Revelation 12-16

By David Maas
{WAR IN HEAVEN}

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  1. The Messianic Son - {PDF Copy} - (War began in Heaven. The Dragon was poised to destroy the Messianic Son as soon as he was born – Revelation 12:1-6)
  2. War in Heaven - {PDF Copy} - (The saints overcome the Dragon through the death of the Lamb and their faithful witness even unto death)
  3. Satan's Allotted Time - {PDF Copy} - (The Devil will be granted a final short season to persecute the saints before the end of the age)
  4. The Ancient Régime - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast of Revelation embodies the ancient imperial power that has stalked the saints since the Tower of Babel incident)
  5. War on the Earth - {PDF Copy} - (After his expulsion from heaven, Satan wages war against the seed of the Woman, those who hold the testimony of Jesus)
  6. Shepherding the Nations - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the promised King from the Line of David who guides the Nations of the Earth to the Holy City, New Jerusalem – Revelation 12:5)
  7. The Dragon's War - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, Satan attacks the Lamb by persecuting his followers, the saints who have the Testimony of Jesus)
  8. Plundering the Divine Throne - {PDF Copy} - (Satan and the Rulers of this Age exalt themselves and usurp Divine prerogatives in contrast to the true Servant of God, Jesus Christ)
  9. Lamb or Beast - {PDF Copy} - (The Inhabitants of the Earth refuse to follow the Lamb, choosing instead to swear allegiance to the Dragon and his Beast)
  10. No Neutrality - {PDF Copy} - (The Inhabitants of the Earth choose not to follow the Lamb. Instead, they swear fealty to the Dragon and his Beast and take his Number)

{BEAST FROM THE SEA}
  1. The Single Beast - {PDF Copy} - (The Beast is a single history-spanning entity that has existed since at least the dawn of human civilization)
  2. The Recurrent Beast - {PDF Copy} - (To identify the Antichrist, we must understand what the relevant passages say about him, his methods, and his agenda)
  3. Beastly Mark - Considerations - (When we compromise with the values and ideologies of the existing world order, we begin to take the Mark of the Beast - Revelation 13:16-17) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Beast from the Sea - (The Dragon began his attack against the Seed of the Woman by summoning his seed, the Beast from the Sea – Revelation 13:1-5) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Inhabitants of the Earth - (The Inhabitants of the Earth represent the men who are omitted from the Book of Life because they embrace the Beast from the Sea) - {PDF Copy}
  6. Mouth Speaking Great Things - (The Mouth speaking great things in Daniel appears in Revelation in the description of the Beast from the Sea that persecutes the saints) - {PDF Copy}
  7. War Against the Saints - (The Beast from the sea is authorized to wage war on the SAINTS for its overlord, the Ancient Serpent, the Dragon – Revelation 13:6-10) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Four Beasts in One - (The single Beast from the sea in Revelation is related to but distinct from the four beasts that Daniel saw rising from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
  9. No Holdout Nation - (The Inhabitants of the Earth refuse to follow the Lamb. Instead, they give their allegiance and homage to the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
  10. Lamb or Beast - (In Revelation, humanity is divided into two and only two groups – followers of the Lamb or subjects of the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
  11. The Beast Goes to War - (In Revelation, the language of war is used metaphorically to describe the persecution of believers by the Beast from the Sea) - {PDF Copy}
  12. Allegiance - {PDF Copy} - (In the Book of Revelation, every man must choose between allegiance to the Beast from the Sea or to the sacrificial Lamb)

{BEAST FROM THE EARTH}
  1. The Beast from the Earth - (The Beast from the Earth mimics the Lamb. It is the mouthpiece of the Dragon, and the propagandist for the First Beast) - {PDF Copy}
  2. The Ultimate Imposter - (The False Prophet will mimic the Lamb’s servants and sell the Beast from the Sea as the Lamb to the world – Revelation 13:11-18) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Religion and Economics - (The False Prophet mimics the Lamb and uses economic sanctions and religious propaganda to advance the First Beast’s agenda) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Counterfeit Christ - (The False Prophet mimics the Lamb and uses economic control and religious propaganda to advance the Beast’s agenda) - {PDF Copy}
  5. Mark of the Beast - (All men who refuse to follow the Lamb will render homage to the Beast and take its mark) - {PDF Copy}
  6. Beastly Economics - (The second Beast employs economic pressure to coerce men so they swear allegiance to the Beast from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Beastly Number - (The Number of the Beast, 666, is based on the dimensions of the great image erected by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Loving Caesar - {PDF Copy} - (The Inhabitants of the Earth willingly venerate the Beast and take its mark, although believers also are not immune from its allurements)
  9. The Beastly Religion - (The Beast from the Earth, the False Prophet, mimics the Lamb and presents a counterfeit of the true faith of Jesus and his Apostles) - {PDF Copy}
  10. Lying Signs and Wonders - {PDF Copy} - (God performs supernatural acts for His people but signs and wonders of themselves are no guarantee of Divine Approval)

{FINAL INGATHERINGS}
  1. 144,000 Priest on Zion - {PDF Copy} - (The 144,000 males on Mount Zion comprise the first fruit of the final harvest, the priestly company that follows the Lamb)
  2. Everlasting Gospel, Final Harvest - {PDF Copy} - (Whether one follows the Lamb or the Beast, one will reap everlasting consequences in the final harvest)
  3. Babylon's Fall Announced - {PDF Copy} - (Angels announce the judicial sentence on Babylon and the inhabitants of the earth, but “rest” awaits the followers of the Lamb)
  4. Final Grain Harvest - {PDF Copy} - (Two different harvests occur at the end of the age – The reaping of the grain and the ingathering of the fruit of the vine)
  5. Ingathering of the Grapes - {PDF Copy} - (The ingathering of the fruit of the vine represents the wrath of God on all men who take the mark of the Beast)
  6. The Final Hour - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation moves from Christ’s Death and Resurrection to the final day when God judges the wicked and vindicates the righteous)

{BOWLS OF FURY}
  1. Seven Bowls - Overview - (Chapter 15 introduces the seven angels who unleash the seven last plagues on the earth) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Song of the Lamb - (Having overcome the Beast, the saints stand on the Sea of Glass and sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Tent of Testimony - (The destructive forces unleashed by the last plagues echo the destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea) - {PDF Copy}
  4. First Four Bowls - (The first four bowls of wrath destroy the economic infrastructure of the Beast and punish those who took its mark) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Fifth Bowl - (The first four bowls destroyed the economic structure of Babylon. The next bowl targets its political sphere) - {PDF Copy}
  6. The Sixth Bowl - (The sixth bowl causes the final battle between the Lamb and the forces of the Dragon) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Kings of the East - (The Kings of the East are identical to the Kings of the Earth that are allied with the Beast – Revelation 16:12-19) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Final Battle - Armageddon - (The several battle scenes in Revelation all present the same final assault by Satan against the saints of the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
  9. Finished! The Seventh Bowl - (The seventh bowl produces the final overthrow of Babylon, the Great City, and completes the wrath of God) - {PDF Copy}
  10. Babylon Then and Now - (The story of ancient Babylon’s demise is reflected in the “sixth trumpet” and the “sixth bowl of wrath” in Revelation) - {PDF Copy}

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