REVELATION 12-13 // THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH // VISION LB

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LAST WEEK

We looked at the interlude between the 6th & 7th Trumpet.

We saw John eat a book that was sweet to his lips, but bitter to his stomach.

We also saw the two witnesses who were killed for their testimony.

Who laid dead in the middle of the street for all to see

Who were revived by the breath of God

Who brought fear to everyone who witnessed this miraculous event.

We also heard the 7th Trumpet blown

The Kingdoms of this world were handed over to the Father and His Christ

The 24 Elders fell down in worship

The Temple of God was opened

The Ark of the Covenant was visible

There were Natural Events that cosigned everything that was going on in Heaven

THIS WEEK

We are going to get a little summary of Biblical World History.

Mostly Bad Guys and a Girl

We are going to look at some things that involve Satan and the Church

We will be introduced to what scholars call the “UnHoly Trinity”.

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Revelation 12–13 NKJV

1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. 7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” 13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” 5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth—by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

PRAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE UNDERSTANDING

PRAY THAT WOULD SEE THE VALUE IN OUR CALLING AS CHRISTIANS TODAY

PRAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE A HIGH VALUE OF JESUS

Rev 12:1-

Revelation 12:1–6 NKJV

WHO IS THIS WOMAN?

ANY GUESSES?

WHO IS THIS SPEAKING OF?

WHAT DO WE KNOW?

She is a woman clothed with the sun

The moon is under her feet

On her head, she had a garland with 12 stars

She was with child

She was in labor and in pain to give birth, aka contractions.

THEN JOHN SAW ANOTHER SIGN IN HEAVEN

A great and fiery dragon

Having 7 Heads, 10 Horns, 7 Diadems on his head

His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven

And threw them to the earth.

Is this painting a picture for you yet?

What else did this Dragon do?

The Dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth

For what?

To devour the child as soon as it was born

By the Grace of God

The Woman bore the Male Child

Who was to rule the nations with a Rod of Iron

Sound familiar?

THE CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP TO GOD AND HIS THRONE

Then the woman fled into the wilderness

Where she has a place prepared by God

A place where she should be preserved 1,260 days.

CHURCH THIS IS THE STORY OF SATAN, ISRAEL, AND JESUS

WHO IS SATAN?

We are clued in to who this Dragon was

HE IS THE DRAGON

We are clued in to who this Dragon was

Satan working through Herod to destroy Jesus

Satan who had fallen from Heaven as puts it

Jesus, speaking of His Preeminence, and his witness to what happened in Heaven, spoke of this in the Gospel of Luke

Luke

Luke 10:18 NKJV

18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Here in Revelation we are also clued in to how many angels Satan led astray.

It speaks of how his tail drew a third of the stars of heaven with him.

WHO IS THE WOMAN?

There are a couple of possibilities, but it comes down to two groups of people

Israel or the Church

What points to those two solutions?

We also see the Woman having the Male Child

She was with child

A Child who was to rule all the nations with a rod of iron

Who was raised from the dead and caught up to the throne of God

Causing the woman to flee into the wilderness.

I see it as this

Either the woman is speaking of Israel

Or it is speaking of the Church

Or both, since Mary was part of the church

I see it as this

The Woman is sinful humanity

Birthing the Salvifical plans of God

Then being preserved by God in the Wilderness for a period of time.

THE CHILD IS JESUS

Who would be known to rule the nations with a rod of iron as spoken of in , and earlier in this book in , and later in

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DRAGON?

Revelation 12:7–12 NKJV

7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN

Then this would confirm your belief of God’s preservation of the church from the wrath

MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT WITH THE DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS

BUT THEY DID NOT PREVAIL

HEAVEN HAD NO PLACE FOR THEM ANY LONGER

SO THE DRAGON WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SATAN:

He is jealous of the Christian

He was the most beautiful of all created beings

Yet his pride stained his beauty

His pride led to his banishment from Heaven

His pride led to his jealousy, envy, and his plans to derail all who put there trust in Jesus.

He is pretty upset at how things are going to play out

He is The Deceiver of the World

He is the Accuser of the Brethren

His whole agenda is to steal, kill, and destroy

He causes division

We need to be aware of his schemes.

We need to put on the armor that protects us from the fiery darts

We need to call upon the name of the Lord, that He would save us from what Satan is trying to do.

JOHN THEN HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM HEAVEN

CHECK OUT WHAT THE VOICE SAID:

Salvation and Strenght

The Kingdom of our God

The Power of His Christ have come

The Accuser of the Brethren, who, he accused day and night, has been cast down

THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THOSE WHO OVERCAME

JUST LIKE TODAY, THOSE WHO TRUSTED IN THE LORD, HAD CERTAIN QUALITIES

They Overcame the Accuser by the Blood of the Lamb

And the Word of their Testimony

And they did not love their life to the death

For every accusation that Satan makes, the Blood of Christ speaks a better word

For every time he brings up your past, the testimony of what Jesus has done is greater

Just like these, we should not love our life to the death

There should be a sobering reality that Heaven is better than all this world has to offer

Jesus said:

John 12:25–26 NKJV

25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

THEN HIM WHO WAS SPEAKING DIRECTS HIS VOICE TO ALL OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

TO HEAVEN HE SAYS

Rejoice, O Heavens, and all you who dwell in it

BUT TO THE EARTH HE SAYS;

Woe to you inhabitants of the Earth and the Sea

For the Devil has come down to you

Having Great Wrath

Because he knows his time is limited.

SO WHAT DID THE DRAGON DO?

REV 12:13-

Revelation 12:13–17 NKJV

13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

WHEN THE DRAGON NOTICED WHAT HAD BEEN DONE TO HIM

He begins to persecute the Woman

The Woman is given two wings, like that of a great eagle.

That she may fly into the wilderness to her place

It could be the Church, God’s People

Where she is nourished for a time and times and a half a time.

Usually that time frame stands for 3.5 years.

SO THE SERPENT SPEWED WATER OUT OF ITS MOUTH, LIKE A FLOOD.

DESIRING THAT THE WOMAN WOULD BE CARRIED AWAY BY THE FLOOD

But the Earth helped the woman

I love that God’s Creation yields to the plans of God

I love that God keeps his word

I love that He fights for his people

SATAN WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST THE CHURCH

BUT THE CHURCH WILL PREVAIL

HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENRAGED WITH THE WOMAN

He will not only persecute her

He will persecute her offspring

Those who keep the commandments of God

Those who hold to their testimony that is rooted in the Work of Christ

The Work that Satan cannot undo.

He knows that the elect could be harmed

So what he is going to do is make less of that election

He will try and taint the name of Jesus

SO WHAT HAPPENS?

Revelation 13:1–10 NKJV

1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” 5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

REV 13:1

JOHN STOOD ON THE SEA, WHERE HE SAW A BEAST RISING UP OUT OF THE SEA

Remember, in these times, the sea always pointed to evil

THIS BEAST HAD SEVEN HEADS, 10 HORNS, HIS HORNS HAD 10 CROWNS, AND ON HIS HEAD HE HAD A BLASPHEMOUS NAME

THIS BEAST WAS LIKE A LEOPARD, HIS FEET LIKE A BEA, HIS MOUTH LIKE A LION

THE DRAGON . . . SATAN . . . GAVE HIM POWER, HIS THRONE, AND GREAT AUTHORITY.

Interesting to note

John saw that one of his heads had been mortally wounded

But this deadly wound was healed

And this caused the world to marvel and follow the beast.

This also caused the world to recognize the Dragon as the source of this miracle.

They worshipped the Dragon for giving such authority to the beast

And they worshipped the Beast saying

Who is like the Beast and who is able to make war with him?

This gives us great insight to the human nature

We want to worship

We have a desire to worship

What we worship speaks to what we value and who we believe ourselves to be

THE BEAST HAD THE WORLD’S ATTENTION

HE WAS GIVEN A PLATFORM TO SPEAK GREAT THINGS AND GREAT BLASPHEMIES.

AND HE WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY FOR 42 MONTHS . . . 1260 DAYS . . . 3.5 YEARS

During this time, he used his platform to blaspheme against the Lord, His Name, His Tabernacle, and those who dwell in Heaven

Here is where it gets interesting

He is given the ability to make war against the saints and to overcome them

Authority was given to him over every tribe, tongue, and nation

All of the inhabitants of the Earth will worship him

All of them except for one group of people

Those whose names are written in the book of Life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.

This goes to show us that even during the tribulation period, God has a remnant of Elect people who will inherit Eternal Life.

IF ANYONE HAS AN EAR TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR

HE WHO LEADS INTO CAPTIVITY, SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY

HE WHO KILLS WITH THE SWORD, MUST BE KILLED WITH THE SWORD

FOR THE SAINTS, THEY MUST CONTINUE IN FAITH AND IN PATIENCE.

Revelation 13:11–18 NKJV

11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth—by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

THEN JOHN SAW ANOTHER BEAST

HE HAD TWO HORNS LIKE A LAMB AND SPOKE LIKE A DRAGON

HE EXCERCIZED THE SAME AUTHORITY OF THE FIRST BEAST

YET HE POINTED THE WORLD TO WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST, WHOSE DEADLY WOUND WAS HEALED.

HE PERFORMED GREAT SIGNS BEFORE THE PEOPLE

FIRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN IN THE SIGHT OF MEN.

HE DECEIVES THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH, BY THE SIGNS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO PERFORM

TO WORSHIP THE BEAST AND SEPARATE THE PEOPLE

THIS BEAST IS INSTIGATING A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD AND THE UNBELIEVERS.

HE WANTS THOSE WHO DON’T WORSHIP THE BEAST TO BE KILLED

HE CAUSES BOTH SMALL & GREAT

Rich and Poor

Free & Slave

To receive a mark on their right hand or foreheads

That one may be able to buy or sell with said mark

HERE IS THE INTERESTING PART

This technology is already in place

There are chips being made and implanted to make payment at any location that has an NFC Reader

It is the same technology used for Apple Pay, Google Wallet, etc etc

Is this technology evil?

Is Apple Pay the Mark of the beast?

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