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Revelation 14 - Our Great Merciful God (notes)

Revelation 14 - Our Great Merciful God

Seven Visions

1. The Lamb standing on Mt. Zion is Jesus.
2. The 144,000 Jewish evangelists.
3. A great heavenly choir singing a new song.
4. A mighty angel flying preaching the Gospel.
5. Another angel pronouncing judgment on Babylon.
6. A third angel pronouncing judgment on those who take the mark of the beast.
7. The white cloud with the son of man sitting on it.

A Promise

• To those who believe in Jesus Christ in the tribulation. If they suffer death, they will enter into the rest God has for His people.

• The reaping of the harvest of God’s wrath.

Jesus Christ

Has a sickle in His hand. Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for you to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Then Another Angel

• 18 Came out from the altar, who had power over fire and he cried with a loud cry.
• 11 But [that appointed time came] when Christ (the Messiah) appeared as a High Priest of the better things that have come and are to come. [Then] through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with [human] hands, that is, not a part of this material creation, 12 He went once for all into the [Holy of] Holies [of Heaven],

The Harvest

• That is mentioned here is the wrath of God upon the one world church of the tribulation. It is a false church and God will judge that church for rejecting the true Gospel of Jesus Christ and accepted the message of the false prophet.
• Is also the war of Armageddon in the valley of Jezreel, the last war and the final battle.

What is Seen in Revelation is our Great Merciful God. Even during the worst period in human history when the Antichrist and the False Prophet are blaspheming God and His people. Even when the people are following a false religion God still sends the 144,000 evangelists to give people the Gospel. God even sends a mighty angel to preach the everlasting Gospel to those in the period of the tribulation, a last chance to repent and receive salvation.

Throughout History

• We have seen the love and mercy of God even in the tribulation and in the great tribulation (the last three and a half years) we see God extending His hand of forgiveness and mercy to mankind.
• God is not willing that any should perish but that all come to repentance.

Our God

• Is so merciful and kind and willing to save people in every period of history but especially during the time of His wrath.
• Knows how hard men’s hearts will be during the tribulation so He anoints 144,000 Jews with signs and wonders and even allows an angel to preach the Gospel in the tribulation.

God Does Reach a time when He can not save people.

1. When they take the mark of the beast.
2. When they die with out Jesus.
3. When they will not repent when He is giving them opportunities.

Is there a time when God reaches a point when He can not save people?

Yes! When after all the opportunities God gives people, they still refuse to turn to Him and ask for forgiveness and repent.

Revelation 14 - Our Great Merciful God

Revelation 14 - Our Great Merciful God this message was given on 2-19-12

Revelation 13 - The Beasts (notes)

Revelation 13 - The Beasts

There Are

• World views that go back to Winston Churchill who said, “The purpose of the New World Order is to bring the world into a world government.”
• World leaders have now created the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Org., two world courts, (The International Criminal Court & The International Court of Justice), and more.
• The United Nations wants a world constitution, a world currency, a world income tax, and a world military more powerful than any current military.

Global Trends

The United Nations also wants a global I.D. number and a global ethic (which is another way of saying a world wide religion). Some world leaders aren’t honest about this so they use terms such as “global management, the rule of world law, collective sovereignty, global sovereign security”. These buzz words mean one world government.

Deception Is Common

People are often told that globalism means nothing more than global corporations, global standards and global trade. It means global cooperation to deal with hunger & poverty, to protect the environment, natural resources & to settle disputes. This growing monster is clearly transforming itself into a one world government.

The beast from the sea

• The dragon, satan will stand on the sea shore of the masses of humanity in the last days. The Beast, the Antichrist will rise up out of the sea of wickedness that will reign when the church is gone.
• The ten horns are ten rulers who will reign with the antichrist during the tribulation period.

1. They are seven world governments.
2. They are seven hills where the world religion will be located for a short time during the tribulation.

The Ten Crowns are the ten divisions of the last world governments or empires

• It will be divided into ten divisions, with each division having its own ruler and set of false religions.
• Mankind will go through seven heads, the heads of the seven world kingdoms or seven world governments. Each of the seven heads will have a blasphemous name, because all seven governments and their corresponding religions will be noted for their wickedness.

Daniel Says:

The Antichrist will come up among the ten horns and uproots three of them.

(Daniel 7:7-8, 23-25)

The Seven World Governments Seven Hills

1. Assyrian
2. Egyptian
3. Babylonian
4. Medo-Persian
5. Greek
6. Roman
7. United Nations ruled by the Antichrist

Three crowns, seven surrender

satan comes

• Into the antichrist (the beast) when he opens his mouth, he speaks blasphemies for 42 months. The beast blasphemes God, His name, His tabernacle and all who live in Heaven..
• satan makes war with the saints, he becomes a world wide ruler.
• Another beast comes out of the earth, he is a humanistic religious personality he is false-christ like Jesus said would appear in the end time.

The false prophet

• Causes the earth to worship the antichrist who had some type of resurrection from the dead.
• He performs great signs and can even make fire come down from heaven.
• There is some type of image that seems to come to life and if anyone does not worship the beast he puts them to death.
• Causes people to receive the make of the beast 666 on their foreheads or right hand. And no one could buy or sell without this mark.

How we conquer satan:

1. By the power of the blood of Jesus Christ.
2. By our witness, presentation of the Gospel.
3. By our sacrificial way of presenting the Gospel.
4. By rejoicing in the fact that satan is already defeated when Jesus died and went into hell and rose from the dead.

Revelation 13 - The Beasts

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Revelation 12 - The War of The Ages (notes)

Revelation 12 - The War of The Ages

The Greatest Cosmic

• War is seen in chapter 12. Daniel saw a portion of the war and Paul talked about it in his writings.
• Since this war takes place in the book of Revelation it must be the greatest in the future. The greatest one was when Jesus died for us.
• Revelation 12 mentions this war in great detail.

The Characters

• Israel is the woman.
• Jesus Christ is the child.
• Satan is the fiery red dragon.
• Michael is the general of the armies of Heaven.
• Israel is the sun, moon and the 12 stars.

The First Great Sign in Heaven is Israel, the sun and moon are Jacob and Rachel. We find this in the dream that Joseph had when he saw the sun, moon and stars. Which were symbolic of his parents and brothers.

Falling Stars Are The Angels

Satan swept a third of the stars out of the sky means that he caused one third of the angles to fall with him. This involved millions of angels who once were loyal to God but because Lucifer was in charge of them they followed him.

satan tried to destroy Jesus and His plan many times while Jesus on the earth.

1. satan waited for the birth of Jesus because he wanted to destroy Him.
2. In the temptation satan tells Jesus if He would just worship him he would give him all the kingdoms of the earth.
3. When Jesus rebuked Peter when he tells him not to go to the cross.
4. In the Garden of Gethsemane to get Jesus not to go to the cross. But Jesus overcomes the evil one, which is what we are called to do.
5. Even while Jesus is on the cross satan comes again by the chief priests, scribes and elders mocking Him. Matt. 27:43.
6. Even the thieves next to Jesus heaped insults on Him in Matthew 27:44.

The Woman will give birth to a Son who will rule all nations with an iron scepter. The Child being caught up refers to the ascension of Jesus Christ after He rose from the dead.

• Then through the spirit of wisdom and revelation the scene jumps ahead of time 2,000 years to the tribulation when Israel flees to Petra to be protected & provided for by God.
• Jesus said those who live in Judea to flee to the mountains when the temple is defiled by the antichrist.

Israel Flees

• To the mountainous area in the Jordan desert to a place called Petra about 20 miles south of the Dead Sea. It is an abandoned city that was carved into the rocks of the mountains centuries ago.
• Petra is located in the country of Jordan. The Edomites lived in this volcanic crater about 500 years B.C. They carved temples, houses, and businesses directly out of the rock face. The city is called Rose Red City because of its red stone buildings and the red cliffs they are carved out of.

As Soon As

• Israel flees to Petra a great war will erupt in Heaven (in the spirit realm). God’s angels will be lead by the general of the warring angels, Michael fights against the devil and his angels.
• The great dragon is cast out down to the earth with his army of fallen angels.
• A song breaks out. Rev. 12:10-12

satan comes into the antichrist (the beast) and persecutes Israel (the woman who gave birth to the male child-Jesus).

• The woman is given two wings of a great eagle. (some believe this is a huge air lift).
• She will be protected and provided for by God for 3 and a half years during the last part of the tribulation.

satan

• Will use a world wide propaganda campaign.
• Will use the antichrist to attack Israel with a great army. (a flood sometimes symbolizes a flood of armies).
• The earth swallowing the armies of the antichrist could be a great earthquake that destroys the armies of Israel’s enemies.

Principles

• A great war in the Heavens will take place in the tribulation.
• Even now a cosmic war is raging in the Heavens.
• We are called to engage the enemy everyday by our prayers and our witness to the blood of Jesus.
• Our adversary accuses us day & night but remember he no more access to God because he has been cast down to the earth.
• We overcome him daily.

How we conquer satan?

1. By the power of the blood of Jesus Christ.
2. By our witness, presentation of the Gospel.
3. By our sacrificial way of presenting the Gospel.
4. By rejoicing in the fact that satan is already defeated when Jesus died and went into hell and rose from the dead.

Revelation 12 - The War of The Ages

Revelation 12 - The War of The Ages this message was given on 2-5-12