Revelation: A Three-Hour Tour

Real Life presents the Jack Hibbs podcast with intention and boldness to proclaim truth, equip the saints and impact our culture. I want you to think in three bucket terms, three buckets. Revelation chapter one goes in bucket number one and that is the things that were passed. Revelation chapter two and three as we make our way through this, these are the things that are. Revelation chapter four verse one, this is the announcement of the third bucket. These are the things which will be of the future. You can get the outlines of this podcast by going to jackhibbs.com slash podcast. Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, that's like saying amen or yes, then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs. Get a cup of coffee or bottle of water or pull over or if you're driving, put your headphones on or get ready, we'll do the best we can as we begin now to dive in from 30,000 feet understanding the book of Revelation and it is God's will that you and I understand it by the way. He did not give this book to us as a mystery. I'm going to prove that now, but the exact opposite. This is the revelation, the apocalyptic, the apocalyptic, the apocalyptic, the unveiling, the taking off of the wrapping or in our minds, I imagine a statue and you can see the outline a symbol as a silhouette of the statue of liberty and you can tell that something is big underneath but you don't know what and they raise the covering, the sheet off. That's the word that is used when it is the revelation, the unveiling of Jesus Christ. We're going to dive into this so get comfortable. But as you get ready, as you get ready, think this way. I want you to think in three bucket terms, three buckets, buckets one, two, three or buckets by color. I don't care how you define them but have three of them because you need to have a bucket of the past, you need to have a bucket of the things that are now and you need to have a bucket that will hold the things of the future. So get yourself ready. Here we go. May the Lord bless this as we trust that He will because He's promised to do so. Here we go. Revelation, chapter one, verse one, the revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave Him, that's God gave to Jesus, to show His servants things which must surely take place or the word in Greek as quickly happen once they begin and He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John. There is the chronology of the revelation given. No secret about it, everybody, who bore witness to the Word of God, to the testimony of Jesus Christ and to all things that He saw. Listen to this. Blessed is He who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it for the time is near. That is what's known as the prologue to the book of Revelation. This is the foundational purpose and reason. God is announcing, here is how I'm giving it and this is the purpose. It is the glorification, revelation, announcement. It is the unveiling of my son, Jesus Christ, thus it's the book of Revelation and verses one to three is that prologue and now verses four through eight is what is known as the salutation. It says in verse four, John, this is the beloved John. I believe that it is the same John that is John of the gospel. John to the seven churches which are in Asia, grace to you in peace from Him who is, who was, who is to come. By the way, that's the attribute of the God of Israel revealed in the book of Isaiah and from the seven spirits who are before His throne. The seven spirits before His throne, folks, you can see in Isaiah chapter 11 verses one and two. It's not a mystery. In fact, it's good for me to insert this now. The book of Revelation is understood by those and only those who know their Old Testament. This is a setup by God to reveal to you your Old Testament knowledge. Yes, that's right, everybody. You in the New Testament era and the New Testament church, we are only a real New Testament church if we study and know the Old Testament. You say, how can you say that? It's so easy to answer your question by asking you a question. When Peter, Paul and James and John, when they were out preaching the gospel in the New Testament, were they carrying their New Testament Bibles? You know, New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs? Nope. What were they carrying? When the New Testament apostles went preaching, what were they preaching? The Old Testament. Why? Because the gospel is in the Old Testament. Jesus is in the Old Testament. In fact, it is the book of Revelation that alludes to quotes from reveals Old Testament scriptures more than any other New Testament book. Is that fascinating? Isn't that awesome? He goes on. Verse five, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness in the firstborn or the preeminent one from the dead and the ruler over the kings of the earth, to him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood and has made us kings and priests to his God and father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Listen to John, behold, he is coming with clouds. Every eye will see him as reference to the second coming, and they also who pierced him. That's the Jewish religious leadership in the future. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him, even so, amen. Folks, verse seven as an example is a great verse to tear out as it were or copy down and put in your future bucket. Do you see that? It's simply placed in your future bucket. Verse eight, oh, I love verse eight, the cults, hate verse eight. We love verse eight. I am the alpha and the omega. The beginning and the end says the Lord who is, who was, who is to come, the almighty. That's a reference to God himself out of the book of Isaiah, chapter 48, verse 12, mind you. I, John, verse nine, and now we come to the things which you have seen. So what I just read to you previously, those are things that are part of the things that are foundational. Now watch how this ties in. We are still looking at chapter one as the things of the first bucket. These are the things that you've seen. I, John, both your brother and companion, intribulation, and in the kingdom, and in patience of Jesus Christ was on the Isle that is called Patmos. That's part of the Greek Isles, Patmos, and that's where John was banished because John was guilty of preaching Christ Jesus. Church tradition has it that they attempted to kill John by boiling him in oil. He, he, it didn't kill him. Again, this is church tradition, church history. He was then banished to the island of Patmos to work there. The salt mines to eventually die. Thank God that didn't happen. God got him out of Patmos and got him over to Ephesus where he died in Ephesus. But John is the only apostle that died of old age and of natural circumstances. And by the way, it's good to note right now that the book of Revelation's written somewhere between 93 and 95 AD. So that is, that is very, very important. He says, listen to this verse 10, he said that I was in the spirit, capital S spirit. That's the Holy Spirit on the Lord's day. I personally believe that John now in verse 10 is seeing the things of the Lord in his day. God is allowing him to see into the future. And I heard behind me a loud voice as of a trumpet saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. That is fantastic folks because that is, again, the God of the Old Testament. That's one of his titles. And what you see right in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and Pergamus and Thyatira and Sardis and Philadelphia and Leodicea. And so he gives the seven letters to the seven churches. We're going to read them in a little bit. But there's a reason we'll talk more on that. Why those seven, when there were many, many hundreds, why that one? We'll see, or why those I should say. Now watch what happens. John now begins to see the content of the vision. Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands. I want you to think about that for a moment. These are either seven independent stand-alone lamp stands, which are possible, but not likely. It may very well be the seven lamp stands that make up the menorah. The menorah that is mentioned in Exodus, we find the menorah throughout the Old Testament and now we find the menorah and the closing book of the Bible. And Jesus says that he is in the midst, as we shall see, he's in the midst of the seven lamp stands. One like the son of man clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band or a sash. His head and his hair were white like wool and as white as snow and his eyes like a flame of fire. His feet were like fine brass as if refined in furnace and his voice as the sound of many waters. He had in his right hand seven stars. We're going to find out more about those in moment. And out of his mouth went a sharp sword or sharp two-edged sword and his countenance, his face, was shining in its strength or countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. Verse 17, oh, get a load of this. Listen carefully. John says this, and when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead, but he laid his right hand on me saying, do not be afraid. I am the first in the last. Listen, everybody, just out of chapter one already, who's the first in the last? There's no, you have no other, there's no option. It's him. It's Jesus. Did Jovo, and this is, we'll say, oh, no, no, Jehovah God is the first in the last. Yeah, Jovo God is the first in the last. There's one Savior, the Lord God. How does He save us by the atoning work of the sacrificial Son of God? That's why Jesus Christ, he's not another alpha in Omega. There's only one. There's only one person last. There's only one beginning in the end. Jesus Christ is God. Revelation chapter one just made that super clear if you know your Old Testament. Isn't this fascinating? It's thrilling, but this gets deep. Watch this. Verse 18, I am He who lives and was dead and behold him alive forevermore. Okay, whoever the alpha in the Omega is, the first in the last, the one who was, who is, who is to come, whoever is, I'm being sarcastic right now, whoever is, he died and he came back to life. Wow. And I have the keys of Hades and death. Verse 19, write the things which you have seen. That is the first division to the book of Revelation, the things which you have seen. That's bucket number one. And here comes bucket number two, the things which are now, the things which are now presently, John, the things that I'm going to show you now, where you stand, John, in the world that you're in. And guess what, mark this down in your notes. The world that John is in is the church age. John being, of course, a member of the church as you and I trust are. Jesus is speaking to him and announcing to him that division goes this way. There's things that I'm telling you about of the past. There's things I'm going to be telling you about about the now. And there's things I'm going to be telling you about about the future. Three divisions of the book of Revelation. And that outline is presented in verse 19, maybe one of the most important verses of the entire book is Revelation 1 verse 19. Verse 20 goes on to say, the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lamp stands. Listen to this, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. Some say pastors and the reason why some say that is because the word anglios means messengers. And so some have said, well, it's actual angels and some have interpreted to mean messengers being the ministers of. I go with the latter to be honest with you, but that's my choice and you can have yours. The seven stars are the seven angels of the seven churches and the seven lamp stands which you saw are the seven churches. That is God's description, chapter 1, the things which have been. Now look at this. We pick it up in chapter 2 and everybody, chapters 2 and 3 is the second bucket. And that contains the things that are now. And here we go. The message that we're going to see starting out with is this. And to the angel, imagine if it is the pastor or the messenger or maybe whatever it is, we know for sure it is the ambassador or the one that will communicate to the believers that are nephysis, right? These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven lamp stands. Wow. I want to believe that Jesus walks through our lamp stand at our church. I hope Jesus is welcome at our church. Don't you? He says in verse 2, I know your works, your labor and your patience and that you cannot bear those who are evil and have tested those who say they are apostles and are not and have found them to be liars. Wow. How would they know that? Because this church and Ephesus judged what was being taught against the revealed word of God. What revealed word of God? They didn't have a new testimony yet. They judged what was being said by these ministers against the Old Testament of God's word. And you have persevered and have patience and have labored for my namesake and have not become weary. Nevertheless, I have this against you that you have left your first love. Remember, therefore, from where you have fallen, repent and do the first works or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lamp stand from its place unless you repent. Jesus is saying, unless you love me more than anything else, including ministry, I'm going to remove your influence. When the light goes out, it doesn't mean the church at Ephesus loses their salvation. It means that they lose their witness. The lamp goes out. And Jesus says, I need you to repent so your light can keep burning. But this is what you need to do to repent. You need to come back to me and make me the object of your Christian witness, your Christian love, and your Christian witness. It's awesome. And verse 5, he tells you how to do that. Remember, therefore, from where you have fallen repent and do the first works or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lamp stand from its place unless you repent. Notice the first works is the work of love. But this you have that you hate the deeds of the Nicolayatins, which I also hate. Jesus says, I hate those who are Nicolayati, lords over the people. They are spiritual ministers in my church, but they lured themselves over the people. They do not let me be lured. They are men of controlling powers over my people. Jesus says, I hate that. Verse 7, he who has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches, to him who overcomes, I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. Awesome. Now watch this. And now we go to church number 2 and this is the church at Smirna. And remember, everybody, these are the things that are present before John. John is seeing the church age from his day all the way out to when the church leaves the earth. So certainly, this speaks to our time. And to the angel, the church of Smirna, right, these things says the first and the last who was dead and came to life. Oh my gosh. If you're a Jehovah witness right now, your head's spinning around in circles. If you are a Mormon, this concerns you very, very much so because there's no other first and last. There's not thousands of gods, a. God. No, there's only one, the God. And the Redeemer, God, died for you and he lives again. This is the second time you've heard that. And just these two chapters remarkable, absolutely amazing. He goes on to say in verse 9, and I know your works, tribulation and poverty, but you are rich. And I know the blasphemy of those who say that you are Jews, that they say they are Jews and are not, but they are of the synagogue of Satan. What? Replacement theology? Is that what he's possibly thinking about? Is it possible that replacement theology is being referenced here? The replacement theology beginning with many who denounce the word of God, but probably the most fervent replacement theology people today are those of Islam saying there are no Jews. Jews don't matter. Jews know more. Whatever it was, the Jews is ours now. We've taken their blessings. We've stepped in. We've taken over. What about those who say the church is Israel? That the church is made up of Christians who are spiritual Jews and so there is no real Jew or Jew to come as a believer or Israel or Jerusalem. Something to think about. I would watch out. He says, there are the synagogue of Satan. Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be tested and you will have tribulation 10 days. That certainly took place under one of the particular Roman emperors, but I think it speaks regarding the future as well. Be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life. This is the church of martyrdom. There are those believing until my granddaughter just the other day. I said, how was your Sunday? She said it was great and I said, you know, I heard on the news today that we had a great day at church, but there were Christians in Sudan just on the same day in Africa who were locked inside of their church and burned to death by jihadists. Wow. God's church is all over the earth. Some people who are of his church are called to be martyrs and Jesus said, Jesus says, be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life. Verse 11, he was in ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. That's a key challenge. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death, meaning you may die spiritually. I mean, sorry, take that back. You may die physically once in your life as we all shall do, but the second death is spiritual death and spiritual death, the believer never goes through spiritual death. The believer will only go through physical death, not spiritual death. The first death everyone must go through, believer or not. The second death only unbelievers go through. Make sense? That's a key thing to remember. All of us are going to die unless the rapture happens. Make sure you do not die the spiritual death, which is called the second death. That is the last thing that you ever want to experience. Now to the church at Pergamum. And to the angel, the church at Pergamum, right, these things says he who has the sharp, two-edged sword that's the word of God, I know your works and where you dwell where Satan's throne is and you hold fast to my name and did not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful martyr who was killed among you were Satan dwells. Wow, but I have a few things against you and here he's going to tell you because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Baileum, who taught Bailek to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel to eat things sacrifice to idols and to commit sexual immorality. Baileum was a false representation, a prophet who misrepresented God to say the least. Thus you also have those who hold to the doctrine of the Nicolayetans, which things, I, hey, that's the second time Jesus has said this, repent or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. Wow, he has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches to him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat, the hidden manna, the word of God to give them strength in the hour of need. I will give him a white stone and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it. Next church everybody is the church at Thyatira. Listen carefully to this. A lot of people believe that in the chronological fashion that the age of the Thyatira was the church of the dark ages if you lay that out. That's for a deeper study for you to do on your own but there are chronological commentaries on the book Revelation that that reveal that that breaks it down. It's quite fascinating. I encourage you to look at the writings of that by Dr. John Wolveroot would be great. The church of Thyatira. He says, and to the angel the church of Thyatira, these things says the son of God who his eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass. I know your works love service faith and your patience and as for your works the last are more than the first. Nevertheless I have a few things against you because you allow the woman Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess to teach and beguile my servants to commit sexual immorality and eat those things or eat the things sacrifice to idols and I and I give her time or I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality and she did not repent. Indeed I will cast her into a sick bed and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation unless they repent of their deeds. I will kill her children with death and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and the hearts and I give to each one of you according to your works but to you I say and to the rest in Thyatira as many as do not have this doctrine and who do not have not known the depths of Satan as they call them I will put on you no other burden but hold fast what you have till I come and He who overcomes and keeps my works until the end and to Him I will give power over the nations. He shall rule them with a rod of iron as the potter potter's vessels shall be broken to pieces as I also have received from my father and I will give him the morning star it's amazing and he who has an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit says to the churches that's absolutely stunning and remarkable remember we are working now in what is called the second bucket pausing for a drink maybe you can do the same Revelation chapter 1 goes in bucket number 1 and that is the things that were passed Revelation chapter 2 and 3 as we make our way through this these are the things that are not only John's time all the way through to our day this this would include the time of of Zwingli and Luther it would include the time of the church fathers the the the times of of the birthing of the church the day of Pentecost all the way through to the spirit of God delivering up the church at the rapture of the church and so we pick it up together everybody we are reading regarding the church of Sardis now and to the angel of the church at Sardis right these things says he who has the seven spirits of God remember we talked about them earlier they're found in Isaiah chapter 11 verses 1 and 2 and the seven stars I know your works that you have a name that you are alive but you are dead yikes be watchful and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die for I have not found your works perfect before God remember therefore how you have received and heard hold fast and repent therefore if you will not watch you know what's amazing God is always saying to us watch watch watch be watchful be watching even in our waiting as believers weird to be watchful he says I will come upon you as a thief and you will not know the hour I will come upon you you have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments and they shall walk with me in white for they are worthy what makes them worthy they've kept his name it's not their works it's not their talent it's not their magnitude of Christian ministry it's the fact that they were faithful to what God had called them to do absolutely 100 percent tangible applicable usable information given by God and this is a great exhortation from none other than Jesus Christ himself and so verse 5 he overcomes shall be clothed in white garments and will not I will not blood out his name from the book of life but I will confess his name before my father before his and before his angels he has an ear to your lid him here with the spirit says to the churches before we read about Philadelphia very very quickly you might say well Jack what about this blooding blooding the name out of the book notice he says if you do these things your name will not be blotted out of the book of life to get your name blotted out of the book of life means you never had it written in the lambs book of life go look and see it's two different books there's the book of life that records the name of every human being that's ever been born known to God only at this time the second book is the lambs book of life and only those who are born again are written in the lambs book of life on the day of judgment those whose names are written in the book of life their names are also in the lambs book of life on the day of judgment when the books are opened if your name is not in the lambs book of life then it's blotted out of the book of life go study that on your own but that that is that is something if you're born again your name cannot be blotted out of the book of life because it is preserved sealed and stamped onto the day of redemption in the lambs book of life now here's the church that all of us want to be a part of this is what I strive here at the church that I pastor at Calvary Chapel is dear God please may this church be a Philadelphia church may it be a church of brotherly love to Philadelphia and to the angel of church to Philadelphia right these things says he was holy he was true he was the key of David to find that interesting right he who opens and knowing shuts and shuts opens by the way in my Bible on April 26th God gave me this verse to open up the church during COVID because he says there that he who opens and no one shuts and shuts and no one opens God told me in my heart loud and clear wasn't my heart God spoke it to my heart and it was this Jack you don't have the authority to close the doors of my church my church must remain open and so we did I know your works behold or see I've set before you an open door and no one can shut it not even the governor for you have a little strength and you have kept my word and not denied my name whoo folks you do that you'll do fine keep his word don't deny his name wow that's the you want to you want the key to success save save your money on buying Tony Robbins books on how to be the best or whatever there's the key keep his word and don't deny his name indeed he says I will take those of the synagogue of Satan we read about those guys earlier who say they are Jews and are not but are liars indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet and to know that I have loved you because you have kept my command to persevere listen everybody let God's word speak you do not do not twist God's words ready because you have kept my command to persevere I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth that's Revelation 210 oh sorry Revelation 310 there's a promise that God says I'm going to deliver you from a time coming that will engulf the entire earth but possibly could that be the answer is in Luke 2136 and Luke 2136 I'm paraphrasing because it just popped into my head he says if you watch and if you're faithful and you're looking for me I will provide for you a way of escape when that time comes where all those on the face of the earth will be tried I believe that that is the blessed hope that Christ is going to John chapter 14 verses one two and three pull us off from the face of the earth I hope it's my generation I hope it happens today but wow what an amazing thing what a great promise that was Revelation 310 verse 11 behold I come quickly hold fast what you have that no one may take your crown he who overcomes I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God and he shall go out no more I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God the new Jerusalem which comes down out of heaven from my God and I will write on him my new name we'll read about that in future chapters he who has an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit says to the churches and sadly but to be warned is to be forearmed the church period of Leodicea this is what I firmly believe we are living in right now is this age it's the final church here and to the angel of the church of Leodicea or the Leodiceans these things says the amen the amen is these is let it be true the faithful and true witness the beginning of the creation of God I know your works that you are neither cold nor hot I could wish that you were cold or hot so then because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot I will spew you out of my mouth because you say I'm rich I've become wealthy and I have need of nothing and do you not know that you are wretched miserable poor blind and naked I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire that you may be rich and white garments that you may be clothed and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed and annoying your eyes with ice have that you may see as many as I love are rebuke and chase him therefore be zealous and repent behold I stand isn't this sad Jesus is saying hey behold I stand at the door and knock he's knocking on the door of this church I think it's Rembrandt don't quote me on this but I think Rembrandt painted this painting one of the great one of the great oil painters of the day did where Jesus is outside knocking on the door of the church of Leo Decia and the the the door has no handle on it it has no door knob has no latch Jesus is knocking on the door which means which implies whoever's on the inside they have the ability to unlock the door and open it up but Jesus doesn't have that ability to barge in he can only knock you have to invite him in and you can go research I'm sure I'm wrong Rembrandt did some 90 or so religious paintings I do think that he may very well have been the the artist of that when it doesn't matter you'll find it when you search for it um behold I stand at the door knock if anyone hear my voice opens the door I will come in to him sounds personal right and dine or eat with him and he with me to him who overcomes I will grant to sit with me on my throne as I also overcame and sat down with my father on his throne he who has an ear to hear what the spirit says to the churches now watch this everybody revelation four market down in your notes revelation chapter four verse one this is the announcement of the third bucket we now move to the third bucket these are the things which will be of the future so can I just repeat this for you chapter one is placed in bucket number one because the things that John saw bucket number two is chapters two and three which is where John is living in the church age period of time chapter four technically chapter four verse two to revelation chapter 22 to the end is what's of the future things that are going to be revelation chapter four verse one is a unique moment and I want to want to see if you'll grasp this if you'll see this if you'll entertain this meditata that is after these things I looked this is John speaking and behold a door standing open in heaven okay watch everybody John looks upward he sees a door open it's in heaven and the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me saying come up here and I will show you things which must take place after this oh wow after what after you come up here gosh I wish I could spend the rest of our time together just on that John hey come up here oh come why I want to show you things that are going to take place after this after what after you're up here not hard could it be that John who died of natural causes the oldest of the apostles the last author of the Bible is it possible that John signifies the church because John is never again mentioned technically meaning the church is never again mentioned as we leave chapter three into chapter four the church isn't mentioned anymore again until the end of the tribulation period and we find her and where is she she's found in revelation chapter 19 on the other side of the door John looks up and he sees the door it's in heaven doors opened up and the voices come up here the voice sounds like a trumpet John goes on up there John records everything what's going on up in heaven and on earth from that point on and we don't hear any more doors being swung open until revelation 19 when the door is opened up again but John's in heaven with the church with Jesus coming out of that door down to earth are you excited is that exciting you I'm excited after these things I looked and behold a door standing open in heaven and the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me saying come up here and I will show you things which must take place after this verse two immediately I was in the spirit and behold a throne set in heaven and one sat on the throne and he who sat there was like a jasper and a sardis stone and appearance and there was a rainbow around the throne I don't understand this but it's going to be awesome a rainbow around the throne in the appearance like an emerald I don't get it but it must be cool a rainbow is a rainbow an emerald is green isn't it I mean I don't know my stones I don't know rocks but is it an emerald green but a rainbow's the spectrum of the rainbow what's going on wow these are things we're gonna see you and I together we're gonna see these things we're gonna we're gonna go through that door going now if you know your Bible you're gonna say I remember that day we went through that podcast and Jack was talking about this and there is that emerald rainbow thing and now it makes perfect sense we're gonna see it I love it verse four and around the throne were 24 thrones and on the thrones I saw 24 elders sitting clothed in white robes and they have crowns of gold on their heads and from the throne proceeded lightnings thunderings and voices and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven spirits of God now this is getting exciting and I know that some of you guys have different views that's fine that's okay that's fine but but this we know John is showing us he's taking us on on a tour of heaven right now and don't you find it kind of fascinating that there's 24 elders that are up there we need to keep our eye on these guys who are they a lot of speculation by the way let's be honest nobody knows for sure some say it's the 12 apostles and the 12 tribes of Israel maybe could be it could be that there were 12 orders of priests in the in the Old Testament priesthood to keep the fire burning at the temple and worship going at the temple 24 hours a day seven days a week all year round there were 24 orders of priests could these elders represent those guys it's possible then who would they be we should ask that question who are these guys what are we and that's something by the way you should write down and say let's let's see if we can find out who your speculation let's remember the 24 elders and let's listen if they say anything let's try to capture what they say verse six before the throne there was a sea of glass like crystal and in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures oh boy full of eyes in front and in back I don't know what to tell you about that except freak out in fact somebody put this in AI they told AI to give them a description it freaked me out by the way everybody sorry I have to mess around these glasses my eyes aren't working today there are all kinds of different ranks and orders of angels so this is one particular order of angel that has that has eyes in the front of it and in the back of it full of eyes tons of eyes creepy weird wow verse seven the first living creature was like a lion oh this is going to be fun everybody the second living creature like a calf the third living creature had a face like a man and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle guess what verse seven verse seven is Matthew, Mark, Luke and John I'm not kidding represented before the throne of God is the gospel of God and it has been for eternity the four living creatures they have as if we if we were to jump over to Ezekiel for example and read about them the four living creatures they appear to have they they're they appear to be four living creatures each of them have one head with four faces face face face face and face and what are those faces this is this is this just extra credit kind of stuff that we're messing around with here but it is cool when it says the face of a lion did you know that Matthew's gospel presents Jesus to the Jew as being the lion from the tribe of Judah more than a Mark Luke or John did you know that is that a coincidence the second creature was the was that of a calf or an ox a beast of burden a calf an ox is a beast of servitude which gospel has Jesus serving mankind more than any of the four gospels there's only one gospel it's got the most miracles done by Jesus to benefit others and it's the shortest gospel with the most miracles the book of Mark by the way Matthew has a genealogy mark doesn't Luke does and John does interesting is this a coincidence I'm just saying I'm just landed out there for you to think the third living creature had a face like a man what comes after Mark Luke in the gospel of Luke Jesus is not referred to as the lion from the tribe of Judah nor of the servant Luke is the book that introduces us to Jesus Christ the son of man coincidence I don't know let's see what the fourth face is all about and the fourth living creature was that of a flying eagle eagle speaks of God I will bury you up on eagle's wings the eagle speaks of the deity of God the strength of God the promises of God one gospel is left what gospel declares the deity of Jesus Christ as being God unlike the other three John in fact John is the one that has the third and final lineage it's in John chapter one it shows you the genealogy of Jesus as God in John chapter one and Luke's gospel is the genealogy of Jesus Christ through I believe it is Mary and the genealogy that is given in Matthew is the genealogy of Jesus Christ through Joseph and there's and and again Mark has done because Jesus came to serve and he's represented in heaven but I believe he's represented in heaven by these faces which are it's kind of fun can't prove it but I like it and the four living creatures each having six wings oh man we're full of eyes around and within and they do not rest day or night saying holy look holy holy holy lord god almighty so three holies and then singular lord god almighty singular three plural holies but one lord god almighty who was and is who is to come all right freak out that's freak time to freak we just learned in the first three chapters that the one who was who is who is to come who is it you know you know the answer do you see how what we're doing here it's so fun the Bible is interpreting the Bible we don't get to make stuff up there's only one who was who is who is to come that's almighty God he's also the one who was living and died and rose again he's also the one that touched John and said don't be afraid I am the out for the omega I'm the first in the last he excited I hope you're excited I'm so excited I don't know we'll ever make it through here I'm gonna pass out but this is thrilling stuff whenever the living creatures give for sorry verse nine and whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne who lives forever and ever the twenty here they come the twenty four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and and worship him so these twenty four elders they worship him who lives forever and ever and they cast their crowns before the throne same okay so wow now they're gonna talk to us whoever these guys are they're gonna talk to us watch you are worthy o Lord to receive glory honor and power for you created all things wow and by your will they exist and we're created hey folks I don't want to derail you at all but the book of Colossians the book of Hebrews tells us that Jesus Christ is the creator of all things chapter five chapter five now this is very very critical you guys because chapter five as we begin to look at this we begin to look at the seventh seal that's being opened which introduces the seven trumpet judgments of God this is going to be a powerful powerful section of scripture um I don't do art very well you guys I I've got papers here in some colors I might try but as we get into this you're gonna see a scroll okay imagine here imagine a scroll it's rolled up inside this scroll it's going to be it's going to be opened up okay and when it comes down to the end of this this end of the scroll the last seal of this scroll is going to open another scroll is going to come out of that opening and you're gonna have all of these things these seals that are open and then at the final one there's going to be another seal that's open and it's connected to another revelation of judgments these these uh judgments that are coming upon the earth come in a wave of revelation and just keep that in mind and we'll see if it helps you Revelation chapter five remember now what do we know John's in heaven John's in heaven he's telling us what he's seen so you were listening to an eyewitness account of our reporter on scene and his name is John and where's he reporting from from heaven how do you get there uh why doesn't he talk about the church anymore on earth let's watch let's see what happens I chapter five verse one and in the right hand of him who sat in the throne a scroll written inside and on the back so it's written on both ends in sealed with seven seals John says then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice who is worthy to open the scroll and to lose its seals and knowing in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look at it so John says in verse four so I wept much because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll or to look at it but one of the elders how many elders 24 one of them said to me do not weep behold the lion of the tribe of Judah the root of David has prevailed to open the scroll and to lose its seven seals everybody this is future this is the future and current time replacement theology people say that the things about Israel don't matter well I don't know what they're going to do with verse five of chapter five because it talks about the lion of the tribe of Judah and the root of David this is a big deal everybody you might want to put in your notes just just for reference sake this is a reference to the things of Israel just write that down let's see if it's true or false verse six and I looked and beholden in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders stood a lamb as though it had been slain having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth again Isaiah chapter 11 verses 1 and 2 then he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who sat in the throne now listen to this song it's about ready to be sung and ask yourself this question who can sing this song now when he had taken the scroll the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the lamb each having a harp and golden bulls full of incense which are the prayers of the saints wow and they sang a new song so in the Greek construction it's possible that the angels join in we don't know about that but we know that the singers of the song are those that are in heaven and it includes the 24 elders okay very important let's hear what they say by the way you are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals for you were slain and have redeemed us have oh wait not them not those redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation and have made us kings and priests to our God and we shall reign on the earth people everybody I'm trying to contain myself for sheer joy and I'm not exaggerating it is essential to find out who the us are because whoever the us whoever the us is are it includes the 24 elders now we know something about them they're one of us one of them speaks to John whoever they are being one of us they came from out of the world from every kindred tribe tongue and nation of the earth are you sitting down they're not Jews this is the church God is going to start working with the Jews and we'll see this clearly with with the Jews and the nation of Israel and Jerusalem in a moment that's what the tribulation periods for the seven years of what is called the time of Jacob's trouble but everybody that should have just blown your socks right off your feet the 24 elders are those who were redeemed out of every kindred tribe tongue and nation of the earth Gentiles wow verse 11 then I looked and behold a voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders and the number of them was 10,000 times 10,000 thousands of thousands meaning innumerable numbers saying with a loud voice worthy as the lamb who was slain to receive power in riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing notice the redeemed the angels everybody in that statement no problem there angels can say it redeemed church redeemed Israel anybody can say that beautiful verse 13 and every creature which is in heaven and on earth and under the earth such as there in the sea and those that are in them I heard saying blessing and honor and glory and power to him who sits on the throne and to the lamb forever and ever then the four living creatures said amen and the 24 elders fell down and worshiped him who lives forever this is awesome wow now we come to watch now we come to these seal judgments now I'm going to share again I'm just this is personal this is just with us so how do you keep this straight in your mind beginning with chapter six there's there's three revelations of God's judgment on earth and this is how I read this is how I remember it um do you remember some of you might remember STP STP was invented I think by Andy Granatelli and it was a big product that sponsored Mario and Dreadies racing team back in the day STP special automotive additive automotive oil STP why am I telling you this because this is how you're never going to forget what I'm about to say recollection by association STP in that order what comes first in the book of revelation during the tribulation period the seal judgments S T the trumpet judgments T and P the Bible says but I can't remember STB so for me pans like a pan pan poured out like a bowl STP seal trumpet pans balls seal trumpet bowl judgments got that STP pan now that may sound nutty but you'll never forget it after this moment from this time on you'll know the order of them and you'll know what they're about number one we're talking about this seal judgments and so it says now I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a with a voice like thunder come and see and I looked and behold a white horse and he who sat on it had a bow and a crown was given him and he went out conquering to conquer revelation six verse two right in your margins is the revelation of the antichrist okay that is the first seal the first seal reveals the advent of this man called the antichrist just file that away we're going to go now to the second seal is opened up and that's verses three to four when he opened the second seal I heard the second living creature saying come and see and another horse fiery red went out and it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth and that people should kill one another and there was given him a great sword so global mass murders will happen during what is what I would just call open war and it's it comes out of the second seal judgment I hope this is either this is boring you to death and you already fell asleep or you're you're getting excited one thing's for sure is that we're getting blessed I'm reading and you're hearing it in God's promise to bless us third seal so imagine third seal being pulled down now and he opened the third seal and I heard the third living creature say come and see and I looked and behold a black horse and he was sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand and I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying a quart of wheat for a denarius three quarts of barley for denarius and do not harm the oil and the wine do not harm the oil in the wine next page page turner we go oh yeah okay fourth seal the fourth seal when he opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying come and see and I looked and behold a pale horse that's an interesting word the word pale in the west we think of pale like you you need to go get some sunlight pale the word is actually the word pale in Greek is green it's a weird kind of green like a like a pale green or a dull green I don't know why he pointed it out to you it knows if it's important or not but the pale horse and the name of him who sat on it was death and Hades followed with him and power was given to him over the fourth of the earth wow one quarter of the earth to do what to kill with sword with hunger with death and by the beast of the earth how sad how horrific the animals are going to start going insane during the tribulation period wow now the fifth seal and when he opened the fifth seal I saw under the altar listen the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held in near margins friends in verse nine write down tribulation saints write down tribulation saints whoever these people are they died after revelation four verse one these believers have died during the tribulation age that's important to make a note don't assume for one moment that this is the church it's not at all the church it's tribulation believers and they cried with a loud voice saying how long oh lord holy and true until you judge an avenge our blood you see on those who dwell on the earth and a white robe was given to each of them and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who would be killed as they were was completed wow the sixth seal verse 12 I I looked and when he opened the sixth seal and behold there was a great earthquake and the sun became black a sathcloth of hair and the moon became like blood and the stars of heaven fell to the earth like as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind that's amazing meteoric events some sort of astronomical events and then verse 14 says then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up by the way that's Isaiah 34 verse 7 wow and every mountain and island has moved out of its place and the kings of the earth and great men and rich men the commanders of the mighty men and every slave and every free man hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains listen to this and said to the mountains and rocks fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne listen and from the wrath of the lamb stop right there for a second I speculate right now warning warning I speculate we know that at the time of the second coming Revelation chapter 19 Isaiah chapter 66 it is asked of Jesus the Lamb of God when did your robe get all bloody and he said I got my robe bloody when I treaded out the fierceness of my wrath and now the wrath of my father we also know that the Bible says regarding the time of Jacob's trouble the seven years that the Lord will fight for Israel as he did in the day of battle is it possible that during the tribulation period in some way shape or form invisibly visibly I don't know but Christ is going to be literally intervening in those seven years and especially the last three and a half years on defense of Israel to where we see him with a blood splattered robe we know that his his robe is blood splattered he tells us it's the blood of his enemies and that it's yet future from where you and I sit today something fascinating to ponder isn't it to think about and by the way those of the entire world they want to commit suicide they want to be killed they they cry out asking the mountains and the hills to crush them they they run and hide and they want to hide from the wrath of the Lamb John sees the Lamb at the right hand of the father the world sees the Lamb wrathful full of indignation and judgment wow verse 17 and and the great day of his wrath is common who is able to stand now watch this there's what is known as the interlude where the the redeemed are spoken of during the tribulation period and this is important of course all of this is important but watch this in fact I don't know if you guys can see my Bible right now but you're probably saying what the heck is going on with his Bible he's got like the stars David all over it yeah it's because it works you'll see after these things I saw for angel standing at the four corners of the earth no it's not flat if you want to look at the entire round sphere of the earth you unfold that round sphere like all round spheres can be slit open and unfolded and made flat and you can see the entire world in one glance instead of spinning it around sorry folks I know some of you are using this to be a flat earther but that's all the attention I'm going to give you of that there holding the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree and then I saw another angel ascending from the east having the seal of the living God and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and to the sea saying do not harm the earth the sea or the trees till or until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads and I heard the number of those who were sealed 144,000 of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed not Palestine not Gaza Israel 144,000 12,000 from each tribe the seven year tribulation period begins with the advent of the Antichrist with the peace treaty Daniel chapter 9 verses 24 to 27 at the halfway mark he's going to deceive the nation of Israel and break that peace treaty and that's when they're going to understand that they're going to flee and what comes out of that is a massive revival and awakening of Jews unto salvation verse 5 of the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed I'm going to skip this name the names this way Judah 12,000 were sealed Ruben another 12 Gad another 12,000 Asher another 12,000 Naphthili another 12,000 Manassa Simeon Levi Ishikar Zebulan all of these 12,000 each Joseph 12,000 each Benjamin 12,000 each where is the tribe of Dan is in that interesting there is a reference regarding Dan that that Dan Dan was like a a writerless horse and he would fall backward some believe that Old Testament verse that passage might reveal the fact that the Antichrist could possibly descend from or be a descendant from the tribe of Dan you see Jack who cares apparently the Jews are going to care about the tribes and apparently God cares about the tribes because the last book of the Bible speaks about the 12 tribes of Israel that God is redeeming and using 12,000 men out of the 12 tribes to become Imagine this Billy Graham type of Paul the Apostle types with who knows what technologies or abilities is amazing Meditata verse 9 after these things I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could number of all nations tribes peoples these are Gentiles tongues standing before the throne and before the lamb clothed with white robes white robes with palm branches in their hands crying out with a loud voice saying salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb and all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures remember the 24 elders fell on their faces before the throne and worship God saying amen blessing and glory and wisdom Thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to God forever and ever amen then one of the elders answered saying to me who are these a raid and white robes isn't that a great question that men enough to him who are these and white robes who are these guys wait look at this who's asking the question and one of the elders answered and said to me John who are these a raid in white robes and where do they come from verse 13 tells me that they're not the church the elders would have known that and John would have known that the elders says hey John who are these people let's see what John's answer is verse 14 and I said to him sir you know so he said to me these are the ones who came out of the great tribulation and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb tribulation saints everybody therefore they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple he who sits on the throne will dwell among them they shall never hunger anymore nor thirst anymore the sun shall not strike them nor any heat for the lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living a fountains of waters and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes these are absolutely tribulation saints after this massive awesome conversion of Gentiles throughout the entire globe that comes out of the preaching of the 144,000 evangelists 12,000 from each tribe and it's amazing how God has kept track of the tribes we now go into chapter 8 and chapter 8 is listen is the the six trumpet judgments so do you remember STP so now we go from the seals to the trumpet judgments and STNP they increase in horror and intensity and with that you you'll see the advent at some point in time of Satan himself and the antichrist in the hosts chapter 8 verse 1 and when he opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about a half an hour and I saw this seven angels who stand before God to them were given seven trumpets then another angel having a golden sensor came and stood at the altar and he was given much incense that which he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne so we're watching heaven throne room events here and the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints ascended before God from the angel's hand then the angel took the sensor watch this and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it is that violent threw it to the earth and there were noises and thunderings and lightnings and earthquake and the seven angels had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound trumpet number one verse seven by the way this correlates with Isaiah 28 verse 2 by the way Isaiah 28 verse 2 the first angel sounded in hail and fire followed mingled with blood and they were thrown to the earth and a third of the trees were burned up all green grass was burned up think about the ecological damage of all of this trumpet number two then the second angel sounded and something like a great mountain so it's not a mountain but it's like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea and a third of the sea became blood and I heard and a third of the living creatures in the sea died and the third of the ships were destroyed so we're talking about some meteoric thing hitting the waters of the sea and causing what must be tremendous death and tremendous like tsunami I'm guessing like a tsunami effect to wipe out that magnitude of ships that are in the sea that the third of them would be destroyed and then we see now the the third trumpet the waters are smitten in verse 10 the third angel sounded and a great star fell from heaven burning like a torch and it fell on the third of the rivers and on the springs of water and the name of the star is warmwood and a third of the waters became warmwood that is bitter poison poison is bitter and many men died from the water because it was made bitter verse 12 now it is the fourth trumpet blast then the fourth angel sounded and a third of the sun was struck and a third of the moon and a third of the stars so that a third of them were darkened and a third of the day did not shine and likewise the night wow and I looked and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven saying with a loud voice whoa whoa whoa to the inhabitants of the earth because of the remaining blast of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound so if it ain't bad enough here it comes man and we come now to the fifth trumpet which is chapter 9 then the fifth angel sounded and I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth and to him is that interesting the star falls from heaven to the earth and to him was given the key to the bottomless pit a star in the Old Testament often refers to kings or angels rulers or angels and here it does a pronoun the star is a he so that is pretty amazing stuff verse 2 and he opened the bottomless pit and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace and the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit then out of the smoke locust came upon the earth and to them it was granted power as scorpions on the earth have power they were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth or any green thing or any tree but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads so everybody remember the 144,000 12,000 from each tribe it says here that they're men and they're not to be touched by these plagues verse 5 and they were and they were not given authority to kill them but but to torment them for five months and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man in those days men will seek death and will not find it they will desire to die and death will flee from them wow oh my gosh can you imagine can you imagine at this time there's going to be those who are going to get hurt injured fall down commit suicide but they can't die they won't have the ability to escape at this period of time as as death at that death would be a gift if you fall from a 12 story building but you you would lay there in pain no one's going to be able to die that's part of that's part of a judgment right there that is terrifying if you think about that wow verse 7 and the shape of the locust was like horses prepared for battle and on their heads were crowns something like gold and their faces were like the faces of men they had hair like a women's hair and their teeth were like lions teeth these are obviously demonic manifestations and they had breast plates like breast plates of iron and the sound of their wings was like that a sound of chariots with many horses running to battle that's a that's very very very noisy very mechanized or metallic in sound I wonder if it's out like engines of some bizarre sound and they had tails like scorpions and there were stings and they were in their tails and the power was to hurt men for five months they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit whose name in Hebrew is a baddened but in Greek he has the name of polyon one woe was passed behold two more woes are coming after these things and now you guys it's the sixth seal verse 13 and the sixth angel sounded and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet released the four angels who are bound at the river Euphrates or the great river Euphrates so the four angels who had been prepared for the listen to this the hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind now the number of the army of those horsemen was 200 million and I heard the number of them and thus I saw the horses in the vision those who sat on them had breast plates of fiery red haseneth blue and sulfur yellow and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions and out of their mouths came fire smoke and brimstone sheesh but these three plagues by these three plagues a third of mankind was killed by the fire by the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths for their for their power is in their mouth and in their tails for their tails are like serpents having heads and with them they do harm but the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues did not repent unbelievable did not repent of the works of their hands that they should not worship demons and idols of gold silver brass stone wood which can neither see nor hear nor walk and they did not repent of their murders and of their sorceries by the way the word sorcery in Greek here is pharmacai they did not repent of their hallucinogenic drugs or their sexual immorality or their thieves or thievery chapter 10 watch this chapter 10 now we have this section we want to make sure I'm just sticking to our notes in time wise want to be a little bit sensitive of time to some degree here we're going through the book of Revelation here folks and so chapter 10 I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven cloth with a cloud and a rainbow was on his head and his face was like the sun and his feet like pillars of fire please again everybody notice john is telling you everything from heaven john represents the church the church is in heaven revelation four verse one just keep that just even if you don't believe it just write that down let's see what happens and he had a little book open in his hand and he said his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land and he cried out with a loud voice as when a lion roars and when he cried out seven thunders uttered their voices what in the world is that seven thunders uttered their voices now when seven thunders uttered their voices I was about to write but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered and do not write them wow and the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by him who lives forever and ever who created heaven and the and the things that are in it the earth and the things that are in it and the sea and the things that are in it that there should be delay no longer but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel when he is about to sound the mystery of God would be finished as he declared to his servants the prophets that's a huge statement then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again saying go take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth and when I went to the angel and said to him give me the little book he said to me take it eat it and it will be in your stomach bitter but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth and I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth but when I had eaten my stomach became bitter and he said to me you must prophesy again about many people's nations tongues and kings chapter 11 then I was given a read like a measuring rod an angel stood saying rise and measure the temple of God the altar and those who worship there but leave the out but leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it for it has been given to the Gentiles and they will tread the holy city underfoot for 42 months this is fun write it down 42 months is three and a half years in biblical counting 42 months is equal to 1,260 days in your Bible why your Bible from Genesis to Revelation works off of a 360 day calendar so this is this is a tremendous bit of technical insight that he's giving us 42 months the Gentiles are going to be trampling the area that is sacred to the Jews and to God let's keep going verse 3 and I will give power to two witnesses so two witnesses are coming in the tribulation period two special people and they will prophesy 1,260 days three and a half years excuse me clothed in sackcloth oh sackcloth is Old Testament garb you say ah jack John the Baptist wore sackcloth you are correct John the Baptist was the last Old Testament prophet so you're right sackcloth is indicative of Old Testament prophets so this is kind of fun let's just keep reading here um verse 8 and then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said go take the little book which is open and in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land I'm sorry you guys I just missed that up completely jumped into the wrong spot chapter 11 verse 3 and I will give power to two witnesses and they will prophesy 1,260 days clothed in sackcloth verse 4 these are the two olive trees and the two lamb stands standing before the God of the earth that's Zechariah chapter 4 so you're going to want to look at that later you're going to want to there's a lot of stuff you're going to want to look at there there's a lot of Old Testament references in verse 4 you can research that later and if anyone wants to harm them fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies and if anyone wants to harm them he must be killed in this manner these have power to shut up heaven so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy and they have power over waters to turn them to blood and to strike the earth with all plagues as often as they desire opinion at this moment opinion I'm going to guess that these two sackcloth wearing witnesses prophets are either types of Elijah and Moses or they are Elijah and Moses brought back to earth for this ministry why the two miracles that they're known for turning blood turning water to blood and Isaiah bound up the sky so that it didn't rain for three and a half years he also had the ability to call fire down from heaven I'm just saying just guessing verse 7 and when they finish their testimony the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them and overcome them and kill them let's find out who this is so we get introduced now to our first beast whoever he is he ascends out of the bottomless pit and he's able to make war against the prophets and to kill them and their body their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is spiritually which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was crucified Sodom Jerusalem was referred to as Sodom because of its depravities in its godlessness and called Egypt because of its paganism Jerusalem is named several things often bad because of their unbelief but we have that all the answer we don't have to speculate it tells us it's where our Lord was crucified that's Jerusalem Jesus was not crucified in Sodom and he was not crucified in Egypt these are nicknames over Jerusalem then those from the people tribes tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three and a half days and not allow their dead bodies to be put into the graves verse 9 tells me that live TV will be broadcast it says the entire world will see these two guys lying dead for these amount of days globally you know it's fun about this and I need to pick up the pace I know but you know it's fun about I'm reading a 2000 year old document you could have stepped back 100 years ago and asked the most knowledgeable theologian what does that mean did say that's that's impossible must be symbolic today you and I know exactly what that means CNN or TBN they're going to be their recording broadcasting to the world live and all the Gentile that live are still alive are going to be seen this satellite news absolutely amazing what do they do about this and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them that is the dead ones the two dead making Mary and sending gifts to one another so FedEx and and Amazon's going to do great that day because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth verse 11 now after the three and a half days the earth the breath of life from God entered them and they stood on their feet oh my gosh it's awesome and great fear fell on all those who saw them I bet and verse 12 says they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them come up here hey that's what John heard John heard that in chapter four verse one didn't he and they ascended to heaven in a cloud and their enemies saw them and in the same hour there was a great earthquake and a tenth of the city fell and in the earth and an earthquake seven thousand men were killed and on the rest of were afraid and gave glory to God of heaven the second woe was passed and behold the third woe is coming verse 15 then the seventh angel sounded and there were loud voices in heaven saying the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign forever and ever and the 24 elders here they are again and church friends where are they 24 elders are in heaven watching all this who sat before God on their throne fell on their faces and worshiped God and this is what they said we give you thanks O Lord God Almighty the one who is who who was and who is to come because you have taken your great power and rained the nations were angry and your wrath has come and the time of the dead listen that's Psalm chapter two if you want to keep reading and the time of the dead that they should be judged and that you should reward your servants the prophets and the saints and those who were those who fear your name shall small and and should destroy those who destroy the earth verse 19 chapter 11 then the temple of God was opened in heaven and the ark of his covenant was seen in heaven that's what Indiana Jones we that's what Indiana Jones needed to know and in Raiders of the Lost Ark he'll he'll never find it apparently the real ones in heaven that's cool the one that's on earth is just a model the real one's up there in his temple and were and they were lightnings and noises and thunderings and earthquake and great hail chapter 12 chapter 12 now a great sign appeared in heaven a woman clothed with the sun so notice this is a vision in heaven this is seen in heaven it is a woman a cloth with the sun and with the moon under her feet hey that's pretty wild that's Genesis this is this is in reference to the patriarchs of the nation of Israel this is the stuff dealing with Joseph the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob and interesting regarding Joseph's dreams remember that now so I want to read that over so a great sign appeared in heaven a woman clothed with the sun with the moon under her feet and under her head a garland of 12 stars then being with child she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth and another sign appeared in heaven so in the spirit realm behold a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on his head heads his tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven so this is believed to be Satan this is a parenthetical insert this portion so pause the scene tribulation period this imagery gives us a flashback the Messiah is about ready to come into the world it's the Messiah will come from the nation of Israel he will be an association with the 12 stars or the patriarchs of Israel Jesus is the descendant of David he's the son of David he's a descendant of Abraham and you're getting a very very unique and remarkable prophetic insert of these events that are going to describe Israel's latter end of the three and a half years of deliverance stay tuned to this this is this is really again I'm telling you if you knew if a Jew is reading this right now they're saying oh my goodness this sounds like I'm reading Hebrew scriptures well in many ways you are my friend verse four his tail drew a third part of the stars from heaven my translation Satan deceived a third of the angels from heaven and they fell with him and threw them to the earth and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth to devour her child notice in your Bible it's capital C the translators in the languages in the original languages understand this to be Christ as soon as it was born and she bore a male child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron and her child was caught up to God into his throne then the woman fled into the wilderness where she has a place prepared by God that they should feed her there 1,260 days how many days is that what is that time equal three and a half years so you see the three and a half years in correlation there's the first three and a half years there's the last three and a half years together there's seven years the tribulation period Daniel chapter nine verses 24 to 27 tells you that it is in fact seven years in total and verse seven says that war broke out in heaven and Michael and his angels fought against the dragon that Satan and the dragon and his angels fought but they did not prevail nor was a place found for them in heaven no longer so the great dragon was cast out that serpent of old called the devil Satan who deceives the whole world he was cast to the earth and his angels were cast out with him then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven now salvation strength and kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ have come for the accuser of the brethren who accuses them before God day and night has been cast down amen and they overcame him that's the devil by the blood of the lamb and by the word of the testimony and they did not love their lives to death again tribulation saints therefore rejoice oh heavens and you who dwell in them woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea for the devil has come down to you having great wrath because he knows that he has a short time please look this up later I'm really running over time but what I just read Will you go read Isaiah chapter 26 verses 19 to 21 Isaiah chapter 26 verses 19 to 21 it's almost verbatim what you just read a moment ago God will pour out his wrath upon the earth because of their sins but in Isaiah 26 19 to 21 before he does that he says come my people come to me and shut your chamber doors behind you while I pour out my wrath upon the earth guess what the word is for chamber doors it's a wedding chamber it's technically a chamber of consummation it's where the bride and the groom rejoice over their vows and their relationship Isaiah 26 verses 19 to 21 overlay that right here as you should on top of Revelation chapter 12 we pick it up verse 13 now when the dragon saw that he had been cast out of the earth he persecuted the woman I believe the woman is Israel who gave birth to the male child I believe that's Jesus but the woman was given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness to her place where she was nourished for a time times and a half a time from the presence of the serpent that's time times and a half a time that's three and a half years that is 1260 days so the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman that she might cause her that that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood but the earth helped the woman and the earth opened up its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth and the dragon was enraged with the woman listen the dragon has always been upset with Israel and those who are upset are in league with him regarding Israel of course Israel is not perfect I wonder I wonder how I wonder how imperfect America is I wonder how people I just can't stand anti-Semitism because it's so hypocritical if somebody's an American a Canadian a German Saudi Jordanian and they're ragging on Israel and your nation's as bad or worse shame is so despicable I just God's faithful so the dragon was enraged with the woman again who I think is Israel and he went to make war with her with the rest of her offspring who keeps the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus oh oh oh wait wait wait wait wait wait what did you read that did you hear that verse 17 we got to see this again the dragon was enraged with the woman and he went to make war with her with make war with the rest of her offspring who are they who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus born again Jews saved Jews that come to Messiah Yeshua during the tribulation period there is literally no other way to interpret that because the Bible interprets that for us verse or chapter 13 wow here's here this is amazing here we go then I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast okay so is this the same beast or a second beast we're going to find out rising up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns and on his horns ten crowns and on his heads a blasphemous name now the beast which I saw was like a leopard his feet were like the feet of a bear okay so this is heaven's perspective of global power and his mouth like the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power his throne and great authority so remember earlier the dragon early on we remember he was called a beast Satan and now we have this what I'm going to call I'm speculating here I'm just speculating this could be we'll write this down this could be another beast different than the first beast but he's in the same corral with the first one if we do in fact have two one ascended out of the bottomless pit this one comes out of the sea and if you're Jewish right now you know what that means the sea of humanity that's where we get that turn from the sea of humanity that's a Jewish idiom did you know that the sea of humanity that's a Jewish idiom the Jews view the Gentile world as the seas isn't it interesting that in eternity there's a lot of water but there'll be no sea the Bible says I just hope there's really big lakes that look like a sea because I love the ocean but God's got a different plan about it he's got a whole different thing would none of us will be disappointed so cheer up you'll be okay and so and so the dragon gave his gave him his power his throne and great authority so I'm pretty certain we're looking at a second beast here because the because the dragon gives him authority verse 3 I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded what and his deadly wound was healed and all the world marveled and followed the beast did you know that before did you know that before that the antichrist we're going to call him the antichrist the second beast did you know the antichrist is going to get stabbed in the head shot in the head something's going to happen to where he has a mortal head wound does he die or does he look like he's dead is this Satan mocking the resurrection of his son the antichrist Satan cannot give life but does the antichrist who somehow gets wounded in the head appear to be dead to the point that when he comes back from the dead or that it appears he's resurrected have you ever heard this before listen this comes out of the Old Testament you guys look at your margins we can't take the time to do it I just encourage you to look up some of the other scriptures regarding that you can look at the antichrist in the Old Testament so they worshiped the dragon and gave authority who gave authority to the beast and they worshiped the beast now it's confirmed saying who is like the beast who is able to make war with him revelation chapter 13 verse 4 introduces us to Satan and the antichrist and he was given verse 5 a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies and he was given authority to continue 42 months this is the antichrist he's going to continue 42 months 42 months equals time times and a half of times which equals 1,260 days all those are the same same period of time then he opened his mouth and blasphemy against God to blasphemy his name his tabernacle and those who dwell in heaven and it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them and authority was given to him over every tribe tongue in nation friends I'm sorry I'm not going as fast as I'd want to go please mark this down by memory serves me correct revelation 13 verse 7 is equal to Daniel 721 so many people believe that the church is in the tribulation period and they are destroyed by the antichrist because of this verse they are very very wrong both in Daniel 721 and revelation 137 these are the tribulation saints that are destroyed by the powers of the antichrist they will die for their faith they're not the church verse 8 and all who dwell on the earth will worship him whose names have not been written in the book of life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world they're not born again their names are written in the book of life they've not been blotted out yet their names are not written in the lamb's book of life to keep your name in the lamb's book of life that is for eternal life you got to take your name from the book of life everybody's names are written in the book of life everybody but in life during your lifespan you need to get your name highlighted copy and paste into the lamb's book of life because if it's not in the lamb's book of life your name will be blotted out of the book of life on the day of judgment to get your name blotted out of the book of life means you were never born again to keep your name in the book of life is to get your name in the lamb's book of life your name appears in both places on both ledgers it makes sense it's simple we do it all the time on a spreadsheet don't we when we move or copy numbers or copy a statement copy paste and there you go verse 9 if anyone has ear has an ear lit in here he who leads into captivity shall go into captivity he who kills will be with the sword must be killed with the sword here is the patient patience and the faith of the saints again those are tribulation saints then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth is this beast number three everybody I don't know we'll see and he had two horns like a lamb like a lamb and spoke like a dragon and he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed he performs great signs so that he even makes fire to come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men so he mimics gods miracles just like a pharaoh's magicians mimicked Moses's miracles in the book of Exodus and he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the signs in which was granted to do in the sight of the beast telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image statue thing to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived wow we have satan we have the antichrist and we have this guy who is saying I honor the one who gives power to the beast and I honor the one whose fatal wound was healed and I want all the world to honor him as well this guy's a spokesperson he's he's party number three to an unholy trinity think about that satan antichrist false prophet and the false prophet calls for a statue to be made how many times does that appear in the Old Testament right statues all the time pretty remarkable stuff everybody but it gets more amazing oh wow verse 15 this is an AI verse if I've ever heard one he was granted to he was he was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast and the image of the beast that it should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed some sort of created machine is going to appear to come alive look very human like apparently and certainly be able to discern in the masses who's got the mark of the beast and who doesn't and whoever doesn't have the mark of the beast will be killed wow I think this is I think this is my opinion I think this image this machine this robot is going to be a demon possessed AI device image thing that somehow looks humanoid in honor of the antichrist and no one may buy or sell except the one who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name here is wisdom let him who understands calculate the number of the beast for it is the number of a man his number is six six six then I looked and behold a lamb standing on Mount Zion and with him 144 thousand having his father's name written on their foreheads well now we know and I heard a voice from heaven like the voice of many waters and like the voice of a loud thunder and I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps and they sang as it were a new song before the throne before the four living creatures listen location location location and the elders and no one could learn that song except the 144 thousand who were redeemed from the earth everybody the 144 thousand you know where they came from you know that they're all men that they're evangelists and that they're from the tribes of Israel these are the ones who were not defiled with women okay now we know they were virgins for they are virgins the the Bible says it right there if I would have shut up and just read it it would have told me these are the ones who follow the lamb wherever he goes these were redeemed from every from among men being first fruits to God into the lamb and in their mouth was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne of God then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation tribe tongue and people wow remember Jesus said by the way this nation will be preaching another world and then the end will come this is how I know missionaries think that that's how we're going to do it but we're not going to do it we should keep going but we're not going to make it and angels going to do it saying with a loud voice fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come and worship him who made heaven and earth the sea in the springs of water and another angel followed saying Babylon is fallen is fallen the great city because she has made all nations a drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication then a third angel followed them saying with a loud voice if anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and the presence of the lamb and the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever and they have no rest day or night who worship the beast and his image whoever receives the mark of his name 666 here is the patience of the saints here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me right blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on yes says the spirit that they may rest from their labors and and their works follow them and verse 14 and I looked and behold John says a white cloud and on a cloud sat one like the son of man having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle and another angel coming out of the temple crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud thrust in your sickle and reap for the time has come for you to reap for the harvest of the earth is ripe so he who sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven he also having a sharp sickle wow lot of judgment lot of blood going on and another angel came out of the altar verse 18 who had power over fire and cried with a loud cry with him to him who had the sharp sickle saying thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth for her grapes are fully ripe so the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God please read Isaiah 63 everybody I mean almost verbatim I think Isaiah 63 that will give you more insights actually and the wine press was trampled outside the city that's outside of Jerusalem and blood came out of the wine press up to the horses bridles for 1,600 furlongs 1,600 furlongs as a as a biblical furlong goes is about 180 miles to 200 miles that's pretty amazing everybody from Jerusalem those of you have been there follow me step out of the old city go down into the kidrun valley beneath the golden gate the eastern gate drop a pen pin drop follow the kidrun valley which turns into megeto which goes up near what's up there just near Carmel it has eastward toward the Galilee that's like a big arc that's called megeto or the valley of Jehosephat megeto are megetan so we got something going on here this is so cool because in Israel you can walk this I've been all over that 200 mile arc man are you not glad that Jesus Christ has saved your soul and given you eternal life and opened up your eyes and brought you out of darkness oh I'm so grateful to our God chapter 15 when I saw another sign in heaven then I saw another sign in heaven great and marvelous seven angels having the seven last plagues for in them the wrath of God is complete I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire and those who have the victory over the beast over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name standing on the sea of glass having harps of God and they sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the lamb saying great and marvelous are your works Lord our Lord God Almighty just and true are your ways O king of the saints who shall not fear you O Lord and glorify your name for you alone are holy for all nations shall come and worship before you for your judgments have been manifested after these things I looked and behold the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened this is great so John's up there he sees this happen up there and out of the temple came seven angels having the seven plagues clothed in pure bright linen and having their chest girded with golden bands then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls remember bowls STP pans or bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power and known was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed so here we go these are the bowl judgments or the pan judge judgments STP seals trumpet pan or bowl then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying the seven angel to the seven angels go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth so the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the man who had the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea and it came became blood as of a dead man and every living creature in the sea died wow sounds like we're reading Exodus again huh then the third angel poured out his bowl and on the rivers in the springs of water they became and I heard the angel of the water saying you are righteous O Lord the one who is and who was and who is to be because you have judged these things for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets and you have given them blood to drink for it is there just do and I heard another from the altar saying even so Lord God Almighty true and righteous are your judgments then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun and power was given to him to scorch men with fire and men were scorched with great heat and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over the plagues and did not repent and give them glory then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast and his kingdom became full of darkness and they nod their tongues yikes because of the pain and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores and did not repent of their deeds then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and it's water dried up so that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared and I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet wow for they are spirits of demons performing signs which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of the great day of God Almighty behold I am coming as a thief blessed as he who watches and keeps his garments lest he walked naked and they see his shame that's a quotation from Jesus it's awesome and they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew or a magedan then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven so that's above from the throne same it's done and there were noises and thunderous thunderings and light means and there was a great earthquake such a mighty and great earthquake has had not occurred since men were on the earth now the great city was divided into three parts and the cities of the nations fell and great Babylon was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath and then every island fled away and the mountains were not found and great hail from heaven fell upon every hailstone about the weight of a talent okay that's pretty insane because you're talking about a hundred pounds of a hundred pound hailstone falling it just so happens today in our daily Bible reading in the one year Bible Lisa and I read about one hundred pound hailstones that God sent against Egypt and the stones fell on Egypt when he delivered the children of Israel but none of the hailstones fell upon Goshen the land within Egypt where the Jews were kept here we're in the you see why in the book of Revelation you read the Old Testament and then jump into the book of Revelation and it just absolutely makes sense this screams context God is judging with his wrath and the unbelieving world and he's rescuing his Jewish people who believe and how he does it with blood turning to water frogs hailstones every Jew gets this every Jew understands this it's absolutely amazing verse 21 chapter 16 leather the great hailstones from heaven fell upon men hailstones about the weight of a talent hundred pounds and men blasphemed God because of the plague and the hail since the plague was exceedingly great then one of the seven angels chapter 17 who had the seven bulls came and talked with me saying to me come and I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters and with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication oh who could this be wow she she's a female feminine pronoun so she's not she's not a beast but she's somehow in concert with Satan and his antichrist and his false prophet and his image whoever she is so he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness and I saw one sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy having seven heads hey seven heads and ten horns that was the description given to the antichrist and to Satan earlier on the two beasts or Satan and the beast I should say that's for sure and the woman was arrayed and purple and scarlet and adored with gold and precious stones and pearls having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication and on her forehead a name was written mystery Babylon the great the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth well Babylon of the great Babylon the great this my speculation this tells me that in the last days probably rather abruptly the world's going to change so much after the ezekiel 38 battle that precedes I believe the seven years that somehow the ancient area of the Euphrates region the Iraq area Persia Iraq mainly Iraq will somehow be rebuilt why because the cradle of civilization the area of ancient Babylon Shushan that region is the epicenter not a guess it's a fact is the epicenter of all pagan worship systems that is a historical geological archaeological fact and I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus and when I saw her I marveled with great amazement and the angel sent to me why did you marvel I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her who who has the seven heads in the ten horns the beast that you saw was and is not and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition perdition perdition perdition perdition interesting two people are referred to as the sons of perdition one is Judas Iscariot and the other is Satan himself interesting by the way I'm not saying Judas Iscariot has anything to do with this I'm just saying perdition the son of perdition it says here they will go into perdition there may not be any linkage whatsoever I'm just pointing that interesting word out and those who dwell on the earth will marvel whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world see that when they see the beast that was and is not and yet is here is the mind which has wisdom the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits there are also seven kings five have fallen one is and the other has not yet come and when he comes he must continue a short time just speculating but could the the world there's only one famous city that I know of that is famous for having seven hills or seven mountains and that's Rome Rome has seven mountains is is it possible that the seven hills are mountains of Rome that Rome will be the epicenter of a false religious system called a her a harlot the one who propagates to the entire globe Babylonian worship which is by the way any kind of worship you name it go for it whatever your culture wants and yet does it create is it is this woman parading herself as a false church of some sorts or a false religious system I speculate but it is interesting that the Bible points out the seven hills or seven mountains where this woman where this woman is in association the verse 11 the beast that was and is not is himself also the eighth that's important the book of Daniel the eighth is of the seven and is going to tradition that's a reference to the Antichrist Daniel tells me this and the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as of yet but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast oh my goodness that is Daniel chapter wow Daniel chapter two seven nine Daniel chapter eleven you must read the book of Daniel these are of one mind and they will give their power and authority to the beast these will make war with the lamb and the lamb will overcome them for he is lord of lords and king of kings and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful and he said to me this is so John is saying he said to me so it's not capitalized age so maybe I guess it's an angel speaking to John the waters which you saw were the harlot sits are peoples multitudes nations and tongues and the ten horns which you saw on the beast these will hate the harlot make her desolate and naked and eat her flesh and burn her with fire for God has put it into their hearts to fulfill his purpose to be of one mind and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled and the woman you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth wow after these things verse eight or chapter 18 verse one I saw another angel coming down from heaven having great authority and the earth was illuminated with his glory and he cried mightly with a loud voice saying babble on the greatest fallen is fallen and has become a habitation of demons of prison for every foul spirit in the cage for every unclean and hated bird for all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury and I heard another voice from heaven saying come out of her my people lest you share in her sins lest you receive of her plague so this is God calling the tribulation believers run flee from this paganism get out verse five for her sins have reached to heaven and God has remembered her iniquities rendered to her just as she rendered to you and repay her double according to her works in the cup in which she has mixed mix for her double and the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously and in the same measure give her torment and sorrow for she says in her heart I said as queen I am no widow I will not see sorrow therefore her plagues will come in one day oh man one day death and mourning and famine and she will be utterly burned with fire for strong is the Lord God who judges her and the kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her when they see the smoke of her burning standing at a distance for fear of her torment saying alas alas the great city Babylon that mighty city for in one hour your judgment has come and the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her for no one buys their merchandise anymore merchandise of gold and of silver and precious stones and pearls scarlet every kind of cotton wood every kind of object of ivory every kind of object of precious wood runs iron and marble and cinnamon so now we go from the hardware department to the produce section I guess cinnamon incense frank fragrant oil frankincense wine oil fine flower wheat men is in this amazing so specific cattle sheep horses chariots oh wow and bodies and souls of men that were just reminds me of human trafficking right there creeps me out wow they did merchandise with bodies and the souls of men and the fruit that you're so long for has gone from you and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you and you shall find them no more at all the merchants of these things who became rich by her will stand at a distance for fear of her torment weeping and wailing and saying alas alas the great city that was clothed and fine linen purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls for in one hour as such great riches came to nothing and every shipmaster and all who traveled by ship sailors and as many as trade on the sea stood at a distance and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning saying what is like this great city and they threw dust on their heads it's a Middle Eastern thing by the way weeping and wailing and saying alas alas the great city in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth for in one hour she is made desolate rejoice over her oh heaven and you holy apostles and prophets for God has avenged you on her that's a deep that is deep consideration there that's revelation 1820 wow then in mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea saying thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down and shall not be found anymore the sound of the harpists the musicians the flutus the trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore no craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore and the sound of the millstone shall not be found in you anymore and the light of the lamp shall not shine in you anymore and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall not be heard in you anymore for your merchants were the great men of the earth for buy your sorcery oh buy your hallucinogenics all the nations were deceived wow and in her was found the blood of prophets and saints and of all who were slain on the earth revelation 19 revelation 19 everybody mark your notes this is the commencement of the latter moments of the seven year tribulation period the seven years were right at the end of it by the time we get the revelation 19 everything we've been reading from chapter 4 verse 2 has been horrific and you've been hearing it and we've been reading it now here we go after these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven John speaking to us everyone saying al-Aluya salvation and glory and honor and power to the Lord our God for true and righteous are his judgments because he has made the great harlot who corrupted the earth with their fortication and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants shed by her okay whoever saying this is speaking about the tribulation martyrs they reference those people as those who were martyred by her again they said al-Aluya and her smoke rises up forever never and the 24 elders and the four living creatures fell down in worship god who sat in the throne saying amen al-Aluya then a voice came from the throne saying praise our God all you his servants and those who fear him both small and great and I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thundering saying al-Aluya for the Lord God omnipotent reigns so we're going to we're about ready to we're in heaven all right I'm going to be blunt you can't you cannot have an opinion about what we're reading now the cameras are all in heaven John's in heaven he's talking to us everything you're seeing is in heaven no more we're not talking earth now right now we're in heaven the cameras went from earth now the cameras are in heaven and this is what they said let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory for the marriage of the lamb has come and his wife has made herself ready all right wait a minute hang on everybody how can this be and to her it was granted to be arrayed and fine linen clean and bright for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints she was given a wedding gown fine linen clean and bright that's what that is fine linen not robes fine linen where is she she's in heaven John sees the church being dressed up in heaven how'd she get there revelation 401 that's how she got there then he said to me right blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the lamb and he said to me these are the true saints of God I got added news flash for you if right now you're a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ you are the bride of Christ you're in the church okay there's the tribute there's the Old Testament saints they're they wear robes we know that there's the tribulation saints they wear robes we know that the church is the only group that's that's given fine linen clean and bright white fine linen is a wife invited to her wedding you see Jack that's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard it is dumb it's because a wife is never invited to her wedding without a wife there is no wedding without a groom there is no wedding look you can be invited to the wedding of some king and queen and you can go there and fly there and get all dressed up if they don't show up you ain't at no wedding so let me read that again then he said to me blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the lamb hey happier those people who got the invitation to go to the the the wet wedding ceremony of the Lamb of God Jesus Christ and his church the bride of Christ who's invited to that tribulation saints for sure born again Jews those are also tribulation saints I find this fascinating and very comforting by the way and I fell at his feet to worship him but he said to me see that you do not do that for I am your fellow servant of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus worship God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy and I saw heaven open and behold a white horse and he who sat on him was called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and makes war verse 11 is a verse that is telling us that whatever is going on in verse 11 John sees what implies a going and coming going and coming of Christ in judgment upon the face of the earth during this tribulation period again go read I say 26 verses 19 to 21 his eyes were like a flame of fire and on his head were many crowns and he had a name written that no one knew except himself in his clothes with blood dripped a robe dipped in blood and his name is called the word of God and the armies in heaven clothed in fine linen white and clean this is the church the bright of Christ followed him on white horses now out of his mouth goes a sharp sword that with it he should strike the nations he himself will rule them with a rod of iron he himself treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God and he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written king of kings and lord of lords then I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice saying to the to all the birds that fly in the midst of the heaven of heaven I should say atmosphere come and gather together for the supper of the great God that you may eat the flesh of kings the flesh of captains the flesh of mighty men the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all the people free and slave both small and great listen those birds are going to consume the flesh of the unbelievers when Christ judges market down the world in Matthew chapter 25 go read it and see the correlation there as well as Isaiah 63 to 66 and I saw the beast the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse and against his army yeah good luck then the beast was captured and with them interesting they gathered together to make war but there's no did you know this there's actually no evidence of war there is no evidence of an army Armageddon war you know the war of Armageddon the battle of Armageddon it's the war that doesn't happen they gather together to make war against Jesus and his and the church the bride of Christ coming from heaven they gather together in Maguedo Harmageddon Armageddon but it doesn't appear that they go to war because they direct their vengeance toward the coming of Christ at the second coming then the beast was captured and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped the statue the image these two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone and the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of him who sat on the horse and all the birds were filled with their flesh folks that's the second coming chapter 20 then I saw an angel coming down from heaven having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand and he laid hold of the dragon the serpent of old who was the devil and Satan and bound him for 1000 years and he was and he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a seal on him so that he should deceive the nations no more until the thousand years were finished but after these things that's after the thousand years he must be released for a little while and I saw the and I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was committed to them and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God who had not worshipped the beast listen or his image or had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands and they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years tribulation saints not the church those are tribulation saints so crystal clear but the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were over for finished this is the first resurrection blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection why because those are the ones that are born again over such the second death that's the death that takes place after the judgment of God you Christian you're not going to see that has no power but they shall be priest of God and of Christ and shall reign with him for thousand years now when when the thousand years have expired so we're looking way into the future we're looking at least one thousand seven years from today about that now when the thousand years have expired Satan will be released from his prison you see why would God do that because Satan will be released and he will go out and tempt those who were born during the tribulation I'm sorry scratch that he will go out to tempt those who were born during the millennium the book of Isaiah tells us that those who live into the millennium where Christ is ruling from Jerusalem upon the throne of David there'll be people having babies not us will be glorified will be with Christ the mortals who live in to the kingdom age enter into the kingdom prepared when they they're mortals and Isaiah says you know what during that period of time when a man dies at the age of a hundred everybody is going to weep like a baby like a baby died that means longevity is going to come back the earth is going to be repopulated but Satan's been bound and so Satan is going to be released again and well let's just read it so now when the thousand years that expired Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth God and may God don't let that worry you those are geographical names of northern powers that have always been Israel's enemies to gather them together to battle whose name I'm sorry whose number is as the sand of the sea they went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city and fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them and the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire in Brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever how long folks forever and ever then I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them and I saw the dead small and great standing before God and the books plural were opened and another book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were judged according to their works by the things which were written in the books listen none of this is good people you do not want to be found in Revelation chapter 20 the poor Mormons Mormons will read this portion and they'll say see this we're judged by our works they see this as a positive it's so sad it's very bad very very bad there's no recovery from this judgment watch this the sea gave up the dead that were in it death and Hades gave delivered up the death who are in in them and they were judged each one according to his works then death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire this is the second death and anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire the reason why they're not found in the book of life is because they were never bored again their names never made it into the lambs book of life revelation 21 and I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away also there was no more sea don't be sad it's going to be amazing then I John saw the holy city new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride adorned for her husband so all sparkly and beautiful and I heard a loud voice from heaven saying behold the tabernacle of God the tabernacle is where God meets man the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and God himself will be with them and be their God and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes there shall be no more death nor shall sorrow no sorrow nor crying and there shall be no more pain for the former things have passed away then he who sat on the throne said behold I make all things new and he said to me right for these words are true and faithful and he said to me it is done I am the alpha and the omega the beginning and the end I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirst that's Jesus folks he who overcome shall inherit all things and I will give and I will be his God and he shall be my son but the cowardly notice the top of the list then I love this at the top of the list of those in hell are cowards they shall not inherit I'm sorry cowards unbelieving abominable murders the sexually immoral sorcerers drug addicts those there are devoted to drugs I idol worshipers idolaters all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone which is the second death then of the then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me saying come and I will show you the bride the lamb's wife and he carried me away in the spirit to a great in high mountain and he showed me the great city the holy Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God having the glory of God and her light is like a most precious stone like a jaspers stone clear as crystal also she had a great and high wall with the twelve gates and twelve angels at the gates and names written on them which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel there you not the twelve tribes of Palestine people it's Israel three gates on the east three gates on the north three gates on the south and three gates on the west now the wall of the city had twelve foundations and on them were written the names of the twelve apostles of the lamb and who and he who talked with me had a gold read to measure the city in its gates in its wall and the city is laid out as a square so everybody should probably insert this right now the earth is heaven the new heaven and the new earth the atmosphere is the new heaven and then the the house of God the dwelling place of God where the bride lives and where the lamb lives descends out of heaven and it's it's a city this heaven heaven is not the city there's the city of God that is in heaven this is a completely new redeemed renewed forever the city is laid out as a square and its length is as great as it's with and it measured the city with the read twelve thousand furlongs its length breadth and height are equal another word something something to the effect of 1500 miles in each direction is the city 1500 miles that way that way that way and that way back it's a cube or as a cube then he measured its walls and measured 44 cubits according to the measure of a man which is this from the pinky finger to no I'm sorry a cube it from the elbow to the pinky finger then he so he's measured that well verse 18 and the construction of its wall was as jasper and the city was pure pure gold like clear glass and the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones the first foundation was jasper the second sapphire the third uh chalceledon the fourth emerald the fifth sardinux the sixth sardis the seventh chrysalate the eighth burl the ninth topaz the tenth chrysalis the eleventh jasinus the twelfth amethyst and the twelve gates were twelve pearls each individual gate was one pearl and the street of the city was pure gold like transparent glass but I saw no temple in it that kind of freak for the lord god old mighty and the lamb or its temple and the city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it for the glory of god illuminated it and the lamb is its light and all the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light and the kings there's going to be kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it wow its gates shall not be shut at all by day there shall be no night there and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it isn't that interesting you guys in eternity in heaven in eternity there's going to be kings and there's going to be nations which means god made borders but there shall be no means enter anything that defiles or that causes in a abomination or a lie but only those who are written in the lambs book of life there you go please make sure your names in the lambs book of life everybody chapter 22 and he showed me a pure river of water of life clear as crystal proceeding from the throne of god and from the lamb and in the middle of the street and on the on either side of the river was the tree of life which bore 12 fruits each tree yielding its fruit every month so there's 12 months in eternity there's going to be 12 months and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations wow and there shall be no more curse thank god but the throne of god and of the lamb shall be it shall be in it and has and his servants shall serve him they shall see his face and his name shall be on their foreheads and there shall be no night there for they for there no need of lamp nor lamp of the no light of the sun for the Lord god gives them light and they shall reign forever and ever then he said to me these are faithful and true these words are faithful and true and the Lord god of the holy prophet sent his angel to show his servants the things which must shortly or the word is quickly when it happens it goes quickly take place behold I am coming quickly blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book now I John saw and heard these things and when I heard and I saw I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things then he said to me see that you do not do that for I am your fellow servant and of your brethren the prophets wow and of those who keep the words of this book worship god and he said to me do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book for the time is at hand he who is unjust let him be unjust still he was filthy let him be filthy he who is righteous let him be righteous still he who is holy let him be holy still and behold I am coming quickly and my reward is with me to give to everyone according to his work I am the alpha and the omega the beginning and the end the first and the last blessed are those who do his commandments that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter through the gates into the city but outside or in hell are dogs sorcerers sexually immoral murderers idolaters whoever loves and practices alive I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches wow I am the root on the offspring of David and the bride and morning star by the way he said that in verse 16 he said that to the seven letters to the seven churches those same things and the spirits and the brides say come and let him who hears say come and let him who thirst come and whoever desires let him take the waters the water of life freely who I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book if anyone adds to these things God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book and if anyone takes away from the words of this book of this prophecy God will take away his part from the book of life and from the holy city and from the things which are written in this book he who testifies to these things says surely I am coming quickly amen even so come Lord Jesus the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all amen the book of revelation cannot be understood without reading the Old Testament so to get you going I'm going to give you some homework start reading the book of Daniel the book of Isaiah the book of Zachariah the book of Jeremiah the book of Joel start there start there and then when you're done with those books start reading in Genesis to Malachi and then jump over the New Testament if you'd like to the book of Revelation and watch what happens to your understanding thank you guys for being with us I have no idea how long we've been going but it's been a long time have a great day God bless you and let's keep walking with Jesus 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