A Wonderful Day in the Lord

We are looking at Revelation 18 as we continue to work our way through this time where God is bringing great judgment upon the world at the end of the Tribulation Period. We are finding in Revelation 17, 18, & 19 the judgment of God. Revelation 17 was God’s judgment on Satan’s religious system calling it “the great harlot” there. Revelation 18, which we are going to look at, is judgment on the...

We left off last time at Revelation 17:13 with the antichrist having come to power and having power over everyone with a confederation of ten powerful kings who have given the antichrist their power and so, he is doing well. He appears in charge of all things. He is the ultimate ruler over all the earth. Unfortunately, he has two opponents in front of him. One is Christ Himself so it isn’t going t...

We are picking up our study in Revelation 17:9 which says, “Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.” He is describing now. He is giving descriptions of both the great harlot that he has talked about which is this religious apostate system that is ruling over the earth during much of the Tribulation Period, and the antichrist is involved here...

As we continue Revelation 17, John has just been given a revelation about the great harlot, which I believe, is the picture of the great apostacy at the end of time. This world religious system that is opposed to everything that is related to God. We see in Revelation 17:6, this whole system hates the Lord and the Lord’s people. Perhaps this is a combination of all the false religious systems that...

We continue in Revelation 17, and we are looking at a place that is being described as Babylon. Revelation 17 seems to be about a religious Babylon. A religious system that is part of the antichrist empire. Instigated and energized by Satan himself. Revelation 18 appears to be a Babylon that is economic and commercial. We will see that when we get there.  As we look at Revelation 17, we find...

We are looking at Revelation 17. I am not sure that Revelation 17 & 18 progress the chronology at all. It seems to be information that perhaps is being filled in throughout the Tribulation Period, and so it is kind of back tracking a little bit filling in some details that are helpful to us. However, Revelation 17, 18 & 19 are about judgment. It’s about the judgment on the kingdom of Satan...

We have been looking at the Bowl Judgments of Revelation 16 and finished last time looking at the response of the people on the earth to the judgments of God. Remember these are the final judgments that God is throwing down on the earth before His return. We have a very good picture of how people have reacted to the Lord Himself and to all He has done. Three different times in the text of this Scr...

We are looking at the seventh Bowl Judgment that is found in Revelation 16:17, and this is the final judgment to be poured out on the earth before the Lord comes back.  It says in Revelation 16:17, “Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, ‘It is done.’” Here are the final judgments. It is done. All that the Lord...

As we continue in Revelation 16 and the final judgments that the Lord is going to pour out on the earth during the Tribulation Period. We had earlier looked at the seven Seal Judgments. Then there was the seven Trumpet Judgments. Then there was the seven Thunder Judgments, of which we are given no information as to what the content of those judgments are. Finally, we are given the seven Bowl Judgm...

Last time we began our study of the Bowl Judgments found in Revelation 16. We looked at the first three of those judgments being poured out.  We are going to back up for just a moment to Revelation 16:5 and look at another piece of information concerning the third Bowl Judgment. It says, “And I heard the angel of the waters saying.” So, we find that angels are extremely active in the book of...

Going through Revelation 16 we will find the Bowl Judgments. These are the last series of judgments that God pours out on the earth during the Tribulation Period. We have been in between these judgments for a while. The Seven Bowls are actually the content of seventh Trumpet Judgment.  In Revelation 16:1 it says, “Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, ‘Go and...

We looked at Revelation 15:8 last time, but I want to go back to it. It says, “And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.” We have this picture of the holy of holies so to speak, the tabernacle of God in heaven, that is so filled with the glory of God that no one c...

We are going to complete Revelation 15. We are having a great worship service here just prior to the final judgments that are going to be poured out on the earth at the Tribulation time known as the seven Bowl Judgments. They begin to take place in Revelation 16. Prior to that, we have this worship service that we have been looking at.  Let’s pick up in Revelation 15:5, “After these things I...

We worked our way through the first couple of verses last time. We are at the end of Revelation 15:3 concerning a wonderful worship service that is taking place. John is seeing two visions:  1. One, has to do with the Tribulation saints who are victorious. They have not bowed the knee to the beast. They have not taken the image of the antichrist and they are victorious for that reason. Whethe...

We started looking at these final set of judgments known as the Bowl Judgments last time. The chronology of the book, the timeline of the book of Revelation, is starting to move forward again. Revelation 12, 13 & 14 did not advance the timeline, but this does. We are going to have a great worship service just prior to the final judgments being poured out, these Bowl Judgments. This is not unus...

We are looking at Revelation 15. In Revelation, we have come to a place where there was no chronological movement for a while. At the end of Revelation 11 we find the seventh Trumpet Judgment that was sounded starting in Revelation 15:15. There is some detail there, but the content of the seventh Trumpet Judgment is not given at that point and then in Revelation 12, 13 & 14, we have some other...

As we complete Revelation 14 today, we are looking at what is generally called the Battle of Armageddon today. Last time, we saw the coming of Christ in Revelation 14:14-16. He is coming in judgment upon those who have rejected Him and especially those who have been following the antichrist during the time of the Tribulation. Now we have, what we call, the Battle of Armageddon. We have pictures of...

We pick up our study in Revelation 14:14. This is a picture of the Second Coming of Christ. The fuller picture will be found in Revelation 19, but we get a prelude to what is going to happen here in Revelation 14.  In Revelation 14:14 we have this, “Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickl...

We looked last time at the mark of the beast and the destiny of those that follow the antichrist and take his mark upon themselves, and it’s a devastating and ugly picture of punishment on those that do it. As I said last time, one of the most gruesome pictures, in all of Scripture regarding judgment is found in those verses.  In Revelation 14:12-13 we find another group of people. Remember b...

Last time we talked about the third angel in this chapter who has come with a message. This message has to do with the mark of the beast. The mark of the beast, as we see in Revelation 14:9, is a mark of allegiance to the antichrist, to the beast and a worshiping of him. All those who do that are saying very clearly and directly that they are followers of the antichrist and therefore rejectors of...

Revelation 14 is a very intense and tragic section of the book of Revelation, and yet a very important one as we examine it. We have already gone through the first eight verses. Let me review quickly. There is an angel in Revelation 14:6 that shows up and he proclaims the eternal gospel. This an unusual event. Angels do not normally proclaim any kind of gospel. They have other ministries. They do...

Today we continue with Revelation 14 which is one of the pictures of the return of Christ. We have studied through Revelation 14:7 so far. We find some interesting things taking place. The Lamb of God is poised to come back at the Second Coming. He is coming, not to die on a cross this time, but to bring judgment upon the world. The one hundred forty-four thousand are with Him. They are joining Hi...

We are picking up where we left off last time in Revelation 14:4. We have seen a wonderful worship service beginning. The Lord is poised to return to earth at this point. This is a major shift in the narrative of the story of the book of Revelation. In Revelation 14, the Lord is ready to come back and one hundred forty-four thousand stand ready with Him. We find just before this revelation concern...

We begin Revelation 14 this time. Even though there is about a third of the book of Revelation left, we are chronologically moving toward the very end of the Tribulation Period, and we are previewing the return of Christ Himself. Revelation 14 is going to give that prelude, and Revelation 19 will be the full picture of the return of Christ, but Revelation 14 leads up to it. This is a very pivotal...

Revelation 13 has been very fascinating because it has been revealed to us two key world leaders during the time of the Tribulation Period. These are both people empowered by Satan himself. They are Satan’s men. We call the first one the antichrist, or the beast out of the sea, and the other is the beast out of the land whom we have identified in Revelation 14 as the false prophet. This unholy tri...