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This sermon explores the eschatological climax of history as depicted in Revelation 20, emphasizing that Christ's sovereign reign ultimately defeats all enemies, including Satan and death. The exposition argues that Satan's final release is a sovereignly permitted event that results in his immediate and eternal condemnation, rather than a threat to God's people. The text highlights the Great White Throne Judgment as a righteous, individual, and universal assessment of the unbelieving, contrasting the terrifying reality of hell with the secure hope of believers who are saved from this wrath. By connecting Old Testament prophecies of Gog and Magog with New Testament revelation, the message affirms that history moves toward a determined end where evil is eradicated and Christ's victory is fully realized. The tone is both convicting regarding the reality of judgment and comforting to Christians, urging them to live in light of this hope and to actively share the gospel with the lost.

Opening by Thane Boone. Sermon by Trent Bowman. Closing by Braden Fisher.

This sermon was preached on September 27, 2026 at Antioch Presbyterian Church, a congregation of Calvary Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America located in Woodruff, South Carolina. Pastor Zachary Groff preached this sermon entitled "The Grace of Rest" on Revelation 14:9-13. For more information about Antioch Presbyterian Church, please visit ⁠antiochpca.com⁠ or contact us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected].

Last week, we considered how people refuse the rest God offers. This message turns to a rest many homes have lost: Proverbs 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. What happens when parents refuse to correct a child because they cannot bear to displease him? Eli honored his sons above God and failed to restrain them. David never asked Adonijah, "Why hast thou done so?" Adonijah grew up to declare, "I will be king." A child left to himself does not stay little. He grows up expecting his own way - in the home, in marriage, at work, and even before God. Indulgence may feel like love for the moment, but Scripture warns that it can bring shame to parents and danger to a child's soul. We will examine what the Bible says about correction, favoritism, idleness, and the hard task of teaching children to hear "no." Parents must love their children enough to put God first, train them while they are young, and prepare them to receive wisdom rather than demand a throne. Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Proverbs 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Heaven and Hell, they are both very real. Have you heeded the Word of God? If not then Hell is a very real place you will one day see.

When the Lord Jesus Christ says "in me" (John 15:2-7) six times in seven verses, does He mean a believer, or a man who only looked like one? Read verse 6 and ask who gathers the withered branch, and where they take him. Then ask whether "the fire" (John 15:6) is some lesser burning, or the same fire the Lord Jesus Christ names in every gospel. "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." (John 15:6)

Satan's masterpiece, death, and how we can overcome fear of it. Note: Spurgeon's mention of annihilation here is not a reflection of his overall belief in the conscious eternal torment of hell. He simply suggests that Satan will whisper to a dying saint that all is over, all was vain.