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- 0:07Speaker 1: I was alone on the island of Patmos. The Roman
- 0:12Speaker 1: Empire had sent me there because I refused to stop
- 0:16Speaker 1: speaking about Jesus Christ. They thought exile would silence me.
- 0:26Speaker 1: They thought the story would end on that island. But
- 0:31Speaker 1: they were wrong. Who dares say it is over when
- 0:38Speaker 1: God has not spoken? One day, while I was alone,
- 0:48Speaker 1: the silence around me suddenly changed. Then I heard it,
- 0:53Speaker 1: a voice behind me, loud like a trumpet. I turned,
- 1:00Speaker 1: and what I saw shook me to my core. The
- 1:04Speaker 1: heavens opened before me. I saw creatures beyond human understanding.
- 1:15Speaker 1: I saw judgment coming upon the earth. I saw kings
- 1:19Speaker 1: trembling in fear. I saw the end unfolding before my eyes.
- 1:27Speaker 1: What I witnessed was not a dream. It was revelation.
- 1:51Speaker 2: Before we get into the vision, let's first understand who
- 1:55Speaker 2: John was. There are several people called John in the Bible.
- 2:03Speaker 2: We have John the Baptist, the prophet who baptized Jesus.
- 2:09Speaker 2: John Mark, companion of Paul and associated with the Gospel
- 2:14Speaker 2: of Mark. And then John the Apostle, disciple of Jesus,
- 2:20Speaker 2: traditionally linked to the Gospel of John, the letters of John,
- 2:25Speaker 2: and the book of Revelation. He was a fisherman living
- 2:29Speaker 2: an ordinary life by the Sea of Galilee with his
- 2:33Speaker 2: brother James. They were both known as the sons of
- 2:37Speaker 2: Zebedee when Jesus called them to follow him. John became
- 2:45Speaker 2: part of Jesus' closest disciples. He referred to himself as
- 2:50Speaker 2: the disciple whom Jesus loved. He witnessed many important moments
- 2:56Speaker 2: in Jesus' ministry. He was there at the crucifixion, witnessed
- 3:01Speaker 2: the empty tomb, and saw the resurrected Jesus. Not long
- 3:07Speaker 2: after this came Pentecost. The followers of Jesus gathered together
- 3:12Speaker 2: in Jerusalem, and the Holy Spirit came upon them. From
- 3:17Speaker 2: that moment, the disciples began preaching openly about Jesus Christ.
- 3:23Speaker 2: John became one of the leaders of the early church.
- 3:27Speaker 2: The Apostle Paul referred to him as one of the
- 3:30Speaker 2: pillars of the church. He remained faithful, and even at
- 3:35Speaker 2: old age, he never stopped preaching about Jesus Christ. As
- 3:40Speaker 2: time passed, the Roman Empire took control and persecution against
- 3:46Speaker 2: Christians became stronger under Emperor Domitian. Christians were expected to
- 3:51Speaker 2: honor and worship the emperor, but followers of Jesus refused.
- 3:57Speaker 2: Because of this, many Christians were punished. Some were killed,
- 4:03Speaker 2: others were imprisoned or exiled. John was one of them.
- 4:08Speaker 2: He explains why he was sent away. I, John, your
- 4:13Speaker 2: brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient
- 4:18Speaker 2: endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island
- 4:23Speaker 2: of Patmos because of the word of God and the
- 4:26Speaker 2: testimony of Jesus. Revelation 1.9 And on that lonely island,
- 4:34Speaker 2: what seemed like punishment became the beginning of revelation, a
- 4:39Speaker 2: vision about the future, a vision about judgment, a vision
- 4:44Speaker 2: about the end. John was old now, far from the churches,
- 4:50Speaker 2: far from the cities where he once preached. But even
- 4:54Speaker 2: in exile, he continued to worship God. Then one day,
- 4:59Speaker 2: something happened.
- 5:03Speaker 3: This is the word of God and the testimony of
- 5:06Speaker 3: Jesus Christ to show you what must soon take place.
- 5:18Speaker 2: John immediately turned to see who was speaking. What he
- 5:22Speaker 2: saw next was unlike anything he had ever seen before.
- 5:27Speaker 1: When I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands and among
- 5:32Speaker 1: the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed
- 5:37Speaker 1: in a robe reaching down to his feet and with
- 5:40Speaker 1: a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his
- 5:44Speaker 1: head was white like wool, as white as snow, and
- 5:49Speaker 1: his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like
- 5:54Speaker 1: bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like
- 5:59Speaker 1: the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he
- 6:03Speaker 1: held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was
- 6:07Speaker 1: a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun,
- 6:13Speaker 1: shining in all its brilliance.
- 6:17Speaker 2: The brightness was overwhelming. It was no ordinary vision. John
- 6:23Speaker 2: could not stand it, so he fell at his feet
- 6:26Speaker 2: as though dead. But Jesus touched him and said.
- 6:31Speaker 4: Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last.
- 6:36Speaker 4: I am the living one, and I hold the keys
- 6:39Speaker 4: of death and Hades.
- 6:41Speaker 1: He said to me, Write what you have seen, what
- 6:45Speaker 1: is now and what will take place later. He also
- 6:50Speaker 1: explained part of the mystery. The seven stars are the
- 6:55Speaker 1: angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are
- 6:59Speaker 1: the seven churches. The vision had only just begun, and
- 7:05Speaker 1: the first messages would not be directed to kings or empires.
- 7:11Speaker 1: They would be directed to the churches.
- 7:23Speaker 2: The Seven Churches were real churches located across Asia Minor.
- 7:29Speaker 2: They were filled with ordinary believers trying to remain faithful
- 7:33Speaker 2: during difficult times. Many were facing persecution. Others were struggling
- 7:40Speaker 2: with compromise, fear.
- 7:42Speaker 4: Footsteps, they're close.
- 7:43Speaker 1: Lord, protect us.
- 7:44Speaker 4: We must stay silent.
- 7:46Speaker 2: False teaching and spiritual weakness. Jesus had not forgotten them.
- 7:53Speaker 2: And through John, he sent each church a message.
- 7:59Speaker 1: The first message was directed to the church in Ephesus.
- 8:03Speaker 1: He said, Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus.
- 8:08Speaker 1: I know your deeds, your hard work, and your perseverance.
- 8:13Speaker 1: Yet I hold this against you. You have forsaken the
- 8:17Speaker 1: love you had at first.
- 8:20Speaker 2: The believers in Ephesus had not given up their faith
- 8:24Speaker 2: even during pressure and persecution. They were still active, still religious,
- 8:30Speaker 2: still working, but their love for God was no longer
- 8:34Speaker 2: what it once had been.
- 8:36Speaker 1: And he warned them, Consider how far you have fallen.
- 8:42Speaker 1: Repent and do the things you did at first.
- 8:47Speaker 2: The message was clear. Faithfulness was not only about actions.
- 8:52Speaker 2: It was also about the condition of the heart. Whoever
- 8:56Speaker 2: has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to
- 9:00Speaker 2: the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will
- 9:03Speaker 2: give the right to eat from the tree of life,
- 9:06Speaker 2: which is in the paradise of God. Revelation 2.7 The
- 9:13Speaker 2: next message went to the church in Smyrna.
- 9:17Speaker 1: Jesus said to them, In the name of the Emperor,
- 9:20Speaker 1: open this door! I know your afflictions and your poverty.
- 9:25Speaker 1: Yet you are rich. Do not be afraid of what
- 9:30Speaker 1: you are about to suffer.
- 9:32Speaker 2: Unlike some of the others, this church was suffering greatly.
- 9:38Speaker 2: Many believers there were poor, rejected, and persecuted because of
- 9:43Speaker 2: their faith in Jesus.
- 9:45Speaker 4: Please, I beg for your help.
- 9:47Speaker 2: We have nothing for you.
- 9:48Speaker 4: Be gone.
- 9:50Speaker 2: Some imprisoned. Some suffer greatly.
- 9:55Speaker 1: But Jesus encouraged them. He said, Be faithful even to
- 10:01Speaker 1: the point of death, and I will give you life
- 10:05Speaker 1: as your victor's crown.
- 10:08Speaker 2: Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says
- 10:12Speaker 2: to the churches. The one who is victorious will not
- 10:16Speaker 2: be hurt at all by the second death. Revelation 2.11
- 10:23Speaker 2: Then came a message to the church in Pergamum. This
- 10:27Speaker 2: church lived in a place surrounded by pagan worship and
- 10:31Speaker 2: Roman influence. Grant us strength, O Lord. Jesus acknowledged their struggle.
- 10:40Speaker 1: To the angel of the church in Pergamum write, I
- 10:45Speaker 1: know where you live, where Satan has his throne. Yet
- 10:50Speaker 1: you remained true to my name. You did not renounce
- 10:54Speaker 1: your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas,
- 10:58Speaker 1: my faithful witness, who was put to death in your
- 11:02Speaker 1: city where Satan lives.
- 11:05Speaker 2: But something else was a problem.
- 11:08Speaker 3: The new way is here. Embrace the truth I bring.
- 11:11Speaker 4: Let the old chains fall away.
- 11:14Speaker 2: Some believers were beginning to follow false teachings and sinful practices.
- 11:20Speaker 2: So Jesus warned.
- 11:22Speaker 1: Them, Repent therefore, otherwise I will soon come to you
- 11:28Speaker 1: and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
- 11:33Speaker 2: Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says
- 11:37Speaker 2: to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I
- 11:41Speaker 2: will give some of the hidden manna. I will also
- 11:46Speaker 2: give that person a white stone with a new name
- 11:49Speaker 2: written on it, known only to the one who receives it.
- 11:55Speaker 2: Revelation 2.17 Next was Thyatira. This church was known for love, service,
- 12:04Speaker 2: and perseverance. In fact, Jesus said they were doing more
- 12:09Speaker 2: good works than they had done before. But despite these strengths,
- 12:14Speaker 2: the church had allowed false teaching to spread among them.
- 12:20Speaker 2: A woman symbolically called Jezebel was misleading believers into immorality
- 12:26Speaker 2: and idol worship. Jesus warned that judgment would come if
- 12:32Speaker 2: there was no repentance.
- 12:36Speaker 1: He said, I will cast her on a bed of suffering.
- 12:39Speaker 1: and I will make those who commit adultery with her
- 12:42Speaker 1: suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will
- 12:48Speaker 1: strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know
- 12:53Speaker 1: that I am He who searches hearts and minds, and
- 12:58Speaker 1: I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- 13:04Speaker 2: To the one who is victorious and does my will
- 13:07Speaker 2: to the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- 13:12Speaker 2: That one will rule them with an iron scepter and
- 13:16Speaker 2: will dash them to pieces like pottery, just as I
- 13:19Speaker 2: have received authority from my Father. I will also give
- 13:24Speaker 2: that one the morning star. Whoever has ears, let them
- 13:29Speaker 2: hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Revelation 2.26-29
- 13:38Speaker 2: Now to the fifth church, the church in Sardis. He said,
- 13:44Speaker 2: Write to the angel of the church in Sardis. I
- 13:47Speaker 2: am the one who holds the seven spirits of God
- 13:51Speaker 2: and the seven stars.
- 13:53Speaker 1: I know your deeds. You have a reputation of being alive,
- 13:58Speaker 1: but you are dead.
- 14:01Speaker 2: This church looked alive outwardly, but spiritually it had become
- 14:06Speaker 2: weak and lifeless. Jesus warned them to wake up before
- 14:10Speaker 2: it was too late.
- 14:13Speaker 1: But if you do not wake up, I will come
- 14:16Speaker 1: like a thief and you will not know at what
- 14:19Speaker 1: time I will come to you.
- 14:22Speaker 2: However, not everyone in Sardis had fallen away. A faithful
- 14:28Speaker 2: few remained pure, and Jesus promised that those who overcame
- 14:33Speaker 2: would walk with him dressed in white and would never
- 14:36Speaker 2: have their names removed from the book of life.
- 14:41Speaker 1: For the sixth church he said, Write to the angel
- 14:44Speaker 1: of the church in Philadelphia. These are the words of
- 14:48Speaker 1: him who is holy and true, who holds the key
- 14:52Speaker 1: of David. What he opens, no one can shut. and
- 14:56Speaker 1: what he shuts, no one can open. I know your deeds.
- 15:02Speaker 1: I know that you have little strength, yet you have
- 15:05Speaker 1: kept my word and have not denied my name. Therefore,
- 15:10Speaker 1: I will also keep you from the hour of trial
- 15:13Speaker 1: that is going to come on the whole world to
- 15:17Speaker 1: test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon.
- 15:22Speaker 1: Hold on to what you have, so that no one
- 15:25Speaker 1: will take your crown.
- 15:28Speaker 2: The one who is victorious I will make a pillar
- 15:32Speaker 2: in the temple of my God. Never again will they
- 15:35Speaker 2: leave it. I will write on them the name of
- 15:38Speaker 2: my God and the name of the city of my God,
- 15:42Speaker 2: the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven
- 15:46Speaker 2: from my God, and I will also write on them
- 15:49Speaker 2: my new name. Whoever has ears, let them hear what
- 15:54Speaker 2: the Spirit says to the churches. Revelation 3.12-13.
- 16:02Speaker 1: And finally, the seventh church. To the angel of the
- 16:07Speaker 1: church in Laodicea. I know your deeds, that you are
- 16:13Speaker 1: neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one
- 16:18Speaker 1: or the other. So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot
- 16:23Speaker 1: nor cold, I am about to spit you out of
- 16:27Speaker 1: my mouth. You say, I am rich, I have acquired
- 16:33Speaker 1: wealth and do not need a thing. But you do
- 16:37Speaker 1: not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
- 16:44Speaker 1: Cover your shameful nakedness and put salve on your eyes
- 16:48Speaker 1: so you can see.
- 16:51Speaker 4: Our wealth is a blessing.
- 16:52Speaker 1: Such fine craftsmanship.
- 16:54Speaker 2: The church in Laodicea had become spiritually lukewarm, comfortable, proud, self-satisfied.
- 17:02Speaker 2: Yet even here, Jesus still offered mercy. Those whom I love,
- 17:07Speaker 2: I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here
- 17:12Speaker 2: I am. I stand at the door and knock. If
- 17:16Speaker 2: anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will
- 17:19Speaker 2: come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
- 17:24Speaker 2: Revelation 3.19-20 To the one who is victorious, I will
- 17:33Speaker 2: give the right to sit with me on my throne,
- 17:37Speaker 2: just as I was victorious and sat down with my
- 17:41Speaker 2: father on his throne.
- 17:43Speaker 1: Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says
- 17:48Speaker 1: to the churches.
- 17:50Speaker 2: These messages were not only for the churches of John's time.
- 17:54Speaker 2: They revealed the struggles every generation of believers would face. Fear, compromise, pride,
- 18:02Speaker 2: false teaching, spiritual weakness. But they also revealed something else.
- 18:08Speaker 2: Jesus was watching. Jesus knew. And Jesus still called his
- 18:13Speaker 2: people to remain faithful. After the messages to the churches
- 18:19Speaker 2: were complete, something changed again.
- 18:27Speaker 1: After this I looked, and there before me was an
- 18:31Speaker 1: open door standing in heaven. And the voice I had
- 18:36Speaker 1: first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said.
- 18:40Speaker 2: Come up here.
- 18:41Speaker 4: And I will show you what must take place after this.
- 18:46Speaker 1: And there before me was a throne in heaven, with
- 18:50Speaker 1: someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there
- 18:54Speaker 1: had the appearance of Jasper and Ruby, a rainbow that
- 18:58Speaker 1: shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne
- 19:04Speaker 1: were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders.
- 19:11Speaker 1: They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold
- 19:15Speaker 1: on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning,
- 19:20Speaker 1: rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne
- 19:26Speaker 1: there was what looked like a sea of glass and
- 19:30Speaker 1: seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also,
- 19:37Speaker 1: there were four living creatures, all covered with eyes, in
- 19:42Speaker 1: front and in back. The first living creature was like
- 19:46Speaker 1: a lion with six wings. The second was like an
- 19:51Speaker 1: ox with six wings. The third had a face like
- 19:55Speaker 1: a man with six wings. And the fourth was like
- 19:59Speaker 1: a flying eagle with six wings also. Day and night
- 20:04Speaker 1: they bow and say, Holy, holy, holy. is the Lord
- 20:10Speaker 1: God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.
- 20:16Speaker 1: Every time the creatures worshipped, the twenty-four elders fell before
- 20:21Speaker 1: the throne, laid their crowns down before God and declared, You.
- 20:27Speaker 5: Are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and
- 20:32Speaker 5: honor and power forever.
- 20:35Speaker 2: For you created all things, and by your will they
- 20:39Speaker 2: were created and have their being. Revelation 4.11 The vision
- 20:46Speaker 2: revealed something important. While the world below is filled with persecution, fear,
- 20:52Speaker 2: and suffering, heaven is in total reverence to God. But then,
- 20:59Speaker 2: John noticed something else. As John the Apostle continued looking
- 21:12Speaker 2: at the throne, his attention was drawn to something in
- 21:16Speaker 2: the right hand of the one seated there.
- 21:19Speaker 1: In his hands was a scroll with writing on both sides,
- 21:24Speaker 1: sealed with seven seals. And then I saw a mighty
- 21:30Speaker 1: angel proclaiming in a loud voice.
- 21:34Speaker 5: Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?
- 21:40Speaker 2: The question was not about strength. It was about worthiness.
- 21:45Speaker 2: Who was worthy enough to reveal what was written inside?
- 21:50Speaker 2: John waited, but no one stepped forward.
- 21:54Speaker 1: And I wept. I wept because no one was found
- 21:59Speaker 1: who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
- 22:05Speaker 1: Then one of the twenty-four elders said to me, Do
- 22:08Speaker 1: not weep. See, the lion of the tribe of Judah,
- 22:13Speaker 1: the root of David, has triumphed.
- 22:17Speaker 2: The elder was speaking about Jesus Christ.
- 22:21Speaker 1: Immediately I saw a lamb with seven horns and seven eyes,
- 22:26Speaker 1: looking as if it had been slain, standing at the
- 22:29Speaker 1: center of the throne. The Lamb stepped forward and took
- 22:34Speaker 1: the scroll from the right hand of him who sat
- 22:37Speaker 1: on the throne. And when he had taken it, the
- 22:41Speaker 1: four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before
- 22:46Speaker 1: the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were
- 22:50Speaker 1: holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers
- 22:54Speaker 1: of God's people.
- 22:56Speaker 2: Then they began to sing a new song. You are
- 23:00Speaker 2: worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals,
- 23:04Speaker 2: because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased
- 23:08Speaker 2: for God, persons from every tribe and language and people
- 23:13Speaker 2: and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom
- 23:17Speaker 2: and priests to serve our God, and they will reign
- 23:21Speaker 2: on the earth. Revelation 5.9-10.
- 23:27Speaker 1: Then I heard the voices of countless angels surrounding the
- 23:31Speaker 1: throne saying in a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb
- 23:35Speaker 1: who was slain to receive power and wealth and wisdom
- 23:41Speaker 1: and strength and honor and glory and praise. Every creature
- 23:48Speaker 1: in heaven and on earth and under the earth and
- 23:52Speaker 1: on the sea responded in worship. They all said, To
- 23:57Speaker 1: him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
- 24:01Speaker 1: be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever.
- 24:09Speaker 2: Jesus alone was worthy to open the scroll, and he
- 24:13Speaker 2: alone had authority over what was about to happen. As
- 24:17Speaker 2: the Lamb began to open the seals, the future itself
- 24:22Speaker 2: started to unfold. The throne room had fallen silent. It
- 24:33Speaker 2: was about time for the seven seals to be opened,
- 24:36Speaker 2: and John watched carefully.
- 24:41Speaker 1: I watched as the lamb opened the first of the
- 24:44Speaker 1: seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living
- 24:48Speaker 1: creatures say, Come! I looked, and there before me was
- 24:54Speaker 1: a white horse. Its rider held a bow. and he
- 24:59Speaker 1: was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror.
- 25:04Speaker 1: The second seal was opened, and I heard the second
- 25:09Speaker 1: living creature say, Come! And then another horse came out,
- 25:15Speaker 1: a fiery red one. Its rider was given a large sword,
- 25:21Speaker 1: the power to take peace from the earth and to
- 25:24Speaker 1: make people kill each other. When the lamb opened the
- 25:30Speaker 1: third seal, again I heard the command.
- 25:35Speaker 4: Come!
- 25:36Speaker 1: I looked, and there before me was a black horse.
- 25:41Speaker 1: Its rider was holding a pair of scares in his hand,
- 25:45Speaker 1: and the four living creatures, speaking about the prices of food.
- 25:50Speaker 2: Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the
- 25:53Speaker 2: four living creatures, saying, Two pounds of wheat for a
- 25:57Speaker 2: day's wages and six pounds of barley for a day's wages,
- 26:01Speaker 2: and do not damage the oil and the wine. Revelation 6.6
- 26:08Speaker 2: The vision pointed to famine and economic suffering. Food would
- 26:14Speaker 2: become scarce. People would struggle to survive.
- 26:19Speaker 1: When the lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the
- 26:23Speaker 1: voice of the fourth living creature say, Come. I looked,
- 26:28Speaker 1: and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider
- 26:32Speaker 1: was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.
- 26:37Speaker 1: They were given power over a fourth of the earth
- 26:41Speaker 1: to kill by sword, famine, and plague, and by the
- 26:45Speaker 1: wild beasts of the earth.
- 26:49Speaker 2: The judgments were growing more severe. Then came the fifth seal.
- 26:54Speaker 2: The vision changed completely. Instead of horses and riders, John
- 27:00Speaker 2: saw something completely different.
- 27:04Speaker 1: I saw under the altar the souls of those who
- 27:08Speaker 1: had been slain because of the word of God and
- 27:11Speaker 1: the testimony they had maintained. Each of them was given
- 27:16Speaker 1: a white robe and they were told to wait a
- 27:19Speaker 1: little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants,
- 27:24Speaker 1: their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.
- 27:30Speaker 1: I watched as he opened the sixth seal, and there
- 27:34Speaker 1: was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth
- 27:39Speaker 1: made of goat hair. The whole moon turned blood-red. and
- 27:44Speaker 1: the stars in the sky fell to earth as figs
- 27:49Speaker 1: drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
- 27:53Speaker 1: The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and
- 27:58Speaker 1: every mountain and island was removed from its place. The
- 28:03Speaker 1: world was thrown into terror. Then the kings of the earth,
- 28:09Speaker 1: the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, everyone, from
- 28:14Speaker 1: rulers to slaves, ran and hid in caves. They call
- 28:20Speaker 1: to the mountains and the rocks, fall on us and
- 28:23Speaker 1: hide us from the face of him who sits on
- 28:26Speaker 1: the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. For
- 28:30Speaker 1: the great day of their wrath has come, and who
- 28:34Speaker 1: can withstand it?
- 28:36Speaker 2: The world finally realized that judgment had begun. Six seals
- 28:43Speaker 2: opened already, and with only one seal remaining, something more
- 28:48Speaker 2: terrifying was still to come. Before the final seal was opened,
- 29:02Speaker 2: something unexpected happened, and it was connected to the twelve
- 29:07Speaker 2: tribes of Israel.
- 29:10Speaker 1: I saw four angels standing at the four corners of
- 29:14Speaker 1: the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth
- 29:18Speaker 1: to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or
- 29:21Speaker 1: on the sea or on any tree. Then I saw
- 29:26Speaker 1: another angel coming up from the east, having the seal
- 29:31Speaker 1: of the living God. He called out in a loud
- 29:34Speaker 1: voice to the four angels who had been given power
- 29:38Speaker 1: to harm the land and the sea.
- 29:41Speaker 2: Do not harm the land, or the sea, or the trees.
- 29:48Speaker 1: Then I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000
- 29:52Speaker 1: from all the tribes of Israel. Twelve thousand each from Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph,
- 30:11Speaker 1: and Benjamin were sealed. Also there before me was a
- 30:18Speaker 1: great multitude wearing white robes and holding palm branches in
- 30:23Speaker 1: their hands. No one could count them. They were from
- 30:27Speaker 1: every nation, tribe, people, and language. And they are standing
- 30:34Speaker 1: before the throne and before the Lamb. They cried out
- 30:39Speaker 1: in a loud voice, Salvation belongs to our God who
- 30:44Speaker 1: sits on the throne and to the Lamb. All the
- 30:50Speaker 1: angels standing around the throne, the elders and the four
- 30:54Speaker 1: living creatures, fell down on their faces before the throne
- 30:58Speaker 1: and worshipped God, saying, Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom
- 31:05Speaker 1: and thanks and honor and power and strength be to
- 31:09Speaker 1: our God forever and ever. Amen. Then one elder asked.
- 31:16Speaker 4: Me, These in white robes, who are they? And where
- 31:21Speaker 4: did they come from? I answered, I do not know.
- 31:26Speaker 3: Do you?
- 31:28Speaker 4: And he said, These are they who have come out
- 31:32Speaker 4: of the great tribulation.
- 31:35Speaker 2: They have washed their robes and made them white in
- 31:39Speaker 2: the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the
- 31:43Speaker 2: throne of God and serve him day and night in
- 31:47Speaker 2: his temple. And he who sits on the throne will
- 31:51Speaker 2: shelter them with his presence. Never again will they hunger,
- 31:57Speaker 2: never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat
- 32:00Speaker 2: down on them nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb
- 32:05Speaker 2: at the center of the throne will be their shepherd.
- 32:08Speaker 2: He will lead them to springs of living water, and
- 32:12Speaker 2: God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Revelation 7.15-17.
- 32:30Speaker 1: And now to the seventh seal. When the Lamb opened
- 32:36Speaker 1: the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about
- 32:40Speaker 1: half an hour. And then I saw the seven angels
- 32:47Speaker 1: holding seven trumpets standing before God. Another angel approached the altar,
- 32:55Speaker 1: carrying a golden censer filled with incense. The prayers of
- 33:00Speaker 1: God's people rose before the throne like smoke. Then suddenly
- 33:06Speaker 1: the angel took fire from the altar and threw it
- 33:10Speaker 1: upon the earth. And there came peals of thunder, rumblings,
- 33:16Speaker 1: flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
- 33:21Speaker 2: The silence was over. Judgment was about to intensify. And
- 33:27Speaker 2: the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to
- 33:31Speaker 2: sound them.
- 33:34Speaker 1: The first angel sounded his trumpet and there came hail
- 33:39Speaker 1: and fire mixed with blood and it was hurled down
- 33:43Speaker 1: on the earth. A third of the earth, a third
- 33:47Speaker 1: of the trees and all the green grass was burned up.
- 33:53Speaker 1: The second angel sounded his trumpet and something like a
- 33:58Speaker 1: huge mountain all ablaze was thrown into the sea. A
- 34:04Speaker 1: third of the sea turned into blood, a third of
- 34:08Speaker 1: the living creatures in the sea died, and a third
- 34:12Speaker 1: of the ships were destroyed. The third angel sounded his trumpet,
- 34:22Speaker 1: and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from
- 34:27Speaker 1: the sky on a third of the rivers and on
- 34:30Speaker 1: the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood.
- 34:36Speaker 1: A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people
- 34:40Speaker 1: died from the waters that had become bitter. The fourth
- 34:46Speaker 1: angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun
- 34:50Speaker 1: was struck. A third of the moon fell, and a
- 34:54Speaker 1: third of the stars all turned dark. A third of
- 34:59Speaker 1: the day was without light, and also a third of
- 35:03Speaker 1: the night. As I watched, I heard an eagle that
- 35:08Speaker 1: was flying in mid-air call out in a loud voice.
- 35:14Speaker 5: Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, for the trumpet
- 35:18Speaker 5: blasts yet to come by the other three angels!
- 35:23Speaker 2: The first four trumpets had already brought destruction upon the earth,
- 35:28Speaker 2: the sea, the rivers, and the heavens. But now, something
- 35:34Speaker 2: even more terrifying was about to be released.
- 35:39Speaker 1: The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a
- 35:43Speaker 1: star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.
- 35:47Speaker 1: The star was given the key to the shaft of
- 35:50Speaker 1: the abyss. When the shaft was opened, thick smoke poured
- 35:55Speaker 1: out like a giant furnace. The sun and sky were
- 36:00Speaker 1: darkened by the smoke from the abyss. Then, something horrifying
- 36:07Speaker 1: emerged from the smoke. Locusts. But these were not ordinary creatures.
- 36:14Speaker 1: They wore crowns of gold. Their faces resembled human faces.
- 36:19Speaker 1: Their hair was like women's hair. Their teeth were like
- 36:24Speaker 1: lion's teeth. And they are assembled like horses prepared for battle.
- 36:31Speaker 1: The sound of their wings was like the thundering of
- 36:34Speaker 1: many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had breastplates
- 36:40Speaker 1: like breastplates of iron. Tails with stingers like scorpion's. and
- 36:48Speaker 1: in their tales they had power to torment people for
- 36:52Speaker 1: five months. They had as king over them the angel
- 36:57Speaker 1: of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and
- 37:02Speaker 1: in Greek is Apollyon, that is, Destroyer. During those days
- 37:11Speaker 1: people will suffer in pain. They will long to die,
- 37:15Speaker 1: but death comes. will be impossible. Now, the first woe
- 37:22Speaker 1: is past. Two other woes are yet to come, and
- 37:26Speaker 1: the horror was not over. The sixth angel sounded his trumpet,
- 37:32Speaker 1: and I heard the voice coming from the four horns
- 37:36Speaker 1: of the golden altar that is before God. It said
- 37:39Speaker 1: to the angel who had the trumpet, Release the.
- 37:43Speaker 3: Four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.
- 37:47Speaker 1: And the four angels who had been kept ready for
- 37:50Speaker 1: this very hour were released to kill a third of mankind.
- 37:56Speaker 1: An army appeared. Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue,
- 38:02Speaker 1: and yellow as sulfur. The number of the mounted troops
- 38:07Speaker 1: was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. The heads of
- 38:12Speaker 1: the horses resembled the heads of lions. Out of their
- 38:17Speaker 1: mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur. Their tails were like snakes,
- 38:23Speaker 1: having heads with which they inflict injury. They killed a
- 38:30Speaker 1: third of mankind with these.
- 38:33Speaker 2: Yet even after witnessing all this destruction, many still refused
- 38:38Speaker 2: to repent. They did not stop worshipping demons. They continued
- 38:43Speaker 2: in their violence, corruption and evil.
- 38:55Speaker 1: Then I saw another mighty angel, robed in a cloud,
- 38:59Speaker 1: face like the sun, a rainbow above his head, and
- 39:03Speaker 1: his legs were like fiery pillars. He planted his right
- 39:08Speaker 1: foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land.
- 39:12Speaker 1: He opened the scroll in his hand and gave a
- 39:15Speaker 1: loud shout like the roar of a lion. I was
- 39:19Speaker 1: about to write, but I heard the voice from heaven say, Seal.
- 39:25Speaker 3: Up what the seven thunders have said and do not
- 39:28Speaker 3: write it down.
- 39:31Speaker 1: Then the mighty angel raised his hand and declared.
- 39:36Speaker 2: There will be no more delay. But in the days
- 39:42Speaker 2: when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet,
- 39:45Speaker 2: the mystery of God will be accomplished. just as he
- 39:49Speaker 2: announced to his servants the prophets. Revelation 10.7 Then I
- 39:57Speaker 2: heard another voice from heaven saying to me.
- 40:00Speaker 3: Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand
- 40:04Speaker 3: of the angel.
- 40:06Speaker 1: I approached the mighty angel and asked for the scroll.
- 40:11Speaker 1: The angel said.
- 40:13Speaker 2: Take it and eat it.
- 40:15Speaker 3: It will turn your stomach sour. But in your mouth
- 40:19Speaker 3: it will be as sweet as honey.
- 40:23Speaker 1: I obeyed, and the scroll tasted sweet like honey in
- 40:27Speaker 1: my mouth. But after I swallowed it, it turned bitter
- 40:33Speaker 1: in my stomach. Then I was told.
- 40:36Speaker 3: You must prophesy again about many people, nations, languages, and kings....
- 40:46Speaker 2: The visions were not over. There was still more John
- 40:50Speaker 2: had to witness, and the world had not yet seen
- 40:54Speaker 2: the worst of what was coming. Before the seventh trumpet
- 41:05Speaker 2: will sound, John was given some instructions from God.
- 41:10Speaker 1: I was given a measuring rod to measure the temple
- 41:14Speaker 1: of God and the altar but not to measure the
- 41:18Speaker 1: outer court, because it has been given to the Gentiles.
- 41:23Speaker 1: Jerusalem would face oppression for a period of time, and
- 41:28Speaker 1: God will appoint two witnesses wearing sackcloth as a sign
- 41:33Speaker 1: of mourning and warning that would proclaim God's message to
- 41:38Speaker 1: the world for 1,260 days.
- 41:44Speaker 2: They are the two olive trees and the two lampstands,
- 41:48Speaker 2: and they stand before the Lord of the earth. Revelation 11.4
- 41:55Speaker 2: If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their
- 42:00Speaker 2: mouths and devours their enemies.
- 42:03Speaker 1: They could shut the sky so that no rain would fall.
- 42:07Speaker 1: They could turn water into blood. And they could strike
- 42:11Speaker 1: the earth with plagues whenever they wished. The world would
- 42:16Speaker 1: hate them, but no one could stop them until their
- 42:19Speaker 1: mission was complete. But when they have finished their testimony,
- 42:25Speaker 1: a beast will come up from the abyss to attack,
- 42:29Speaker 1: overpower and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the
- 42:33Speaker 1: public square of the great city. The world celebrated their
- 42:38Speaker 1: deaths and refused them burial. But after the three and
- 42:43Speaker 1: a half days, the breath of life from God entered them,
- 42:48Speaker 1: and they stood on their feet. Then they heard a
- 42:51Speaker 1: loud voice from heaven asking them to come up here.
- 42:57Speaker 1: They ascended to heaven while their enemies looked on. At
- 43:02Speaker 1: that very hour there was a severe earthquake and the
- 43:06Speaker 1: tent of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed
- 43:11Speaker 1: in the earthquake and the survivors were terrified and gave
- 43:15Speaker 1: glory to the God of heaven. The second woe has passed.
- 43:20Speaker 1: The third woe is coming soon.
- 43:24Speaker 2: Remember, the seven letters had already been sent to the churches.
- 43:30Speaker 2: The seven seals on the scroll had already been opened.
- 43:34Speaker 2: But of the seven angels standing before the throne of God,
- 43:39Speaker 2: only six had sounded their trumpets. But now, the seventh
- 43:45Speaker 2: trumpet was about to sound.
- 43:48Speaker 1: The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices filled heaven.
- 43:53Speaker 4: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of
- 43:57Speaker 4: our Lord and of his Messiah.
- 44:01Speaker 1: The twenty-four elders fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying, We.
- 44:08Speaker 2: Give thanks to you, O God of grace, for the one.
- 44:13Speaker 4: We have enthralled.
- 44:14Speaker 5: Because you have taken fast and have begun to reign.
- 44:19Speaker 2: The nations were angry, and your wrath has come. The
- 44:24Speaker 2: time has come for judging the dead and for rewarding
- 44:27Speaker 2: your servants, the prophets, and your people who revere your name,
- 44:32Speaker 2: both great and small, and for destroying those who destroy
- 44:36Speaker 2: the earth. Revelation 11.18 Then God's temple in heaven was opened,
- 44:46Speaker 2: and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant,
- 44:50Speaker 2: and there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,
- 44:55Speaker 2: an earthquake, and a severe hailstorm.
- 45:10Speaker 1: After these things passed, a great sign appeared in heaven.
- 45:15Speaker 1: A pregnant woman clothed with the sun, with the moon
- 45:19Speaker 1: under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on
- 45:23Speaker 1: her head. She cried out in pain as she was
- 45:27Speaker 1: about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven.
- 45:33Speaker 1: An enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns
- 45:39Speaker 1: and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a
- 45:43Speaker 1: third of the stars out of the sky and flung
- 45:47Speaker 1: them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of
- 45:51Speaker 1: the woman who was about to give birth so that
- 45:54Speaker 1: it might devour her child the moment he was born.
- 46:01Speaker 1: She gave birth to a son, a male child, who
- 46:05Speaker 1: will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And
- 46:10Speaker 1: before the dragon could reach him, the child was taken
- 46:14Speaker 1: up to God and to his throne. The woman fled
- 46:18Speaker 1: into the wilderness. Then suddenly, war broke out in heaven.
- 46:25Speaker 1: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the
- 46:29Speaker 1: dragon and his angels fought back. But they were defeated.
- 46:35Speaker 1: The dragon, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray,
- 46:39Speaker 1: was hurled to the earth and his angels with him.
- 46:44Speaker 1: The heavens rejoiced, but a warning was given. Woe to
- 46:49Speaker 1: the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone
- 46:53Speaker 1: down to you. When the dragon saw that he had
- 46:59Speaker 1: been cast down to the earth, he pursued the woman
- 47:03Speaker 1: who had given birth to the male child. But she
- 47:06Speaker 1: was given the two wings of a great eagle so
- 47:10Speaker 1: that she might fly to the place prepared for her
- 47:14Speaker 1: in the wilderness. Then from his mouth the serpent spewed
- 47:19Speaker 1: water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep
- 47:24Speaker 1: her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the
- 47:29Speaker 1: woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river. The
- 47:35Speaker 1: dragon was enraged and went off to wage war against
- 47:41Speaker 1: the rest of her offspring, those who keep God's commands
- 47:46Speaker 1: and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. Satan knows his
- 47:54Speaker 1: time is over.
- 47:56Speaker 2: The battle was no longer only in heaven. It had
- 47:59Speaker 2: now reached the earth. And the enemy is here to steal, kill,
- 48:05Speaker 2: and destroy.
- 48:15Speaker 1: While the dragon stood on the shore of the sea,
- 48:19Speaker 1: I saw a beast with seven heads and ten horns
- 48:22Speaker 1: coming out of the sea. It resembled a leopard. but
- 48:27Speaker 1: had feet like those of a bear and a mouth
- 48:31Speaker 1: like that of a lion. One of the heads of
- 48:35Speaker 1: the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound. The
- 48:40Speaker 1: dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and
- 48:45Speaker 1: great authority. People worshipped the dragon because he had given
- 48:51Speaker 1: authority to the beast. And they also worshipped the beast
- 48:56Speaker 1: and asked, Who is like the beast? Who can wage
- 48:59Speaker 1: war against it?
- 49:03Speaker 4: There is none above me. The nations belong to me.
- 49:07Speaker 2: Who can stand against my power?
- 49:11Speaker 1: The beast was given power to speak proud and blasphemous
- 49:15Speaker 1: words against God for 42 months. It was given power
- 49:21Speaker 1: to wage war and conquer believers. And it was given
- 49:26Speaker 1: authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
- 49:33Speaker 2: All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast, all
- 49:36Speaker 2: whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book
- 49:40Speaker 2: of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation
- 49:44Speaker 2: of the world. Whoever has ears, let them hear. If
- 49:49Speaker 2: anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go.
- 49:55Speaker 2: If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with
- 49:58Speaker 2: the sword they will be killed. This calls for patient
- 50:04Speaker 2: endurance and faithfulness on the part of God's people. Revelation 13,
- 50:10Speaker 2: 8-10 I.
- 50:17Speaker 1: Saw a second beast rise. This one came from the earth.
- 50:22Speaker 1: It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke
- 50:26Speaker 1: like a dragon. At first it appeared gentle, But its
- 50:31Speaker 1: voice revealed its true nature.
- 50:35Speaker 4: Follow the beast. Bow before its power.
- 50:43Speaker 1: This second beast deceived the world. It performed great signs
- 50:49Speaker 1: and miracles, even making fire come down from heaven in
- 50:54Speaker 1: front of people.
- 50:58Speaker 4: The storm approaches, but I bring you light.
- 51:02Speaker 1: Through deception, it caused humanity to worship the first beast.
- 51:08Speaker 4: Look not to me, but to him who is revealed
- 51:11Speaker 4: above us. He alone holds the key to your salvation.
- 51:18Speaker 1: It ordered them to set up an image in honor
- 51:21Speaker 1: of the beast. And anyone who refused to worship the
- 51:26Speaker 1: beast would be killed. It also forced all people, great
- 51:32Speaker 1: and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive
- 51:37Speaker 1: a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads.
- 51:42Speaker 1: Without the mark, no one could buy or sell. No
- 51:47Speaker 1: one could participate in society.
- 51:50Speaker 4: No entry without the mark. Please, my family is weary.
- 51:54Speaker 2: The law is clear.
- 51:55Speaker 4: Turn back.
- 51:58Speaker 2: And the mark.
- 51:59Speaker 1: which is the name of the beast, the number of
- 52:03Speaker 1: its name, and also the number of a man. That
- 52:09Speaker 1: number is 666.
- 52:17Speaker 2: The mark of the beast had spread across the world,
- 52:21Speaker 2: and deception rules the nations. But then John looked again,
- 52:29Speaker 2: and what he saw brought hope in the middle of darkness.
- 52:40Speaker 1: I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing
- 52:44Speaker 1: on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his
- 52:47Speaker 1: name and his father's name written on their foreheads. And
- 52:55Speaker 1: I heard the sound from heaven like the roar of
- 52:58Speaker 1: rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The
- 53:03Speaker 1: sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps.
- 53:08Speaker 1: And they sang a new song before the throne. Worthy
- 53:12Speaker 1: is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and
- 53:17Speaker 1: wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.
- 53:24Speaker 2: No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who
- 53:29Speaker 2: had been redeemed from the earth. These are those who
- 53:33Speaker 2: did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.
- 53:38Speaker 2: They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased
- 53:43Speaker 2: from among mankind and offered as first fruits to God
- 53:48Speaker 2: and the Lamb. No lie was found in their mouths.
- 53:53Speaker 2: They are blameless. Revelation 14.3-5 Then.
- 54:01Speaker 1: I saw an angel flying in mid-air, and he had
- 54:05Speaker 1: the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on
- 54:08Speaker 1: the earth, to every nation, tribe, language, and people. He
- 54:14Speaker 1: said in a loud voice, Fear.
- 54:17Speaker 4: God, and give him glory, because the hour of his
- 54:21Speaker 4: judgment has come. Worship him. A second angel followed, he said.
- 54:30Speaker 4: Fallen is Babylon the Great. She made all nations drink
- 54:35Speaker 4: the maddening wine of her adulteries.
- 54:38Speaker 1: Another angel, a third one, followed them and said in
- 54:42Speaker 1: a loud voice.
- 54:44Speaker 3: If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives
- 54:48Speaker 3: its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they
- 54:52Speaker 3: too will drink the wine of God's fury, which has
- 54:55Speaker 3: been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.
- 54:59Speaker 3: They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence
- 55:03Speaker 3: of the holy angels and of the Lamb, and the
- 55:07Speaker 3: smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever. There
- 55:11Speaker 3: will be no rest day or night for those who
- 55:14Speaker 3: worship the beast and its image or for anyone who
- 55:18Speaker 3: receives the mark of its name.
- 55:24Speaker 2: The choice before humanity had become clear, follow the beast
- 55:29Speaker 2: or remain faithful to God. This calls for patient endurance
- 55:35Speaker 2: on the part of the people of God. After that,
- 55:40Speaker 2: John heard words of encouragement for all believers.
- 55:45Speaker 1: Then I heard a voice from heaven say, Write this,
- 55:50Speaker 1: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from
- 55:53Speaker 1: now on. They will rest from their labor, for their
- 55:58Speaker 1: deeds will follow them. I looked again, and there before
- 56:06Speaker 1: me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud
- 56:10Speaker 1: was one like the Son of Man, with a crown
- 56:13Speaker 1: of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in
- 56:17Speaker 1: his hand. Then an angel came out of the temple.
- 56:22Speaker 1: and called in a loud voice to him who was
- 56:25Speaker 1: sitting on the cloud, Take your sickle and reap, because
- 56:30Speaker 1: the time to reap has come, for the.
- 56:33Speaker 4: Harvest of the earth is ripe.
- 56:36Speaker 2: Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came
- 56:40Speaker 2: from the altar and called in a loud voice to
- 56:43Speaker 2: him who had the sharp sickle, Take your sharp sickle
- 56:47Speaker 2: and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth's vine.
- 56:51Speaker 2: because its grapes are ripe. The angel swung his sickle
- 56:57Speaker 2: on the earth, gathered its grapes, and threw them into
- 57:01Speaker 2: the great winepress of God's wrath. They were trampled in
- 57:05Speaker 2: the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of
- 57:10Speaker 2: the press, rising as high as the horse's bridles for
- 57:14Speaker 2: a distance of 1,600 stadia. Revelation 14, 18-20 The message
- 57:24Speaker 2: was impossible to miss. The time for choosing sides was
- 57:28Speaker 2: running out. Judgment was drawing near, and the final outpouring
- 57:33Speaker 2: of God's wrath was about to begin.
- 57:43Speaker 1: After all these, I saw another sign in heaven. Seven
- 57:48Speaker 1: angels with the seven last plagues. This was the final
- 57:53Speaker 1: stage of judgment, because with them God's wrath is completed.
- 58:00Speaker 1: I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire.
- 58:05Speaker 1: Standing beside it were those who had remained faithful to God,
- 58:10Speaker 1: those who had overcome the beast, its image, and its mark.
- 58:16Speaker 1: They sang praises to God and to the Lamb.
- 58:26Speaker 2: Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just
- 58:31Speaker 2: and true are your ways, King of the nations. Who
- 58:35Speaker 2: will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name?
- 58:39Speaker 2: For you alone are holy. All nations will come and
- 58:43Speaker 2: worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.
- 58:49Speaker 2: Revelation 15.4 After this I looked, and I saw in
- 58:55Speaker 2: heaven the temple of the covenant law was opened.
- 58:59Speaker 1: Out of the temple came the seven angels, each holding
- 59:03Speaker 1: a bowl representing the seven plagues. The temple was filled
- 59:09Speaker 1: with with smoke from the glory of God and from
- 59:13Speaker 1: his power. No one could enter the temple until the
- 59:18Speaker 1: seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. Then I
- 59:29Speaker 1: heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the
- 59:32Speaker 1: seven angels.
- 59:34Speaker 3: Go pour out the seven bowls of God's wrath on
- 59:37Speaker 3: the earth.
- 59:40Speaker 1: The first angel went and poured out his bowl on
- 59:43Speaker 1: the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the
- 59:48Speaker 1: people who had the mark of.
- 59:51Speaker 2: The beast and worshipped its image.
- 59:55Speaker 1: The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea,
- 59:59Speaker 1: and it turned into blood like that of a dead person,
- 1:00:04Speaker 1: and every living thing in the sea died. The third
- 1:00:10Speaker 1: angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs
- 1:00:14Speaker 1: of water, and it also became blood. Then I heard
- 1:00:22Speaker 1: the angel in charge of the waters say.
- 1:00:26Speaker 2: You are just in these judgments, O Holy One, you
- 1:00:30Speaker 2: who are and who were, for they have shed the
- 1:00:33Speaker 2: blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you
- 1:00:37Speaker 2: have given them blood to drink as they deserve. And
- 1:00:41Speaker 2: I heard the altar respond, Yes, Lord God Almighty, true
- 1:00:46Speaker 2: and just are your judgments. Revelation 16.6-7.
- 1:00:54Speaker 1: The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun,
- 1:00:58Speaker 1: and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.
- 1:01:02Speaker 1: They were seared by the intense heat. They cursed the
- 1:01:09Speaker 1: name of God, and they refused to repent. The fifth
- 1:01:14Speaker 1: angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,
- 1:01:18Speaker 1: and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their
- 1:01:24Speaker 1: tongues in agony because of their pains and their sores. Yet,
- 1:01:30Speaker 1: they still cursed the god and did not repent. The
- 1:01:35Speaker 1: sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,
- 1:01:40Speaker 1: and its water was dried up to prepare the way
- 1:01:44Speaker 1: for the kings from the east. Then I saw three
- 1:01:51Speaker 1: impure spirits that looked like frogs. They came out of
- 1:01:55Speaker 1: the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of
- 1:01:58Speaker 1: the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
- 1:02:05Speaker 2: They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go
- 1:02:09Speaker 2: out to the kings of the whole world to gather
- 1:02:12Speaker 2: them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. Look,
- 1:02:17Speaker 2: I come like a thief Blessed is the one who
- 1:02:21Speaker 2: stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go
- 1:02:25Speaker 2: naked and be shamefully exposed. Revelation 16.14-15 Then.
- 1:02:34Speaker 1: They gathered the kings together to the place that in
- 1:02:37Speaker 1: Hebrew is called Armageddon. The seventh angel poured out his
- 1:02:46Speaker 1: bowl into the air, And out of the temple came
- 1:02:50Speaker 1: a loud voice from the throne, saying.
- 1:02:53Speaker 4: It is done!
- 1:02:57Speaker 1: Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,
- 1:03:04Speaker 1: and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever
- 1:03:09Speaker 1: occurred since mankind has been on earth. Every island fled away,
- 1:03:16Speaker 1: and the mountains could not be found. From the sky
- 1:03:21Speaker 1: huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people.
- 1:03:28Speaker 2: The great city split into three parts, and the cities
- 1:03:32Speaker 2: of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and
- 1:03:37Speaker 2: gave her the cup filled with the wine of the
- 1:03:40Speaker 2: fury of his wrath. Revelation 16.19.
- 1:03:51Speaker 1: One of the seven angels took me to see the
- 1:03:54Speaker 1: great prostitute, a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that
- 1:03:59Speaker 1: was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and
- 1:04:04Speaker 1: ten horns. The woman, dressed in purple and scarlet, She
- 1:04:10Speaker 1: held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable
- 1:04:14Speaker 1: things and the filth of her adulteries. The name written
- 1:04:19Speaker 1: on her forehead was a mystery, Babylon the Great, the
- 1:04:24Speaker 1: mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.
- 1:04:29Speaker 1: She had seduced nations. She had influenced kings. She had
- 1:04:34Speaker 1: led multitudes away from the truth. The angel explained the
- 1:04:39Speaker 1: mystery of the woman and of the beast she writes
- 1:04:42Speaker 1: to me. The seven heads represented kingdoms and rulers. The
- 1:04:48Speaker 1: ten horns represented kings who would receive authority for a
- 1:04:53Speaker 1: short time. And together, they would give their power to
- 1:04:58Speaker 1: the beast.
- 1:05:00Speaker 2: They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb
- 1:05:04Speaker 2: will triumph over them, because he is Lord of lords
- 1:05:07Speaker 2: and King of kings, and with him will be his called, chosen,
- 1:05:12Speaker 2: and faithful followers. Revelation 17.14 The.
- 1:05:19Speaker 1: Angel also said to me that after a time... The
- 1:05:23Speaker 1: beast and the very rulers who supported the prostitute would
- 1:05:28Speaker 1: eventually turn against her. They will bring her to ruin
- 1:05:33Speaker 1: and burn her with fire. After this, I saw another
- 1:05:45Speaker 1: angel coming down from heaven. With a mighty voice, he shouted....
- 1:05:52Speaker 3: Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great. She has become a
- 1:05:57Speaker 3: dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit.
- 1:06:02Speaker 3: The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and
- 1:06:06Speaker 3: the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.
- 1:06:12Speaker 2: God was calling his people to separate themselves from Babylon
- 1:06:17Speaker 2: before judgment fell. Her sins had piled up to heaven,
- 1:06:22Speaker 2: and God had remembered every one of them.
- 1:06:26Speaker 1: The mighty city that seemed invincible eventually collapsed. Its wealth disappeared.
- 1:06:34Speaker 1: Its power vanished. Its influence crumbled. The very rulers who
- 1:06:40Speaker 1: once benefited from Babylon now stood helpless as her destruction unfolded. Whoa!
- 1:06:49Speaker 2: Woe to you, great city, you mighty city of Babylon!
- 1:06:52Speaker 2: In one hour your doom has come!
- 1:06:56Speaker 1: Woe! Woe! God had finally judged the system that had
- 1:07:01Speaker 1: corrupted the nations and persecuted his people.
- 1:07:04Speaker 2: Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size
- 1:07:08Speaker 2: of a large millstone and threw it into the sea
- 1:07:12Speaker 2: and said, With such violence, the great city of Babylon
- 1:07:17Speaker 2: will be thrown down never to be found again. Revelation 18.21
- 1:07:26Speaker 2: Babylon had deceived the nations.
- 1:07:29Speaker 1: Babylon had opposed God. Babylon had shed the blood of
- 1:07:33Speaker 1: the saints. And now Babylon had fallen. The world was
- 1:07:40Speaker 1: watching the collapse of man's kingdom, and heaven was preparing
- 1:07:45Speaker 1: for the arrival of its king. After this, I heard
- 1:07:58Speaker 1: what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in
- 1:08:01Speaker 1: heaven shouting, The 24 elders and the four living creatures
- 1:08:17Speaker 1: fell down and worshipped God. They cried, The sound grew
- 1:08:26Speaker 1: louder like rushing waters, like mighty thunder, like countless voices
- 1:08:35Speaker 1: praising together.
- 1:08:41Speaker 4: Write this.
- 1:08:43Speaker 1: Then the angel said to.
- 1:08:44Speaker 4: Me, Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding
- 1:08:49Speaker 4: supper of the Lamb. These are the true words of God.
- 1:08:55Speaker 1: I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said.
- 1:08:59Speaker 4: Do not do that. I am a fellow servant with you.
- 1:09:05Speaker 1: I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was
- 1:09:09Speaker 1: a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.
- 1:09:14Speaker 1: His head are many crowns, and his eyes are like
- 1:09:19Speaker 1: blazing fire. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood.
- 1:09:25Speaker 1: King of kings and lord of lords was written on
- 1:09:30Speaker 1: his thigh. From his mouth came a sharp sword with
- 1:09:34Speaker 1: which to strike down evil. And the armies of heaven
- 1:09:39Speaker 1: were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in white.
- 1:09:45Speaker 1: But then, I also saw the beast. The kings of
- 1:09:49Speaker 1: the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war
- 1:09:54Speaker 1: against God's army. But the beast and the false prophet
- 1:09:59Speaker 1: who had performed the signs on its behalf were dead
- 1:10:04Speaker 1: and thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- 1:10:09Speaker 2: The rest were killed with the sword coming out of
- 1:10:12Speaker 2: the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all
- 1:10:15Speaker 2: the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. Revelation 19.21 Even
- 1:10:28Speaker 2: though the beast and the false prophet had been thrown
- 1:10:31Speaker 2: into the lake of fire, one enemy still remained, the dragon.
- 1:10:39Speaker 2: Remember that earlier, the dragon was not destroyed, but only
- 1:10:43Speaker 2: cast down to earth. But now, his end is here.
- 1:10:52Speaker 1: I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having
- 1:10:56Speaker 1: the key to the abyss, and holding in his hand
- 1:10:59Speaker 1: a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent
- 1:11:05Speaker 1: who is the devil, or Satan. and bound him for
- 1:11:08Speaker 1: a thousand years. He threw him into the abyss and
- 1:11:13Speaker 1: locked and sealed it over him to keep him from
- 1:11:16Speaker 1: deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended.
- 1:11:23Speaker 1: I also saw those who had remained faithful to Christ
- 1:11:27Speaker 1: seated on thrones and were given authority to judge.
- 1:11:33Speaker 2: John in Revelation 24-5 says, I saw the souls of
- 1:11:39Speaker 2: those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about
- 1:11:43Speaker 2: Jesus and because of the word of God. They had
- 1:11:47Speaker 2: not worshipped the beast or its image and had not
- 1:11:51Speaker 2: received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They
- 1:11:55Speaker 2: came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
- 1:12:02Speaker 1: When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released
- 1:12:06Speaker 1: from his prison and will go out to deceive the
- 1:12:10Speaker 1: nations once again. He gathered them for battle.
- 1:12:16Speaker 4: Prepare to attack!
- 1:12:19Speaker 1: In number, they are like the sand on the seashore.
- 1:12:23Speaker 1: They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded
- 1:12:27Speaker 1: the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But
- 1:12:32Speaker 1: fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the
- 1:12:38Speaker 1: devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of
- 1:12:43Speaker 1: burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had
- 1:12:47Speaker 1: been thrown. They will be tormented day and night, forever
- 1:12:54Speaker 1: and ever.
- 1:12:55Speaker 2: The one who had deceived humanity from the very beginning
- 1:12:59Speaker 2: was defeated forever. Never again would he tempt. Never again
- 1:13:04Speaker 2: would he deceive. Never again would evil rise against God.
- 1:13:11Speaker 1: Then I saw the dead, great and small, standing before
- 1:13:15Speaker 1: the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened,
- 1:13:21Speaker 1: which is the book of life. The dead were judged
- 1:13:25Speaker 1: according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.
- 1:13:29Speaker 1: The sea gave up the dead that were in it,
- 1:13:33Speaker 1: and death and Hades gave up the dead that were
- 1:13:36Speaker 1: in them, and each person was judged according to what
- 1:13:40Speaker 1: they had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into
- 1:13:45Speaker 1: the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the
- 1:13:50Speaker 1: second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in
- 1:13:55Speaker 1: the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
- 1:14:08Speaker 2: The final judgment was over. Satan had been defeated. And
- 1:14:13Speaker 2: then John witnessed the most beautiful vision of all.
- 1:14:18Speaker 1: I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and
- 1:14:22Speaker 1: there was no longer any sea. I saw the new
- 1:14:27Speaker 1: Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. I also
- 1:14:32Speaker 1: heard the loud voice saying, Look!
- 1:14:36Speaker 2: God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he
- 1:14:40Speaker 2: will dwell with them.
- 1:14:44Speaker 1: They will be his people, and God himself will be
- 1:14:48Speaker 1: with them and be their God. He will wipe every
- 1:14:52Speaker 1: tear from their eyes. There will be no more death
- 1:14:56Speaker 1: or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order
- 1:15:01Speaker 1: of things has passed away. He who was seated on
- 1:15:06Speaker 1: the throne said to me.
- 1:15:07Speaker 2: I am making everything new. Then he said, Write this down,
- 1:15:15Speaker 2: for these words are trustworthy and true. He said to me,
- 1:15:18Speaker 2: It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega,
- 1:15:23Speaker 2: the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will
- 1:15:27Speaker 2: give water without cost from the spring of the water
- 1:15:31Speaker 2: of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this,
- 1:15:36Speaker 2: and I will be their God, and they will be
- 1:15:39Speaker 2: my children. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers,
- 1:15:45Speaker 2: the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters,
- 1:15:50Speaker 2: and all liars, they will be consigned to the fiery
- 1:15:55Speaker 2: lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. Revelation
- 1:16:01Speaker 2: 21 5-8.
- 1:16:05Speaker 1: One of the seven angels said to.
- 1:16:07Speaker 4: Me, Come, I will show you the bride, the wife
- 1:16:11Speaker 4: of the Lamb.
- 1:16:13Speaker 1: In the Spirit he carried me to a great mountain,
- 1:16:17Speaker 1: where I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down
- 1:16:23Speaker 1: from heaven. shining with the glory of God. Its walls, gates,
- 1:16:29Speaker 1: and foundations were magnificent, built with gold, jasper, pearls, and
- 1:16:37Speaker 1: every kind of precious stone. The city needed no temple,
- 1:16:43Speaker 1: because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb were its temple.
- 1:16:48Speaker 1: It needed no sun or moon, for God's glory was
- 1:16:53Speaker 1: its light. Only those whose names are written in the
- 1:16:58Speaker 1: Lamb's book of life may enter.
- 1:17:07Speaker 2: John's vision of the new Jerusalem was not yet complete.
- 1:17:11Speaker 2: There was still more to see, and the angel showed
- 1:17:14Speaker 2: him something beautiful.
- 1:17:17Speaker 1: The angel showed me the river of the water of life,
- 1:17:21Speaker 1: flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- 1:17:24Speaker 1: through the city. On both sides stood the Tree of Life,
- 1:17:30Speaker 1: bearing fruit every month, with leaves for the healing of
- 1:17:35Speaker 1: the nations. The curse of sin was gone forever. God's
- 1:17:42Speaker 1: throne was in the city, and His servants worshipped Him.
- 1:17:46Speaker 1: They would see His face, bear His name, and live
- 1:17:51Speaker 1: in his light forever. Then the angel said to me.
- 1:17:57Speaker 4: These words are trustworthy and true. Do not seal up
- 1:18:01Speaker 4: the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the
- 1:18:04Speaker 4: time is near.
- 1:18:06Speaker 1: For Jesus have sent his angel to give me this
- 1:18:09Speaker 1: testimony for the churches. Let the one who hears say, Come.
- 1:18:15Speaker 1: Let the one who is thirsty, Come. and let the
- 1:18:19Speaker 1: one who wishes take the free gift of the water
- 1:18:23Speaker 1: of life. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with
- 1:18:28Speaker 1: God's people.
- 1:18:29Speaker 4: Amen.
- 1:18:31Speaker 2: And with those words, the vision came to an end.
- 1:18:37Speaker 2: But Jesus warns, Look, I am coming soon. My reward
- 1:18:43Speaker 2: is with me, and I will give to each person
- 1:18:46Speaker 2: according to what they have done. I am the Alpha
- 1:18:49Speaker 2: and the Omega. the Omega, the first and the last,
- 1:18:52Speaker 2: the beginning and the end. Revelation 22.12-13 The message of
- 1:19:01Speaker 2: Revelation was not meant to be hidden. It was meant
- 1:19:05Speaker 2: to be read. to be heard, and to prepare people
- 1:19:08Speaker 2: for what is to come. Jesus is coming soon. And
- 1:19:17Speaker 2: the question is, will we be ready when he does?
- 1:19:22Speaker 2: Say this prayer with me. Heavenly Father, thank you for
- 1:19:27Speaker 2: revealing your plan through the book of Revelation. Thank you
- 1:19:31Speaker 2: for reminding us that you are sovereign, just, and faithful. Lord,
- 1:19:37Speaker 2: have mercy on us. Forgive us for the times we
- 1:19:40Speaker 2: have wandered from your ways, loved the things of this
- 1:19:44Speaker 2: world more than you, and ignored your voice. Write our
- 1:19:50Speaker 2: names in the Lamb's Book of Life and help us
- 1:19:53Speaker 2: to remain faithful until the very end. Give us the
- 1:19:58Speaker 2: courage to stand for you, no matter the cost, and
- 1:20:02Speaker 2: protect us from deception, compromise, and every trap of the enemy.
- 1:20:08Speaker 2: Create in us clean hearts and renew a right spirit
- 1:20:12Speaker 2: within us. Help us to live each day with the
- 1:20:16Speaker 2: hope of your return, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus.
- 1:20:21Speaker 2: May we be found ready when you come again. We
- 1:20:25Speaker 2: long for the day when every tear will be wiped away.
- 1:20:31Speaker 2: and we will dwell with you forever. In the mighty
- 1:20:35Speaker 2: name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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