Revelation Lesson 49

Revelation

Lesson 49

ARE WE LIVING IN THE END TIMES?

Revelation 19:15   ¹⁵ And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Christ is seen here as bodily leaving heaven and coming to earth. Jesus will be the only one in this great heavenly army to carry a weapon. The white horse is symbolic of victory. The fact that Jesus comes on a white horse indicates that it is time for His victory and judgment on this wicked world.

The battle will be His to win. His weapon will be a two-edged sword, the word of God. When this world was created, God spoke it into existence. At Armageddon He will simply speak to destroy the opposing nations. He will speak and they will fall.

The nations will join together at Armageddon, the antichrist in his efforts to try to destroy Israel. Jesus ruling with a rod of iron refers to the fact that the Lord of glory will not allow or tolerate in any shape, form or fashion that which kills, steals or destroys.

Things will change during the millennium. There will be no deception, no lies, no murder, no crime or war. Gods righteousness will prevail for a thousand years. Knowledge of the Lord will fill the earth and Jesus will finally get the worship he so richly deserves.

This will not come about because man has given up his rebellious ways, but because the son of God has put his foot down on the wicked and established his own reign on earth.

Revelation 19:16   ¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.

This proclaims the fact that there will be no doubt as to who he actually is. Jesus will return as not only a king, but the KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. He comes to establish His kingdom. Every earthly king will submit to him.

Revelation 19:17   ¹⁷ And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

The fact that the angel speaks with a loud voice signifies that something important is about to happen. The invitation to the birds refers to partaking of the dead bodies that had been killed in the judgment of the army of Armageddon.

Revelation 19:18   ¹⁸ That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

This predicts the horrible end of the antichrist’s armies, his foolish rulers, mighty men, horses, riders, and troops will become a feast for the birds. The only fate worse than death itself is death followed by lack of burial. Ones remains are devoured by the animals.

Revelation 19:19   ¹⁹ And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

 The antichrist is named first because he will lead these armies. His ten puppet kings will join him with their troops from all over the world. The kings of the east alone will have two hundred million troops. These armies will have the latest and most powerful weapons known to mankind.

Never before have there been so many armies gathered together on one side. Notice why they will gather, to make war against the rider on the white horse and his army. These armies will gather to fight the Lord Jesus and those who will come out of heaven with him. This answers those who asked who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him, for they are spirits of demons, performing signs which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of God almighty?

As the armies of the world converge upon Armageddon on a massive collision course, suddenly their objective will change. Instead of contending with each other they will unite to fight the army of the Messiah that descends from heaven.

Revelation 19:20   ²⁰ And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Out of the hundreds of millions gathered at Armageddon only two people will be captured. The antichrist and the false prophet. They will be seized for using great signs to delude people into taking the mark of the beast and worshiping his image. They will be judged and immediately cast into the lake of fire.

The antichrist will be the greatest intellectual, the greatest politician, the greatest stateman and the greatest economist who ever lived, but when he usurps “to take hold of by force” Gods people by deception and gives his allegiance to Satan he will become the greatest fool.

Revelation 19:21   ²¹ And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Not one of the millions of troops will escape, they will all be killed by the powerful word of God and the Birds will consume their bodies. Those who do not know the future should be careful about questioning the word of God.

Revelation 20:1   20 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

An un-named angel will come from heaven to earth. He will have the key to the bottomless pit that will be taken from Satan, the angel will also have a great chain in his hand.

Revelation 20:2-3   ² And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

³ And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Since God is omnipotent, He could seize Satan anytime he wants, but the bible says Satan’s arrest will come at the end of the tribulation period. God will not jump the gun and violate his own word when the tribulation period is over, he will send one ordinary angel to seize and bind Satan for a thousand years.

Verse 3

The angel will cast Satan bound and chained into a bottomless pit this will keep Satan from deceiving the nations during the millennium. Survivors from the tribulation that did not receive the mark of the beast, the tribulation saints, and the living Jews will repopulate the earth, and the people for all nations will go to Jerusalem once a year to worship Jesus.

Multitudes will be born during the millennium. During that time the offspring from the tribulation saints and Jews will not know what temptation is. There will be no real test of their faith. Satan will be released one more time to try them and unfortunately many will fall.

Some demons are active in the world today. Others are chained in the bottomless pit where the antichrist Abaddon and his demon possessed locusts came from. There will be a literal thousand year period when the messiah will reign on earth.