Revelation 17-22

By David Maas
{DEMISE OF HIS ENEMIES}

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{BABYLON}
  1. Great Harlot Revealed - {PDF Copy} - (Babylon is revealed as a bejeweled harlot dripping with the shed blood of martyred saints)
  2. Babylon Rides the Beast - (Babylon, the Great Harlot, for centuries has ridden the Beast from the Sea and its seven heads and ten horns) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Lamb Overcomes the Beast - (The Lamb overcomes the Beast and Babylon because he is the “Lord of lords, and King of kings”) - {PDF Copy}
  4. The Rider on a White Horse - (The Messiah “shepherds” the nations by the “word” that proceeds out of his mouth in preparation for the final battle) - {PDF Copy}
  5. Two Beasts Destroyed - (The Rider on the White Horse destroyed the Beast from the sea along with the False Prophet) - {PDF Copy}

{THE THOUSAND YEARS}
  1. Imprisonment of Satan - (The Devil is bound in the Abyss until the appointed time when he is released to launch his final assault against the saints) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Priestly Reign of the Saints - (The saints reign as a kingdom of priests during the thousand years, having overcome the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Gog and Magog - (Revelation identifies Gog and Magog as the nations from the four corners of the Earth that attack the saints) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Multiple Final Judgments? - (Each of the three sevenfold series in Revelation concludes with a final judgment scene at the end of the age) - {PDF Copy}
  5. Rosh Means "Head" - (The Hebrew term ‘ROSH’ in the book of Ezekiel is not a proper name, but the common Hebrew noun for “head”) - {PDF Copy}
  6. The End of the Dragon - (Satan is released from the Abyss and launches his final attack on the saints, but he is the one who is defeated and judged) - {PDF Copy}

{NEW JERUSALEM}
  1. New Jerusalem Descends - {PDF Copy} - (Following the final judgment, John sees the holy city, New Jerusalem descending from heaven to the earth – Revelation 21:1-8)
  2. New Jerusalem Unveiled - {PDF Copy} - (The physical dimensions and shape of New Jerusalem are presented demonstrating it is ready to be populated – Revelation 21:9-23)
  3. New Jerusalem Inhabited - (New Jerusalem is populated fully in fulfillment of the covenant promise to Abraham to bless all the nations – Revelation 21:24-22:5) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Tale of Two Cities - {PDF Copy} - (An underlying theme in Revelation is the contrast and conflict between two cities, New Jerusalem and Babylon)
  5. City Built by God - (New Jerusalem will be populated in fulfillment of the promise to Abraham to bless all nations) - {PDF Copy}
  6. Epilogue - Revelation - (If anyone fails to keep the words of the book, he will be excluded from citizenship in the city of New Jerusalem – Revelation 22:6-21) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Redemption of the Nations - (The nations and the kings of the earth are found in New Jerusalem because of the work of the sacrificial Lamb and his saints) - {PDF Copy}

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