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on earth, to bring an end to the reign of sin, and to punish unrepentant 

sinners. It is God who is saying,  It is done!  

    The events of the seventh bowl of plagues includes extraordinary 

lightning, thunder, and noises. There is  a great earthquake such as had 

never been since men were on the earth, so great was that earthquake.  (Rev 

16:18). This is a worldwide earthquake. Cities all over the world are 

destroyed:  the cities of the nations fell.  (Rev 16:19). 

    But the great city, Jerusalem, is not destroyed; instead it is split into three 

parts. The same earthquake by which God levels the cities of the world, He 

also uses to redesign the holy city of Jerusalem, the city of Jesus Christ. 

    This earthquake changes the surface of the earth, destroying islands and 

leveling mountains. Compare the description from the sixth seal,  every 

mountain and island was removed from its place  (Rev 6:14), to the 

description from the seventh bowl,  every island fled away, and no 

mountains were to be found.  (Rev 16:20). In the earlier event of the sixth 

seal, the islands and mountains are moved; they change location and shape. 

But in the later event of the  seventh bowl, all the islands and mountains 

disappear. These events of the seven bowls of plagues (25th century) are 

even more intense than the events of the first six seals (during the Forty 

Years in the 21st century). 

    And there is also a great hailstorm, with extremely large hailstones, 

 heavy as a hundredweight.  (Rev 16:21). This hailstorm was foreshadowed 

by the hailstorm which God brought upon the Egyptians during the time of 

Moses and Aaron (Ex 9:18 26). There was also a previous storm of hail, 

along with fire (Rev 8:7), as part of the first trumpet of the seventh seal (21st 

century). There are two hailstorms described in Revelation because the 

sufferings of  the tribulation are divided into two periods of time, with one 

hailstorm for each time. In the earlier hailstorm in the 21st century (Rev 

8:7), the hail is not ice from a cloud but pieces of a comet.

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what will be the source of this later hailstorm (Rev 16:21) in the 25th 

century. The hail is described differently, without reference to fire, and so it 

may possibly have a different source. 

The Completion of the Seven Seals 

    All of the events of the seven seals take place within a period of 

approximately 430 years, about the length of time that the Israelites lived in 

Egypt (Exodus 13:40). The events of the first seal begin  in the two year 

period of time: A.D. 2009 and 2010. The Arab nations will make war, first 

against one another, thereafter against  the United States, and  Europe, and 

northern Africa. The small war among the Arab nations begins  in  A.D. 

2009.  The subsequent great war (World War III) begins in 2010, but