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Great ExpectationsClass 9
“Earthly Characters of Revelation”
Chapters 11-13, 17-18
Dr. Terry B. Ewell
19 March 2008
Website
• www.terryewell.com/trinity
Key Verse Revelation 1:19
• "Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.” (NKJV)
• Things you have seen = Chapter 1
• Things which are = Chapters 2-3
• Things which will take place after this = Chapters 5-22.
Time Periods
Court of Temple trampled byGentiles, Rev. 11:2
Two Witnesses, Rev. 11:3 Woman flees to safety, Rev.12:6
42 months (30 x 42 = 1,260) 1,260 days 1,260 days
Identity of the Two Witnesses
• Two lamp stands, two olive trees; Rev. 11:4, Zech. 4:11-14
Identity of the Two Witnesses
• Elijah is one of the two: Mal. 4:5-6, Matt. 17:11-12
Identity of the Two Witnesses
• Elijah
• Moses did similar miracles, appeared at the transfiguration (Matt. 17:3), but Moses has already died (Deut. 34: 5-6)
Identity of the Two Witnesses
• Elijah
• Enoch, never died (Gen. 5:24, Heb. 11:5)
Identity of the Woman
• Nation of Israel
Petra
Petra
Petra
Identity of the Male Child
• Jesus?– Ps. 2:9 Rules with rod of iron
Identity of the Male Child
• 144,000 – They are Jewish
– Males
– Persecuted by Satan (Rev. 12:17)
– Resurrected (Rev. 14:3)
– (Notice tribe of Dan missing)
Identity of the Dragon
• Satan (Rev. 12:9)
Identity of the Beast out of the Sea
• Antichrist
Identity of the Beast out of the Earth
• False Prophet (Rev. 13:11-17)
Unholy Trinity
• Satan
• Antichrist
• False Prophet
Identity of the Harlot
• Babylon
Ancient ziggurat at Ali Air Base Iraq
Modern Ziggurat, Sacramento