AUGUST 24 2 PM Truskoski’s
G.R.O.W this summer!
Summer Reading: Revelation chapter a day
+ Gratitude…Thank you God…
+ Reflection…I observe, study, pray…
+ Outreach…I reach out in love to someone
outside the church…
+ Worship…I’ll invite them to worship here!
Revelation
11:15-18
and 14:6-12
“Divine Punishment and Reward”
REVELATION 8 & 9:
(Perspective for the unfaithful)
7th Seal unleashes:
7 angels with 7 trumpets:
1st- 4th – destruction, like Exodus
5th – Star falls to earth,
Gets a key to the Abyss,
The Destroyer unleashed!
REVELATION 8 & 9:
REVELATION 9:
(Perspective for the unfaithful)
6th Trumpet: Releases 4 angels
of destruction
(Like 4 horsemen of Ch. 6!)
Including WEIRD locusts
9:20 “Rest of humanity did not repent…”
REVELATION 10 & 11:
“John: Eat this scroll,
then prophesy some more!”
Two WITNESSES: Literal? OT & NT?
Prophesy; Beast kills;
God’s raises them;
People die
REVELATION 11:15-18 7th TRUMPET
“15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
“The kingdom of the world has become� the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,� and he will reign for ever and ever.”
16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God,
REVELATION 11:15-18 7th TRUMPET
fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,� the One who is and who was,�because you have taken your great power� and have begun to reign.�
REVELATION 11:15-18 7th TRUMPET
�18 The nations were angry,� and your wrath has come.�The time has come for judging the dead,� and for rewarding your servants the prophets� and your people who revere your name,� both great and small—�and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
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REVELATION 12:
Woman pregnant with
boy who “will rule all
the nations”
Dragon tries to kill him.
WAR in heaven: Angels vs.
Dragon (Satan) and demons.
Loser…
REVELATION 12:11
“They triumphed over him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.”
REVELATION 13
Dragon,
Beast1 & Beast2,
Mark of the Beast:
666
There’s always a
Nero…until…
13:8 “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world”
REVELATION 14:6-12 Jesus’ army of 144,000
Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 He said in a loud voice,
REVELATION 14:6-12
“Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
REVELATION 14:6-12
“8 A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”
REVELATION 14:6-12
9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath."
REVELATION 14
Mark of the Beast
Forehead and hand
The anti-God / Scripture / Shema of pagan gov’t
REVELATION 14:6-12
They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.
REVELATION 14:6-12
There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
REVELATION 14:6-12
12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
REVELATION 14
Harvest time
(of people!)
REVELATION 15-16
7 Angels
7 Plagues &
7 Bowls of God’s Wrath
(again, like Exodus…)
“Yes, Lord God Almighty
true and just are your judgments.”
REVELATION 17-18
Wealthy, powerful
Babylon & 10 kings
fight Jesus…lose.
There’s always a
Babylon / Rome / etc.
…until…
REVELATION 19
Jesus defeats the Beast
Bride united with the Lamb
REVELATION 20
Satan bound for 1000 yrs
Resurrected martyrs
rule on Earth.
Satan released, then defeated (again!)
REVELATION 20, 21, 22
Dead all raised, judged,
Rewarded or Punished
"Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.” 20:15
REVELATION 20, 21, 22
New Heaven & New Earth
22:3-5 "3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.
REVELATION 20, 21, 22
New Heaven & New Earth
4 They will see his face,
and his name will be on
their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. 22:3-5