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0:00Welcome back to our studies on the book
0:02of Revelation. I'm glad you stayed with
0:04us to this point. Hopefully, you have
0:07begun to understand what the book is
0:09really about.
0:10In the first few presentations, you will
0:13recall we have been looking at the theme
0:16of judgement and particularly judgement
0:19as it focused on the kingdom of Christ.
0:22This is part one of the book of
0:24Revelation and in our last presentation,
0:26we came to the end. You remember the
0:29judgement of the kingdom of Christ was
0:31focused on seven seals. Out of the
0:33seventh seal, there came the seven
0:35trumpets and in our last presentation,
0:37we saw the seventh trumpet sounded and
0:40the kingdoms of this world became the
0:42kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ.
0:45The mystery of God was finished.
0:47This brought us to the end of the first
0:50section of Revelation.
0:52Now today, we move on to the second
0:54section and if you have been following,
0:55of course, you know we're going to be
0:57looking at the judgement or the
0:59examination of the kingdom of Satan.
1:24In this presentation, we want to take a
1:26closer look at the warfare of the
1:29dragon.
1:30We go to Revelation 12 and the first
1:32thing we see is that there is a woman
1:34who is attacked by a great red dragon.
1:38Of course, you know
1:40by now you are familiar with the idea
1:41that Revelation is full of symbols. A
1:44dragon represents something else and we
1:46will get to this in just a moment. But I
1:48want to begin by going outside of the
1:51book of Revelation all the way back to
1:53the very beginning to the book of
1:55Genesis. I want to begin with a verse
1:57there. The verse I want to start with is
1:59verse 15. Listen to what it says.
2:02"And I will put enmity between thee and
2:05the woman, and between thy seed and her
2:09seed. It shall bruise thy head, and thou
2:12shalt bruise his heel."
2:14What do we see here? We see the
2:17beginning of the conflict in the Garden
2:19of Eden. I believe we're all familiar
2:21with the story. Satan came and tempted
2:23Eve, and because of this, humanity fell
2:26under the control of Satan. But God made
2:29a promise in this verse we just read.
2:31God said to Satan,
2:33"I'm going to put enmity between you,
2:35that is Satan,
2:37and the woman, and between your seed and
2:40her seed." That is the offspring of the
2:43woman. There are three elements here,
2:45are three agents that we see in this
2:47picture. One of them is a serpent or
2:49Satan,
2:50the other one is Eve or the woman, and
2:53the other one is the seed of the woman,
2:55or the child or the offspring of the
2:57woman.
2:58Why did we go back here? Because we go
3:00to the book of Revelation now in chapter
3:0312, and we find the exact same players,
3:07the same elements. In other words, the
3:09prophecy that God made in Genesis
3:12chapter 3 and verse 15 is fulfilled in
3:15Revelation 12. Our Revelation is showing
3:17us the continuation of this conflict
3:20between the dragon or the serpent, the
3:22woman, and the seed. Now it says in
3:25Revelation 12 in verse 1,
3:28"And there appeared a great wonder in
3:31heaven. A woman clothed with the sun and
3:34the moon under her feet, and upon her
3:36head a crown of 12 stars. And she, being
3:40with child, cried, travailing in birth
3:43and pained to be delivered."
3:46You go to verse 3 and it says, "And
3:48there appeared another wonder in heaven,
3:50and behold, a great red dragon having
3:53seven heads and 10 horns and seven
3:56crowns upon his heads.
3:58What do we see here? What do these
3:59symbols mean? Well, who is this woman
4:01first of all? I know there are some
4:04Christians, one church in particular
4:06that says that this woman represents
4:08Mary. But absolutely, that is
4:10categorically wrong. Revelation is not
4:12focused on individuals, it's focused on
4:15institutions, even though it gives them
4:18the characteristics of individuals. For
4:20example, a beast represents an
4:22institution. A woman does not represent
4:25a person, but an institution. And what
4:28is this institution?
4:30We find clues as we go to the Bible. One
4:32passage in particular I want to
4:34highlight is Jeremiah 6 and verse 2,
4:37where God says, "I have likened or I
4:40have compared the daughter of Zion to a
4:44beautiful and delicate woman." God says,
4:47"I have compared my people or I compare
4:49Israel to a beautiful woman." And that
4:52theme is popular in the Bible.
4:54In the New Testament, the church is
4:56represented as the bride of Christ. So,
4:58what we are seeing here is the people of
5:00God and it's represented as a woman
5:03standing on the moon, but she's wearing
5:06the clothing of the sun. She's clothed
5:08with the sun.
5:09What does this signify? It means that
5:11this woman or this church or these
5:14people of God are standing at the
5:16transition of two periods. The moon
5:19represents old covenant and the sun
5:21represents the glory of the new
5:23covenant. Now, you will see why as we
5:26progress, why we come to this
5:27conclusion. But let me just clear that
5:29up at the beginning. So, we are looking
5:31at the people of God at that transition
5:33moment when the church is moving from
5:35the old covenant, the reflection or the
5:38shadow of the new, the moon, a shadow or
5:41a reflection of the sun. The woman is
5:43wearing the sun. She's about to emerge
5:45into the glory of the new covenant,
5:47which is standing on the foundation of
5:49the old. Now, she has on her head a
5:51crown of 12 stars.
5:53I've said before and I will repeat, the
5:55number 12 is God's kingdom number.
5:59It comes up over and over. So, that the
6:02crown of 12 stars, there are 12 tribes
6:04to Israel, there are 12 apostles, the
6:06woman represents the kingdom.
6:09Now, she's about to bring forth a child
6:11as we read later on and the dragon
6:14stands before her. Of course, who is
6:16this dragon? It's Satan. It says so in
6:18verse seven a little later on that the
6:21dragon is Satan. The woman, who is the
6:23woman? The woman represents the church
6:25of God or the the people of God and
6:28she's to bring forth a man child.
6:30We'll look at that in a moment and try
6:32to identify this child. So, it's the
6:35same conflict that began in the Garden
6:37of Eden. God is showing us this conflict
6:40playing out. Now, it's no longer Eve as
6:43an individual person. The true meaning
6:46of what God says is coming out. When he
6:48says the woman, Eve was a symbol of that
6:52greater woman, the church or the
6:55kingdom.
6:56And the seed of the woman that was to
6:58crush the head of the serpent was not
7:00Eve's child Abel or Seth or any of them.
7:04It was the child that was to emerge from
7:06the kingdom, which is Jesus Christ. Look
7:08at what it says in verses four and five,
7:11speaking of the dragon.
7:13And his tail drew the third part of the
7:16stars of heaven and it did cast them to
7:18the earth. And the dragon stood before
7:21the woman which was ready to be
7:22delivered for to devour her child as
7:25soon as it was born.
7:27And she brought forth a man child who
7:30was to rule all nations with a rod of
7:32iron and her child was caught up under
7:35God unto his throne. There's no rational
7:38question, no reasonable question but
7:40that this child is Jesus Christ. If this
7:43is Jesus, how is the woman not married?
7:45Because we are looking at the church or
7:47the kingdom. Jesus was the product of
7:50the church. He was a product of the
7:51kingdom. In fact, I will say this, that
7:54the nation of Israel was God's incubator
7:57to bring forth the Messiah. Jesus came
7:59out of the nation of Israel. This man
8:02child was brought forth by the church or
8:05by the people of God. So, the woman is a
8:08church or the people of God or the
8:10kingdom of God and the woman brings
8:12forth this child.
8:13Of course, Satan, the dragon, is
8:15standing there to destroy this child,
8:18but there's no question this child is
8:20Jesus Christ and he is brought forth by
8:23the church. Satan tried to destroy him
8:25and thought he had destroyed him when he
8:27actually had him crucified, but we know
8:30the death of Christ was a triumph of the
8:32kingdom.
8:33Satan thought he had defeated God's plan
8:37by killing the Messiah,
8:39but in actual fact, he was fulfilling
8:41that plan.
8:43He was caught up to God and caught up to
8:45his throne.
8:47At this point, rather than the conflict
8:49coming to an end, what we see in this
8:51chapter is that the conflict
8:53intensifies. Look at what it says in
8:55verses 7 to 9.
8:57And there was war in heaven. Remember we
8:59talked about this war and one of the
9:01things that I highlighted is that this
9:04war is not a physical conflict.
9:06Every time we read a verse or we look at
9:09a picture illustrating this war in
9:11heaven, we see angels with lightning
9:13bolts and swords, but clearly we are not
9:16speaking of a physical conflict.
9:18Revelation presents it probably as such
9:21because Revelation is using figurative
9:24language. That's what we always have to
9:26understand. There's a warfare in heaven.
9:29There's some kind of ideological
9:31conflict. Satan is unmasked and so he's
9:34put out of heaven.
9:36It says there was war in heaven. Michael
9:38and his angels fought against the
9:40dragon.
9:41And the dragon fought and his angels and
9:43prevailed not, neither was their place
9:46found any more in heaven.
9:48And the great dragon was cast out. Now,
9:50here is where it connects to Genesis.
9:53That old serpent called the devil and
9:56Satan, which deceiveth the whole world,
9:59he was cast out into the earth. And his
10:02angels were cast out with him.
10:04This was a great moment in the history
10:06of the kingdom, but you might say that
10:08for planet Earth, it seemed to be a
10:10disaster. Satan is cast out into the
10:13earth, and you know when when lady said
10:15once, I was speaking on this subject and
10:17she says, "What a thing. Imagine, they
10:20could not manage or they could not
10:21control Satan in heaven, and so they
10:23threw him down to us on Earth. How could
10:25we manage?" It's a funny statement, but
10:28actually, Satan being cast down to Earth
10:31was a part of the plan, a necessary part
10:33of the plan. And in
10:35if this had not happened, if Satan had
10:37not been confined to this planet, the
10:39rest of the plan may not have worked.
10:41Now, it says in verse 10,
10:43"And I heard a loud voice saying in
10:45heaven, 'Now is come salvation
10:49and strength and the kingdom of our God
10:53and the power of his Christ. For the
10:55accuser of our brethren is cast down,
10:58which accused them before our God day
11:01and night.'" So, this is what Jesus had
11:03anticipated when he said, "Now shall the
11:06prince of this world be cast out." But
11:09it says, "At this point, salvation
11:11came." So, we are talking about when
11:13Jesus went back to heaven after the
11:15resurrection.
11:17"Now has come salvation. Now has come
11:19strength." Strength to the people of God
11:21because Jesus says, "All power is given
11:24to me in heaven and in Earth." And the
11:26kingdom of our God because as we pointed
11:28out in the last presentation, the
11:30kingdom of God has come to dwell inside
11:33of God's people.
11:35And the power of his Christ because
11:36Jesus has received authority as ruler
11:39over heaven and earth.
11:41Satan has been cast down. Now, let me go
11:44back to the question. Why would God send
11:46Satan on earth? Why would God cast him
11:49out of heaven and release him on earth?
11:51The reason is the same reason we have
11:54been emphasizing from the beginning. We
11:56are dealing with judgment. God's kingdom
12:00only progresses if there is a judgment.
12:02When Jesus answered Satan's accusation
12:05against God's character, the judgment
12:07proved that God was good. Jesus revealed
12:10his character on the cross. One step
12:12forward, the kingdom was set up. Satan
12:15was cast out of heaven. Second step,
12:17second issue, what about the government
12:19of God?
12:21Satan had to be permitted to come to
12:23planet Earth at the same time to take
12:26control here, to intensify his battle at
12:29the same time that the kingdom of Christ
12:32was set up. Why? Because the two
12:34kingdoms are to coexist side by side,
12:37face to face, that the universe and the
12:40planet can see the difference between
12:42both kingdoms. That is why the kingdom
12:44of Christ has been growing for 2,000
12:46years in a face-to-face confrontation
12:49with the kingdom of the beast. This is
12:51exactly what Jesus had said. He said the
12:54kingdom of God is like leaven that a
12:56woman put in a measure of meal, and it
12:59stays there until it goes until the
13:01whole thing is leavened. He said the
13:03kingdom of heaven is like a a mustard
13:05seed, which is the smallest of all
13:06seeds, but then it grows until it
13:08becomes a great tree. He spoke over and
13:11over of the kingdom starting small and
13:14then growing. For 2,000 years it has
13:16been growing. He spoke of the wheat
13:19being mingled with tears, an enemy
13:20putting tears among the wheat. He spoke
13:22about the development of the kingdom
13:25because this was God's plan for the two
13:28kingdoms to come into that face-to-face
13:30confrontation. The final aspect of this
13:33great confrontation is what we are
13:36looking at here in the book of
13:38Revelation.
13:40It says in verse 12, Revelation 12.
13:42Therefore, rejoice ye heavens and ye
13:45that dwell in them. Woe to the
13:47inhabitants of the earth and of the sea
13:50for the devil is come down unto you
13:52having great wrath because he knoweth
13:55that he hath but a short time.
13:57And of course, this was 2,000 years ago
13:59and you say, was that a short time?
14:01Well, I think in terms of the existence,
14:03how long Satan has lived, it's a short
14:06time. And you know, our life span is
14:08very short. Sometimes it seems that we
14:10have been here for a long time, but I
14:13suppose if we could live at the same
14:15time span as these angels, it would seem
14:18like it has been incredibly short. He
14:20knows his time is short. He recognizes
14:23with every step that the kingdom of God
14:25takes forward that his days are
14:28numbered. And that is why Peter says
14:30that he's like a roaring lion going
14:32about seeking whom he may devour.
14:35So, this was the beginning of Satan's
14:38intensified warfare against the kingdom
14:41of God. Now, we go on to read in verse
14:4314 where it says, "And to the woman were
14:46given two wings of a great eagle that
14:49she might fly into the wilderness into
14:51her place where she's nourished for a
14:53time and times and half a time from the
14:57face of the serpent." This verse tells
15:00us that God protected his people. God
15:02protected his church.
15:04How do we see this? Well, the woman is
15:06given two wings of a great eagle. God's
15:09protection is described in the Bible as
15:12the giving of eagles' wings. If you go
15:15back to Exodus 19 and verse 4, God says
15:19to the Israelites, "You have seen what I
15:21did, how I took you on eagles' wings,
15:24and I brought you onto myself. Speaking
15:27of how he delivered them from Egypt.
15:29Eagles' wings are a symbol of God's
15:31deliverance and God's protection. So,
15:33Satan comes down. Remember, here's what
15:35happened. He set out to destroy the seed
15:38of the woman, right? When she was about
15:40to bring forth a man child, he decided
15:42to destroy this man child, put an end to
15:44God's plan, because he knew from the
15:47Garden of Eden that somebody was to come
15:50who would spell his death knell. He
15:52knew. His plan was to stop this seed,
15:55this child, from carrying out his
15:56mission. But, we see that instead of
15:59succeeding when he killed Jesus, he
16:01actually helped him to carry out the
16:03mission. So, he comes down. He's angry
16:05because he recognizes that his plan
16:07failed. So, he makes war against who?
16:11Against the church, obviously, against
16:12the woman. And so, it says that the
16:14woman is given two wings. God protects
16:17her and carries her away into the
16:19wilderness. God took his people into
16:21secluded places where it was difficult
16:24for them to be wiped out, to be
16:25destroyed. And the whole history of what
16:28happened in the past 2,000 years, a lot
16:31of it is hidden. A lot of it is not
16:33known, but much of it has been recorded.
16:35We know how the official, the public
16:37face of the church went into corruption,
16:40became political, took over most of the
16:45Western world. Most of Europe was taken
16:46over by this institution called the
16:49papacy. Religion became politicized. The
16:52church that once was the church of Jesus
16:54Christ became a state organized and a
16:57state controlled institution. The true
17:00Christians were those who had to go into
17:02hiding, those who were persecuted. But,
17:05God promised to protect his people, and
17:07he did. Those years were known to
17:10history as the Dark Ages, a time of
17:13intellectual darkness, but also great
17:16spiritual darkness.
17:18God protected his people. One of the
17:19things that happened close to the end of
17:21that time period was that God opened up
17:24what was called the new world, the
17:26Americas, the countries that were before
17:29this unknown, undiscovered to the
17:32civilized world or to the biblical
17:34world. These countries opened up and
17:36many of God's people who were fleeing
17:39persecution in Europe found a place
17:41where they could worship freely
17:42according to their conscience in places
17:44like America, Canada, perhaps Australia,
17:48and so on.
17:49So, in this sense we could say that God
17:51gave his people eagles' wings.
17:54Now, it says in Revelation 12 and verse
17:5615, the same chapter,
17:58"And the serpent cast out of his mouth
18:00water like a flood after the woman that
18:03he might cause her to be carried away of
18:05the flood." Water represents people. If
18:08you go to chapter 17 of Revelation, look
18:10at verse 15. It says, "The waters which
18:14you saw where the prostitute is sitting,
18:17it represents peoples and multitudes and
18:20nations and tongues." Water represents
18:22multitudes of people. So, it says Satan
18:25threw water like a flood out of his
18:27mouth. What he tried to do was to send
18:29armies of people, to send great
18:32multitudes of soldiers, even nations
18:35against God's true people to try to
18:37destroy them.
18:39Now, this sounds unreasonable.
18:41The Lord God Almighty rules the
18:42universe. Why should his people be
18:45persecuted and suffer? But remember,
18:47even Jesus told us, "In this world you
18:50shall have tribulation." Remember, Paul
18:53told us, "All that will live godly in
18:55Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
18:58Because still this world is under the
19:02dominion of Satan. This world is still
19:05the kingdom of the devil. This world is
19:07still referred to as the domain of the
19:10God of this world. God's people are
19:13here. The kingdom of Christ is set up
19:15here, but God's kingdom is made up of
19:17people who are poor and persecuted.
19:21This is the way God has ordained it that
19:24His kingdom may be based on character
19:27and not money, not worldly goods, but
19:30upon the principle of Christ living
19:33inside.
19:34So, Satan tries to destroy the church,
19:37the woman, but he doesn't succeed. Now,
19:39the last verse of this chapter says
19:41something a little bit strange. Let me
19:44read it. It says, "And the dragon was
19:46wroth or angry with the woman and went
19:50to make war with the remnant of her seed
19:54which keep the commandments of God and
19:57have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Why
20:00do I say this is strange? Well, think of
20:02what we have looked at already. Satan
20:04tries to attack the woman, then he goes
20:06after the seed. The seed escapes, is
20:09caught up to God unto His throne. So,
20:11what does he do? He goes after the
20:12woman. He attacks the woman. He tries to
20:14send water like a flood to destroy the
20:17woman. But he doesn't succeed. God
20:19carries her away on eagle's wings, and
20:22then it says the earth opens her mouth
20:24and helps the woman. So, what does Satan
20:27do next?
20:28It says he goes to make war against the
20:32remnant of the woman's seed. Hold on a
20:35minute. Who is this? Who are these or
20:40who is this that is referred to as the
20:42remnant of the seed of the woman? Now,
20:45don't go outside of the chapter. We have
20:47to be consistent when we begin to
20:49interpret Revelation. At first, what
20:51comes to mind is that these are the last
20:54remaining Christians on earth or they
20:57are the last remaining part of the
20:58woman, but there are two distinct
21:01personalities in this chapter that God
21:03identifies as His. Number one is the
21:05woman. We know what the woman is. It's a
21:07church. It's the kingdom of God. Who is
21:09the seed? We know who the seed is. The
21:12seed is Jesus Christ.
21:14Now, Satan attacks the woman or the
21:16church. But down at the end it says he's
21:19angry with the woman, that's a church,
21:21but who does he attack?
21:23He attacks the seed of the woman.
21:26There's a difference. The Bible is
21:27making a difference. God is showing us
21:30two different entities. One is the
21:32woman, one is the seed. The seed is
21:34Jesus Christ. Who is the remnant of the
21:38seed? It's not the woman.
21:41Neither is it Jesus because Jesus is in
21:43heaven. Who is the remnant of the seed?
21:47The only conclusion we can come to is
21:48that these are the last remaining
21:51portion
21:52of Jesus Christ. There is a part of
21:55Jesus that remains on the earth. Now, I
21:57know how that sound. But I know what I'm
21:59saying. The point I'm making is that at
22:01the end the people of Christ are so
22:04identified with Christ. They are so
22:06filled with the spirit of Christ. They
22:08are so much at one with Christ that the
22:11Bible no longer describes them as a
22:14separate entity like the woman. But now
22:16they are described as being a part of
22:18Jesus. They are the remnant of the seed.
22:22Now, this is consistent with other parts
22:24in the Bible where we are told that we
22:25are the body of Christ.
22:28Where Paul actually says that if you
22:30belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's
22:32seed. And in the same chapter, Galatians
22:343, he makes the point that the seed of
22:36Abraham is Jesus Christ.
22:39If you belong to Christ, then you are
22:40Abraham's seed, which is Jesus Christ.
22:43He identifies the church with Jesus so
22:45closely that they are one and the same.
22:48And the Bible says we are the body of
22:50Christ. The last remaining portion of
22:53the church on earth, which is so
22:55identified with Jesus, they are
22:57described as being a part of the seed.
23:00No longer the woman,
23:02but the seed. These are the ones
23:05that Satan goes to destroy in this last
23:08battle. This is what the chapters which
23:11follow in Revelation, this is what it is
23:14about.
23:15When we go to look at the warfare of the
23:16beast and the second beast, what we are
23:19looking at is Satan's attack upon the
23:22last remaining portion of Jesus Christ
23:25remaining on the earth in the last
23:27moments of time.
23:29So,
23:30how does the Bible describe this
23:33remnant? This remaining portion of the
23:36body of Jesus Christ. Look at what it
23:38says.
23:39They keep the commandments of God, one,
23:43and two, they have the testimony of
23:45Jesus Christ. What does this mean? Well,
23:48what does it mean to keep the
23:49commandments of God? Well, if you are a
23:52person who is fixated on what is called
23:54the letter or even you have a legalistic
23:57mind. Whenever the Bible says the
23:58commandments, you think immediately of
24:00the 10 commandments. You would think
24:02that maybe the Jews would fall into this
24:04category because they keep the
24:05commandments. You would think that maybe
24:08some the Adventists or some the Church
24:10of God or some the Baptists. These are
24:12the ones who insist on keeping the 10
24:13commandments. But is this what we are
24:16being told to look at here? Is it this
24:17what God is directing our mind to?
24:19Notice, the people he's talking about
24:22are those who are the image of Christ,
24:24those who are a part of Jesus Christ.
24:26He's not speaking of people who
24:28legalistically conform to a set of
24:30instructions. What he's talking about is
24:33people who are so connected to Christ,
24:36they are hearing his voice and they are
24:38responding. These are people who are so
24:40responsive to Christ, everything that he
24:43says becomes a part of their experience.
24:45They keep his commandments.
24:47They are not mechanically conforming to
24:49a set of rules on the outside. They are
24:52in a living relationship where he's
24:54speaking to them. It's the fulfillment
24:56of what we saw in Isaiah chapter 30,
24:59where it says of those who experienced
25:01the new covenant, "Your ears shall hear
25:03a word behind you saying,
25:06'This is the way, walk in it,
25:09when you turn to the right hand or to
25:10the left.'"
25:12These are the people who keep the
25:13commandments of God. The last thing it
25:15says about them is that they have the
25:17testimony of Jesus Christ. What is this
25:20testimony of Jesus Christ?
25:22Well, again, we find the answer in
25:24Revelation.
25:25When you go to Revelation 19 and verse
25:2810, an angel tells John,
25:31"I am one of your fellow servants that
25:32have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
25:34Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus
25:38is the spirit of prophecy."
25:41God's people in the last days, this
25:43remnant, they have something called the
25:45spirit of prophecy. What is the spirit
25:48of prophecy?
25:49Well, something interesting happens in
25:51Revelation chapter 22. In chapter 22,
25:54John is so overwhelmed by what he's
25:56seeing, he falls down to worship the
25:59angel again, and the angel says,
26:01"Remember, I told you not to do that. I
26:03am one of your fellow servants. I am one
26:05of your fellow servants, the prophets."
26:09If you look at the verse in chapter 22,
26:12and you look at the verse in chapter 19
26:14and verse 10, they are identical with
26:17one little difference.
26:19In chapter 19, the angel says,
26:22"I have the spirit of prophecy."
26:24In chapter 22, he says, "I am one of the
26:27prophets." Parallel verses, but now he
26:30identifies that having the spirit of
26:33prophecy means to be a prophet. Very
26:36important. So, what the Bible is telling
26:38us, what God is saying is that the
26:40remnant are those who keep God's
26:42commandments, and they are prophets.
26:46That's what it means to have the
26:47testimony of Jesus Christ. It means that
26:49you have the gift of prophecy.
26:52Is this a fantastic thing? Not if you
26:54understand the Bible. In the book of
26:56Joel it tells us that in the last days
26:59God will pour out his spirit upon all
27:01flesh. And what does it say? And your
27:03sons and your daughters shall prophesy.
27:07The gift that God promises at the end is
27:10the gift of prophecy above all other
27:12gifts.
27:13In 1 Corinthians chapter 14 Paul says,
27:15"Desire spiritual gifts, but rather that
27:19you may prophesy."
27:20He points to prophecy as the most
27:22important gift for the church of God.
27:25And so we see at the end of time God's
27:27people have the spirit of prophecy. They
27:30are prophets. Now, just to highlight
27:32what this means a little further,
27:34God made a statement to Miriam and
27:36Aaron.
27:37If you go back to Numbers chapter 11,
27:39you will see where God is speaking to
27:42Miriam and Aaron. And listen to
27:44something that he says. He says, "Hear
27:45now, Miriam and Aaron. If there is a
27:48prophet among you, I the Lord will speak
27:51to him in a dream or in a vision.
27:54My servant Moses is not so, with whom I
27:57will speak mouth to mouth and not in
27:59dark similitudes." The point I want to
28:02make is what makes a person a prophet.
28:04God says, "If there is a prophet among
28:06you, I will speak to him in dreams or in
28:08visions."
28:09In other words, a prophet is a person
28:11who has personal communication with God.
28:15That's the point of being a prophet.
28:17That's what it means when it says these
28:19people have the spirit of prophecy. They
28:21are people who understand because
28:23somebody has taught them. They have
28:24listened to a sermon or maybe they have
28:26read a Bible verse and they have thought
28:28about it a lot and they have figured it
28:31out and so they come to a conclusion.
28:33All of that, yes, but greatest of all,
28:36they have personal communication with
28:39God. The greatest privilege of all is
28:43what comes to God's people in the last
28:46days.
28:47These are the people we see in the book
28:49of Revelation. These are the people who
28:51develop into what is called the 144,000.
28:54These are the people that Satan hates
28:56and he goes to make war against them.
28:59These are the people who will stand up
29:01and vindicate the kingdom of God in the
29:04judgment.
29:06I want to keep talking about this over
29:08and over because I want you to
29:10understand it. It is what Revelation is
29:13about. You know, it's exciting to see
29:14all these beasts and all these wars and
29:17these disasters and so on. But what is
29:19the point? What is behind it? Behind it
29:22is a greater truth of securing the
29:25universe forever for our God and our
29:29Father. That is the point. And the
29:32beauty of it is that we Christians are
29:35in the middle of this fight and we have
29:37the privilege to participate consciously
29:41as we come to understand the book of
29:42Revelation. That is why we are studying.
29:45This brings us to the end of chapter 12
29:47and to the end of our presentation for
29:49today.
29:50I hope you have understood. I said at
29:53the beginning to a friend of mine that
29:55chapter 12 is not the most exciting
29:56chapter in the book of Revelation, but
29:59it is important.
30:01And I hope you have understood this
30:03background information that we find here
30:04because it sets us up as we move forward
30:07now to have a clearer understanding of
30:09what is happening.
30:11God bless you. May the spirit of truth
30:13be with you and continue to guide you
30:16into all truth.
30:22>> [music]
30:27[music]
30:37>> A woman seen in heaven's [singing]
30:40skies, the sun has garment [music] worn.
30:46The moon as her foundation
30:49lies, [singing]
30:50a crown her forehead borne.
30:54>> [music]
30:55>> She cried in pain, her time was
30:58[singing] near to fulfill [music]
31:00mankind's need.
31:04The dragon [singing] waited fierce and
31:07red to crush the promised [music] seed.
31:11The dragon wars, but he will fail. The
31:16seed will [music] conquer him.
31:20The serpent strikes, [music] yet cannot
31:24win,
31:25for Christ has vanquished sin. [singing]
31:30She birthed a son, her task complete.
31:33[music]
31:35He rose [singing] up to God's throne.
31:39A king [music] to be, [singing]
31:41the earth's heartbeat, one true to God
31:45[music] alone.
31:48The dragon's [singing] plans [music]
31:50were overthrown.
31:52War broke in heaven's height.
31:57The dragon fell, cast to [music] the
32:00earth as Michael led [singing] the
32:03fight.
32:05The dragon wars, but
32:07he will fail.
32:09The
32:10seed will conquer [music]
32:11him.
32:14The serpent strikes, yet cannot [music]
32:17win,
32:18for Christ has vanquished sin.
32:24>> [music]
32:30[music]
32:32>> Now comes salvation, power
32:35[music and singing] and might,
32:37the kingdom of God's son.
32:41The dragon falls, his [singing] reign
32:44[music] is through, Christ's victory has
32:47been won.
32:51>> [music]
32:52>> The woman [singing] flees, pursued by
32:56hordes, but God [music] gives eagles'
32:59wings.
33:01The dragon's wrath pursues
33:04[singing and music]
33:04the seed who hold true to their king.
33:10The serpent's wrath could [music] not
33:13[singing] avail,
33:15the faithful serve the Lord. [music]
33:18Seed of
33:20the woman, son of God,
33:23>> [music]
33:24>> accomplished Satan's word.
33:27The dragon wars,
33:29>> [music]
33:29>> but he will fail,
33:31the seed will conquer
33:34him.
33:34>> [music]
33:36>> The serpent strikes,
33:38yet cannot
33:39win,
33:40for Christ has vanquished
33:42>> [music]
33:42>> sin.
33:45The woman's seed,
33:47the remnant few, [music]
33:49God's commands [singing] is their brand.
33:53>> [music]
33:53>> The dragon's wrath will fade [singing]
33:57away.
33:59In [music] Christ, they firmly stand.
34:03>> [music]
34:41>> Hey.

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