Bowl #2- The Life of the Oceans Die (TMF:1376)

Monday, May 25, 2020
Peace to Live By: Bowl #2- The Life of the Oceans Die (TMF:1376) - Daniel Litton
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       Next, we read: “The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea” (Revelation 16:3, ESV). This plague is going to affect all of the oceans of the earth. Notice that when the angel pours out his bowl, that all of the ocean waters of the world become like blood, and that like the blood of a corpse. What does John mean by the blood of a corpse? Well, let’s think about it. When a person dies, their blood certainly becomes stagnant in the body until the body is embalmed. So, the stagnant blood is the picture here. We can imagine that this blood just sitting in the body, not moving around anymore through the veins of the body, would probably become spoiled, so to speak, kind of like the spoiled, or stagnant water of a swamp. All of the oceans have this spoiled, stagnant water. And John tells us that this affect on the waters ends up killing every animal that resides within the oceans. All sea creatures become extinct. So much for the endangered species list.