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Casual Christianity is dead. Christ is still King. He is coming back. Submit to Him. Leverage your life.
More love for the Savior, the saints, and salvations are ALWAYS the goals.
More campuses, better spaces, and the right amount of staff help us reach these goals.
The 7th Trumpet ushers in the Celebration of…
1. His Final Reign v.15-17
- Trumpets also announce the coronation of kings
- The 7th Trumpet announces the reign of God as King
2. His Final Reckoning v.18
3. His Final Reward v.18
-At least two groups…
a. Special servants – prophets, apostles
b. The saints – those who fear the Lord
4. His Final Revelation v.19
- The heavenly temple and the presence of the ark represent the nearest point to the presence of God
What is the posture of your life?
Revelation 11:1-14
Three Questions…
1. What is NOW? v.1-6
A. For God’s People: We are protected to prophesy
- Protection is shown in the measuring of the temple
-The temple often depicts the people of God
- The court outside represents those outside the family of God who oppose God’s people
42 months
1260 days
A time, times, and half a time
Three and a half years
-The two witnesses represent the people of God empowered to share the Gospel and warn of coming judgment
-- Hebrews used “week” to represent “sevens,” not just days
B. For the World: They are permitted to persecute
2. What is NEXT? v.7-10
-For God’s People: We will go from Testifying to Dying
- It will appear that the church has been defeated
3. What is NEAR? v.11-14
- For God’s People: We will go from Temporary Death to Eternal Life
- For the World: They will go from Temporary Life to Eternal Death
Every knee will bow
This Grand Pause has...
1. A Unique Messenger v.1-3
He represents the Lord with some powerful parallels:
2. An Urgent Message v.4-7
3. An Unchanging Mission v.8-11
-The scroll represents God’s plan to judge the world under the authority of Christ.
John is commanded to…
1. Consume it!
2. Communicate it!
---But I’m not a prophet? I’m just a regular person.
Love The Lord
Love Your Family
Love God’s People
Love Your Neighbor
Love The Lost
Leverage Your Life for Good
Share the Gospel and ALL of its truth
Two Lessons:
1. A Release You Cannot Imagine v.12-19
a. Notice what he heard…
-A voice commanding the release of four angels
-Bound across one river — the Euphrates
-Prepared for one specific time
-To kill ⅓ of humanity
-With a cavalry of 200 million
b. Notice what he saw…
-Fire – War
-Smoke – Darkness, confusion, suffocation
-Sulfur – Torment of the wicked
2. A Relationship You Cannot Ignore v.20-21
What is the point?
Your sin is not solo.
Satan loves it. Starve him.
Communion-with The Lord
Conviction-from The Spirit
Confession-to a godly friend
Community-with believers
What can we learn from...
1. The Divine Permission? v.1-3
-Lesson: In his complete sovereignty, God can and does ordain and control the use of demons and demonic activity to carry out His divine judgment upon the wicked.
2. The Divine Protection? v.4
-Lesson: God protects those He saves from demonic torment in the midst of judgment.
3. The Demonic Commission? v.5-6
- Lesson: Demonic activity never blesses or encourages, rather it torments to the point
4. The Demonic Description? v.7-11
- Lesson: We need not take demons or demonic activity lightly. With symbolic language, John explains just how serious these enemies are.
Demonic Activity:
Sounds signal a lot
3 Questions...
1. When do these Trumpets Sound?
-Answer: These trumpets occur in response to the cry of the saints for the judgment of God on the wicked
2. Why do these Trumpets Sound?
-Answer: These trumpets signal the beginning of the judgment of God on all of creation.
3. What do these Trumpets Send?
- Answer: The first four trumpets send an assault on the very creation that rebellious man often places his confidence in.
What do they send?
–First Trumpet: An assault on the land
–Second Trumpet: An assault on the sea
–Third Trumpet: An assault on rivers
–Fourth Trumpet: An assault on the sky
–Funeral Lament of the Eagle: Woe!
The sights, the sounds, and the smells of the table remind me that I need not fear the sound of judgment!
Fighting Temptation:
Adrian Rogers – “The most miserable man on Earth is not an unsaved man but a saved man out of fellowship with God.”
The How of Confession...
1. Appeal
2. Admission
3. Alignment
“If we want to be clean, we have to come clean.”
Matthew 6:9-13
9 Pray then like this:
“Our Father in heaven,
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