1. Revelation 15:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the function of a sign?

Revelation 15:1 (ESV)

1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.

Signs in Scripture vouch for the validity and reliability of God’s words (Judges 6:17, Judges 6:36; 1 Samuel 10:1–9; John 2:23). Revelation 14 had twice mentioned the “wrath of God” (Revelation 14:10, Revelation 14:19). By now showing John “another sign,” the Lord confirms to John and his readers the accuracy of this word concerning his wrath.