
David realizes that he needs God to cleanse him if he is ever going to be clean.

David realizes that he needs God to cleanse him if he is ever going to be clean.

Perhaps the best thing we can say about the reign of Rehoboam son of Solomon is that it easily could have been worse. Another positive point is that repentance is always possible.

We are about to witness the pouring out of the Seven Bowls, the final set of judgments. In Chapter 6, the martyred saints asked “How long?” before God would avenge their blood. In today’s chapters the final answer to their question is given.

Back in the Old Testament, in Daniel 9:27, we first observed that a coming prince will make a seven-year agreement with the nation of Israel, perhaps among others. In the middle of that “week” he will break his agreement with them. We are now at a spot in Revelation where we can begin to see how that “week” is divided.