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Jesus is coming. . .soon! Are you ready?

Jesus is coming. . .soon! Are you ready?. Revelation 11:7-13. Review of the prophecy’s elements. Points to Define. • What is the “beast from the bottomless pit”? • How does this prophecy apply to Sodom and Egypt? • How was Christ “crucified”?. Revelation 11:7-13.

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Jesus is coming. . .soon! Are you ready?

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  1. Jesus is coming. . .soon! Are you ready?

  2. Revelation11:7-13 Review of the prophecy’s elements

  3. Points to Define • What is the “beast from the bottomless pit”? • How does this prophecy apply to Sodom and Egypt? • How was Christ “crucified”?

  4. Revelation11:7-13 Why Sodom? — licentiousness reigned throughout Paris and in the surrounding areas of France

  5. Revelation11:7-13 Why Egypt? — Pharaoh had defied God stating that he was equal to God, was a god on earth

  6. Revelation11:7-13 How did Revolutionary France “crucify” Christ?

  7. Rejection of God and Christ “Lying, and stubborn perseverance in false assertions . . . Were among the most powerful principles of their system in crushing the wretch.” Ethan Smith, “A dissertation on the prophecies relative to Antichrist and the last times”, p. 161 (1814)

  8. Rejection of God and Christ “The grand sentiments of the scheme were the following, ‘that God is nothing; that government is a curse . . . that chastity and natural affection are mere prejudices; . . .”

  9. Rejection of God and Christ “. . . and that adultery, assassinations, poisoning, and other crimes of a similar nature are lawful and even virtuous . . . The end sanctifies the means.” Ethan Smith, “A dissertation on the prophecies relative to Antichrist and the last times”, p. 162 (1814)

  10. Three and a half years 3 ½ years later, the same Convention decreed that the Bible was an “honorable book” and lifted the ban on the Protestant Religion (but not the Catholic Church) The “Convention,” 17 bishops, and other clergymen decreed to abolish all religion throughout France 3 ½ years June 1797 Nov. 26, 1793

  11. Revelation Chapter 11 “The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.” Rev. 11:14

  12. Revelation Chapter 11 The 1st Woe and 5th Trumpet began simultaneously with the push of Islam into eastern Europe beginning July 27, 1299. This war lasted for 150 years, ending July 27, 1449 — exactly 150 years later, just as the prophecy of Rev. 9:5 stated it would.

  13. Revelation Chapter 11 The next prophecy concerns the 2nd Woe and the 6th Trumpet and gives the timeframe as 391 years and 15 days, which began with the fall of Constantinople in 1449. Counting from July 27, 1449 and adding 391 years and 15 days we come to . . . ?

  14. Revelation Chapter 11 “The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. . . Revelation 11:14

  15. Revelation Chapter 11 • What are the 1st and2nd “woes”? • What should we look for as the 3rd woe?

  16. Advance of Islam Mohammad used one rule of action in spreading his new religion. He said “Confess there is only one God, and that Mohammed is His prophet, pay tribute, or choose death.”

  17. Advance of Islam Abu-bekr appealed to the followers of Mohammed by saying: “As you advance into the enemy’s country . . . cleave their skulls. Give them no quarter till they embrace our faith or pay tribute.”

  18. And then . . . oil dependence happened . . .

  19. And then . . . oil dependence happened . . .

  20. Revival of Jihad “In the Middle East, overly aggressive secularization has sometimes backfired, making the [Islamic] religious estab-lishment more conservative, or even radical. . . .

  21. Revival of Jihad “. . . When the shahs of Iran tortured and exiled mullahs who opposed their [secular] regime, some concluded that more extreme responses were necessary.” Karen Armstrong“God”, Foreign Policy, Nov. 2009

  22. Revival of Jihad 1979 Iran Embassy Hostages Beirut, Lebanon

  23. Revival of Jihad 1983 Marine Barracks Beirut, Lebanon

  24. Revival of Jihad Pan Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland Dec. 21, 1988

  25. Revival of Jihad • 1993 First New York World Trade Center attack • 1996 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Khobar Towers Military complex

  26. Revival of Jihad • 1998 US Embassy Nairobi, Kenya • 1998 US Embassy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  27. Revival of Jihad 2000 Aden, Yemen USS Cole

  28. Revival of Jihad 2001New York World Trade Center and Pentagon

  29. Revival of Jihad Note that during the period from 1981 to 2001 there were 7,581 Islamic jihad attacks worldwide

  30. Seventh Angel Sounds “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, ‘The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 11:15

  31. Seventh Angel Sounds “But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.” Revelation 10:7

  32. Seventh Angel Sounds “Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints . . .”

  33. Seventh Angel Sounds “. . .To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” Colossians. 1:26, 27

  34. Seventh Angel Sounds “At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.” Matthew 11:25

  35. Seventh Angel Sounds “But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:23, 24

  36. Seventh Angel Sounds “. . .To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” Colossians. 1:26, 27

  37. Seventh Angel Sounds “And in this word ‘faith’ I mean not a mere theoretical notion, but ‘faith’ in its only true meaning of the will submitted to Him, the heart yielded to Him, and the affections fixed upon Him. This only is faith; and this itself by the grace and gift of God.” A.T. Jones“The Everlasting Gospel of the Everlasting Covenant”

  38. Seventh Angel Sounds “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, ‘The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 11:15

  39. Seventh Angel Sounds “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought Him near before Him . . .”

  40. Seventh Angel Sounds “And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion . . .” Daniel 7:13, 14

  41. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament . . .” Rev. 11:19

  42. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament . . .” Rev. 11:19

  43. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “The time marked for its cleansing is that fixed by John for the opening of the temple in Heaven and for the finishing of the mystery of God . . .”

  44. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “. . .The cleansing of the sanctuary is the removal from it of the sins of the people of God that had been borne into it by the High Priest” J.N. AndrewsThe Sanctuary of the Bible, p.12

  45. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “Before He comes we must have been brought to that state of perfection in the complete image of Jesus (Eph. 4:7, 8, 11-13). And this state of perfection, this developing in each believer the complete image of Jesus . . .”

  46. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “— this is the finishing of the mystery of God, which is Christ in you the hope of glory. This consummation is accomplished in the cleansing of the sanctuary . . .”

  47. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “. . .which is the finishing of the mystery of God, which is the final finishing of transgression, the making of a complete end of sins . . .” A.T. Jones Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection, p. 126

  48. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “The finishing of the mystery of God is the ending of the work of the Gospel. And the ending of the work of the Gospel is, first, the taking away of all vestige of sin . . .”

  49. Cleansing of the Sanctuary “and bringing in of everlasting righteousness . . . in the heart and life of each one of the people themselves.” A.T. JonesConsecrated Way to Christian Perfectionpp. 119, 120

  50. Cleansing of the Sanctuary • Christ is King • Judgment is completed • God’s holy Law is made prominent in end- time events • The people of earth who have rejected God are “angry”

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