Participants: Ivor Myers (Host), James Rafferty (Host), Yvonne Lewis, Jason Bradley
Series Code: SISS
Program Code: SISS000068A
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00:29 Okay, okay, we are almost finished
00:32 with the book of Revelation. 00:34 Wow! Wow. 00:35 We are almost done... 00:36 literally done... yeah... 00:38 we are in Revelation 19, 00:39 we're going to start in about verse 11 00:41 and then we have Revelation 20 and then 21 and 22. 00:44 So, probably just three or four more sessions 00:47 programs together and we're going to be done. 00:50 Revelation 19... the first part of it is basically 00:54 well, we didn't actually read verses 8 and 9 00:57 so we'll include those in this program 00:59 but this first part of it is just... 01:01 God's calling us to just rejoice 01:03 because evil has to come to an end 01:04 because He has brought justice to Babylon, 01:07 He's brought Babylon down 01:09 and all the wickedness that's inside... 01:11 it's become so bad that it's become the habitations of devils 01:14 and every unclean and hateful bird 01:16 and so God's brought it to an end 01:18 and heaven and earth are to rejoice over that, 01:19 at least God's people are to rejoice over that and we should. 01:22 We should be positive and happy 01:24 and rejoicing over the end of evil and sin 01:27 and pain and suffering 01:29 and then Revelation 19... we'll look at 8 and 9 01:32 but the rest of this chapter here is talking about our future 01:35 and talking about how Christ Himself is going to deliver us 01:39 in this battle of Armageddon 01:40 and so, we need to get into that. 01:42 Maybe we can start with a word of prayer 01:44 and we'll get right into the verse. 01:45 Jason, would you like to pray for us? 01:47 Sure, "Dear Heavenly Father, 01:49 we are finally almost at the end of Revelation, 01:53 we ask that you would help us 01:56 to recall everything that we have studied thus far, 01:59 that you would be with our Viewers, 02:00 help them to recall everything 02:02 and that you would continue to bless the rest of our study 02:07 and also when we go on to Daniel too 02:09 and in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 02:11 "Amen. " 02:12 Going into Daniel... you're ready for Daniel... 02:16 Can't even get out of Revelation... go to Daniel... 02:20 We're almost there. 02:22 Well, let's start, Yvonne, would you like to pick up for us 02:23 in Revelation chapter 19 and verse... 02:27 Ivor: Start with verse 7... 02:30 James: I was going to say seven too, all right, seven. 02:33 Okay, "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give him glory: 02:36 for the marriage of the Lamb has come, 02:38 and his wife has made herself ready. 02:40 And to her it was granted 02:42 that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright: 02:45 for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 02:48 Then he said to me, Write, Blessed are those 02:51 who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. 02:54 And he said to me, 02:55 These are the true sayings of God. 02:58 And I fell at his feet to worship him, 03:00 but he said to me, See that you do not do that: 03:02 I'm your fellow servant, and of your brethren 03:05 who have the testimony of Jesus worship God: 03:08 for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. " 03:11 Hmmm... you know, 03:13 there are a couple of points here that are really significant 03:17 and the one that I want us to look at first 03:20 is the one in the last verse, verse 10 03:22 which I think is really interesting. 03:24 It happens in another place also 03:26 and that is... is that John makes the mistake 03:30 of falling down to worship this being... 03:33 this heavenly being... 03:35 and the heavenly being responds 03:37 after all of this history that we denoted 03:41 especially in Job chapter 41, 03:43 it all began with pride and self-exaltation 03:46 and this heavenly being just recoils back 03:50 and I... it's not so much that the heavenly being says, 03:53 "You know, I'm not really God... 03:54 I'm not really worthy of your worship" 03:56 but it's more like, 03:57 "No way, I remember how this all began 04:01 and I'm not going to accept this" 04:02 because there was a being in heaven who actually accepted 04:05 that kind of adoration from angels in less-exalted positions 04:08 that looked up to him 04:09 and, therefore, he thought, "I should be equal with God, 04:12 these guys think I'm equal with God" 04:14 and he allowed himself to be thought of in that way 04:16 and this being is saying, 04:18 "No... I'm one of you, I'm your fellow servant 04:20 I'm just a created being, do not worship me, 04:23 I don't want anything to do with that, 04:25 I don't want this whole thing to start all over again. " 04:26 This might have even been one of the ones 04:28 that was leaning that way and was finally convinced, 04:31 if you know what I'm saying, it's a beautiful picture 04:34 the other thing... you... go ahead, Ivor. 04:37 Ivor: I was going to... 04:39 well, you were about to say something so go ahead, Yvonne. 04:43 Yvonne: I was just going to say that this verse, verse 7... 04:47 it just... it... it... 04:50 everything that you have been teaching 04:54 has actually been leading up to this, 04:57 the marriage... 04:59 Ivor: I knew that's where you were going. 05:01 Yvonne: Did you? how did you know? 05:02 Ivor: Because that's where I was going, 05:04 that's why I said, "Why don't you read verse 7." 05:06 Yvonne: It's so beautiful... this is... 05:11 "the marriage of the Lamb has come... " it is here... 05:14 you know, when you're getting married 05:16 and you're having a wedding, 05:18 there's so much preparation that goes into that, right, 05:21 so you're preparing... preparing for one day... 05:23 the marriage of the Lamb has come 05:27 and this is what... 05:29 this... the whole Bible... 05:31 has been leading up to this one event 05:33 and it's here. 05:35 Ivor: Revelation 19:7... 05:38 Yvonne: Yes, yes. 05:39 Ivor: The bride has made herself ready. 05:41 Yvonne: Yes. 05:42 Ivor: So, hold your place there 05:44 because, you see the context of this is that 05:47 "Jesus is coming for His bride" 05:50 right... that's why... Revelation 19:9 onwards... 05:54 He's coming for His bride 05:55 right... but I want you to notice 05:57 let's go over to... there's a chapter in the book of Proverbs 06:00 that talks about... let's just turn there... Proverbs 31. 06:06 Oh yeah... Proverbs 31... 06:08 And I want you to notice how the Proverb begins. 06:12 Proverbs 31 and... whichever one of you finds that first, 06:19 go ahead and... and read. 06:21 Pause. 06:23 "The words of King Lemuel, 06:25 the prophecy that his mother taught him... " 06:28 Ivor: Okay, stop right there, 06:30 the "what" that his mother taught him? 06:31 The prophecy... 06:33 So Proverbs 31 is a... what? 06:34 It's a prophecy. 06:36 Isn't that interesting? It's a prophecy 06:39 and now... notice what it goes on to say, 06:42 "What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? 06:46 and what, the son of my vows? 06:47 Give not thy strength unto... " who? 06:49 "Women" 06:50 "nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 06:53 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, 06:56 it is not for kings to drink... " what? 06:57 "Wine... " 06:59 "nor for princes strong drink: 07:01 Lest they drink... " and what? 07:03 "Forget the Law... " 07:05 Yvonne: Oh my! 07:07 Ivor: "and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. " 07:10 You know... His children... His little ones, 07:13 pause... 07:15 Yvonne: Babylon is behaving... 07:17 Ivor: Yeah, so here you have... the Bible basically warning 07:20 "Don't give your strength unto women... " 07:22 now remember, in prophetic language 07:24 a woman represents a church. 07:27 James: And they're not defiled with women. 07:28 Ivor: These are not defiled with women... right, 07:30 these are these women these who are... 07:33 Yvonne: Oh, look at that! 07:34 Ivor: don't drink their wine lest they... 07:35 because if you drink their wine it will lead you to forget 07:38 what God said to remember. 07:40 James: The Law. Hmmm... hmmm... 07:41 Ivor: So what did God say to remember? 07:43 Right, His Law... His Sabbath, 07:44 drinking this wine leads you to forget the Law 07:47 and leads you to forget the Sabbath 07:49 now, He says all that, right, now. 07:50 James: Strong drink goes to those who perish. 07:52 Ivor: That's right. 07:53 James: "For God so loved the world He gave His only Son, 07:54 whoever believes in Him should not perish. " 07:56 Ivor: That's right. Yvonne: Wow! 07:57 Ivor: Now verse 10... 07:59 you're going to read that for me, Yvonne? 08:01 Yvonne: "Who can find a virtuous wife? 08:04 for her worth is far above rubies. 08:07 The heart of her husband safely trusts her, 08:09 so he will have no lack of gain. 08:12 She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. 08:15 She seeks wool, and flax, 08:17 and willingly works with her hands. 08:19 She's like the merchants' ships; she brings her food from afar. 08:23 She also rises while it is yet night... 08:26 and provides food for her household... " 08:28 Ivor: Pause right there... okay. 08:30 First, we're talking about, "don't be like these women, 08:32 don't follow these women... " 08:34 and then the chapter turns and says, 08:36 "Oh, by-the-way, let me describe to you 08:38 what a virtuous woman looks like. " 08:40 Hmmm... 08:41 "Who can find a virtuous woman?" 08:44 And then you begin to read all these descriptions 08:47 in prophetic language... 08:48 a woman who brings her goods from afar, 08:53 a woman who feeds her household, 08:55 what you're reading here is a description 08:59 of God's virtuous woman... His church 09:04 and now, now, just going on to the last couple of verses, 09:08 verse 30... verse 30... 29... 09:10 "Many daughters have done virtuously, 09:13 but thou excellest them all. 09:17 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: 09:20 but a woman that feareth the LORD... " 09:23 we've been talking about that... "fear the Lord... 09:26 a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 09:29 Give her of the fruit of her hands; 09:31 and let her own works praise her in the gates. " 09:33 What you have here is God saying, 09:35 "Look, at the end of time, I'm going to let it be known 09:37 who the true woman is... 09:39 who the true bride is... " 09:42 so, Revelation chapter 19... "all right... here she is. 09:45 She's made herself ready 09:48 and this is the woman that I'm coming back for, 09:50 not the other women... 09:52 the other women... 09:53 they've caused people to forget the Law, 09:57 this is the bride, 09:58 this is the true woman that I'm coming for. " 10:00 Hmmm... hmmm... 10:02 Yeah. Praise God. 10:03 Wow! There is a kind of a parallel here too 10:08 with Proverbs 31 and then Revelation 18 and 11 10:13 where the merchants of the earth... no I'm sorry... 10:17 yeah, well... "merchandise of gold and silver, 10:20 precious stones and pearls" 10:21 so she's been busy doing stuff too. 10:24 Yes... yes... 10:26 She's been merchandising things that are not good. 10:29 Right. 10:31 This false woman... 10:32 Right... Absolutely. 10:33 And she's caused 10:35 "them to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication" 10:40 Hmmm... hmmm... 10:41 Well, the point of the virtuous woman is that 10:43 she gets all the stuff to give it to her household 10:45 to take care of her household. 10:47 The purpose of this woman is 10:48 that she gets all the stuff to deck herself... 10:51 gold, silver, pearls... all to deck herself... 10:53 Yvonne: Back to the pride. Ivor: Selfishness. 10:55 James: It's all to deck herself and to glorify herself 10:57 she's taking... 10:59 she's sacrificing and making slaves and souls of men 11:03 to deck herself... and make herself look good 11:06 whereas the virtuous woman 11:08 is actually getting into feed her house 11:09 and clothe her house and take care of her household. 11:11 Yes. Hmmm... 11:13 Different purpose... 11:14 one reflects God and one reflects Satan. 11:16 So, back in 19... we now know... yeah... 11:19 that's what it means... she's made herself ready. 11:21 Hmmm... hmmm... Yes. 11:22 Right, so now, Christ is about to come, right, 11:26 He's about to come to get the bride so we pick up... verse... 11:29 I wanted to make one more point here on verse 8 11:32 and that is... King James... 11:34 "To her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, 11:36 clean and white: 11:38 for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. " 11:40 It is the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 11:44 So, we have righteous works that we do 11:47 because of the righteousness of Jesus Christ 11:49 because of His grace... 11:50 but it's not our righteousness that we're raiding... 11:54 we're raiding the righteousness of Jesus Christ 11:57 which parallels 12:1... "clothed with the sun" 12:00 that sun represents the righteousness of Jesus 12:02 according to Malachi 4:2, 12:04 "the Sun or righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings" 12:06 it's His righteousness... it always will be 12:09 we may be able to... so perfect Christian characters 12:14 that, as Enoch was, 12:16 we can be translated from this earth without seeing death 12:18 but that righteousness will never replace... 12:21 the way that we live will never replace 12:25 the gift of the righteousness of Jesus Christ, 12:27 that will always be our covering... it's perfect 12:29 and there's no imperfection in Christ's righteousness, 12:32 there is imperfection in ours 12:34 but there's no imperfection in His 12:35 and so that... I just want to emphasize that 12:37 because there is a little bit of a difference 12:39 in translation there with the King James 12:41 and some of the other translations of the Bible, 12:43 that it's Christ's righteousness. 12:44 Hmmm... Amen. 12:45 So, verse 11, and I love this whole thing 12:51 it's interesting isn't it, the saints have been rejoicing 12:57 as evil comes to an end 13:00 and then they hear this call to the wedding, 13:02 the wife's made herself ready 13:03 so now that the wife is ready, the next thing... 13:06 Revelation 19:11 onward... He's coming. 13:08 He's coming to get her because He knows... 13:10 and check this out, He knows that now that the wife is ready 13:14 and everything's done, 13:15 He knows that there's going to be a little bit of a conflict 13:18 that's going to take place, 13:20 because... there's going to be a power... 13:22 and I'm just looking at it here in verse 19, 13:24 "And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, 13:26 and their armies, gathered together 13:27 to make war against him that sat on the horse, 13:29 and against his army. " 13:30 And so, even back here, let me see... 13:35 oh... no, it was in the previous chapter 13:40 verse 14 of chapter 17, 13:43 "These shall make war with the Lamb, 13:45 and the Lamb shall overcome them: 13:46 for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: 13:48 and they that are with him are called, and chosen and faithful" 13:50 in other words, here's the picture, 13:51 the wife's ready... evil's coming to an end... 13:54 Babylon has been judged... so Jesus is coming, why? 13:57 because one last thing Satan can do is try to get that bride 14:00 try to get that bride... "I'm going to harm her" 14:03 like you said earlier, 14:04 Jesus is going to come and rescue us 14:06 because he's making war against the Lamb 14:08 and against those that follow Him... 14:09 the dragon is... the devil is... 14:11 and those powers are 14:13 and so Christ is coming to rescue us 14:15 from that last attempt of Satan to destroy us, 14:19 that's what's... he's exposed... 14:21 Yeah, and the picture is... I mean... 14:22 we bring this... all we've been talking about 14:25 it's mind boggling... 14:27 because that attack on the bride at the end of time 14:31 is... you know... you're the woman of Revelation 18 14:34 you see what I'm saying? 14:36 This whole role reversal, you're the one in Revelation 18, 14:39 this is the real Jesus, 14:41 so imagine when the real Jesus... 14:44 the deceived are going to be like, 14:47 "Wait, wait a minute... 14:49 well, if that's Jesus, who are you?" 14:53 James: Yeah, exactly. 14:55 Ivor: "Oh man! I mean... talk about the... " 15:00 James: And then, there's also I think 15:02 the real bride and a counterfeit bride. 15:04 Ivor: That's right. 15:06 James: "This is the real church, well if that's the real church 15:08 then who... what church... who is that bride?" 15:11 And that's going to be an awakening also. 15:13 Let's read these verses, 15:15 I think there's a lot in these verses, 15:16 Revelation 19, 15:18 Jason, can you pick up with verse 11 for us 15:20 and read all the way through to verse 16? 15:23 Okay, "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; 15:28 and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, 15:32 and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 15:35 His eyes were as a flame of fire, 15:37 and on his head were many crowns; 15:39 and he had a name written, 15:41 that no man knew, but he himself. 15:43 And he was clothed with a vesture 15:46 dipped in blood: 15:47 and his name is called The Word of God. 15:50 And the armies which were in heaven 15:52 followed him upon white horses, 15:54 clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15:57 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, 16:00 that with it he should smite the nations: 16:03 and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: 16:06 and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness 16:10 and wrath of Almighty God. 16:12 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, 16:16 KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." 16:18 Hmmm... what a picture! 16:20 So, you see this picture of Christ coming... 16:23 in the context of all of this, it says, 16:26 there's an emphasis on the fact 16:28 that He has a name written that no man knows 16:32 and that name is later described as... 16:35 His name is called, "The Word of God" 16:37 and it really comes home to me 16:39 as we've been studying the book of Revelation, 16:41 no man knows... no man knows, yeah, 16:44 it's not easy to know but He knows. 16:47 This battle centers around the word of God 16:51 it really does... it centers around the Word of God. 16:54 The whole system of apostasy, the Sabbath, the Law of God, 16:58 even the gospel itself, 17:00 the salvation that's wrought out through Jesus Christ, 17:02 all of it... the reason we believe what we believe in, 17:05 the reason we stand where we stand 17:06 and the reason we go in the direction we're going in 17:08 and the reason why we are in our understanding 17:11 in the book of Revelation, in this place and this time 17:14 is because of the Word of God. 17:15 If we took the Word... if we took the Manual out... 17:18 if God left us without a Manual, 17:19 okay, would we even be sitting here right now? 17:21 No... I don't know where we would be. 17:24 And even the twisting of the Word of God, 17:27 you know, that whole scenario of... 17:29 "wait, well if that's... you guys have misread the Bible, 17:32 you don't understand... " 17:34 No, it's... it's... 17:35 "Well what does the Word of God really say?" 17:37 You see what I'm saying? 17:38 The whole conflict is 17:40 what does the Word of God say? 17:42 So, going back to the faith of Jesus, 17:45 when we see the Word of God coming, 17:47 you know, that... 17:50 that is when... true faith will meet true sight 17:55 you see what I'm saying? 17:57 That's what it... "Yes, we have not believed 18:00 cunningly devised fables" 18:02 because that's what Satan's going to tempt with. 18:04 "Man, you guys will believe... 18:05 you... you wrongly divided the word of truth... " 18:09 James: You're still saying it's a faith venture right, 18:10 now it's still a faith venture. Ivor: Absolutely. 18:12 James: To some degree it's a faith venture. 18:13 Ivor: Absolutely, 18:15 you know, until that moment that we see Christ, 18:17 and faith meets sight, 18:18 hmmm... we were right... but the challenge will be so great 18:24 and that's why, I think, 18:25 it's the blessing of that title when He comes again, 18:29 "The Word of God" 18:30 He's saying, "This is truth. " Truth is coming... 18:33 I am coming to set everything in its right light. 18:36 James: And that Word is like a sword, 18:38 it says here that He is going to smite the nations 18:41 with a sword that comes out of his mouth. 18:43 So, the Word of God... it's not a literal sword... 18:46 the Word of God is going to be like a sword 18:48 that divides and we know that now 18:50 because the Word of God is like a sword to us now, 18:52 we can accept that now 18:54 and allow it to divide and to take sin out of us right now 18:58 and to bring us to Christ 19:00 but in a time where there's no mediation... 19:02 at a time when there's no mercy, 19:03 that sword is going to just cut to pieces... 19:05 the Word of God is going to cut to pieces 19:07 that's coming out of His mouth. 19:09 Now, let's read verses 17 all the way through 21, 19:14 there's some difficulty here that I want us to look at 19:16 in understanding what's going on here. 19:18 Yvonne: Can I ask one question before we do that? 19:21 James: Sure. Yvonne: Verse 15... it says, 19:25 "He Himself treads the winepress 19:27 of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. " 19:29 "Winepress" keeps coming up 19:31 what is the significance of the winepress? 19:35 James: Well, in Revelation 14, 19:37 the harvest of people are likened to grapes 19:40 so winepress is where the grapes are squished 19:44 and the juice comes out, okay, so, 19:46 so "treading the winepress" 19:48 is bringing that harvest to its full end 19:52 and so what you see taking place here 19:55 is bringing the harvest to its full end 19:57 which actually leads us to the verses that are following 20:00 because what happens here in chapter 19 is... 20:03 we go all the way to the very end... 20:05 I mean, to the very end 20:06 but there's no explanation of how it all actually happens. 20:08 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 20:10 James: It's just this picture 20:11 of these guys being thrown into the Lake of Fire, 20:12 boom... that's it... but there's something that takes place 20:15 between the time when Christ comes to deliver His bride 20:18 and the time when that Lake of Fire takes place 20:21 that's explained to us... I think it more 20:22 in Revelation chapter 20, 20:24 I really want us to get this. 20:26 What's happening is, Yvonne, 20:28 this is really the question you asked... 20:30 you have this winepress that's trod... 20:33 what does that mean? 20:35 Well, there's an explanation that's given a little bit more 20:37 in these verses... but what do those verses mean? 20:39 Well, then there's a fuller explanation given 20:41 in Revelation chapter 20 20:42 and that's the way Revelation works sometimes, 20:44 remember these cycles? 20:45 The Churches, the Seals, the Trumpets, the Vials... 20:49 you get an understanding here 20:51 and that fills out a little bit more here, 20:53 and that fills out a little bit more here 20:55 and it really fills out right here 20:56 and Daniel 2 is the same way 20:58 and that's still happening in the book of Revelation. 21:00 This whole thing about the wrath of God... 21:02 seven last plagues... boom! 21:04 but then, no, wait a minute, this is how it works, 21:06 God reveals His light that lightens everyone... 21:09 okay, okay that helps us to understand a little bit, 21:11 God isn't just saying, 21:13 "You're lost, you're saved, it's over... " 21:14 and then, it fills out even more, 21:16 you have all these iniquities that are exposed 21:20 and this is why God brings... 21:21 and then you have it filled out a little bit more 21:24 God actually has books and He opens those books 21:26 and He has a long record of the detailed history 21:31 of every individual in those books. 21:33 and everyone faces that record and, of course, 21:35 we're getting ahead now but I'm just saying, 21:37 this is where we're getting to, 21:40 judgment isn't just something that God arbitrarily decides 21:42 it's like... when I was a young dad 21:47 I don't mean "young" in my age 21:49 because I'm still very young 21:50 but when my kids were young, 21:52 when my son wasn't 24... my daughter wasn't 19... 21:54 and I'd be at work and my wife was at home 21:57 I would come home sometimes 21:59 and there was some discipline that I had to do 22:02 but I just couldn't come home and discipline my kids... 22:04 you see what I'm saying? 22:05 I mean, some parents could do that, okay, 22:07 you come home, and mom says to dad, 22:09 "Johnny's been bad and you need to spank him," 22:11 and so he takes him to the room and spanks him 22:13 and that's kind of like the way Revelation 15 and 16 reads, 22:17 okay, they just got... they got the wrath of God 22:19 but, when I come home and I need to discipline my kids 22:24 I say to my wife, "Well, what happened?" 22:26 And we sit down together 22:27 and we talk about everything that happened, 22:29 so now, I get an explanation. 22:31 Then I go to my children and say, 22:33 "Hey, I heard that this happened today, 22:35 tell me about it" and I see... 22:37 are they repentant or are they... Ummmm? 22:42 Well, in Revelation we're told 22:44 that they're not repentant at all, 22:46 they're Urrrrr... 22:48 and so, that's what God is saying, 22:50 He's saying, "I'm finding out from here 22:52 and I'm talking to you about it 22:53 and I'm trying to understand what your attitude is, 22:56 how you respond to this, 22:57 that's what Revelation's last chapters are bringing out for us 23:00 there's no repentance, no change... 23:02 in fact, these guys are so hardened 23:05 that they're going to go after the bride 23:07 even though she's ready and it's all over, 23:08 they're going to go after her 23:10 and Jesus has to come and rescue you and the bride, 23:12 this is how bad these guys are, 23:14 they're going to go after the City. 23:15 Ivor: Not only that, when they see God, 23:16 they're like, "Oh, let's go after Him. " 23:18 James: Yeah. Yvonne: Right. 23:19 Ivor: They gather together to war against the Lamb. 23:22 James: Fighting against the Lamb... 23:24 Yvonne: That's just wrong. 23:26 "Baa... " 23:27 Ivor: Yeah. 23:29 James: So this is how hard they've become 23:32 and God wants us to see this. 23:33 Ivor: Yeah. 23:34 Yvonne: The Word says that 23:36 Satan knows that he has but a short time, 23:37 the fact that he is going to try to attack the city though 23:43 says... "Is he so delusional that he thinks he can beat God" 23:48 he actually thinks he's going to defeat... wow! 23:50 James: Yes, that's self-deceit, that's self-deceit... 23:52 he thinks he can do it. Ivor: Yeah. 23:54 James: That's how bad it gets 23:55 when we turn away light when we turn away from truth, 23:59 when we become deluded... it gets that bad. 24:02 Yvonne: Hmmm... wow! Ivor: It's crazy. James: It is. 24:06 Ivor: Let's look at verse 17 and really get that... 24:10 kind of see what's going on here, 24:13 that sets us up for chapter 20, 24:15 so in 17 it says, 24:16 "And I saw an angel standing in the sun; 24:18 and he cried with a loud voice, 24:20 saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven 24:22 Come and gather yourselves together 24:24 unto the supper of the great God... " 24:25 Verse 18... "That ye may eat the flesh of the kings, 24:28 and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, 24:31 and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, 24:34 and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, 24:37 both small and great. 24:39 And I saw the beast, 24:40 and the kings of the earth, and their armies, 24:43 gathered together to make war against him 24:45 that sat on the horse, and against his army. 24:47 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet 24:50 that wrought miracles before him, 24:52 with which he had deceived them 24:55 that had received the mark of the beast, 24:57 and them that worshipped his image. 24:59 These both were cast alive into a lake of fire 25:02 burning with brimstone. 25:03 And the remnant were slain 25:05 with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, 25:08 with a sword which proceeded out of his mouth: 25:11 and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. " 25:14 Hmmm... hmmm... 25:15 So this is kind of confusing because it seems like, 25:17 "Okay, when Jesus comes again, 25:18 they're cast into the Lake of Fire" 25:20 but when we read Revelation 20, 25:22 we'll see that the wicked are not actually cast 25:24 into the lake of fire until the end of the millennium. 25:27 What Revelation 19 is doing 25:29 is... it's spanning a thousand years 25:31 between the first coming of Christ, 25:34 and taking us all the way down to the... 25:36 I'm sorry... the 2nd coming of Christ... 25:38 and taking us all the way down to the third coming of Christ. 25:42 The book of Daniel chapter 2 does this very thing, 25:45 you know, Daniel 2, there's an image... 25:47 head of gold... chest of silver... 25:49 it goes all the way down to the toes of iron and clay 25:51 the stone that is cut out without hands 25:54 smites the image on its feet 25:56 right, and the image shatters and then a mountain grows 26:00 that mountain is Mount Zion 26:03 well we know that Mount Zion 26:05 does not take over the whole earth 26:07 until at the end of the Millennium... right, 26:10 so that stone being cut out without hands 26:12 and the mountain growing 26:14 is a picture of the entire millennium... 26:17 it's not just the first coming of Christ... 26:20 in fact, the image really isn't even 26:24 really, really fully destroyed 26:25 until at the end of the 1,000 years. 26:27 Guess what happens at the end of 1,000 years? 26:29 like, when Jesus comes again the 2nd come, 26:32 Babylon is not present, 26:33 it's already fallen off the scene, 26:35 those people are dead, Medo-Persia... you know... 26:37 at the end of the millennium, 26:38 all the people of all those kingdoms are alive at one time, 26:42 the entire image is destroyed Daniel says, 26:46 "together... " right? 26:48 So, this is a picture of 26:50 not only what will happen at the 2nd coming, 26:52 but also with the third, 26:54 that's what Revelation chapter 19 is doing. 26:56 James: Taking us all the way down to the end. Ivor: Exactly. 26:58 James: In Revelation 20, we'll double back 27:01 and explain to us the details that take place 27:03 before the beast and the false prophet 27:04 are thrown into the Lake of Fire. 27:06 Ivor: Yes. James: You see that? Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 27:07 James: So, now we've got... 27:08 we've come all the way down to the end 27:10 and now we're going to double back and give more details... 27:11 just like we did in Revelation 18... more details 27:13 in Revelation 17, more details... 27:15 well, how did this happen? 27:16 How is it they end up in the Lake of Fire? 27:18 Well, here's how... 27:19 the books were opened and no place was found 27:21 and we'll go through all of that there 27:22 as we study it more. 27:24 What about questions? 27:26 Jason: With all the stuff that we've covered, 27:28 people are definitely going to have questions. 27:30 They should send them to sss@3abn. org 27:33 James: sss@3abn. org 27:35 so, what we're going to do next 27:37 is we're going to move into Revelation chapter 20 27:39 and again, connect it to the previous chapters 27:42 and show how it expands out and gives us more detail 27:45 about the final judgment that's going to take place 27:48 after to the thousand years, 27:49 and what's going to happen during the thousand years 27:51 because we have some questions that we need to ask God 27:52 about who is there and who isn't there. 27:55 Yvonne: Hmmm... good. 27:56 James: Yeah, it's going to be good right. 27:58 Yvonne: Good stuff. |
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