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“Apocalyptic literature is a special kind of writing that arose among Jews and Christians to reveal certain mysteries about heaven and earth, humanity and God, angels and demons, the life of the world today, and the world to come.”

Apocalyptic literature “reveals” these mysteries

through the use of

visions and highly

symbolic language.

Don’t miss the forest for the trees! Let’s not get lost in the details and therefore miss the message Jesus has for us!

Our Guiding Principle

Chp. 1 Chp. 2-3 Chps. 4-22

“Things

which

you have

seen”

“Things

which

are”

“Things which will take place”

Vision of Christ Vision of Consummation

Theophany Talks Tribulations Triumph Together!

Revelation 12

Revelation 13

Satan ramps up his attack against God’s people, he brings two key

players onto his team (the Antichrist and his false prophet) –

forming an unholy Trinity.

Revelation 13:7Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them.

The Unholy Trinity

Good news!

Revelation 14

Bad news!

One new song (vv. 1-5) Three angelic announcements (vv. 6-11) Yet another call for endurance (vv. 12-13)Two final harvests (vv. 14-20)

Revelation 14

One new song (vv. 1-5) Three angelic announcements (vv. 6-11) Yet another call for endurance (vv. 12-13)Two final harvests (vv. 14-20)

Revelation 14

Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

Psalm 2:6As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven like the roar of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps,

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

Revelation 14:3And they (the 144k) were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

Revelation 14:4aIt is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins.

2 Corinthians 11:2For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

Revelation 14:4bIt is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes.

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

Revelation 14:4bIt is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes.

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Revelation 14:4bIt is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes.

Revelation 14:5And in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.

Matthew 12:34For out of the abundance of the heartthe mouth speaks.

Rev. 14 – One new song . . .

One new song (vv. 1-5) Three angelic announcements (vv. 6-11)

Revelation 14

Revelation 14:6Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

Rev. 14 – Three Angelic Announcements: The Good

Revelation 14:7And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Rev. 14 – Three Angelic Announcements: The Good

Revelation 14:8Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality.”

Rev. 14 – Three Angelic Announcements: The Bad

Jeremiah 5:7How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of whores.

Rev. 14 – Three Angelic Announcements: The Bad

Revelation 14:9And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

Rev. 14 – Three Angelic Announcements: The Ugly

Revelation 14:10He also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Rev. 14 – Three Angelic Announcements: The Ugly

Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

Rev. 14 – Three Angelic Announcements: The Ugly

One new song (vv. 1-5) Three angelic announcements (vv. 6-11)Yet another call for endurance (vv. 12-13)

Revelation 14

Revelation 14:12Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

Rev. 14 – Yet Another Call for Endurance

Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessedindeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

Rev. 14 – Yet Another Call for Endurance

Blessed because of how we live!

Revelation 14:12Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

Rev. 14 – Yet Another Call for Endurance

Blessed because of how we die!

Revelation 14:13aAnd I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”

Rev. 14 – Yet Another Call for Endurance

One new song (vv. 1-5) Three angelic announcements (vv. 6-11)Yet another call for endurance (vv. 12-13)Two Final Harvests (14-20)

Revelation 14

Harvest #1 – Harvest of grain

Revelation 14:14Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

Rev. 14 – Two Final Harvests

Revelation 14:15-16And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Rev. 14 – Two Final Harvests

Revelation 15:1Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.

Rev. 14 – Two Final Harvests

Harvest #2 – Harvest of grapes

Revelation 14:17Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Rev. 14 – Two Final Harvests

Revelation 14:18And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”

Rev. 14 – Two Final Harvests

Revelation 14:19-20So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.

Rev. 14 – Two Final Harvests

Revelation 19:15From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Rev. 14 – Two Final Harvests

1. Our God is very patient . . . but his patience will not last forever!

John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1. Our God is very patient . . . but his patience will not last forever!

2. Even though our works won’t get us into heaven … they will follow us into heaven!

Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

Rev. 14 – Yet Another Call for Endurance

2. Even though our works won’t get us into heaven … they will follow us into heaven!

Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.