, St. Paul's, North Carolina 28384. You can hear Truth Matters weekdays on this radio station at 8.20 a.m. and 5.20 p.m. with a full-length teaching program on Saturday afternoon at 12.30. Until next time, let's all work together to teach a biblical truth to assist, equip, edify, and encourage one another and bring the gospel to the world because truth matters. Music
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