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2012: The End of the World?
Revelation 16
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So, how about it? Were those
Mayans lyin'? Could the end be
near? Will people be more awake
to that possibility this year than before?
Signs of the times say the end is drawing near.
Yes, it could be this very day.
It could be years away.
But it will happen, and the Bible indicates simply 'soon.'
Some today are saying: Don't say
the end is coming, because when it doesn't you'll lose credibility.
Preachers have said it for years, and it hasn't happened.
I say, "It's closer than ever
before!" Of course it hasn't
happened. It won't happen until
it happens! I happen to believe
it could be anytime, based on the Bible.
And I hope I would lose credibility in your eyes ONLY if I didn't
preach this as the truth! Next event on God’s Prophetic Calendar: The Rapture of the church. Soon after the church goes in the air, the world begins the process of going off the air: The 7 year tribulation begins. It will be hell on earth (we don’t serve a half-baked God…yes, He’s a God of love, but also of wrath—“it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!”) Revelation 6:17 It is the time of chastisement upon the world of sin. But if you are saved today, remember… Isaiah 53:5 The Tribulation will be a horrific time:
4 horsemen--widespread violence / war / famine / starvation / will make the holocaust look like a baby shower / you will be afraid to leave your home, if you have one / will take a day’s wages to buy a loaf of bread! 7 trumpet judgments [Seals]—1/3rd of all earth’s vegetation destroyed / 1/3rd of marine life killed / 1/3rd of salt water turned to blood / 1/3rd of ocean-going vessels destroyed / 1/3rd of freshwater poisoned / 1/3rd of all sunlight diminished…these things result in economic chaos and ecological disaster! Angel then sounded 3 woes: An invasion from hell—demons turned loose on earth so vile and wicked they have been incarcerated since they fell from heaven / will torture mankind / sting like scorpions / and 1/4th of world’s population is now dead… The flower of wickedness will be in full bloom! Then we meet up w/ the antichrist, and his sinister minister the false prophet, and it all goes downhill from there, beginning in ch. 16 as the 7 bowls of God’s wrath are poured out! And here in ch. 16 we find the most intense / frightening / horrifying info. in the Bible, apart from the verses on hell and eternal damnation. This is not fun info. to
consider, but it’s God’s truth and He’s led us here to it this day…and it’s
God’s will that good come out of this considering much bad which is coming
to this sinful world. Joke—little
boy said, dad, “I think I may have flunked my math test” / dad said, “Do you
have to be so negative?” / “OK, I’m
positive I flunked my math test!” Some things are positively
negative…like Rev. 16! Here is
the climax of the great tribulation…and for the saved it’s nothing but good
news for us and motivation to reach others and to know the signs of the
times. Here is the pouring out of
the 7 bowls of wrath from the throne of God Himself!
For 6,000 years + God has
been offering grace, mercy, and salvation, but not in that day! Here in ch. 16 are God’s 7
final judgments on those who rejected Him… v. 1 The 7 bowls are poured out upon the earth 1 by 1.
Each angel has a specific target.
Bowl #1— v. 2 Something like leprosy?
Maybe not leprosy…it may be a sore that is “nuclear fallout” in
nature…either way, it’s poured out upon the worshippers of antichrist.
(since they bear the mark of the beast, they’re easy to locate!)
[microchip?] By the way, if you didn’t
know what the Bible says, you’d be all for this mark!
Think about it--no more kidnappings, bad checks…and most
will go for it! Those left on earth at this
point have the mark, but now it’s not just the government that looks for
them, but this first angel, and germ warfare happens in a way it’s never
happened before [talk about WMDs!]
Bowl #2— v. 3 (“as blood”) All the salt water is
affected, and every single soul in them dies!
[earlier in the trib. 1/3rd of
waters were affected…but it was just a warning…this is much worse!] Imagine w/ me:
picture the world’s shorelines lined and cluttered w/ decaying
corpses of sea life / unbearable stench…so bad that when you breathe you’d
gag…a person from So, they’ve got these
sores, and no relief, and constant nausea. Since waters are
contaminated, ocean-going vessels will come to a halt.
The world today doesn’t realize how dependant we are upon God…do we? The now-salty waters of the world are God’s cleansing agent for the filth of the world, but then no longer!
Bowl #3— vv. 4-7
fresh water is the target of this plague…the only resource left, and
now it’s being plagued! Jesus turned water into
wine, but the Father now turns it to blood! The angel says to the Lord:
there’s a poetic justice in what you’ve done!
The antichrist has shed much blood of those who refused the mark, and
many thru the ages before them, and now they’re reaping what they have sown!
Gal. 6:7 Be not deceived, God is not
mocked, whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Ex. 1—Pharoah
declared male Jewish babies would be drowned…and that’s how he and his whole
army died! Esther—Haman
decided to exterminate the Jews, and he wanted to start by hanging
Mordecai…he sneakily concocted and started the plan into motion…and how did
it end? He was discovered and
hung on the very gallows he prepared for Mordecai!
7
Who is this
under the altar? Martyrs!
They cry out continually, how long until you judge them? Here they say, “Good job,
Lord, you have avenged us!”
Bowl #4— v. 8 greatest heat wave in history—real global warming!
So unbearable that bodies will be scorched…a foretaste of hell right
here on earth…w/ little water to drink, mind you!
At the very least many
thousands will die of thirst, heat exhaustion, skin cancer, etc. [Ironic that the sun
refused to shine 3 hrs. while Jesus was on the cross, but here it’s
intensified!] The OT prophets talked of
this plague:
Deut. 32:24 They shall be
burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter
destruction: Is. 24 6 Therefore
hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate:
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Few?
Fact is, no one would be left if God did not supernaturally shorten
the daylight hours! Mt 24:22
- And except those days should
be shortened,
there
should no flesh be saved: Some think that means the
tribulation is shortened, but no, not true, Jesus said 7 years!
The only interpretation is
that some literal days will be shortened!
Perhaps this is thru the ash in the air blocking out the sun? One more OT prophesy: Mal. 4:1 For, behold,
the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all
that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them
up, saith the LORD of hosts. Think about this:
we’re already seeing in nature many things science struggles to
explain: Lk. 21:11, 25-26
“signs in the heavens”
[realm of nature]
Can you see the signs of
the times? All God would have to do to
create this scenario is to remove one layer of the atmospheric blanket He
currently protects us with! Solar flares?
“Days shortened”—low lying cloud of dust? You’d think that would
break men? v. 9b They know there is a God…no
doubt, He’s proven Himself, yet in their agony the last thing on their mind
is repentance, but rather they curse Him, hate Him!
[very revealing about
the wicked heart of mankind!] Don’t ever think that
judgment brings men to repentance…it only rarely does!
If God’s love doesn’t bring
them, His wrath likely won’t!
Those in hell aren’t
begging to be saved, they curse, blaspheme God, gnash teeth [snarl in face
of God!]
Once you die lost, your
character is forever fixed! Rev. 22:11 [speaking of
eternity…] He that is
unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy
still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still. The unsaved continues to
sin in hell, rebel all he can, and his hatred toward his judge continues
forever! v. 9 is a description of hell!
4
words to describe the judgment of God:
Unwilling—God never judges
willingly! II Pet. 3 The Lord is … not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance.
If
you’re left behind after the rapture to suffer these horrible
judgments, it will be against the will of God! He has never quickly
judged…He’s longsuffering, allows us time to choose / doesn’t want robots /
slaves forced to serve Him / wants volunteers! Noah—120 years he preached
before judgment fell! God loves them, doesn’t
want to judge them, is waiting, longsuffering… But He’s holy, righteous,
just, and eventually you cross the line! 2nd word:
Unexpected— Proverbs 6 is talking about
the ‘naughty man’ who seems to be getting away w/ his sin…
Lulled into a false sense
of security! Lk. 12—rich farmer said,
I’ll eat, drink and be merry!
God said, thou fool,
this night thy soul shall be required of thee! Ananias and Sapphira
crossed that line and were suddenly slain! 3rd word:
Unspeakable— Mt. 24 24:21 For then
shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world
to this time, no, nor ever shall be. “Eye hath not seen…!” Words cannot describe
it…it’s unspeakable! 4th word:
[unwilling, unexpected, unspeakable…also…]
Unnecessary— You don’t have to be there
for these judgments…Jesus died in your place to save you!
What a shame when our boys
would die to take a hill, only to have our government give it back! It was unnecessary death,
we could have given that hill up w/out them dying!
I hope we’ve learned our lesson and don’t repeat this kind of tragedy
in the mid east! Don’t die an unnecessary
death by rejecting Christ…don’t proclaim
His death to have been
unnecessary! You don’t want to
be here when God’s Bowls of Wrath are poured out…and the great news is:
you don’t have to be!
Part 2, PM
Bowl #5— v. 10 A plague of supernatural
darkness just like in Moses’ time in
This won’t be
worldwide…will only settle over kingdom of antichrist…perhaps where
headquarters are… This plague is God’s way of
saying to the world: you could
have followed the light, but you have chosen darkness
[instead of the Bright Morning Star / you
chose the prince of darkness]
Bowl #6— v. 12 2 keys: River Why target the River
Euphrates w/ a plague? The prominence of this
river in the Bible is extraordinary:
mentioned in Genesis…and here in Revelation…and 25X’s in-between. It’s the approximate
location of the garden of Eden…and here the battle of Armageddon.
[the cradle and the grave!] This is modern-day Plague #6—the waters of the 1,730 miles long / over ½
mile wide many places / 30 feet deep many places!
Dams are being built upstream. In the news a couple years
ago:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/middleeast/14euphrates.html
[It WILL literally happen, and is a sign of
the times when it does.
Euphrates has been like an invisible line, a barrier like a force field] Dried up for specific
reason: kings of the east! Almost all Bible scholars
agree this is a ref. to an Asian coalition, led by none other than red Think about this:
The Euphrates River is the far eastern border of the land God
promised to Abraham. God keeps
His promises! But here in the
tribulation all bets are off!! Now an army of 200 million
soldiers is mobilized…on the move!
And they bring w/ them the technology they have stolen from us and
had “hand-delivered” BY us [traitors / spies /espionage] over the last
several decades or so! This is an Asian coalition,
though… Arab/African
Confederacy—Dan. 11—“Kings of the south”! Russians—Ezek. 38-39—Gog
and Magog—in Daniel called “Kings of the North”! United States of
Europe—revived Israelis…definitely a part
of the end times and the battle of Armageddon…and conservative estimates say
there will be at the very least 300 million soldiers involved…probably more! No wonder the Bible says
the blood will flow for 200 miles as deep as a horse’s bridle!
It will take 7 months just to bury the dead! v. 13-14
“working miracles”
Have you noticed how
miracle-hungry our world has become?
We are obsessed w/ the supernatural:
healings and tongues to new age mysticism and the occult / tv shows
on angels, ufo’s / Area 51…the people of our world are being set up / the
pump is being primed / there’s a concerted effort in the spirit world to
give people an insatiable appetite for miracles so this unholy trinity will
be viewed as miracle-working gods! v. 15 Here in the middle of all
of this we have this warning!
Bowl #7—
17-21
the atmosphere
is the target of this final plague v. 17 the air!
I like this because it destroys the very last trace of Satan’s
abiding place! Eph. 2:2
“prince of the power of the air” [this plague destroys every
nook and cranny of Satan’s dwelling place!] Air is the preferred method
of war today / This plague is tied to
Armageddon, so it is reasonable to think this is a massive air exchange /
full scale nuclear war perhaps…w/ most or all nations of the world emptying
their biggest guns! And the
result is this huge earthquake… v. 18 What else in the natural
realm could cause this kind of earthquake than that?! This is tectonic /
cataclysmic / seismic / volcanic…all rolled into one! The book of Zechariah
refers to men’s flesh melting off of them.
Sounds nuclear. Zechariah 14:12 Then every major city of
the earth is leveled! Capitals
only? Or anything w/ skyscrapers
/ height? v. 19 Imagine the metropolitan
areas leveled / judged in one fell swoop! Imagine All kidding aside…the
mountains also disappearing, sinking into the heart of the earth:
Rockies / Swiss Alps / Himalayas/ Andes / The climax includes the
raining down of hailstones in weight over 100 lbs. each! v. 21 Talent=approx. 114 lbs! ill.—when they tested
nuclear bombs at sea last century the fallout created hailstones of 20 lbs.
each, some of which dented the armor of ships! They blasphemed in spite of
all of this! As they will in
eternity! v. 17 reminds us of what
Jesus said on the cross: “it is
finished”…every sin was paid for / judged…and if you get in on
that ‘it is finished’…you won’t
have to face this judgment!
We wouldn’t wish these
things on our worst enemy, much less those close to us, in our circles! We’ve seen 7 Bowls of God’s
Wrath…
Now Consider these 3 cups: God’s grace / mercy /
justice—they’re all attributes of God!
Grace: receiving something
good from God which you don’t deserve
Mercy: not receiving
something bad from God which you do deserve
Justice: receiving exactly
what you deserve 3
cups of salvation: Cup of GraceMt. 26
What was in that cup?
Every sin
ever committed by mankind! II Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; (why?)
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. Cup of MercyPs. 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the
LORD. The only way we can be
saved is by His mercy. Eph. 2:2-4 2 Wherein
in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to
the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires
of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even
as others. 4 But
God, who is rich in mercy…
If
you don’t drink from the cup of grace or the cup of mercy
offered to you…then you have to drink from the
3rd cup…
Cup
of Justice Rev. 16:19-21
This
cup is brim-full of God’s wrath! God extends his Almighty
arm toward you, and in His loving hand is just a piece of paper, but it
represents forgiveness, salvation, and it will set you free!
Will you walk out that door today and reject the pardon?
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