The Third Angel Pronouncing Damnation Series

Revelation 14:9-11, “9Then a third angel followed them, shouting, "Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or the hand 10must drink the wine of God’s wrath. It is poured out undiluted into God’s cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. 11The smoke of their torment rises forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”

God is perfectly holy and righteous, and judges people, because they reject what they know to be true. That is why everyone sentenced to hell will be without excuse (Romans 1:20;2:1). God provided the means by which humanity will know Him; even during the Tribulation He will continue that same means. Through the two witness, 144,000 Jewish evangelists, and many other believers, and now these angels God will have exhausted the means and gone to every length from which men will know Him and experience Him. Ultimately it boils down to man’s choice and your choice today dear reader. Will you accept Him on His merits, or follow Satan and be one of his minions? Or will you be an a messenger of light repelling the darkness and shining forth the light of Jesus Christ? The decision rests not with me, but with you and God. Perhaps its time that you and God took a little walk in the park instead of walking around the park why not sit down and make peace with your Creator through the blood atonement of Jesus Christ. That is the only answer that will satisfy the craving in your heart to know truth and to have it mean something in your life.

The contents of the message of this angel are Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or the hand 10must drink the wine of God’s wrath. It is poured out undiluted into God’s cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. 11The smoke of their torment rises forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.” Specifically anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or the hand shows for the seriousness of loyalty to Antichrist and the manipulation of the world system during this time and our own time. Those who don’t accept Christ and adopt His ways are in the same boat as those during this time accept the mark of the beast and choose to worship Satan, which is a lie at its core, since Satan is not God, and God is the only one deserving of our worship and affection. Yet it is those who are deceived followers of Antichrist who will adopt this mark even now by rejection of the Gospel and harden their hearts but it is this angel who warns that what a terrible fate awaits those who, despite all of God’s judgments and warnings, persist in the revelation and glory of their self perceived knowledge and worship rather than the worship of the Truth contained in God’s Word through the revelation of God’s love through His sacrifice. God graciously offers and calls sinners to repent in the final offer even here extending His hand of love despite impending doom.

Those who drank the wine of the harlot Babylon must drink the wine of God’s wrath. It is poured out undiluted into God’s cup of wrath. To drink the wine of the wrath of God is to experience His wrath (Job 21:20; Psalm 75:8; Isa 51:17, 22; Jer 25:15). Some will have a hard time understanding this so here I will explain. God has restrained His soverign power from creation when mankind sinned and thus rebelled against God. God offered redemption through Noah and the ark of the covenant, by which God made a covenant with Noah to not destroy the earth, and as a promise told Noah as a reminder of that covenant a rainbow. Yet the full fury of God’s wrath so long restrained, will be unleashed. Such wrath is not an impulsive wrath outburst of divine emotion aimed at people whimsically. It is the settled, deliberate, merciless, graceless response of the righteous God against all sinners. John describes this for us poured out undiluted into God’s cup of wrath poured out undiluted into God’s cup of wrath. God’s final wrath will be undiluted vengeance, unmixed with any trace of compassion or mercy for humanity. It will be far removed from any judgment mankind has ever experienced, the flood or even other.