What makes the beast's kingdom go completely dark in the fifth bowl?
The fifth bowl is poured out by the fifth angel on the beast’s throne in Jerusalem, and his kingdom becomes full of darkness. This darkness results from what God does with the planet’s orbit, causing it to lose the sun’s light and come into total darkness.
Les explains that the fifth angel pours out his bowl upon the seat of the throne of the beast, which is now in Jerusalem, and the beast’s kingdom becomes full of darkness. He connects this to what God will do with the planet in its orbit: it will lose the light of the sun, or it will burn in its heat, but now it comes into total darkness. Les compares this to Egypt, where it became so dark the people could not see their hand in front of their face and gnawed their tongues for pain. Yet verse 11 shows this judgment does not produce repentance; instead it brings arrogant blasphemy, as they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores and did not repent of their deeds.
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
How does the fifth bowl produce total darkness?
The fifth bowl produces total darkness by God's action on the planet's orbit, causing it to lose the sun's light. The darkness falls on the beast's kingdom centered in Jerusalem, mirroring Egypt's plague where people could not see their hands and gnawed their tongues in pain.
Where is the beast's throne located when the fifth bowl is poured out?
When the fifth angel pours out his bowl, it is poured upon the seat of the throne of the beast, which is then located in Jerusalem. That bowl brings darkness upon the beast's kingdom, mirroring the darkness that fell on Egypt.
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What happens when the fifth bowl is poured out, and where is the beast's throne at that time?
The fifth bowl is poured out on the seat of the throne of the beast—now in Jerusalem—and it fills the beast's kingdom with darkness.
What causes the total darkness during the fifth bowl judgment?
The total darkness from the fifth bowl happens because God will act on the earth's orbit, causing the earth to lose the sun's light or burn in its heat; at this time it comes into total darkness.
How dark is the darkness of the fifth bowl judgment?
Les indicates the fifth bowl's darkness replicates what happened in Egypt: darkness so intense that people couldn't see their hand in front of their face and gnawed their tongues for pain.