Jesus said “My Grace is Sufficient”

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

This bible study is a most accurate description of the life of Paul a servant of Christ.

It has its moments of deep humiliation, such as the event at Damascus.

Then it has its mountain top experiences, such as Paul’s exhilarating revelation.

But normally after a servant of the Lord has enjoyed one of these experiences, the Lord allows him to suffer some thorn in the flesh.

That is what we have here. We learn many priceless lessons from this verse.

First, it is proof that even divine revelations of the Lord do not correct the flesh in us.

Even after the apostle had listened to the language of Paradise, he still had the old nature, and was in danger of falling into the snare of pride.

“A man in Christ” is safe in the presence of God as he listens to the untranslatable things spoken in paradise, but he needs “a thorn in the flesh” upon his return to earth, for the flesh in him would boast of his paradise experience.

What was Paul’s thorn in the flesh?

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The New Heaven, the New Earth & Jesus Is Coming Revelation (21:1—22:21)

21:1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.

There is a question whether chapters 21 and 22 deals with the Eternal State alone or whether they alternate between the Millennium and the Eternal State.

Since the Millennium and eternity are similar in many ways, it is not surprising if they seem to merge at times in the writings of the Apostle John.

Here the Eternal State is called a new heaven and a new earth.

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The Coming of Christ and His Millennial Kingdom (19:1—20:9)

19:1 After these things John hears a great multitude in heaven, praising the Lord for His righteous punishment of the great harlot.

The song extols Him as the Lord our God to whom belong salvation, glory, honor, and power.

19:2 for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute

who corrupted the earth by her adulteries? He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

It vindicates Him for His destruction of the great harlot.

It was consistent with His attributes of truth and righteousness that He should punish the whore for her fornication and for her cold-blooded slaughter of His servants.

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The Seven Bowl Judgments & The Fall of Babylon (Chap. 16-18)

Revelation 16:1

1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”

2 The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

A loud voice from the temple orders the seven angels to go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth .

These judgments are similar to the trumpet judgments in nature and sequence but they are greater in intensity.

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Key Figures During the Tribulation Period (Chaps. 12–15)

12:1 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.

The woman is Israel.

The sun, moon and stars depict the glory and dominion which has been promised to her in the coming kingdom, just as they pictured Joseph’s ultimate rule over his father, mother, and brothers (Gen. 37:9–11).

Genesis 37:9-11 New International Version (NIV)

9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

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The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll (Chap. 10, 11)

John now sees another mighty angel coming down from heaven.

10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars

The description leads many to believe that He is the Lord Jesus.

He had a rainbow on his head, the sign of God’s covenant.

His face was like the sun, an expression of unveiled glory.

His feet were like pillars of fire, the pillars speaking of strength and the fire of judgment.

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The Saved in the Great Tribulation (Chapter 7,8 & 9)

Chapter 7 comes between the sixth and seventh seals and introduces us to two important companies of believers.

The chapter answers the question at the end of chapter 6, “Who is able to stand?”

Those described in this chapter will stand in the sense that they will be spared to enter the Millennium with Christ.

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The Lamb and the Seven-Sealed Scroll

Revelation Chapter 5-6

5:1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

God is seen holding a scroll which has seven seals binding it.

The scroll contains a record of the judgments that must fall on the earth before the Lord Jesus can set up His kingdom.

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III.THE THINGS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER THIS (Chaps. 4)

The first three chapters of Revelations described the Church Age from the time of the apostles until the Rapture.

Beginning with this chapter, the subject is “things which must take place after this.”

From this point on, the church is never mentioned as being on earth.

What then has happened to it?

We believe that it was taken to heaven by the Lord at the end of chapter 3.

Once the saints have been translated to heaven, the Lord will resume His dealings with the nation of Israel.

Then will begin the Tribulation.

This is a seven-year period in which the Lord deals with the Jewish people concerning their rejection of the Messiah.

 Those who turn to Christ during the Tribulation will be saved to enter the glorious kingdom on earth, whereas those who refuse Him will be destroyed.

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JESUS: the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:1–14)

14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

“Now believe in Me in the same way.”

Here is an important claim to equality with God the Father.

14:2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

The Father’s house refers to heaven, where there are many dwelling places.

There is room there for all the redeemed.

If it were not so, the Lord would have told them; He would not have them build on false hopes.

“I go to prepare a place for you” may have two meanings.

The Lord Jesus went to Calvary to prepare a place for His own.

It is through His atoning death that believers are assured a place there.

But also, the Lord went back to heaven to prepare a place.

We do not know very much about this place, but we know that provision is being made for every child of God—“a prepared place for a prepared people!”

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