Revelation 12-16
{WAR IN HEAVEN}
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- Son versus Serpent - {PDF Copy} - (War broke out in heaven with the “Dragon” poised to destroy the messianic “son” as soon as he was born)
- War in Heaven - {PDF Copy} - (The saints overcome the Dragon through the death of the Lamb and their faithful witness even unto death)
- 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 an ancient creature that has stalked the “seed of the woman” since the fall of Adam)
- 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)
- Shepherd of the Nations - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the promised ruler from the line of David, the Shepherd of ALL nations)
{BEAST FROM THE SEA}
- Beast Rising - {PDF Copy} - (To identify the Antichrist, we must depend on what the relevant scriptures say about him, his methods, and his agendas)
- Beast from the Sea - (The Dragon begins his war on the seed of the woman by summoning his seed, the Beast from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
- The Inhabitants of the Earth - (The inhabitants of the earth represent the men and women who are omitted from the Book of Life because they submit to the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
- The Boastful Mouth - (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) - {PDF Copy}
- War on the Saints - (The Beast from the sea is authorized to wage war on the saints for its overlord, the Dragon) - {PDF Copy}
- Four Beasts in One - (The single Beast from the sea in Revelation is related to but distinct from the four beasts that Daniel saw rising from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
- The Beast's Global Dominion - (The rulers and nations of the earth refuse to follow the Lamb; instead, they render homage to the “Beast”) - {PDF Copy}
- Lamb or Beast - (In Revelation, humanity is divided into two and only two groups – followers of the Lamb or subjects of the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
- The Beast Goes to War - (In Revelation, the language of war is used metaphorically for the persecution of the saints by the Beast from the Sea) - {PDF Copy}
- No Neutrality - {PDF Copy} - (Disciples who give their unrestricted allegiance to the State are at risk of taking the mark of the Beast)
{BEAST FROM THE EARTH}
- The Beast from the Earth - (The Beast from the Earth mimics the Lamb. It is the mouthpiece of the Dragon, and the propagandist for the first beast) - {PDF Copy}
- Counterfeit Christ - (The Beast from the Earth, the False Prophet, mimics the Lamb and presents a counterfeit of the true faith of Jesus and his apostles) - {PDF Copy}
- Mark of the Beast - (All men who refuse to follow the Lamb will render homage to the Beast and take its mark) - {PDF Copy}
- Beastly Economics - (The second Beast employs economic pressure to coerce men so they swear allegiance to the Beast from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
- Beastly Number - (The number of the beast, 666, is based on the dimensions of the great image erected by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
- Embracing the Mark - (The “inhabitants of the earth” willingly venerate the Beast and receive its mark, although Christians are not immune to its allure) - {PDF Copy}
{FINAL INGATHERINGS}
- 144,000 Priest 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, Final Harvest - {PDF Copy} - (Whether one follows the Lamb or the Beast, one will reap everlasting consequences in the final harvest)
- Babylon's Fall Announced - {PDF Copy} - (Angels announce the judicial sentence on Babylon and the inhabitants of the earth, but “rest” awaits the followers of the Lamb)
- Final Grain Harvest - {PDF Copy} - (Two different harvests occur at the end of the age – The reaping of the grain and the ingathering of the fruit of the vine)
- Ingathering of the Grapes - {PDF Copy} - (The ingathering of the fruit of the vine represents the wrath of God on all men who take the mark of the Beast)
- 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)
{BOWLS OF FURY}
- Seven Bowls - Overview - (Chapter 15 introduces the seven angels who unleash the seven last plagues on the earth) - {PDF Copy}
- Song of the Lamb - (Having overcome the Beast, the saints stand on the Sea of Glass and sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
- Tent of Testimony - (The destructive forces unleashed by the last plagues echo the destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea) - {PDF Copy}
- First Four Bowls - (The first four bowls of wrath destroy the economic infrastructure of the Beast and punish those who took its mark) - {PDF Copy}
- The Fifth Bowl - (The first four bowls destroyed the economic structure of Babylon. The next bowl targets its political sphere) - {PDF Copy}
- The Sixth Bowl - (The sixth bowl causes the final battle between the Lamb and the forces of the Dragon) - {PDF Copy}
- Kings of the East - (The Kings of the East are identical to the Kings of the Earth that are allied with the Beast – Revelation 16:12-19) - {PDF Copy}
- Final Battle - Armageddon - (The several battle scenes in Revelation all present the same final assault by Satan against the saints of the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
- Finished! The Seventh Bowl - (The seventh bowl produces the final overthrow of Babylon, the Great City, and completes the wrath of God) - {PDF Copy}
- Babylon Then and Now - (The story of ancient Babylon’s demise is reflected in the “sixth trumpet” and the “sixth bowl of wrath” in Revelation) - {PDF Copy}