Scary time, and they get really afraid, and you have tremendous fear in verses 15 to 17, “…they scream for the rocks and the mountains to fall on them, hide them from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of the wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”. I don’t think that’s particularly significant; it’s just interesting. In verse 2, John takes the responsibility to write down that revelation, and in verse 3 it says, “Blessed is the one who reads – “ you can underline that “ – who hears –  “ underline that “ – who keeps the things written in it.”  And then this important statement, “for the time is at hand.”  And that’s not related, necessarily, to time itself, but more to the sequence of events. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them,  Come up here. The mountains were not found, and there was hail out of heaven. Interpretation of dialogue from Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Roman law required that a will be sealed seven times, so that it couldn’t be broken open. The beginning of the book. The west gets involved. Introduction to the Book of Revelation, part 1 | here 2. It’s almost as if he’s saying, “Can you believe this? Marvelous. Now, it all begins then with Christ being revealed in the Church Age – that this age – moving among the churches, ministering to the Church. So, the book is sent with greetings from God the Father, greetings from the Holy Spirit, and then verse 5 says, “ – and from Jesus Christ.”  So, it is a letter from the Trinity, and that also sets it apart in a very marvelous and unique way: a letter from the Trinity; all being a part. So let it be. And every one of the messages ended the same way, “He that has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”  What does that mean? They’re going to be very effective, folks, look at verse 9, “I saw a great multitude, which nobody could number.”  I mean they were an uncountable number of all nations, kindreds, peoples, tongues. And so, back to earth, the sixth seal, “…and earthquake. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; no man buyeth their merchandise anymore.”  Nobody cares about that anymore; they’re just trying to survive. And this is somewhat like Ezekiel chapter 1, the imagery there. “And after this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice I heard as it were a trumpet talking with me; which said, ‘Come up here, and I will show thee the things which must be hereafter.’”  Now we move into phase 3. See Revelation 20:7-10, “When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, togather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. Dream. Vacuum Collision. These churches were primarily founded as a result of Paul’s ministry in Ephesus, Ephesus being the key church, and from there the Word of God spreading out and no doubt being responsible for the founding of these various churches in the area of Asia Minor. “…and every mountain and every island moved out of their places.”  Can you imagine that? and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. “And there are two olive trees, two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.”  Now, watch this, and of course, the earth’s going to hate them. Here it comes; here’s how you’re getting there. “ – and power was given to him that sat on it to take peace from the earth, that they should kill one another.”  The second seal is war. You say,  “Well, what’s going on in the world at this time? Tags: Bible Study. In fact, earlier in the chapter, verses 9 to 12, he says, “Hang in there, saints, be patient, because God is coming in judgment.”  And if you’re martyred – if you die as a martyr, verse 13, “Blessed are you who die in the Lord.”  So, don’t worry about that; God’s working out His wrath; He’s working out His judgment. youtu.be/XhdJ0S... Sermon/Talk. Can you imagine what the news will say. It’s the title deed to the earth? And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. This week they were in Cincinnati; it didn’t rain; all the rivers turned to blood; people were struck with plagues. I. I, John, saw this. And then number six, chapter 3, 7 to 13, the church at Philadelphia. Sermon/Talk. referred to in Revelation 20:11-15 at the end of the Millennium: “Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Therefore comfort one another with these words. A third part of them is darkness, “…and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.”  Amazing. “I mean when I see the coming of Jesus Christ in His glory, I have a sweet taste because Christ deserves to reign, and reign in glory, but I also have a bitter taste, because when He comes in glory to reign, I know it’s going to mean the devastation and eternal damnation of the world, and so it’s sweet and bitter.”. Guess who will win? That marks the unfolding of all that’s going to happen. This is the church that suffers persecution. The Mark of the Beast – Now Revelation 13:16 and 17 warns: in which Satan and the AntiChrist along with those who have the mark of the beast will fight a final losing battle against Christ and His Bride. And there, by the way, you have the unholy trinity. Let me just tell you that I believe this is the Church. Then we have the church suffering persecution, then the church married to the world, the church tolerating sin, the dead church, the faithful church, and the apostate church. Noté /5. And in order to make the most of it, open your Bible to the book of Revelation. God on the throne holds a title deed to the earth. And they don’t permit their bodies to be put in graves. Read More I mean you could get used to that. And when they preach Jesus Christ and so forth, they’re going to hate them. Those are famine conditions. Who is this multitude which no one could count, from the Tribulation? Each lampstand represents a church. This is "A Jet Tour of Revelation 1-5" by Discover the Book Ministries on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. 1 comment. In the midst of it all, out of heaven comes Jesus Christ. 1. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, This is like the beggar who had the sores. The music will all end; no more music. Now, before that seventh trumpet sounds, there’s another glimpse of God’s grace in chapter 11. They bear crowns. He also has a cohort. Interpretation of David Brin’s six word story: Vacuum collision. And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.”. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. He’s loosed a little while. And in verse 10 it says, “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer : behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, you may be tried; you shall have tribulation ten days – “ ten days signifies a brief period of time “ – be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.”  Nothing negative is said against this church. And he is, in verse 6, described as the one who steps forward, “ – in the midst of the living creatures – “ the angels “ –and the elders –“ those representing the Church “ – stood a Lamb, as though it had been slain, having seven horns – “ that’s full power, seven being fullness, horn in an animal referring to power “ – having seven eyes – ” which is perfect wisdom, referred and reflected from the Holy Spirit, the sevenfold Spirit of God. Do you know what that will do to the schedule? Down in verses 8 and 9, the fourth bowl is poured out, and the sun is so hot that it burns men with fire; it scorches them to death. “Everybody get your duds on, folks, we’re going to the kingdom. This oppression, however, will be even more subtle as we’ve seen on shadow banning and outright bias against believers by tech companies such as Google and Twitter. The Rapture – You’ve already seen part of this in the letter to Philidelphia “I will keep you from the hour of testing”. John’s landmark message “A Jet Tour Through Revelation,” adapted here in booklet form, helps take the mystery out of a portion of Scripture many people consider too difficult to understand. The entire world will follow and worship the AntiChrist and the False Prophet – this will be due to the success of globalism. So, Christ is taking back the title deed to the earth, making ready for battle, and preparing the 21 judgments which commence at the midpoint of the tribulation. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”. Look at Revelation 7:14: “…And he said to me,  These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”. Tonight we have as our purpose a tour through this marvelous book. If the church is marked by a dominant number of faithful people going through the open door and taking the Word of God, it’ll be marked as a faithful, Philadelphia-type church. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. We do have many other great offers you may be interested in though so please browse the rest of Totally Free Stuff. And on the earth, the incredible result of a demonically infested world. God will protect these men, and they will survive the Tribulation and occupy the Millenium Kingdom which will be ruled by Christ and his saints. Farewell, love. And if you look over at chapter 14 verse 14, and we’ll move more rapidly through this remaining part –rest easy; we’re on schedule here – but in chapter 14 we begin to get a glimpse of Armageddon, and this idea of thrusting in the sickle, in verse 15, the sickle and the reaping and the harvest always speaks of judgment. That’s the last half of the tribulation again. and his bride has made herself ready.”, 9 “Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!”. And listen, beloved, I believe these seven letters are to be applied to the Church today. They’ll have kids. As you’ll also see in the chronology, there are still other things happening in heaven. It describes them in some detail. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. “And the third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.”  Not a fourth anymore, not a third, but now the whole thing. Additionally,  1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 states: “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Zealot Holiday Card. Verse 6, “Seven angels had seven trumpets ready to sound. And so, I think it refers to redeemed people: those who are saved, redeemed out of every kindred tongue, people, and nation. You  know who’s in the bottomless pit? It may well refer to some cancerous sores. And in all the periods of the history of the Church, there have always been these kinds of churches, and each of them gets a special message from the Lord. And the word “set” has the idea of permanence. So, a will was sealed seven times. That’s the length of Israel. We go from earth to heaven. And we’re getting to that. And the number was 666. The book is from the Trinity to the seven churches, to be spread from there by the agency of John. These are my two favorite people in the Bible, and I don’t even know who they are, apart, of course, from our Lord. Only one way; how’s that? Translator . The party begins in heaven. He has a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and power was given to him to continue 42 months.”  That’s three-and-a-half years. And in all periods of the Church’s history, there are worldly churches, where the people don’t come out from the world, where they cater to the world, where they accommodate the world, where they go along with everything that’s happening in society. Like if the dominant influence in the church is cold, though orthodox, the church will reflect a cold, orthodox viewpoint, even though there might be some on-fire members. Will there be religion?”  Chapter 17 describes it. Now, we’ve established then that the theme, in the first eight verses of chapter 1, is Jesus Christ in His second coming. They are spirits of demons working miracles. All heaven is worshiping. B. And so, they’re warned because they are a church that tolerates sin, a church that wouldn’t discipline sin, a church that wouldn’t purify its ranks. Now, that kind of church has existed in every age and does today: those who have got the right message; they’re just cold and indifferent about it. share. What does that mean? And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”  That, my friend, is the last invitation. They’re in awe? He’ll rule in the world.”  That was the promise to the Son, and here is the title deed the Father holds in His hand. See. Every island fled away. Come. The harlot rides the antichrist. He carried his bow, didn’t have to use it. People always say, “Where, where does the rapture come in?”  it’s in the white spaces between chapter 3 and 4. Now the things which shall be hereafter. And so, it is a faithful church, and there are always those kind. These were actual churches that existed in and around the turn of the first century but even more, they are examples of seven types of churches that exist even today. And that’s what’s going to happen. You’ve got all kinds of screwball eclipses going on all over every place. Thyatira is the church that tolerates sin. hide. It  couldn’t be true a hundred years ago. Who is able to make war with him? “And round about the throne were twenty-four thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.”  Now, who is this? “And I heard an angel flying around in the middle of all this – “ verse 13 “ – saying, ‘Woe, woe, woe…’”  I can identify with that angel. Retrouvez A Guided Tour Through the Revelation et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. A Jet Tour Through Revelation Foundations, Volume Two Radio Broadcast Grace to You. Well tonight we're in for, I trust, a great time. See Revelation 20:1-5: “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And they have power to shut heaven. There’ll be a population all over the earth. Jet Tour Through Revelation. The antichrist will have his cohort, and his job is to point everybody to the antichrist, tell them all to worship the antichrist. So, they’re for all time. Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. We are saved by faith alone, but faith ...read more Scripture: James 1:1-5:1. Living humans will be the 144,000 jews from the tribulation, those believers who survived, and their children born during the millennium. I just think these two guys are terrific. I mean they are in awe of the holocaust of divine fury being poured out. It says that in verses 2 and 3: nothing can harm them. But you know what happens? Me, you know, nothing special, just ordinary me, I was in the isle called Patmos.”  He was exiled to Patmos for proclamation of the Gospel of Christ. Remember “blameless” is used in 1 Peter, 1 Timothy, and Titus to present the requirements of deacons and elders. And they did. And they even are able to make an image speak, and it draws the whole world to worship the antichrist, and that’s the job of the false prophet. Also, Satan sets out his desire in Isaiah 14:14, “…I will make myself like the Most High.”. Daniel 11, I think, describes it. He goes along killing, and Hades comes along scooping up all the dead. And they come from the East, across the Euphrates. Remember, the only things to occur on God’s calendar, after the church age, are those events discussed in The Revelation. Jet Tour Through Revelation Series Contributed by Travis Moore on Oct 31, 2000 (message contributor) based on 98 ratings (rate this sermon) | 1,928 views. Chapter 1 is dealt with in the things that you have seen; chapters 2 and 3 in the things which are; and chapters 4 through 22 in the things which shall be hereafter. Chapter 13 picks up another detail; it introduces us to the antichrist, the world ruler, and he’s something. As low as $30/day. “And then one of the elders – “ and who would know better than one of the elders, one of the 24 elders, who would know better what it mean to be redeemed “ – said, ‘Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and loose its seven seals.’”. In other words, you work one full day to make not enough for one person to eat, or barely enough for one person to eat. It’s interesting to see, even today, that all types of coverings from Muslim Burkas to Antifa’s masks still reveal the forehead and the right hand. “He is the Prince – “ it says “ – of the kings of the earth.”  And it says, “Unto Him – “ now, here’s a dedication; the book is from the Trinity, by an angel, to John, written down, passed on to us to read. By John MacArthur. Verse 8 says, “There came a rider on a pale horse; his name was Death, and Hades followed after him.”  Why? A third part of the moon is gone, a third part of the stars are gone. This is the worldly church, and he describes their worldliness down through verse 15. God wants us to know what the book of Revelation teaches. If the true Church is a bride, what is the false church? For those who want to stay 3 1/2 to 7 years living with the unholy trinity, may your prayers be answered 🙂 I, however, will be in heaven with the Lord. And it says in verse 11, “They had a king over them, and the king is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon – “ it means destroyer “ – and in the Greek tongue Apollyon “ – means destroyer. When that seventh trumpet blows, the kingdoms of the world belong to Jesus Christ. Orbits diverge. The Revelation Of Christ And His Church Rev. “ – rejoice. And verse 15 says when their names are not found written in the book of life, they were cast into hell. and give him glory! The seventh bowl is poured out at the end of chapter 16, and there’s lightning and thunder. JET-05. Now, the key to the book is found in chapter 1 verse 1, and we’re going to dive right in at that point and go from there. Group 3 – The Three Angels of Revelation 14:6. While you’re turning to Revelation 1:1, let me just stay that no book in Scripture reveals the glory of God and Christ in any more splendor than does this book, and yet no book has been more misunderstood and misinterpreted and neglected than this book. Jet Tour through the Book of Revelation John MacArthur! Agreement with a particular creed in not enough. And all the world comes to Armageddon to fight. 2. And then in chapter 3, we are introduced to the fifth church Sardis. The book begins with a blessing, chapter 1 verse 3, “Blessed is he that readeth…”  It ends with a blessing, chapter 22 verse 7, “…blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.”  It is the only book in the Bible that begins and ends with a promise of blessing to the one who reads. That’s right “ – that great city spiritually called Sodom and Egypt –“ verse 8 says, “ – where our Lord was crucified.”  So, they’re murdered in Jerusalem. In verse 10, “‘Alas,’ they say in torment, ‘alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! And the nations are saddened. “The one who sat upon it had a pair of balances in his hand – ” in other words weighing out and measuring out. These are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by the way. And we are told that we are to understand it because the time is at hand, and what that basically means, in chapter 22 verse 10, is that what is said here is the next event on God’s messianic timetable. Man failed to give glory for the wonderful things that He’d made” the green grass, the plants, and the trees, the sea and all the life that’s in it. They were cold and orthodox. And in that ministry comes seven letters written to these individual churches. Verse 11 says, “And white robes were given to every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.”  What he says to them is, “You just be patient. The people who explain the rapture away by saying, “Hey, we removed all those people that were holding us back from reaching the next level of consciousness,” they’re going to hate them. And it had a few things that were living, verse 2 says, but they were also ready to die. Verse 11, when the judgment comes, “He that is unjust, will be unjust still: and he that is filthy, will be filthy still: but he that is righteous, will be righteous still: he that is holy, will be holy still.”  In other words, whatever you are when it happens is what you’re going to be forever. That, declares John MacArthur, is what you find in arguably the Bible’s most popular and most popularly misunderstood book: Revelation. It was sealed with seven seals. You see that the 144,000 are in heaven, and they’re having a great time singing praise. And then you have the third trumpet in verse 10, “…and it fell on the third part of the rivers – “ did the judgment “ – and the fountain of waters. He calls the birds to eat the flesh. Or better yet, he puts a demon right in that idol itself, and it becomes a demon-possessed idol. So, this is the church under persecution, and in all period of the Church’s history, there have been those churches, and there are such churches today. And “…the sea became like the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.”  A stinking mess with a surface of dead creatures beyond comprehension. Who are they? Connect it with your bank card number, they know exactly who you are, and they can find out everything about you. Verse 2 says John wrote it down, “He bore witness of the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.”. That isn’t significant, except that it represents man. And he cries with a loud voice like a lion, and seven thunders utter their voices. So there will be 3 1/2 years of relative calm, and then 3 1/2 years of both Satan’s wrath and God’s wrath. Men will be unable to find relief even in death. If you have any desire to compare that, look at Daniel 9:27 where it says the very same thing. A Jet Tour Through Revelation - John MacArthur. That leads us to the third seal which is broken open, and it’s a black horse, verse 5. Remember that Satan is a spirit, as are his demons, and in order to do their works, they need to indwell and influence humans, so… Satan creates the Unholy Trinity: The False Prophet, as God the Holy Spirit. There will be religion. 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