Revelation 17-20

{DRAGON, BEAST, BABYLON}
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1. The Great Harlot Revealed - (Revelation 17:1-6 - John sees a Harlot figure in the Wilderness sitting on "many waters") - {PDF Copy}
2. The Great Harlot Rides the Beast from the Sea - (Revelation 17:7-13 - A vision of the Beast from the sea that carries the Great Harlot, Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
3. The Lamb overcomes the Beast and Harlot - (Revelation 17:14-18 - The Lamb's victory over the Beast and its allies is declared) - {PDF Copy}
4. Babylon, the Great Harlot, is Fallen - (Revelation 18:1-8 - Heaven declares the downfall of the Harlot Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
5. The Destruction of Babylon - (Revelation 18:9-24 - The economic power of Babylon is destroyed; the final demise of the "city") - {PDF Copy}
6. The Heavenly Celebration - (Revelation 19:1-10 - Heaven declares victory and all the righteous celebrate the final demise of Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
7. The Rider on a White Horse - (Revelation 19:11-16 - A rider on a white horse appears armed only with a "sword" from his mouth and identified with the Davidic Messiah of Psalm 2:8-9) - {PDF Copy}
8. The Destruction of the Beast and False Prophet - (Revelation 19:17-21 - The Beast and its allies are destroyed by the rider on a white horse) - {PDF Copy}
9. The Imprisonment of Satan - (Revelation 20:1-3 - Satan is imprisoned for a thousand years in the Abyss) - {PDF Copy}
10. The Reign of the Saints - (Revelation 20:4-6 - Victorious saints reign as priests for a thousand years) - {PDF Copy}
11. The War and the Judgment of Satan - (Revelation 20:7-10 - Satan is released to launch the final "war" to annihilate the saints) - {PDF Copy}
12. The Great White Throne of Judgment - (Revelation 20:11-15 - The destruction of Satan and the final judgment of all men not found in the Lamb's book) - {PDF Copy}

{THE MILLENNIUM}

1. Millennialism - The Parousia Problem - (In the New Testament, the return of Jesus is an event of great finality that leaves no room for any subsequent interim period) - {PDF Copy}
2. The Finality of Christ's Advent - (The New Testament refers to one and the final advent of Jesus at the end of this age) - {PDF Copy}
3. The Messianic Reign in Revelation - (From its outset, Jesus is already the "Ruler of the Kings of the Earth" in the book of Revelation) - {PDF Copy}
4. Gog and Magog - Identified in the Book of Revelation - (Revelation 20:8-10 - The army of "Gog and Magog" represents all nations reunited to destroy the saints of God) - {PDF Copy}
5. Russia is NOT Rosh, Gog or Magog - (Revelation identifies "Gog and Magog" with all the nations of the Earth) - {PDF Copy}
6. A Millennial Temple? Grasping at Shadows - (Nowhere does the book of Revelation refer to a Third Temple in the Millennium) - {PDF Copy}
7. Ezekiel's Temple in the Millennium? - (Verbal references from Ezekiel 40-48 are found in the description of New Jerusalem in Chapter 21, not in the thousand-year period) - {PDF Copy}
8. The Final Battle - (Revelation 20:8-10 - Satan's final attempt to destroy the worldwide church is the final battle to which previous references point) - {PDF Copy}
9. Multiple "Final" Battles? - (Do the multiple references to "the war" point to one or to many "final" wars?) - {PDF Copy}

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