Bible Handbook

Seventh Plague

• Revelation 16:16, 17. When all plans are laid to destroy the people of God from the earth, the seventh angel pours out his vial into the air; and God the Father from His throne in the temple says, “It is done.” No longer will the powers of the earth be allowed to afflict the people of God. The Great Controversy, 636. BHB 27.8

• Revelation 16:18-20. The voice of God causes a great earthquake. The whole earth heaves and swells like the waves of the sea. Early Writings, 285. BHB 28.1

• Daniel 12:2. A partial resurrection takes place at this time. The Great Controversy, 637. BHB 28.2

• Isaiah 30:27, 28. God puts “a bridle in the jaws of the people.” They are powerless to carry out their murderous schemes, and are afraid of the righteous. BHB 28.3

• Exodus 11:4-8. It was about midnight that the last plague of Egypt was poured out upon the Egyptians. Before the angel passed through Egypt at midnight, the Israelites were slaves; after midnight the Egyptians bowed down to the Israelites and Israel was free. The Great Controversy, 636. BHB 28.4

• Job 34:20. At midnight “the mighty shall be taken away without hands.” BHB 28.5

• Revelation 16:21; Job 38:22, 23. The great hailstones of the seventh plague fall on every side and destroy the cities of the earth. BHB 28.6

• Isaiah 30:29. While the earth is heaving under the feet of the righteous, their voices ascend to heaven in song. BHB 28.7

• Psalm 46. This Psalm seems to have been written for this special occasion when mountain chains are sinking and inhabited islands disappearing. It is the song the righteous will sing. The Great Controversy, 639. BHB 28.8

• Job 22:30. Islands inhabited by the righteous will be spared, and the song of trust will also ascend from them. BHB 28.9

• Isaiah 30:30. This song of holy trust touches the heart of God. The again causes His glorious voice to be heard pronouncing a blessing upon those who have kept His law, and announcing the day and hour of Jesus’ coming. BHB 29.1

• Matthew 24:32-39. After Christ taught that the generation which saw the signs would not pass away before His coming, He said that none but the Father knew the day and hour of Jesus’ coming; then He said, “But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” BHB 29.2

• Genesis 6:3-7; 7:1-7. Noah was given a period of 120 years to prepare the ark; but the day when the flood would come was not revealed to him until God called him into the ark and an eternal line of demarcation was placed between Noah and his family and the wicked. Then the Lord said that in seven days the flood would come; even so, after God from heaven says, “It is done,” and His people are forever free from the power of the wicked, then He announces the day and hour of Christ’s coming. The Great Controversy, 640. BHB 29.3

• Matthew 24:30. The saints will know the day and hour when the small cloud, the immediate sign of Christ’s coming, will appear. The Great Controversy, 640, 641. BHB 29.4

• Habakkuk 3:3, 4. Christ rides forth a mighty conqueror. “His glory covers the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise.” BHB 29.5

• Revelation 19:11-14. He is escorted by all the hosts of heaven. Matthew 25:31. BHB 29.6

• Revelation 19:16. “He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.” BHB 30.1

• Revelation 6:14-16; Isaiah 2:17-21. The wicked seek to hide from His presence. Christ’s Object Lessons, 421. BHB 30.2

• Isaiah 25:9. The righteous rejoice at His coming. BHB 30.3

• Isaiah 26:19. Christ looks upon the graves of the sleeping saints and cries, “Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust.” BHB 30.4

• 1 Corinthians 15:51-55. The righteous dead come forth with the song, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is they victory?” The whole earth resounds with the tread of the innumerable multitude of redeemed. The living righteous are changed in a moment from mortal to immortal. BHB 30.5

• Matthew 24:31; Psalm 50:5. The command is given to the angels, “Gather my saints together unto me.” BHB 30.6

• 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Jeremiah 25:30-33. The wicked are left dead upon the earth, and remain dead until the resurrection of damnation at the end of 1000 years. John 5:28, 29; Revelation 20:4, 5. BHB 30.7

• 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18. The living righteous are caught up to meet the Lord in the air and will remain forever with Him. BHB 30.8