A Wonderful Day in the Lord

We are looking today at the second beast that is found in this chapter. The first beast we have looked at and identified as whom we call the antichrist. He is the principal character, the leader of the world during this time. The second beast is, “the beast out of the land,” according to Revelation 13:11. He is the beast that plays a secondary, but very valuable and important role.  As a matt...

We are looking at what we call the antichrist in Revelation 13. He has now stepped up. He is Satan’s man. We have seen that several times already. He has been killed. Some believe that it was the two witnesses back in Revelation 11 that killed him, because it said anybody that would oppose the witnesses would face their wrath and be devoured by them. So, some believe they killed him, and now he ha...

We will spend the next several sections in Revelation 13 where we have some very interesting and fascinating details during the Tribulation Period. From Revelation 13-19, the key character is what we call the antichrist. I have mentioned before that the antichrist is never called the antichrist in the New Testament or the Old Testament. He is called the beast out of the sea and various other names...

We continue in Revelation 12, and as I mentioned before, there are three wars described in this chapter:  1. War on the earth as Satan goes after Christ Himself and after Israel.  2. War in heaven as we see Michael and his angels in battle with Satan and his demons.  3. War on the earth once again starting in Revelation 12:13.  Remember that Satan has been cast down and thrown...

I mentioned last time that in Revelation 12 there are three wars taking place. We looked at the first one last time as Satan stands against the nation of Israel. First, attempting to destroy Jesus Christ, in His incarnation. Having failed at that, he goes after the nation of Israel itself, and God protects them which seems to be a picture of something going on in the Tribulation Period not back at...

Let’s back up for just a moment and look at Revelation 11:15 where it says, “Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying.” We are looking at the seventh Trumpet Judgment. We have seen the seven Seal Judgments and the seven Trumpet Judgments. Between the sixth and seventh trumpet there has been a parenthesis in the action. Now it is picked up here at the end of the...

We have just looked at Revelation 11:15 and the seventh Trumpet Judgment has been sounded. This great judgment that is also known as the third woe has revealed to us that there are three great eventsthat are taking place. Two of which we have already seen:  1. There is the reign of the Lord, which is coming to fruition at this point.  2. There is the reaction of heaven which is rejoicing...

We have been looking at the two witnesses. Remember in Revelation 9 we had the sixth Trumpet Judgment sounded. Then the action kind of stops and the timeline doesn’t move forward throughout Revelation 10:1-11:14. These next events take place somewhere in that period of time, but we don’t know exactly when necessarily. We do believe they occur in the first half of the Tribulation. We come to Revela...

We’ve been talking about the two witnesses. It’s a very unique situation in Scripture and given fourteen verses in the book of Revelation. We have determined that we are not exactly sure who they are. We do know they were sent by God to witness. I believe they are not only witnessing of the power of God and prophesying concerning things like that, but they are also talking to the world about the g...

We are looking at the two witnesses that just kind of pop up out of nowhere in the middle of the book of Revelation. We are not exactly sure when they come on the scene chronologically. Most likely, I believe, they come on the scene at the very first of the Tribulation Period and they continue to about the midpoint. We saw last time that the scriptures don’t tell us who they are. We can make educa...

We are now in Revelation 11. Starting in Revelation 10 there is sort of a parenthesis (where chronological movement is not taking place) that goes through Revelation 11:14 in the chronological outworking of the book. We have seen the outpouring of the seven Seal Judgments and then the Trumpet Judgments. Then we have a parenthesis between the sixth and the seventh Trumpet Judgment at this point in...

We had seen the sounding of the sixth judgment last time. We have this magnificent, powerful angel show up and he has already done a few things. One thing we saw in Revelation 10:2 was that he had in his hand a book. So, we know that book is there, but we haven’t heard much about what is in the book.  That gets picked up in Revelation 10:8 and he says, “Then the voice which I heard from heave...

Today we are looking at Revelation 10. The sixth trumpet judgment had been sounded in Revelation 9. Before we get to the seventh Trumpet Judgment in Revelation 11, we have another kind of an interlude.  In Revelation 10:1 it says, “I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pil...

Today we look at the reaction of humanity after these six plagues. Before we look at that though, I thought we would look back at Revelation 3:20 and the Lord’s great invitation that He gives to His church, and in general to all people at the end of the messages that the Lord brought to the seven churches of Asia. He says, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens...

We have just finished up the fifth Trumpet Judgment in Revelation 9. We saw that in this judgment, the bottomless pit has been opened, what appears to be demonic creatures have come forth out of that pit, and they have gone forth to do great damage to the people on the earth that have rejected Christ. Those who know Christ and are followers of Christ have been sealed and protected from this judgme...

Last time we looked at the sounding of the fifth Trumpet Judgment. We saw these creatures, these locust-like creatures, that we are almost certain are demonic creatures who have come out of the bottomless pit, or the abyss. As they come forth, they come forth to bring great suffering and pain on the humanity that has rejected the Lord Jesus. We are given a very interesting description starting in...

We will pick up where we left off in the last section. We are in the midst of the Trumpet Judgments in the book of Revelation. Four of those judgments had been sounded at the very end of Revelation 8. The eagle pronounces three woes concerning the next judgments that are coming. So, these next three judgments are going to be even more intense than the ones prior to that.  We pick up on the fi...

We left off with the Trumpet Judgments being ready to be sounded with Revelation 8:6 saying, “And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.” So, they are now ready to do that.  Look at Revelation 8:7, “The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of...

Here is a quick recap of what we have studied so far. In Revelation 6, the Lamb, Jesus Christ, begins to open the seals on the seal judgments. We find in Revelation 5 that no on else was worthy to open these seals and reveal these judgments that the Lord is going to bring on those who rejected Him on earth. So, the Lamb steps up and takes the scroll and opens the seals and we find a number of judg...

During this interlude, we are seeing scenes in heaven and what is going there. Here we find the Lord has sealed a number of followers who are living in the Tribulation Period. One hundred forty-four thousand Jews and then a great multitude of Gentiles of every nation and tribe. We find in Revelation 7:10-11 as we are reviewing here that the creatures in heaven fall down and worship the Lord and th...

We are looking at Revelation 7. We already saw in Revelation 6 the first six judgments known as the Seven Seal Judgments. The seventh seal is coming, but it does not come until Revelation 8. Revelation 7 is an interlude. It does not progress chronologically. We saw in Revelation 6 the scenes on earth. We see the judgments that are coming on the earth. Revelation 7 takes us to heaven, and we see wh...

We are going to finish Chapter 6 and the sixth seal that God gives us as the Son has taken this scroll from the hand of the Father in Chapter 5. Only He is worthy to break the seals and to reveal the content. The content is the judgment that God is bringing on the earth during what we call the Tribulation Period. This is the greatest judgment the world has ever see. Chapters 6-19 is going to deal...

We are looking at two more seals starting in Revelation 6:7 with the fourth seal which is death.  It says, “When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with swor...

We continue in Chapter 6 looking at the second judgment.  I want to give you a little object lesson that might help you here. Remember the book that Jesus took from the Father that He is opening right now? It is not a book like how we normally think of books. It was a scroll, and a scroll is rolled up in a cylindrical tube fashion. This scroll has seven seals that kept it from being opened an...

Today we pick up on the first seal judgment in Revelation 6:12. We find that Christ Jesus has taken from the hand of the Father a scroll in Revelation 5, and that scroll He is now getting ready to open and reveal to us the seven seals. As the seals are broken, they reveal to us the content of this scroll.  The first seal is in Revelation 6:1, “Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven s...