What is the final bowl judgment in the book of Revelation?
Revelation 16:21 describes the final bowl judgment as a great hail from heaven, each stone weighing a talent—about 100 pounds. These massive hailstones crush everything they hit, and in the Middle East’s heat they quickly melt, producing a river of blood among the armies packed into the valley.
Les teaches that Revelation 16:21 records the final bowl judgment: a great hail from heaven, with every hailstone weighing a talent—about 100 pounds. He contrasts this with ordinary hail that may be golf-ball or softball size and only two or three pounds, yet can still break windows and roofs. These hundred-pound stones will crush everything they strike. Because the Middle East is hot, the hail will quickly melt, and with millions of soldiers packed into the valley of Esdraelon, the result is a literal river of blood as deep as horses’ bridles. Les supports this by recalling the battle of Wake Island, where about 7,000 marines were lost on the beaches and the Pacific Ocean was red for two or three miles out from shore.
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.