War in Heaven
{REVELATION 12-16}
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{DRAGON AND BEAST}
- The Son versus the Serpent - {PDF Copy} - (Next, war breaks out in “heaven” and the “Dragon” is poised to destroy the messianic son as soon as he is born)
- Shepherd of the Nations - {PDF Copy} (Jesus is the promised ruler from the line of David, the Shepherd of ALL nations – Revelation 12:5, Psalm 2:6-8)
- War in Heaven - {PDF Copy} - (The saints overcame the Dragon through the death of the Lamb and their faithful witness – Revelation 12:11)
- Satan's Allotted Time - {PDF Copy} - (The Devil will be granted a final short season to persecute the saints before the end of the age)
- Ancient Serpent - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast from the sea is the latest incarnation of the ancient creature that has stalked the seed of the woman since the sin of Adam)
- Time, Times, Part of a Time - {PDF Copy} - (The war against the saints will endure only for the allotted time – a time, times, and part of a time)
- War on the Earth - {PDF Copy} - (After his expulsion from heaven, Satan wages war against the seed of the Woman, those who hold the testimony of Jesus)
- Beast from the Sea - {PDF Copy} - (The Dragon begins his war on the seed of the woman by summoning his seed, the beast from the sea)
- Inhabitants of the Earth - {PDF Copy} - (The inhabitants of the earth represent the men and women who are excluded from the book of life by their own decisions)
- War on the Saints - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 13:6-10 -The Beast from the sea is authorized to wage war on the saints for its overlord, the Dragon)
- Beast's Global Dominion - {PDF Copy} - (The kings and the inhabitants of the earth refuse to follow the Lamb. Instead, they give homage to the beast)
- Four Beasts in One - {PDF Copy} - (John saw a single beast ascending from the sea, whereas, Daniel saw four beasts)
- Mouth Speaking Great Things - {PDF Copy} - (The mouth speaking great things in Daniel appears in Revelation in the description of the Beast from the sea and its war against the saints)
- The False Prophet - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast from the earth mimics the Lamb. It is the mouthpiece of the Dragon and the propagandist of the Beast from the sea)
- The Persecuting Beast - {PDF Copy} - (The Dragon and his servants wage war against the saints and not against nations or ethnic groups)
- Beastly Mark - {PDF Copy} - (All men who refuse to follow the Lamb will render homage to the Beast and take its mark)
- Beastly Number - {PDF Copy} - (The number of the beast, 666, is based on the dimensions of the great image erected by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon)
- Embracing the Mark - {PDF Copy} - (The inhabitants of the earth willingly venerate the Beast and receive its mark, although Christians are not immune from its allure)
- Counterfeit Christ - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast from the Earth mimics the Lamb to entice the inhabitants of the earth to worship a false god)
- The Beast at War - {PDF Copy} - (The language of war is employed to portray the assaults of the Dragon against the saints who follow the Lamb)
{FINAL HARVEST}
- Priestly Company on Zion - {PDF Copy} - (The 144,000 males on Mount Zion comprise the first fruit of the final harvest, the priestly company that follows the Lamb)
- Everlasting Gospel - {PDF Copy} - (Whether one follows the Lamb or the Beast, he will reap everlasting consequences as a result of the coming final harvest)
- The Final Hour - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation moves inexorably from the death of Jesus to the final day when God judges the wicked and vindicates the righteous)
- Babylon's Downfall Announced - {PDF Copy} - (Angels announce the judicial sentence on Babylon and the inhabitants of the earth, but “rest” awaits the followers of the Lamb)
- The Final "Grain" Harvest - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 14:12-16 - Two different “harvests” are to occur at the end of the age – The reaping of the “grain,” and the in-gathering of the “fruit of the vine”)
- The Final In-gathering of Grapes - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 14:17-20 - The final in-gathering of the “fruit of the vine” portrays the outpouring of the "wrath of God" on all men who take the "mark of the Beast")
{BOWLS OF WRATH}
- Seven Bowls of Wrath - Overview - {PDF Copy} - (Chapter 15 introduces the seven angels tasked with emptying the “seven bowls of wrath”)
- Song of the Lamb - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 15:1- 4 - Having “overcome” the Beast, the victorious People of God stand “upon” the Sea of Glass to sing the song of Moses and the Lamb)
- Tent of Witness - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 15:5-8 - The destructive force of the seven “last plagues” corresponds to the destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea after Israel passed through the sea)
- First Four Bowls of Wrath - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 16:1-9 - The first four "Bowls of Wrath" destroy the economic infrastructure of the realm of the Beast)
- Fifth Bowl of Wrath - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 16:10-11 - The fifth “bowl” targets its political dimension)
- Sixth Bowl - Armageddon - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 16:12-16 - The sixth bowl begins the final battle between the Lamb and the Dragon” - Armageddon)
- Kings of the East - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 16:12 - The "kings of the east" are identical with the "kings of the earth" at Armageddon)
- Seventh Bowl of Wrath - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 16:17-21 - The last bowl culminates in the overthrow of Babylon)
- Babylon Then and Now - {PDF Copy} - (The story of Ancient Babylon’s demise is reflected in the sixth trumpet and the sixth bowl of wrath in Revelation)
{INDIVIDUAL TOPICS}
- Final Battle - Armageddon - {PDF Copy} - (The several battle scenes in Revelation all present the same final assault by Satan against the people of the Lamb)
- The Wrath of God - {PDF Copy} - ("Wrath" in Revelation refers to God's punishment of the wicked at the end of the age)
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