REVELATION

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REVELATION

• THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT THROUGH CHRIST (THE LAMB
  of GOD)
• Lesson Five
• The Serpent and the Christ

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John is In the Spirit

• Vision One (19 322) Island of Patmos
• The Lord Among the Lamp Stands
• Vision Two (41 1621) Heaven
• The Lord And the World
• Vision Three (171 218) Wilderness
• The Lord and the Devil
• Vision Four (219 225) High Mountain
• The Lord and His Own

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Major Characters

• Rome
• Sea-Beast
• Earth-Beast
• Prostitute
• A Great City
• Gods People
• 144,000
• Great Multitude
• A Woman
• A City
• Two Witnesses

• Satan
• A Dragon
• A Star
• Uses Rome
• Jesus Christ
• The Male-Child
• The Churches Leader
• The Resurrected Lord
• The Faithful Witness
• The King of Kings
• The Redeemer from Sin

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The Dragon (Rev 12)

• Rev 123-4 And another sign appeared in heaven
  behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven
  heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his
  heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of
  heaven and threw them to the earth. And the
  dragon stood before the woman who was ready to
  give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was
  born.
• Rev 127-9 And war broke out in heaven Michael
  and his angels fought with the dragon and the
  dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not
  prevail, nor was a place found for them in
  heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast
  out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and
  Satan, who deceives the whole world he was cast
  to the earth, and his angels were cast out with
  him.

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The Dragon (Rev 12)

• Rev 123-4 And another sign appeared in heaven
  behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven
  heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his
  heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of
  heaven and threw them to the earth. And the
  dragon stood before the woman who was ready to
  give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was
  born.
• Rev 127-9 And war broke out in heaven Michael
  and his angels fought with the dragon and the
  dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not
  prevail, nor was a place found for them in
  heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast
  out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and
  Satan, who deceives the whole world he was cast
  to the earth, and his angels were cast out with
  him.

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Rev. 12 - 14

• The Woman Her Seed - Gods People, The
  Faithful Remnant.
• The Man-Child - The Christ, The Messiah
• The Dragon - Satan, the Devil
• Michael - Who is like God
• The Sea Beast - Imperial Rome, DOMITIAN
• The Land Beast - False Prophet, Religion
• The Lamb - Jesus Christ

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THE DRAGON (Rev 123-4)

• Vs. 9 - He Is Satan
• The Devil (9)
• The Deceiver (9)
• The Accuser (10)
• His Description
• Fiery Red - Murderous
• 7 Heads - Fullness of Intelligence (2 Cor. 113)
• 10 Horns - Fullness of Power in his realm
• 7 Diadems - Royalty (Not The Victory Crown)
• His Power
• His tail threw 1/3 of the stars down from heaven.

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The Dragons Tail (Rev 124)

• Three Explanations
• Shows the Power and Might of Satan
• His Fury and Strength
• Shows the Scene of Satans Rebellion
• 2 Peter 24 God did not spare the angels
• Jude 6 angels who did not keep proper domain
• Shows That He Causes Many To Sin
• Parallel Between Daniels Vision (810, 24) of the
  coming of Antiochus Epiphanies leads to the same
  conclusion.
• This Enemy of God Will Cause Many To Sin

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How Do We Overcome? (1211)

• BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
• Our sins are forgiven
• Justified by Grace, What can Satan Accuse us of.
• BY THE WORD OF OUR TESTIMONY
• We Must Tell the Great Story
• A Testimony is not kept secret
• Telling it is a matter of Life and Death!!
• LOVE NOT YOUR LIFE
• They Denied Themselves Took Up the Cross.
• It is not how they viewed death, but their Lives!

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The Fallen Star (Rev 91-6)

• Revelation 91-6 Then the fifth angel sounded
  And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth.
  To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2
  And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose
  out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace.
  So the sun and the air were darkened because of
  the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke
  locusts came upon the earth. And to them was
  given power, as the scorpions of the earth have
  power. 4 They were commanded not to harm the
  grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any
  tree, but only those men who do not have the seal
  of God on their foreheads. 5 And they were not
  given authority to kill them, but to torment them
  for five months. Their torment was like the
  torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In
  those days men will seek death and will not find
  it they will desire to die, and death will flee
  from them.

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The 5th Trumpet
Results Power of Sin
SMOKE Deception of Sin.
Star Falls From Heaven
TORMENT those without the SEAL of GOD
BOTTOMLESS PIT Satan, Wicked, Evil
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The Downfall of Rome(Under Gods Control)

• NATURAL CALAMITY
• Vegetation Destroyed
• Sea Became Blood
• Fresh water Poisoned
• Sky Became Dark (Both Night Day)
• INTERNAL ROTTENNESS
• Smoke, Locust / Scorpions
• Sin and Deception Pain and Torment
• EXTERNAL INVASION
• Euphrates
• 200,000,000 Cavalry Death

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Why Chapter One?

• Tremendous Encouragement
• To First Readers Persecution
• To us Today Constant Reassurance
• Gnostics Jesus is not Fully Human
• Arian Heresy Jesus was a created being
• Middle Ages Emphasized the Baby Jesus to
  Exalt the Virgin Mary
• Today Emphasis Is On the Loving and
  Merciful Jesus
• No One Will Go To Hell

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DESCRIPTIONS

• GOD
• From Him Who Is, Who Was, And Is To Come (4)
• Alpha and Omega (8)
• Beginning and End (8)
• HOLY SPIRIT
• The Seven Spirits (4)
• Isa 112 Spirit of Lord

• JESUS
• Faithful Witness
• Firstborn from Dead
• Ruler of Kings of Earth
• Him Who Loved Us
• Washed Us From Sin
• Son of Man
• First and Last
• Voice of the Trumpet
• He Who Lives, was Dead, Alive Evermore
• Has The Keys of Hades Death

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Rev 14 - Seven Spirits (Isa 112)

• Spirit of the Lord
• Spirit of Wisdom
• Spirit of Understanding
• Spirit of Counsel
• Spirit of Strength
• Spirit of Knowledge
• Spirit of Fear

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Portraits of Jesus

• His Suffering Isaiah 53
• His Splendor Matt 17 Mk 9 Lk 9
• His Submission Philippians 2
• His Sovereignty Colossians 1
• His Superiority Hebrews 1
• BUT NONE SURPASS THE PORTRAIT OF JESUS IN
  REVELATION 1

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The Dignity of Jesus

• He is the Faithful Witness (5)
• Prophet
• One Who Has Seen and Heard
• He is the First Begotten of the Dead (5)
• Priest
• Offered a Sacrifice
• He is the Prince of the Kings of the Earth (5)
• King
• He is Ruling Even Now!

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His Dignity Is Seen In His Activities

• He Loved Us (5)
• He Washed Us (5)
• He Has Made Us A Kingdom and Priests (6)

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The Deity of Jesus

• He Cometh In the Clouds (7)
• He Is The Alpha And The Omega (8)
• He Is The Lord God (8)
• He Is The Almighty (8)

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The Description of Jesus

• Clothed like the Son of Man (13) Human Form
• Clothed with a Long Garment (13) Rank
• Golden Girdle About His Breast (13) Royal Rank
• Head and Hair are White as Wool (14) Holiness
• Eyes Like a Flame of Fire Penetrating
• Feet Like Fine Brass Burned in a Furnace
  Strength
• Voice Like Many Waters Overwhelming
• Had Seven Stars In His Right Hand Authority
• Sharp Two Edged Sword In His Mouth Judgment
• Face As the Sun Shines In His Strength Glory
• He Is the First and the Last He is God
• He is The Living One Resurrected Lord
• He Has The Keys of Hades and Death Dont Be
  Afraid

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Main Point of Chapters 4 5

• Psalms 991
• The LORD reigns Let the peoples tremble!

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Chap 4 - The Reigning God!

• The Radiance of He who sat on the throne
• Jasper - Crystal Clear (Holy)
• Sarius - Red (Righteous Judgment)
• Emerald Rainbow - Gods Mercy
• 24 Elders
• Eternal Priesthood (2 Chron 247-18)
• 12 Patriarchs 12 Apostles Gods People
• Four Living Creatures
• Attributes of God
• All creation worships Him

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Chap 4 - Song of Praise!!

• God is Worthy to be Worshipped!
• He is Holy
• He is Almighty
• He has always existed
• He will always exist
• God Receives all Glory, Honor, and Power
• Because He Created All Things
• All Things exist because He wills it so.
• Therefore GOD IS IN CONTROL!!!
• He Created Rome, and He can Destroy Rome

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Chap 5 - The Redeeming Lamb

• Scroll Full of Vital Information
• No one Worthy to Open
• John Cries - Gods Justice, and Mans Destiny will
  not be revealed.
• The Lion / Lamb has Overcome
• Christ conquered, prevailed and is Worthy
• Christ defeated Satan
• He and only He can open the Seals and reveal
  Gods will for mankind.

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Christs Redemption Work

• It is for God
• you did redeem us to God
• It is Through His Blood
• You were slain and redeemed us by your blood.
• It is Unlimited
• every tribe and tongue and people and nation
• It makes us a Kingdom and priests
• Made them a kingdom and priests - on earth

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Why We Should Worship Him

• Because of Who He is (57)
• Lion - Dignity, Royalty, Courage, Victory
• Lamb - Pure, Holy, Good, Submission
• Because of Where He is (56)
• In the midst of the throne
• Because of What He Does (59-10)
• He overcame, Took the Scroll, Was Slain, Redeemed
  us, made us a Kingdom and priests.
• Because of What He Has (512)
• Power, Riches, Wisdom, Strength, Honor, Glory,
  Blessing.

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Worthy is the Lamb Who was Slain

• Power - Authority
• Riches - Unsearchable Riches
• Wisdom - of God
• Strength - Ability
• Honor - Integrity
• Glory - Perfection
• Blessing - Worthy of Praise

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Who Would You Rather Worship?

• DOMITIAN?
• Ruler of Roman Empire
• Claims to be A god.
• Sits on a throne that rules earth.
• The Creator and The Redeemer?
• Rules the Universe (and the earth)
• He is THE GOD! He is in Control!!
• Sits on THE throne and all nature worships HIM!!

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ALLELUIA!

• Salvation, Glory, Honor, Power Belong to the
  Lord our God (1)
• Who Can Save? OUR GOD CAN ! NOT THEIRS
• He has Judged His Enemies (2-3)
• Smoke Rises Forever - Romes World is Destroyed
• Lord God Omnipotent Reigns (4-6)
• He has ALWAYS Reigned - He is in Control
• Rejoice - The Bride is Ready (7-10)
• Rejoice - the Church is Married -Always has been.

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Gods Divine WarriorHis Description

• Faithful and True (11)
• Righteously Judges Wages War (11)
• No One Knows His Name (12b)
• The Word of God (13b)
• King of Kings Lord of Lords (16)
• LEADER OF HEAVENS ARMY

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Gods Divine WarriorHis Adornment

• Eyes Like a Flame of Fire (12a)
• Many Diadems on His Head (12b)
• His Robe Dipped in Blood (13a)
• Two-Edged Sword From His Mouth (15a)
• CONQUERING KING

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Gods Divine WarriorHis Purpose

• Rule With A Rod of Iron (15b)
• Treads the Wine Press of the Fierce Wrath of God
  (15c)

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Messages of the Warrior

• VICTORY IS SURE (17-18)
• Birds Eating Flesh - Depicts a Decisive Victory
• Shows the Severity of Gods Wrath
• Contrast - Marriage Supper the Vultures Feast.
• ENEMIES ARE DOOMED (19-21)
• Beast False Prophet - Cast in Lake of Fire
• Total, Consuming Defeat of the Heathen Power
• Daniels Vision Fulfilled (Dan 711)