A LOOK BACK: In chapter 6, the first six seals of the book are opened by the Lamb. In Revelation 7, there is a pause in the opening of the seals to allow the angels to “mark” those who belong to God. These will be the ones will be able to stand in the day of the wrath of the Lamb.
SILENCE: The Lamb opens the seventh seal, and John watches as there is silence in heaven for half an hour. The silence might indicate reverence or awe at what is coming. Consider the idea of a “moment of silence” because of a catastrophe that has befallen someone.
Revealed in the seventh seal, John sees seven angels, each given a trumpet. Another angel comes to the altar with a golden censer, and he receives incense to offer up with the prayers of the saints upon the altar. The prayers plus incense are offered and ascend up before God (sitting upon His throne). Remember the saints beneath the altar who died for Christianity and their cry, “How Long!” God’s answer to those prayers is coming.
After offering the incense, the angel fills his censor with fire from the altar casts it into the Earth. Voices, thundering, lightning, and earthquakes occur. Always remember, this is vision language of judgment and retribution on the enemies of God. As this happens, John sees the angels with the trumpets preparing to sound.
The first trumpet: The angel sounds the trumpet and the result is hail and fire mixed with blood is cast upon the earth. A third of the trees and all the green grass was burnt up.
The second trumpet: This angel sounds and a high mountain burning with fire crashes into the sea. One-third of the sea turns to blood. One-third of all creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships of the sea perish.
The third trumpet: The trumpet sounds and a great star falls burning from heaven and falls upon one-third of all the rivers and fountains of water. The name of it is Wormwood (bitterness), and the waters turn bitter and kill many men.
The fourth trumpet: One-third of the sun is smitten, and also one-third of the moon and stars become darkened. One-third of the day turns black and one-third of the night as well.
John sees an angel fly through Heaven declaring, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”
JOHN – Revelation 8 – The Seventh Seal and the Seven Trumpets
What happened in Heaven when the seventh seal was opened? Revelation 8:1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Inside the seventh seal, what was given to the seven angels? Revelation 8:1-2 ________________________________________________________________
What did the angel with golden censer and much incense offer up on the golden alter before God? Revelation 8:3-4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
After offering the incense, what did the angel do with fire from the altar? Revelation 8:5 ________________________________________________________________
What happened because of the fire from the censer? What did the seven angels with trumpets do? Revelation 8:5-6 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What came upon the earth when the second trumpet sounded? What was affected? Revelation 8:8 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What came upon the earth when the third trumpet sounded? What was it called, and why? What was affected? Revelation 8:10-11 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1/3 of what things where affected when the fourth trumpet sounded? Revelation 8:12 ________________________________________________________________
To whom was a “triple Woe” pronounced by an angel flying through Heaven? When would that Woe take place? Revelation 8:13 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
TEXT:
Re 8:1 ¶ When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake. 6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 7 ¶ The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. 8 Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter. 12 Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night. 13 And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”
Sermon: Zechariah 9:9-10 – The Victorious King and the Peaceful Kingdom
Zec 9:9 ¶ “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.’
TEXT:
Zec 9:1 ¶ The burden of the word of the LORD Against the land of Hadrach, And Damascus its resting place (For the eyes of men And all the tribes of Israel Are on the LORD); 2 Also against Hamath, which borders on it, And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. 3 For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out; He will destroy her power in the sea, And she will be devoured by fire. 5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall be very sorrowful; And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation. The king shall perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 6 “A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 I will take away the blood from his mouth, And the abominations from between his teeth. But he who remains, even he shall be for our God, And shall be like a leader in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite. 8 I will camp around My house Because of the army, Because of him who passes by and him who returns. No more shall an oppressor pass through them, For now I have seen with My eyes. 9 ¶ “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.’ 11 “As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 12 ¶ Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you. 13 For I have bent Judah, My bow, Fitted the bow with Ephraim, And raised up your sons, O Zion, Against your sons, O Greece, And made you like the sword of a mighty man.” 14 Then the LORD will be seen over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the south. 15 The LORD of hosts will defend them; They shall devour and subdue with slingstones. They shall drink and roar as if with wine; They shall be filled with blood like basins, Like the corners of the altar. 16 The LORD their God will save them in that day, As the flock of His people. For they shall be like the jewels of a crown, Lifted like a banner over His land- 17 For how great is its goodness And how great its beauty! Grain shall make the young men thrive, And new wine the young women.
Zec 10:1 ¶ Ask the LORD for rain In the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone. 2 For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no shepherd. 3 “My anger is kindled against the shepherds, And I will punish the goatherds. For the LORD of hosts will visit His flock, The house of Judah, And will make them as His royal horse in the battle. 4 From him comes the cornerstone, From him the tent peg, From him the battle bow, From him every ruler together. 5 ¶ They shall be like mighty men, Who tread down their enemies In the mire of the streets in the battle. They shall fight because the LORD is with them, And the riders on horses shall be put to shame. 6 “I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, Because I have mercy on them. They shall be as though I had not cast them aside; For I am the LORD their God, And I will hear them. 7 Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, And their heart shall rejoice as if with wine. Yes, their children shall see it and be glad; Their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. 8 I will whistle for them and gather them, For I will redeem them; And they shall increase as they once increased. 9 “I will sow them among the peoples, And they shall remember Me in far countries; They shall live, together with their children, And they shall return. 10 I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt, And gather them from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, Until no more room is found for them. 11 He shall pass through the sea with affliction, And strike the waves of the sea: All the depths of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of Egypt shall depart. 12 “So I will strengthen them in the LORD, And they shall walk up and down in His name,” Says the LORD.
Zec 11:1 ¶ Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars. 2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the thick forest has come down. 3 There is the sound of wailing shepherds! For their glory is in ruins. There is the sound of roaring lions! For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins. 4 ¶ Thus says the LORD my God, “Feed the flock for slaughter, 5 “whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt; those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do not pity them. 6 “For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the LORD. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.” 7 So I fed the flock for slaughter, in particular the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock. 8 I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. 9 Then I said, “I will not feed you. Let what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.” 10 And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was broken on that day. Thus the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the LORD. 12 Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter” -that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD for the potter. 14 Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. 15 ¶ And the LORD said to me, “Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd. 16 “For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces. 17 “Woe to the worthless shepherd, Who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm And against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”
A LOOK BACK: In chapter 6, the first six seals of the book are opened by the Lamb. With each John is invited to look into the “revelation” the book presents. The sixth seal opens to reveal humanity seeking refuge from “the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb” and a question, “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” The answer comes in chapter 7.
A MARK
Whenever there is a battle, there is always concern over friendly-fire. Great care is given by armies to know where all of their men’s location so they never accidentally fire upon their men. There is reassurance in knowing the color of the uniform, the insignia upon a shoulder. A marking to identify the army to which a soldier belongs. God is going to “mark” His people so that they will be “able to stand” in “great day of His wrath.”
John sees four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, and they are keeping the wind from blowing, having received power to harm the earth and the sea. God’s judgment is often described by the prophets as coming with the wind. A fifth angel appears holding the “seal of the living God” (imagine the same seal that sealed up the book.)
The fifth angel cries out to the other four to wait to bring their destruction until after “we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” This is not a physical mark on the foreheads of humans in the physical earth. It is a mark in a vision to indicate who belongs to God. The same will be true of the marked ones in Revelation 13:18. “666” denotes those who belong to Satan. It also is not a physical mark on physical humans.
144,000
John observes the angels marking 144,000 (12,000 from each of 12 tribes). Understand, these are the representative faithful—the remnant spoken of so often in the Old Testament—not literal quantities of “faithful” in the Earth. There is also “a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues who are clothed in white and are crying out, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’”
John speaks to one of the elders to ask, “who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” These came out of the great persecution/tribulation and have made their robes white in the blood of the lamb. They serve before the throne in the Temple of God, and God dwells with them. These are beyond the struggles of Earth, for the Lamb dwells in their midst and is their Shepherd.
What chapter in Daniel corresponds to Revelation 17? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What Four Beasts Does Daniel see in Daniel 7? Daniel 7:4-7 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What was on the top of the heads of the fourth beast? Daniel 7:7-8 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What was the beast accused of doing? Daniel 7:11 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What did the horn do? Daniel 7:21-24 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the description of the animal ridden by the woman? Revelation 17:3 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the state of the Beast when John was writing? Revelation 17:8 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How many kings had fallen? Revelation 7:10 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the __________, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.” Revelation 7:11 ________________________________________________________________
Automated Transcript
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six of them do the sixth seal gets opened, and then there’s a break. There’s an interlude, because a question is asked at the end of chapter six, and what is the question who shall be able to stand? And the question is asked because it is stated that the day of the wrath of the one who’s on the throne and of the lamb is about to come.
And that day who Shall be able to stamp. So chapter seven is an interlude that answers that question we noticed on Sunday, the discussion of who is the 144,000 a, is it a literal hundred and 44,000? We discussed the fact that it’s not, is it, uh, uh, w where, where were they from? They were from the earth.
Uh, we, we noticed a number of those things. So we’re going to cover the latter part of chapter seven tonight, and then, because I don’t want to get into chapter eight yet. And I told you, at some point, we were going to jump back and answer the question. When was the book of revelation written? Um, and I,
I think I also told you that I don’t agree with most people as far as when it was written, but what I’m going to give you tonight are some reasons why I believe it’s written when I think it’s written and we’ll take the latter portion of our class to do that. So we’ll finish up chapter seven and we’ll do that, which will set the stage for chapter eight.
There are some things that get started in chapter eight, that you need to get an idea of the timeline of the book before you get into them. Uh, so we’re going to go ahead and get that out of the way. So let’s begin with a word of prayer, and then we’ll get into our study tonight, our gracious father in heaven, we bow before your throne grateful for the day that you’ve given to us grateful for the life that you have granted us and the opportunities that we have to serve you on a daily basis.
We pray for those who are at home. We pray for those who are ill. We pray for those who are injured or struggling in some way. We pray, especially for those who are struggling spiritually, that they might see the things that they need to change, that they might overcome the difficulties, the temptations, and the sin in their lives. They might live right,
and, and godly before you, we pray that you be with our nation, may it’s leaders make right choices. May they do those things, which are beneficial and in accordance with your will. And may we always strive daily to teach the gospel, to promote the kingdom and to serve you in a way that is acceptable in your sight. We know we sin and fall short of your glory,
and we pray that as we see those things and repent of those things, that you will forgive us of those times, when we fall short of what you would have us to do all this, we pray in Jesus name, amen. Chapter seven, verse nine reads. After these things, I looked and behold a great multitude, which no one could number of all nations tribes and tongues standing before the throne.
And before the lamb clothed with white robes, with Palm branches in their hand, and crying out with a loud voice, saying salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb. Now we talked about the connection between chapter seven and chapter 14. So jump on over to chapter 14. We talked about that on Sunday, and let’s notice a few things.
Chapter 14, verse one, then I looked and behold the lamb standing on Mount Zion and with him 144,000, having his father’s name written on their foreheads. Now, who did we see in chapter three? Jesus said you will have the name of God written on your forehead. Who did he say that to chapter three? I don’t need the specific church.
Just who to, who did he say it to in general Christians. Okay. Jesus said, you’re going to have the name of the father and of the new Jerusalem out of the lamb written on your forehead. Well, now here, you have 144,000 and they’re there with the lamb and they have what on their forehead, the name of the father, this identifies who this is.
These are Christians, but notice what we read, having his father’s name written on their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters and the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpist playing their harps. They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures and the elders.
And no one could learn that song except the 144,000 who were redeemed from the earth. Here are redeemed ones. They were purchased. They were bought back. What were they bought back with the blood of Christ. Okay. So these are the ones who were not defiled with women for, they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the lamb, wherever he goes.
These were redeemed from among men being first fruits to God and to the lamb and in their mouth was found no deceit for, they are without fault before the throne of God. Okay? So you’ve got this description of them. You’ve got this picture of them. 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 saying with a loud voice, fear God, and give him glory for the hour of his judgment has come and worship him who made heaven and earth, the and Springs of water. And another angel followed saying Babylon is fallen is fallen that great city because she was made on because she has made all nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Then another angel followed with a loud voice. If anyone worships the beast or end his image receives his Mark on his forehead, or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the RAF, which is poured out full strength into the cup of indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy angels and in the presence of the lamb.
So we read about this. We see this happening. We read about the 144,000 in chapter 14 and in chapter seven, but they’re being told you’re about to go through tribulation back over in chapter seven. He says that these were the ones who are marked. Cause that was the whole point of this. He said, who can stand in the day of God’s wrath?
Well, the ones who are marked cam, the ones who have the seal of God can, but then notice in, in verse nine, after these things, I looked and behold a great multitude, which no one could number. And these are the ones as we go through this chapter who come out of the tribulation, the 144,000 go into the tribulation.
The innumerable multitude comes out of the tribulation. The point is you’re getting the same group of people looked at from two different perspectives. Some people say, well, it can’t be the same group. It’s two different numbers. The numbers aren’t literal. The point of the numbers is to tell you about who they are. And here’s the thing we need to remember.
Numbers in the book of revelation are not intended to be understood in a literal sense. They are instead intended to convey what meaning. So on Sunday, we talked about the fact that there were 12 tribes. There were 12,000 from each tribe. We talked about the idea of a thousand being every single one, the idea of completeness to infinity perfection. So here,
God says all my people and every single one of them can stand in the day of my wrath. And do you know how many there are? Well, God does, but is there ever a time where God tells someone on the earth, there’s going to be a group of people, you can’t number Abraham. You remember God said your descendants will be as the stars of heaven as the sand of the seashore so that you can not number them.
Now God says, listen, heres who can stand in the day of God’s wrath. Every single one of my people, all of them can. And how many of them are there? So many, you can’t number them. God said in revelation or Romans chapter four, that Abraham is the father of all those who believe this is written in the new Testament times because of his faith.
He is our father, whether we’re Jew or Gentile, and Paul’s writing to a Gentile church, the innumerable number that come out of the tribulation is a view of God’s children. Just the same way God tells Abraham you will be the father of an innumerable number. Okay? So 144,000 and the innumerable number in heaven are the same group of people. They’re just looked at from two different perspectives.
But notice what happens after these things, I looked and behold a great multitude, which no one could number of all nations, tribes, tongues, peoples, and tongues standing before the throne. And before the lamb clothed with white robes, with Palm branches in their hands and crying out with a loud voice, saying salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne into the lamb.
All the angel stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God saying amen, blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might be to our God forever and ever. Amen. Then one of the elders answered me or answered saying to me, who are these arrayed in white robes?
And where did they come from? Okay. So now the question comes up where we’re going to get the answer of who these are. The one of the elders comes to Johnny. He says, who are these? The ones in white robes, the ones that are here, the innumerable number in heaven, who are they? And where did they come from?
And John and I said to him, sir, you know, that’s simultaneously a recognition of the other person’s knowledge. And it admittance that John didn’t know, this is not, John’s saying, well, this is who they are. This is John saying, why don’t you answer the question? Okay. He says, sir, you know, so he came,
sorry. So he said to me, these are the ones notice this who came out of the great tribulation. Six seal is open and judgments coming down on the earth and the rich and the mighty and all the powerful are crying out for the mountains to fall on them. And for them to be covered from the wrath of the, of the one on the throne and the lamb.
And the question is who can stay in the day of God’s wrath? And on the other side of that judgment is an innumerable company of people who all belong to God. He says, these are the ones who came out of the other side and then notice what he said. He says, they came out of the great tribulation and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.
Therefore they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore. The sun shall not strike them nor the heat, nor any heat for the lamb who is in the midst of the throne. Now, wait a minute. Okay.
Attention here will shepherd them. Wait a minute. The lamb who’s in the midst of the throne will shepherd them, go, go back over chapter 14. Then I looked and behold a lamb standing on mountains, ion, and who’s with him. What does a shepherd do? Leads the sheep. Now here’s the innumerable company that no one can number. And they’re being called the sheep of the one who sits on the throne.
And in chapter 14, you again have 144,000. And what are they doing? They’re standing with the one who’s on the throne. It’s the same group of people. Okay. So chapter seven, verse 17 for the lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Okay. So all of this has been just a, a pause, an explanation, and answer to the question that happened in the sixth seal in chapter six. Okay. So let’s go through the questions real quick. From chapter seven, hot off the press from last week, John saw these things happen or these things after the opening of which seal the sixth one,
what were four angels holding back and what were they granted to do in verses one and two, they’re holding back the four winds and they’re granted to harm the earth and the sea. Okay. Question three. Did the angel that came from the East have in his hand, the seal of the living, God, question four for what were the four angels told to wait,
all right. They were supposed to wait, not heard the earth in the seat, but until what, until the ceiling of the servants of God, where on his servants did the seal or Mark of God go on their forehead. How many tribes are marked 12, which of Joseph’s sons are included and which of Jacobs are left out? Manasseh is included,
but you’ll notice if you read through the list, Joseph himself is included, but Ephraim is left out. But then also Dan is left out and I was asked on Sunday, why do you think that is? And the answer is, I don’t know, God, didn’t say he just, just pointing out. It is what it is. Okay. How many from each driver marked 12,000?
Who else besides the 144,000 are present before the throne and the lamb that again, a great multitude and, and don’t let them besides, I mean, besides there is not intended to imply that two different groups, I’m just saying they, all of them are described as being before the throne. Okay. Throughout the text. Okay. Um, who makes up this group of people from every nation and tribe that is in heaven?
According to verses 13 and 14. All right. Those that came out of the great tribulation. Okay. These are the ones that came out of the great tribulation. What did they do to themselves? They washed their robes in the blood of the lamb. And then what is the answer to the question from chapter six, verse 17, as far as who can stand those that are sealed with the Mark of God or Christians.
Okay. So chapter seven is over chapter eight, begins with the opening of the seventh seal, but we’re going to put that on pause. We’re going to act like we’re in an interlude and we’re going to answer this question of when was the book written for that? You need a couple of things. You need an old Testament and a new Testament, because there are two chapters,
one in each then answer. When the book is written chapter 17 of the book of revelation, there are a lot of discussions. There are a lot of opinions, as far as when the book is written and granted, when it comes to many of these books that are in the new Testament, we don’t know exactly when they were written. There are some hints,
like for instance, there are some good indications that first Corinthians came before second Corinthians, but that doesn’t mean, you know, exactly where, you know, what was going on, what year it was, but there’s a lot of good ideas. And there’s a lot of good study. That’s gone into this. Now, when it comes to revelation, though,
there are two predominant ideas. I think they’re both wrong. The first idea is that it’s written between somewhere between a 64 and 66, a D that generally comes because of someone taking the majority of the book and interpreting the book to be about the fall of Jerusalem and the persecution to be the Jews persecution of the Christians. And that the ultimate discussion is the same discussion happening in Matthew chapter 24.
Um, they jumped through a lot of hoops to get the book written in the days of Nero in the days leading up to the fall of Rome. Um, I’m not going to go into a lot of the reasons why I don’t think it’s right. Fall of Jerusalem, sorry. Fall of Jerusalem. Um, I’m just only going to say the book is not consistent with the discussion from Matthew chapter 24.
They’re shared imagery. They’re shared discussions of the fall of nations, but I think you’ll see in a moment that the contents of revelation are, is not the same discussion as Matthew 24. So I’m going to move that theory aside. It’s not written before 80, 70, the other discussion. The other idea is that it was written in 95 or 96 D this is usually held because there is a record of a statement by irony is who is allegedly a student of John and Irenaeus says that revelation was received in 95,
96, or in the time of the reign of Domitian. Um, the problem with that is that’s not what John says and you, and you already know how I feel about context. You already know how I feel about letting the text speak for itself. So we’re going to look at revelation chapter 17. We’re not going to study it in depth, but I want us to see a few things that John put in the book,
and then we’re going to go back to the old Testament. We’re going to see if we can put some things together. Okay? Because the old Testament talks about the same thing that revelation does. How many times we mentioned things that we’ve gone through. The first seven chapters said, it’s over here in Zachariah. It’s over here in Jeremiah. It’s over here in Isaiah.
The whole book of revelation is almost in its entirety, found in the old Testament between the shared imagery and the prophecies that were already there. And so is the date of the book. So there’s the others who say it’s 95, 96, because they see this persecution by Domitian, who was on the throne, who was one of the pers main persecutors of the church in the first century.
And they see that and they go, this must be when it was written. And the statement from Irenaeus, okay. Chapter 17, verse one of revelation. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked to me saying to me, come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters with whom the Kings of the earth committed for an occasion.
And the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. Okay? So not going to go in all the details, but someone comes to John and he says, John, I want to show you the judgment of this great harlot. I’m going to show you this judgment of the one who enticed and caused the committed adultery, all the nations on the earth.
Okay. Now notice what happens. Verse three. So he carried me away in the spirit, into the wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a Scarlet beast, which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and 10 horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and Scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls having in her hand,
the golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. Okay. So here’s a picture of a woman. She’s a seductress. And she has cause the nations to follow after her into abomination and into for an occasion. But she’s writing on something we’ve just been in chapter five, we saw this, or chapter six, we saw people riding on something then,
and it had meaning while this woman is riding on what A beast, the beast is color of Scarlet. And what is, what, what attribute does, does John see about this beast? Seven Heads and 10 horns. Okay. Verse five. And on her forehead was a name or a name was written mystery, Babylon, the great the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth.
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. What’s this woman been doing, she’s been persecuting the church, but she is described, or she has written on, on her forehead. What name? Babel on the grade. Okay. There should already be a connection in your brain back to Daniel because of Babylon.
And you remember there was a discussion over in Daniel chapter two, Daniel chapter two. There’s a discussion that happens because the King of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar has a dream. And in that dream, he sees a statue in it. Statue has what, a head of gold and shoulders and arms and chest of what silver and belly and thighs of what bronze or brass and legs and feet of what iron mixed with clay.
And then he sees something else. What does he see? He sees a mountain carved out of the earth without hands, and it comes and does what to the image. It breaks it, but it doesn’t just break. It, it, it grinds it into powder and then it grows and it fills the whole earth. And the dreams interpreted, and God tells Nebuchadnezzar through Daniel.
Here’s the interpretation of the dream. The four parts of the image are what for great kingdoms. And who does he say is the head of gold? Napa can answer. I want you to notice something the King and the kingdom are interchangeable. He doesn’t say Babylon is the head of gold. He says, you, Oh, great. Nebuchadnezzar are the head of gold.
The King and the kingdom are interchangeable, but that actually has some significance, but he means Babylon as a kingdom and never can as her as it’s representative. But then there’s a nation that’s going to come after Babylon, after Nebuchadnezzar, and that nation’s going to be inferior. And yet it will overcome Babylon. And that nation, or actually nations will be hoot the Medes and the Persians.
And then that nation will be overcome by another nation, which will in turn, be inferior. It yet will overcome it. And that nation will be what Greece. And then another nation will come and it will be inferior in substance to that nation, but it will still overcome it. And it will be what Rome. And in the days of these Kings shall God set up a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed. That prophecy is the foundation for another chapter in the book of Daniel. And that’s chapter seven, turn to Daniel chapter seven, because now we’re going to talk about four nations in the first year of bell. Shazard King of Daniel, King of Babylon. Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream telling the main facts.
Daniel spoke, saying I saw in my vision by night and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea and four great beasts came up from the sea. Each different from the other. The first was like a lion and had Ingle Eagle’s wings. I watched till it w its wings were plucked off and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man and a man’s heart was given to it.
Now, is there another place in the book of Daniel where some kind of man beast transformation happens, Nebuchadnezzar when Nebuchadnezzar his heart is lifted up. And I think Daniel chapter four, Daniel chapter four, and he looks at all the great things that he’s done and, and, and is filled up with God decides to give him a little bit of a humility lesson and causes Nevin Nebuchadnezzar to go out and live among the bees and eat the grass like an oxen until he realizes that the Lord God reigns on the earth,
not Nebuchadnezzar. Well, interestingly, this beast makes the transformation in the opposite direction, which of course Nebuchadnezzar would, would do in a sense when he would return to his mind and leave the field and go back to the throne. So the beast go, stands up like a man. And then notice what happens. Verse five, suddenly another beast, a second,
like a bear. It was raised up on one side and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said, thus to it arise devour much flesh. After this, I looked and there was another, like a leopard which had on its back for wings of a bird. And the beast also had four heads and dominion was given to it.
If you walked through this and we’re not gonna do it for the sake of time, but you would identify every single kingdom first one’s Babylon second, one’s the Mito Persian empire. The third one, the leopard is Greece. Let’s stay with me. And after this I looked and there was another, like a leopard which had on its back for wings of a bird.
The beast also had foreheads and dominion was given to it. After this, I saw in the night visions and behold, a fourth beast dreadful and terrible exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth. It was devouring breaking in pieces and trembling the residue with its fees, with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it. And it had 10 horns.
I was considering the horns and there was another horn, a little one coming up among them before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the root. And they’re in this horn where eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking, pompous words. This isn’t blast for me. This is being a braggart. So here, you’ve got this fourth beast.
It’s indescribable. There’s, there’s not an equivalent description in the animal kingdom, but it has what, 10 horns. And then three horns are plucked out and the little horn comes up. So all told there’s how many horns? Oh 11. But after the three are plucked out, how many are left? Eight. Okay. It’s going to be important.
All right, just hang on here. It’s going to be important. There were 10, three are removed. A little one comes up and there’s eight. But when the little one comes up, he begins speaking and claiming things that he’s not okay. I watched till Thrones were put in place and the ancient of days was seated. As Garmin was white as snow and his hair was the hair of his head was like pure wool.
His throne was a fiery flame. Its wheels were burning fire, a fiery stream issued and came forth from before him a thousand. And excuse me, a thousand thousands ministered to him, 10,000 times, 10,000 thousands before stood before him, the court was seated and the books were opened. Sounds almost like an innumerable number, doesn’t it? But here’s this quantity of people.
And they’re standing before the one on the throne and what’s opened the books because judgment’s coming. That’s the picture you get there. A judge just sat down and the books are about to be open. And I watched then because of the sound of the pompous words, which the horn was speaking notice, here’s the little horn he’s talking. He’s claiming something about himself.
I watched till the beast was slain and its body destroyed. And given to the burning flame as for the rest of the bees, they had their dominion taken away yet. Their lives were prolonged for a season. At a time I was watching on the night visions and behold one like the son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the ancient of days and they brought him near before him then to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom that all the peoples nations and languages should serve him.
His dominion isn’t everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away. And his kingdom, the one which shall not be destroyed. Did Daniel just identify what the fourth beast was? It was the same as the fourth kingdom. Okay. Well, wait a minute. Verse 15. I, Daniel was grieved in my spirit within my body and the visions of my head troubled me.
I came near to one of those who stood by and I asked him the truth of all this Daniel doesn’t get it. He doesn’t understand. And I can understand why by the way. So he told me and made, known to me the interpretation of these things, these great bees, which are for our four Kings or kingdoms, which arise out of the earth.
But the saints of the most high shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. But the saints of the most high shall receive or sorry, verse 19. Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful with its teeth of iron and it’s mails of bronze, which devoured broken pieces and trampled the residue with its feet and the 10 horns,
which were on his head and the other horn, which came up before, which three fell, namely that horn, which had eyes and a mouth, which spoke pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows. I was watching in the S and the name, excuse me. And the same horn was making war against who saints and prevailing against them until the ancient of days came.
And a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the most high. And the time came for the saints to possess the earth. Okay. Put a little bit together here in Rome, there were a number of emperors. Let me skip forward to this one. And in verse 24, chapter seven, Daniel says the 10 horns are 10 Kings who shall arise from this kingdom.
And another shallow rise after them. He shall be different from the first ones and shall, should do three Kings. He shall speak pompous words against the most high shall persecute. The saints of the most high and Shalon tend to change times and laws. Then the Saint shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time. Okay.
Daniel says there’s 10 Kings, and then another one comes. And when this 11th one comes, he’s going to persecute the saints. Okay. Turn back to revelation. Chapter 17 and look at verses seven and eight, John does not originate the imagery. John uses the prophecy of Daniel and the basic imagery and the references to the Kings that Daniel gives him.
And John identifies who’s on the throne and who’s coming for, I go into this, remember this revelation chapter one said, this prophecy is about things, which must what shortly come to pass. And verse five, the time is at hand. So the time of persecution wasn’t right then it was when coming. It was at hand, okay. Verse seven,
revelation 17. But the angel said to me, why did you Marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has seven heads and 10 horns. The bees that you saw now notice the phrase was, and is not the beast in revelation is a persecuting actor. The beast that was in chapter seven of Daniel was a devouring persecuting actor.
And he was making war with the saints. But there’s something about the beast that is at this point, not current, he says he was and is not. Now, there’s another connection that you need to make because the connection is also, do you remember the description of Jesus Christ? He who was, and who is, and who is the com?
Everything in revelation has its opposite. Everything has its it’s adversary. And here’s the adversary of the eternal Christ. The beast who claims to be God, but he’s not claims to be deity. Buddy’s not. And the beast was and is not, and is about to come up. Notice what we read, the beast that you saw was, and is not,
and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into perdition for it. 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. When they see the beast that was and is not. And yet is here in the mind, which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
Now, if you know anything about Rome, Rome sat upon seven mountains, seven Hills, okay. Rome is identified. Clearly the woman, the great harlot sits upon seven Hills, seven mountains. Then the beast that wa Oh, wait, I skipped a verse 10. 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. The beast that was and is not is himself also what? The eighth. Alright, so we’ve got in revelation. We’ve we don’t have 11. We have eight, but in Daniel, when the 11th came up, he did what took three out. Okay. You go back through Roman history and you’re going to find this.
The first recognized emperor of Rome. It was not Julius Caesar. It was Augustus. Augustus was the first Senate appointed emperor of Rome. Julius Caesar was one who you served the throne and made himself emperor. Beginning with Augustus. You have a Gustus Tiberius Caligula who was an absolutely insane Claudius and then Nero. What did narrow due to the church? Persecuted the church,
bad delay, which is why some people think, well, the books written in the days of Nero, but it’s not Nero is the one who’s described as the one who was notice. Read the text again. There are also seven Kings five have fallen. One is when Nero goes down, civil war erupts in Rome and the space of one year three emperors come and go because their civil war there’s unrest,
they keep coming to the throne. They keep getting killed. So for a period of time, there’s three that just come up and are gone. Those were the three that John skips over. He ignores them. They’re a ortho or a<inaudible>, but then Vespasian comes to the throne in John’s book. Vespasian is the one who is say, what I’ll do.
I, I look, there’s a slide. Vespasian is the one who is, he is the one on the throne. And then you read that there will, he will continue a short time and then another will come, who is not yet. And that will be Vespasian son, Titus, but Titus will only rain for a short time. He’ll rain for two years.
Interestingly, just throw this little tidbit in, who will destroy the city of Jerusalem tight as well. Titus will come he’ll return back to Rome. He will take his father’s place on the throne, but he will only rain for a short time. And then he will die. And his brother will come to the throne in 81, a D Domitian who all of history tells us was probably as insane as Nero and Caligula would come to the throne.
But the mission was different than many of the others. He was like some of the others, but he was different and like Nero in a specific way, Nero and Caligula. He thought he was God. And he wanted everyone to call him God. And he declared his D his declarations to be the orange originating with God. And he began to persecute the church in earnest.
John says, the time that is right now is the time when the one who was persecuting is not persecuting anymore. And that’s Nero. And now there is one who’s currently on the throne. There’s one who’s shortly coming. And then the beast will arise again. During the time of civil war, after Nero died, there was no persecution. Rome was too busy,
fighting itself to persecute Christians Vespasian came and took the throne. And he didn’t really persecute the Christians. And neither did Titus. They were putting down unrest in places like Jerusalem. But when Domitian comes to the throne, history tells us, you begin to see persecution that begins in 80 81 with Domitian coming to the throne and continues for 200 years. The books written though,
according to John, when the beast is in a is not state, he’s not persecuting right now, but he’s about to that makes the book written in the days of Vespasian or in other words, sometime between 80, 69 and 80 79. But here’s the key Vespasian is about to be replaced by the one who will remain on the throne a short time there in chapter 17,
you see that, that verbiage. So Titus is shortly to be on the throne that makes the writing of the book, the time of the book, somewhere around probably between 80, 77 and 80 79. Okay. And John uses the imagery from Daniel to explain it. So, you know, so I don’t really care what Irenaeus said because John said the beast was in an,
is not state. He’s not persecuting right now, but he’s coming. So that’s our classroom night. We’ll go over the questions, kind of review that. So you’ve got some handouts, you’ve got some information, we’ll go through the questions on that. As we start our class on Sunday, I would ask if there’s any questions, but there’s probably too many to answer so Well,
good evening and welcome to our devotional after our Bible class. And I am thoroughly confused about the succession of all of the Roman emperors and so on, but it makes sense once again, is sure. Good to see each of you here and have a good crowd tonight, even have visitors. And, um, thank you for your attendance. We have a number of sick and I’m going to run through this list.
Dorothy and Rodale Wilson have pretty much chronic problems. Um, however, Dorothy Wilson did suffer a heart attack last week. And, um, so we definitely need to keep her in our prayers, but, uh, well I think she’s home. Is that correct? Yeah. Okay. Joan Springer, uh, is doing much better and I know the reason she’s doing better is,
uh, her son and her daughter are coming. Um, well, Lee’s here and with us tonight, but, uh, Lisa will be here tomorrow. So she’s feeling better. I, I know she is need to keep Pam chafing in her prayers. Um, she’s doing much better to, with her surgery. She had back surgery about a week and a half ago.
And, um, I think she’s healing up nicely. Sylvia pass also had a spinal block for her bad back last week and she says it hasn’t improved much. Okay. Janell<inaudible>, um, that is Janet’s about the same and she has thyroid cancer. Right. And Gladys Lyles of course continues to be at home. Um, Francis Wallace, um,
is, uh, we’re Halvorson’s there Cheryl. Okay. She is home. Is that correct? That’s Jacobs. Jacob, some grandmother. And Jay, you remember Jacob he’s led singing here a number of times for us and that’s his grandmother and she had a stroke about two weeks ago. And, uh, she is, uh, his back home and,
uh, Leah Ben cleave that was on the severe die out dialysis, uh, list. Um, I yes, continues to be in that routine. So all of these people need to keep your prayer. Mary Joe Todaro has been diagnosed with Lynne liver cancer. That’s Jenny sister-in-law and I take it she’s down in Louisiana. Is that correct? Okay. And Cassandra just told me and Michelle Ford,
um, it was down in, uh, it’s a friend of hers was down in the Gulf coast area. I don’t know where, but anyway, her car broke down and she stuck down there in the hurricane. So she’s in a real mess. So I guess she deserves, uh, deserve some attention as well. That’s all the sick that I have or the need really need our prayers.
Remember Ava Morgan with the loss of her sister-in-law Kay Fisher and her brother, Roy Fisher. Now I think Roy is her true brother and she had another brother who is the, um, husband of K Fisher. So that’s how all that fit together. What? Well, that’s my understanding. Don’t forget, uh, September national nationwide gospel meeting call flyers on the table and Friday night at nine o’clock Gary Callie will be speaking on that program and his subject we’ll be obeying from the heart.
Uh, something we definitely need to remember. Okay. Song leader tonight will be Michael Dale devotional will be Aaron Cozort and Joe caisson has the closing prayer. Once again. Thank you all for being here this long before the devotional will be number 753 Or they’re along seven, five three. Once you get there, if you want to walk number 943, that’ll be the song of invitation 943 number 753.<inaudible> why it should be the day<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> and,
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to stop people from being saved, take your Bibles, if you will, and open them to first Thessalonians, first Thessalonians chapter two, we read for you yourselves know, brethren that are coming to you was not in vain, but even after we suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel in much a gospel of God in much conflict for our exhortation did not come from error or uncleanness nor was it in deceit.
But as we had been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts for neither at any time, did we use flattering words as you yourself, or as you know, nor a cloak for covetousness, God is witness. Paul reminds those that Tesla Nika. When I was there,
when myself and my companions were with you, we exhorted you. We spoke to you and what did they speak? They spoke the gospel, but go to the end of the chapter beginning in verse 14 for you, brethren became imitators of the churches of God, which are in Judea, in Christ. Jesus for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen,
just as they did from the Judeans who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own profits and have persecuted us. And they do not please God, and are contrary to all men for bidding on us and notice this phrase for bidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they, they they’re being the Gentiles maybe saved. How would you stop people from being saved?
Stop people from preaching the gospel. And you know, there’s many countries that actively strive to stop people from preaching the gospel, but there’s many in our country who as well would love to stop people from preaching the gospel because they know to be true. What Paul says to be true. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation to the Jew first and also to the Greek,
to the Jew and to the Gentile. The gospel is what will cause people to be saved. So the surefire way to keep people from being saved is stop the gospel from being preached. That calls upon us to do something, not just to live the Christian life, but to proclaim the gospel message because it, and not us causes people to be saved.
There are people who want to stop other people from being saved and they will succeed. If we choose not to speak, if we choose not to breach, if we choose to remain silent in our lives, as we interact with others, are we succumbing to the temptation to just not say anything, just not speak up, just not say something that’s going to cause someone to be upset because do we remember that it’s also what just might cause them to change?
Are we giving into the temptation to do Satan’s work for him by not speaking if you’re here this evening and you have need of redemption of salvation, you can have it. And the gospel tells you how you can hear the word of God and believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. You can repent of your sins and confess his name. And you can be immersed in water for the remission of your sins,
by the commandment of the gospel and rise to walk in newness of life. But if you’ve given into the demand of the world to stop speaking, maybe today’s the day we change and start preaching the gospel for it is the power of God unto salvation. If you have need of the invitation, the invitation is open as we stand and as we sing,<inaudible> ah,
you, uh,<inaudible> us dude.<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> here’s each time you cry. Ah,<inaudible> ah, cheers from your, uh, dude, you know, my God sees us<inaudible><inaudible> loves you.<inaudible><inaudible> ass bow here. God, our father in heaven, we truly are so grateful for your love. That was demonstrated to us how your precious son dying on the cross of Calvary and the redemption that we have through his blood father.
We realized that that is the greatest gift that we will ever have or will ever be. And we’re so grateful card. And we pray father that we be mindful of those that have never named your name. Those that might not know your will and pray that we have the strength and courage to share that with those. And they say, father, we are mindful of all those that were mentioned that were ill or having issues.
We pray that you continue to bless them and watch over them and be with those that are ministering to them. A lot of the we’re mindful of those that are teaching and preaching your word elsewhere. We pray that your blessings be upon them and keep them safe that Minnesota might come to you to the gospel father, help us here this evening that we contain it to show our love for our fellow man that we give you the honor and the glory and the praise in our lives.
And others truly know that we are your children and that we’re trying to walk in the steps of our Lord and savior. That’s us, our father, and continue to be with us, whether they’re mine or the week and help us to be mindful. Those that might not have been here to check up on them. And those that might have drifted away,
that we might encourage them to come back and be faithful to Jesus. Right?
JOHN – Revelation 7 The Servants of God are Marked
John saw these things after the opening of which seal? Revelation 7:1; 6:12 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What were four angels holding back, and what were they “granted” to do? Revelation 7:1-2 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What did the angel that came from the east have in his hand? Revelation 7:2 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
For what were the four angels told to wait? Revelation 7:3 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Where on His servants did the “seal” (or mark) of God go? Revelation 7:3 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How many tribes are marked? Which of Joseph’s sons are included and which of Jacob’s are left out? How many from each tribe are marked? Revelation 7:4-8 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who else besides 144,000 are present before the throne and the Lamb? Revelation 7:9-10 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who makes up this group of people from every nation and tribe that in Heaven? What did they do to themselves? Revelation 7:13-14 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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we’re going to go over the questions from Wednesday as a review of chapter six, before we get into chapter seven, but you’ll notice on the handouts. There is a review sheet on the top that you can use to kind of just keep track Of everything we’ve gone through thus far, um, in the book we’re being six chapters in understanding that this has a constant flow to it.
You know, there’s, there’s a lot of new material in revelation that you want to keep track of. And, uh, that’s, that’s going to continue to be the case as we move forward. So, uh, hopefully that will be helpful for you. We won’t spend a lot of time looking at it. We will do a brief review of a couple of things as we get started with our class,
but let’s begin with a word of prayer and then we’ll get into the question, Gracious father in heaven, we bound before your throne grateful for the day that you’ve given to us grateful for the life and the opportunity that we have to be able to serve you, to be able to glorify your name, to praise you and to come to you in prayer when we need help,
when we need strength, but also to say thank you for all of the many wonderful things that you’ve done and continue to do. We pray that you be with those who are struggling with illness, pray that you be with those who are recovering from difficulties. We pray that you be with those who are home because of their health. And we pray that you will be with each one of those individuals in each one of those groups that may they have the comfort,
the strength and the health that they desire. Pray that you be with those who are undergoing upcoming procedures, or maybe have faced, uh, illnesses and difficulties that they were not, uh, anticipating. We know. So often things come at us in a time in our lives when we’re not ready for it, we pray that you be with those and help them to endure through those hard times.
We’re we’re mindful, especially right now for Ava’s family and the struggles that they are going with, and we pray that you will help them and give them strength and give Ava strength and encouragement. And this time, all this, we pray in Jesus name. Amen. Chapter six. Questions, question one in chapter six, verse one who opens the scroll sealed with seven seals.
The lamb does all right. Chapter six, verses one and two. What color horse is seen in the first seal? A white horse? What two things are given to the one on the horse.<inaudible> A bow and a crown. What does he do?<inaudible> He conquers and continues. Conquering. Okay. What color horse is seen in the second seal?
A red horse. What is he given the ability to take peace from the earth? Okay. So the idea here being war the opposite of peace. Okay. Uh, what is he given a great sword to make war then the third seal, what color horse is seen in the third seal, a black horse. And what does the rider have in his hand,
a pair of balances or scales, what is affected by this rider and what is not affected? Alright, the wheat and the barley are affected, but the oil and the wine are not okay. What, uh, what color is seen in the fourth seal, a pale horse. And we talked about that being the idea of a, of a yellowish,
just a sickly looking horse. Um, I skipped down to the next one who sits on this horse Def who’s falling behind this horse. Haiti’s okay. Um, what does, what quantity of the earth we’re given into their hands a quarter or fourth are given into their hands. And we talked about the idea of, of partial judgment, partial, uh,
things that happen in the book of revelation. We’re seeing that here. Question number six, who does John see in the fifth seal? Okay. He sees the souls of those who were slain for the word of God and for the testimony of Christ, where are they under the altar? Okay. So they’re in heaven, they’re under the alter. And what are they saying?
How long ago, Lord, until you bring judgment upon those who are persecuting us and what are they told to do rest a little while now, one of the things you’ll notice about these questions, these questions are not interpret the book because at the end of the day, here’s one of the things that I think we miss. If we spend all of our time talking about the interpretation,
we lose the book and the way I, I always want you all to do. I want you to know what’s in the text. I don’t want you to know what I say about it. I hopefully you learn something about what I, from what I say about it, but I want you to know the book because when you know the, when you can walk through those visions,
when you can picture in your mind, one horse and another horse and another horse and another horse, and then those souls under the altar. And you’re seeing the results of this persecution. When somebody comes with a, just a Yahoo theory with a Val, this is Russia. And, and the, uh, there’s a patchy helicopters in the book of revelation,
which how Lindsay said and wrote in the late great planet. When, when they come with all this, you go, wait a minute, Whoa, you’re taking this and this and this and this and this. And you’re saying they’re all happening at the same time. And then it’s all. And you don’t believe any of it. Why don’t we go back to the text?
And that’s what I always want us to do. Go back to the text because when you can get somebody in the text and you can get them to see what they’re, they’re suddenly going to go, well, where did all this other stuff I believe come from? Because it’s not there. Okay. In the fifth seal, John sees Christians, the church and they’re dying,
they’re being killed and they’re being killed because of the witness, the testimony that they have, that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God. Okay. And they’re crying out to God. How long are you going to let this continue? How long until you avenge our deaths and the persecution that’s happening to the church. Because remember John’s whole premise is to the church.
Persecution is coming. That’s what the whole book is about. Persecution is coming, but I’ve got it. That’s the message of revelation. Okay. In the sixth seal, the language of revelation, six verses 12 through 14 was used in the old Testament to speak of what kind of event. Okay. So the, these type of, of, uh,
this type of imagery, moon cam coming like blood, uh, the, the stars being blacked out all of this in the old Testament we read, uh, Isaiah chapter 13, or I think we mentioned it, uh, turned over to Isaiah chapter 13 real quick verse one. Okay. Because revelation, doesn’t, doesn’t introduce this language out of nowhere.
We’re going to see chapter seven. Doesn’t introduce the language in chapter seven. Out of nowhere, it all comes from the old Testament. Every single person schooled in the old Testament, Christian in the first century knew exactly what was being stated. And there were no suggestions in their mind about some future nation called Russia or China or America involved anywhere in it.
Okay. Here’s what they already knew. Revel or revelation, chapter six. They knew Isaiah chapter 13, Isaiah chapter 13, verse one, the burden against Babylon, a burden in an old Testament, prophetic language meant what a prophecy. Okay. That’s that’s what a prophet would call his message that God said, you go tell them, this is why they called it a burden that they had the go speak.
This message. The prophecy, the burden against Babylon, which Isaiah, the son of Amos saw. So first, first, first thing understand this what’s this about, or who is this about? It was about Babylon. Babylon is what? A great power a nation on the earth if it was a city, but it was also, it was the capital of the nation of Babylon.
Okay. Now, keep in mind. This prophecy is being made before. Babylon is a great nation. They haven’t even come to power yet. Isaiah lives a nearly a hundred years before they come to power. They are not in power right now. They haven’t even come to power yet. And Isaiah is already going to prophesize their end. Okay? So here’s what happens.
He says, lift up the banner on the high mountain, raise your voice to them. Wave your hand that they may enter the Gates of the novels. I have commanded my sanctified ones. I have also called my mighty ones for my anger. Those who rejoice in my exaltation. Now skip down to verse 10. He’s going to continue talking. But for the sake of time,
verse 10, for the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened and it’s going forth. The moon will not cause its light to shine. I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their inequity. I will hold the arrogance of the proud I will lay low. The haughtiness of the terrible.
I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold. A man, more than the golden wedge of over therefore I will shake the heavens and the earth will move out of her place. In the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of his fierce anger, it shall be as the hunted gazelle and as a sheep that no man takes up. Every man will turn to his own people and everyone will flee out,
flee to his own land. Everyone who has found will be thrust through and everyone who is captured will fall by the sword. Their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes. Their houses will be plundered. Their wives will wives, ravish, behold. I will stir up the Meads against them. Oh wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait back here in verse 10.
He said that the stars of heaven, their constellations will not give any light hold. This must be the judgment day, right? Oh, this is God bringing judgment on Babylon before Babylon comes to power and he even identifies who he’s going to do it through. Now. Was there any great miracles that happened? Did the sun stopped shining the moon stopped giving its light.
Did the stars literally in a physical sense, recede, did the sky get rolled up when Babylon fell? No. All of this language in chapter six verses 12 through 14 is used and it’s not just here. It’s used throughout the old Testament prophets to speak of the fall of a nation and specifically God bringing about the fall of a nation. So when you read this kind of language,
don’t immediately go second coming of Christ, go wait a minute. What nation just fell. Okay. Now we haven’t really discussed a whole lot in revelation about what nation’s going to default. We’re going to get there, but John’s saying here’s somebody persecuting the church and the people in the church cry out how long the Lord until you bring judgment. And the next thing you see is the fall of a nation.
Okay? So the language in verses 12 through 14 was used in the old Testament to speak of the fall of a nation. What are the mighty and powerful on earth hiding from the wrath of God and of the one who sits on the throne and of the lamb. Okay. The wrath of God, the wrath of the lamb, either one of those lamp answers.
And then what is the fundamental question of the sixth seal? Very last statement in chapter six, who is able to stand when, in the day of the wrath of the lamb. Okay. So chapter six, verse 17 for the great day of his, the antecedent, there is the lamb for the great day of his wrath has come and who is able to stand.
That’s the question. And in chapter seven, we have, we just went through all of that. Hold on. I forgot that I had slides about chapter seven. We have an interlude because the seven seals not opened yet and it’s not going to be open yet. You have this moment where seal, seal, seal, seal, seal, they’re all being torn off.
They’re being open, they’re being opened. You’re seeing what’s happening. You’re seeing the prophecy of what’s to come. And then there’s this pause because there’s a question that’s asked. And before that seven seal is ripped off. The question has to be answered. Who can stand in the day of God’s wrath. That’s chapter seven. Now chapter seven is connected to chapter 14.
Um, let me back up one. Not ready for that yet. Uh, chapter seven is connected. Chapter 14. We’ll spend a little bit of time talking about chapter 14, but not very much in this class. Um, because I want you to see this in its progression. Okay? Chapter seven begins after these things, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea or on any tree. Alright. One thing we mentioned towards the beginning of our class is that almost everything in the book of revelation has an angel. The church, each of the churches has an angel here. The wind has an angel. There’s an angel for each,
for the wind, from the North, the wind from the South, that Mullin from the East, the wind from the West, by the way, there are some who will come to the book of revelation, skeptics and others who will come to revelation. As I say, see, you believe in this, this all bronze age book, you use this.
Why they think they thought the world had corners. They thought the world was flat and the world has corners. Go look at any globe in any school. And you’ll find out the world doesn’t have corners. Well, if you go look at almost any globe in any school, you’ll find out the earth does have corners. Now I looked round, right?
But wait a minute. What’s that? What’s that those are four corners. You see people try to make something out of nothing. When God speaks of the four corners of the earth. He’s not trying to tell you the way people in, in old time, Spain and others believed it, that the earth is flat. And there’s even still today who believe it.
He’s giving you a picture because even then they recognize go all the way back to the time of Moses and what held back the, the red sea strong wind. And they told you which direction it came from when you read four corners, don’t think in your mind. Well, that must mean they thought the world was square, but we all recognize four directions,
North, South, East, and West. And they did then. Okay. By only point in this little venture into a rabbit trail is don’t read something into the text. That’s not there because he’s even then going to tell you what the four corners are. Okay. So I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, North, South,
East, and West holding the four winds of the earth that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw another angel O sending from the East and 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 the sea notice those who are holding back,
the wind have been given power to do something before in chapter six, we’ve got the barley and the wheat being damaged. Okay? But something else isn’t harmed here. You’ve got the sea and the ocean and the earth being given power over. But other things are not hard. But he says in verse three, do not harm the earth, the sea or the trees till we have sealed the servants of God on their foreheads.
And some will go, Oh, look, look, they’re there. They’re being sealed. This is the Holy spirit. That was not just because Paul talks about us being as Christians being sealed with the seal of the Holy spirit over in first Corinthians does not mean that the moment you hear a seal over here in revelation, you’re talking about the Holy spirit.
Why? Because we already know what kind of seals we’re dealing with. We’re talking about a vision. We’re talking about a vision. That’s already talked about seals, which are pictures of ownership. Okay. When you had a seal back in the first century, you had a wax stamp, you had something that you put in him, uh, an embossed image on that indicated your authority and your ownership.
That’s why no one else could open the book that had seven seals on it. Okay. Is because they had to have the right person, the person who was worthy, the person who had the authority. Now here, the angel comes up and he tells those who are holding back the wind at, well, not yet. Not yet. We have to seal all those who belong to God and they’re going to do that.
But this is not new imagery. This is not the first time this has happened. If you go back to a Z keel as ZQ, I think it’s chapter nine is Z Gill sees a vision where God’s going to bring judgment and they seal, they Mark all those that belong to God. And none of them are judged. All those that belong to God are marked and exempted from judgment.
All those who don’t have the Mark of God are judged here. The angel comes up in the same imagery as the book of Ezekiel. And he says, wait, wait, wait. We’ve got to Mark those that belong to God before you bring this judgment on the earth and on the sea and on the trees. Okay. So I heard the number of those who were sealed by the way,
where’s their Mark foreheads. You hear all the time about the Mark of the beast and the six, six, six on people’s foreheads. Well guess what these people have on their foreheads. Do you think there’s going to be a literal time where we literally have six, six, six written our forehead or the name of God? No. Nor did any of the Christians of the first century think that this is imagery.
This is who does this person belong to? Okay. So they’re marked and they’re marked in their foreheads. There are many marks. As a matter of fact, in the book of revelation turned to chapter 13, revelation chapter 13, beginning in verse 16, this is talking about the beast. He causes all, both small and great rich and poor, free,
and slave to receive a Mark where they receive their Mark on their right hand or on their foreheads. Uh, this, this is a little chip being implanted in your hand, right? No chapter 13, verse one, chapter 13, verse one. Then I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea,
having seven heads and 10 horns and on his horns, 10 crowns and on his head, a blasphemous name what’s he got on his head, a name, what? What’s that? It’s a Mark. Okay. Uh, chapter 17, verse five, verse four. The woman was arrayed in purple and Scarlet and darned 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. What’s that a Mark. And what was her? What was written mystery? Babylon, the great the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth. Somebody must’ve been fine print and get that all written on her forehead. So are we expecting some lady to come forth and,
and rule over the nation and ride a dragon? This God, this whole paragraph written on her head? No. All right. Chapter 14, verse nine, then a third angel followed him 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. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy angels and in the presence of the lamb and the smoke of their term, torment, a Sans forever and ever. And they have no rest day or night who worship the beast in his image and who ever receives the Mark of his name.
This is not a physical object or a physical Mark. It is a spiritual one because who’s doing the marking. The angels are whether the angels for the bees or the angels of God, they’re declaring. This one belongs to me. And what was the determining factor as to whether or not this one belonged to the beast? They worshiped him. Whose side are you going to be on whoever you worship and serve.
Now, Romans chapter six makes it clear if you serve your lust and the flesh, you become a slave to what sin. But if instead you are born again and you live as a new creature, you serve righteousness, you become a slave to righteousness. You know, slaves had marks on them. Didn’t they, they had marks to indicate who they belonged to.
And so to God’s people, they have a Mark. This is, this one belongs to me. Don’t bring my judgment on him. Okay. Now the question is because we’re going to get in to this question of the 144,000 revelation chapter seven, verse three, do not harm the earth, the sea or the trees 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 of the tribe of Judah. 12,000 were sealed to the tribe of Reuben. 12,000 were sealed to the tribe of GAD. 12,000 were sealed of the tribe of Asher. 12,000 were sealed of the tribe of NAFTA. Lai 12,000 were sealed to the tribe of Manasseh.
12,000 were sealed of the tribe of Simeon. 12,000 were sealed of the tribe of Levi. 12,000 were sealed to the tribe of visit. 12,000 were sealed of the tribes. Ambulant 12,000 were sealed to the tribe of Joseph 12,000 were sealed with the tribe of Benjamin 12,000 were sealed. Okay? So a pre millennialist comes along and says there are 144,000 that are going to go to heaven.
And there’s problem with that. Number one, this 144,000 RNN heaven. Where are they think about it? What was the judgment going to come on? They’re holding back the winds that are going to bring judgment on the earth and the sea and the trees. So where are the people who are sealed, who aren’t going to receive the judgment on earth and they’re on earth before this judgment comes.
Okay. Now, why are they all from tribes in Israel? I don’t have any great insight into that. Other than here’s this all throughout the new Testament, you have multiple times where the Jews stand as a representation of the people of God. You remember when Paul spoke about Israel and he said, they are not all of who are of Israel. He’s talking about the fact that there are those who are fleshly descendants of Abraham,
who aren’t spiritual descendants of Abraham, but there are spiritual descendants of Abraham who aren’t fleshly descendants of Abraham, Romans chapter four says that Abraham is the father of all them. That what believe. So maybe this is just God showing here’s mine people. Oh, wait. That’s exactly what we were told. Isn’t it is his way. Wait, don’t do anything until we Mark those that belong to God.
Now it’s interesting because they’re going to go into this tribulation. They’re going to go into this difficult time, this persecution that’s coming, and then they’re going to come out on the other side. We’re gonna see that. And the second part of the book or second part of the chapter, and when they come out of the tribulation, there’s not 144,000 of them.
Wait a minute. Did we lose some? No, it was a matter of fact, we gained a lot because there’s an innumerable quantity of them, which indicates the 144,000 is in the literal number. Watch this what’s 12 times 1,244. What’s 144 multiplied by a thousand, 144,000. Now what is 12 in the book of revelation revelation in the Cape. There’s 12 stones.
There’s 12 apostles. There’s 12 patriarchs. There’s 12 tribes there. W what is 12 indicate? The short answer is those who belong to God. 12 was a number all throughout the book of revelation that indicates the faithful that belong to God. When you take 12 and you multiply it times 12, you’ve got the faithful that belonged to God with an exclamation.
You’ve got it enhanced. You’ve got it expounded. But the number 1000 indicates a totality. God, doesn’t just have we use the Psalmus writer that the cattle on a thousand Hills belong to the Lord. Does that mean that on the thousand and first Hill, that cow doesn’t belong to the Lord? No. The imagery, the language means once you’ve hit a thousand,
the point is finished. They all belong to God. It’s a, that indicates completeness. So you’ve got 12,000 times or 12 times, 12 times a thousand, all of them, who are they marking? The angel said, don’t, don’t bring the judgment until we’ve marked whom all the ones that belong to him and who got missed, which servant of God got missed in the marketing process.
None of them, which servant of God, didn’t get marked. None of them, which servant of God, wasn’t able to stand in the day of the wrath of a lamb. None of them, you see the number 144,000 doesn’t have anything to do with a literal quantity. It has everything to do with an image, a picture that says every single faithful servant of God can stand in the day of the wrath of lamb.
There’s not a single one that can’t, it’s a complete number. And it points to the faithful who belong to God. And there’s non one of them that are going to be touched by the judgment of God. Now that doesn’t mean they’re not going to suffer pain because this same idea is used back in the old Testament where God says, I’m not going to bring my judgment upon those in Judah who are faithful to me yet,
they’re still going to go through their nation falling. Some of them are still going to die. Some of them are still going to be carted off to Babylon, but they’re not the ones being judged. They’re not the ones stay standing condemned. They’re going to suffer some in the process. But God’s saying to his people, I’ve got you. And I’ve got every single one of you and who can stand in the day of the wrath of the lamb.
When all the rich, all the mighty, all those who are powerful are falling down under the mountains and crying for the mountains to fall down on them and protect them. You can, the faithful of God can stand. All right? So after these things, I looked and behold a great multitude, which no one could number of all nations tribes, peoples and tongues standing before the throne.
And before the lamb clothed with white robes, with Palm branches in their hand, and crying with a loud voice, saying salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne. And to the lamb, John sees this persecution. This judgment is about to come on the earth. The four winds are about to be let loose on the earth. The seal is about to be ripped open,
but first before the seven seals were over and we need to know something who can withstand the judgment of God. And the answer is God’s people can because they belong to him. And they’ve been marked with his Mark, and they’re not going to get touched by the judgment. And then John sees not 144,000, not just 12 tribes, not just a thousand out of each tribe,
but in innumerable, multitude. And where are they? Where are they standing before the throne? You had the souls under the altar who were crying out. How long though? Lord in verse or in, in chapter six. And now there’s an enumerable multitude standing before the throne saying we’ve received salvation. And where did they come from? Just the 12 tribes.
They’re all Jews, right? Every nation, every tribe, every tongue. Now, before we go any further, I want to show you very clearly who the 144,000 art. And we’ll pick up with the rest of chapter seven on Wednesday night, revelation, chapter 14, verse one, there were two markings that I left out of our list of the markings in the book of revelation,
revelation, chapter 14, verse one. Then I looked and behold a lamb standing on Mount Zion and with him 144,000, having his father’s name written on their foreheads. Okay. Chapter seven, we’ve got 144,000 chapter 14. We’ve got 144,000. Okay. But the Mark they receive is what the name of his father written on their forehead. Now, what if I could say,
you know what and prove to you who these are. They’re the church turn to revelation chapter three. I mean, I know I’ve got it behind me on the screen, but revelation chapter three, and in verse 12 to the church, the church alive in the first century, the church that was about to go under persecution, the church, the ones who were Christians,
who, by the way, weren’t all in Jerusalem. They were in Asia minor. They weren’t all Jews. They were Jews and Gentiles alike to them. Christ says 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 gone. And I will write on him, my new name. Now in chapter three, John already told us the church and the Christians who overcome are going to receive what written on them, the name of the father. And in chapter 14, there’s 144,000 who are standing with Christ with the lamb and on them is written what the name of the father.
So who are the overcomers that stand with God who are the 144,000? They’re the Christians who overcame. They’re the ones who went through the tribulation and over came they’re the ones identified throughout the entire book as the faithful of God, chapter seven, the hundred and 44,000 is not some strange number of only the limited quantity of people. They get to go to heaven by the Jehovah’s witnesses.
Believe it’s the overcomers from the church that went through the persecution. And you look at the other side of that tribulation. And here’s an innumerable number of faithful in the second half of the chapter who are saying it worked. We came through the other side. We endured, thank God was faithful. Okay. We’ll pick up there on Wednesday night. And by the way,
as we’re going through this study, if there are things that you, I mean, they don’t just never swallow everything. I say, hook line and sinker. And just assume because Aaron said it is right. If you’ve got questions or something, doesn’t make sense, let me know or write it down and I’ll try and cover it, uh, to the best of my ability.
But, uh, hopefully you’re getting a better picture of revelation as we go through this. Thank you for your attention.<inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible><inaudible> Good morning and welcome to the Collierville church of Christ. Sunday morning, worship service. It’s indeed. Good to see each of you here. And we’re so proud to have our visitors with us. If you are visiting with us and you have not previously filled out a visitor card,
we ask if you would to fill that out and either give it to one of the members here are, leave it laying on the Pew and someone will pick it up. Also, we do our communion a little differently, and this is a good time to do it. If you haven’t picked up your bread and wine at the back of the auditorium, as you walked in,
this is a good time to go back and get it in a while. I’m going through our rather lengthy announcements this morning and bring them up and put them in the little cup holders there in the Pew, in front of you. And at the appropriate time, Maureen will be leading us in our prayers for that. We need to remember our sick. Remember Dorothy and Rodale Wilson.
They are still suffering from their chronic problems that they’ve had for awhile. Joan Springer is still home. Uh, she’s doing about the same as I understand Pam Chaffin who had back surgery a week and a half ago or so is home. She’s doing well. And as I understand progressing nicely, Sylvia pass has had a nerve block in her back. And I think she’s here with us.
So she’s obviously still surviving Janell, Rosario, and suffering from a tie she’s suffering from a cancer in her lymph nodes or tie for a thyroid. There you go. But, um, definitely need to keep her in our prayer. And Gladys Lyles is recovering. She fell again. Is that correct? What just the one time. Okay, but she’s not doing well.
Dorothy Wilson that we mentioned earlier, she did have a heart cath and is back home with, uh, her chronic high blood pressure problem. Leah van cleave Becky’s niece is very brittle diabetic. She’s been put on a kidney transplant list and will begin dialysis seven days a week, eight hours a day. That’s got to be really pleasant. Francis Wallace is back home.
Um, this is, uh, the Halvorson’s son-in-law’s grandmother. She back home, she’s recovering from a stroke and will begin in home therapy soon. I think that’s all of our sick and we need to remember Ava Morgan, her sister law sister-in-law Kay Fisher passed away last Tuesday. And then yesterday, her brother passed away and his name is Roy Fisher. And I’m a little bit confused here.
I really don’t know, but I don’t believe Kay Fisher and Roy Fisher are husband and wife. I think this is another brother to Ava. She has several siblings. I think I’ve hacked my way through all of this. Don’t forget the September business meeting, uh, tomorrow evening at 7:00 PM. And if you have any agenda items, be sure and get them over to Joe or any one of us is for that matter.
And we’ll make sure it gets mentioned in the meeting. The Nesbitt church of Christ has a gospel meeting October 4th through the seventh. And there’s a flyer on a bulletin board and say, check, check that out. If you’re interested, the Potter’s children’s home pantry item for this month is egg noodles. And I saw people bringing those in and putting them on the little cart,
just to the left of the auditorium. As you walk in the September national nationwide gospel meeting, flyers are on the table, pick one of those up for the times and so on. Okay. That’s all of our, uh, Oliver announcements that I’m aware of our song leader today will be Aaron Cozort opening. Prayer will be Terry Sanderson. Mary Phillips will be presiding over the Lord’s table and the sermon will be delivered by Michael Dale and Tommy O’Neil.
We’ll have our closing prayer once again. Thank you all for enduring these announcements. And thank you all for being here Will be number 627. There’s a Royal banner. All of the songs should be on the slides this morning, 627. There’s a Royal back then for display to the sole judges of the King.<inaudible> fair. We lift it up to Dan<inaudible> for Christ for the King of Kings<inaudible><inaudible> for the truth being,
uh, this man. Hey, Marty ain’t<inaudible> or the King of Kings<inaudible><inaudible> no<inaudible> Oh, marching.<inaudible> a tenfold shall die and say<inaudible><inaudible> me.<inaudible> Cause next song will be number 639, 639. Rescue the perishing. After this song, we’ll have our opening prayer Rescue, the perishing cap or the<inaudible> and the gray weep or the airing Juan lift the fall and tell them about Jesus mighty to save rescue the parish.<inaudible> Jesus is merciful.
Jesus will say, though, they are hiding him still. He is waiting, waiting the pen child to Reesie plead with them, earnest the plead with them. Jen gently. He will forgive if they truly Bailey rescue the perishing<inaudible> Jesus is merciful. Jesus will say down in the human heart, crushed by her tem to feelings. I buried that grace can restore Taj by a loving hand.<inaudible> well,
vibrate wants more rescue the perishing<inaudible> will prov, uh, back to then arrow away. Hey Sean Lee, when Paul Wandra save rescue the perishing care for the die Jesus is<inaudible> Father in heaven. We thank you for this day. We thank thee for the many blessings that you give us each day. We thank thee for our health and enablers to be here with each other today,
to study that word and sang the songs of praise on to they, we pray for those that are less fortunate today. With their health able to be with us, we pray that they will soon be able to return with us to worship you with us. We thank Dee for Jesus. It came to this earth and died that we might have everlasting life with me in heaven.
We pray that you would be with the teachers that teach us each week. We both, probably the table always be sound and spread the gospel. In truth. We pray that you would, uh, be with the leaders of our country, that they would turn to the, for direction and leadership. We pray that you would, uh, be with,
uh, military people that are away from home. We pray that you would be with them, be with their families and comfort them. Is there a way we pray that you would be with his Nan for the exercise of the day and forgive us when we do wrong in cross plan, we pray amen Song before the Lord’s supper will be number 349, 349,
10,000 angels sing all four verses Hey, bow in the hands of Jesus in the garden where he<inaudible>, they spot a pawn. A uh, so I’m free from sin. They said Cruz, if I him, he sees to be<inaudible> Dan set him free. He could’ve called 10,000.<inaudible> muddy died a long, Whoa, are you a, me a pawn is pride.<inaudible> they placed a crown,
no fawns. They laughed and said be home<inaudible> they struck him.<inaudible> and art is Holy<inaudible> all, uh, Aloni soft. Yeah. Uh<inaudible> to destroy, uh, and set him free.<inaudible> 10,000<inaudible> but he died a long time. So for you and me, when then held him too<inaudible><inaudible> uh, he said, walk me home.
Nice. Um, he cried, I thirst for water, but they gave him none to drink than a sinful, uh, um, was, uh, and he could<inaudible> dude,<inaudible> Dan set him free. He could, uh<inaudible> so, or you and me to the howling Mobby yielded. He did, uh, for mercy<inaudible> the cross Shamie<inaudible>.
And when he cried in Spanish, he gave himself to a salvation Was, uh, he could have called 10,000 angels to destroy. And Dan set him free. He could’ve called<inaudible> for you a, B, C. At this time, we have an opportunity to remember Jesus and that sacrifice that he made on the cross for our sins that is pray heavenly father.
We’re thankful for this bread to represent Jesus body. That was nailed to the cross for the sins of mankind for him to follow you, please forgive, sir, I sins Is pray. Heavenly father. We’re thankful for this fruit of the vine that represents jesus’ blood. That was shed on the cross for the sins of mankind. And like men are having a fight with praying for giving the silver sands Separate from the Lord’s team.
We’ll have an opportunity to give as with prosper. Let us pray. Heavenly father. We’re thankful for the financial gains you have given us through the years and we pray heavenly father, you accept a portion of these back to you to help continue the work here at Cari with church of Christ. Amen. You would like to, you can go ahead and Mark the invitation song.
It will be on the overhead, but the song of invitation will be number 923. I’m sorry. 924. I can get that number, right. Just As I am, will be the invitation song. After you’ve marked that please let us span. And we’ll sing 868, six zero. After this song, we will have our lesson from brother Dale,
860. There is a habitation. There is<inaudible>, uh, who seek that grant? Uh, Oh, Oh,<inaudible><inaudible> the no,<inaudible> no,<inaudible> no yesterday. No more.<inaudible><inaudible> I long night<inaudible> in the Please be seated. I guess he didn’t want to do the scripture reading this morning. I want to start you off with a poem entitled from a father to a son on persecution.
It reads when I was a child, no higher than your knee. My daddy sat me on his lap and told these things to me, son, you must live for Christ. No matter come what may teach the word to the lost. Every single day, people will make fun of you, taunt you and reject. Always remember what Christ endured for you,
son. I beg you never forget. Tell them that Christ loves them. Tell them you love them too. And when they spit on and beat, you have courage to tell the truth. Their souls are lost without him. And this is why Jesus needs you to tell the truth about him. No matter what they do in the end, your sufferings will gain you a glorious crown.
And if you win them to him to meet you in the sky, your sufferings will all be worth it. I tell you son, there is no greater reason why. So always live for Christ every single day. Teach the word to all the lost, no matter come, what may this morning, I want to speak to you about our comfort in suffering.
Turn with me. If you will. The second Corinthians chapter one verses three through five second Corinthians chapter one verses three through five, blessed to be God, even the father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the father of mercies and the God of all comfort, who comfort with us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them, which are in any trouble by the comfort,
where with we ourselves are comforted of God for as the sufferings of Christ abound in us. So our constellation also a bounded by Christ as Christians. If we suffer like Christ for the spread of the gospel, we have a comfort. Now I remember when I was a young man in school, uh, was very zealous for the Lord and the spread of his word.
I would take my Bible to school every day. This was before you weren’t allowed to take your Bible to school anymore. So I’m kind of giving away a little bit of my age here and my zealousness. I never took the time to stop and think about how my need, my, my internal need to spread. God’s word would affect me and how I would be treated because I needed to spread his word.
It started with a name calling I’m. Sure. Many of you have heard the term Bible Thumper. Yes, I was a Bible Thumper apparently. Um, sometimes I was stupid. Sometimes I was an idiot. And even on occasion, I was called crazy. The treatment that I had to endure only grew more and more abusive to the point of being cornered in a locker room and being pounded on by a few guys because I would not stop bringing my Bible to school and trying to teach people of God.
I tell you this, to tell you this, okay. Every day I would go home and find comfort and comfort in my father in prayer. And in the reading of his word, I’m sure many of you have stories of how you were mistreated because of your faith in God and how people talk down to you, because all you wanted to do was share eternal life with them.
We endured those trials so that we could one day use them to comfort those that are currently injuring the same sort of trials here in the reading that we had in second Corinthians chapter one, we see the apostle Paul explaining to the church at Corinth that God is the God of comfort. It is important to know where we are to go as Christians. When we need comfort.
It is important as Christians to know that we can go to one another for comfort. We must always remember that through the though, the trials we go through are tough Christ endured more than we could even imagine through the suffering of Christ. We can find comfort in the trials we are going through today. We must ask ourselves as Christians, will we take solace in the comfort that we have through Christ?
Are we, we live and complacent fear of what might happen. Will we live as a, as a Christian safe on our Pew? Or will we go out and teach the last, no matter what we may have to endure as Christians. If we suffer like Christ for the spread of the gospel, we have a comfort. Let us consider that God is our comfort in times of trial and we can comfort others.
And their times of trial and Christ grants us all abundant comfort through his Trials as children. The Lord, we must always remember, no matter what it is that we in our enduring God is our comfort in times of trial. But what is comfort? I don’t know what it means to you, but this is what comfort is. According to dictionary standards.
According the world standards we read in dictionary.com that comfort is to sooth console or reassure or bring cheer to in the Greek. Comfort is the word Paraklesis, which according to Vine’s dictionary is a calling to one side. This is to encourage or to console. God is the God of encouragement and consolation. Second Corinthians chapter one in verse three. Again, we read blessed,
be God, even the father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the father of mercies and the God of all comfort, but how does God comfort us? God grants us comfort through the knowledge that he is always there with us. My one of my favorite passages growing up, and I’m sure many of yours as well as the 23rd Psalm, let’s go ahead and read the 23rd Psalm beginning in verse one.
The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want, he maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me into the paths of righteousness for his namesake. Yay, though, I walk through the Valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil for thou art with me,
thy rod and thy staff. They comfort me. They’ll prepare us to table before me in the presence of my enemies, thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. That is so comforting to me and everything that I do.
And as it should be for you, he’s going to be with us no matter what God is always there with us. Turn with me to Hebrews chapter 13, verses five through six, the book of Hebrews chapter 13, verses five through six, five, and six. Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as he have for,
he has said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee so that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper. And I will not fear what man shall do on to me. How blessed are we as sons of God to know that our helper is the almighty creator of this world, of everything that we know he’s there for us, no matter what we have to endure.
And we have comfort through the word that gives us hope. Romans chapter 15 and verse four, Romans chapter 15 and verse four for whatsoever. Things were written a four time were written for our learning that we through patients and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. Are you having a bad day? Read God’s word. It fixes everything. Yes, this,
this is a tablet, but I’m reading God’s word. Okay. God comforts those that live for Christ. This is how we gain that comfort. If we live for Christ, we will endure persecutions. If we live for Christ. Second Timothy chapter three in verse 12, second, Timothy chapter three and verse 12. Paul writes to Timothy and Paul is sitting in prison right now for nothing more than preaching God’s word.
And he’s waiting to be judged and killed at this time. And he writes to Timothy yay. And all that will live godly in Christ. Jesus. So shall suffer persecution. Don’t be diluted in thinking that being a Christian will make it an easy life for you. You’re going to go out. You’re going to teach others of God’s word and people are going to persecute you for it.
But we have a comfort in knowing that the Lord will deliver us second, Timothy chapter three. And if you go up just a couple of verses, we’ll begin in verse 10, but thou has fully known my doctrine. Manner of life, purpose, faith, long suffering, charity patients, persecutions afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch. And I conium at LIS DRA what persecutions I endured,
but out of them, all the Lord delivered me. The Lord will deliver us from all of our prosecutions and no matter the trial that we have in Jord, knowing that the father comforts us through them, all gives us the strength, gives us strength and lets us know that we can comfort others in their times of trial as well. And the trials we endure for Christ gives us that ability.
It gives us the ability to go and help someone who’s been through the same thing as us, or even talk them through something different because of the trials that we have gone through through the comfort we, through the comfort we get from the father, we can comfort others. Second Corinthians chapter one and verse four second Corinthians chapter one and verse four, Who comfort with us in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort them,
which are in any trouble by the comfort wherewithal. We ourselves are comforted of God through the comfort that we’ve gained from God through the tribulations that we’ve been through. We can help people that are going through the same tribulation. We are told to comfort one another. This is something that we are told in the scripture to do first Thessalonians chapter five and verse 11,
First Thessalonians chapter five and verse 11, wherefore comfort yourselves together and Edify one another, even as also you do, this is something that all Christians should be doing is comforting one another. And we are told to encourage one another on a basis every day, Hebrews chapter 13, three, and verse 13, Hebrews chapter three and verse 13, but exhort one another daily while it is called today.
Lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin every day is today. And every day we need to comfort one another. We can know that our suffering will comfort. Those that are suffering. Turn with me to second Corinthians chapter one, verses six and seven, our sufferings, not in vain. It’s going to help those that are suffering first Corinthians chapter one,
verses six and seven. And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings, which we also suffer, or whether we be comforted. It is for your constellation and salvation and our hope of you as steadfast, knowing that as ER, partakers of the sufferings. So shall ye be also of the constellation,
our sufferings. Aren’t all we’ll get. We will get that constellation, but how can we comfort one another? We can comfort one another by reminding one another of the great day. And I hope we all know what that great day is. First Thessalonians, chapter four, verses 16 through 18. Read this one with me. First Thessalonians chapter four, verses 16 through 18.
Again, gaining comfort from the scripture for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an Archangel and with the Trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we, which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord wherefore comfort one another.
With these words, I want to comfort you. One day, we will be in heaven with the Lord and with our sisters and brothers in Christ. How else can we comfort one another? We can pray for one another second. Timothy chapter one in verse three, Paul writes to Timothy second Timothy chapter one and verse three. I think God whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience,
that without ceasing, I have remembrance of the, in my prayers night and day, how comforting it is to know that someone is praying for you every single day, my family and I, we think God every day for the congregation here, because we know that we’re in your prayers every single day, helping us to get through school, helping us with the trials that we’re going through with the sickness of our son.
It’s a blessing and a comfort to know that that is coming from my brothers and sisters here. We can also gain comfort through love, give comfort through love first or fire Lehman, verse three through seven, almost a chapter. There is no chapters in filing and Philemon verses three through seven grace to you and peace from God, our father and the Lord,
Jesus Christ. I think my God making mention of the always in my prayers, there’s that prayer again, hearing of thy love and faith, which thou has toward the Lord Jesus and toward all scenes, that the communication of my faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing, which is in you in Christ Jesus for we have great joy and constellation in my love because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by the brother.
Just knowing them. Their love can give us constellation and comfort. Just knowing that you love me, gives me constellation and comfort. No matter what I must go through, we can comfort with a good word. Proverbs chapter 12 and verse 25, Proverbs chapter 12 and verse 25 heaviness in the heart of man make of it stoop, but a good word.
Make ethic glad I know. You know, it’s true. Sometimes all it takes is that one sweet word from a brother or sister or husband or wife or child to lift your spirits completely in a bad day, but we can also comfort one another and complete silence job. Chapter two verses 11 through 13 job, two 11 through 13. Now when job’s three friends heard all of this evil that was come upon him.
They came every one of him from his own place, LFS the 10 night and bill dad, the shoe white and so far, the name of fight for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. And when they lifted up their eyes a far off and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept and they rent.
Everyone has mantle and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him for, they saw that his grief was very great. It is important sometimes just to sit and be with someone. You don’t need to say anything, just being there can be a comfort.
The father comforts us in our times of trial and in turn we can comfort others. And there are times of trial, but Christ grants us all abundant comfort through his trials. Christ suffered greatly for every single one of us, Christian and non-Christian he suffered for all of us G but to understand completely his, his suffering. We must first understand that Jesus Christ is God.
Turn with me to John chapter one verses one through three John chapter one verses one through three in the beginning was the word. And the word was with God. And the word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him and without him, not anything made, not any, without him was not anything made that was made without Christ.
Nothing was made and verse 14 States and the word was made flesh and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory. The glory is of the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth. Jesus sacrificed a lot for us, uh, more than we could ever even imagine. Turn with me to Philippians chapter two, verses five through eight Philippians chapter two,
verses five through eight. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ. Jesus, who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men. God came down here and turned himself into one of us,
a servant and being found in fashion as a man. He humbled himself and became obedient unto death. Even the death on a cross and all mighty eternal being came down here and died for us. Jesus died for us first, Peter chapter three and verse 18 first Peter chapter three and verse 18 for Christ also hath one suffered for sins. The, just for the unjust that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh,
but quickened by the spirit, if we are followers of Christ, we will suffer like him. Jesus tells us this himself, John chapter 15 verses 18 through 20. Let us read what John, what Jesus tells us himself. John chapter 15 verses 18 through 20. Jesus says, if the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.
If you were of the world, the world would love his own, but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. Therefore the world Hadith, you remember the word that I said unto you? The servant is no greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my saying,
they will keep yours. Also. Paul tells us that we will suffer for Christ again. Excuse me again. In second Timothy chapter three in verse 12, second, Timothy chapter three and verse 12. Again, we read yay and all that will live godly in Christ shall suffer persecution. If we suffer like Christ for Christ, we will be pur. We will be comforted.
We will be comforted abundantly. Second Corinthians chapter one in verse five second Corinthians chapter one and verse five. Whereas the sufferings of Christ abound in us. So our constellation also abounded by Christ suffering will produce a hope in us. I know it’s hard to imagine, but our suffering produces hope. Romans chapter five, verses three and four, read with me,
Romans chapter five, verses three and four. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations. Also they glory in their tribulations, knowing that tribulation, worketh, patience, and patience, experience and experience hope and hope. Maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy ghost, which is given unto us through our suffering.
We will enter the kingdom, read with me, acts chapter 14 and verse 22, acts 14 and verse 22, confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith. And that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. It takes a lot of tribulation for us to enter into the kingdom of God, but we have hope and we can do it as Christians.
If we suffer like Christ for the spread of the gospel, we have a comfort, no matter what comes our way, we need to remember that we suffer for Christ and his kingdom. We can know that God will comfort us. In our times of trial. We can take solace in the fact that we’ll be able to comfort others. And there are times of trial through our trials.
We can know that Christ will grant us all abundant comfort in our trials, through the fact that he himself and your trials, and the next time you’re with a friend or doing something you enjoy are doing something you enjoy or with a coworker in a break room, or just sitting around the kitchen table with a family member who, you know, has not obeyed the gospel,
let them know of the comfort you gained through Christ. It is a command of us to teach them. So they, the word, as we all must Romans 10, 17, we can not just say it in passing. We must teach them. So they do not just hear it, but listen, and believe it, John eight 24, we have to teach them that to have a comfort in God in Christ.
They must repent, which is turning away from the life that they are currently living yes, in sin and turning towards a new life in Christ, Luke 13, one through three, but belief and repentance are never enough. You can’t just believe in Jesus and be saved. They need to know and believe that Jesus is the son of God and confess it.
They need to know it and confess it. Matthew 10 32 to begin their walk in the comfort of Christ. They must follow the command to be baptized for the remission of sin. As we all must acts 2216 and in to ensure that they have this comfort day in and day out. And until eternity, they, as we all must walk in the light to receive a glorious crown first John one,
six and seven and revelation two 10, teach us that. And if you have to, if you have yet to obey these blessed commands of Christ, the waters of baptism already for you, you can have comfort in your walk of life, or if you need prayers of encouragement because of a persecution, you are enduring and need comfort. Please come forward as we stand in scene<inaudible> um,<inaudible>,<inaudible> uh,<inaudible> like,
uh, uh, just, uh, uh, uh, uh, no Hasbro, uh,<inaudible> uh, nah.<inaudible> Oh God. Um, ah, like, um, I want to thank Michael for that lesson on comfort, and we appreciate that lesson and we’re very grateful for it and, uh, hope everyone gained much from it and will continue not only,
uh, to utilize it throughout this week, but also to take the exhortations about teaching others and proclaiming the gospel throughout their lives. Take, uh, take your songbooks and turn the number 869. It will be on the, on the slides overhead. Uh, we’re going to sing the first verse only of this song, and then we’ll be led in our closing prayer.
After the closing prayer, we do have an announcement to be made. So just stay where you are after the closing prayer first verse of we’re marching desire, can we that<inaudible> and, and, uh, around the throne. And, uh, so around the throw<inaudible> You bow with me, our heavenly father. We thank you for this day and each and every blessing we receive from you.
We thank you for the freedom and for each opportunity that we have to gather as your children to study from my word and sing songs of praise to that. Great. And Holy night, our heavenly father, we ask that you strengthen each of us in our daily lives, help us to teach those nonbelievers around us. We pray that our lives might be an example to those and that through this example,
these lost souls might be drawn onto the, our heavenly father. We pray for each of our sick mentioned here today. We pray for our elderly. We pray that you strengthen all of these and that they might enjoy their health. Once more, if that be the whole wheel or heavenly father, we ask that you go with us as we prepare to leave here,
protect, keep us safe. We thank you, dear God for Christ, our Lord and savior, and his willingness to die for our sins. These things we ask in his name. Amen. One moment. Hey, Brendan, will you stop the stream, please?
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