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THE STUDY OF REVELATION
Creation Revelation
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Robert & Mary Tozier
WWW.CREATIONREVELATION.ORG
At Sunrise Southern Baptist Church
Las Vegas, NV
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Behold I Come
Quickly
Rev 22:7 Behold, I come quickly:
blessed is he that keepeth the
sayings of the prophecy of this
book.
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Behold I Come
Quickly….
The Study of Revelation
Lesson 2
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INTRODUCTION
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come
quickly; and my reward is with me,
to give every man according as his
work shall be.
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Opening Prayer
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Behold I Come
Quickly
The Study of Revelation
Lesson 2SEAL JUDGMENTS
{Matt 24:1-14}
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JESUS’ MISSION
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JESUS’ MISSION As we proceed through Matthew 24 and
25 (The Olivet Discourse) we will focus on
the parallels with the book of Revelation.
Many pastors and teachers attempt to
interpret Matthew 24 and 25 in terms of
the church, while most theologians who
take the literal approach stress the Jewish
nature of the Gospels and prophecy in
particular.
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JESUS’ MISSION Prophecy in Scriptures are given the
perspective of what will happen to the
Jewish people and their nation Israel.
That Jesus’ ministry focus was on the
Jewish people and nation is clearly shown
in His response to the Canaanite woman.
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JESUS’ MISSIONMatt 15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and
departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out
of the same coasts, and cried unto him,
saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son
of David; my daughter is grievously vexed
with a devil.
23 But he answered her not a word. And his
disciples came and besought him, saying,
Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent
but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.(Continued)
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JESUS’ MISSION25 Then came she and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to
take the children's bread, and to cast it to
dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat
of the crumbs which fall from their masters'
table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O
woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even
as thou wilt. And her daughter was made
whole from that very hour.
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JESUS’ MISSION All prophecy in the Old and New
Testaments focuses on the Jewish people
and nation.
The Gospels were concerned about
offering the Kingdom to Israel.
The church did not exist at the time of the
Olivet Discourse, although the concept
was present after Jesus and His message
were rejected.
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JESUS’ MISSION Jesus then revealed His intention of
establishing the church in Matthew 16, but
the church was not established until Acts
chapter 2.
It should be clear that Jesus’ mission was
to Israel.
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THREE
QUESTIONS
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THREE QUESTIONSMatt 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed
from the temple: and his disciples came to him
for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all
these things? verily I say unto you, There shall
not be left here one stone upon another, that
shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the
disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell
us, when shall these things be? and what shall
be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the
world [age]?
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THREE QUESTIONS The disciples asked Jesus three
questions:
1. When shall the temple be destroyed?
2. What shall be the sign of Jesus’
coming?
3. What shall be the signs of the end of the
age?
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THREE QUESTIONS When Jesus spoke these words the
church was not yet a reality.
The Jews were asking literally, “What is
going to happen to Israel and the Jewish
people?”
They understood that the temple would be
destroyed, but they knew that Jesus was
coming again to set up the promised
Kingdom.
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THREE QUESTIONS These were Jewish concerns and
questions.
They also wanted to know how it would all
end.
As you study Matthew 24 and 25, notice
the interpretation in light of the Jewish
people and Israel without inserting the
church.
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THREE QUESTIONS The answer to the first question (“When
shall the temple be destroyed?”) is not
found in Matthew because Matthew’s
Gospel is about the kingdom – Matthew
presents the King.
The answer is found in the parallel
passages of Luke.
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THREE QUESTIONSLuke 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem
compassed with armies, then know that the
desolation thereof is nigh.
21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to
the mountains; and let them which are in the
midst of it depart out; and let not them that
are in the countries enter thereinto.
22 For these be the days of vengeance, that
all things which are written may be fulfilled.
(Continued)
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THREE QUESTIONS23 But woe unto them that are with child,
and to them that give suck, in those days!
for there shall be great distress in the land,
and wrath upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the
sword, and shall be led away captive into all
nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden
down of the Gentiles, until the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled.
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THREE QUESTIONSThis occurred in 70 AD when the Romans
destroyed Jerusalem, the temple, and
carried the Jews into captivity.
The answer to the first question was thus
fulfilled.
Notice that this answer is about the Jews
and the nation of Israel, not the church.
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THREE QUESTIONS As we shall soon discover, the second
question about the signs of the Second
Coming is answered in Matthew 24:23-51.
The third question about the signs of the
end of the age is found in Matthew 24:9-
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Matt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I
am Christ [Messiah]; and shall deceive many.
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THREE QUESTIONS Many of these signs that Jesus speaks
about in the opening verses of Matthew 24
are signs that are with us today.
We experience deception, famine,
plagues, earthquakes, but we see that
they seem to be gradually increasing in
intensity and frequency.
These are all signs, and we might say that
they are the “beginning of sorrows”, but
the “horseman” have not yet been
released.
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THREE QUESTIONS The signs Jesus was presenting in these
opening verses offered a bridge from the
disciple’s time until the very time of the
end.
We may have seen these signs during this
present age, but at some point will come
the Seal Judgments which will see an
increase in unremitting intensity.
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THREE QUESTIONS Jesus first warns about deception as a
sign of the end-times.
There is great deception in this world
today, such that it is difficult to discern
the truth.
More importantly, there are false teachers
claiming to have truth.
Jesus warns against this.
The Jews are still deceived about their
Messiah.
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THREE QUESTIONS They still refuse to recognize Jesus as
Messiah.
They were looking for a political and
military savior, not a humble shepherd.
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THREE QUESTIONS In the past, the Jews have followed false
Messiahs such as Simon bar Kokhba who
seemed to offer a military solution to their
oppression.
Many believed that Simon bar Kokhba was
the long awaited Messiah who would restore
their national independence.
The bar Kokhba revolt of 132-136 AD against
Rome resulted in the annihilation of the
Judean population, suppression of Jewish
religious and political autonomy, and Jews
and Christians were banned from Jerusalem.
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THREE QUESTIONS Judea was then renamed and merged into
Syria Palaestina province.
The name change was done to eliminate any
memory of Judea or Ancient Israel.
A total of 580,000 Jews were killed and 50
fortified towns and 985 villages were razed.
Many more died of famine and disease.
When the revolt was crushed, those who
survived were sold into slavery.
The Talmud refers to Simon bar Kokhba as a
false Messiah.
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THREE QUESTIONS There have been many false Messiahs in
Jewish history, the last of which was
Jacob Joseph Frank (1726-1791) who
claimed to be a reincarnation of King
David and preached a synthesis of
Christianity and Judaism.
The next one could well be the Antichrist.
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THE FIRST
SEAL -
DECEPTION
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THE FIRST SEAL - DECEPTION The two verses of Matthew
24:4-5 parallel the first seal of
Revelation 6:
Matt 24:4 And Jesus answered
and said unto them, Take heed
that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my
name, saying, I am Christ
[Messiah]; and shall deceive
many.
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THE FIRST SEAL - DECEPTIONRev 6:1 And I saw when the
Lamb opened one of the seals,
and I heard, as it were the noise
of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white
horse: and he that sat on him
had a bow; and a crown was
given unto him: and he went
forth conquering, and to
conquer.
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THE FIRST SEAL - DECEPTION This white horse rider is the
counterfeit Christ (Antichrist).
He has a bow, but no arrows.
This is likely a political leader
that conquers without war.
His means of battle is most
likely deception, and he has
gained such political power
that no one can oppose him.
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THE FIRST SEAL - DECEPTION Both Revelation 6:1-2 (Seal
Judgments) and Matthew
24:4-5 (deception) refer to
the beginning of the seven-
year Tribulation.
It is not referring to the
Great Tribulation which
begins after the midpoint,
or the last 3-1/2 years.
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THE FIRST SEAL - DECEPTION Notice that it is the Lamb (Jesus)
who opens the Seals and initiates
the judgments of the Tribulation.
It is therefore God that initiates
the judgments (wrath) throughout
the entire seven years.
Keep in mind that the Seal
judgments, particularly the White
Horse Rider, introduce the first 3-
1/2 years of Tribulation.
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THE FIRST SEAL - DECEPTIONMatt 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and
rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled:
for all these things must come to pass, but
the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be
famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in
divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be
afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be
hated of all nations for my name's sake. (Cont)
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THE FIRST SEAL - DECEPTION10 And then shall many be offended, and shall
betray one another, and shall hate one
another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and
shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the
love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the
same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for a witness unto all
nations; and then shall the end come.
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THE FIRST SEAL - DECEPTION The preceding verses of Matthew parallel
the Seal Judgments of Revelation, Seal 2
through 6.
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THE SECOND
SEAL - WAR
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THE SECOND SEAL - WARMatt 24:6 And ye shall hear of
wars and rumours of wars…
7 For nation shall rise against
nation, and kingdom against
kingdom….
Rev 6:3 And when he had
opened the second seal, I heard
the second beast say, Come and
see.
(Continued)
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THE SECOND SEAL - WAR4 And there went out another
horse that was red: and power
was given to him that sat
thereon to take peace from the
earth, and that they should kill
one another: and there was
given unto him a great sword.
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THE THIRD
SEAL -
FAMINE
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THE THIRD SEAL - FAMINEMatt 24:7 …there shall be
famines….
Rev 6:5 And when he had
opened the third seal, I heard
the third beast say, Come and
see. And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his
hand.
(Continued)
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THE THIRD SEAL - FAMINE6 And I heard a voice in the
midst of the four beasts say, A
measure of wheat for a penny,
and three measures of barley for
a penny; and see thou hurt not
the oil and the wine.
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THE FORTH
SEAL -
PLAGUES
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THE FOURTH SEAL - PLAGUESMatt 24:7 …and pestilences….
Rev 6:7 And when he had
opened the fourth seal, I heard
the voice of the fourth beast
say, Come and see.
(Continued)
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THE FOURTH SEAL - PLAGUES8 And I looked, and behold a
pale horse: and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell
followed with him. And power
was given unto them over the
fourth part of the earth, to kill
with sword, and with hunger,
and with death, and with the
beasts of the earth.
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THE FIFTH
SEAL -
PERSECUTION
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THE FIFTH SEAL - PERSECUTIONMatt 24:9 Then shall they deliver
you up to be afflicted, and shall
kill you: and ye shall be hated of
all nations for my name's sake.
Rev 6:9 And when he had opened
the fifth seal, I saw under the
altar the souls of them that were
slain for the word of God, and for
the testimony which they held:
(Continued)
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THE FIFTH SEAL - PERSECUTION10 And they cried with a loud voice,
saying, How long, O Lord, holy and
true, dost thou not judge and
avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto
every one of them; and it was said
unto them, that they should rest yet
for a little season, until their fellow
servants also and their brethren,
that should be killed as they were,
should be fulfilled.
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THE SIXTH
SEAL –
NATURAL
DESASTERS
AND
ANARCHY
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERSMatt 24:7 …and earthquakes….
Matt 24:12 And because iniquity
shall abound, the love of many
shall wax cold.
Rev 6:12 And I beheld when he
had opened the sixth seal, and,
lo, there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon
became as blood;
(Continued)
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERS13 And the stars of heaven fell
unto the earth, even as a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs, when
she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a
scroll when it is rolled together;
and every mountain and island
were moved out of their places.
(Continued)
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERS15 And the kings of the earth,
and the great men, and the rich
men, and the chief captains, and
the mighty men, and every
bondman, and every free man,
hid themselves in the dens and
in the rocks of the mountains;
(Continued)
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERS16 And said to the mountains
and rocks, Fall on us, and hide
us from the face of him that
sitteth on the throne, and from
the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath
is come; and who shall be able
to stand?
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERS In Matthew 24, verse 12,
“Iniquity shall abound.”
In other words, people will do
whatever they please, sinful or
not.
“The love of many shall wax
cold,” indicates that people
will recognize the iniquity and
will choose to do nothing.
They won’t care.
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERS Great natural disasters occur
and anarchy reigns as men hide
from God.
Notice that after the great men
had experienced the Seal
Judgments that they hid
themselves from the wrath of the
Lamb, implying that they realized
that they were already in the
wrath of God from the beginning
of the Seal Judgments.
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERS It was the Lamb that set in motion the
events of the Great Tribulation.
J. Dwight Pentecost writes in support of
the Seal judgments being an unfolding of
God’s wrath during the Tribulation:
“John announced (Rev. 6:16-17) that the
program there being unfolded is related to the
‘wrath of the Lamb.’ The aorist tense in verse
17 elthen (has come), signifies, not something
that is about to happen, but that which has
taken place. (Continued)
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERS“Thus, in unfolding the program of the seals,
John announces that these represent ‘the
wrath’ that has already come. In the same
connection, with the sounding of the seven
trumpets, John again relates these trumpets to
the program of the outpouring of the wrath of
God, for in Revelation 11:18 it is set forth that
these events are connected with the wrath that
‘has come’ (aorist tense again). Thus, neither
the seals nor the trumpets can be divorced
from the divine program associated with the
pouring out of wrath upon the earth.”
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THE SIXTH SEAL - DESASTERS Additionally, the reference to “the great
day of His wrath is come” may be an
acknowledgement by those who are
hiding (Rev 6:16) that the wrath of God
has already come with the horrors they
have already experienced.
They now realize that there are more and
greater horrors yet to come.
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THE
INTERLUDE
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THE INTERLUDETwo verses provide the interlude between
the first half of the seven-year Tribulation
and the last half known as the Great
Tribulation.
Matt 24:13 But he that shall endure unto
the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for a witness unto
all nations; and then shall the end come.
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THE INTERLUDE
One seal remains, the
seventh.
We will address that in the
next lesson.
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End of The Study of REVELATION
Lesson 02
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Closing Prayer
Creation Revelation
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Robert & Mary Tozier
WWW.CREATIONREVELATION.ORG
At Sunrise Southern Baptist Church
Las Vegas, NV