Revelation 20:1-6: The Millennium
Outline Contextual considerations V1-3 V4-6 Introduction Babylon is defeated, the beast and the false prophet are defeated, the armies that arranged themselves against the church are defeated, but what about the devil the great enemy of the church? God answers this question and more in this section. He tells us about how the devil is bound, and more what the destiny of the saint is who dies under the devil’s rampaging. The devil is symbolised in the picture of a dragon and serpent, but the church is spoken of as martyrs. The book of revelation has revealed the satanic...
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Revelation 19:1-10: The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
Outline The Bride The guests Introduction What is the typical happy ending for a boy meets girl story? A wedding! The finale to your average TV series/fairy-tale/movie/book, etc. usually has that long torturous frustrated love relationship which seemed doomed to fail climax in a wedding. God who created the institution and was the first Father of the bride when He gave Eve to Adam will consummate the long seemingly doomed to failure love relationship between Christ and His people with a wedding to start them off on their ‘happily ever after.’ Satan’s bride the wicked prostitute oppressive witch god-mother...
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Revelation 18:1-24: The Fall of Babylon
Outline Babylon is judged Babylon is mourned Babylon is no more Introduction What will become of the vast amount of sinful humanities accomplishments? What will become of the Tower-of-Babel-like pile of godlessness we have produced since the Garden of Eden? What will become of that world system that builds itself up at the cost of the church and humanity? Chapter 18 is the answer! Although 18:1 begins with the words, ‘After this I saw…,’ this is not an indication of what happened next chronologically after 17:18, no this is an indication of a new vision that looks at the...
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Revelation 17:7-18: Satan’s Divided House Cannot Stand: Part Two
Outline The mount of the prostitute The downfall of the prostitute Introduction It was Jesus who said that a house divided against itself cannot stand, Matt. 12:25, and then, ‘And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?’ Revelation chapter 17 which records the future fall of Babylon, the city of humanity who revolts against God and follows after Satan’s seductions. This city which is an instrument of Satan will itself be destroyed by Satan, v16, ‘And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute....
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Revelation 17:7-18: Satan’s Divided House Cannot Stand: Part One
Outline The mount of the prostitute The downfall of the prostitute Introduction It was Jesus who said that a house divided against itself cannot stand, Matt. 12:25, and then, ‘And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?’ Revelation chapter 17 which records the future fall of Babylon, the city of humanity who revolts against God and follows after Satan’s seductions. This city which is an instrument of Satan will itself be destroyed by Satan, v16, ‘And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute....
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Revelation 17:1-6: The Great Prostitute
Outline Her influence Her appearance Introduction The book of Revelation can be understood through the lens of counterfeiting. We have noted in the past how there is the Trinity and there is the anti-trinity of the dragon and two beasts. Well there is another aspect to this, just as Christ has a bride, so the beast who is a mockery of Christ has a bride. But where Christ dies for His bride to save her we see that the beast will rise and kill his bride. The parallels are striking: Both peoples are portrayed as women. Both are portrayed...
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Revelation 14:6-13: Messages from Heaven
Outline The first angel The second angel The third angel Introduction If God spoke three messages from heaven, what would they be? I believe that the portion we have before us gives us a possible answer to that question. This section deals with God sending three messenger angels to deliver three particular messages during the period where the dragon and his beasts are at war with the church. In other words, these three words from heaven are what God is saying to the earth during this age before Christ comes again. This section consists of three messages for the...
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