Revelations 10, Bible Study 09/07/11

Revelations 10

Synopsis of Bible Study 09/13/11

Delivered by
Bishop Walker III

The stage has been set and the Antichrist, the False Prophet, and the
Devil have been thrown into the lake of fire. The earth has been purified.

 

Revelation 21:1- All Things Made New1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

• We have already dealt with the first 2 sections of Revelation.
  They are these:
• We saw Jesus the Lord
  of the churches. We saw the 7 churches of Asia Minor. Rev 1:13-3:22
• We saw Jesus the lion over
  the nations- Rev 4:1 – 20:15
• Jesus the Lamb among all the believers- Rev 21:1-22:21 (we will see this tonight)
• We are dealing now with
  the 3rd section of the book of
  Revelation. We see prophetic words
  uttered in the Old Testament and
  words spoken of the New Heaven and
  New Earth in the New Testament.
• Isaiah 65:17-19 says ¹⁷For, behold, I create new
  heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come
  into mind. ¹⁸But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which
  I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a
  joy. ¹⁹And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.- Isaiah prophesies about the new heaven and the new
  earth. The Psalmist picks it up in Psalm 102:25-27 says ²⁵Of old hast thou laid the
  foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. ²⁶They
  shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like
  a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be
  changed: ²⁷But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no
  end. talks about the New Heaven and the New Earth as well 2 Peter 3:12-13 which says ¹²Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?  ¹³Nevertheless we, according
  to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
  righteousness.
• It is important to
  remember something about this new idea or concept of a new Heaven. Remember that in the
  bible it speaks comprehensively about heaven, but it speaks about 3
  heavens as well. They are:
• The earth’s atmosphere.
• Outer space.
• The 3^rd
  heaven –It is what Paul saw in 2 Corinthians when he said in chapter 12
  that he had these visions or revelations and was caught up into the 3^rd
  heaven. It is where we believe God lives in glory. It is that place beyond
  us, but the place where God dwells.
• When scripture (verse
  1) speaks of new heaven – It is talking about a new blue sky, it is talking about the new heaven where God
  dwells. So what we are dealing with now is the way in which you understand
  the earth and the sky.
• For the first heaven and the first earth had passed
  away.- Where
  we are going now, the concept of the
  earth has to be gotten out of your mind, because it won’t be like it
  is now. The whole concept of it will change and everything will become new.
• The Greek word for “new”
  used in this scripture is 2537. kainos kahee-nos’ – which means new in
  character or fresh. It doesn’t mean recent or new in time. It suggests that
  God is doing something fresh or better. God is replacing the old with
  something better, because the first earth had passed away. God is
  replacing the first earth
• Also there was no more sea. – If you look at that, it is in a
  sentence by itself. It seems almost as if it is placed in an odd place.
  Out of all things the scripture could say, why would it say “and also
  there was no more sea?” After all, there was a negative connotation the sea has among the bible and the
  Jewish people. We see this negative connotation throughout the whole bible. In Rev
  13.1 (Revelation
  13:1 says ¹And I stood upon the sand of
  the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and
  ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of
  blasphemy.) we find
  out that this is really the source of the Satanic Beast. We also find out
  it is the place of the dead in Rev 20:13 (Revelation 20:13 says ¹³And the sea gave up the dead
  which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in
  them: and they were judged every man according to their works.). If you keep reading through
  the scripture, you will also see that the sea is associated with heathen
  as well. In Isa 57:20 the heathen is associated with the sea (Isaiah 57:20: says ²⁰But the wicked are like the
  troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.). Psalms
  89:9 associates it with the advisories of God (Psalm 89:9 says ⁹Thou rulest the raging of the
  sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.). In
  other words, the c portion of verse 1 is trying to tell us that there is
  no more strife or negativity left here now. The earth will be purified. All
  the buildings and other things will be gone from the way we see it now and
  it will be replaced with something
  brand new. Something is about to happen!

Revelation 21:2-4 - The New City

2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a
loud voice from heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and
He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with
them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes;
there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more
pain, for the former things have passed away.

• New Jerusalem, the Holy
  City where God dwells… – The concept of heaven that we grew up with,
  meaning that one day we will all go up to heaven, is not theologically sound. The bible just
  shows us that we won’t have to go up to heaven; it will come down to us.
• The New Jerusalem, the
  Holy City, the place where God dwells is coming down to us from heaven. Jesus
  gives us a glimpse that we can access heaven’s resources on earth right now.
  Even before heaven comes down, we have access to its resources right now.
  How do we prove this? Remember Jesus says, “When you pray, pray though
  kingdom come, thou will be done, on earth as it in heaven. This is not
  talking about heaven as the earth’s atmosphere or outer space. This is
  talking about the 3rd heaven where God lives. God’s will in heaven can come
  down from heaven right into our
  situation right now. There is no lack up there (in heaven). If we can
  pray like this, there wouldn’t be any lack in our life.
• Prepared as a bride
  adorned for her husband – One of the most powerful scriptures in the bible
  is found in the portion of verse 3 where it says … Tabernacle of God is
  with men and he will dwell with them, and they has be His people… – Do
  you understand how powerful this is? Remember in the Old Testament, when
  voice of God came walking into the garden with Adam and Eve. When Jesus
  came, the bible says he would be called Emmanuel which means God with us. This
  means that Jesus was God, but he was not the totality of God. It was all
  of God that we could understand or
  comprehend. When Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, do you
  think he was talking to himself? No, he was talking to his father on the
  cross, not himself. After the Holy Ghost comes, God dwells in us. Now we
  see that all of God is coming down and dwelling with us. God is going to
  come down and dwell with his people and wipe every tear from their eyes.
  There won’t be any reason to cry, because he will remove everything that
  causes tears and pain.

 

Revelation 21:5 says 5
Then He who sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said
to me, Write, for these words are true and faithful.

• Paul said on this side
  of glory, we have the opportunity in our salvation to make things new. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 it says ¹⁷Therefore if any man be in
  Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
  things are become new. – Paul is explaining how thing can become new
  even on this side of glory. Ex-
  We have and old car that is totaled out. We purchase a new car and drive it
  off the lot, but a rock cracks our window on our new car as we drive down
  the road. Likewise, this is how salvation works. Our life was totaled and
  God gave us a new life and we become brand new. We go to drive through
  life and all of a sudden, somebody else has caused us to get cracks in our newness. We are still
  new, but we have an issue. In the new heaven, everything becomes new. WE
  do not revert to any old ways or old
  habits. We are brand new.

Revelation 21:6-8 says 6 And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the
Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of
life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things,
and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving,
abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars
shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is
the second death.

• It is done! – This is
  eternal purpose of Jesus Christ now accomplished. According to Ephesians 1::10
  God’s work is accomplished right here (Ephesians
  1:10 says ¹⁰That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he
  might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in
  heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:) . Jesus said it was finished on the cross,
  which means he had conquered sin and taken death back away from the enemy,
  and give us the opportunity to have eternal life. It is done means that
  everything that he came, died, and rose for had been accomplished. Now you and I have a right to the tree
  of life, because it has been accomplished.
• I will give a fountain
  of the water of life freely to him who thirsts…- Everything that we need
  we have it in God and in his realtionship. He told us on earth, if we
  drink of thim, we would never thirst again.
• The revelation of this-
  Out of hunger, you will eat out of the garbage out of desperation, just to
  survive. In other words, we lower
  our standards. We likewise can become so desperate in relationships or
  our finances that we will lower our standards and eat out of the garbage
  can and pick relationships that we wouldn’t ordinarily be in or we will do
  immoral or illegal stuff to try and get out of our financial dilemma.
• He who overcomes
  inherits all things… – This reserved for the over-comers. If you keep representing
  God, while going through, God won’t forget about you.
• Verse 8- People put
  this hierarchy of sin in place. What they trying to do this to soften the
  blow of their own situation. If you look at this list, equated with all
  bad things is liars. All of us have told lies and some people lie to cover
  up that lie.
• Some people volunteer a
  lie. They weren’t even asked anything and just voluntarily told a lie.

Revelation 21:9-14 says – The New Jerusalem

9 Then one of the seven angels who
had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked
with me, saying, Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife. 10 And he
carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great
city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of
heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious
stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal. 12 Also she had a great and high
wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on
them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 13 three gates on the east, three gates on
the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.14 Now the
wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the
twelve apostles of the Lamb.

 

• The 12 tribes of Israel meant God would never forget the 12 tribes
  of Israel.
• 3 gates in the East,
  West, the North, and the South – This arrangement goes back to the days of
  Exodus and Jude. In Numbers 2, you will see how they laid the camps out
  with 3 gates on every side.
• The Wall- It had 12
  foundations and on them were the names of 12 apostles. According to Eph
  2:10, New and Jerusalem and the church is founded upon the apostles (Ephesians 2:10 says
• ¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
  unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in
  them.).

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Revelations 21: 15-17 -The dimensions of the new
city

15 And he who talked with me had a
gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city is laid out
as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city
with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are
equal. 17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits,
according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 The construction of
its wall was of jasper; and the city was
pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were
adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the
second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth
sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the
ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth
amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of
one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

• This is the same
  distance from Main to Florida is the length of this city.
• The square footage
  would approximate size of the moon.
• Henry Morris guessed in
  his studies that there would be one hundred
  billion people in the whole
  human race at the time of then end and he estimates that only about 20% of them would be saved. He
  calculates that each person would have a block with about 75 acres on each
  space for us to call our own. Imagine that, we could get 75 acres
  according to his estimation. Now talk about a mansion… If you hating on
  where I live now, you really going to be tripping in heaven.
• Verse 18-21- You think
  you’re impressing God, because you are a baller and because you have
  diamonds and gold in your ear and on your hands and to think,

  God is using these stones that we hold up so valuable, as his sidewalks.

Revelation 21:22-24 – The Glory of the New Jerusalem

22 But I saw no temple in it, for
the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of
the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The
Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its
light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its
gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). 26 And
they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 But there
shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a
lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

• Bishop Walker will be
  unemployed in heaven. There wil be no need in heaven for his sermons,
  because there will be no temple.
  The Lamb is the temple. John who wrote the gospel of John opened up by
  saying in the beginning was the word and word was with God and the word
  was God.
• If the Lamb is there
  and the word is in the middle, why then would you need to stoop down and
  hear Bishop Walker or any other Pastor, when you got the Word right there
  in the middle.
• The lamb lights the
  city- Remember in Genesis when God made the world. Darkeness was on the face
  of the earth and God said let there be light. After saying that, several verses
  later, he said lets divide the day from the night. This says that the
  light was in the world before the sun. The sun didn’t bring the light. The Son brought the light. This is why the bible said that men sat
  in darkness and light was sprung up. Jesus is the light of the world. No
  matter how dark my situation, if Jesus is in the situation, we have light.
• We see access to the
  city in verse 24- There is no night there. It is all day and all day.
• What would heaven look
  like on the inside? The next chapter tells us.

Revelation 22:1-5 – The River of Life

1 And he showed me a pure river of
water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the
Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the
tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every
month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there
shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it,
and His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, and His name shall
be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor
light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign
forever and ever.

• This is a tree of life
  on either side. In gen 3:22-24, the tree of life that man was not supposed
  to bother, was one of these trees. The
• These trees represent
  the restoration of all things.
• Each tree yielded fruit
  every month. Some people ask if we will eat when we get to heaven in our
  transformed bodies. Well read luke 24:41-43 you will find out (Luke 24:41-43:   ⁴¹And
  while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, He said unto them,
  “Have ye here any meat?”⁴²And they gave Him a piece
  of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb. ⁴³And He took it and ate
  before them. ). Also in John 21:12-14 where it says¹²Jesus said unto them,
  “Come and dine.” And none of the disciples dared ask Him,
  “Who art Thou?” knowing that it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus
  then came and took bread and gave it to them, and fish likewise. ¹⁴This
  is now the third time that Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He
  was risen from the dead. – Jesus enjoyed fruit after his resurrection. Gen
  18:6-8 the angels ate with Abraham (Genesis 18:6-8:⁶And
  Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, “Make ready
  quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the
  hearth.” ⁷And Abraham ran unto the herd and fetched a
  calf, tender and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hastened to
  dress it.⁸And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had
  dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and
  they ate.). In Rev 19:9, there was a great reunion between Jesus
  and his people. It was the Marriage
  supper of the Lamb. Some will eat and others will be eaten.
• The tree represents the
  healing of the nation. The Greek word means help giving. This word therapeania,
  meaning help giving, is where we get the English word therapeutic. The trees
  in heaven are help giving. The environment in heaven is that of pure help.

 

• Why is this
  significant? Because there is no disease in heaven. There is nothing there
  that can cause disease, therofore there is no disease, but healing there.
• We always talk about
  what we can talk about bringing out of heaven like Kingdom authority or
  finances into our situation. One the thing you can get now, is kingdom health.
  You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not healthy enough
  to enjoy it, you can’t benefit from it. God wants you to be in good health
  as your soul prospers.

 

• Verses 4-5-There will
  be no more curse. Remember the curse that came in Genesis 3, when the
  curse came in when man sinned, it bought labor pains, cramps, friction
  between sexes, and man had to work hard all because of a little peace that
  Adam and Eve couldn’t say no to..

 

• In the end, the curse
  is done away with. Heaven is not a place of leiseure, it wil be a place where
  we will serve God. We will get to see him face to face. Moses was denied
  the privilege in
• Exodus 33 of seeing God
  face to face. The bible says we will see him face to face.
• We will see him in our
  risen bodies. Paul says in 1 Cor 13:12-It is an amazing story. You will
  know what God looks like, but God is spirit. You never in your flesh have
  seen a spirit. Flesh can’t see sprit.
• Jesus was a human manifestation
  of God. God wrapped himself into flesh which was all that we could
  comprehend. When God made Adam, he made him from the dust. God took his
  breathe and blew into Adam. It was God’s spirit blown into Adam. Adam was
  an earthly vessel, not alive. When God blew the breath into him, Adam came
  to life. When you die, God takes it back and your body goes back to where
  you came from. You are not what you see i the mirror. You have never seen
  you. The living part of you is your spirit. This is why when you connect
  with soembody; they have to connect with your spirit. They might be a 6
  ounce coke bottle today and a 2 liter tomorrow, but if they like you, they
  will stay. No matter how fine or handsome you think you are, there is somebody
  always done the street a little bit more fine and handsome than you.
• We can’t see God in our
  flesh. When we get to heaven we will see him face to face. Not only will
  we see him, but we will see ourselves for the first time. Some people got
  these songs that say when I get to heaven, I am going to tell how you
  treated me…Another is when we get to heaven, I am going to talk to Job,
  Paul, Peter is used in sermons, but we just got to tell you, Bishop Walker
  says all he is trying to do when he gets to heaven is see God face to
  face.
• We will have his name
  in our four heads and reign with him forever.
• No more curse- It represents
  perfect restoration.
• The throne in the midst
  of city- It represents perfect administration
• Servant that shall
  serve him-Represent perfect subordination.

 

• We will see him face to
  face – Represents perfect transformation.
• The names on our
  foreheads- Represent perfect identification.
• God lights up the
  city-Represents perfect illumination.
• Reigning forever and
  ever- Represent perfect exaltation.

Revelation 22: 6-7 – The Time Is Near

6 Then he said to me, These words
are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to
show His servants the things which must shortly take place.7 Behold, I am coming
quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. 8 Now
I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to
worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.9 Then he said
to me, See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your
brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship
God. 10 And he said to me, Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book,
for the time is at hand. 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who
is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous
still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.

• Quickly means suddenly
  here.

• Verse 11- After hearing
  this book of Revelation and you have been taught it. After knowing  all these things that are happening in
  the earth today, every now and then, we think God is reminding us that he
  ain’t playing. If this doesn’t change you after learning 10 weeks of
  Revelation, nothing will change you.
• He is coming quickly,
  suddenly. There will no fore warning or nothing that will indicate that he
  is coming.

Revelation 22:12

Jesus Testifies to the Churches

12 And behold, I am coming quickly,
and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am
the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.14
Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the
tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are
dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and
whoever loves and practices a lie.16 I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to
you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the
Bright and Morning Star.17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him
who hears say, Come! And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him
take the water of life freely.

• His reward is coming
  with him. He started it and he will end it and he will still be after all has ended. And he
  will still exists God said he is on both sides. He was before the
  beginning began and he will be after the end ends.
• What are we trying to
  say? God says that he wants us to follow these commandments, because you
  have the right to the tree of life and you can enter into the city,
  because outside the city there are dogs, sorcerer, and all types of
  immoral people. Jesus said he sent his angels to testify that he is of the
  off spring of David, he who the prophets spoke of, and he who is coming
  back. He says I am not a figment of your imagination. I was Isaiah 55:1 says ¹“Ho, every one that
  thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy,
  and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Revelation 22:18- 21 – A Warning

18 For I
testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone
adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this
book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are
written in this book.

- I Am Coming Quickly –

20 He who
testifies to these things says, Surely I am coming quickly. Amen. Even so,
come, Lord Jesus! 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

• Verse 19-Don’t add or take away from this word

• Verse 20-21- Says he is
  coming as sure as we hear and alive. May the grace of God rest on you so
  that you can get right before he comes. When he comes, it ill b e Amen. We
  thank God that we are ready and sealed by his Holy Spirit and covered in
  the blood. We thank God that when he comes back, we don’t have to worry,
  because we know we are saved. We ought to pause and thank God that we are
  saved. We hadn’t done all that is right, but we thank God for being saved.

Revelations 9, Bible Study 08/31/11

Revelation 9

Synopsis of Bible Study 08/31/11

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

Last week we talked about the Fall of Babylon which dealt with a world system that diluted the word of God and caused religious people to conform to the world, rather than being transformed by the renewing of their minds. This is significant, because this world system was so influential over Religious Babylon, it literally influenced them to go ways that God never intended.   Commercial Babylon represented this whole consumption of vanity. There were so many people caught up, trying to misappropriate the gifts of God, rather than being good stewards over the blessing of the Lord. They used them for their own personal gain and really x’ed God out of the equation.   Tonight we see that in heaven the response in heaven was different than the earths. On the earth, the world mourned or grieved when Babylon fell, but in heaven, the bible says there was great rejoiciing. This is where we will start today.   Chapter 19 Revelation 19:1-5 – Heaven Exults over Babylon1 After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! 2 For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her. 3 Again they said, Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever! 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, Amen! Alleluia! 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!

• We see the great multitude, the 4 creatures and the 24 Elders who are at the Throne of God saying Alleluia. This appears 4 times in Revelations 19. It is important to note, however, this is found nowhere else in the New Testament. In Hebrew, Alleluia means praise the Lord.
• They are saying Alleluia, because God’s judgments are righteous. In other words, how God judges the earth and how he judges Babylon is right. Always remember that even though God’s judgments may seem harsh to us, they are literally always right.
• The bible also said that he judged the harlot and avenged the blood of the servants that were shed by her.

Revelation 19:6-9 says 6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.9 Then he said to me, Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God.

• This is not the first time we heard the thunder, lightning, and water representing the voice of God. What is interesting is that the worship going on at the throne was not some half-hearted worship. It was given all the way. When we think of the omnipotence of God and how awesome he is, our reaction should be that of exuberance. There should never be any doubt; people should recognize who God is through our response. If we are hesitant to reverence God or we are timid about reverencing him, it suggests that we don’t have a clear understanding of how awesome God is.
• When you are clear on who God is, it happens organically. It is not forced or coerced by someone else. You just automatically say Alleluia.
• Some people have problems saying Alleluia here on earth. If you have problem on hearth, you going to be out of place in heaven!
• The marriage of the Lamb
  • Remember the Lamb is Christ who was slain. The bride of the lamb is the church.
  • Prophetic References to this are:  Hosea 2:19-20 which says ¹⁹And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.²⁰I will even betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness, and thou shalt know the LORD., Isaiah 54:5 which says⁵For thy Maker is thine husband” the LORD of hosts is His name” and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall He be called., and Ezekiel 16.
  • Verse 7 says … and His wife has made herself ready – The wife represents the church meaning Ecclesia or community of faith. Here we are not talking about a denomination or building. We are talking about people or a community of faith who obey God and who are God’s children.
  • Some people would love for you to believe that their church is the only one that’s going to marry Christ, but the devil s a liar.
  • Look at how the church or bride has made themselves ready for the coming of the Lord. Ephesians 5:25-27 says²⁵Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it, ²⁶that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, ²⁷that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.
  • The washing of water by the word…- This suggests that the church in and of itself is you and I, but it is important to note that we have never seen a virgin or pure church, you and I are in it. If you find one don’t join it, because you will mess it up (you will cause it not to be perfect). God has no perfect churches, because there are no perfect people.
  • How does imperfection become worthy of this marriage? It is through the redemptive act of Jesus Christ at Calvary. Through this act, we were made righteous. At the point we accepted Christ, everything you did prior to that was washed away. As a result, regardless to what people remember and know about me or you, doesn’t matter. All people can do is remind us of what we used to do. They have no idea about your redeemed life. This is why we can’t come to church and be quiet. The bible says let the redeemed of the Lord, say so.
  • The comparison to the wife and the church in parallel is interesting. The bible says in verse 8; … fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. – She (the church) is viewed as clean and righteous, because she is wearing white linen. When a wedding happens and a bride puts on a white dress or wedding gown and we presume she is pure, innocent, and a virgin. We have had some brides that should have been in dark gray. The point is, at that moment you are made righteous, because of what happened before then doesn’t matter, because you are coming into a covenant brand new. It is the word of God that washes us every day.
  • When you are part of a word church, you have envy, strife, hatred, and etc… You come to church saying that you just refuse to like this person today, but the word of God washes it away and positions you to be a prepared bride of Christ when he returns. This means a lot of you is leaving and more of his word is coming inside of you.

Revelation 19:10 – 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

• John said the only thing he could do is fall to the angel’s feet and worship, but the angel told him to worship God. Anything that is created is not worthy of worship. The only thing that was not created is the creator, God. The creator made the creation to give worship to the creator. Don’t let yourself even be worshiped.

Revelation 19:11-16-Christ on a White Horse 11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

• This is an amazing scene of Christ coming on a white horse. Isaiah 1000 yrs earlier pleaded with God for this day to come. Isaiah 64:1-2 says ¹Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at Thy presence–²as when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil– to make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at Thy presence!
• In biblical times, soldiers were foot soldiers, so if you had a horse, you had an advantage. So this horse spoke of power, honor, and speed. The color of this horse spoke of victory.
• The bible says faithful and true- In other words; he is a keeper of his promises. Verse 11 also says … in righteousness, he judges and makes war. His eyes were like flames of fire… – When he starts this war, his eyes were like flames of fire, which means there is nothing he does not see. He is aware of all things at all time. Every thought, contemplation, or event that we participated in, God saw it.
• On his head crowns:- There is a Greek word, Stephano, which stands for crown of achievements. We are not talking about this one. We are talking about diadems which represent crown of royalty and authority.
• Clothed with rob dipped in blood- This represents Calvary. Jesus also has an army from heaven behind him.
  • Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword- Paul says the sword of the spirit is the word of God. The word of God is like a two edged sword. There are many references for this. Why is this important? It is because God conquers with the word. Throughout scripture, repeatedly we are told by God that we conquer by the word. In John 15, it says ⁵“I am the vine, ye are the branches… ⁷If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
  • Rule with the rod of iron – This is a reference to Psalms 2 where it explains how God rules with a rod of iron.
  • His name is on his thigh-Written on his thigh is King of king and Lord of lords. His name is on his thigh representing prominence, because as he sits on the horse, it is visibly seen that he is King of kings and Lord of lords.
  • He is called the word of God- Why is this interesting? John wrote Revelations and the gospel of John. John is not one of what we call the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke). Synoptic means to see together. Mathew, Mark, and Luke start by saying Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary in the Bethlehem. When you get to John, he saw it different. He starts out by saying in the beginning was the word and the word was with God, the word was God, and the word became flesh. He called Christ the word of God.
  • He had a name that no one knew but himself- God can never be comprehended perfectly by man. No matter how much knowledge or theology you attain, you will never totally comprehend God. There comes a point that everyone has to say, “I just don’t know.” Sometimes you have to say you just don’t know. Ex- You might not know why one person dies in an accident and the other lives.
  • Some people think that the secret name was yhwh: yahweh-secret name of God

Revelation 19:17-19 – The Beast and His Armies Defeated 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, 18 that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.

• A voice comes down and says to the birds that they can now eat of the flesh of them-What is this about? This is the preparation for the great slaughter of Armageddon.
• Flesh is repeated 5 times. Those who walk in carnality and in the flesh must now die by giving up the flesh. Because they lived in the flesh, the birds come to eat up their flesh.
• When birds were dropping were falling out of the sky a few years back, many wondered was this a sign that Revelations had begun. The answer is no. These birds will not die. The scripture says these birds came to eat the flesh. If you see this happening and you are still here, may God bless you.
• Four different suppers:
  • The supper of salvation – This was a supper that invited us to come into relationship with Jesus Christ. Luke 14:16-24 says ¹⁶Then Jesus said unto him, “A certain man made a great supper and bade many. ¹⁷And he sent his servant at suppertime to say to them that were bidden, `Come, for all things are now ready.’<sup>18</sup>And they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said unto him, `I have bought a piece of ground, and I need to go and see it. I pray thee have me excused.’¹⁹And another said, `I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to test them. I pray thee have me excused.’<sup>20</sup>And another said, `I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’²¹So that servant came and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, `Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and the maimed and the halt and the blind.’<sup>22</sup>And the servant said, `Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.’²³And the lord said unto the servant, `Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. ²⁴For I say unto you that none of those men who were bidden shall taste of my supper.’”
  • The Lords supper – Commemorates the Lord’s crucifixion.
  • The marriage supper of the Lamb-This is the marriage supper between church and the Lamb.
  • The supper of the great God- This is when the birds are called to eat the flesh of the kings and the men of the earth.
  • If you reject the first supper (a relationship with Jesus Christ), the second supper will mean nothing to you (communion), then you will not be present during the 3^rd supper (when the church is married to the Lamb), but you will be present at the 4^th supper (when the birds come and eat up your flesh).
  • Everyone gets to attend at least one of these suppers. Some will come to eat and others will be eaten.

Revelation 19:19-2119 And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. 20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

• The armies gather together to make war against him that sit on the throne. Imagine seeing the King of kings coming on a white horse with diadems on his head. He is saying, “I have a name that no one knows except myself, Lord of lords and Kings of kings is written on my thigh, and I come with a sword (the word of God in my mouth). I come as the reigning king of glory and the kings of the world want to war against this?” We call this the incurable insanity of sin. They try to make war against this.
• The battle of Armageddon is really laughter of God against the climax of man’s arrogance, because the Beast (the Antichrist) was captured. The false prophet was as well and they both were cast alive into the lake of fire.
• The Antichrist and False Prophet is in the lake of fire.
• Now Babylon has fallen, the Antichrist and False Prophet has been cast into the lake of fire. Birds have also eaten the flesh of the kings of the earth.

Chapter 20 Revelation 20:1- Satan Bound 1000 Years 1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

• Have this anonymous angel that comes down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a chain.
• It is not Jesus, or Michael, Gabriel, or any other high ranking angel. This angel is a low ranking angel for a reason. After all the power that the devil claimed to have, when God got ready to chain him up, he sent one of his lowest angels to chain him up.

Revelations 20:2-32 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

• Satan was bound up with the chains for 1000 yrs.
• Some want to know what kind of chain was this that could bind Satan for 1000 years. – We do know chains were used to bind spirits. Jude 1:6 says⁶And the angels who kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great Day—
• Satan is put into chains and put into the bottomless pit which was sealed for 1000 yrs. Remember the only power the devil had was deception. If you think about anything that has every hurt you, it can be traced back to some sort of deception. This is why 1 Peter 5:8 says ⁸Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
• The devil was into the bottomless pit for about 1000 years and then he was released. This is what we call the millennium. There is no more deception on the earth during this time. It is a literal 1000 yrs.

Revelation 20:4-6 -The Saints Reign with Christ 1000 Years 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

• Those who have been beheaded were those that have gone through or martyred. Everything you go through sets up for you to reign with Him.
• Verse 5 says this is the first resurrection. The rest of the dead did not live again, until the 1000yrs was finished.
• By this time, everyone was dead, but there were some that were dead, but yet still alive.
• Verse 6 says this is the resurrection of blessing. It is resurrection of power and privilege. We become priest of God.
• This is:
  • A resurrection blessing.
  • A resurrection of power- The second death has no power over us.
  • A resurrection of privilege- It is because we become priest of God.
  • John 5:28-29 says ²⁸Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice ²⁹and shall come forth — they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.- When you die and are saved, you rest. You have consciousness of peace. When you die with no relationship, you instantly know you are in hell. Ex- Jesus gives a parable of a rich man and poor man. The rich man opened his eyes and instantly realized he was in hell. He saw the poor man in the bosom of Abraham. This is representative of resting in Christ. The rich man asked if the poor man could dip his finger in water and put it on his tongue, because it was so hot where he was. This man (the rich man) was talking which indicates that he had awareness. There is awareness that when you die out of the Lord, you know you are in hell. There is also awareness when you die in the Lord as well. It is different though. It is an awareness of peace. Ex- Bishop explains that he has had some real good sleep before as he was coming out of anesthesia. This was some of the best sleep Bishop has ever had. Imagine that best sleep times a trillion. We really would like to tell you what this rest is really about, but none of us have ever died and come back to tell what it was like. We can however tell you people that have had near death experiences all have had the same testimony. All those who knew the Lord and died, but was revived all say they experienced an incredible peace during this time they really died.

Revelation 20 7-8 -7-Satanic Rebellion Crushed Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

• The bible says Satan will be released after 1000 yrs. He will go out to deceive the nation in the four corners of the earth.
• Gog and Magog is a reference to the prophetic enemies of Israel coming from Ezekiel 38:2-3 which says ²“Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him ³and say, `Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
• We are reigning and Satan comes back after 1000 yrs thinking he is going to mess with us like he used to.

Revelations 20:9-109 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

• Where is the Devil? He is in the lake of fire along with the antichrist and the false prophet. They are tormented day and night forever and ever.
• The antichrist, the false prophet, and the devil are now in the lake of fire.
• Hell is a different place than the lake of fire. Hell is where those who die and are not saved go. Now the devil himself is cast into the lake of fire.
• Think about your great test struggle in your flesh. That thing that stands between you and who we supposed be in God. Now say to yourself, “Lake of fire, torment day and night, forever and ever. “ This ought to make you have a different perspective on the things you struggle with. Maybe you ought to put this in your phone under some of your contacts. This way you will see this saying when they call.
• This is a rap for the devil. The devil as we have known him is gone from this point on. The devil came to the earth in gen 3- reve 20 he is done.

The devil has let some residue we got to deal with: Revelation 20:11-13 – The Great White Throne Judgment 11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

• The great throne represents status and power
• White means pureness and wholeness.
• Throne means kingly sovereignty.
• Who is this on the throne to judge? John 5:22 says ²²For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son, – Our churches have gotten so soft and perverted, we have gotten intimidated to tell people what God said, out of fear that people will look at us and say, “you can’t judge me!” You are not judging them, because you choose to tell the truth.
• John says in the previous verse that the Father doesn’t judge, but who does? John says the Son. John says that the one that rides the horse is called the word of God. This means it is not us judging people. It is the Word judging. Ex-If you drive 100 mph, it is not the officer that is judging you, it is the Law. Plead you case, but know the judge won’t judge you. It will be the law judging you. This is why some people don’t want to hear the word. They know it will call them into greater accountability.
• Lots of people reject the word, because they know the word will hold them accountable.
• The scripture says…committed all judgment unto son… You are not judging them when you tell them to truth. The one riding the horse is called the word of God. It is not me judging you; it is the word of God.
• All of us has to go before the judgment. 2 Corinthians 5:10 says ¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
• Standing before the judgment scene
• This is not a trial, it is a judgment. The dead has already been condemned. This is the punishment phase.

Revelation 20:14-1514 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

• Death is a byproduct of the Devil. It comes in the world in Genesis 3. The moment Adam and Eve ate of the fruit, death came in.
• The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. Jesus said he came that we may have life and have it more abundantly.
• Death itself, which is a product of sin, is cast into the lake fire. The Devil caused us to make bad choices and those choices caused us to sin. Since the devil is gone, God says he needs death gone too.
• What about Hades? This is the place where the dead was, that didn’t know God. They knew they were at this place also called hell. Hades was cast also into the lake of fire.
• Hades is literally hell. Sheol, the Hebrew word for hell, was called the place of the dead. It is called the world beyond Sheol in the Greek. Imagine hell being cast into the lake of fire. Imagine living down here and having the choice born once of mother, die a natural death, end up right in hell, die again, and end up in lake of fire. Of course you can make the other choice; born of your mother, born again in Christ, and die only once. This is just moving from life to life. Can you imagine being in hell down here, and then turning around and dying again just to end up in the lake of fire? That’s just too much hell.
• The earth is being prepared. There is no more deception. Satan is in lake of fire along with Antichrist, the False Prophet, and those who followed them and refused to give their lives to God end up in the lake of fire. There are those reigning on the earth and the stage is being set for the final act. This is why God had to get sin, death, and devil out.

Behold I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but be changed in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye. When the corruptible shall put on incorruption and the mortal shall put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory. Oh death where is though sting? Grave where is thou victory? The sting of death is sin. The power of sin is the law, but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in work of Lord, because you labor is not in vain. Every tear you cried and all the stuff you dealt with and every time you turned the other check, God said it will be worth it when we get to the final act. Tell your neighbor it’s going to pay off. For everything you had to endure and all the times you kept trusting God and loving folk that didn’t like you, God says it will pay off.

Revelations 8 “The Fall of Babylon”, Bible study 08/24/11

Revelations 8

The Fall of Babylon

Synopsis of Bible Study 08/24/11

Delivered by Bishop Walker III

 

The Fall of Babylon (Chapters
17 – 18)

 

In preveious chapters, you see Babylon fall, but today in scripture, we
see the word Babylon mentioned more than 287
times. This is more times than any other city, except for Jerusalem. Babylon was a literal city on
the Euphrates River. Genesis 11:1-10
talks about the Tower of Babylon and is a good reference scripture. It is important to know that Babylon is the seed
that demonstrated organized hostility towards
God.

 

Babylon was also the empire that conquered
Judah. Babylon to the Jews was considered the essence of all evil. Babylon was the one that put the Judah into
captivity. You might recall President G.W. Bush called this whole area where
modern day Babylon is (which is Iraq) evil.
Babylon is associated with idolatry and blasphemy.
We will understand this more as we go through Chapters 17 and 18.

 

In John’s day, Babylon was viewed as
Rome. Today, as it relates to how they are mentioned in the bible, they will
be viewed as a representative of the world
system.

 

In Chapter 17, we will see the fall of Religious Babylon and in 18, we will see Commercial Babylon.

 

The fall of religious
Babylon – Chapter 17

 

1Revelation 17:1The Scarlet Woman and the
Scarlet Beast

1
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me,
saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits
on many waters,

• This is important because John saw something and one of the 7 angels
  would explain what he saw.

 

Revelation
17:2-6 says 2 with whom the
kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were
made drunk with the wine of her fornication.3 So he carried me away in the
Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which
was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman
was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones
and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the
filthiness of her fornication. 5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6
I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the
martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

John
sees:

• The great harlot- According to religous history and legend, Nimrod of Babylon
  was the one that found it. Samurais gave birth to a son. She claimed that this son
  was born miraculously. This predates Tammuz
  Christianity. Tammuz was considered a savoir. He was kiled by a wild beast and
  brought back to life, so when scripture refers to Baal, it was referring to Tammuz.
  Ezekiel
  8:14 says 14 So He brought me to the
  door of the north gate of the Lord’s house;
  and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.-They were weeping for this product of idoltry. This harlot sits on
  many waters and presides over many nations. She has international appeal.
• When you see fornication mentioned, we are talking about idolatry.

• John saw a woman sitting
  on the scarlet (red) beast with seven heads and 10 horns. The woman is riding
  the Antichrist. This means she
  is supported by the political power
  of the beast, but on the other hand, she serves the dominate role, because
  she controls the best.
• She has the garments
  which are emblems of luxury such as garments of purple along with precious
  stones. She also is wearing Scarlet or red which represents government.
• She also has office
  idolatries which is abominations of impurity.
• She has filthiness and
  fornication.
• Remember that the purple
  she wore was a rare fabric- In Acts
  16 you will run across the woman that was selling these garments.
• Written on her forehead
  were these names. What is important of historical note is that Roman prostitutes wore their name
  on their headband.
• Let’s compare the woman
  of Revelation 12 with the woman that John saw in Revelation 17:

 

 

Revelation
12 woman

• Mother of the
  man-child (this was the child that was caught up to the throne of God soon
  after birth)
• Dressed in
  heavenly glories.
• She is
  influential, because the moon is under her feet
• Attacked by Satan
• Revelation 17 woman
  • Mother of harlots
  • Dressed in
    worldly splendor
  • Over earthly
    kings
  • Attacked by kings

 

• These two women tough related, are opposites
  and rivals. The Antichrist corresponds to Christ as a rival. Great Babylon
  corresponds with woman that bears the man child as her rival and antagonist. The title is not for literal Babylon. The
  title is mystery; it is the source of all spiritual
  idolatry.
• This woman is the abomination of Satan’s
  economical movement. It is the religion of the world system: This is
  what Religious Babylon is. It is the religion of the world system.
• Religious Babylon:
  • They believe it doesn’t
    matter what you believe as long as you believe
    its philosophy is right for this seduction. This is what is crippling our
    churches today.
  • They think it is ok as long
    as you are positive. We often want somebody to stroke us and pacify us and not
    ruffle any feathers. Often we have the position of letting the crowd be big as it
    can get as long as it feels good.
  • It dilutes the essence of
    the gospel to make it fit into the world
    system. It is the act of wanting the world
    to like us.
• The bible says she was drunk with the blood of the saints. This means she
  not only persecuted the saints, she partied over their persecution.
• John says he saw this false church and marveled over it. False religion
  makes people skeptical of the real thing.
  False Religion is the biggest enemy of the church.

 

Revelation 17:7 The Meaning of the Woman and
the Beast

7 But the angel said
to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the
beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

• This angel says they are going to tell John about this woman.
• The fact that she rode the beast is significant. Any tyrant you have
  ever seen has always used religion to fulfill its purposes. If you need an
  example, just take a look at Libya today.

 

Revelation 17:8-9 says 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of
the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will
marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of
the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9 Here is
the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the
woman sits.

• The 7 mountains are probably referencing John’s day. In his day, the 7
  mountains in Rome sat on 7 hills. The Greek translation of that meant 7
  mountains. This probably represents 7 kings and kingdoms that are described in Revelation 17:10 (found next).

Revelation 17:10 says 10 There
are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come.
And when he comes, he must continue a short time.

• The five that have fallen – These are the five world empires before
  John’s day. They are:
  • 5 have fallen- Egypt,
    Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece
• The one – Refers to Rome. The greatest power in John’s day was Rome.
• Yet to come- Refers to the revival of the Roman Empire.
• When he comes it will be a short time- This 7^th king will be
  taken over by the 8^th and he will become the state of the Antichrist,
  identified as the 8th king.

 

Revelation 17:11 says 11 The
beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven,
and is going to perdition.

• The beast of the Antichrist is clearly identified as the 8^th
  king.
• This beast is of the 7^th in the fact that he shares characteristics of all the world empires
  that have gone, but his fate is clear. It is that of perdition meaning he will be
  destroyed.

 

Revelation
17:12-15
says 12 The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom
as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13
These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the
beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them,
for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are
called, chosen, and faithful. 15 Then he said to me, The waters which you saw,
where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

• These 10 kings refer to the ten nation confederation that is referred
  to in Daniel 2:24-45. – They have one
  mind and give authority and power to the beast. They align themselves with the
  Antichrist and war with Christ, but they will war with the antichrist. They
  will be overcome, because God is Lord of lord and King and kings.
• Scripture says the harlot presides over people, multitudes, nations,
  and tongues- Her influence is worldwide
  and multicultural. It is a one world
  religion.

 

Revelation 17:16 says 16 And the ten horns
which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and
naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

• The 10 horns will hate the harlot-She has been riding
  them, but now they are going to turn on her. The antichrist will not tolerate any
  worship accept worship of himself. Remember
  when the devil got tired and wanted the worship to go to him? After seeing the
  people admiring the woman, he wants the praise and attention to go to himself
  and therefore kills the woman ( the harlot) the son of perdition, the one who
  opposes. 2
  Thessalonians 2:3-4 explains ³Let
  no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come
  a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; ⁴Who
  opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
  worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
  that he is God. – What this is really is the Spirit of
  religious Babylon. It is the spirit of selfishness that says, “Nobody’s
  church but mines.”
• This spirit wants you to believe that if you don’t
  belong to our church, you won’t go to heaven. They ought to just be happy that
  you are in church.
• This church wants to raise up its on religious system.

 

Revelation 17:17 says 17 For God has put it
into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their
kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

• God put it into their hearts to fulfill his purpose- God ordained the
  political support of these 10 kings for the Antichrist. In doing so, God gave
  the whole world exactly what they wanted which is godless religion and godless rulers.
• Imagine, religious Babylon starts living this way, godless religion and
  godless rulers. You can’t tell the difference between the church and world and you got a political system where the right has
  gone too far, the left has not gone far enough, and the tea party has gone coo
  coo for coco puffs. As a result, you just don’t know where people are. You
  can’t mix the two, because they all need to examine their own reality and get
  back to what God says.

 

Revelation 17:18 says 18 And the woman whom
you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.

• She reigns over the kings of the earth- Galatians 4:6 says 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth
  the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, Abba, Father!who reigngsn
  over you.
• Religious Babylon- This is the church that dilutes its authority in
  order to have appeal to the world and be accepted. As a result, they forget
  what God really said. We were never supposed to conform to this world. We were really supposed to be transferred by
  the renewing of our mind that we might prove what that good and acceptable
  perfect will of God. There is a religious world system that has swept our
  nation and watered down the word.

The Fall of Commercial
Babylon -Chapter 18

Be warned that this is going to hurt!

 

Commercial Babylon

Commercial Babylon is similar to Religious Babylon in this sense:

• Both are under the rule of the Antichrist.
• Both have ruling queens.
• Both are filled with blaspheme.
• Both hate the saints.
• Both shed their blood.
• Both associated with the kings in fornication.
• Both are under judgment and are destroyed.

 

• Religious Babylon is called the “Is
  Mystery Babylon.”
  • Commercial Babylon is called
    the Great Babylon.
  • Religious Babylon’s symbol is a Harlot woman.
    • The City of the Commercial
      Babylon will be a great city
    • Religious Babylon will be identified with Rome.
      • Commercial Babylon will be
        identified by a port city.
      • Religious Babylon will be a whore and mother.
        • Commercial Babylon will be habitation
          great city, the great market place
        • Religious Babylon will be guilty religious abominations
          • Commercial Babylon will be guilty
            of greed and self indulgence.
          • Religious Babylon will be destroyed by political power that previously
            supported her.
          • Commercial Babylon will be
            destroyed by a sudden act of God.
          • Commercial Babylon is
            symbolic and it will be judged. John
            15:18-19 says ¹⁸If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it
            hated you. ¹⁹If ye were of the world, the world would love his own:
            but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
            therefore the world hateth you.- We trip because we have haters, but this scripture says we will have
            haters because he chose us.

 

Chapter 18 – The Fall of
Babylon the Great

 

Revelation 18:1-3 says 1 After these things I saw
another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth
was illuminated with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice,
saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place
of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and
hated bird! 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and
the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her
luxury.

• This city became a dwelling place of demons. This is absolute desolation, where the proud achievements
  of men have become a waste land of demonic
  habitation.
• Babylon’s sin is not only idolatry as referred to in her current fornication,
  but it is also pride, greed selfishly held, and wealth.
• Know that God wants you to be blessed God, but he wants you to know you
  are a steward of it and not the owner.
  If you view it as an owner, you will fall into the world’s Commercial Babylon. When you see it as a steward, you realize that
  God blessed you with it, and you will therefore let God govern how you use it.
  You will let His word tell you how you should use it. When you find yourself
  dismissing what God says do with it, you find yourself dismissing what God says
  do with it, and as a result you will fall victim to commercial Babylon.

 

Revelation 18:4–5 says 4 And I heard another voice
from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and
lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God
has remembered her iniquities.

• These sins have crept into our lives by materialistic lure that pulls
  us all in. They are materialism and
  vanity. It is a spirit or culture that sweeps and into our community. Isaiah 52:11 says 11 Depart! Depart! Go
  out from there, Touch no unclean thing;Go out from the midst of her, Be clean,You
  who bear the vessels of the Lord., Jeremiah
  50:8 says 8 Move from the midst of Babylon, Go out of the land of the
  Chaldeans; And be like the rams before the flocks., Jeremiah 51:45 says 45 My people, go out of the midst of her! And
  let everyone deliver himself from the fierce anger of the Lord., 2 Corinthians 6:14 says 14 Do not be
  unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has
  righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? Ephesians 5:11 says 11 And have no
  fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

 

Revelation 18:6-8 says 6 Render to her just
as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup
which she has mixed, mix double for her. 7 In the measure that she glorified
herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow;
for she says in her heart, I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see
sorrow. 8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and
famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God
who judges her.

• The ancient Greek word for render is 591.
  apodidomi ap-od-eed’-o-mee
  from 575 and 1325
  which means to pay debt or to give back what is due. God will give commercial Babylon
  exactly what she deserves for all that she has done. A good reference scripture
  is Exodus 22:4-9. It tells where a
  thief stole and double had to be given back.
• Babylon has a 3 fold sin:
  • Self indulgence- She lived luxuriously. God has no problem with this, but this spirit
    was so consumed with herself (Commercial Babylon). She only thinks of herself. We
    were meant to channel blessings and not keep them for ourselves. Blessings were
    meant to flow; else they with sit, get stagnant, and start to stink.
  • Pride-
    She is arrogant. She says she sits like a queen. People who set up and think because
    they make a certain amount of money, they are more important than you. God isn’t
    concerned about any of this. We might live what you live, or drive what you
    have, or have what you have, but God has his hand on us too. This spirit puts isms in the church, the main one being classism. This is something that happens
    in churches today and will not be allowed in this Ministry (meaning Mt Zion).
  • Avoidance of suffering- There is a theory that says if you live right; you
    will not have any suffering. This theology is not true. The bible says man born
    of a woman is but a few days of trouble.
    If you think about it, some storms have gotten the mess right out of our lives
    and made us stronger.

Commercial Babylon destroyed- One day God will send a plague to Commercial
Babylon and it will be burned with fire.

 

Revelation 18:9-10 – The
World Mourns Babylon’s fall

9 The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived
luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of
her burning, 10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, Alas,
alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment
has come.

• In one hour it all came tumbling down.

 

Revelation 18:11-16 says 11 And the merchants
of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise
anymore: 12 merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine
linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of
object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and
marble; 13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and
oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies
and souls of men. 14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and
all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall
find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by
her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16
and saying, Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple,
and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! (Bishop
jokingly includes in this list Gucci and Prada)

• All the things that it took people years to build up will be gone in
  one hour.
• Commercial Babylon became rich because it used other poeple. Commercial
  exploits people for its own gain.

 

Revelation 18:17-20 says 17 For in one hour
such great riches came to nothing. Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship,
sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 and cried out
when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What is like this great city? 19
They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying,
Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich
by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate. 20 Rejoice over her, O
heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!

• International trade- God has avenged her for you. We don’t rejoice when
  judgment comes, we just rejoice when the righteous
  resolution of God’s judgment comes.

 

Revelation 18:21 – Finality
of Babylon’s Fall

21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw
it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be
thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.

• This is part of Jeremiah
  instructions were to Seraiah found in Jeremiah
  51:61-64 where it says 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you
  arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words, 62 then you shall
  say, O Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that
  none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate
  forever. 63 Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book,
  that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates. 64
  Then you shall say, Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the
  catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary. Thus far
  are the words of Jeremiah. Jesus declared this in Matthew 18:6 which says 6But whoso shall offend one of these
  little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone
  were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the
  sea.

• The great city of Babylon will be thrown down. One day this great
  system will be thrown away.

 

Revelation 18:22 says 22 The sound of
harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you
anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound
of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore.

• All the businesses is going to stop.

 

Revelation 18:23-24 says

23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of
bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were
the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were
slain on the earth.

• Commercial Babylon is that world system that can make you so consumed
  with stuff that you forget where the stuff came from. It makes the stuff the
  idol and turns you away from God. It will make you not think twice about the $200
  pair of shoes you want and make you bat an eye if they ask you to sow 100 in
  church. Commercial Babylon wants you to put value on it, because it puts value
  on you. Suddenly you look in the closet and there is stuff you can’t even pay
  for or wear anymore. Drug dealers fight for money. God wants you to be blessed,
  but you are not appropriating the
  blessing. What does it prophet a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?
  It will make you think God and the church is trying to get from you, when it is
  robbing you itself. You have no idea how blessed you will be if you do it God’s
  way. If you do it commercial Babylon’s way, it has become an idol.
• Commercial Babylon has become an idol and produced people and even religious
  leaders that chase money and success. Religous Babylon has fallen. This word is
  still right, yet somebody is wrong. God wants you to have nice cars and houses,
  but if it becomes your idol, you lose
  it all and you will lose your mind. If God is your source, if you lose it all,
  you will give God the glory. He can
  give us double for our trouble. Look and tell somebody that God is going to
  restore you!

Revelation 7, Bible Study 08/17/11

Revelation 7

Synopsis of Bible Study 08/17/11

Delivered by
Bishop Walker III

Remember we
left off last week talking about the beast
and the dragon. The Dragon of
course was the devil and the first beast to come out of the sea
was the Antichrist. The 2^nd
beast we see now comes out of Chapter l3, which we are getting ready to see
right now.

Revelation
13:11 says ¹¹And I beheld another beast coming up out of the
earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.

1. This beast is interesting. It has to
   horns like a lamb. The two horns will represent that the beast has
   authority in two realms which are the religious
   and political realm.
2. When he spoke, it was like that of a dragon. This beast
   is called the false prophet.

Revelation 13:12-14 says ¹²And he
exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him; and he causeth the
earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed. ¹³And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.¹⁴And he
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by means of those miracles which he had
power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth
that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword and
lived.

1. This beast’s responsibility is to exercise
   all authority of the first beast in the presence of the first beast. He
   causes all the people on the earth to worship the first beast, the Antichrist
   who’s deadly wound was healed, and he performed great signs (like making
   fire come down from heaven) which was used to deceive the inhabitants of
   the earth.
2. He told those who dwelt on the earth to
   make an image of the first beast.

Revelation 13:15 says ¹⁵And he
had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak and cause to be killed as many as would not worship the image
of the beast.

1. What we see is this
   false prophet giving adoration to the Antichrist. He encourages those on
   the earth to worship the first beast. He is like the cheerleader for the Antichrist.
2. He encourages the
   inhabitants on the earth to make a statue or idol of the first beast. He
   actually causes signs and wonders take place. Jesus says there will be
   great signs and wonders, but this would not be of him. This false prophet will be a great deceiver. Everyone doing
   signs and wonders is not of the Lord.
3. There are amazing
   consequences to those who would not worship the beast. If you go back to
   the beginning of time, before the fall, Lucifer was God’s worship leader.
   When he got tired of the worship going to God, the Dragon was cast out of
   heaven and took a third of the stars (angels) with him who became fallen angels. They were kicked out of the
   heavenly host, because they wanted worship shared. God will not share his
   glory with anyone. The antichrist now desires
   to be worshipped. That is what this False Prophet on earth will do. He
   will make those think they are worshipping God, but they will worshipping the
   Antichrist. Those that do not worship the Antichrist will have great
   consequences as a result of not worshipping the Antichrist.

Revelation 13:16 – 17says ¹⁶And
he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive
a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, ¹⁷that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark or
the name of the beast or the number of his name.

1. Followers of the
   False Prophet. They will have a mark on head or hand. Without it, they can’t
   buy our sell.
2. This mark will impact
   the economy, because in that day, you will see that no one can participate
   in the world’s economy without this mark.

Revelation 13:18 says ¹⁸Here is
wisdom: Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast, for it
is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six.

1. We know the number
   man is 6, because he made man on the 6th day.
2. There are a lot of hypothesis
   about what the 666 really means. There are a lot of people throughout
   history like Hitler and Ronald Reagan that people thought could be the
   Antichrist. After all, this beast would have authority and come to a political position.
3. Some even try to use
   the number of letters in person’s name to justify this. Some people tried
   to say President Ronald Reagan was
   the Antichrist, because there were 6 letters to his first, middle, and
   last name. Now we know Ronald Reagan was not the Antichrist. 6 letters in
   your name don’t make you an antichrist. If that were the case, then Bishop Walker would be the
   Antichrist. There are six letters to his first, middle, and last name
   (Joseph Warren Walker).
4. Some ways people try
   to come up with this 666 formula:
5. The number 12, the
   square root of 144, is God’s number. 25 is the square root of the
   Antichrist number. By this, we find out the Antichrist will be a political
   body that would affect the number 15 just as much as God and his church
   affect the number 12. Ex- God
   did a lot with the number 12 such as the 12 tribes of Isreal, 12
   disciples, Gen 12 God gave Abraham the promise, the woman with the issue
   of blood was sick for 12 years. Jesus began his ministry at the age of 12.
   12 is a powerful number
6. Others say if you
   take the 6 roman numbers I=1 V=5
   X=10 L=50 C=100 D=500. You can add them up and get the number 666.
7. They say if you add
   the letters in “Jesus” using Greek letters, you end up with 888.
8. 666 is a satanic
   counterpart to 888 falling just short of the perfect number 777.
9. Some people suggest
   in 1 Kings 10:14 that King Solomon received a yearly wage of 666 talents
   of gold. They suggest that the Anitchrist will be someone like Solomon who
   was a good man who turned corrupt.
10. One thing we can
    really extract from this is that the Antichrist is an imitation. 666 is
    always imitation. When you know
    the real thing, you know the counterfeit. If you are not sure what is
    real, you are easily persuaded or deceived by the counterfeit. A person
    that really knows jewelry or clothes can look at something and tell if it
    is real or not. Just like this, a person that really knows Christ, can try the spriit by the spirit. One
    of the greatstest compliments Bishop ever received was a Profession Actor who
    said to Bishop, “I know acting when I see it and I want to thank you for
    being the real thing. “ This antichrist is not the real thing.
11. Know that you have to
    know Jesus for yourself, because there will be many deceivers that will
    come.
12. To recap, we just saw
    beast come out of the land and he was the False Prophet that promoted the
    Antichrist. He tries to get every to worship the dragon who was the devil.
    And those who refuse will be killed.

 

Chapter 14

Revelation 14:1 says ¹And I looked and lo, a Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with
Him a hundred forty and four thousand, having His Father’s name written in
their foreheads.

1. There were a 144,000
   reedemed during the tribulation. They had their fathers name in their
   forehead. What is the father’s name some may ask? Bishop Walker takes a
   stab at it by saying the only name that we can think of that runs consistently
   through tthe bible is “I am
   that I am” . In Hebrew it means, I will be who I will be.

Revelations 14:2 says ²And I
heard a voice from Heaven as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a
great thunder, and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. ³And
they sang, as it were, a new song before the throne, and before the four living
beings and the elders; and no man could learn that song, except the hundred and
forty and four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

1. You have these who
   were redeemed from the earth which means they will not suffer the tribulation. They have accepted Christ
   and they are with him at Mount Zion.
   Mt Zion is an ancient name for the hill that makes up Jerusalem is the
   place where the Messiah will gather the remnant and reigns over the earth
   along with those who have their father’s name in their foreheads. Psalm 48 talks about this when it says¹Great
   is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, on the
   mountain of His holiness. ²Beautiful in situation, the joy of
   the whole earth is Mount Zion; on the sides of the north, the city of the
   great King., Isaiah 24:23 when it says²³Then the
   moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall
   reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem and before His elders gloriously., Joel
   2:32 when it says³²And it shall come to pass, that
   whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in
   Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said,
   and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call., Obadiah 1:17 where it
   says¹⁷“But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and
   there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their
   possessions., Obadiah 1:21 says ²¹And saviors shall come
   up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the
   LORD’S., Micah 4:1 where it says¹But
   in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of
   the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains; and it shall be
   exalted above the hills, and people shall flow unto it., and Micah
   4:7 where it says⁷And I will make her that is halt a
   remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation; and the LORD shall
   reign over them in Mount Zion from hence forth, even for ever.
2. This 144,000 who had
   been redeemed had heard a voice like running water and loud thunder. It
   was the voice of God. If you remember in Revelations 1:5, God often spoke
   and it was like thunder and many waters. Remember Matthew 25:21where it says ²¹His
   lord said unto him, `Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast
   been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things.
   Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.’-We believe this is the
   fulfillment of the word that the Lord gives. This was an approval for
   faithful servants.
3. Harpist was playing. Remember
   the elders in Revelations 5:8 had harps.
4. The 144,000 sung a
   unique song. Their praise brought them into the presence of God before the
   throne. Our praise and worship transports us to heavenly places.

Revelations 14:4-5 says
⁴These are they that were not defiled with women, for they are
virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were
redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.⁵And
in their mouth was found no guile, for they are without fault before the throne
of God.

1. Virgin deals with
   purity. They were not defiled by idoltry. Israel throughout scripture is consistently
   referred to as the virgin. For
   Example: In 2 Kings 19:21 it says²¹This is the word
   that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: “The virgin, the daughter of
   Zion, hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of
   Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. –
   Israel is called the virgin daughter of Zion., Isaiah 37:22 says ²²this
   is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him: `The virgin, the
   daughter of Zion, hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the
   daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.- Again called the
   virgin daughter of Zion. Lamentations 2:13 says ¹³What
   thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I liken to thee,
   O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort
   thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea. Who
   can heal thee? – Again called the virgin daughter of Zion. Jeremiah 18:13 says¹³Therefore
   thus saith the LORD: “Ask ye now among the heathen: Who hath heard
   such things? The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. – Here
   she is called virgin of Israel. – All of these scriptures refer to Israel
   as a virgin or undefiled and pure. It means
   following God without being tainted by idolatry or going the wrong way.
   These are redeemed.

Revelation 14.6-7 says ⁶And I saw
another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to
preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation and kindred, and
tongue and people, ⁷saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and
give glory to Him, for the hour of His Judgment is come. Worship Him that made
heaven and earth, and the sea and the fountains of waters.”

1. This angel flies through.
   The 144,000 has been redeemed and the church has already been caught up.
   The only people left on the earth are those who are damned or those who are condemned to judgment. The angel flies
   though and says, “You better give God glory whether you are a sinner,
   cynical, or atheist.” The angel preached to earth saying judgment has come!
   Everyone regardless of your belief will one day have to declare that He is King of kings. It is hard for
   some people to believe in the story of Christ. You don’t have to, but know
   that Paul says in Philippians 2:9-11⁹Therefore
   God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above
   every name, ¹⁰that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
   of things in Heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, ¹¹and
   that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
   of God the Father. – In the end, even the dragon will have to bow down. You
   might as well get your practice in now.

Revelation 14.8 says ⁸And there followed another angel, saying, “Babylon is
fallen! Fallen is that great city, because she made all nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication.”

1. Babylon was the
   nation that made them drink the wine of wrath and fornication. God was faithful to them, and they kept
   cheating with idols. Prophetically Babylon always refers to a literal city, a religious system, or
   political system. What this angel is saying is Babylon is going to
   fall. Babylon represents the things
   that people had been investing in and position of thinking was going to
   stay forever.

Revelation 14: 9-11 says ⁹And the
third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If any man worship
the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, ¹⁰the
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out unmixed
into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹And
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever; and they have no
rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth
the mark of his name.”

1. Those who received
   this image 666 on their forehead will drink of the wine of the wrath of God and the cup of
   indignation. Can you imagine the full strength of the wrath of God?  Ex-
   On the weather channel one day, Bishop says he heard someone say that an F5
   tornado is the worst type of tornado to go through. They said in
   comparison that an F5 tornado is like just one finger of God. Knowing
   this, just imagine if God would release his whole strength on the earth.
2. The cup of indignation-
   The wrath of God is called the cup of indignation. More than 13 times in
   the bible, we see this cup of
   judgment. We see it in Psalm
   75:8 which says ⁸For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the
   wine is red and fully mixed; and He poureth out the same. But as for the
   dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink
   them., and we see it in

Jeremiah 25:15 which says ¹⁵For thus
saith the LORD God of Israel unto me: “Take the wine cup of this fury at
My hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it. The most
powerful and prolific one is this; Matthew 26:39 says ³⁹And
He went a little farther, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “O My
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I
will, but as Thou wilt.”-Jesus loved us so much; he took the wrath of God
upon himself. Jesus took for us, a cup they we deserved and some folk don’t
think anything about it.

1. Indignation really
   comes from the Greek word 3709. orge or-gay’ from
   3713 which means settled disposition.
2. Smoke from their
   torment ascends forever and ever. They have no rest day or night.

Revelations 14:12 – 13says ¹²Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep
the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. ¹³And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying unto me,
“Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth.’”
“Yea,” saith the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors,
and their works do follow them.”

1. When we are saved and
   know the Lord, we put death in perspective. When saints die, it is not a
   final act. They are really more blessed than living. They will be the
   first caught up during the rapture.
2. They rest
   from their labor and their works follow them.

Revelation
14:14 says ¹⁴And I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and upon the cloud
sat one like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden crown and in his
hand a sharp sickle.

1. This is about the
   harvest in the earth.
2. The last time we saw
   Jesus, he had a crown of thorns. This time his has a golden crown on his
   head and a sickle used for harvest.

Revelation
14:15 – 16says ¹⁵And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud
voice to him that sat on the cloud, “Thrust in thy sickle and reap; for
the time has come for thee to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
¹⁶And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth,
and the earth was reaped.

1. We see this word reap
   and we think of it as a positive think. It really is about something being
   overripe as in a dry crop. God
   doesn’t rush to judgment. He keeps saying alright, alright, ok, alright,
   ok, and then finally “that’s enough!”

Revelation 14:17-20
says ¹⁷And another angel came out of the temple which is in Heaven,
he also having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸And another angel came out from the
altar, who had power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him that had the
sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters
of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” ¹⁹And
the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the
earth, and cast it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. ²⁰And
the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the wine
press, even unto the horse bridles, for the space of a thousand and six hundred
furlongs.

1. All this means is the wrath of God
   trampled on the people of God like grapes
   being crushed.

Revelation 15

Revelation
15:1 ¹And I saw another sign in Heaven, great and marvelous: seven
angels holding the seven last plagues, for in them is filled up the wrath of
God.

1. Here 7 last angels
   have 7 last plagues. Within them, the wrath of God is complete after this.
2. We are about to the
   see the complete wrath of God.

Revelation 15:2 ²And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire, and
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over
his mark, and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass and
having the harps of God.

1. Remember in Revelation
   4, we told you what the sea of glass was and we told you it was at the
   throne of God? We are at the throne of God at this time, because we have
   been redeemed, because we are saved.

Revelation 15:3 ³And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the
song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God
Almighty! Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints!

1. All those that
   resisted the beast were singing a song while the wrath of God is about to
   be poured out onto the earth. The redeemed are at the throne singing God’s
   praises.

Revelation
15:4 ⁴Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? For
Thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and worship before Thee, for Thy
judgments are made manifest.”

1. This is the song of Moses
   and the song of the Lamb.
2. The two titles of
   this song refer to the perfect union between old and new covenant or the
   Old and New Testament.
1. They are
   singing about:
2. God’s
   works
3. God’s
   ways
4. God’s
   worthiness
5. God’s worship
3. If you really look
   at this song, how many times do you see you or your? This means that this glory has nothing to do with
   us; it has all to do with God.

Revelation
15:5 ⁵And after that I looked, and behold, the temple of the
tabernacle of the testimony in Heaven was opened; ⁶and the seven
angels, having the seven plagues, came out of the temple, clothed in pure and
white linen and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

1. Out of this temple, there
   came 7 angels who had 7 plagues.
2. They were clothed with
   pure white linen and their chest was girded with golden bands. Remember their chest grided with gold bands is
   to remind us God’s judgment is righteousness.

Revelation
15: 7⁷And one of the four living beings gave unto the seven angels
seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

1. When we talk about the
   bowls or vials (depending on translation), we are not talking about fruit
   or cereal bowls. It is more like a shield turned upside down.
2. Remember the 4 beasts
   represent the 4 gospels. They
   gave the angels the vials (or bowls) filled with God’s wrath.

Revelation
15:8 ⁸And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God
and from His power, and no man was able to enter into the temple till the seven
plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

1. No one was able to enter the temple with plagues.
2. Praise and worship brought
   in the glory and smoke and once it happened, we mov/ to chapter 16.

 

Chapter 16

Revelation 16:1 says ¹And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the
seven angels, “Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God
upon the earth.”

• And so God’s wrath begins …

1. First
   bowl- Sores that would never heal-
   Revelation 16:2 ²And
   the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a
   noisome and grievous sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast and
   upon them that worshiped his image.
2. 2^nd
   bowl – Blood of a dead man in the sea-Revelation 16.3 ³And
   the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the
   blood of a dead man, and every living soul died in the sea.

• Remember in Revelation 8, there was only
  partial contamination that took place, but now there will be complete contamination, because this is
  the complete wrath of God.
• Remember in Genesis, God created
  everything in perfect order. He put the grass there before the cows, so they
  could eat it for example. He didn’t make man and say oops, he is going to be
  thirsty. He did everything in perfect
  order so man would have all that he needed.
• Now all the water is contaminated
• Revelation 16:5-7 ⁵And I heard the angel of the waters say, “Thou art
  righteous, O Lord, who art, and wast, and shall be, because Thou hast judged
  thus; ⁶for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and Thou
  hast given them blood to drink, for they are worthy.” And I heard another
  out of the altar say, “Even so, Lord God Almighty; true and righteous are
  Thy judgments.” -Those who had caused the death of God’s prophets and
  those who martyred the saints now have to drink the blood that they caused. Be
  careful how you handle God’s anointed. The bible says vengeance is mines said
  the Lrod.
• They
  were scorched, but didn’t die.
• They
  cursed God the whole time, even though God had the power and did not repent.
• They beast and his kingdom blasphemed God because
  of pain. They gnawed their tongue and teeth.
  Remember in Exodus 10 God made darkness come, because Pharaoh would not let his
  people go. Judgment may produce carnal
  repentance which is of the flesh. In this type of repentance, the heart
  remains the same. It is only an outward
  show of repentance. The iron is cast into another image, but it never turns
  to gold for example. Carnal repentance is caused by fear. It is a repentance caused by the fear of the consequence. Doesn’t
  every murderer repent when he is about to be hung? When you can repent even
  when God condemns you, this is real
  repentance. It is taking responsibility for what you have done and agreeing
  not to do it anymore.
• This is the great day of the Battle of the Lord.
• There are 3 important battles
  mentioned in prophecy.
  • The battle of Gog and Magog- The allies came against Israel
    in Ezekiel 38 and 39.
  • The
    battle of Armageddon- This is when the Antichrist leads that world system
    against Christ himself.
  • Final
    Battle- When Satan and his allies, after the 1000 millennia reign, make war
    against God.
• The
  reason why verse 14 says the great day of God almighty is because the winner of
  the Battle of Armageddon, the great Day of God, is God.
• Verse
  15 says he comes as a thief. A thief does not announce when he is coming.
  Garments are pictures of spiritual riotousness. Remember in Galatians 3:27
  which says²⁷For as many of you as have been baptized into
  Christ, have put on Christ. – Here God reminds us to have spiritual garments. Remember Ephesians 4 reminds us to put on holiness. Remember in Genesis 3:7 which says⁷And the
  eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed
  fig leaves together, and made themselves things to gird about. – Adam and Eve
  were naked and they tried to cover themselves, because of their sins. Isaiah 64:6 says ⁶But
  we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
  and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us
  away.- God reminds us that our righteousness is like filthy rags in his sight.
• Armageddon or Megiddo is a literally region.
  Many battles of ancient times were fought here in this valley: In Judges
  5:19 which says ¹⁹“The kings came and fought; then fought
  the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of
  money.- Deborah defeats Sisera In Judges 7, Gideon defeated the Midianites (Judges 7:24 – 25 ²⁴And Gideon
  sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim, saying, “Come down against
  the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and the
  Jordan.” Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and
  took the waters unto Bethbarah and the Jordan. ²⁵And they took two
  princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock of
  Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and
  brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan. Pharaoh
  defeated Josiah in 2 Kings 23:29 which says ²⁹In his days
  Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up together with the king of Assyria to the
  River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaohnechoh slew
  Josiah at Megiddo when he had seen him.). Judges 7 guide over the midianites
  and 2 Chronicles 35:22 which says²²Nevertheless Josiah would
  not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with
  him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came
  to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.
• Also it is a place of end time morning. Zechariah
  12:11 ¹¹“In that day shall there be a great mourning in
  Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddo.-
• The city was divided into 3 parts.
• The mountains were not found.
• Hail fell upon men in a great hail storm. The
  hail stones will be about 100 pounds.
• God stretched the scene out. First there were
  the seals, the trumpets, and then the bowls. There will be no more judgments
  after this.
• The waters dried up. We saw 3 unclean spirits
  came out of the mouth of the beast looking like frogs.
• From the throne of God comes the announcement
  that it is done!
• God stretched this scene of mercy out. He gave
  us his mercy. It was the seals, then the trumpets, and then the bowls. There
  will be no judgements on the earth after this. It is done.
• Notice
  where the 7^th angel pours out his bowl. It is over the air. Ephesians
  2:2 declares this about the devil; ²wherein in times past ye
  walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the
  power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
  -The devil was called the prince and
  power of the air. This bowl then will be poured out where this devil reigned.
• When
  the earthquake comes, it is like one never seen before. Hebrews 12:26 says ²⁶whose
  voice then shook the earth. But now He hath promised, saying, “Yet once
  more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.” -  God will shake earth and heaven. When the hail
  comes down it will be like the weight of a talent weighing up 100lbs. Men will blaspheme
  God because of this hail.

3. 3^rd bowl- The freshwater becomes blood. Revelation 16.4 ⁴And
   the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of
   waters; and they became blood.

4. 4th bowl- The sun scorches mankind
   - Revelations 16:8 ⁸And
   the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given
   unto him to scorch men with fire. ⁹And men were scorched with
   great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these
   plagues; and they repented not to give Him glory.

5. 5th bowl- Attack against the beast and
   his government- Revelation 16: 10-11 ¹⁰And
   the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his
   kingdom was full of darkness, and they gnawed their tongues from pain; ¹¹and
   they blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores,
   and repented not of their deeds.

6. 6th bowl- Armies gather for the great
   battle- Revelation 16:12-16 ¹²And
   the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and
   the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east
   might be prepared. ¹³And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs
   come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast,
   and out of the mouth of the false prophet. ¹⁴For they are the
   spirits of devils working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the
   earth and of the whole world to gather them for the battle of that great
   Day of God Almighty. ¹⁵“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed
   is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they
   see his shame.” ¹⁶And he gathered them together at a place
   called in the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon.

7. 7th bowl – Final Judgment – The
   seven angels poured the bowl into the air (there was great earthquake. Revelation
   16:17 -22¹⁷And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air;
   and there came a great voice out of the temple of Heaven from the throne,
   saying, “IT IS DONE!” ¹⁸And there were voices and
   thunders and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as has not
   been since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great. ¹⁹And
   the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations
   fell, and great Babylon came to remembrance before God, to give unto her
   the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. ²⁰And every
   island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ²¹And there
   fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of
   a talent. And men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for
   the plague thereof was exceeding great.

Chapter 16 is often referred to as the Great Chapter,
because it describes:

• A great evil
• A great city
• Great  Babylon
• Great tools of
  judgment
• Great heat
• Great river that
  dried up
• The Great earthquake
• Great hail
• Great plagues.

What it really shows is if we you are saved, we serve
a great God!