Revelation Outline
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Introduction. (ch. 1)
The Seven Letters to the Seven Churches
(chs. 2-3)
The Vision of the Seven Seals (4:1-8:5)
The Vision of the Seven Trumpets (8:611:19)
The Seven Visions (chs. 12-15)
The Vision of the Seven Bowls (ch. 16)
The Victory over Antichrist (chs. 17-19)
The Victory over Satan (20:1-22:5)
Conclusion. (22:5-21)
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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VISION ONE OF SEVEN.
The Woman and Dragon – the
plight of God’s people.
The Vision One of Seven (chs. 1215)
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NIV Revelation 12:1 A great and
wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a
woman clothed with the sun, with the
moon under her feet and a crown of
twelve stars on her head. 2 She was
pregnant and cried out in pain as she
was about to give birth.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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The woman represents the people of God.
She was to be God’s image reflecting Him to
all creation. This is shown in her authority
over all creation with a heavenly diadem to
reign in God’s stead.
NIV 2 John 1:1 The elder, To the chosen
lady and her children, whom I love in the
truth-- and not I only, but also all who know
the truth--
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an
enormous red dragon with seven heads and
ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. 4
His tail swept a third of the stars out of the
sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon
stood in front of the woman who was about
to give birth, so that he might devour her
child the moment it was born.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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The devil figuratively has led one third
of the angels astray. He has appeared
in different manifestations over time to
destroy the Church.
Satan has lost angelic power. His
dominion is earth where he strikes out
at God’s people for a time.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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5 She gave birth to a son, a male
child, who will rule all the nations with
an iron scepter. And her child was
snatched up to God and to his throne.
6 The woman fled into the desert to a
place prepared for her by God, where
she might be taken care of for 1,260
days.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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7 And there was war in heaven.
Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon, and the dragon and his
angels fought back. 8 But he was not
strong enough, and they lost their
place in heaven.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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9 The great dragon was hurled down-that ancient serpent called the devil,
or Satan, who leads the whole world
astray. He was hurled to the earth,
and his angels with him.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
"Now have come the salvation and the
power and the kingdom of our God, and the
authority of his Christ. For the accuser of
our brothers, who accuses them before our
God day and night, has been hurled down.
11 They overcame him by the blood of the
Lamb and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much as to
shrink from death.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens
and you who dwell in them! But woe
to the earth and the sea, because the
devil has gone down to you! He is
filled with fury, because he knows that
his time is short."
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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13 When the dragon saw that he had
been hurled to the earth, he pursued
the woman who had given birth to the
male child. 14 The woman was given
the two wings of a great eagle, so that
she might fly to the place prepared for
her in the desert, where she would be
taken care of for a time, times and
half a time, out of the serpent's reach.
Eagles’ Wings
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In the book of Revelation, the eagle is
a reference to the spiritual realm.
She is delivered from the spiritual
torment and destruction of the devil.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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Time, two times, and a half.
1260 days
Gospel is spread in spite
of persecution.
Satan’s little season
3 ½ days
I carried you on the wings of an eagle and brought you to Myself.
Isaiah 40:31.
There is another possibility…
The little season is a recurring little
season throughout the 1260 days.
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Time, two times, and a half.
1260 days
Gospel is spread in spite
of persecution.
Satan’s little season
3 ½ days
I carried you on the wings of an eagle and brought you to Myself.
Isaiah 40:31.
Spiritual ersecution will be brutal for a brief time and the Lord will provide
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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15 Then from his mouth the serpent spewed
water like a river, to overtake the woman
and sweep her away with the torrent. 16
But the earth helped the woman by opening
its mouth and swallowing the river that the
dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17
Then the dragon was enraged at the woman
and went off to make war against the rest
of her offspring-- those who obey God's
commandments and hold to the testimony
of Jesus.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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Satan’s destructive power is his lies
and deception from his mouth. The
true Church is saved from this.
Who are the woman’s offspring?
Those who cling and heed God’s Word
faithfully, the Bible.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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13:1-10. VISION TWO OF SEVEN.
The Beast of the Sea.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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NIV Revelation 13:1 And the dragon stood
on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast
coming out of the sea. He had ten horns
and seven heads, with ten crowns on his
horns, and on each head a blasphemous
name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a
leopard, but had feet like those of a bear
and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon
gave the beast his power and his throne
and great authority
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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The Dragon (Satan) has two operative
agents: Secular and pseudoecclesiastical powers.
The “Beast of the Sea” represents the
attack on the Church from without –
secular powers.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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The sea represents the nations. Out of the
nations comes direct opposition (the first
beast) to the Church and her purposes.
NIV Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to
me, "The waters you saw, where the
prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes,
nations and languages.
NIV Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new
heaven and a new earth, for the first
heaven and the first earth had passed away,
and there was no longer any sea.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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Resembled a leopard, but had feet like
those of a bear and a mouth like that
of a lion.
In Daniel, these animals represented
nations of the earth. Here, we see a
totality of those governments in
control for a time.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to
have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound
had been healed. The whole world was
astonished and followed the beast. 4 Men
worshiped the dragon because he had given
authority to the beast, and they also
worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like
the beast? Who can make war against him?"
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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The fatal wound? The fatal wound is Christ
crushing Satan’s headship over mankind
(power).
NIV Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and hers; he
will crush your head, and you will
strike his heel."
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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…But those who do not repent and are
forgiven sin still remain under the
headship of Satan.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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Those in sin, actually worship Satan
and look to earthly institutions as their
god and deliverer. Specifically in this
vision, these are secular powers who
oppose the church.
Is this true today?
Is this true even for non-conformists?
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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5 The beast was given a mouth to utter
proud words and blasphemies and to
exercise his authority for forty-two months.
6 He opened his mouth to blaspheme God,
and to slander his name and his dwelling
place and those who live in heaven. 7 He
was given power to make war against the
saints and to conquer them. And he was
given authority over every tribe, people,
language and nation.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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Who is the Beast of the Sea?
Secular powers.
– Atheistic communism / socialism.
– Humanism.
– Hollywood.
– Canada? Sweden? State churches in
Europe? U.S.? IRS status for churches?
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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8 All inhabitants of the earth will
worship the beast-- all whose names
have not been written in the book of
life belonging to the Lamb that was
slain from the creation of the world. 9
He who has an ear, let him hear.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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10 If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity he will go. If anyone is to
be killed with the sword, with the
sword he will be killed. This calls for
patient endurance and faithfulness on
the part of the saints.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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Captivity?
When was Judah in captivity?
What was Jeremiah’s message?
What was Daniel’s conduct?
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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13:11-18.
VISION THREE OF SEVEN.
The Beast of the Earth.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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As the seas represent the nations, the land
represents the Church. Direct opposition to
the true faith comes from within, from those
who want to appear religious. The Beast of
the Earth are those who want to be seen as
religious but really seek favor with the world
instead of favor with God. They scorn all
who refuse to openly accept their own
teachings.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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11 Then I saw another beast, coming out
of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb,
but he spoke like a dragon. 12 He exercised
all the authority of the first beast on his
behalf, and made the earth and its
inhabitants worship the first beast, whose
fatal wound had been healed. 13 And he
performed great and miraculous signs, even
causing fire to come down from heaven to
earth in full view of men.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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The Lamb with horns.
This beast comes with under the
guise of authority from Christ.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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Fire from heaven?
Elijah was attested as a prophet from the
Lord for fire that came down from heaven.
The Beast of the Land assumes to be God’s
true representative on earth with mighty
cleansing signs (the means of grace) of
God’s mighty deliverance to prove it.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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14 Because of the signs he was given
power to do on behalf of the first
beast, he deceived the inhabitants of
the earth. He ordered them to set up
an image in honor of the beast who
was wounded by the sword and yet
lived.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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The Beast of the Land will actively
seek to conform the Church to the
philosophy of the secular powers.
Think of this in mainline
denominations concerning
homosexuality, sexuality, abortion, the
inerrancy of Scripture, the exclusive
salvation found in Christ…
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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15 He was given power to give breath to
the image of the first beast, so that it could
speak and cause all who refused to worship
the image to be killed. 16 He also forced
everyone, small and great, rich and poor,
free and slave, to receive a mark on his
right hand or on his forehead, 17 so that no
one could buy or sell unless he had the
mark, which is the name of the beast or the
number of his name.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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Those who refuse to adopt the
false church’s teachings, reflective of
the secular world, find that they are
opposed.
The Vision of the Seven Visions
(chs. 12-15)
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18 This calls for wisdom. If anyone
has insight, let him calculate the
number of the beast, for it is man's
number. His number is 666.
What does 666 mean?
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6 is the number of creatures of the land
(created on sixth day).
Tying in the image here, these are followers
of the false church.
6 is also the number of the fallen nature
(now in sin).
3 is the number of perfection.
Those who follow the false teachings of the
false church are “perfectly sinful” in God’s
sight – 666.
The Beast of the Land
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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VISION FOUR OF SEVEN.
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The Lamb is victorious with the elect.
VISION FOUR OF SEVEN
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Remember the true and final victory
belongs to the Lamb and His saints.
The Holy Spirit will enables them to
sing unending anthems together.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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NIV Revelation 14:1 Then I looked, and
there before me was the Lamb, standing on
Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had
his name and his Father's name written on
their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from
heaven like the roar of rushing waters and
like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I
heard was like that of harpists playing their
harps.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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144,000 is the perfect totality that the
saints long for (Revelation 6:10).
12 x 12 x 10 x 10 x 10
These are they who openly want to be
known as children of the Father (with
His name on their foreheads for all to
see).
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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The sound of the trumpet is a clear,
loud pitch for all to hear (like the
harpists all together).
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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3 And they sang a new song before the
throne and before the four living creatures
and the elders. No one could learn the song
except the 144,000 who had been
redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those
who did not defile themselves with women,
for they kept themselves pure. They follow
the Lamb wherever he goes. They were
purchased from among men and offered as
firstfruits to God and the Lamb.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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The anthem will be inspired by the
Spirit in the resurrection.
These are they who forsook the sinful
nature and vain pleasure for the Spirit.
These are the joy of God’s heart – His
firstfruits.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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5 No lie was found in their mouths;
they are blameless.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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How is this reminiscent of Isaiah being
allowed into the glorious presence of
the Lord.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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14:6-13. VISION FIVE OF SEVEN.
The three messengers / angels.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair,
and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to
those who live on the earth-- to every
nation, tribe, language and people.
7 He said in a loud voice, “Reverence God
and give him glory, because the hour of his
judgment has come. Worship him who
made the heavens, the earth, the sea and
the springs of water."
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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THE FIRST ANGEL:
The angel is speaking to us NOW in our
time. He is interpreting what the overall
VISION OF 7 VISIONS means to us NOW.
Now is the time to repent before it is too
late. He can give you the ability to offer
indebted praise to the One who holds
together everything.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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8 A second angel followed and said,
"Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,
which made all the nations drink the
maddening wine of her adulteries."
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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THE SECOND ANGEL:
Babylon represents those who oppress
God’s people.
Don’t grieve the fact that you don’t
follow the crowd. They are hell
bound.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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9 A third angel followed them and
said in a loud voice: "If anyone
worships the beast and his image and
receives his mark on the forehead or
on the hand,
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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10 he, too, will drink of the wine of
God's fury, which has been poured full
strength into the cup of his wrath. He
will be tormented with burning sulfur
in the presence of the holy angels and
of the Lamb.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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11 And the smoke of their torment
rises for ever and ever. There is no
rest day or night for those who
worship the beast and his image, or
for anyone who receives the mark of
his name." 12 This calls for patient
endurance on the part of the saints
who obey God's commandments and
remain faithful to Jesus.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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13 Then I heard a voice from heaven
say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord from now on." "Yes,"
says the Spirit, "they will rest from
their labor, for their deeds will follow
them."
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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THE THIRD ANGEL:
Don’t grieve the fact that you don’t
follow the crowd. They are hell
bound.
There is a consequence if you follow
the crowd (the Beast of the Earth and
Sea), you will be hell bound also.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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14:14-20. VISION SIX OF SEVEN.
The harvest of the earth.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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14 I looked, and there before me was
a white cloud, and seated on the cloud
was one "like a son of man" with a
crown of gold on his head and a sharp
sickle in his hand.
Daniel 7
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NIV Daniel 7:13 "In my vision at night I
looked, and there before me was one like a
son of man, coming with the clouds of
heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days
and was led into his presence. 14 He was
given authority, glory and sovereign power;
all peoples, nations and men of every
language worshiped him. His dominion is an
everlasting dominion that will not pass
away, and his kingdom is one that will never
be destroyed.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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15 Then another angel came out of
the temple and called in a loud voice
to him who was sitting on the cloud,
"Take your sickle and reap, because
the time to reap has come, for the
harvest of the earth is ripe."
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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16 So he who was seated on the
cloud swung his sickle over the earth,
and the earth was harvested.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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NIV Daniel 12:2 Multitudes who sleep
in the dust of the earth will awake:
some to everlasting life, others to
shame and everlasting contempt.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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17 Another angel came out of the
temple in heaven, and he too had a
sharp sickle. 18 Still another angel,
who had charge of the fire, came from
the altar and called in a loud voice to
him who had the sharp sickle, "Take
your sharp sickle and gather the
clusters of grapes from the earth's
vine, because its grapes are ripe."
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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19 The angel swung his sickle on the
earth, gathered its grapes and threw
them into the great winepress of God's
wrath. 20 They were trampled in the
winepress outside the city, and blood
flowed out of the press, rising as high
as the horses' bridles for a distance of
1,600 stadia.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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This is pretty graphic even in a
symbolic way of the nature of the
angels sweeping through the earth.
The damned will be stomped out like
grapes to make wine.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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The river of blood flows at about
5 ½ feet for 180 miles.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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15:1-8. VISION SEVEN OF SEVEN
DIVINE, JUST, AND ETERNAL
PUNISHMENT IS BROUGHT
FORTH FOR THE DAMNED
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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NIV Revelation 15:1 I saw in heaven
another great and marvelous sign:
seven angels with the seven last
plagues-- last, because with them
God's wrath is completed.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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2 And I saw what looked like a sea of
glass mixed with fire and, standing
beside the sea, those who had been
victorious over the beast and his
image and over the number of his
name. They held harps given them by
God
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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While the saints delight to praise the
Lord, the damned suffer.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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and sang the song of Moses the servant of
God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and
marvelous are your deeds, Lord God
Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King
of the ages. 4 Who will not fear you, O
Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you
alone are holy. All nations will come and
worship before you, for your righteous acts
have been revealed."
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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5 After this I looked and in heaven
the temple, that is, the tabernacle of
the Testimony, was opened. 6 Out of
the temple came the seven angels
with the seven plagues. They were
dressed in clean, shining linen and
wore golden sashes around their
chests.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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Why mention the tabernacle?
Those who disgraced God’s dwelling in
the tabernacle were met with
judgment.
We are the tabernacle that the earth
treats with disdain.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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Korah’s Rebelliion.
NIV Numbers 16:32 and the earth opened
its mouth and swallowed them, with their
households and all Korah's men and all their
possessions. 33 They went down alive into
the grave, with everything they owned; the
earth closed over them, and they perished
and were gone from the community.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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Korah’s Rebelliion.
34 At their cries, all the Israelites
around them fled, shouting, "The
earth is going to swallow us too!" 35
And fire came out from the LORD and
consumed the 250 men who were
offering the incense.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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7 Then one of the four living creatures
gave to the seven angels seven golden
bowls filled with the wrath of God,
who lives for ever and ever. 8 And the
temple was filled with smoke from the
glory of God and from his power, and
no one could enter the temple until
the seven plagues of the seven angels
were completed.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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What we see is God’s righteous anger
against those who opposed Him and
His people from without and within.
The trampling of the grapes and the
wrath to be dished out are meant to
emphasize this.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the
coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the
grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His
terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory!
Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is
marching on.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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I have seen Him in the watch fires of a
hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the
evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the
dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory!
Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His day is marching
on.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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I have read a fiery Gospel writ in
burnished rows of steel;
“As ye deal with My contemners, so
with you My grace shall deal”;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush
the serpent with His heel,
Since God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory!
Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Since God is
marching on.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall
never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before
His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be
jubilant, my feet;
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory!
Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is
marching on.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born
across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures
you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us live to
make men free; [originally …let us die to
make men free]
While God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory!
Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! While God is
marching on.
The Vision of the Seven
Visions (chs. 12-15)
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He is coming like the glory of the morning
on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to
the brave;
So the world shall be His footstool, and the
soul of wrong His slave,
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory!
Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is
marching on.