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Revelation
Chapter
Eight
SERMON OUTLINE
God’s Wrath – His severe judgment and punishment upon
sin, evil and rebellion.
Revelation 8-9
*The book of Revelation reveals the wrath of God poured out in
the trumpets . . .
1. The preparation before the trumpets blow – Revelation 8:1-6
2. The destruction of the first trumpet – Revelation 8:7
3. The destruction of the second trumpet – Revelation 8:8-9
4. The destruction of the third trumpet – Revelation 8:10-11
5. The destruction of the fourth trumpet – Revelation 8:12-13
6. The destruction of the fifth trumpet – Revelation 9:1-12
7. The destruction of the sixth trumpet – Revelation 9:13-21
INTRODUCTION
Exodus 32:9-10; Deuteronomy 11:16; Psalm 94:1-2; 23;
Psalm 2:12; 95:10-11; Lamentations 4:11; John 3:36;
Romans 1:18; 5:9; I Thessalonians 1:10
Point 1 Revelation 8:1-6; Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13;
Zephaniah 1:7; Exodus 19:16 ff; Joshua 6;
Numbers 10:2-3; I Kings 1:34; Matthew 24:31;
I Kings 1:34; Matthew 24:31; I Corinthians 15:52;
I Thessalonians 4:16; Joel 2:1-2; Revelation 9:20.
Point 2 Revelation 8:7; Exodus 9:13-35; 9:18; Joel 2:30-31;
Luke 21:25-26.
Point 3 Revelation 8:8-9; Exodus 7:14-21; 7:20-24;
Zechariah 13:8-9; Isaiah 55:6-7
Point 4 Revelation 8:10-11; Exodus 7:20; Proverbs 5:3-4;
Lamentations 3:19; Jeremiah 9:15.
Point 5 Revelation 8:12; Exodus 10:21-23; Joel 2:2;
Isaiah 13:10; Matthew 24:29-31; Acts 2:20;
Revelation 6:12-17; Revelation 8:13; Psalm 13:5-6;
Matthew 10:30.
Scriptures used throughout
this Sermon
Revelation 8:1-13
God’s Wrath—his severe judgment and punishment
upon sin, evil and rebellion.
“Wrath” is one of the attributes of God.
Attribute - is a characteristic and quality of God’s very being.
God’s wrath is revealed in both the Old Testament and the
New Testament.
Scriptures
Exodus 32:9-10
Deuteronomy 11:16
Psalm 2:12; 94:1-2; 23; 95:10-11
Lamentations 4:11
John 3:36
Romans 1:18; 5:9
I Thessalonians 1:10; Revelation 8-9
Examples of God’s Wrath
Flood
Sodom/Gomorrah
10 Plagues on Egypt
Egyptians destroyed in the Red Sea
Destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70, etc.,
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Chapter Eight (8)
Sermon notes and significant thoughts
and ideas from the sermons on this chapter
Chapter Eight (8)
Between the 6th and 7th seal there is an “interlude”
6th
Seal
“Interlude” = Anything that fills time between 2 events
When the Lamb opened the 7th seal there was silence in
heaven for about 1/2 hour. “Silence” - a brilliant device for deepening suspense.
During the silence the 7 trumpets are given to the 7 angels.
What follows the breaking of the 7th seal is the content of
the scroll.
The Golden Censer = represents the prayers of God’s people
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144,000
Great Multitude
7th Seal
Angel/Little Book
Measuring the Temple & 2 Witnesses
7th Trumpet
6th
Trumpet
7th Trumpet
Dragon Women and her seed
The 2 Beasts
7 Bowls
Chapter Eight (8)
The angel presents the prayers of all God’s people to
God’s throne—what followed was . . .
Thunder
Rumblings
Flashes of Lightning
An earthquake
These are “signs” that God’s judgment is about to fall.
Trumpets
In Scripture announce the coming of God in splendor
and victory.
Exodus 19:16,19
Numbers 10:2-3
I Kings 1:34
Matthew 24:31
I Corinthians 15:52
I Thessalonians 4:16
Joel 2:1-2
Revelation 9:20
4—Toward nature
2—Toward mankind
1—Opens the next series
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7 Trumpets
Chapter Eight (8)
Ist Trumpet Blast
Hail and fire mixed with blood. This is similar to the
7th Egyptian plague = Exodus 9:13-35 This trumpet will impact 1/3 of the earth.
1/3 of the earth is burned up.
1/3 of the trees are burned up
1/3 of the grass is burned up.
The “blood” comes from Joel’s prophecy - Joel 2:30-31
Luke 21:25-26
In the last days there will be signs in the -
Sun
Moon
Stars
Powers of Heaven shaken
2nd Trumpet Blast
Something like a huge mountain of fire is thrown
into the sea—this is similar to the 1st Egyptian plague
(Exodus 7:14-24).
3rd Trumpet Blast
A great blazing “star” falls from heaven poisoning 1/3
of the rivers and fountains of water.
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The purpose of this judgment is to warn people of
the full wrath of God yet to fall and in so doing
bring them to repentance.
Chapter Eight (8)
Star = Could possibly be a meteorite , comet, etc.,
it is named after it’s effect = wormwood which
means “bitter”. This suggests death. (Proverbs
5:3-4; Lamentations 3:19; Jeremiah 9:15).
4th Trumpet Blast
The 4th trumpet plaque falls upon the heavenly bodies:
The sun
The moon
The stars Like the 9th plague in Egypt when the land was gripped
in darkness—Exodus 10:21-23. Joel 2:2; Isaiah 13:10; Matthew 24:29-31; Acts 2:20;
Revelation 6:12-17. All of this points to an awesome Day of Judgment coming
upon the world.
Revelation 8:13
You think the 4 trumpets were bad wait till the next
3 trumpets blow!
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“Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying
with a loud voice as it flew directly over-
head, woe, woe, woe to those who dwell
on the earth, at the blasts of the other
trumpets that the three angels are about
to blow.”
1. God hears and receives our prayers for vindication
upon a godless world and will respond to them in his
time and schedule. 2. God is absolutely sovereign over history and nature.
3. God uses natural disasters to accomplish his purpose.
4 trumpets were directed toward nature.
4. God’s judgments are designed to bring sinners to
repentance.
5. God’s judgments in history are simple a “foretaste” of
what is coming at the end of history.
6. God’s “wrath” is his holy and righteous response to
wickedness and rebellion.
7. God’s “vindication” of his people will be severe, awesome
and final. God’s people will be “completely victorious”
and their prayers answered.
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Personal Application
Ephesians 1:11
Revelation 6:10
“How long O Lord before you will judge
and avenge our blood on those who dwell
on the earth.”
Revelation
Chapter
Nine
INTRODUCTION
Genesis 3:31; Genesis 1:1; Job 38:7; Nehemiah 9:6;
Psalm 148:2; Colossians 1:16; Jude 1:6;
Ephesians 6:10-18; Matthew 25:41; II Peter 2:1-22.
Point 6 Revelation 9:1-2; Joel 2:1-11; Isaiah 14:12;
Luke 10:17; Revelation 20:1; Luke 8:31; Psalm 71:20;
II Peter 2:4; Jude 6; Exodus 19:18; II Samuel 22:9;
Joel 2:30; Exodus 10:1-20; Luke 10:19; Joel 1:6;
I Peter 5:8; Proverbs 30:27; Job 31:12.
Point 7 Revelation 9:13-21; Psalm 135:6; Acts 4:27-28;
Psalm 68:17; Revelation 9:20-21.
John 10:10; Daniel 4:34-35; I Kings 22; Romans
16:20; I Peter 5:8; Luke 22:31-34; Revelation 9:20-21;
Jeremiah 17:9; Revelation 9:4; Revelation 22:5.
Scriptures used throughout
this Sermon
Revelation 9:1-21
CONCLUSION
SERMON OUTLINE
God’s Wrath—His severe judgment and punishment
upon sin, evil and rebellion.
Revelation 8-9
*The book of Revelation reveals the wrath of God poured out
in the trumpets . . .
1. The preparation before the trumpets blow—Revelation 8:1-6
2. The destruction of the first trumpet—Revelation 8:7
3. The destruction of the second trumpet—Revelation 8:8-9
4. The destruction of the third trumpet—Revelation 8:10-11
5. The destruction of the fourth trumpet—Revelation 8:12-13
6. The destruction of the fifth trumpet—Revelation 9:1-12
7. The destruction of the sixth trumpet—Revelation 9:13-21
God’s Wrath—His severe judgment and punishment
upon sin, evil and rebellion.
1st four (4) trumpets = natural catastrophes
Last three (3) trumpets = judgment upon sinful mankind
The Origin of Demons
They were created by God—Genesis 1:1
Angel—a spiritual being with moral judgment and
high intelligence, but without physical bodies.
Scriptures
Genesis 1:1; Nehemiah 9:6; Job 38:7;
Psalm 148:2; Colossians 1:16
All angels were good and righteous until they rebelled
against God.
Satan
Lucifer = “day star” become Satan
His sin was conceit / pride
I Timothy 3:6-7
Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14
Jude 1:6
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Chapter Nine (9)
Sermon notes and significant thoughts and
ideas from the sermons on this chapter
Chapter Nine (9)
Matthew 25:41
Satan and his angels
Why would angels rebel against God?
G.C. Berkower
Professor of systematic Theology at the Free University
of Amsterdam.
Because Satan and his angels sinned against inexcusable
light there is no forgiveness.
Satan is the “head” of the fallen angels.
Satan means = accuser/slanderer/adversary *He has a hierarchical structure (Ephesians 6:10-18)
We wrestle not against flesh and blood
but against . . .
Rulers
Authorities
Cosmic Powers
Spiritual Forces of Evil
Their primary purpose is to oppose and destroy God’s
works.
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Demons are evil angels who sinned against
God and who now continually work evil in
the world.
You can never give a rational explanation
for an irrational act.
Chapter Nine (9)
To deceive
To kill/destroy
To hinder the gospel
To be against God
II Peter 2:1-22; Jude 1:1-25
Revelation 9:1-12 The 5th plague is a host of demonic locust who attack but
do not kill those they come upon.
Joel 2:1-11
This is the background for the plague of locust
in Revelation 9.
The 5th plague is a host of demonic locusts who attack
but do not kill the ones they come upon. The background is the plague of locusts in Joel 2:1-11.
John saw a “star” fallen from heaven and he was given
the key to the bottomless pit—Revelation 9:1-2. Most scholars believe this “star” refers to Satan.
Isaiah 14:12
Luke 10:17
Abyssos = Bottomless pit, deep waters (Psalm 63:9; 71:20) This is a place of imprisonment of demons (Luke 8:31;
II Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6).
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Demons Purposes are Destructive
To possess
To teach false doctrines
To cripple and hurt
To persecute, etc., etc.,
Chapter Nine (9)
Smoke of a great furnace.
(Exodus 19:18; II Samuel 22:9; Joel 2:30)
Locusts in the Old Testament are symbols of God’s wrath
(Exodus 10:1-20; Joel 1:4).
Locusts are outward forms of spiritual demons.
They were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
Scorpions = are symbols of forces of spiritual evil
(Luke 10:19)
“I have given you authority to tread on serpents
and scorpions. . . .” (Luke 10:19). They were “not” to harm the grass of the earth, or any
tree of the earth but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their forehead.
Seal on forehead = was Christ and the Father’s name (Revelation 14:1) This is a “spiritual” mark not physical—this seal was
given to the 144,000 = all the saved on the earth. 12 X 12 X 1,000 = all the redeemed.
They were allowed to torment for 5 months but not kill—their torment was like the sting of a scorpion and
people would seek death but they could not die. Those without the seal on their forehead were tormented.
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Chapter Nine (9)
The “Day of the Lord” is not a 24 hour period but
an indefinite but limited period of time.
The Great Tribulation
A time of persecution of the church by the Antichrist.
A time of unprecedented rebellion by unbelievers.
A time of demonic activity.
A time of God’s wrath upon the world.
A 5-month period of locust plague is usually May-September.
The 5 months in Revelation is a definite and divinely
limited period of time.
The descriptions of the locusts: 1. Horses arrayed for battle—this comes from Joel 2:4.
2. Crowns of gold on their heads—a symbol of victory.
3. Human faces—points to intelligence.
4. Hair like woman—the bristles that are like hair.
(Jeremiah 51:27)
5. Teeth like lions—fierce/powerful. Taken from Joel 1:6
and I Peter 5:8
6. Breastplates of Iron—points to invincibility.
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Chapter Nine (9)
7. Wings making noises like chariots and tails like
scorpions—symbolic of terrible power and destruction.
8. A king over them—Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon
in Greek—Satan
Abaddon—Prince of underworld
Apollo—Greek god, king of underworld.
The angel of the bottomless pit is the “destroyer.”
The 6th trumpet is similar to the 5th trumpet in that
both involve judgment upon the pagan world by demonic hosts.
5th trumpet inflicted “torture”
6th trumpet inflicts “death”
This is the 2nd Woe!
4 horns of the Golden Altar in the presence of God.
An “angelic” voice—the 6th angel blew the trumpet.
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2 more woe’s coming
Release of the 4 angels who are
bound at the great Euphrates.
The 4 angels had been prepared
for the hour, day, month and
year to kill 1/3 of mankind.
The 4 evil angels that God had bound were supernatural
leaders of the demonic hosts.
Their Number
200 hundred million demons
(Psalms 68:17)
God is sovereign over the whole universe—Psalm 135:6;
and Acts 4:27-28. 1/3 of mankind killed = about 2 billion +
These Demons are described as:
1. Wearing breastplates the color of fire and sapphire
and sulfur = their hellish nature.
2. Heads of the horses were like lion heads of fire,
smoke, sulfur that came from their mouths = death.
3. Tails like serpents with heads by which they wounded
people = pain and anguish.
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These are demonic creatures
Chapter Nine (9)
1. Satan and his angels are real.
2. Satan and his angels always have a destructive purpose.
3. Satan and his angels know their time is “short” - they will
accelerate evil at the end of history (Revelation 12).
4. Satan and his angels have no possibility of pardon.
5. Satan and his angels are under the sovereignty of God.
6. Satan and his angels hate Christ, Christians and the
Church—their purpose is to harm and wound them.
7. Satan and his angels can not harm God’s people who
are sealed and they will be crushed and defeated with
absolute finality and the saved will live and reign with
Christ forever.
Revelation 22:5
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Personal Application
“And night will be no more. They will
need no light of lamp or sun, for the
Lord God will be their light, and they
will reign forever and ever.”
Revelation
Chapter
Ten
SERMON OUTLINE
Angel – a created spiritual being with moral judgment
and high intelligence but without physical bodies.
Revelation 10:1-11
*The mighty angel of Revelation chapter ten (10) . . .
1. Is awesome in description.
2. Has a little scroll open in his hand.
3. Swears an oath with his right hand.
(1) Israel’s salvation - Romans 11:25-27
(2) Last trumpet - I Corinthians 15:50-53
(3) The church - Ephesians 3:1-6
(4) Christ in us - Colossians 1:24-29
(5) Of lawlessness - II Thessalonians 2:3-12
(6) The incarnation - I Timothy 3:16
(7) God’s 7th trumpet - Revelation 10:7
4. Commands the apostle John to eat the little scroll.
5. Gives his final instructions to John - prophesy.
Point 1 Revelation 10:1; Revelation 5:2; Psalm 104:3-4;
Revelation 1:16; Matthew 17:2; Revelation 1:5.
Point 2 Revelation 10:2-4; Revelation 5-10; Ezekiel 2:8-3:3;
Amos 3:8
Point 3 Revelation 10:5; Daniel 12:7; Deuteronomy 32:40;
Romans 11:25-27; Matthew 23:39; Zechariah 13:1;
I Corinthians 15:50-53; Ephesians 3:1-6; Colossians
1:24-29; II Thessalonians 2:3-12; I Timothy 3:16;
Revelation 10:7; Revelation 15:1.
Point 4 Revelation 10:8-10; Ezekiel 2:8-3:3; Psalm 119:103.
Point 5 Revelation 10:11.
Scriptures used throughout
this Sermon
Revelation 10:1-11
Angel—A created spiritual being with moral
judgment and high intelligence but
without physical bodies.
Between the 6th and 7th trumpet their will be an interlude
In chapter 10 the interlude is directly prepatory for the
continuation of the trumpet vision, for one of the purposes
of the interlude is to announce that . . .
Revelation 10:7
Another mighty angel—he is classified with other angels
so he is not Christ. He may be the same angel of Revelation
5:2. 1. He is wrapped in a cloud—this cloud provides the
angel his garb (Psalm 104:3-4).
2. He has a rainbow over his head—this is similar to
Revelation 4:3. The rainbow is a symbol of God’s
“mercy.”
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Chapter Ten (10)
Sermon notes and significant thoughts and
ideas from the sermon on this chapter
6th
Trumpet
7th
Trumpet
Mighty Angel &
Little Scroll 2 Witnesses
“In the days of the trumpet call to be
sounded by the 7th angel the mystery of
God would be fulfilled just as announced
to his servants the prophets.”
Chapter Ten (10)
3. His face was like the sun and his legs like pillars
of fire—Revelation 1:16; Matthew 17:2; Revelation 1:15. This angel is representative of Christ because he takes
on some of his characteristics.
He has a little scroll in his hand—Revelation 10:2-4
The scroll is in his left hand because he will swear
with his right hand.
This idea of a scroll comes from Ezekiel 2:8-3:3.
He called out with a loud voice, like the roar of a lion.
This represents the “volume” of the angel’s voice.
Amos 3:8
When he called out, the seven (7) thunders sounded
but instead of writing them down John was told to seal up the 7 thunders. Thunder = coming judgments of divine wrath
The mighty angel swears an oath with his right hand -
Revelation 10:5
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The Scroll was open
Christ had broken the seals
Chapter Ten (10)
Revelation 10:5
The strong angel lifts his right hand to swear an oath.
Oath—an appeal to God, a promise to fulfill.
Deuteronomy 32:40
Daniel 12:7
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And the angel whom I saw standing on
the sea and on the land raised his right
hand to heaven and swore by him who
lives forever and ever, who created
heaven and what is in it, the earth and
what is in it, that there would be no
more delay, but that in the days of
the trumpet call to be sounded by the
seventh angel, the mystery of God
would be fulfilled, just as he announced
to his servants the prophets.
“For I lift my hand to heaven and I swear
as I live forever.”
“And I heard the man clothed in linen . . .
He raised his right hand and his left
toward heaven and swore by him who
lives forever that it would for a time,
times and half a time, and that when
the shattering of the power of the holy
people comes to an end all these things
would be finished.”
Chapter Ten (10)
His promise is that there will be no more delay.
When the 7th angel blows his trumpet the mystery
of God will be fulfilled.
“Mystery of God” - God’s hidden purpose that is revealed
in scripture. The scriptures reveal many mysteries of God—the
following are seven (7) of them:
(1.) The mystery of Israel’s salvation—Romans 11:25-27
All Israel—all the elect of God living when Christ returns
(Matthew 23:39; Zechariah 13:1).
(2.) The mystery of the last trumpet—I Corinthians 15:50-53
I Corinthians 15:51
“At the last trumpet”
(3.) The mystery of the church—Ephesians 3:1-6
The church in the New Covenant will be made up of
both Jew/Gentile on an equal basis.
(4.) The mystery of Christ in us—Colossians 1:24-29
Colossians 1:27
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“To them God chose to make known
how great among the Gentiles are the
riches of the glory of this mystery,
which is Christ in you, the hope of
glory.”
Chapter Ten (10)
(5.) The mystery of lawlessness—II Thessalonians 2:3-12
Paul said the mystery of lawlessness was already at
work in his day and it would culminate in the return
of Christ.
The restrainer = Michael the Archangel
(6.) The mystery of the incarnation— I Timothy 3:6 Jesus is the God-man
Truly God
&
Truly Man
2 natures (divine and human) in one person -
The Lord Jesus Christ
As man he represented us on the cross.
As God he bore God’s wrath against sin.
(7.) The mystery of God’s seventh (7th) trumpet—
Revelation 10:7 Mystery of God—his hidden purpose which is now
revealed in scripture.
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The mystery of God is his total
redemptive purpose which is about
to be concluded includes:
1. The Eschatological salvation
of his people.
2. The judgment of evil.
Chapter Ten (10)
No more delay—the 7th trumpet will blow and the end of
the world is coming!!! - Revelation 10:7
Revelation 15:1
John is commanded to eat the little scroll—
Revelation 10:8-10.
Ezekiel 3:3
John eats the little scroll
In his mouth = sweet as honey
In his stomach = “Bitter”
Eating means the complete assimilation of the prophetic message.
1. Sweet = salvation
2. Bitter = judgment
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“Then I saw another sign in heaven,
great and amazing, 7 angels with 7
plagues, which are the last, for with
them the wrath of God is finished.
“And he said to me, son or man, feed
your belly with this scroll that I give
you and fill your stomach with it.”
Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth
as sweet as honey.”
Chapter Ten (10)
God’s word is always sweet to the believer
Psalm 119:103
John receives his final instruction—prophecy.
Revelation 10:11
The days of the 7th trumpet are about to begin—but
this will be a period of the outpouring of God’s wrath
to a degree. Not previously experienced and in the face of it, John’s
prophetic commission is reaffirmed.
Prophesy about = to utter prophecies over many people.
1. God’s judgment upon the world is certain and
absolute.
2. Good angels are used by God to deliver messages.
3. God’s Word is always sweet to believers because
of salvation that goes with it.
4. The warning of judgment will always bring bitter-
ness to our lives.
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“How sweet are your words to my
taste, sweeter than honey to my
mouth.”
“And I was told, you must again
prophesy about many peoples and
nations and languages and kings.”
Personal Application
Chapter Ten (10)
5. We must never fail as individual Christians and
the church corporately to preach both:
(1) Salvation in Jesus Christ.
(2) Judgment to those who reject it’s message.
6. We must preach this message to the whole world.
7. The day of the 7th trumpet and the end of the
world is coming with absolute finality.
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Revelation
Chapter
Eleven
SERMON OUTLINE
Enigma – a riddle; a perplexing statement; a mystery.
Revelation 11:1-19
*In chapter eleven (11) of Revelation what do the following
things represent . . .
1. The temple of God, the altar and the worshipers.
2. The outer court, the nations and the 42 months/
1,260 days.
3. The 2 witnesses, the 2 olive trees and the 2 lamp-
stands.
4. The events that precede and follow the 3 ½ days.
5. The angel blowing the 7th trumpet.
Point 1 Revelation 11:1; Ezekiel 40-42; Zechariah 2:1-5;
Revelation 21:15; John 2:19-22; I Corinthians 3:16-17;
19; Ephesians 2:19-22.
Point 2 Revelation 11:2-3; Luke 21:24; Romans 11; 25-26;
Revelation 11:2, 4; 11:6; 12:14; 13:5; Daniel 9:24-27;
II Thessalonians 2:7.
Point 3 Revelation 11:3-6; Zechariah 4:2-6; Genesis 25:22-23;
Revelation 1:12-20; Romans 9; Deuteronomy 17:6;
Revelation 11:4-6; Luke 4:25; James 5:17;
II Thessalonians 2:7; Matthew 17; Malachi 4:5;
Point 4 Revelation 11:7-14; 13:7; 11:7-13.
Point 5 Revelation 11:15-19; 15:1; Acts 217; I John 2:18;
Luke 21:24
Scriptures used throughout
this Sermon
Revelation 11:1-19
Enigma—a riddle; a perplexing statement; a
mystery.
Revelation chapter 11 has only three (3) interpretational
possibilities. (1) Literally
(2) Symbolically
(3) A combination of both Literal & Symbolical
I will approach chapter eleven (11) from number three, a
combination of literal and symbolic.
The Old Testament background for understanding
Revelation eleven (11) is Ezekiel 40-42. Measuring the temple points to God’s ownership and protection.
The Temple of God = represents the people of God (the
church)
Ephesians 2:19-22
I Corinthians 3:16-17
I Corinthians 6:19
The Altar of Incense = the prayers of God’s people The Worshipers = true believers
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Chapter Eleven (11)
Sermon Notes and significant thoughts
and ideas from the sermons on this chapter.
Chapter Eleven (11)
Do not measure the Outer Court = this represents unbelievers who persecute believers.
Luke 21:24
“Times of the Gentiles”
(Pagans)
2nd Coming
Nations = represent pagan unbelievers who have a 2-fold
assault. (1) They assault Christians
(2) They assault Jewish people
Jerusalem has been trampled down for 2,000 years
When the “Times of the Gentiles” end there will be a great number of Jews turning to Christ = Romans 11.
I believe that God is protecting both the Church and Israel.
Outer Court—represents the persecution of Christians and
the trampling down of Jerusalem by the pagan Gentiles. 42 Months / 1,260 Days
Revelation 11:2—Holy city trampled for 42 months. Revelation 11:4—2 witness prophesy for 1,260 days
clothed in sackcloth.
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George Ladd wrote
Revelation 11 is John’s way of pre-dicting the preservation of the Jewish
people and their final salvation.
Chapter Eleven (11)
Revelation 12:6—Woman in the wilderness for 1,260 days. Revelation 12:14—Woman nourished for time, times and
1/2 times. Revelation 13:5—beast exercises authority for 42 months. Last half of Daniel’s 70th week is symbolic of the period between the cross and 2nd coming.
2 Witnesses (church & 2 prophets) 2nd
Coming of
Christ
42 months 1,260 days
Time, Times 1/2 Time
A.D. 30 A.D. ?
3 1/2 Years = is symbolic of an intense period of evil/ suffering which ends with the return of Jesus Christ.
Daniel 7:21-25
Little Horn
Syrian King = Antiochus Epiphanes
*A type of Antichrist
3 1/2 Years of famine in Elijah’s day
3 1/2 Years of drought in Elijah’s day
3 1/2 Years of Christ’s ministry
3 1/2 years of destruction of the Temple & Jerusalem
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Chapter Eleven (11)
Dr. George Ladd wrote . . .
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The figure “forty-two months” harks back to the
prophecy in Daniel 9, where the forecast of time down
to the confirming of the covenant is said to be “seventy
weeks of years” (Daniel 9:24). This cannot be interpreted
by anyone’s calculation as an exact prognosis of time.
Three and a half years in the time of the domination
of evil before the end. The little horn which arises out of
the ten horns of the fourth beast in Daniel 7 will oppress
the saints of the Most High for “a time, two times, and half
a time” (Daniel 7:25; see also 12:7). In the Revelation,
this figure is the time of oppression of the holy city
(Revelation 11:2), of the mission of the two witnesses
(11:3), the time of the preservation of the heavenly
woman (the church) in the wilderness (12:6,14), and the
time during which the beast is allowed to exercise his
authority (13:5). We must recall that John wrote the Rev-
elation probably some sixty years after the ministry of our
Lord, which makes it obvious that this interval cannot
stand in John’s mind in any kind of direct continuity with
the seventy weeks of Daniel. We must conclude that the
forty-two months (1,260 days) represent the period of
the satanic power in the world, with particular refer-
ence to the final days of the Antichrist. All that God’s
people are to suffer at the hands of satanic evil
throughout the course of the age is but a preview of the
final convulsive oppression by Antichrist in the time of
the end. In this sense, the entire course of the age
may be viewed as the time of the end.
Chapter Eleven (11)
2 witnesses prophesy for 1,260 days in sackcloth.
2 witnesses = both the church and 2 individual
prophets throughout history and
in the last days. Zechariah 4:2-6
One (1) lampstand = corporate Israel
Two (2) Olive trees = Joshua the High Priest
Zerubbabel the Governor
Oil = Holy Spirit—Zechariah 4:6
The two (2) lampstands in Revelation 11 represent
the Body of Christ (Revelation 1:12; 20).
Revelation 1:20
The two (2) olive trees in Revelation 11 represent
2 individual prophets at the end of history.
The bible reveals biblical texts in which both the
corporate and individuals are represented.
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“The mystery of the 7 stars are the
angels of the 7 churches, and the 7
lampstands are the 7 churches.”
Chapter Eleven (11)
Genesis 25:21-23
2 Individuals = Jacob & Esau
2 Nations = Israel & Edomites
Romans 9:10-13
2 Individuals = Jacob & Esau
2 Nations = Israel & Edomities
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And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his
wife, because she was barren. And the
Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah
his wife conceived. The children strug-
gled together within her, and she said, “
If it is thus, why is this happening to
me?” So she went to inquire of the
Lord. And the Lord said to her, “Two
nations are in your womb, and
two peoples from within you shall be
divided; the one shall be stronger than
the other, the older shall serve the
younger.”
And not only so, but also when Rebekah
had conceived children by one man, our
forefather Isaac, though they were not
yet born and had done nothing good
or bad—in order that God’s purpose of
election might continue, not because of
works but because of him who calls—she
was told, “The older will serve the
younger.” As it is written, “Jacob I
loved, but Esau I hated.”
Chapter Eleven (11)
George Ladd writes . . .
The church and the two (2) individual prophets are modeled
after Elijah and Moses.
Revelation 11:4-6
II Kings 1
Luke 4:25
James 5:17
Dr. Kendel Easley in the Holman Commentary on Revelation
wrote . . .
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Even as the three and a half years appear to represent
the entire period of domination of evil but with
special reference to the last days of this age, so the
two prophets may represent the witness of the church
to Israel throughout the age, which witness will be
consummated in the appearance of two prophets in
the time of the end. The flexibility of apocalyptic
symbolism must allow for such possibilities.
Two witnesses = churches boldly proclaiming truth
Who prophesy = proclaiming Gods Word against sin
In sackcloth = humble and repentant, mourning for sin
For 1,260 days = minister during the time of great suffering
Two olive trees = empowered by the Spirit of God
Two lampstands = God’s new people (rather than Israel)
Chapter Eleven (11)
The beast from the bottomless pit = the Antichrist.
The dead bodies that lie in the street = represent
total contempt and disrespect for God’s people and
his Word.
The Great City Sodom/Egypt = The world hostile to
God
Where Our Lord was crucified = Jerusalem and the
the world’s rejection of Christ
3 1/2 Days = (short period of intense persecution)
Unbelievers rejoicing over their victory of Christians
(short-lived).
After 3 1/2 days God’s breath enters them and they
stood up.
Ezekiel 37
Resurrection of 2 prophets reminds us of the revival
of Israel.
They went up to heaven—the 2 prophets
2 prophets representing all believers
Like Elijah—II Kings 2:11
The 2nd coming of Christ and the rapture of the church
is coming soon the 7 bowls must be poured out.
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Proleptic anticipation of the
rapture of the church
Chapter Eleven (11)
Great earthquake, 1/10 of city fell and 7,000 people
died.
7,000 1/10 = 70,000 (symbolic of completeness)
The rest were terrified and gave glory to the God
of heaven.
Out of fear not repentance
Dr. Kendell Easley = Holmon Commentary on Revelation
great city, Sodom = the world hostile to God; opposite of and Egypt holy city
where their Lord = the world’s historical rejection of Christ was crucified
beast from the Abyss = Antichrist water monster
bodies unburied 3.5 days = world’s utter contempt for God’s truth people and nations = world’s temporary victory over God’s gloating people resurrection and ascension = special martyrs’ reward gave God glory = forced realization that God in heaven is true
The results of blowing the seventh (7th) trumpet
1. The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and he shall reign forever and ever.
“Ingressive Aorist”
It is about to begin
“You have taken your great power and begun to reign.”
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Chapter Eleven (11)
2. God’s wrath is now coming in full strength.
“But your wrath has come.”
Revelation 15:1
3. The time has come for the dead to be judged and his
servants to be rewarded.
4. The time has come to destroy the destroyers of the
earth.
5. God’s temple in heaven was open which revealed the
Ark of the Covenant followed by flashes of lightning,
rumbling peals of thunder, and earthquake with
heavy hail.
Severe Judgments Coming!
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“Then I saw another sign in heaven, great
and amazing, 7 angels with 7 plagues,
which are the last, for with the wrath of
God is finished.”
Ark of the Covenant
Chapter Eleven (11)
1. The people of God must be prophetic to the world and
in particular Israel.
2. The world (unbelievers) always seek to reject and silence
the prophetic witness of the churches.
3. At times God will super-naturally protect his people in
their prophetic ministry.
4. At other times God will allow the unbelievers to severely
persecute and kill Christians.
5. At the end of history there will be an all out assault by
the Antichrist and his kingdom upon the church.
6. It may seem for a while that Satan and evil of the Antichrist
have won but it will be a “temporary” victory.
7. When the angel blows the 7th trumpet then the kingdom
of the world will become the kingdom of Christ, who will
destroy the kingdom of Antichrist, rapture the people of
God and He shall reign forever and ever—Hallelujah!!!
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