I find it surprising that you contend that the last plagues Rev.15:1 etc. do not occor in the last days or end time prophecy. I am not saying that these prophecies are being fulfilled in the present time. They might be. They might be in the future. I was trying to introduce the idea of a world power that will exist as these prophecies unfold. I am not conceding that they are fulfilled and no one told us either. I apologize if I was’nt clear. Are you saying the occurences of Rev.3, Rev.12 and Rev. 16 all exist in the same period. time frame or are you speaking to the language of John? Of course John spoke in terminology current to his culture and period in time, it’s what he understood. But his prophecies were for a future time. Thats the difference between prophecy and history.