The
Revelation of Christ –
Part 44: The Judgment of Evil
Pastor
Bruce A. Shields
House of Faith Church
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SERMON INTRODUCTION
Today
we are going to look at the next part in our series in The Revelation of Christ
and see judgment has finally come for those who waged war against The Lamb.
Often I
have people say to me, “why does God allow evil on earth?” or “why doesn’t God
just destroy them?”
The
simple answer is this, for God to remove (destroy or take away) evil people
from the earth, He would have to “Judge” them.
We need
to remember that God is no respecter of persons, (Romans 2:11) therefore if
He were to judge one He would most certainly have to judge ALL, including you,
me, and those who have not yet submitted their lives to the Lord, even though
they will do so in the future!
God
cannot go against His word because that would make Him out to be a liar. So He
set aside a “Judgment Day,” where ALL will stand before God to be judged, good
and evil, great and small, free and slave. (Revelation 20:12)
Today
we are looking at Revelation 19:15-21, where the beginning of punishment on the
evil and wicked is being doled out.
SERMON SERIES
THE THINGS WHICH
SHALL BE – The Coming Judgment
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
Part 40 – The
Punishment of the Great Prostitute III
Part 41 – Rejoice
Babylon the Great has Fallen
Part 42 – Threefold
Praise of God
Part 43 – The Second
Coming
TODAY’S SERMON - THE
THINGS WHICH SHALL BE – The Coming Judgment
Part
44 – The Judgment of Evil
SCRIPTURE READING
Revelation 19:15-21
Coming out of his mouth is a sharp
sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with
an iron scepter.” He treads the wine press of the fury of the
wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his
thigh he has this name written:
king of kings and lord of lords.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried
in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather
together for the great supper of God, 18 so that
you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their
riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and
small.”
19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the
earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on
the horse and his army. 20 But the beast was
captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the
signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who
had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two
of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. 21 The
rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on
the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
I.
THE SHARP
SWORD TO STRIKE DOWN THE NATIONS
a.
Coming out
of His mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations
i. Ephesians
6:17 tells us that the “Sword of the Spirit” is the Word of God
ii. The imagery
here is that the Lord is “Speaking the Word of God.”
iii. “Sharp”
signifying its perfect ability to accomplish what it is for, a dull sword is of
no use, while a “sharp” one is perfect for its goal, so this Word of God being
spoken by the Lord is perfect.
iv. How does He
strike down the nations with it?
v. Hebrews 4:12 tells us, “For the word of God is alive and
active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing
soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the
heart.”
vi. This sharp
sword, perfect speaking of the Word of God by the Lord against the nations, is a
judgment against them.
vii. Thus,
striking them down.
1.
Remember, God “Spoke” everything into existence,
Creation from Words; He can also destroy with words as well.
2.
Speaking He strikes down nations…there is no “battle,”
no “fight,” there is no waging war against the Lamb of God!
3.
With a word, His enemies are brought down!
b.
He will rule
them with an iron scepter (Psalm 2:9)
i. Psalm 2:1-10 “Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The
kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together
against the Lord and against his
anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break
their chains
and throw off their shackles.”
4 The One
enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord scoffs at them.
5 He rebukes
them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6 “I have
installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”
7 I will
proclaim the Lord’s decree:
He said to
me, “You are my son;
today I have become your father.
8 Ask me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You will break
them with a rod of iron;
you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
10 Therefore,
you kings, be wise;
be warned, you rulers of the earth.
ii. The Psalmist
speaks of those who partner with Satan to wage war against the King of Kings
and Lord of Lords, …and scripture even warns the Kings of earth to be “wise,”
but we know, not all will listen.
c.
He treads
the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty
i. Who walks the wine press?
ii. On His robe (He that treads) and
on His thigh He has this name written:
iii. KING OF
KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
iv. Jesus
Himself
II.
THE GREAT
SUPPER OF GOD
a.
I saw an
angel standing in the sun, who cried out in a loud voice to all the birds of
the air
i. Standing on
the sun simply means this angel was in the sky, and a light shone about it
ii. Remember the
“loud voice” could mean authority, volume, multitudes, but here it appears to
mean authority as the angel commands the birds of earth
b.
“Come,
gather together for the great supper of God,”
i. This imagery
makes me think of the old westerns when the buzzards would circle above the
dead and those who were close to dying.
ii. “Come,
gather together.”
iii. I can see
large clouds of birds forming, preparing to feast upon the dead
iv. The enormous
amount of dead will be provided by God wiping out His enemies who have gathered
to make war against Him, thus, “the great supper of God” provided to the birds
who were called to gather.
c.
“so that you
can eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and riders, and
the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.”
i. All who have
taken the number of the Beast, and worshiped his image, they have all waged
was against the Lamb, and will soon be fodder in a field, supper for the birds.
III.
THE BEAST
AND ALL WHO WORSHIP ITS IMAGE
a.
Then I saw
the Beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage
war against the rider and His army
i. The
legitimate rider upon a white horse (opposed to the imitation rider who came
upon a white horse during the Apocalypse who came in peace but prepared for
war, the Antichrist)
ii. This ride is
the Lamb of God and those who belong to Him who ride with Him
1.
Not because He “needs” an army, but because the Lord
has chosen to include us in His retaking of Creation and as a witness to the
destruction and punishment of evil.
2.
In the same way, God created the garden and everything
in it before Adam as a witness, now, we, followers of Christ, will be the
witnesses to the New Creation!
b.
But the
Beast was captured and with it the false prophet who had performed signs on its
behalf
i. With these signs, he (the Beast) had deceived those who had received the mark of the Beast and worshiped its image
c.
The two of
them (the Beast and False Prophet) were thrown alive (because they are human)
into the fiery lake of burning sulfur
i. The rest (the kings, generals, armies, all people alive who
had received the mark of the Beast and worshiped its image) were killed with the sword coming out of the
mouth of the rider on the horse
ii. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh
CONCLUSION
–
The Lord will stand on that day upon a great white horse
covered in the name: King of Kings and Lord of Lords with all who serve Him.
The Beast and the False Prophet will be cast alive into
the Lake of Burning Sulfur. All of those who stood against the Lamb (kings,
generals, armies, people great and small, free and slave) and took the sign of
the Beast and worshiped its image, will fall dead from the Sword proceeding
from the mouth of the Lord and be eaten by the birds of the air.
Next week we will look at the 1000 year reign, the
Judgment of Satan, and Judgment of the dead.
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