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Flight REV02
Revelation 12-22
Skip Heitzig

Revelation 12 (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.
Revelation 13 (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.
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.
Revelation 14 (NKJV™)
1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps.
3 They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.
6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people--
7 saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."
8 And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,
10 "he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
11 "And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."
14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe."
16 So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
17 Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe."
19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.
Revelation 15 (NKJV™)
1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.
2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!
4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested."
5 After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.
6 And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.
7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.
8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
Revelation 16 (NKJV™)
1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth."
2 So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.
3 Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.
4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying: "You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be, Because You have judged these things.
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due."
7 And I heard another from the altar saying, "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments."
8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.
10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.
11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.
12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 "Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame."
16 And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!"
18 And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.
19 Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
20 Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.
Revelation 17 (NKJV™)
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
11 "And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
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.
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.
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.
18 "And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."
Revelation 18 (NKJV™)
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."
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.
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.
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.'
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!
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!"
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.
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.
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."
Revelation 19 (NKJV™)
1 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!"
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."
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."
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.
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."
19 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.
Revelation 20 (NKJV™)
1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 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.
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.
7 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.
9 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.
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.
14 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.
Revelation 21 (NKJV™)
1 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.
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."
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."
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."
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.
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.
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.
Revelation 22 (NKJV™)
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.

New King James Version®, Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Revelation 12-22 - The Bible from 30,000 Feet - Skip Heitzig - Flight REV02

The Bible from 30,000 Feet, soaring through the Scripture from Genesis to Revelation.

Tonight the plane lands. Finally, we're going to get through the book of Revelation and all 66 books of the Bible. Yeah, it's been a long time coming, and COVID didn't help. In one sense, when it hit, I think the most common question I was getting is, is this the end of the world? Surely this has to be the end of the world.

Well, I don't exactly know when the end of the world is going to be, but I do know that predicting the end of the world is not a new enterprise. I want to show you a sampling of that, we're going to put it on the screens, of people who have predicted the end of the age, end of the world. And I'm giving you a sampling of hundreds, even thousands, even multiplied thousands of predictions made about the end of the world.

First of all, 2000 years ago there was a community down by the Dead Sea known as the Essenes community where the Dead Sea Scrolls have been found. That community believed that the Roman invasion of Jerusalem and its subsequent fall in 70 AD, they saw the great struggle, the revolt of the Jews against the Romans in the year 66 to 70 as being the final battle that would bring the Messiah.

This is it, they said. This is the end of the world. Finally messiah is going to come. He had already come, and he had already predicted the fall of Jerusalem. They missed that.

In 365 AD-- and again, I could give you several others in between. I'm just giving you sort of highlight dates. 365 AD, a French bishop named Hillary of Pointers announced the end of the world would happen that year. 500 AD, Hippolytus of Rome and Irenaeus who lived in Lion, France at the time predicted the return of Christ. 1000 AD, a variety of clergymen, including the Pope Sylvester II, the speaker was in the way, predicted the end of the world and the beginning of the new millennium.

Now, when that happened, there were riots all over Europe. Think of it. It's like the new millennium is coming up. And so they thought that this is it. We're entering into the millennial age once we hit the year 1000. And there were riots all over Europe, and several people headed east to Jerusalem to be there to wait for the event to happen.

In the 1500s, Martin Luther interestingly predicted that the end of the world would take place no later than 1600 AD. In the 1900s, there's a variety of cults that have arisen. Herbert W Armstrong and the Worldwide church of God made four predictions of the end of the world, and they're listed there. The first in 1943, the last in 1975.

In the 1900s, David Berg who is the cult leader of the Children of God predicted that the end would be in 1974. And they, the Children of God, that cultic group would save the world from the Antichrist. Somehow they had the power and the authority to do that. The Jehovah's witnesses have been notorious for predicting all sorts of things that have never happened, But they predicted several wrong dates. The return of Christ in 1874, the end of the world in 1914, then revised to 1918, then revised to 1925, then revised to 1975. That's just a sampling of their false prophecies.

Edgar Whiesenant, I don't know if you guys remember this if some of you are old enough to remember a booklet that was passed out called 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Take Place in 1988. It was sent to clergymen. 300,000 of them sold. I remember people taking that and shoving it in my face saying, you owe it to this congregation to tell them that Jesus will be back on this date in 1988. Well, he was wrong, and then he revised it to 1989. He had two dates in 1988, and then 1990, and then 1991.

Harold Camping, notorious for saying that the world will end. Gave several dates. Interesting, to sort of throw this in at the end, Nostradamus said that in August of 1999 it would be the end, and he said from the sky will come the great king of terror. And some people interpreted that as Satan, the Antichrist, a whole bunch of things.

So the end of times has been predicted by a number of people for the last couple thousand years, and people are still writing books and telling you when Jesus is going to return even though the Bible clearly says of that day and hour knows no one. Not the Jehovah's witnesses certainly, not Harold Camping, not Whiesenant and the other ants that have been wrong throughout history.

We have in Revelation chapter 1 an outline in 1:19. Now, we're going to be in chapter 12 tonight. But if you remember in chapter 1 verse 19, there is an outline that is given to John, and John follows the outline in writing the book of Revelation. Write the things which you have seen. Write the things which are, and then what will take place after these things or after this.

And that is how the book of Revelation unfolds. John writes what he sees-- a glorious vision of Jesus in chapter 1. He writes the things which are or were at his time contemporary in chapters 2 and 3. Seven churches in Asia Minor. Letters from Jesus to them. Special messages for each one.

So he sees the vision, writes it, writes about Jesus, messages to the church the things which were taking place at that time. Then beginning in chapter 6, he writes about the things which will take place after-- or chapter 4, actually-- the things which will take place after this. He is caught up into heaven, and he sees everything from that vantage point all the way to chapter 22.

Now, in case you don't know, I have a literal view of the book of Revelation. And I just want to explain that because not everybody shares my view. There are four major interpretations or major viewpoints in interpreting eschatology in general and the book of Revelation in specificity.

One is called the preterist view, and the preterist view is that the things written in the book of Revelation all are historic and have all been fulfilled. They've all been fulfilled within the first century of church history. Seen in the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. But within the first century, all of it has been fulfilled. There's a little modified view called a partial preterism that says most of what is in Revelation has been fulfilled with the exception of the last couple chapters where there's a new heaven, a new earth, and the final judgment, et cetera. But other than that, it is all historic and has been fulfilled.

The problem with that view is it goes against what Revelation describes itself as no less than seven times. It calls itself a prophecy. Verse 3 of chapter 1, "blessed is he who reads, those who hear the words of this prophecy." something is being predicted in this book.

So that's one viewpoint. Let's push that aside for a moment. The second viewpoint is the historical viewpoint, meaning the book of Revelation is essentially a panorama of the ages-- a historical presentation from the invasion of Rome, the rise of the Catholic church, the rise of Islam, some even see the French Revolution in the book of revolution-- Revelation. Revolution, the book of Revelation. And again, that defies that it is a prophecy. They just see it as a panorama of church history that has mostly been fulfilled historically.

A third viewpoint is the allegorical viewpoint. The allegorical viewpoint is it doesn't really mean what it says. It is simply lots of mumbo jumbo written to tell you the cosmic struggle of the ages between good and evil. And boy, if you want to see conflicts in interpretation, just look at people who have viewed the Bible, and especially the book of Revelation, allegorically. Because no two people agree on anything because you're making it mean what you think it means. It's all allegorical.

The fourth is a futuristic viewpoint. That is the viewpoint that I hold. The futuristic viewpoint is interpreting the book of Revelation, especially chapters 6 through 22, as something that will happen yet future. Than what we have here are emblematic predictions of literal events. Listen to that again, emblematic predictions of literal events.

Sure, they're in emblem form. Sure, they're in sign form. That's what it says in Revelation 1:1, the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show His servants. Things which must shortly take place. He sent and signified it, or told it by signs.

So the picturesque language is emblematic in form, but it predicts literal events that will take place. A literal tribulation. A literal return of Jesus Christ to the earth. A literal millennium. A literal future judgment. A literal recreation-- new heaven and new earth in the eternal state.

That viewpoint I believe does two things. Number one, it harmonizes with Jesus' own prediction of the end time events in Matthew chapter 24, and Luke 13, and-- excuse me, Mark 13 and Luke 21. Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21. The Olivet discourse. Jesus predicts future events that correspond beautifully to the book of Revelation. Revelation expands that teaching of Jesus, but it harmonizes beautifully when you look at it futuristically-- literally.

And number two, it follows the grammatical, historical interpretation of the Bible. When you take a historical or preterist or allegorical view of eschatology, what you're saying-- many are saying-- the millennial reformed will say, I believe in the grammatical historical interpretation of the Bible except when it comes to eschatology. Except when it comes to the book of Revelation. This, the futuristic view, holds the grammatical historical interpretation and keeps it homogeneously the same no matter what type of literature you are dealing with.

Well, beginning in chapter 12, we are well in the tribulation period. We began that last week when we took the first half of the book of Revelation, Chapters 1 through 11. We summed it up by saying that there are a series of judgments portrayed during that future time of judgment. There will be seven seals, followed by seven trumpet judgments, followed by seven bowl judgments. They are progressive, and they are progressively intense as time goes on.

When God is done with the final pouring out of the seventh bowl or vial, then God is done judging the earth. And he will then establish his kingdom. When we go to Revelation chapter 11 toward the very end, it's a parenthetical statement in the formulation of judgments given. In chapter 11 verse 15, the seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven saying the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ. And he shall reign forever and ever.

And the 24 elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying, we give you thanks, oh Lord God almighty. The one who is, who was, who is to come, because you have taken your great power and reigned. The nations were angry, and your wrath has come. And the time of the dead that they should be judged, and that you should reward your servants, the prophets, and the saints, and those who fear your name small and great, and should destroy those who destroy the earth.

Now, in chapter 12 and 13, we are introduced to a great conflict-- a cosmic conflict. One that has been going on from the beginning of time. It began in heaven, and it finds its fullness on earth. And that's where chapter 12 and chapter 13 come into play. It's a conflict that started in the heavenly places with Satan and his minions at the fall. But then the great battlefield, the theater of the earth is in question, and that takes us well into chapter 13 with the Antichrist.

Now before we jump right in, as I am wont to do-- I often give long introduction, sorry about that-- but I wanted to underscore something that I think you need to know as we finish out the tribulation period and see the coming of Christ in chapter 19. I mentioned last week that the tribulation isn't going to just be another bad time. It's going to be the worst time ever. Underscored, exclamation, point, exclamation point, exclamation point. Ever. And I'm going to read you three passages.

The first is Jeremiah chapter 30. Listen to it in poetic language. "Ask now and see--" this is Jeremiah 30 beginning in verse 6, "ask now and see whether a man is ever in labor with a child. So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale? Alas, for that day is great so that none is like it. And it is a time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it." That is, Jacob or Israel will be saved out of it.

And then, I won't read the whole chapter, but at the end of the chapter it says, "in the latter days, you will consider it." So here is a prediction that will find its fulfillment in the latter days, and we are dealing in the tribulation period with the latter days. The second scripture is Daniel chapter 12 in verse 1. "At that time, Michael shall stand up-- the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people--" it is told to Daniel that his people would be the Jewish people-- "and there will be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that time. And at that time, your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book."

Finally, Matthew chapter 24, these are the words of Jesus. Verse 21, "for then there will be great tribulation such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be." Sounds pretty bad. It sounds like the worst of the worst of the worst. He continues and says, "and unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect sake, those days will be shortened."

They will, indeed, be shortened. They'll really only last 42 months, 3 and 1/2 years, 1,260 days. All of that is given in the book of Revelation and the book of Daniel. So far worse than World War I, far worse than World War II, far worse than COVID-19, far worse than the Holocaust. The very worst time in history. And when you read the book of Revelation in a grammatical, historical, futuristic, literal interpretation, you walk away saying, I get it. That sounds-- it's depicted, it's described as the very worst of the worst.

Now we're into chapter 12 verse 1 of Revelation. 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 12 stars. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. And another sign appeared in heaven, behold, a great fiery red dragon having seven heads, and 10 horns, and seven diadems on his head.

Fortunately, we are not left with our own devices in making interpretation of any part of the book of Revelation. I mentioned last week that out of the 404 verses in Revelation, there are 360 direct quotations from the Old Testament. The only other time in the Bible where we have an emblem like this, where you have a sun, and the moon, and 12 stars, is in the book of Genesis.

And the Father of Joseph, named Jacob, gives us the interpretation. So we don't have to figure out, is this the virgin Mary like the Catholic Church has depicted? Is this that person, or that, or this thing? We don't have to guess. We know. It is the nation of Israel. The woman is Israel.

How do we know? Well, Joseph had a dream. And it was pretty graphic, and he was naive enough to tell his brothers about the dream. He goes, hey, you guys, I had a dream.

And it was in two parts. He said, here's the second part. He goes, yeah, so in this dream, the sun, and the moon, and 11 stars all bowed down to me-- my star, the last star. And Jacob knew exactly what the dream meant. He said, what? Do you think me, or I, and your mother, and your 11 brothers are going to bow down to you?

Now, that's exactly what happened. Before the end of Genesis, they all bowed down before him because he is the second in command in Egypt, right? But here he gives us the interpretation. Jacob, and his wife, and the 11 sons-- Joseph being the 12th, so you have 12 stars, sun and moon, all emblematic of what would become the 12 tribes of Israel. It is the nation of Israel.

So if we take scripture and let scripture interpret scripture, it can only mean one thing. It is a woman giving birth to a child. The woman is Israel. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and pain to give birth. Some people say, well, this is the church giving birth.

No, it's not the church. The church is a virgin bride the New Testament describes her as. If this is the church, she's in trouble because she's pregnant as a virgin bride. So it is, if you interpret it out of Revelation or out of Genesis, it is the nation of Israel.

Being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. And another sign appeared in heaven, behold, a great fiery red dragon. We're told who that is as we go on. That it's Satan in this chapter. Having seven heads, 10 horns, seven diadems on his head.

Now, we are not surprised to find Israel prominently displayed in end times prophecy. After all, like I just read to you out of Jeremiah 30, for it is a time of Jacob's trouble. Jacob is another name for Israel. It's the first name given before God changed it to Israel. It is the time of Jacob's trouble.

Daniel chapter 9, the Daniel 70 week prophecy. 70 weeks are determined-- listen to the language-- for your people and for your holy city that is Jerusalem. So there is so much about Israel in end times prophecy throughout the Old and the New Testament, this doesn't surprise us to see this here. Look at verse four. His tail, the dragon's 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.

And she bore a male child who is to rule all the nations. We know who the male child is. There's only one son that was given who would rule all the nations. The prophecy and Isaiah said the government will be upon his shoulder, and that is Christ the Messiah. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne. Amazing, in one verse we have the life of Christ from the incarnation to his ascension and coronation. That's verse 5.

So we have predicted the persecution of the Jewish people by Satan historically and into the end times, all because of one child and in hopes of destroying that child before the child's birth. Now, all you have to do is go back to Genesis chapter 3. You don't have to do it now, but you can write it down to look at it later. Genesis 3 verse 15 where that first proto-evangelium is given, that first promise of the salvation through messiah.

Where God said to Satan, to the serpent, I will put enmity between your seed and her seed-- between you and the woman, between her seed and your seed. And you will bruise his heel, but he will bruise or crush your head. So there is a prediction that you're going to cause a child who is going to be born suffering. You're going to bruise his heel, but he's going to crush your head. He's going to take your authority. He's going to crush you.

Ever since that promise in Genesis 3:15 was given, we see the battle laid out in the scripture. I mean, think of it. If I told you before church, after church I'm going to hunt you down and I'm going to crush your skull-- don't worry, I would never say those words to you. But if I did, and you thought I was serious, you would do everything you can to avoid that, to evade that from happening, or to counterattack.

So we see throughout the Bible Satan's desire to get at the seed. The first occurrence of that is Cain killing Abel. Maybe Abel is the one. Maybe that child is going to take me out. So Satan inspires Cain to kill Abel.

That doesn't work because God upholds his seed through another lineage, that is of Seth that is born. And the promises continue. As time goes on, Satan corrupts the entire world so that God has to judge the world in a flood, and everyone is destroyed. Almost.

Eight people survive-- Noah and his family. And the lineage continues through Noah. Then there is Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob steals Esau's blessing. Remember the story? Esau doesn't care about his birthright. Sells it for a bowl of red chili, if we were to contextualize it a little bit.

Esau gets the blessing, or Jacob gets the blessing. As soon as Esau finds out that his brother has tricked him, he says, I'm going to kill him. Strong language, I'm going to kill him because he took what I didn't want to begin with and I sold it for a bowl of chili. Yes, I'm going to kill him. Why? Why so violent?

Satan is inspiring him to get at the seed that would eventually take out Satan. Keep following that through. Pharaoh gives this crazy order to the Hebrew midwives, kill all the Hebrew male children. If baby girls are born, let them live. If it's a male, kill them.

This continues on as the prophecy is made that through the line of David the Messiah would come. So Saul is inspired Satanically, I believe, to try to pin David to the wall-- to kill David. To chase him for almost a decade to exterminate him.

It was, yes, anger, but more than that it was something provoked, I believe, by Satan because of the prophecy in Genesis chapter 3. It gets worse as you keep going in the Bible. Haman decides, I'm going to kill all the Jews in the kingdom of Persia. Every one of them, all of them will be exterminated. Same ideology.

You can look it up later, but 2 Chronicles chapter 22, Athaliah is successful in killing all of the royal heirs in the kingdom of Judah. All of them except one. A kid by the name of Joash is hidden. If Joash would have been exterminated, God's promises would be null and void to provide a seed to crush Satan's kingdom.

So you see this revelation and counterattack all the way through the scripture all the way to the time when the male child is born in Bethlehem. And this crazy king by the name of Herod says, kill every male child two years and lower in Bethlehem. Gruesome. Why? All an attempt to exterminate the seed.

But as soon as the male child who was to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, her child was caught up to God and into his throne. Jesus was born, he ascended, he was coronated. Then the woman, Israel, fled into the wilderness where she has a place prepared by God that they should feed her there 1,260 days, or 3 and 1/2 years, or 42 months. It is the second half of that seven year period, and that second half is called the great tribulation.

The great tribulation begins with the abomination of desolation-- that's the middle part of that seven year period. The last 3 and 1/2 years, 42 months, 1,260 days is the last 3 and 1/2 years. Let me take you to verse 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. 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, times, and half a time-- an Old Testament rendering for 3 and 1/2 years-- from the presence of the serpent.

So in the tribulation period, in the coming tribulation, Satan is going to unleash his fury on the nation of Israel. That's why it's called a time of Jacob's trouble. A time of Jacob's trouble.

Jesus put it this way. "And when you see the abomination of desolation as spoken by Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place, let him who reads understand. Then those who are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains." And so what he said is emblematically shown here as something that they will do.

They go to the wilderness. We don't know where. Some have guessed the Rock City of Petra in modern day Jordan because it's a safe place. I guess it's a safe place in ancient times, but in modern times when you get bombs dropped from the air, I wouldn't want to be there during a bombing raid.

But people have made a big deal out of this. It's going to be in Edom. It's going to be at the Rock City of Petra. I honestly have no idea where it's going to be. All I know is it says God is going to protect Israel for that 3 and 1/2 year period when she is being persecuted.

Now, it talks about a great eagle, and people have been very creative in interpreting these things. First of all, do you remember what God said to the children of Israel when he took them out of Egypt in exodus chapter 19? He said, "you saw what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagle's wings and brought you to myself." That was an emblem of protection in the wilderness.

But some have said, because it mentions an eagle, it's probably showing that the United States is, indeed, in prophecy. This is the eagle that is emblematic of our nation. It is on the great seal of the United States of America, and maybe this refers to the United States Air Force protecting Israel, or the 6th Naval fleet which has a very cool symbol of a protective eagle that is stationed-- that fleet is stationed off the coast of Italy, I believe. I don't know.

Chapter 13 takes us to one of the main characters during this time, and that is the beast. Now, we don't typically call him the beast. God does, though. God knows his real character.

This leader in the tribulation period goes by-- you could count almost 50, five-zero names, in scripture. He is called the Antichrist by John. He is called the lawless one by Paul. Also called the man of perdition by Paul. He's given a number of titles by him.

He's called the little horn by Daniel, but we typically call him the Antichrist. God calls him a beast. Chapter 13, verse 1, then I stood and saw-- I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast rising up having seven heads and 10 horns. And on his horns, 10 crowns. That is the crowns of a king or a ruling authority. And on his heads, a blasphemous name.

Go down to verse 4. So they worship the dragon that is Satan who gave authority to the beast, and they worship the beast. Saying, who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him? And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for 42 months.

And he opened his mouth and blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name, his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. And it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority was given over every tribe, tongue, and nation. And 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.

He comes not as a beast, he comes as a peacemaker. He comes with smooth language. He comes with an economic plan when the world is in economic and political chaos. He comes with a solution.

He is seen back in Revelation chapter 6 as riding a white horse, like the good guys in the movies. White hat, white horse. And he comes in with a peace plan. He comes in probably solving some of the great problems in the Middle East between the Arabs and the Israelis, the Palestinians and Israel.

But there is a change. He also has a mouth speaking great things, and in the middle of that seven year period he will demand to be worshipped. How do we know this? Not only Revelation, but 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 tells us. This man of sin who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped as God so that he sits in the temple of God and shows that he is God.

Those are the words of Paul. This will take place according to Jesus in the middle of that seven year period called the abomination of desolation. At that time, his peace plan will be unmasked. His suave temperament will become unmasked, and he will make all-out war against Israel.

I'll take you down to verse 16. And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free, enslaved to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads 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. We don't know what this will look like. A chip perhaps.

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.

Pretty obvious that in the tribulation period, the only solution to the woes of the world will be something that some leaders dangerously are looking forward to called globalism. There will be a massive demise of nationalism. It will be global all the way around because everybody will be in turmoil. The whole world will be in turmoil.

Up till now, people have counted on the stability of the dollar, and the euro, and the yen, but people-- globalists, even leaders in Russia at the last G20 summit, or one of the G20 summits-- advocated not for individual currencies or the dollar, but a world currency that would tie everybody together. That will become a reality.

Chapter 14 are a variety of announcements given. One in particular that fulfills a prediction made by Jesus Christ himself in Matthew 24. I'm going to take it down to verse 6 of chapter 14. "Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people."

Now understand this. During the tribulation, the great tribulation, the worst time in history, the rapture will have already taken place. Some people mistakenly think people will not get saved. I mentioned last week, I believe the greatest revival ever is going to be at future during the tribulation period.

There's going to be, first of all, two witnesses in Jerusalem. 144,000 Jewish people-- their tribes are listed-- will convert and believe in Jesus Christ. So you got the witness of the two witnesses, you have the witness of the 144,000. The rest of that chapter that introduces the 144,000, Revelation 11, talks about a host of people-- an innumerable group of people from nations of the world who have come to believe in Christ in the tribulation period, evidently, because of the 144,000's witness and the two witnesses.

So you got two witnesses, 144,000. You have this huge multitude around the world of believers from nations who have come to put their faith in Christ. Now it's as if God gives one last-ditch, all-out effort to get the gospel preached to the world, and notice an angel flying in the midst of heaven preaching. Now honestly, I have in the past thought, you know, God, you'd do yourself a favor and all of us if you'd pull this off earlier.

Like imagine if an angel flew through heaven tomorrow all 24 hours to every single nation, every language, and proclaimed the gospel. But that aside, in the tribulation period, two witnesses, 144,000 this innumerable group of gentiles, and an angel. This is what I believe Jesus referred to in Matthew chapter 24 when he said this, "this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come."

I've heard that verse for years. Used at missionary rallies saying, we've got to get the gospel out to every nation. It's on us to do it, and Jesus won't come back until we get the gospel to every creature, every tongue. We're holding Jesus back, and if you become a missionary, you share the gospel, who knows? You could be the one that hastens the return of Jesus.

All that's nonsense. We should be preaching the Gospel, yes. You're not holding anybody back. God's going to come on his own perfect good time, and it's not up to you to bring Jesus back sooner. What he is referring to in Matthew 24 of the gospel being preached to the world is 144,000 people-- witnesses-- the two witnesses, and the angel flying through heaven preaching the everlasting gospel. Then the end will come.

It goes perfectly-- by the way, you see the word nation in that verse? Ethnos is the word. Ethnos. It means every ethnic group on earth will hear the gospel in their tongue, in their dialect, or in their language.

Now, chapter 15 is the shortest chapter in the book of Revelation. It has all of eight verses, but it introduces the final round of judgments called the bold judgments. Or the vials that are poured. They are rapid fire judgments that come from the throne of God on the earth, and they seem to be worse than all of the previous ones. As I said, it's the worst time in history.

But after this, God is done judging the earth. After this, Satan is bound. After this, Jesus comes. After this, he sets up his kingdom on the earth. And it gets good.

So chapter 15 introduces that. Chapter 16 is a list of those bold judgments. Verse 1, I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, go and pour out the bowls of wrath of God on the earth. So the first went out and poured out his bowl upon the earth. A foul and loathsome sore came upon all men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image.

Seems to be a very targeted judgment. It is. God will judge those and those only who have the mark of the man of sin that is on them. And they are loathsome sores. It's some kind of plague.

Jesus predicted that there would be pestilences. We're going through a pestilence right now, and we have learned something very interesting in the midst of COVID-19. That it does not take much to control a population by means of fear. Tell them something that will give them so much fear, like this will kill you. You can make a population do just about anything you want.

That's why I said before, I believe what we're experiencing isn't the book of Revelation chapter 13, 14, 15 or 16. I believe it's a dress rehearsal, though, for it. It shows that governments can say, you have to do this, and now you have to take this vaccine. What if the vaccine comes with a chip that you can't buy or sell anything unless you prove that you've had that vaccine?

Verse 3, then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became as blood of a dead man and every living creature in the sea died. I remember living on the coast of California we had this thing called red tide. Remember red tide? The ocean turns red. You have these dinoflagellates in the ocean that give this pigment, and it stinks, and it looks bloody. But this is a divine judgment that affects not just one coast, but the oceans of the world.

Verse 4, "the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood." So you have the entire hydrological cycle being messed up from what's going on in the oceans, to rainfall, what feeds into the rivers, and back again. Verse 8, "the fourth angel poured out his bowl in the sun, and the power was given to him to scorch men with fire."

Some kind of radiation burn from the sun. Could be explosions on the surface of the sun. I don't know. Could be a burning of the-- or depletion of the ozone layer. We're not sure exactly. Verse 10, the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they nod their tongues because of the pain.

It's interesting. I have for years noted that secular scientists, including Carl Sagan, said that if there were the use of nuclear weapons on the earth that the particulate and the particles that are released in the air could plunge the earth into what he called nuclear winter. Where you wouldn't have the sun shining upon the earth any longer.

That aside, verse 12. The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and his river was dried up. So the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. The word east is the Greek word on anatolia. If you know your geography, you know that Anatolia is modern day Turkey-- ancient Asia minor. So there's a lot of ways to look at that. I don't have time to break it down like I did in the book that I wrote, You Can Understand the Book of Revelation, but thought you should know that.

Let me take you with that down to verse 14. No, verse 16. "And they gathered them together to a place called in the Hebrew Armageddon. The seventh angel poured out his bowl in the air and a loud voice came out of the temple saying from the throne, it is done."

Armageddon is a valley. It has been known as the Jezreel valley. It is a real valley in Israel today. Our first day of touring, usually we take you to an outlook so you can look down at the valley of Armageddon. You have a beautiful view of it from Nazareth. So Jesus saw the valley of Armageddon every day from where he lived and grew up.

It's also called the Valley of Jezreel. It is about 150 square miles. Today, it is used for agriculture, but in the past the greatest battles that took place in that part of the world, the armies converged on that valley floor in the valley of Armageddon. Historically, it was the time for conflagration in the Middle East, and the Bible predicts it will happen again.

So Euphrates is dried up. Armies can now converge upon that land. This is the last great battle, the battle of Armageddon. And the seventh bowl, which completes God's wrath, now, chapter 17 and 18 show you a couple facets of God's judgment when he judges a city known as Babylon. Chapter 17 is religious Babylon, chapter 18 is commercial Babylon. But I want to skip ahead to chapter 19.

"After these things," verse 1, "I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven saying, hallelujah salvation, and glory, and honor, and power to the Lord, our God. For true and righteous are his judgments, because he judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth that is Babylon. with her fornication. He is avenged on her. The blood of his servants shed by her. And again they said, allelujah, and her smoke rises up forever and ever."

In chapter 19 of the book of Revelation, we have the culmination of Christian hope for the last 20 centuries. This is the pinnacle of it. For it presents the second coming of Jesus Christ. It will be the answer to all of the prayers for the last 20 centuries. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Now it gets answered.

This revelation 19, what you're about to read with me in verse 11, is what Isaac Watts had in mind when he wrote a song that sadly we just relegate to a Christmas hymn. But he didn't write it about the first coming, he wrote it about the second coming. He wrote about revelation 19. Joy to the world, the Lord is come. Let earth receive her king. Let every part rejoice, et cetera. No more let sin or sorrows grow or sin infest the ground. All of that language is employed as the fulfillment of Revelation 19.

Or how about this great hymn, the Battle Hymn of the Republic written after the Civil War? Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He has trampled out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. He has loosed the faithful lightning of his terrible, swift sword. His truth is marching on.

That was written about this chapter. Now let's read it together. Not together out loud, but follow along in verse 11. "Then 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.

His eyes were like a flame of fire," like the vision in chapter 1. "On his head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the word of God.

And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed him on white horses. 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." Stop right there. Remember Revelation 12? The male child who will rule the nations with a rod of iron.

This is the male child, Jesus, born in Bethlehem now returning to the earth to rule the nations with a rod of iron. He himself treads the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of almighty God, and he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written, King of King and Lord of Lords. And 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 that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people free enslaved, both small and great.

This is Jesus coming back at the end of that battle of Armageddon. It really won't be a battle. It'll be a total wipe out. Jesus won't be fighting, working up a sweat. He'll just end it all at his return. But this is his return. This is his second coming to the Earth. And if I go, I will come again, Jesus said to his disciples.

The second coming of Christ is the subject-- well, let me put it this way. Next to the subject of faith, next to the subject of faith, the second coming of Jesus Christ is treated more than any other subject in the Bible next to the subject of faith. 1,844 times it is predicted in the Bible.

One out of every 30 verses in the New Testament is about the second coming of Christ. For every one time the first coming is mentioned, the second coming is mentioned eight times. For every one time atonement is mentioned, the second coming is mentioned two times. Next to the subject of faith, it is talked about more than any single subject in the scripture.

Notice that Jesus is coming back with a sword. He is coming back as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. This is Jesus, but not like his first visit.

Remember that Sunday school song, gentle Jesus meek and mild, look upon this little child? That works at his first coming, not his second. This is not gentle Jesus, meek and mild. This is giant Jesus, mighty and riled. And he will give to the earth the judgment that is due the earth for what they have done-- for what we have done.

Chapter 20, "then I saw an angel coming down from heaven. Having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand, he laid hold of that dragon, that serpent of old who is the devil and Satan and bound him for 1,000 years." Yeah. "And he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him so that he should not deceive the nations-- he should deceive the nations no more until the 1,000 years were finished. But after these things, he must be released for a little while."

Now briefly, six times in these seven verses in Revelation chapter 20 the word thousand years is mentioned. That's where we get the term millennium. Millennium simply means 1,000 years. It's spelled out here, but it is written about in gobs of texts in the book of Isaiah, chapter 11 of Isaiah, chapter 35 of Isaiah, several chapters in Isaiah. All the details about what will take place in the Kingdom Age. Some of the book of Psalms especially.

But the Bible anticipates a time when the earth-- the world, the physical universe, the physical earth-- is restored to Eden-like conditions where there will be massive geographical, topographical, and climactic changes. That is, if you take the scripture in a grammatical, historical approach, you take it to be literal, then you must concede that this isn't figurative. This is literal. It's an actual thousand years.

Now, I know not everybody agrees. The amillennial interpretation is to say, well, it says a thousand years, but it doesn't mean that. So then ask the amillenialist this question. OK, if it doesn't mean that, you tell me what it does mean. He can't give you an answer.

Well, whatever it means, it doesn't mean what it says it means. You see, this is where the amillennialist is left in interpreting the scripture because the Bible is very number-specific, right? There are seven churches. There are 12 tribes. There are 144,000. There is 1/3 of mankind. There is 1,260 days. There are two witnesses. There are 42 months. There are 144,000. There's 12,000 furlongs.

The whole book of Revelation is filled with numbers. So you're telling me, you go through the whole book only to say it doesn't mean a thing? So why did God spend 22 chapters to tell me what I said doesn't mean what it reads? It is the wildest way to look at the Bible. If you look at it in a normal, natural, grammatical, historical interpretation, then you can take it chronologically and you see the emblems speaking of great but literal events in the future.

Verse 11, "I saw a great white throne--" and there are several reasons why I believe the millenium is a necessity. I just don't have the time to do it. I'm out of time. "I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it from whose face the earth and heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them.

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God. The books were open. Another book was open which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to the works by the things which are written in the books. 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. Then death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, and anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

It is the most sobering scene what I just read to be found anywhere. It is a courtroom scene. There is a judge but no jury. There is no debate over guilt. There is the sentence, but no acquittal, no parole, no debate. Just a sentence is rendered and judgment continues.

Now, the last two chapters-- just look them over because we're going to end the book-- is the final phase of forever called the eternal state. The eternal state. It is new heaven, new earth, and new Jerusalem. New Jerusalem is the capital city.

This earth after the millennial kingdom gets uncreated, gets completely wiped out and destroyed by God, God pushes this one aside, creates something brand new-- new heaven, new earth, with a new capital city. What's odd about the capital city is that it's a satellite of the new earth. It measures in this chapter 1,500 miles cubed. Think of a square about roughly the size of the moon coming out of heaven toward the earth.

Well, let me just read it to you so we can close the book. "I saw a new heaven, a new earth," verse 1, "for the first heaven and the first earth passed away. Also, there was no more sea." I have mixed feelings. I have-- no, I have very strong feelings about that, but I won't tell you what they are at this point.

I, John, saw-- but you could ask a question next week. That's what next week is all about. "Then I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 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 as people.

And God himself will be with them and be their God, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There will be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. And 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."

He has given in this chapter more detail, beginning in verse 9, of the new Jerusalem. Let me just throw this out at you. 2,250,000 square miles in cube form. It is estimated conservatively that it could house 20 billion people, each with 75 acres to himself. Fun to look at it. Don't have the time to really get into it.

Chapter 22 takes us full circle. "He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God. And from the lamb in the middle of its street and on either side of the river was the tree of life," connect this with Genesis, "which bore 12 fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing or the therapy of the nations.

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. They shall see his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads." Verse 6, "and he said to me, these words are faithful and true. The Lord God, the holy prophet, sent his angels to show his servants the things which must shortly take place." Remember that term from last week, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]? We get the word velocity from that, tachometer from that.

Once they start, they'll happen quickly. "Behold, I am coming quickly," verse 7, "blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book." Go down to verse 20. "He who testifies to these things says, sure I am coming quickly. Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus."

Now, before we read that last verse-- and yes, I know we're a couple minutes over, but do you notice how the Bible has come full circle? Life began in a garden for mankind. Life in the new heaven and new earth, the new Jerusalem, will be in a garden city, a garden environment. There was a tree of life that man was banished from in Genesis. Now the way is opened up for the tree of life here.

There was death and sorrow back in Genesis. Death, sorrow, tears, all wiped away. We have come full circle, and now we come to the last verse. "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all." Amen. The plane has landed.

Father, thank you for the time tonight, for the last several months where we have looked at an overview of your revelation from Genesis to Revelation. All 66 books. Every historical, every narrative, every poetic, every eschatological, every gospel narrative. Book of Acts, all the letters. We've looked and considered them all.

But you said, blessed are those who hear and keep the words. Lord, you said you are coming quickly. Lord, I pray we would be ready. We don't know the day or the hour, but your servant Paul did say of the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write to you for you yourselves know.

So we believe, Lord, some of us, that we are experiencing birth pangs that are leading up to the time of the end. We pray, Lord, that your peace would prevail upon your people in the midst of this worldwide pandemic. In the midst of all that has come along with it, parents, Lord, that are feverishly trying to figure out how to educate their kids because of closed schools. People who are juggling work, or the lack thereof, trying to find work.

Lord, I pray that you will bless, and strengthen, and infuse your people with hope as we wait for you to come. In Jesus' name, amen. Let's all stand.

For more resources, visit calvarynm.church. Thank you for joining us for this teaching from The Bible From 30,000 Feet.

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We're going back to the beginning in this first flight. Written by Moses and inspired by God Himself, Genesis means origin. From the formation of all created things and the fall of man to the flood and the fallout of man's rebellion, Genesis 1-11 chronicles the beginning of everything. It all starts here.
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This flight takes us through the biographical part of Genesis and God's response to man's rebellion. Four men are prominent in the formation of the nation of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Through this lineage, God would fulfill His promise of salvation for humanity.
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The central event in this flight through Exodus is the redemption of God's people, the Israelites, from their bondage in Egypt. We fly over Egypt and the wilderness where Israel wandered for forty years. The plight of the Israelites, their disobedience, and God's deliverance all foreshadow Jesus Christ.
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The Sinai Peninsula is the backdrop for this flight to Exodus, where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments along with detailed instructions for how He was to be worshiped. Miraculous signs of God's absolute power abound, along with the revelation from God that would define Israel's national identity.
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Leviticus describes the worship life of the nation of Israel. We discover how the Israelites were instructed to make atonement for their sin through sacrifice. The overarching theme of this book can be summed up in one word: holiness. After centuries of captivity in Egypt, the Israelites needed a reminder of who God is, His absolute holiness, and how they were to live set apart for Him.
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Numbers contains two censuses of the Hebrew people. The first is of the generation that left Egypt, including how they were organized, their journey in the wilderness, and their refusal to enter the Promised Land. Due to their disobedience, the first generation of Israelites failed to enter the land God had promised; however, God remained faithful by leading a new generation into the Promised Land.
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After forty years of wandering, the Israelites were finally ready to enter the Promised Land. The book of Deuteronomy can be organized around three messages Moses gave while the Israelites waited to enter the land. With the key word of this book being covenant, Deuteronomy speaks of the special relationship God established with His people.
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In this flight over the book of Joshua, we get to know its namesake, who shared in all the events since Exodus and held the place of military commander under Moses' leadership. We'll also get a tour of the Promised Land and follow Israel's conquest of Canaan, after which Joshua divided the land among the twelve tribes.
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The Israelites experienced a period of victorious conquests in Canaan after Joshua's death. But as their obedience to God's laws and their faith in God's promises diminished, Israel became entrenched in the sin cycle. God divinely appointed Judges to provide leadership and deliverance during this chaotic time. Sadly, God's people repeatedly did what was right in their own eyes.
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In this flight, we'll see the godly love and courage of two very different women from very different backgrounds. And we'll meet Boaz, who became Ruth's kinsman-redeemer, a type of Christ. Although the book of Ruth is short, it is prophetically important in terms of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Ruth's story of romantic grace places love at the center of each of its four chapters.
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In this flight, we find the nation of Israel in desperate need of direction and leadership. We will meet the man whose good looks, physical stature, and success in war made him an obvious choice from a human perspective, but Israel's first king had a tragic flaw: pride. From the ashes of King Saul's calamitous reign, God raised up an unlikely man who would become Israel's next king, a man after His own heart.
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David went from shepherding livestock to serving as God's sovereign king in Israel. His faith and obedience assured him military and political victory as one by one he defeated Israel's enemies. In this flight, we both celebrate David's successes and identify with his failures as we get to know this man whom God called, "a man after My own heart."
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After years of being a powerful unified nation under King David, Israel, because of their disobedience, became a divided nation under many different kings. This book reveals a story of good kings and bad kings, true prophets and false prophets, and faithfulness and disobedience to God.
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Despite the many kings who took control of Israel, the nation still lacked true leadership. Second Kings continues the history of a divided Israel, and we see what happens when a nation passes from affluence and influence to poverty and paralysis.
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The book of 1 Chronicles recounts the lineage of King David as well as God's promise that He would establish His reign on earth through this man after His own heart. As we see how God fulfilled His promises to David, we discover how that presents a witness of His faithfulness to us today.
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After King Solomon's reign and death, the nation of Israel went on a spiritual roller coaster ride that ended with the division of the kingdom and the people's exile. From the temple's building to its decline and destruction, we see a parallel to 1 and 2 Kings from a spiritual viewpoint.
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The book of Ezra begins with King Cyrus' decree for the children of Israel to rebuild the temple at Jerusalem. Ezra tells of two different returns: the first led by Zerubbabel to rebuild the temple, and the second by Ezra to bring reformation to the people. In this flight, we see God's faithfulness in keeping His promise to return His people to their homeland.
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At the end of Ezra, the temple in Jerusalem had been rebuilt and dedicated, but the city walls were still in ruins. After gaining permission from the king of Persia, Nehemiah led a group to repair and rebuild the walls. Though he was met with hostility and conflict, we see how Nehemiah gathered his spiritual strength from God during trialing times.
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Esther reads almost like a fairy tale: A Jewish maiden becomes queen of Persia. The villain launches an attack to destroy the Jews. In the end, his plot is thwarted by the hero and the brave maiden, who risks her life to save her people. Though the name of God isn't mentioned once in this short book, we clearly see God's providence and faithfulness in dealing with His people.
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The book of Job opens in the throne room of heaven with a conversation between God and Satan regarding the faithfulness of a man named Job. God allowed Satan to test Job, and Satan caused Job to lose his health, wealth, and even his beloved family. But in the midst of Job's tragic circumstances, God revealed His sovereignty and faithfulness, and Job's steadfast faith prevailed.
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The book of Psalms is a collection of songs, prayers, and poetry that express the deepest of human emotions. These artistic masterpieces were compiled over a period of roughly 1,000 years from the time of Moses to the time of Ezra and the return from the Babylonian exile. As we fly over the Psalms, we'll see beautiful writings of gladness and grief, pleading and prayers, and reverence and worship—all with one overarching theme: a complete dependence on the love and power of God.
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Proverbs 1-31
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Known for the wisdom it contains, the book of Proverbs reveals how to deal with everyday situations. But more than just good advice, it is God's words of wisdom, which we need in order to live righteously. These proverbs are universal principles that apply to all people for all times, because they speak of the character of God and the nature of man—both of which remain constant.
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Ecclesiastes 1- 12
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The book of Ecclesiastes records King Solomon's intense search to find meaning and fulfillment in life. In this flight, we discover some significant truths—namely, that all worldly things are empty and that life's pursuits only lead to frustration. After tasting all that this world has to offer, Solomon ultimately concluded that life without God is meaningless.
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5/22/2019
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Song of Solomon 1-8
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The Song of Solomon portrays a moving love story between King Solomon and a shepherdess. The story reveals the intimacy, love, and passion that a bridegroom and his bride share in a marriage relationship. Even more than the fulfillment found in the love between a husband and wife, we'll discover that the spiritual life finds its greatest joy in the love God has for His people and Christ has for His church.
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Isaiah 1-27
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The prophet Isaiah's ministry lasted around fifty years and spanned the reigns of four kings in Judah. His prophecies are quoted in the New Testament more often than any other prophet's. In this first flight over Isaiah, we focus on his prophecies of condemnation that pulled no punches and pointed out Israel's need for God.
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Isaiah 28-66
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Of all the Old Testament prophets, Isaiah is thought by many to be the greatest, in part because of his clear prophecies about the Messiah. In this second flight over his book, we see his continued work and how God used his prophecies of both condemnation and comfort to generate change in the individuals he encountered.
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Jeremiah 1-20
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The book of Jeremiah is a series of oracles written in the southern kingdom of Judah over a period of fifty-plus years. It speaks of judgment, the promise of restoration, and the protective hand of God over those He loves. In this flight, we catch a glimpse of the man behind the prophecies as he allowed God to speak through him in unusual ways to open the eyes of the people of Israel.
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Jeremiah 21-52; Lamentations 1-5
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The prophet Jeremiah allowed God to speak through him in unusual ways to open the eyes of the people of Israel. As we complete our flight over his book, we find the prophet reinvigorated by God's promises as he continued to prophesy Babylon's impending invasions and, ultimately, Judah's captivity. Then our flight continues over the poetic book of Lamentations, which Jeremiah wrote as he wept and grieved over Jerusalem's destruction, ending the book with a prayer for Israel's restoration from captivity.
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Ezekiel 1-48
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Written by Ezekiel the priest, this book takes place during the second Babylonian captivity and documents the fulfillment of several prophecies from previous Old Testament books. In this flight, we see God continue to offer promises of restoration through Ezekiel, bringing the nation hope despite their tribulations.
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Daniel 1-8
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Chronologically, the book of Daniel links the time of the kings in 2 Chronicles to the restoration of Jerusalem in the book of Ezra. It begins with the first Babylonian captivity and ends with Daniel's vision of seventy weeks. In it, we witness both prophetic history and the four prophetic visions of Daniel, as well as powerful stories that reveal a faithful man of God who was unwilling to compromise his beliefs.
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Daniel 9-12
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Midway through the book of Daniel, the focus shifts from the historic to the prophetic. Daniel's four prophetic visions reveal the stunning accuracy of biblical prophecy, as well as Daniel's uncompromising faith in God's fulfillment. From the rise and fall of human kingdoms to the Messiah and the day of judgment, Daniel's visions drove him to his knees in fervent prayer for the people of Israel.
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Hosea 1-14
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Hosea prophesied to the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of King Jeroboam II, and he had a clear message to deliver: Israel had rejected God, so they would be sent into exile and become wanderers in other nations. On this flight, we see a clear parallel between Hosea's adulterous wife—whom God had instructed Hosea to marry—and Israel's unfaithfulness. But even as Hosea endured a rocky marriage, he continued to share God's plan that He would bring His people back to Himself.
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Joel 1-3; Amos 1-9; Obadiah
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Through three ordinary men—Joel, Amos, and Obadiah—God delivered extraordinary messages to His people, warning them against greed, injustice, false worship, and self-righteousness. On this flight, we witness God's patience and love for Israel, and we see how He stands ready to forgive and restore all who turn away from their sin.
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Jonah 1-4
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Rather than focusing on prophecy, the book of Jonah narrates a prophet's story. Jonah was blatantly disobedient to God's call, but despite his defiance, God redirected his path through a unique situation. The resulting revival in Nineveh shows us that God's grace reaches beyond the boundaries of Israel to embrace all nations.
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Micah 1-7; Nahum 1-3; Habakkuk 1-3
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God used three prophets—Micah, Nahum, and Habakkuk—to criticize, comfort, and inspire: Micah encouraged social justice and the authentic worship of God. Nahum prophesied against the Assyrians for returning to their evil practices. And though Habakkuk didn't address Israel directly, his message assured them that evil does not endure forever. Through these prophets, God's people confessed their sins and grew confident in His salvation.
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Zephaniah 1-3; Haggai 1-2
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The prophet Zephaniah addressed the social injustice and moral decay of Judah and her neighbors, proclaiming the coming day of the Lord and His wrath upon the nations—both an immediate judgment and a future end-times judgment. God sent Haggai the prophet to preach to the restored community of Jews in Jerusalem after their return from exile in Babylonia. Haggai encouraged the nation to set aside their selfishness and finish rebuilding the temple, an act of obedience that would align their desire with God's desire.
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Zechariah 1-14; Malachi 1-4
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As we fly over the last books of the Old Testament, we first look at the expanded message of rebuilding the temple when Zechariah encouraged Israel to anticipate their ultimate deliverance and the Messiah's future reign. One hundred years after the temple was rebuilt, the book of Malachi revealed that God's chosen people had once again slid back into their sinful practices. Malachi declared God's promise of a coming messenger, John the Baptist, and a coming Messiah.
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Intertestamental Period
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In between the Old and New Testaments lies 400 years of history. During this intertestamental period, God chose not to speak to His people through prophets as He orchestrated people, politics, and events in preparation of the coming Messiah. Scholars have come to call these four centuries the silent years. Remarkably, the silence would be broken by a newborn baby's cry in Bethlehem.
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Matthew 1-28; Mark 1-16; Luke 1-24
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These three Synoptic Gospels give us our first glimpses of Jesus' life and death here on earth. Matthew, Mark, and Luke present Jesus Christ as the promised Messiah, the Servant of the Lord, and the Son of Man, respectively. On this flight, we'll see the service, sermons, sacrifices, and sovereignty of Jesus as we witness the fulfillment of many Old Testament prophecies.
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John 1-21
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The spiritual depth of John sets it apart from the other Gospels, with one-third of its content dedicated to the last week of Jesus' life. Rather than focusing on what Jesus did, John focused on who Jesus is, presenting Him as God incarnate and highlighting His deity. On this flight, we'll see seven miraculous signs of Jesus, as well as seven statements that He used to identify Himself as God.
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Acts 1-28
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The book of Acts presents the history of a dynamic, growing community of believers that started in Jerusalem and went on to spread the gospel throughout the known world. In this book, the gospel writer Luke also recorded how the early church received the Holy Spirit, who enabled them to witness, love, and serve with boldness and courage, even when faced with persecution.
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Romans 1-16
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The book of Romans is the apostle Paul's letter to the church in Rome, and it focuses on God's plan of salvation for all humankind. Romans is the most systematic of Paul's letters, reading more like an elaborate theological essay rather than a letter. On this flight, we look at Paul's strong emphasis on Christian doctrine as well as his concern for Israel.
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1 Corinthians 1-16
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In 1 Corinthians, Paul confronted the problems that had infiltrated the influential church at Corinth and defended his position as an apostle of Christ. He later rejoiced over their repentance and acceptance of his God-given authority. On this flight, we discover the power of a new life in Jesus as we see how Paul shared the heart of the gospel with his fellow believers.
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2 Corinthians 1-13
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After Paul wrote 1 Corinthians, false teachers began spreading opposition to him in the Corinthian church. Paul sent Titus as his representative to deal with them, and most of the church repented. Paul wrote this epistle to express his joy at the turnaround and to appeal to them to accept his authority, which was confirmed by the many hardships he suffered for the gospel. On this flight, we find beautiful truths to carry with us through our own times of suffering.
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Galatians 1-6
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Galatians is a firm statement of the doctrine of justification by grace through faith. When Paul wrote this letter, the false doctrine of legalism and faith by works had infiltrated the church throughout Galatia. As a result, believers had traded their freedom in Christ for bondage to the old Jewish law that had been fulfilled by Jesus. On this flight, we discover the differences between law and grace as well as the practical application and results of the proper doctrine of grace.
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Ephesians 1-6
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Who are we in Christ? In Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus, he answered that very question as he addressed a group of believers who were ignorant of their spiritual wealth in Jesus. He explained how the Christian is the bride of Christ, a temple in the Lord, and a soldier for the gospel. On this flight, we see how Paul also emphasized unity among believers, describing the church as a body that works together for a common goal.
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Philippians 1-4
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Referred to as the epistle of joy, Philippians contains the message that joy is possible in all of life's circumstances, including suffering. Paul wrote this very personal letter while in prison, and despite his trials, he rejoiced over the caring and generous church in Philippi and encouraged them in unity, humility, and prayer.
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Colossians 1-4
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On this flight, we see how the young church in Colossae became the target of a heretical attack that included angel worship, the depreciation of Christ, and reliance on human wisdom. In Paul's letter to this church, he refuted the heresy by exalting Christ as the very image of God, the preexistent sustainer of all things, the head of the church, and the first to be resurrected.
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1 Thessalonians 1-5; 2 Thessalonians 1-3
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The apostle Paul wrote 1 and 2 Thessalonians in response to a report that some errors and misunderstandings about his teaching had crept into the church at Thessalonica. But Paul also used the opportunity to encourage the believers there, exhorting them in the Word, warning them against pagan immorality, and urging them to remain steadfast in God's truth in the face of persecution.
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1 Timothy 1-6; 2 Timothy 1-4
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These loving letters to Timothy, a young pastor in Ephesus, reveal Paul's true love for his brother in Christ. Timothy was facing a heavy burden of responsibility, so Paul not only instructed him about the conduct of the church and its ministers but also encouraged him to stand strong for the faith against false teachings, to endure hardship, and to preach the Word.
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Titus 1-3; Philemon
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Paul's brief letter to Titus focuses on Titus' role and responsibility in the organization and supervision of the churches in Crete. Throughout the letter, Paul also stressed the importance of sound doctrine and church order. In Philemon, on the other hand, the apostle took a more personal approach and spoke on the application of the great principles of Christian brotherhood to social life.
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Hebrews 1-13
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Although this well-written book's author is unknown, it reveals a man with a great desire to encourage Jewish believers to live in the grace of Jesus, especially since many of them were slipping back into the rites and rituals of Judaism to escape persecution. The letter centers on the person and work of Christ, inspiring believers through all the ages to pursue Jesus in every area of life.
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James 1-5
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While it's vital for Christians to understand that salvation comes by faith, the book of James emphasizes an active faith, characterized by good deeds that flow from salvation. In this unmistakably Jewish epistle, the author encourages believers to live out and grow in their faith by embracing trials, carefully controlling their speech, and letting God's love flow through them to others.
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1 Peter 1-5; 2 Peter 1-3
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The apostle Peter wrote these letters to encourage persecuted Christians and to defend the authenticity of God's Word against false teaching that had infiltrated the church. He called on believers to grow in their faith so they might detect and combat the spreading apostasy. On this flight, we see how these letters uniquely encourage us as we live in conflict with our culture, giving us incentive for holy living as we look forward to Jesus' second coming.
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1 John 1-5
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In this letter, John lived up to his nickname—the apostle of love—as he urged the church to continue living a life of faith in Christ. He defended the nature of Jesus against heretical teachings and warned his readers about those who taught such things. John not only addressed the preeminence of God's love for us but also emphasized our duty to love others in return. This flight shows you how God can transform your life when you follow Him wholeheartedly.
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2 John, 3 John; Jude
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These three epistles were written to encourage the church to keep a strong biblical foundation. The authors exhorted believers to walk in love but to be discerning in their expression of love, to have and enjoy fellowship with other Christians, and to stay strong in the faith. On this flight, you'll discover why it's so vital to balance love and truth to reach a lost world with the gospel of Jesus.
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Revelation 1-11
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Considered to be one of the most powerful books in Scripture, Revelation is a direct vision from God to the apostle John. It's both a warning to the world of a coming tribulation and a source of hope for believers as we anticipate Jesus' return. The book is filled with prophecies of future judgment, but in it, we find a glimpse of heaven and the glories awaiting Jesus' bride, the church.
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Visit to the Cockpit Q&A with Pastor Skip
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Our midweek series The Bible from 30,000 Feet came to a close with a final Visit to the Cockpit Q & A session. In the last message of our series, Pastor Skip answers questions from the congregation on topics throughout the Bible, from creation to the end times.
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