REVELATION

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• REVELATIONS SEAL OF GOD

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GODS SEAL OF PROTECTION

• Q. 1) Lets read Revelation 71-3. Notice that
  a mighty angel has commanded that the final winds
  of war and destruction not unleash their fury
  upon the earth and sea until something very
  important has been completed. What is that
  important something?
• Hurt not the earthtill we have SEALED the
  SERVANTS of GOD in their FOREHEADS.

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Chapter 614-17

• Chapter 6 closed with news of a terrible
  destruction that would come upon the earthsky
  vanishes like a scrollmountains and islands
  moved out of their placethe great day of their
  wrath has come

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Chapter 7

• John sees 4 angels holding back the four winds
• These 4 winds are winds of destruction
• verse 2 power to harm
• verse 3 Do not harm

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144,000 revealed

• Before the winds do their destruction, the
  destruction that was shown in chapter 614 17,
  the command is given (72) to seal those who are
  the servants of God.
• Now the servants of God who are dead will not be
  harmed by the winds
• Only the living servants of God will not be
  harmed by the winds
• This group are the ones who are sealed.

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144,000 revealed

• So the 144,000 must be this group who are sealed,
  that is LIVING servants of God.

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Lessons from chapter 7 verse 4

• 1. John does not see the 144,000, but hears the
  number.
• 2. sealed in Greek is sphragizw and is only
  used in connection with God. Mark charagmai is
  used in connection with the beast.
• 3. The sealed come from all the tribes of Israel.

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Is the number literal?

• 12 is a perfect number like 7
• 144 12 x 12
• So it is a perfect square
• 12 is also the number of Gods kingdom
• A. 12 stones 12 tribes Ex 2815
• B. 12 apostles
• C. 12 gates into new Jerusalem
• D. 12 foundations of new Jerusalem
• E. Dimensions were multiples of 12 (144 cubits
  in length -12,000 Rev 2116,17)

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Is the number literal?

• Thousand was the largest number of the time.
• So we have a perfect number, multiplied by a
  perfect number creating a perfect square, and
  then multiplied by a 1,000 the largest number of
  the day.
• The 144,000 is divided into 12,000 from each
  tribe a list of tribes that are not the same as
  that found elsewhere (Judah listed first and Dan
  omitted.)
• Romans 9 teaches us about a true Israel that are
  not born of Abraham.

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Conclusion

• Inference -
• a perfect (meaning complete) group of people from
  every place NO-ONE omitted which is large.
• Vs 9 speaks about after this John saw a great
  multitude no one could number. In comparison to
  the 144,000 who were redeemed from the earth
  alive and did not see death, the redeemed of all
  the ages, i.e. those who at the destruction of
  the world, when Jesus came you get a large number
  no-one could number.

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What of verse 9?

• Vs 9 speaks about after this John saw a great
  multitude no one could number.
• In comparison to the 144,000 who were redeemed
  from the earth alive and did not see death, the
  redeemed of all the ages,
• i.e. those who at the destruction of the world,
  who had died and are now resurrected when Jesus
  comes, these are the large number no-one could
  count.

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GODS SEAL OF PROTECTION

• Q. 2) How widely will the serious messages of
  Revelation, including the truth about Gods seal,
  sign, or mark, be presented?
• Revelation 146
• To every NATION and KINDRED and TONGUE and
  PEOPLE.

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GODS SEAL OF PROTECTION

• Q. 3) What is a seal? How is it sometimes used
  in a figurative manner?
• Romans 411
• Ephesians 113 430
• A SEAL of Righteousness of the faith
• Grieve not the HOLY SPIRITof God whereby you are
  SEALED.

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GODS SEAL OF PROTECTION

• Q. 4) What three things does a government seal
  contain?

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GODS SEAL OF PROTECTION

• Q. 5) What is Gods seal in His Holy Law, the
  Ten Commandments?
• Exodus 20 8-11
• The SEVENTH day is the SABBATH of LORD thy God
  For in six days the Lord MADE heaven and earth.

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GODS SEAL OF PROTECTION

• Q. 6) Revelation is clear we worship God
  because He is our CREATOR, Revelation 410,11 and
  REDEEMER, Revelation 59 . What has God provided
  for His people as a sign, seal, or mark of His
  CREATING and REDEEMING power?
• Exodus 3116,17 Ezekiel 2012
• THE SABBATH

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GODS SEAL OF PROTECTION

• Q. 7) Where does the great angel of Revelation 7
  say this sign or seal of God will be placed on a
  person?
• Revelation 73
• In their FOREHEADS.

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GODS HOLY SABBATH

• Q. 8) When did God make the Sabbath?
• Genesis 21 - 4
• Whenthe Lord God made the EARTH and the
  HEAVENS.

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GODS HOLY SABBATH

• Q. 9) From what did God make the Sabbath?
• Exodus 2010
• The seventh DAY is the Sabbath.

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GODS HOLY SABBATH

• Q. 10) What three things did God do at creation
  that made the Seventh day special?
• Genesis 22,3
• And He RESTED on the seventh day... and God
  BLESSED the seventh day and SANCTIFIED it.

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GODS HOLY SABBATH

• Q. 11) When God blesses something, for how long
  is it blessed?
• 1 Chronicles 1727
• You blessed, O Lord, and it shall be blessed
  FOREVER.

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GODS HOLY SABBATH

• Q. 12) For whom did God make the Sabbath?
• Mark 227,28
• The Sabbath was made for MAN.

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GODS HOLY SABBATH

• Q. 13) Read the Sabbath commandment, Exodus
  208-11. What specific command is given
  regarding the Sabbath?
• REMEMBER the SABBATH day to KEEP it holy.

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THE NEW TESTAMENT SABBATH

• Q. 14) Have the ten commandments, which mandate
  Sabbath-keeping, ever been repealed?
• Luke 1617
• It is easier for HEAVEN and earth to PASS than
  for one TITTLE of the LAW to FAIL.

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THE NEW TESTAMENT SABBATH

• Q. 15) Which day did Jesus and Paul keep holy?
• Luke 416 Acts 172
• THE SABBATH DAY

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THE NEW TESTAMENT SABBATH

• Q. 16) How should it affect me, personally, to
  learn that Jesus kept the Sabbath?
• 1 Peter 221
• Christ is my example. I should FOLLOW His steps.

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THE NEW TESTAMENT SABBATH

• Q. 17) Did Christian Gentiles keep the Sabbath?
• Acts 1342
• YES

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THE NEW TESTAMENT SABBATH

• Q. 18) What did Jesus say that let us know that
  He did not plan to change the Sabbath at the time
  of His resurrection?
• Matthew 2420
• Jesus said they should pray that they would not
  have to flee in winter or on the SABBATH when
  Jerusalem fell.

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GODS PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

• Q. 19) How does Revelation refer to the people
  who will be saved in Gods Kingdom?
• Revelation 1412 1217
• As the people who KEEP the COMMANDMENTS.

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GODS PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

• Q. 20) Why is breaking Gods commandments or
  law, so serious?
• 1John 34
• Because breaking Gods law is SIN and the wages
  of sin is DEATH. Romans 623

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GODS PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

• Q. 21) In Isaiah 581 God says cry aloud and
  show my people their sin.
• What sin is He specifically referring to in
  verse 13?
• He said, they were trampling upon His SABBATH.

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GODS PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

• Q. 22) What day will the saints keep in the new
  earth?
• Isaiah 6622,23
• SABBATH

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GODS PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

• Q. 23) What should be my motivation for
  obedience to Gods commands?
• John 1415
• Love of THE LORD

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GODS PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

• Q. 24) How does Revelation show that a special
  message about Sabbath sign or seal will go to the
  world just before Jesus comes?
• Revelation 146,7,12,14
• Worship HIM that MADE HEAVEN and EARTH they
  that KEEP the COMMANDMENTS of God, and the FAITH
  of Jesus.

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GODS PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

• Q. 25) What does God say, in the ten
  commandments that I must do to demonstrate that I
  worship the creator?
• Exodus 208 - 11
• REMEMBER the SABBATH day to KEEP it HOLY FOR
  in six days the LORD MADE HEAVEN and EARTH.

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GODS PEOPLE IDENTIFIED

• Q. 26) Why should Sabbath-keeping be especially
  exciting to a follower of the Lord Jesus?
• Mark 228
• Because the Sabbath is the LORDS day.

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Will you begin to share this special day with
Jesus?
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Lesson Ten Quiz

• Choose one or more
• 1. The messages of Revelation are for
• A. Every nation (everybody).
• B. All our relatives
• C. A select few
• 2. God is not allowing the final winds of war to
  blow until
• A. Everybody loves everybody
• B. Servants of God are sealed
• C. All mankind accepts Christ

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Lesson Ten Quiz

• Continued
• 3. At creation, God did these special things to
  the Seventh day.
• A. Declared it a holiday
• B. Blessed it
• C. Sanctified it
• 4. Which groups were Sabbath-keepers?
• A. Jesus and His disciples
• B Caesar and the Roman soldiers
• C. Paul and the Christian Gentiles

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Lesson Ten Quiz

• Continued
• 5. What is the Biblically recommended motive for
  obedience to Gods great moral law (ten
  commandments)?
• A. Love
• B. Grace
• C. Peace

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Lesson Ten Quiz

• Choose one or more
• 1. The messages of Revelation are for
• A. Every nation (everybody).
• B. All our relatives
• C. A select few
• 2. God is not allowing the final winds of war to
  blow until
• A. Everybody loves everybody
• B. Servants of God are sealed
• C. All mankind accepts Christ

A B B
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Lesson Ten Quiz

• Continued
• 3. At creation, God did these special things to
  the Seventh day.
• A. Declared it a holiday
• B. Blessed it
• C. Sanctified it
• 4. Which groups were Sabbath-keepers?
• A. Jesus and His disciples
• B Caesar and the Roman soldiers
• C. Paul and the Christian Gentiles

B C A C
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Lesson Ten Quiz

• Continued
• 5. What is the Biblically recommended motive for
  obedience to Gods great moral law (ten
  commandments)?
• A. Love
• B. Grace
• C. Peace

A