Week 10

REVELATION“Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.” (Rev 1:19)

Tribulation

Rapture

3-1/2 3-1/21000

Covenant with Israel

Antichrist ends sacrifices, and comes to makes desolation complete

Jesus returns!

7 years

TRIBULATION

GREATTRIBULATION

Satan is cast down to the earth

Earth

Seas

Rivers

Sun

Throne

GreatRiver

Air

Land

Seas

Rivers

Heavens

Woe #1LocustsWoe #2ArmyWoe #3God’s wrath

The Seventh Seal and Trumpet

7

Conquering

War

Famine

Death

Martyrs

Terror

Trumpet Intro

Revelation 16 - ProlegomenaThe only thing that man is worthy of

before God is judgment

Judgment is avoided only on the basis

of God’s grace

Grace available only through faith in

Jesus Christ, God’s Son

Jesus drank the wrath of God for us

Revelation 16:2The first bowl

Poured out on the earth

Loathsome and malignant sores

On those who had the mark and who

worshiped the beast’s image

Revelation 16:3The second bowl

Poured into the sea

Turned to blood

Every living thing in the sea died

The third bowl

Poured into the rivers and springs

Turned to blood

Revelation 16:8-9The fourth bowl

Poured out on the sun

The sun scorches men with fierce

heat

The men respond (Rev 6:15-17;9:20-21)

They blaspheme the name of God

They do not repent or glorify God

Revelation 16:10-11The fifth bowl

Poured on the throne of the beast

The beast’s kingdom became dark

They gnaw their tongues due to pain

The men respond

They blaspheme God and do not

repent of their deeds

Revelation 16:12The sixth bowl

Poured on the Euphrates River

The water dried up

So that the way is prepared for the

kings of the east

Revelation 16:12The sixth bowl

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Euphrates River

Revelation 16:13-14From the mouth of:

The dragon (Satan)

The beast (Antichrist)

The false prophet

Unclean spirits like frogs

Spirits of demons

To gather for war for the day of God

Revelation 16:16They (the demons) gather the people

together at Har-Magedon

Hebrew “Har-Megadone” meaning

Mount Megiddo or perhaps Hill of

Megiddo

Revelation 16:17-18The seventh bowl

Poured out on the air

A loud voice from the temple

“It is done”

Lightning, thunder, greatest

earthquake

Babylon is remembered before God

Revelation 16:21Huge hailstones pummel the earth

100 pounds each

The men respond

They blaspheme God because of the

plague because of its extreme

severity

Revelation 17 and 18God deals with Babylon

Recall Babylon is used symbolically

Apostate Church & false religions

17 – Ecclesiastical or Spiritual entity

17:1-6 – the vision

17:7-18 – the interpretation

18 - Political entity

Revelation 17:1-2One of the seven angels

The judgment of the great harlot

Who sits on many waters (Rev 17:15)

With whom kings of the earth

committed immorality

Earth-dwellers are drunk on her

immorality

Revelation 17:1-2Who is the harlot?

Western Society?

Israel?

The Roman Catholic Church?

The Apostate Church and false

religious systems?

When is the harlot in power?

Revelation 17:1-2Immorality – a common Biblical symbol

People who claim the name of God,

yet worship or follow other gods

In the OT God (Yahweh) is Israel’s

husband (Isa 54:1-8; Jer 3:14; 31:32)

In the NT the Church is the virgin

bride of Christ (2Cor 11:2)

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Revelation 17:3-6Carried in the spirit into the wilderness

A woman

Clothed in purple and scarlet

Adorned with gold and gemstones

A gold cup in her hand

Filled with abominations and

uncleanness of her immorality

Revelation 17:3-6A woman (continued)

On her forehead – a mystery

BABYLON THE GREAT, THE

MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF

THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE

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Zech 5:5-11

Revelation 17:3-6A woman (continued)

Drunk

With the blood of the saints

With the blood the witnesses of

Jesus

John wonders greatly at the woman

Revelation 17:3A scarlet beast

Full of blasphemous names

Seven heads

Ten horns

Rev 13:1-2 - The beast from the sea

Revelation 17:7-8The angel tells him the mystery

The beast

Was, is not, is about to come out of

the abyss and go to destruction

The earth dwellers whose names are

not in the book of life will wonder

Revelation 17:9-10The seven heads = seven mountains =

seven kings

Five have fallen

One is

One is to come, will remain for a

little while

Revelation 17:9-10Are the heads the Gentile Empires?

Egypt

Assyria

Babylon

Medo-Persia

Greece

Roman Empire (time of John)

A Revived Roman Empire??

The Antichrist’s Kingdom

Revelation 17:11-13The beast

Which was and is not

Is an eighth, and one of the seven

He goes to destruction

The ten horns = ten kings

These receive power and authority

only to give it to the beast

Revelation 17:14These wage war against the Lamb

The Lamb will overcome them

The Lamb is Lord of lords

The Lamb is King of kings

Those with the Lamb

The Called, Chosen and Faithful

Revelation 17:15-16The water where the harlot sits

The peoples, multitudes, nations and

tongues

The ten horns of the beast hate the

harlot (Politics ultimately hate religion)

Make her desolate, naked, eat her

flesh and burn her with fire

Revelation 17:17-God put it in the kings hearts to execute

His purpose

God and these kings have a common

purpose

By giving their kingdoms to the beast

The woman is the great city

Which reigns over kings of the earth