1 VISION II THE SIGNS IN HEAVEN E. MICHAEL RUSTEN 2009 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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VISION IITHE SIGNS IN HEAVEN

E. MICHAEL RUSTEN 2009ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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OBJECTIVES FOR SESSION 5

BY THE END OF THIS SESSION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

1.) LIST AND DESCRIBE THE FIRST TWO SIGNS IN HEAVEN.

2.) LIST AND DESCRIBE THE 7 EPISODES IN THE CONFLICT

BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND THE SERPENT AND THEIR SEEDS.

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THE THREE SIGNS IN HEAVEN

THE STRUCTURAL BASIS OF REVELATION 12‑16

REFERENCES TO____________ SIGNS IN HEAVEN PROVIDE PART OF

THE STRUCTURE OF REVELATION 12‑16:

REVELATION 12:1 “AND A GREAT SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN: A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN …”

REVELATION 12:3 “AND ANOTHER SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN:AND BEHOLD, A GREAT RED DRAGON …”

REVELATION 15:1 “AND I SAW ANOTHER SIGN IN HEAVEN,GREAT AND MARVELOUS, SEVEN ANGELSWHO HAD SEVEN PLAGUES …”

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THE FIRST SIGN IN HEAVEN

REVELATION 12:1‑2 – A WOMAN

“AND A GREAT SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN: A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN, AND THE MOON UNDER HER FEET, AND ON HER HEAD A CROWN OF TWELVE STARS; AND SHE WAS WITH CHILD…”(REV. 12:1‑2)

THE REFERENCES TO THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS ALUDE TO GENESIS 37:9‑10:

“NOW HE (JOSEPH) HAD STILL ANOTHER DREAM, AND RELATED IT TO HIS BROTHERS, AND SAID,… ‘BEHOLD, THE SUN AND THE MOON AND ELEVEN STARS WERE BOWING DOWN TO ME.’ AND HE RELATED IT TO HIS FATHER ANDTO HIS BROTHERS; AND HIS FATHER … SAID TO HIM,… ‘SHALL I AND YOUR BROTHERS ACTUALLY COME TO BOW OURSELVES DOWN BEFORE YOU…?”(GEN. 37:9‑10)

SINCE THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL DESCENDED FROM JOSEPH

AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS, THE WOMAN IS ISRAEL.

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THE SECOND SIGN IN HEAVEN

REVELATION 12:3 ‑ A DRAGON

“AND ANOTHER SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN, AND BEHOLD, A GREAT RED DRAGON … AND HIS TAIL SWEPT AWAY A THIRD OF THE STARS OF HEAVEN, AND THREW THEM TO THE EARTH.”(REV. 12:3‑4a)

THE DRAGON IS IDENTIFIED IN REVELATION 12:9:

“AND THE GREAT DRAGON … THE SERPENT OF OLD WHO IS CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN …” (REV. 12:9)

THE DRAGON IS __________________________________________.

THE SWEEPING AWAY AND THROWING TO EARTH OF A THIRD OF THE

STARS REFERS TO THE ANGELS WHO FELL WITH SATAN.

SATAN

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THE BACKGROUND OF REVELATION 12:1ff

“AND A GREAT SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN: A WOMAN …” (REV. 12:1)

“AND ANOTHER SIGN APPEARED IN HEAVEN: AND BEHOLD, A GREAT RED DRAGON …” (REV. 12:3)

THE BACKGROUND OF REVELATION 12:1ff IS GENESIS 3:15.

IN GENESIS 3:15, GOD SAYS TO THE SERPENT, “I WILL PUT

ENMITY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN, AND BETWEEN YOUR

SEED AND HER SEED …”

REVELATION 12‑1 ‑ 14:5 IS A SUMMARY OF THE ENMITY BETWEEN

THE ________________________ AND THE SERPENT AND THEIR SEEDS.

REVELATION 12:1 ‑ 14:5; 15‑1 – 16:21 RECORDS 7 EPISODES

IN THE ENMITY BETWEEN SATAN AND THE WOMAN.

WOMAN

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VISION III VISION IV

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2 ANTI-CHRIST APPEARS DAN. 9:27A 4-5 6:1-2

3 GOG DEFEATED EZEK. 38:22 8:07

4 WAR 6-7A 6:3-4

5 FAMINE 7B 6:5 -6

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7 BABYLON DEFEATED JER. 51:25 8:8-9

8 SATAN CAST OUT ISA. 14:12 8:10-11

9 JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM DAN. 9:27B 15-20 6:7-8

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12 MARTYRDOM OF SAINTS DAN 12:1 21-22 6:9-11

13 CELESTIAL SIGNS JOEL 2:31 29A 6:12-13 8:12

14 HEAVENS SPLIT APART MT. 26:64 29B-30A 6:14-17

15 2ND COMING / RAPTURE I THESS. 4:16-17 30B

16 MOURNING OF 144,000

17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8

18 CHURCH IN HEAVEN 7:9-17

19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11

20 BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON JER 46:1-12 9:12-21

21 MILLENNIAL KINGDOM DAN. 7:14,18,22 11:14-19

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EPISODE I

THE ENMITY OF THE SERPENT TOWARD THEWOMAN'S SEED, CHRIST - REVELATION 12:4b‑6

“AND THE DRAGON STOOD BEFORE THE WOMAN WHO WAS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH, SO THAT WHEN SHE GAVE BIRTH HE MIGHT DEVOUR HER CHILD. AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A SON, A MALE CHILD, WHO IS TO RULE ALL THE NATIONS WITH A ROD OFIRON; AND HER CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP TO GOD AND TO HIS THRONE. AND THE WOMAN FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS WHERE SHE HAD A PLACE PREPARED BY GOD, SO THAT THERE SHE MIGHT BE NOURISHED FOR ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS.” (REV. 12:4b‑6)

THE CHILD IS _________________________. THE CATCHING UP OF THE

CHILD TO HEAVEN IS THE __________________. THERE IS A _________

BETWEEN THE ASCENSION AND THE 3 ½ YEARS. THE 1260 DAYS ARE

__________________ BEFORE THE _______________________________.

THE GREAT TIME LAPSE OCCURRING BETWEEN REVELATION 12:5

AND 6 IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE SEMITIC TENDENCY TO RECOUNT

THE BEGINNING AND ______________ OF AN INCIDENT. DANIEL 9:26‑27

IS ANOTHER PASSAGE CONTAINING A GREAT TIME LAPSE. (See Section 1 Pages 25-26).

CHRIST

ASCENSION GAP

3 ½ YEARS 2ND COMING

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EPISODE II

THE ENMITY OF SATAN AND HIS ANGELS TOWARD

MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS ‑ REVELATION 12:7‑12

“AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN, MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS WAGING WAR WITH THE DRAGON. AND THE DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS WAGED WAR, AND THEY WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH, AND THERE WAS NO LONGER A PLACE FOUND FOR THEM IN HEAVEN. AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS THROWN DOWN, THE SERPENT OF OLDWHO IS CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN, WHO DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD; HE WAS THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH, AND HIS ANGELS WERE THROWN DOWN WITH HIM, AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE IN HEAVEN, SAYING, NOW THE SALVATION, AND THE POWER, AND THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD AND THE AUTHORITY OF HIS CHRISTHAVE COME, FOR THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN HAS BEEN THROWN DOWN, WHO ACCUSES THEM BEFORE OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT. AND THEY OVERCAME HIM BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY, AND THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIFE EVEN TO DEATH. FOR THISREASON, REJOICE, O HEAVENS AND YOU WHO DWELL IN THEM. WOE TO THE EARTHAND THE SEA; BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN TO YOU, HAVING GREATWRATH, KNOWING THAT HE HAS ONLY A SHORT TIME.” (REV. 12:7‑12)

REVELATION 12:7‑12 SHEDS LIGHT ON THE IDENTITY OF THE

RESTRAINER MENTIONED IN 2 THESSALONIANS 2:6.

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EPISODE II(CONTINUED)

“LET NO ONE IN ANY WAY DECEIVE YOU, FOR IT WILL NOT COME UNLESS THE

APOSTASY COMES FIRST, AND THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS REVEALED, THE SON OF DESTRUCTION, WHO OPPOSES AND EXALTS HIMSELF ABOVE EVERY SO-CALLED GOD OR OBJECT OF WORSHIP, SO THAT HE TAKES HIS SEAT IN THE TEMPLE OFGOD, DISPLAYING HIMSELF AS BEING GOD. DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THAT WHILE I WAS STILL WITH YOU, I WAS TELLING YOU THESE THINGS? AND YOU KNOW WHATRESTRAINS HIM NOW, SO THAT IN HIS TIME HE MAY BE REVEALED. FOR THEMYSTERY OF LAWLESSNESS IS ALREADY AT WORK; ONLY HE WHO NOW RESTRAINS WILL DO SO UNTIL HE IS TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY. AND THEN THAT LAWLESS ONE WILL BE REVEALED WHOM THE LORD WILL SLAY WITH THEBREATH OF HIS MOUTH AND BRING TO AN END BY THE APPEARANCE OF HIS COMING;” (II THESS. 2:3‑8)

THE IDENTITY OF THE RESTRAINER IS A GREAT PUZZLE TO BIBLE

STUDENTS.

THE ONE WHO IS TO BE REVEALED WHEN THE RESTRAINER IS

REMOVED IS THE ANTICHRIST.

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_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

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THE MOST POPULAR VIEW IS THAT THE RESTRAINER IS THE ____________.

THIS THEN IS USED AS AN ARGUMENT FOR A _________________________

RAPTURE. GOD IS SAID TO BE CURRENTLY RESTRAINING SIN

THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS ____________________ CHRISTIANS.

IF CHRISTIANS ARE TAKEN TO HEAVEN IN A PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE

THEN THE ANTICHRIST WOULD BE REVEALED AT THAT TIME.

IDENTIFICATIONS SUGGESTED FOR THE RESTRAINER INCLUDE:

HOLY SPIRIT

PRE-TRIBULATION

INDWELLING

HOLY SPIRIT

ROMAN EMPIRE

HUMAN GOVERNMENT

LAW

SATAN

CHURCH

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ONLY TWO VERSES ARE USED AS PROOF TEXTS FOR THE

HOLY SPIRIT AS THE RESTRAINER:

THE FIRST VERSE -

GENESIS 6:3 – “THEN THE LORD SAID, 'MY SPIRIT SHALL NOT STRIVE FOREVER.’”

THE VERB YADHON TRANSLATED "STRIVE" IS DIFFICULT TO

TRANSLATE:

THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION TRANSLATES IT ________________.

THE NEW ENGLISH VERSION TRANSLATES IT ______________________.

IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE VERB HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH

RESTRAINING SIN.

THE RESTRAINER(CONTINUED)

ABIDE

REMAIN

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THE SECOND VERSE -

ISAIAH 59:19 – “SO THEY SHALL FEAR THE NAME OF THE LORD FROM THE WEST, AND HIS GLORY FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN. WHEN THE ENEMY SHALL COME IN LIKE A FLOOD, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL LIFT UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM.” (KJV)

HOWEVER, MODERN TRANSLATIONS REMOVE ANY HINT OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT AS A ____________________________________________.

“SO THEY WILL FEAR THE NAME OF THE LORD FROM THE WEST AND HIS GLORY FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN. FOR HE WILL COME LIKE A RUSHING STREAM,WHICH THE WIND OF THE LORD DRIVES.” (NASV)

“FROM THE WEST, MEN WILL FEAR THE NAME OF THE LORD, AND FROM THE RISINGOF THE SUN, THEY WILL REVERE HIS GLORY, FOR HE WILL COME LIKE A PENT-UP FLOOD THAT THE BREATH OF THE LORD DRIVES ALONG.” (NIV)


RESTRAINER

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BUT THERE IS POSITIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE RESTRAINER IS

_________________ THE ARCHANGEL.REVELATION 12:7 ALLUDES TO DANIEL 10:

1. MICHAEL IS MENTIONED IN DANIEL 10:13, 21

2. THE EXACT EXPRESSION “WAGING WAR” (TOU POLEMESAI)

(REV. 12‑7) IS FOUND IN DANIEL 10:20 LXX. (LXX MEANS

SEPTUAGINT, WHICH IS THE GREEK TRANSLATION

OF THE HEBREW OLD TESTAMENT.)


MICHAEL

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DANIEL 10:5‑21 GIVES A GLIMPSE INTO THE RELATIONSHIP OF

________________________________________ TO FALLEN ANGELS.

IN THESE VERSES, A REPRESENTATION IS GIVEN OF SUCCESSIVE

POWERS CONTENDING AGAINST ISRAEL.

HISTORY INFORMS US THAT PERSIA WAS THE PRIMARY POWER IN

THE NEAR EAST UNTIL IT WAS DEFEATED BY ___________________.

DANIEL 10 DEPICTS THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE BEHIND THE

WARFARE BETWEEN NATIONS.


NATIONS

GREECE

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“I LIFTED MY EYES AND LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN DRESSED IN LINEN, WHOSE WAIST WAS GIRDED WITH A BELT OF PURE GOLD OF UPHAZ, HISBODY ALSO WAS LIKE BERYL, HIS FACE HAD THE APPEARANCE OF LIGHTNING, HIS EYES WERE LIKE FLAMING TORCHES, HIS ARMS AND FEET LIKE THE GLEAM OF POLISHED BRONZE, AND THE SOUND OF HIS WORDS LIKE THE SOUND OF A TUMULT. NOW I, DANIEL, ALONE SAW THE VISION, WHILE THE MEN WHO WERE WITH ME DID NOT SEE THE VISION; NEVERTHELESS, A GREAT DREAD FELL ON THEM, AND THEY RAN AWAY TO HIDE THEMSELVES. SO I WAS LEFT ALONE AND SAW THIS GREAT VISION; YET NO STRENGTH WAS LEFT IN ME, FOR MY NATURAL COLOR TURNED TO A DEATHLY PALLOR AND I RETAINED NO STRENGTH. BUT I HEARD THE SOUND OF HIS WORDS; AND AS SOON AS I HEARD THE SOUND OF HIS WORDS, I FELL INTO A DEEP SLEEP ONMY FACE, WITH MY FACE TO THE GROUND, THEN BEHOLD, A HAND TOUCHED ME AND SET ME TREMBLING ON MY HANDS AND KNEES. AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘O DANIEL, MAN OF HIGH ESTEEM, UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU AND STAND UPRIGHT, FOR I HAVE NOW BEEN SENT TO YOU,’ AND WHEN HE HAD SPOKEN THIS WORD TO ME, I STOOD UP TREMBLING. THEN HE SAID TO ME, ‘DO NOT BE AFRAID, DANIEL, FOR FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT YOU SET YOUR HEART ON UNDERSTANDING THIS AND ON HUMBLING YOURSELF BEFORE YOUR GOD, YOUR WORDS WERE HEARD, AND I HAVE COME IN RESPONSE TO YOUR WORDS. BUT THE PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA WAS WITHSTANDING ME FOR TWENTY‑ONEDAYS; THEN BEHOLD, MICHAEL, ONE OF THE CHIEF PRINCES, CAME TO HELP ME, FOR I HAD BEEN LEFT THERE WITH THE KINGS OF PERSIA.”’ (DAN. 10:5-13)


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IN DANIEL 10:5‑13, A SUPERNATURAL PERSONAGE APPEARS TO

DANIEL AND INDICATES THAT HE HAD BEEN WITHSTOOD BY A

DEMONIC PERSONAGE CALLED THE ______________________________.

THIS LASTED FOR _________________ UNTIL FINALLY _______________

CAME TO HELP HIM.

THE ONE TO WHOM DANIEL WAS SPEAKING DECLARES THAT HE WILL

“RETURN TO FIGHT AGAINST THE PRINCE OF PERSIA; SO I AM GOING FORTH, AND BEHOLD, THE PRINCE OF GREECE IS ABOUT TO COME.” (DAN. 10:20)

SO WHEN HE ABANDONS THIS ENCOUNTER AND GOES AWAY, THEN

THE GREATER DEMONIC POWER THE PRINCE OF GREECE APPEARS.


PRINCE OF PERSIA

3 WEEKS MICHAEL

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DANIEL 10 DESCRIBES A SITUATION MOST SIMILAR TO ________________.

1) THE RESTRAINT OF THE DEMONIC HEAD OF A WORLD POWER

(VSS 13, 20A)

2) THE REMOVAL OF THE ONE RESTRAINING (VS 20B)

3) THE IMMEDIATE APPEARANCE OF A MORE GODLESS

ANTAGONIST (VS 20C)

IN II THESSALONIANS 2,

1) THE ANTICHRIST IS RESTRAINED (VS 6)

2) THE ONE RESTRAINING IS REMOVED (VS 6)

3) “THEN THE LAWLESS ONE WILL BE REVEALED” (VS 8) SITTING

“IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, DISPLAYING HIMSELF AS BEING

GOD” (VS 4, CF. DAN. 9:27; MATT. 24:15; REV. 13:4‑5)


II THESS. 2

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IN DANIEL 10:21, THE ONE SPEAKING TO DANIEL STATES,

“THERE IS NO ONE WHO STANDS FIRMLY WITH ME AGAINST THESE FORCES EXCEPT MICHAEL YOUR PRINCE.”

THE HEBREW WORD HAZAQ WHICH IS TRANSLATED “STANDS

FIRMLY” IN DANIEL 10:21 IS TRANSLATED SIX TIMES IN THE

SEPTUAGINT BY THE GREEK WORD KATECHO WHICH IS THE

WORD TRANSLATED ________________ IN II THESSALONIANS 2:6‑7.

THUS DANIEL 10:21 SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES MICHAEL AS THE

_________________________________________________.

THIS VIEW IS CORROBORATED BY REVELATION 12: 7-12.


RESTRAIN

RESTRAINER

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IN REVELATION 12:7‑12, MICHAEL, AFTER WAGING WAR WITH SATAN

(CF. DANIEL 10:20‑21), ENDS HIS RESTRAINT OF HIM BY CASTING HIM

“OWN TO THE EARTH.” (REV. 12:9)

SATAN UPON HAVING THIS RESTRAINT REMOVED GIVES “HIS

AUTHORITY TO THE BEAST” (REV. 13:4) WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST,

“FOR FORTY TWO MONTHS.” (REV. 13:5)

THUS HALFWAY THROUGH DANIEL'S SEVENTIETH WEEK (DAN, 9:27),

THE ANTICHRIST, HAVING RECEIVED THE AUTHORITY OF SATAN

(REV. 13:5), IS “REVEALED” (II THESS. 2:6, 8) “IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD”

(II THESS. 2:4), WHICH IS “THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION”

(DAN. 9:27; MATT. 24:15; MK. 13:14)


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THE ANTICHRIST THUS IS “REVEALED” (II THESS. 2:4‑6) AT THE TIME

WHEN SATAN IS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN (REV. 12:7‑12) AND GIVES HIS

AUTHORITY TO THE ANTICHRIST (REV. 13:4)

THUS II THESSALONIANS 2:9‑10 STATES OF THE ANTICHRIST THAT HIS

“COMING IS ACCORDING TO THE WORKING OF SATAN.”

FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT MICHAEL IS THE RESTRAINER IS FOUND IN

JUDE 9 WHERE MICHAEL IS ALSO PICTURED IN CONFLICT WITH

SATAN OVER THE BODY OF MOSES.


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IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE FURTHER THAT WHEN SATAN IS

RESTRAINED DURING THE MILLENNIUM, IT IS AN _____________________

THAT BINDS HIM. (REV. 20:1‑3)

ANGEL

ACCORDING TO THE POPULAR VIEW:

THE ____________THE RESTRAINER IS REMOVED ATTHE RAPTURE OFTHE CHURCH

HOLY SPIRIT

SECONDCOMING

3 ½ YEARS 3 ½ YEARS

CHURCHAGE GREAT TRIBULATION

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BUT, ACCORDING TO REVELATION 12:7-12, DANIEL 10:21, AND II THESSALONIANS 2:2-10:

MICHAEL

3 ½ YEARS 3 ½ YEARS

CHURCHAGE GREAT TRIBULATION

________________THE RESTRAINERIS REMOVED JUSTPRIOR TO THEGREATTRIBULATION

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17 144,000 ON EARTH

ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

7:4-8


19 WRATH JOEL 2 8:1-5 8:13-9:11

20 BATTLE OF HAR-MAGEDON JER 46: 1-12 9:12-21


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THE EMNITY OF SATAN TOWARD THE WOMAN (FIRST EPISODE) (REV 12:13-14)

“AND WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH, HEPERSECUTED THE WOMAN WHO GAVE BIRTH TO THE MALE CHILD. AND THE TWO WINGS OF THE GREAT EAGLE WERE GIVEN TO THE WOMAN, IN ORDER THAT SHEMIGHT FLY INTO THE WILDERNESS TO HER PLACE, WHERE SHE WAS NOURISHED FOR A TIME AND TIMES AND HALF A TIME, FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE SERPENT.”(REV. 12: 13-14)

THE REFERENCE TO_________ YEARS IS REPEATED IN REVELATION 12:6.

“AND THE WOMAN FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS WHERE SHE HAD A PLACE PREPARED BY GOD, SO THAT THERE SHE MIGHT BE NOURISHED FOR ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS.” (REV. 12:6)

ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS IS _______ YEARS.

ISRAEL FLEES TO THE WILDERNESS 3 ½ YEARS BEFORE

THE SECOND COMING.

EPISODE III

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EZEKIEL 20:35‑36 PROVIDES A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THIS TIME IN THE WILDERNESS:

“AND I SHALL BRING YOU INTO THE WILDERNESS OF THE PEOPLES, AND THERE I SHALL ENTER INTO JUDGMENT WITH YOU FACE TO FACE. AS I ENTERED INTO JUDGMENT WITH YOUR FATHERS IN THE WILDERNESS OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, SO I WILL ENTER INTO THE JUDGMENT WITH YOU … DECLARES THE LORD GOD.” (EZEKIEL 20:35‑36)

ISRAEL IS PROTECTED FROM SATAN'S WRATH, BUT ACCORDING TO

EZEKIEL 20:34 EXPERIENCES GOD’S WRATH.

EPISODE III (CONTINUED)

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THE ENMITY OF SATAN TOWARD THE WOMAN (SECOND EPISODE) (REV 12:15‑16)

“AND THE SERPENT POURED WATER LIKE A RIVER OUT OF

HIS MOUTH AFTER THE WOMAN, SO THAT HE MIGHT CAUSE

HER TO BE SWEPT AWAY WITH THE FLOOD. AND THE EARTH

HELPED THE WOMAN, AND THE EARTH OPENED ITS MOUTH

AND DRANK UP THE RIVER …” (REV. 12:15‑16)

EPISODE IV

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EPISODE V

THE ENMITY OF SATAN TOWARD THE REST OF THE WOMAN'S SEED (REV 12:17‑13:1A)

“AND THE DRAGON WAS ENRAGED WITH THE WOMAN, AND WENT OFF TO MAKEWAR WITH THE REST OF HER OFFSPRING, WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HOLD TO THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS.” (REV. 12:17)

WHO ARE THESE WITH WHOM SATAN MAKES WAR?

THE PHRASE, THOSE “WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND

HOLD TO THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS” (REV. 12:17; 1:2; 1:9; 6:9; 12:11;

14:12; 19:10; 20:4), DESIGNATES _________________________________.

THUS DURING THE GREAT TRIBULATION, THE FINAL 3 ½ YEARS

BEFORE THE SECOND COMING, SATAN PERSECUTES CHRISTIANS.

CHRISTIANS

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THE ENMITY OF THE BEAST TOWARD THE REST OF THE WOMAN'S SEED (REV 13:1B‑10)

“AND I SAW A BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE SEA, HAVING TEN HORNS AND SEVEN HEADS (________________ROMAN EMPIRE – DAN 7:8), AND ON HIS HORNS WERE TEN DIADEMS, AND ON HIS HEADS WERE BLASPHEMOUS NAMES. AND THE BEAST WHICH I SAW WAS LIKE A LEOPARD, AND HIS FEET WERE LIKE THOSE OF A BEAR, AND HISMOUTH LIKE THE MOUTH OF A LION. AND THE DRAGON GAVE HIM HIS POWER AND HIS THRONE AND GREAT AUTHORITY, AND I SAW ONE OF HIS HEADS AS IF IT HAD BEEN SLAIN, AND HIS FATAL WOUND WAS HEALED (______________________) AND THE WHOLEEARTH WAS AMAZED AND FOLLOWED AFTER THE BEAST; AND THEY WORSHIPPED THEDRAGON, BECAUSE HE GAVE HIS AUTHORITY TO THE BEAST, AND THEY WORSHIPPED THE BEAST, SAYING, 'WHO IS LIKE THE BEAST, AND WHO IS ABLE TO WAGE WAR WITHHIM? l AND THERE WAS GIVEN TO HIM A MOUTH SPEAKING ARROGANT WORDS AND BLASPHEMIES; AND AUTHORITY TO ACT FOR FORTY TWO MONTHS WAS GIVEN TO HIM. AND HE OPENED HIS MOUTH IN BLASPHEMIES AGAINST GOD, TO BLASPHEME HIS NAMEAND HIS TABERNACLE, THAT IS, THOSE WHO DWELL IN HEAVEN. AND IT WAS GIVEN TOHIM TO MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS AND TO OVERCOME THEM; AND AUTHORITY OVER EVERY TRIBE AND PEOPLE AND TONGUE AND NATION WAS GIVEN TO HIM. AND ALL WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH WILL WORSHIP HIM, EVERY ONE WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN WRITTEN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD IN THE BOOK OF LIFE OF THELAMB WHO HAS BEEN SLAIN. IF ANY ONE HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR. IF ANY ONE ISDESTINED FOR CAPTIVITY, TO CAPTIVITY HE GOES; IF ANY ONE KILLS WITH THE SWORD, WITH THE SWORD HE MUST BE KILLED. HERE IS THE PERSEVERANCE AND THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS. (REV. 13:lB‑10)

THE BEAST FROM REVELATION 12:3 ON IS THE ANTICHRIST.

EPISODE VI

FUTURE

ANTICHRIST

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THE ENMITY OF THE FALSE PROPHET TOWARD THE RESTOF THE WOMAN'S SEED (REV 13:11‑18)

“AND I SAW ANOTHER BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH; AND HE HAD TWO HORNS LIKE A LAMB, AND HE SPOKE AS A DRAGON. AND HE EXERCISES ALL THE AUTHORITY OF THE FIRST BEAST IN HIS PRESENCE, AND HE MAKES THE EARTH AND THOSE WHO DWELL IN IT TO WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST, WHOSE FATAL WOUND WAS HEALED. AND HE PERFORMS GREAT SIGNS, SO THAT HE EVEN MAKES FIRE COMEDOWN OUT OF HEAVEN TO THE EARTH IN THE PRESENCE OF MEN. AND HE DECEIVES THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH BECAUSE OF THE SIGNS WHICH IT WAS GIVEN HIM TO PERFORM IN THE PRESENCE OF THE BEAST, TELLING THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH TO MAKE AN IMAGE TO THE BEAST WHO HAD THE WOUND OF THE SWORD AND HAS COME TO LIFE. AND THERE WAS GIVEN TO HIM TO GIVE BREATH TO THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST, THAT THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST MIGHT EVEN SPEAK ANDCAUSE AS MANY AS DO NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST TO BE KILLED, ANDHE CAUSES ALL, THE SMALL AND THE GREAT, AND THE RICH AND THE POOR, AND THEFREE MEN AND THE SLAVES, TO BE GIVEN A MARK ON THEIR RIGHT HAND, OR ON THEIRFOREHEAD, AND HE PROVIDES THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY OR TO SELL, EXCEPT THE ONE WHO HAS THE MARK, EITHER THE NAME OF THE BEAST OR THENUMBER OF HIS NAME. HERE IS WISDOM. LET HIM WHO HAS UNDERSTANDING CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST, FOR THE NUMBER IS THAT OF A MAN; ANDHIS NUMBER IS SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY‑SIX.” (REV. 13: 11-18)

THE FALSE PROPHET DIRECTS WORSHIP TOWARD THE ANTICHRIST.

EPISODE VII

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EPISODE VII(CONTINUED)

DIVINE TRINITY

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DEMONIC TRINITY

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FUNCTION

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FATHER

SON

HOLY SPIRIT

SATAN

ANTICHRIST

FALSE PROPHET

SUPREME AUTHORITYCHIEF DESIGNER

DEATH & RESURRECTIONWORLD RULER

CAUSE CHRIST/ANTICHRISTTO BE WORSHIPED

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF 666 IN REVELATION 13:18?

GREEKS USED THE LETTERS OF THEIR ALPHABET BOTH AS LETTERS

AND ______________________________________________________.

THUS EVERY GREEK NAME HAD A ________________________ VALUE.

THE MOST LIKELY INTERPRETATION IS THAT THE NUMERICAL VALUE

OF THE ANTICHRIST'S NAME WILL BE 666.

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ZECH. 12:10 30B 7:1-3

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I. CHRIST AND THE 144,000 CONVERTED JEWS ON EARTH (REV. 14:1)

REV.14:1‑5 SHOWS THE ULTIMATE ________________________OF THE

WOMAN (ISRAEL) AND HER SEED (REV. 12:1‑2) IN HER CONFLICT

WITH SATAN AND HIS SEED (REV. 12:3‑4A).

“AND I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, THE LAMB WAS STANDING ON MOUNT ZION, AND WITH HIM ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY‑FOUR THOUSAND, HAVING HIS NAME AND THE NAME OF HIS FATHER WRITTEN ON THEIR FOREHEADS.” (REV. 14:1)

THE 144,000 ARE ____________________________________________.

REVELATION 14:1 PICTURES THE VINDICATION OF ISRAEL

WHICH IS PICTURED ON EARTH ON MOUNT ZION.

THE ULTIMATE VINDICATION OF CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE

VINDICATION

CONVERTED ISRAEL

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II. THE CHURCH IN HEAVEN (REV. 14:2‑3A)

REV. 14:2‑3A SHOWS THE ULTIMATE VINDICATION OF “THE REST OF THE

SEED OF THE WOMAN” ( ______________________________) (REV. 12:17).

“AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, LIKE THE SOUND OF MANY WATERS AND LIKE THE SOUND OF LOUD THUNDER, AND THE VOICE WHICH I HEARD WAS LIKE THE SOUND OF HARPISTS PLAYING ON THEIR HARPS, AND THEY SANG A NEW SONG BEFORE THE THRONE AND BEFORE THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES AND THE ELDERS.” (REV. 14:2‑3A)

OTHER PASSAGES IN REVELATION ALSO DISCUSS THE GROUP

BEFORE THE ______________________________:

“AND I SAW, AS IT WERE, A SEA OF GLASS ( WHICH ACCORDING TO REV. 4:6 ISBEFORE THE_______________________) MIXED WITH FIRE, AND THOSE WHO HAD COME OFF VICTORIOUS FROM THE BEAST AND FROM HIS IMAGE AND FROM THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME, STANDING ON THE SEA OF GLASS, HOLDING HARPS OF GOD, AND THEY SANG THE SONG OF MOSES …” (REV. 15:2‑3)

“ … I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, A GREAT MULTITUDE, WHICH NO ONE COULD COUNT, FROM EVERY NATION AND ALL TRIBES, AND PEOPLES AND TONGUES, STANDING BEFORE THE _______________ … AND ALL THE ANGELS WERE STANDING AROUND THE

THRONE AND AROUND THE ELDERS AND THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES.” (REV. 7:9‑11)

REVELATION 14:2‑3A PICTURES THE VINDICATION OF THE CHURCH

WHICH IS PICTURED IN HEAVEN.

THE ULTIMATE VINDICATION OF CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE (CONTINUED)

THE REDEEMED OF ALL AGES

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