The Revelation of Christ – Part 40:
The Punishment of the Great Prostitute III
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.
SERMON SERIES
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
Part 39 – The Punishment of
the Great Prostitute II
TODAY’S SERMON -
THE THINGS WHICH SHALL BE – The Coming Judgment
SCRIPTURE READING
Revelation 17:9-18
“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.
12
“The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but
who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13 They
have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 They
will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he
is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and
faithful followers.”
15
Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are
peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. 16 The beast and the ten horns you
saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked;
they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into
their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast
their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled. 18 The woman you saw is
the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
I.
THIS CALLS FOR WISDOM
a.
Seven heads of the Beast
i. This calls for wisdom of the
mind = meaning, one who knows
and Possesses the Holy Spirit to understand the Word of God
ii. The 7 heads are 7 hills (or
empires/kingdoms/countries)
iii. “on which the woman sits”
1. The woman is the Great Whore
of Babylon (the prostitute)
2. Meaning False religions
allowing people to commit spiritual adultery and turn from the one true God
3. She “sits” on the hills,
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 the first Persian empire
(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 one not yet come (This
is the Beast’s New World Order)
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 in the revelation to John
3. The 7th king
(antichrist) makes way for the Eighth King of the earth…Satan’s newly formed
unholy trinity, 666 (Satan, Antichrist and the False Prophet)
c.
The eighth king
i. This fallen angel (The
Destroyer) acting as unholy spirit who empowers the antichrist who is human, belongs
to the Seventh (antichrist)
ii. He acts on Satan’s orders,
and comes to empower the Antichrist, making the BEAST (666) the unholy-trinity
complete, and therefore creating the 8th king
II.
THE TEN HORNS
a.
Daniel 7:7-12
i. in my vision at night I
looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and
very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled
underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts,
and it had ten horns.
8
“While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a
little one (the antichrist
rising to power), which came up among them; and three of the first horns
were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and
a mouth that spoke boastfully.
9
“As I looked,
“thrones
were set in place,
and the Ancient of Days took his seat.
His
clothing was as white as snow;
the hair of his head was white like wool.
His
throne was flaming with fire,
and its wheels were all ablaze.
10
A river of fire was flowing,
coming out from before him.
Thousands
upon thousands attended him;
ten thousand times ten thousand stood
before him.
The
court was seated,
and the books were opened.
11
“Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the
beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
12 (The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to
live for a period of time.)
b.
10 kings with no kingdoms
i. The 10-country confederacy
will come to power and authority under the antichrist
ii. Because they have agreed to
serve the antichrist
c.
They have one purpose
i. To give their “power”
(armies, weapons, people, service) and authority (control over these powers) to
the Beast
ii. His purpose is to use these
resources to wage war against the Lamb
iii. How do they war against God?
iv. By going after God’s people,
no longer spiritually, but in a very real, physical way, by killing the
Israelites and the Christians
d.
But the Lord will triumph over them
i. Verse 14 tells us, though the Beast
has all of the armies, power, authority, people of the earth serving him, he
will still lose
ii. The Lamb will triumph over
them because He is the Lord of lords and the King of kings
III.
THEN THE ANGEL SAID TO ME
a.
The waters you saw where the prostitute sits
i. Are peoples, multitudes,
nations and languages
ii. There is no one-country or
people who work with the antichrist, but many from 10 nations around the world
with various peoples and languages
iii. Remember, the prostitute
means false teachings of Satan, ruling over the hills or nations who commit
spiritual adultery on God for serving these false teachings.
1. False teachings do not have
to be witchcraft, satanism, occult, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, etc…
iv. Matthew
24:21-28
“…there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until
now—and never to be equaled again. (Speaking of the Tribulation)
22
“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake
of the elect those days will be shortened. 23 At that time if anyone says to
you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false
messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to
deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time.
26
“So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out;
or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as lightning
that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of
the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
v. “The Elect” will NOT be
deceived by false religions such as I mentioned, rather, they will be deceived
by false religions which “appear to be TRUTH of God’s Word”
1. 2
Corinthians 11:14
“Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”
2. The antichrist comes as a
man of peace (imitating Prince of Peace)
3. He will perform miracles,
signs and wonders (imitating Jesus’ power)
4. He will unite nations and rebuild
the Temple (illusion of bringing the world together, and helping Israel by
rebuilding the Temple)
vi. The Elect will be deceived
because the new-world order religion will “appear” to be of the true God, for
the true God and by the true God!
vii. THEN, the antichrist will
claim to be God Himself and demand worship
viii. How are the elect fooled
then?
1. Cults that misuse or twist
the Bible’s Truth
2. Denomination who misuse
Truths of the Bible (such as Spiritual Gifts) for personal gain
3. Prosperity preaching, fake
healing ministries, TV evangelists
a. They are already bilking
followers (elect) out of billions of dollars per year
4. HOW?
ix. Hosea
4:6a
“my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.”
b.
The Beast and the 10 horns will hate the prostitute
i. “They will bring her to
ruin…”
ii. All of the false religions
(the waters the dragon spewed out to drown the woman’s offspring in Revelation
12:15) MUST be removed and
destroyed so the New-World religion (worship of the beast and his image) can be
the ONLY one!
iii. Now, the prostitute (false
teachings) will be hated by the Beast and destroyed
c.
God put it in their hearts
i. Like a cancer destroying its
host, God put it in their hearts to hand over complete control and power of the
10-nation confederation to the authority of the Beast
ii. Now there is 1
head…Tribulation will now end and judgment will begin
CONCLUSION
–
Genesis
3:1-13 is where the
fall of man happens.
Our communion with God the
Father is broke because of Satan’s deception and Adam’s sin.
Verse
14-15 God repairs that
communion, and answers, not only sin, but Satan’s actions with the coming
judgment.
So the Lord God said to the serpent (Satan),
“Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild
animals! You will crawl on your belly
(a creature “lower” than a man, can be
stepped on, ignored, we CAN rebuke Satan, he has no power over us)
and you
will eat dust all the days of your life.
(never have a thirst quenched, never
again to taste the river of life, the waters of God’s Holy Spirit, will have a
never-ending thirst that will never be refreshed by God)
And I will put enmity (hatred)
between
you (Satan) and the woman (Israel),
and
between your offspring (those who disobey
God)
and hers; (the Word made flesh through
Israel, Jesus) will crush your head, (Anti-Trinity 666, the Beast)
and you
will strike his heel.” (The “stepping”
strike of Jesus’ heel down on Satan)
Symbolism here is, all
that Satan tries to accomplish by creating the unholy trinity (the Beast-666)
and trying to be god on earth is “simply crushed by the heel of Christ”
Like stepping on an ant,
barely noticeable, didn’t even have to get His hands dirty, an easy task.
And it was taken care of
in Genesis just after the fall. In fact,
it is already finished! We (those of us
who are in this dimension and must travel in a linear motion through “time”,
just haven’t “got there yet”.
However, outside of this
dimension of time, as Jesus, the Word of God, says Himself in John 19, “It is
finished”
By the way, Jesus, the
Word made flesh, the offspring of the woman Israel, Son of God, these were His
“last words” before dying on the cross.
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