The seven trumpet judgments and seven bowl judgments are similar, but they are not the same.

This week, we clear up some confusion Derek may have caused by suggesting a connection in time between the sixth bowl, when the Euphrates dries up to prepare for the kings of the East, and the sixth trumpet, when four angels bound in the Euphrates are released along with an army of 200 million.

A careful reading of Revelation shows that the bowls follow the trumpets, which are essentially God’s final warnings before He pours out His wrath on an unrepentant world.