Judgment and the call to repentance

Revelation 8–9; 16

Use your preferred translation.

What responses to judgment appear in the text, and what do they reveal about the human heart?

• What does the passage say? Restate it in your own words before interpreting it.
• Who is speaking, and to whom?
• What is the surrounding context — what comes just before and after?
• Which words or phrases repeat or stand out?

1. Read Revelation 9:20–21 and 16:9, 11. What do people refuse to do, even under judgment?
2. What sins are named in these passages? Why might they be listed together?
3. How can a person suffer the consequences of wrongdoing and still not change?

Is there a warning you have experienced and explained away rather than responded to?

Set aside fifteen minutes this week for honest self-examination with Psalm 139:23–24.

Ask God for a soft heart that turns toward Him when He disciplines or warns.