January 22, 2011

Notes on Revelation (Rev 12)

THE WOMAN AND THE DRAGON
woman gives birth to sin; dragon wants to snatch it; angels hurled Satan to earth; dragon pursued woman but God helped save woman; woman represents Israel giving birth to Christ, and dragon is Satan (sweeping 1/3 stars = fallen angels)

BEAST OUT OF THE SEA
people worshipped it

BEAST OUT OF THE EARTH
performed signs, deceived people, forced them to carry the mark in order to buy/sell (666)

THE LAMB AND THE 144,000
sang song to the throne (martyrs, pure ones)

THE THREE ANGELS
(1) fear God and give him glory
(2) fallen is Babylon the great
(3) those with the beasts' mark will be tormented

THE HARVEST OF THE EARTH
reap the earth with sickles

SEVEN ANGELS WITH SEVEN PLAGUES (last plauges)
(given the) SEVEN BOWLS OF GOD'S WRATH
(1) sores on those w/ mark of the beast
(2) sea became blood; all in sea died
(3) rivers became blood; all in them died
(4) sun scorched people (who refused to repent)
(5) beast's world plunged into darkness
(6) river Euphrates died; 3 frogs went to gather kings of world to fight against God
(7) earthquake and hail

THE WOMAN ON THE BEAST
the great prostitute (Babylon) will be punished; the Beast "once was, now is not, but will come (to be destroyed)" (ch 17) vs. God (was, is, and is to come)

THE FALL OF BABYLON
city is fallen to sin; God calls his people out of it; kings. merchants, captains will mourn over city b/c it's ruined (the losing side)

HALLELUJAH!
the punishment is just; rejoice! (the winning side); wedding of Lamb has come!

THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE
King of Kings and Lord of Lords; Battle of Armageddon; God won by a landslide

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