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
January 22, 2011
Notes on Revelation (Rev 1-11)
Write to 7 churches
(1) Ephesus: "You have forsaken your first love"
(2) Smyrna
(3) Pergamum
(4) Thyatira
(5) Sardis
(6) Philadelphia
(7) Laodicea: "You are lukewarm... I am about to spit you out of my mouth."
The THRONE in Heaven
- 24 elders
- 4 living creatures
- All of them WORSHIPPING Holy! Holy! Holy!
The LAMB is worthy to open the scroll (Lamb opened seals)
THE 7 SEALS (Lamb opened all 7)
(1) White horse rode to conquest (w/ rider)
(2) Fiery red horse to remove peace, make men slay each other (w/ rider)
(3) Black horse (w/ rider)
(4) Pale horse with rider Death, and Hades following, to kill 1/4 of earth
(5) Martyred souls addressed & told to wait
(6) Earthquake, sun, moon, stars, mountains ablaze, falling; everyone calls out to rocks to die rather than withstand God's wrath
(-) 144,000 sealed for God
(-) INTERLUDE
(7) 1/2 hour silence in Heaven
THE 7 TRUMPETS (7 angels sounded 7 trumpets)
(1) Hail & fire & blood (1/3 of earth burned, 1/3 trees burned)
(2) Mountain thrown into sea (turned to blood) (1/3 sea blood, 1/3 sea creatures died, 1/3 ships gone)
(3) Star fell in rivers (1/3 water bitter, star named Wormwood)
(4) 1/3 sun, 1/3 moon, 1/3 stars turned dark
(-) Woe! Woe! Woe!
(5) Star opened the Abyss (smoke rises & darkens sky) and scorpion-locusts tormen but not kill those w/o seals for 5 months; during those days men will seek death, but will not find it
(6) 4 angels returned to kill 1/3 of mankind (breathe fire/smoe/sulfur, tails of snakes)
(-) Great angel gives little scroll for John to eat
(-) INTERLUDE
(-) 2 witnesses to earth... terror & destruction
(7) Kingdom has come!
(1) Ephesus: "You have forsaken your first love"
(2) Smyrna
(3) Pergamum
(4) Thyatira
(5) Sardis
(6) Philadelphia
(7) Laodicea: "You are lukewarm... I am about to spit you out of my mouth."
The THRONE in Heaven
- 24 elders
- 4 living creatures
- All of them WORSHIPPING Holy! Holy! Holy!
The LAMB is worthy to open the scroll (Lamb opened seals)
THE 7 SEALS (Lamb opened all 7)
(1) White horse rode to conquest (w/ rider)
(2) Fiery red horse to remove peace, make men slay each other (w/ rider)
(3) Black horse (w/ rider)
(4) Pale horse with rider Death, and Hades following, to kill 1/4 of earth
(5) Martyred souls addressed & told to wait
(6) Earthquake, sun, moon, stars, mountains ablaze, falling; everyone calls out to rocks to die rather than withstand God's wrath
(-) 144,000 sealed for God
(-) INTERLUDE
(7) 1/2 hour silence in Heaven
THE 7 TRUMPETS (7 angels sounded 7 trumpets)
(1) Hail & fire & blood (1/3 of earth burned, 1/3 trees burned)
(2) Mountain thrown into sea (turned to blood) (1/3 sea blood, 1/3 sea creatures died, 1/3 ships gone)
(3) Star fell in rivers (1/3 water bitter, star named Wormwood)
(4) 1/3 sun, 1/3 moon, 1/3 stars turned dark
(-) Woe! Woe! Woe!
(5) Star opened the Abyss (smoke rises & darkens sky) and scorpion-locusts tormen but not kill those w/o seals for 5 months; during those days men will seek death, but will not find it
(6) 4 angels returned to kill 1/3 of mankind (breathe fire/smoe/sulfur, tails of snakes)
(-) Great angel gives little scroll for John to eat
(-) INTERLUDE
(-) 2 witnesses to earth... terror & destruction
(7) Kingdom has come!
January 21, 2011
The Climax of God's Wrath
From 11/20/2005
Rev 8:13 "As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in mid-air call out in a loud voice: Woe! Woe! Woe! to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!"
... is a foil to...
Rev 4:8 "Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."
THIS IS NOT HELL BROKEN LOOSE ON EARTH, BUT IT IS HEAVEN'S WRATH POURED OUT ON EARTH.
Rev 11:13 "... and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven." <== the only place in Bible that mentions conversion of wicked
Rev 11:17 "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign." <== no more "is to come"
Follows same pattern as that of seals:
- First four trumpets (8:2-13): Earthly destruction
- Next two trumpets (9:1-21): More cosmic destruction
- The second interlude (10:1-11:14)
- Seventh trumpet
Rev 8:13 "As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in mid-air call out in a loud voice: Woe! Woe! Woe! to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!"
... is a foil to...
Rev 4:8 "Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."
THIS IS NOT HELL BROKEN LOOSE ON EARTH, BUT IT IS HEAVEN'S WRATH POURED OUT ON EARTH.
Rev 11:13 "... and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven." <== the only place in Bible that mentions conversion of wicked
Rev 11:17 "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign." <== no more "is to come"
Follows same pattern as that of seals:
- First four trumpets (8:2-13): Earthly destruction
- Next two trumpets (9:1-21): More cosmic destruction
- The second interlude (10:1-11:14)
- Seventh trumpet
The Beginning of the End (Rev 6:1 - 8:1)
From 11/13/2005
Rev 6-16
- God's vindication of anger/wrath
- What must come to pass
- "Tribulation Period"
- "When will you show that you take sin seriously?"
- We'd rather die right away than suffe God's wrath (6:16-17)
3 Groups of 7: judgment on earth and on universe during 7 years
- seals
- trumpets
- bowls
SEALS
- Seals 1-4: Death/desctruction on earth (6:1-8)
- Seals 5-6: Heaven's Q / Earth's A (6:9-17)
- First Interlude: Saints on Earth and Heaven (7:1-17)
- Seal 7: Silence in Heaven (8:1)
GOSPEL - not just good news in the salvation of righteous but also in the judgment of wicked
Rev 6-16
- God's vindication of anger/wrath
- What must come to pass
- "Tribulation Period"
- "When will you show that you take sin seriously?"
- We'd rather die right away than suffe God's wrath (6:16-17)
3 Groups of 7: judgment on earth and on universe during 7 years
- seals
- trumpets
- bowls
SEALS
- Seals 1-4: Death/desctruction on earth (6:1-8)
- Seals 5-6: Heaven's Q / Earth's A (6:9-17)
- First Interlude: Saints on Earth and Heaven (7:1-17)
- Seal 7: Silence in Heaven (8:1)
GOSPEL - not just good news in the salvation of righteous but also in the judgment of wicked
Hot, Cold, or Lukewarm
From 10/30/2005
Revelation 3:15-16 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth."
An interpretation I've not heard before is that to be COLD is a good thing-- this is, to be HOT is to be PASSIONATE whereas to be COLD is to be REFRESHING in one's faith.
Revelation 3:15-16 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spew you out of my mouth."
An interpretation I've not heard before is that to be COLD is a good thing-- this is, to be HOT is to be PASSIONATE whereas to be COLD is to be REFRESHING in one's faith.
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