Revelation: The Rise of the Beast

Review

The Resurrection of the Two Witnesses

The Kingdom of the Lord Has Come

Two Signs in the Heaven

The Woman Giving Birth to the Messiah

The Dragon

War In Heaven, Revelation 12:7

Revelation 12:7

And war in the heaven came to be, Michael and his angels waged war with the dragon, and the dragon waged war, and with his angels

Michael the Archangel and His Angels Overcome Satan and His Angels, Revelation 12:8

Revelation 12:8

and they did not have strength, nor was any place found for them still in the heaven.

Satan and His Angels are Cast to the Earth, Revelation 12:9

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast down, the serpent of old, the one called diabolical and adversary, the one leading the whole inhabited world astray, he was cast down unto the earth and his angels with him were cast down.

The Accuser of the Brethren Has Been Cast Down, Revelation 12:10

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a great sound in the heaven, saying, “Now has come to be the salvation and the inherent ability and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ, because the accuser of our brethren has been cast out, the one accusing them before our God day and night.

They have overcome him by the blood of the lamb, Revelation 12:11

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him through the blood of the lamb and through the word of their witness and did not love their souls up to the point of death.

The Church is in Heaven at This Time

Referring to the Tribulation Saints, Revelation 7:14

Revelation 7:14 NASB95

I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Rejoicing in Heaven, but Woe to the Earth, Revelation 12:12

Revelation 12:12

Because of this you all rejoice, heavens and the ones tenting in them. Woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has been cast down before you, having great inner burning anger, intuitively knowing that he has a short time.

The Dragon Persecutes the Woman (Israel), Revelation 12:13

Revelation 12:13

And when the dragon discerned that he was cast out upon the earth, he persecuted the woman who birthed the male.

Israel is Given the Ability to Escape, Revelation 12:14

Revelation 12:14

And two great wings of an eagle were given to the woman, in order that she should flee into the wilderness to her place, thus being fed there for a time and a time and a half a time from the face of the serpent.

The Dragon Tries to Destroy Israel While She is in the Wilderness, Revelation 12:15

Revelation 12:15

And the serpent cast out from his mouth water after the woman as a river in order that he should sweep her away with the river.

The Earth Aids Israel, Revelation 12:16

Revelation 12:16

And the earth came to the aid of the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had cast out from his mouth.

The Dragon Goes After the Rest of Israel, Revelation 12:17

Revelation 12:17 (NASB95)

And the dragon was wrathful on the basis of the woman and departed to make war with the rest of her seed, the ones guarding the commandment of God and having the testimony of Jesus.

The 144,000 Sealed at Mid-Tribulation, Revelation 7:4

Revelation 7:4 NASB95

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

They are Spreading the Message of the Kingdom to the World

The Rise of the Beast, Revelation 13:1-10

The Dragon Gives His Authority to the Beast, Revelation 13:1-2

Revelation 13:1–2

And he (dragon) was caused to stand upon the sand of the sea, and I discerned out from the sea a beast rise, having ten horns and seven heads and upon his horns ten crowns and upon his heads names of blasphemies. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard and his feet as a bear and its mouth as a mouth of a lion, and the dragon gave to him his inherent ability and his throne and his great authority.

The Fourth Beast of Daniel’s Vision, Daniel 7:7

Daniel 7:7 NASB95

“After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

The Small Horn Speaking Blasphemy, Daniel 7:8

Daniel 7:8 NASB95

“While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.

Going Back to the Beginning of the Tribulation

The Beast is Killed and Brought Back to Life, Revelation 13:3-4

Revelation 13:3–4

And one out from his heads as wounded unto death, and his wound of death was healed and the whole world wondered after the beast and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast saying, “Who is like the beast and who is able to make war with him?”

Jumping Into Mid-Tribulation

The Beast is Killed During the War with Gog (Russia and her allies)

He is Brought Back to Life by a Demon that Comes out from the Abyss

He Makes the Whole World Wonder

They worship the dragon

They worship the beast

The Beast is Allowed to Do for forty-two months, Revelation 13:5-6

Revelation 13:5–6

And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and blasphemies and authority was given to him to do for forty-two months. And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies towards the God, to blasphemy His name and His tabernacle, those tenting in the heavens.

He speaks blasphemies - calling himself God

He blasphemies the God

He blasphemies those tenting in the heavens (the saints)

He Makes War with the Saints, Revelation 13:7

Revelation 13:7

And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them and authority was given to him over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

The Saints of the Great Tribulation

The Ones Saved Through the Ministry of the 144,000

He is given Authority over the World

Tribes - Israel

People and tongues - Those within nations

Nations - Gentiles

Those Who Have Never Had Their Names Written in the Lamb’s Book of Life will Worship the Beast, Revelation 13:8

Revelation 13:8

And they worshiped him, all the ones dwelling upon the earth, whose names were never written in the book of life of the Lamb of slaughter from a foundation of the universe.

From the foundations of the universe, up to this point they had not accepted the gospel message

Not pre-elect, but a failure by them to accept the truth and be saved

The Patience and Faith of the Saints, Revelation 13:10

Revelation 13:10

If anyone has captivity, he goes, if anyone kills by the sword it is necessary for him to be killed by the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Some will go into Captivity

Some will be killed

Patience - holding out under circumstances

Faith - Taking God at His Word

War In Heaven

The Dragon Persecutes the Woman (Israel)

The Rise of the Beast

The Patience and Faith of the Saints