The Revelation of Christ – Part 39:
The Punishment of the Great Prostitute II
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON
INTRODUCTION
The
Book of Revelation, or the Revelation of Christ, is the most challenging book
in the bible.
Because
of this fact, many avoid it or ignore it altogether. Some fear a lack of
understanding; others afraid to misinterpret, which I guess is better to avoid
than dive in and get it completely wrong.
Many
times, when a new believer comes to me for direction, they want to jump right
into Revelation and find out what’s to come.
This
is equivalent to deciding one day to learn Mandarin and sitting down to author
a novel in Chinese that very same day.
Or,
a kindergartner learning how to count, and then trying to calculate quantum
mechanics calculations.
The
words in Revelation have caused much debate on rapture, judgment, even some who
claim John was writing about the events in his day in code rather than Jesus
Christ revealing to him about the coming events and Judgment.
A
special blessing is promised to those who read Revelation.
Although
it may be a difficult book, we could all use a special blessing, reading this
is good for us all, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we will take the
Revelation of Christ in small portions and gain understanding, little by
little.
THE THINGS WHICH
SHALL BE – The Coming Judgment
Part 12 –
The Lamb is Worthy
Part 13 –
The First Seal
Part 14 – The Second Seal
Part 15 – The Third Seal
Part 16 – The Fourth Seal
Part 17 – The Fifth Seal
Part 18 – The Sixth Seal
Part 19 – The 144,000 Sealed
Part 20 – The Great Multitude
Part 21 – The Seventh Seal
Part 22 – Trumpets 1-4
Part 23 – The 5th Trumpet (1st woe)
Part 24 – The 6th Trumpet (2nd woe)
Part 25 – The Mighty Angel
Part 26 – The Two Witnesses
Part 27 – The 7th Trumpet and 3rd Woe
Part 28 – The Woman and the Dragon I
Part 29 – The Woman and the
Dragon II
Part 30 – The Beast out of the Sea
Part 31 – The Beast out of the Earth
Part 32 – The Lamb and the 144,000
Part 33 – The Three Angels
Part 34 –
Harvesting the Earth
Part 35 – The
Seven Angels with the Seven Plagues
Part 36 – The First Bowls
Part 37 – The Last Bowls
Part 38 – The Punishment of
the Great Prostitute I
TODAY’S SERMON -
THE THINGS WHICH SHALL BE – The Coming Judgment
SCRIPTURE READING
Revelation 17:6-11
I
saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of
those who bore testimony to Jesus.
When
I saw her, I was greatly astonished. 7 Then the angel said to me: “Why are you
astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she
rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast, which you saw,
once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its
destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in
the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they
see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.
9
“This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which
the woman sits. 10 They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the
other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little
while. 11 The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs
to the seven and is going to his destruction.
I.
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND ABOMINATION OF THE EARTH
a.
The Beast that once was, now is not, but will come up
again
i. The Beast that once was - The fallen angel
(Abandon, Apollyon) helped leaders of empires in the past come into power, rule
the world and seek to destroy Israel
ii. Now is not – He had lost power and
authority in John’s Day because of the Cross
iii. But will come up again – Cast down and locked in
the Abyss, The Destroyer will be released again and act as the unholy-spirit in
the unholy-trinity of the Beast (666) – Revelation 20:10
b.
Satan has tried from the beginning to rule mankind and
be a god
i. He failed to rule over Adam
and Eve, though he convinced them to sin against God and break the covenant God
had with them
ii. He failed to rule over the
earth by establishing false religions, such as Baal worship
iii. He failed to prevent Israel
from becoming a nation of God’s people
iv. He failed to prevent the
birth of Jesus the Messiah
v. He failed to prevent Jesus
creating a New Covenant with mankind so God could restore the relationship which
was broke in the Garden by Satan introducing sin to mankind
vi. He failed to take over
Heaven
vii. And now, thousands of years
later, he continues to fight, and struggle to destroy Israel, rule over humans
as a god and create his own version of paradise, which IS the condemnation,
torture and destruction of those who were created in the image of God.
c.
Some inhabitants of the earth do follow Satan
i. All of those whose names are
not in the Lambs Book of Life will be amazed at the things the Antichrist does
on earth, things they have never seen before
ii. Signs and wonders that will
convince many that the antichrist is either empowered by God Himself, or IS God
iii. And they will follow him
iv. The antichrist is capable of
these signs and wonders because of the help of The Destroyer from the Abyss
II.
THIS CALLS FOR WISDOM OF THE MIND
a.
Seven heads of the Beast
i. This calls for wisdom of the
mind = meaning, one who knows
and believes the Word of God
ii. The 7 heads are 7 hills (or
empires)
iii. “on which the woman sits”
1. The woman is the Great Whore
of Babylon (the prostitute)
2. Meaning False religions
3. She “sits” on the hills
(empires) meaning she rules over them
iv. These are seven empires who
follow false religions
b.
Five have fallen, 1 who is, and 1 yet to come
i. The 5 fallen empires who
were ruled by false religions are
1. Egypt (Each of the 10
plagues in Exodus was against one of the Egyptian gods)
2. Assyria (Nineveh)
3. Babylon (Baal)
4. Medo-Persia (Persians
worshipped the sun, moon, sky, earth, fire, wind and water)
5. Greece (Zeus, Poseidon,
Hades, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Delphi, etc.)
ii. The one who IS
1. This is the Roman empire who
was ruling during John’s time
iii. The not yet come
1. But when he does, he will
only remain a little while
2. This is the 10-nation
confederation created by the antichrist who becomes the 7th head of
the beast
c.
The eighth king
i. This fallen angel (The
Destroyer) belongs to the Seventh
ii. Comes and empowers the
Antichrist acting as the unholy-spirit following Satan’s orders and making the
BEAST (666) the unholy-trinity complete, and the 8th king
(antichrist)
CONCLUSION
–
So The Destroyer from the
Abyss, who helped the previous empires of earth (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia,
Greece and Rome) will now help build the 10-Nation Confederation, and
consolidate them into the 8th Kingdom, which is controlled and lead
by the Antichrist
However, regardless of
Satan’s efforts, power, authority and rule on earth, Eternal Hell does await
Satan, the antichrist, the false prophet, Abaddon and all the fallen angels,
demons and every unredeemed person who has ever lived.
NEXT
WEEK: The Punishment of the Great Prostitute III
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