The fifth angel pours out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and the beast's kingdom becomes full of darkness. Those under it gnaw their tongues because of the pain. They blast the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and they do not repent of their deeds. This shows that hatred of God persists in many people to the very end of the age. The beast who leads the world at the end speaks blasphemies against God, His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven, and the whole world eventually follows him. His underlying philosophy is hatred of God, and his followers keep it even under God's judgments. The fourth bowl likewise draws blasphemy rather than repentance from men scorched with great heat. This unrepentant hostility matches Paul's prediction of end-time men who love themselves and money but not God, and it parallels the atheistic, anti-God drive behind Marxism and the Critical Theory now at work in the world. The fifth bowl is therefore a sign that the hatred of God seen today will be fully borne out as the end nears.