We believe more careful, nuanced thinking is needed to ascertain what is happening with the divine three times seven judgements in Revelation. These “judgments,” are perhaps better described as divine disciplines which establish justice, not vindictive judgments of retribution. The difference matters. These acts of God on the stage of history are not retributions or the venting of a divine spleen. They are acts of God with the purpose of transforming people. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett