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REVIEW OF ACT I. Throne Room of God-4 Scroll on God’s lap-5 Lamb to open scroll-5 Six seals opened-6-9 John gets another scroll-10 Seventh seal--11. ACT II. John sees a woman standing on the moon, sun around her shoulders, and 12 stars around her head She is about to bear a child - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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REVIEW OF ACT I
Throne Room of God-4 Scroll on God’s lap-5 Lamb to open scroll-5 Six seals opened-6-9 John gets another scroll-10 Seventh seal--11
ACT II
John sees a woman standing on the moon, sun around her shoulders, and 12 stars around her head
She is about to bear a child Standing by to devour the child
is a great, red dragon
WOMAN AND DRAGON
SATANS 1ST ATTACK
The Dragon isSatan
The child isChrist
Satan’s first attack is to stop Christ’s work on earth
SATAN’S 2ND ATTACK
Satan tries to prevent Christ from taking His place as Savior
Michael and the good angels defeat Satan and the bad angels.
The accuser is thrown down
SATAN’S 3RD ATTACK
Satan attacks the woman God protects her for a time,
times, and half a time. This equals three and a half
years, 42 months, 1260 days This is the time of persecution
led by the beast
SATAN’S 4TH ATTACK
12:17—against the offspring or children of the women
These obey God and hold the testimony of Jesus
Christians of the early centuries
Satan will attack Christians
THE WOMAN
But who is the woman?1. Gives birth to Jesus2. Attacked by Satan but God
protects her.3. The mother of Christians
THE WOMAN
Mary?—birth to Jesus But not mother of Christians Jews?—birth to Jesus But not mother of Christians
for they rejected Jesus
THE WOMAN
God’s Eternal Plan Began before the world began
—Eph. 1:3-11 Gave birth to Jesus Satan wanted to stop it Gave birth to Christians
WOMAN=GOD’S PLAN
SATAN’S FOUR ATTACKS
1. Christ on earth2. Christ in heaven3. Woman (plan) of God4. Christians by persecution
Revelation is to help Christians meet this fourth attack
What do you remember about the 1st beast?
SATAN’S TWO ALLIESRevelation 13
The First Beast—7 heads (kings & hills)Like Daniel’s 4th beastRules over the earthPersecutes ChristiansAll worship him
SATAN’S TWO ALLIESRevelation 13
So the first beast is The Roman Empire whom Satan brings up to help
him destroy the church A very powerful ally Now Satan brings up another
ally—another beast
What do you remember about the 2nd beast?
SATAN’S TWO ALLIESRevelation 13
Satan’s second beast has two horns like a lamb
He has one purpose: To make people worship the
first beast, mainly its heads Thus this is the Cult of Emperor
Worship
SATAN’S TWO ALLIESRevelation 13
So Satan thinks he will win— If Christians refuse to worship
the Emperor they will be killed. If they do worship the
Emperor, they will have abandoned their faith.
SATAN’S TWO ALLIESRevelation 13
Either way, Satan wins. Christ is urging a third way.
For Christians to be faithful to Christ even if it means their deaths. Thus people will be drawn to a religion that means enough to die for
SATAN’S TWO ALLIESRevelation 13
The Roman persecution on the church lasted from about 90 AD to about 300 AD. The symbolic 1260 days
Millions of Christians killed. Their faithfulness defeated
Satan’s fourth attack.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FALL
What does 14:1, 3-4 say of the martyrs.
They are on Mt. Zion Heaven Following the Lamb. Singing a song
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FALL
14:8 Fallen is Babylon A code name for Rome So the announcement that God
will soon destroy Rome Rev. 11 and Rev. 11-14
overlap.
DESTRUCTION OF THE PERSECUTOR
Revelation 15 Those victorious over the beast Martyrs but they won the
victory These anticipate the defeat of
their enemy.