Revelation 16:1-21
In the midst of these plagues being poured out on the earth, “…they blasphemed the name of God… [and] …they did not repent…” (vv. 9, 11, 21) So sad…!
More connections to the crucifixion: It is done. (v. 17) Those were also Jesus’ last words: When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished,” and He bowed his head and gave up His spirit. (John 19:30) Also, as I mentioned a few days ago in connection with the Lamb opening the sixth seal, an earthquake: …and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. (v. 17) The earthquake at Jesus’ death was not as great, but the similarity remains. I can imagine God’s wrath, His anger against evil as He remembers His Son dying on the cross as payment for all the sins ever committed by humankind, all arising out of that evil that God is now battling in these closing chapters of Revelation.