Re 15:1-8. THE LAST SEVEN VIALS OF PLAGUES: SONG OF THE VICTORS OVER THE BEAST.
1. the seven last plagues--Greek, "seven plagues which
are the last."
is filled up--literally, "was finished," or "consummated": the
prophetical past for the future, the future being to God as though it
were past, so sure of accomplishment is His word. This verse is the
summary of the vision that follows: the angels do not actually receive
the vials till
Re 15:7;
but here, in
Re 15:1,
by anticipation they are spoken of as having them. There are no
more plagues after these until the Lord's coming in judgment. The
destruction of Babylon
(Re 18:2)
is the last: then in
Re 19:11-16
He appears.
JFB.
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