Bible Question: In Revelation 15:8 it says no one can enter the temple until the seven plagues are complete. Does this mean no one can enter heaven at all until then or is the temple just a part of heaven that cannot be entered until then? |
Bible Answer: I take this to be a reference to God's gift of grace. No one can enter (by faith) into the temple in heaven while the seven last plagues are happening on the earth. Gen. 6:3; Rev. 8:3-5 and 22:11-12 tell me that there comes a time when God withdraws the opportunity for repentance from humanity and then the end will come. This is a time when the wicked can no longer become saved. They are, in effect, trapped outside Noah's ark and cannot enter. God's people have been marked/sealed for their protection (Rev. 7 Ezek 9) and the wicked have been marked/sealed for their destruction (Rev. 13:11-18, 14:9-12 and 16:2). Does this help you any? |