Revelation Now Advanced Seminar 9 Keys to Interpreting Prophecy

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Revelation NowAdvanced Seminar9 Keys to
Interpreting Prophecy

• By Jac Colón

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Which Day is the Sabbath?
Jesus died preparation day. (Lk 2354)
They rested on the Sabbath day. (v56)
He rose on the First day of the week.(241)
Resurrection Day
Sabbath
Preparation Day
First Day of the Week
Saturday
Friday
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The Sabbath Extends Beyond the Cross
There shall not be one stone on another Pray
that your flight will not take place on the
Sabbath day. Mat 2420
Sabbath
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Not one stone will be left standing.
Fall of Jerusalem by Titus
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The Gregorian Calendar Change
Ten Days Added
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Three Days and Three Nights?
Jesus died preparation day. (Lk 2354)
They rested on the Sabbath day. (v56)
He rose on the First day of the week.(241)
Resurrection Day
Sabbath
Preparation Day
First Day of the Week
Saturday
Friday
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Inclusive Reckoning
I will drive out demons and heal people today
and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach
my goal. In any case, I must keep going today
and tomorrow and the next dayfor surely no
prophet can die outside Jerusalem! (Lk 1632,33)
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Inclusive Reckoning
Today Tomorrow Third Day
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Today Tomorrow Next Day
v 33
According to Jesus, the third day is the day
after tomorrow Inclusive reckoning means that any
part of a day counts as a whole day or a day and
a night.
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Three Days and Three Nights
The First Day
The Second Day
The Third Day
Resurrection Day
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Revelation Now9 Keys to Interpreting Prophecy

• By Jac Colón

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Why Study Prophecy?

• 2 Pet. 119 "And we have the word of the
  prophets made more certain, and you will do well
  to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in
  a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning
  star rises in your hearts.

• Rev. 2216 "I, Jesus,...am the Root and the
  Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star."
  

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Why Study Prophecy?

• Prophecies, if properly understood, will bring us
  to Jesus, who is the Root of David since He is
  God, and to

• Jesus, the Offspring of David since He is human.
• He is the Lord of David as well as the Son of
  David.
• Revelation brings us to a fuller knowledge of
  Jesus Christ, the God-Man.

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ApocalypticA Particular Class of Literature

• Highly symbolic and graphic
• Focus on the end time
• Ends with a cataclysmic, historical crisis
• The climax is a sudden intrusion of the Kingdom
  of God.
• Mainly found in Daniel and Revelation
• Other books like Ezekiel, Joel and others also
  contain portions of apocalyptic.
• Requires its own principles for interpreting

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1. Revelation is Symbolic

• The revelation (Apocalypse) of Jesus Christ,
  which God gave him to show his servants what must
  soon take place. He made it known by sending his
  angel to his servant John, who testifies to
  everything he sawthat is, the word of God and
  the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 11,2

• seµ????(Semaino) means to symbolize

• Interpret Revelation symbolically unless it is
  obviously literal.

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1. Revelation is a Symbolic Prophecy

• Example
• Then another sign appeared in heaven an
  enormous red dragon. Revelation 127

What does the dragon symbolize? The great
dragon was hurled downthat ancient serpent
called the devil, or Satan ...Revelation 129
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Literalism

• If the plain sense makes good sense, seek no
  other sense, or you will learn nonsense.
• We must consistently apply the plain, normal,
  literal interpretation. C. C. Ryrie

And I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers he will
crush your head, and you will strike his heel
(Genesis 315).
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Literalism

• The Bible refers to locusts with the power of
  flight, the bodies of horses, heads like lions,
  breastplates of iron and stinging tails like
  scorpions (Rev 9).

This might seem outlandish, unless youve ever
seen a modern infantry unit in full chemical
protection gear coming off a transport
helicopter.
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2. Let the Bible Interpret Itself
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy
of Scripture came about by the prophets own
interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin
in the will of man, but men spoke from God as
they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2
Peter 120,21

• No private interpretation
• Let the Bible interpret itself! How?
• By comparing Scripture with Scripture

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Compare Scripture with Scripture

• Example
• I saw a beast coming up out of the sea.
  Revelation 127

What does a beast symbolize?The four great
beasts are four kingdoms. Daniel 717 What is
the water?The waters you saw are peoples,
multitudes Revelation 1715
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Compare Scripture with Scripture

• Example
• I saw a beast coming up out of the sea.
  Revelation 127

What does a beast symbolize?The four great
beasts are four kingdoms. Daniel 717 What is
the water?The waters you saw are peoples,
multitudes Revelation 1715
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Compare Scripture with Scripture to Get the
Whole Picture

• Example What did the sign say?

• Mark 1526 The King of the Jews
• Luke 2328 This is The King of the Jews
• Mat. 2737 This is Jesus, the King of the Jews
• John 1919 Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the
  Jews.

This is Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews
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Compare Scripture with Scripture to Get the
Whole Picture

• Example What did the sign say?

Mark 1526 The King of the Jews Luke 2328
This is The King of the Jews Mat. 2737 This
is Jesus, the King of the Jews John 1919
Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.
This is Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the
Jews.
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3. Outline Prophecies

• Outlines only cover the high points.
• Outlines are not concerned with every detail.
• The Bible is a History-- only as it shows how God
  relates to his people.

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3. Outline Prophecies

• Outlines only cover the high points.
• History-- only as it shows how God relates to his
  people.
• Example Cain and Abel

So Cain went out from the LORDs presence and
lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Cain lay
with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave
birth to Enoch Genesis 416, 17
Who did he marry? Where did Nod come from?
Story only teaches important lessons of how to
relate to God and consequences of rejecting Him.
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4 Parallel Prophecies
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Daniel 2

• Babylon
• Medo Persia
• Greece
• Rome
• Europe
• Jesus Comes

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Daniel 7
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4. Parallel Prophecies

• What is Parallel?

A
B
Daniel
Gold Silver Bronze
Iron Stone
2
Babylon Medo-Persia Greece Rome
Jesus
Lion Bear Leopard Fierce Beast
Judgment
7

• Both begin with Babylon and end with the return
  of Christ.

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4. Parallel Prophecies
I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was
a great earthquake... The sky receded like a
scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island
was removed from its place. They called to the
mountains and the rocks, Fall on us and hide us
from the face of him who sits on the throne and
from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of
their wrath has come, and who can stand? (Re
612-17).

• Why is parallellism important?

The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there
were loud voices in heaven, which said The
kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of
our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for
ever and ever. (Re 1115).
The seventh angel poured out his bowl Then there
came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of
thunder and a severe earthquake... God remembered
Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled
with the wine of the fury of his wrath. Every
island fled away and the mountains could not be
found (Re 1617-20).
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
him to show his servants what must soon take
place. (Rev 11). So, because you are lukewarm
I am about to spit you out of my mouth the hour
of his judgment has come (Re 316, 147). The
7 churches give a glimpse into the future of the
church with 7 successive periods ending with the
Judgment, as well as a cross section of the
church during the time of John.

• They all end with the same event.

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4. Parallel Prophecies

• Hebrew thought vs. Western thought
• Otherwise there is Confusion

Rapture???
Why Parallel Prophecies?
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5. Repetition Enlargement
Daniel 2
Gold Silver Bronze
Iron Clay Stone
Babylon Medo-Persia Greece Rome
Europe Jesus
Daniel 7
Lion Bear Leopard Fierce Judgment
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5. Repetition Enlargement
Daniel 2
Gold Silver Bronze
Iron Clay Stone
Babylon Medo-Persia Greece Rome
Europe Jesus
Daniel 7
Lion Bear Leopard Fierce
Judgment
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5. Repetition Enlargement
Daniel 2
Gold Silver Bronze
Iron Stone
Babylon Medo-Persia Greece Rome
Jesus
Daniel 7
Lion Bear Leopard Fierce 10 horns
Little horn Judgment
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5. Repetition Enlargement
Daniel 2
Gold Silver Bronze
Iron Stone
Babylon Medo-Persia Greece Rome
Jesus
Daniel 7
Lion Bear Leopard Fierce 10 horns
Little horn Judgment
Pagan Europe Papal

• Enlargement focuses on the end time

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6. Old Testament Foundation

• How Many Quotes or Allusions to Old Testament?

• Over 600 Quotes or Allusions to Old Testament

• Must compare the prophecies in Revelation to the
  Old Testament first.

ExampleRevelation 125 She gave birth to a
son, a male child, who will rule all the nations
with an iron scepter.
Psalm 29 Referring to future Messiah You
will rule them with an iron scepter you will
dash them to pieces like pottery. Daniel 244
The Stone will crush those kingdoms and bring
them to an end.
Revelation 1911, 15
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7. Revelation is Christ Centered

• The revelation (Apocalypse) of Jesus Christ,
  which God gave him to show his servants what must
  soon take place. Revelation 11,2

• every interpretation must center in and focus on
  Jesus Christ.

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7. Christ is the Center

• The Old Testament Foreshadowed Jesus

• On the Emmaus Road, "He said to them, 'How
  foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe
  all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the
  Christ have to suffer these things and then enter
  his glory?' And beginning with Moses and all the
  Prophets, he explained to them what was said in
  all the Scriptures concerning himself." Luke
  2425-27
• "They asked each other, 'Were not our hearts
  burning within us while he talked with us on the
  road and opened the Scriptures to us?...Then he
  opened their minds so they could understand the
  Scriptures." Luke 2432, 45
• Our minds must be opened by Christ to understand
  the Bible.

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7. Christ is the Center

• Three Types of Christ-Centered Interpretation

1. Direct Predictions
2. Types and Antitypes (shadows)
3. Non-Predictive Historical Passages

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Direct Predictions

• "But you, Bethlehem... out of you will come for
  me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose
  origins are from of old, from ancient times."
  Micah 52

• The virgin will be with child and will give
  birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
  Isaiah 714

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Types and Antitypes
In the OT, the Lamb was offered as a sacrifice.

• Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of
  the world!" John 129

The Lamb Was a type or shadow of Jesus the
Antitype (in place of)
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More Types

• Priest "I tell you that one greater than
  the temple is here." Matthew 126

• Prophet "Now one greater than Jonah is here."
  Matthew 1241
• King "Now one greater than Solomon is here.
  Matthew 1242

The Antitype replaces the type! (Anti in place
of) The Antitype (fulfillment) is greater than
the type!
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More Types

• Adam pattern of the one to come. Rom
  514 t?p?? tupos /toopos/
• God opened a wound and took something from his
  side from which he formed his bride.
• Jesus The second Adam has come.
• From his wounded side flowed water and blood out
  of which God formed his bride, the church.

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Non-predictive Historical Stories

• There was a famine in Israel
• They were slaves in Egypt
• God raised up Moses to deliver them out of Egypt.
• He led them through the Red Sea to Freedom.

• "When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of
  Egypt I called my son." Hosea 111

• "So he Joseph got up, took the child and his
  mother during the night and left for Egypt, where
  he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was
  fulfilled what the Lord had said through the
  prophet 'Out of Egypt I called my son'." Matt.
  214, 15

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Non-predictive Historical Stories

• 1 Cor 101-4 For I do not want you to be
  ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our
  forefathers were all under the cloud and that
  they all passed through the sea. They were all
  baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
  They all ate the same spiritual food and drank
  the same spiritual drink for they drank from the
  spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that
  rock was Christ.

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More Narrative Prophecies
Jesus went over the same ground as Israel, but He
succeeded where they failed.
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More Narrative Prophecies
Jesus went over the same ground as Israel, but He
succeeded where they failed.
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Summary of Principles

• 1. Since the book of Revelation was written to
  Show, Greek means symbolize) what would soon
  take place, we must assume it to be symbolic
  unless it is clearly seen to be literal.
• 2. Let Scripture interpret Scripture
• 3. Compare Scripture with Scripture
• 4. Both Daniel and Revelation contain several
  series of often parallel outline prophecies that
  unfold an unbroken sequence of events leading up
  to the establishment of the eternal kingdom of
  God.

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Summary Principles cont.

• 5. Each distinct series reveals a repetition and
  further enlargement of certain parts of a
  previous series, always focusing on redemptive
  history, specifically on the final conflict of
  good and evil.
• 6. The focus of these outline prophecies in the
  conflict between the nations and Gods people,
  between the Antichrist and Christ.
• 7. Since Revelation quotes the Old Testament
  over 600 times, we must understand the Old
  Testament in order to understand Revelation.

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Summary Principles cont..

• 7. In and through Jesus Christ both the Old
  Testament and New Testament apocalyptic are to be
  viewed as a general spiritual unity.
• 8. All Old Testament Prophecies and promises to
  the nation of Israel that have remained unfilled,
  must be fulfilled to the church and consummated
  at the second coming.
• 9. Interpretations must determine where the cross
  occurs in the prophecy and then shift from a
  literal fulfillment to a literal nation of Israel
  to a spiritual application to spiritual Israel,
  the church.

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Summary Principles cont.

• 10. The New Testament applications remove all
  geographic and ethnic limitations from the Old
  Testament prophecies and applies them to
  spiritual Israel, the world wide church.

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8. Gods Promises are Conditional

• The Blessings and Curses in Deuteronomy 28 30
  clearly indicate that there are conditions to
  God's Promises.
• You will be blessed in the land, If you obey the
  commands of the Lord your God (Deuteronomy28
  1-14).
• If you disobey my commands, I will scatter you
  among the nations (v15).
• Gods promises to Israel are conditional,
  depending on Israels obedience to His
  commandments.

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Jonahs Conditional Prophecy

• A Prophecy of JudgmentOn the first day, Jonah
  started into the city. He proclaimed "Forty
  more days and Nineveh will be overturned."
  Jonah 34
• The Judgment ReversedThe Ninevites believed God.
  They declared a fast When God saw what they did
  and how they turned from their evil ways, he had
  compassion and did not bring upon them the
  destruction he had threatened. 35-10
• Was this a true prophecy?

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Conditional Prophecy

• Jeremiah 187-10 If at any time I announce that
  a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down
  and destroyed,
• and if that nation I warned repents of its evil,
  then I will relent and not inflict on it the
  disaster I had planned.
• And if at another time I announce that a nation
  or kingdom is to be built up and planted, and if
  it does evil in my sight and does not obey me,
  then I will reconsider the good I had intended to
  do for it.

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Israels Conditional Prophecy

• When you and your children return to the LORD
  your God and obey him with all your heart and
  with all your soul according to everything I
  command you today
• then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes
  and have compassion on you and gather you again
  from all the nations where he scattered you.
  Deuteronomy 302 , 3
• What must Israel do first?
• Has it happened?

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9 Israel Symbolizes the Church

• The Beginning of the Promise Gen 315
• Abraham Genesis 122,3Through you, all nations
  will be blessed.
• Gathering and Scattering Promises Deuteronomy 28
  and 30
• Fulfilled in Christ Galatians 37,8, 16, 29 The
  promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed
  The Scripture does not say and to seeds,
  meaning many people, but and to your seed,
  meaning one person, who is Christ. If you are in
  Christ, then you are Abrahams seed and heirs to
  the promise.

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9. Israel Symbolizes the Church

• Examples of New Testament Fulfillment of Israels
  Prophecies

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Double Fulfillment of Israel
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Double Fulfillment of Israel
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Double Fulfillment of Israel
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Jerusalem Symbolizes the Church

• Amos 9 11, 12In that day I will restore
• Davids fallen tent.
• I will repair its broken places,
• restore its ruins,
• and build it as it used to be,
• So that they may possess the remnant of Edom

What would have to happen for this passage to be
literally fulfilled?
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Jerusalem a Symbol for the Church

• Acts 1515-17
• The words of the prophets are in agreement with
  this, as it is written
• After this I will return
• and rebuild Davids fallen tent.
• Its ruins I will rebuild,
• and I will restore it, as it used to be
• that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and
  all the Gentiles who bear my name

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The Mediterranean Sea
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The Mediterranean Sea
Jerusalem
Edom
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Simon has described to us how God at first
showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a
people for himself. Acts 1514-17
The Mediterranean Sea
The words of the prophets are in agreement with
this, as it is written After this I will
return and rebuild Davids fallen tent. Its
ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
that the remnant of men may seek the Lord,.
Caesarea
New Testament Fulfillment
Jeru-salem
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Simon has described to us how God at first
showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a
people for himself. The words of the prophets are
in agreement with this, as it is written After
this I will return and rebuild Davids fallen
tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will
restore it, that the remnant of men may seek the
Lord,. Acts 1514-17
The Mediterranean Sea
Caesarea
Jeru-salem
Edom
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Edom symbolized the Gentiles. The restoration
of the walls of Jerusalem to possess the remnant
of Edom, Symbolized the Gentiles coming into the
church.
The Mediterranean Sea
Caesarea
Jeru-salem
Edom
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Jerusalem Symbolizes the Church

• The New Testament applies an Old Testament
  prophecy of the restoration and expansion of
  Israel to the expansion of the church by
  receiving Gentiles into the church.
• The New Testament totally disregards any ethnic
  or geographic limitations, and interprets Israel
  as the church, the body of believers in Jesus
  Christ.

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Even the Land is a Symbol

• The LORD appeared to Abram and said, To your
  offspring I will give this land (Gen 127).
• It was not through law that Abraham and his
  offspring received the promise that he would be
  heir of the world, but through the righteousness
  that comes by faith. (Rom 413)
• Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the
  earth (Matthew 55).

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Even the Land is a Symbol

• The LORD appeared to Abram and said, To your
  offspring I will give this land (Gen 127).
• All the land that you see I will give to you and
  your offspring forever (Genesis 1315).
• He gave him Abraham no inheritance here, not
  even a foot of ground. But God promised him that
  he and his descendants after him would possess
  the land (Acts 75).

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Even the Land is a Symbol

• By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he
  would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed
  and went.. he was looking forward to the city
  with foundations, whose architect and builder is
  God. (Heb 118-10).
• Abraham and his offspring received the promise
  that he would be heir of the world (Rom 413)
• Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the
  earth (Matthew 55).

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All Promises Fulfilled in Christ

• For no matter how many promises God has made,
  they are Yes in Christ(2 Cor 120).

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Double Fulfillment of Mount Zion
In the past God spoke to our forefathers through
the prophets at many times and in various ways,
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his
Son. Hebrews 11, 2
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Old Testament Mt. Zion

• In Old Testament times Mt. Zion was the temple
  mountain in Jerusalem.
• It contained the Ark of the Covenant
• It was the focal point of Israels worship of
  her God
• Isaiah foresaw a great revival on Mt Zion in the
  last days
• The Law would go out from Mt. Zion. Isaiah 23

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The Old Testament Mt. Zion
In the last days the mountain of the LORDs
temple will be established as chief among the
mountains it will be raised above the hills, and
all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will
come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain
of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He
will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in
his paths. The law will go out from Zion.
Isaiah 22,3
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The New Testament Mt. Zion
But you have come to Mount Zion, to the
heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God
to the church of the firstborn, whose names are
written in heaven. You have come to God... to
Jesus. Heb. 1220
Mount Zion is a symbol of the church There will
be a revival in the church!
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The Sabbath and Mt. Zion
Foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD, to
serve him, to love the name of the LORD, and to
worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without
desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant
these I will bring to my holy mountain. Isaiah
56 6, 7
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Double Fulfillment of Mount Zion
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Double Fulfillment of Mount Zion
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The 144,000

• Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb,

... standing on Mount Zion...
...and with him 144,000. Rev 141
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The Lamb

• The Lamb is a symbol for Jesus.

Mt Zion is a symbol for His church
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The 144,000

• Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb,
  standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who
  had his name and his Fathers name written on
  their foreheads. Rev. 141

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The 144,000

• To the church I will write on him the name of
  my God and the name of the city of my God, the
  new
• Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven
  from my God and I will also write on him my new
  name.
• Rev. 312

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The Twelve Tribes of Israel

• I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was
  a great earthquake... every mountain and island
  was removed from its place. Then the kings of the
  earth called to the mountains and the rocks,
  Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who
  sits on the throne and from the wrath of the
  Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come,
  and who can stand? (Revelation 612-17).
• Then I saw another angel coming up from the east,
  having the seal of the living God. He called out
  in a loud voice to the four angels who had been
  given power to harm the land and the sea
  (Revelation 72-4).

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The Twelve Tribes of Israel
Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees
until we put a seal on the foreheads of the
servants of our God. Then I heard the number of
those who were sealed 144,000 from all the
tribes of Israel. From the tribe of Judah 12,000
were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,
from the tribe of Gad 12,000, from the tribe of
Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,
from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, from the tribe
of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000,
from the tribe of Issachar 12,000, from the tribe
of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph
12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
(Revelation 73-8).
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The Twelve Tribes of Israel

• After this I looked and there before me was a
  great multitude that no one could count, from
  every nation, tribe, people and language,
  standing before the throne and in front of the
  Lamb. They were wearing white robes. (Rev 79).
• These in white robeswho are they, and where
  did they come from?
• And he said, These are they who have come out
  of the great tribulation they have washed their
  robes and made them white in the blood of the
  Lamb. (Revelation 713-14).

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144000

1. 144000 Sealed before the great tribulation
2. Protected during the tribulation
3. Emerge from the tribulation as a great multitude
   that could not be counted from every nation (the
   church)

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144000

• The LORD said to AbramI will make your
  offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if
  anyone could count the dust, then your offspring
  could be counted. (Genesis 1314-16).
• The 144000 are the final fulfillment of Gods
  promise to Abraham.
• They are the final gathering of Gods people to
  himself in Christ.
• When I am lifted up from the earth, will draw
  all men to myself (John 1232 ).
• Jesus will rule his nation again on earth.

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144000

• Who can stand on the great day of The wrath of
  God and the Lamb? Rev 617
• The 144000 who have been sealed! (Rev 7)
• Who is like the beast? Who can make war against
  him? (Rev 134)
• And I looked and there before me was the lamb
  standing on Mt Zion, and with him 144000 who had
  his name on their foreheads. (Rev 141)

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The 144,000

• These are those who did not defile themselves
  with women, for they kept themselves pure
• Rev. 144

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The 144,000

• I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that
  I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 2
  Cor 112

The Church!
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The 144,000

• I saw a woman clothed with the sun They obey
  Gods commands and have testimony of Jesus.
  Rev. 12

The woman (harlot) riding on the beast was
dressed in purple and scarlet gold. Rev 17
Faithful Church
Unfaithful Church
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The 144,000

• They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.Rev. 144
• They are Christians in the truest sense of the
  word.
• They are the ultimate gathering of the final
  generation of Spiritual Israel to Jesus.

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Sharks are Gods Beautiful Creatures
According to Jac Not dena