Revelation 12-16

By David Maas
{DRAGON, BEAST, LAMB}

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{WAR IN HEAVEN}
  1. The Son versus the Serpent - (Next, war breaks out in heaven and the Dragon is poised to destroy the messianic son as soon as he is born) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Shepherding the Nations - (Jesus is the promised ruler from the line of David, the King who is shepherding the nations) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The Dragon is Expelled - (With the exaltation of the Son, the Dragon is expelled from heaven and cast to the earth where he persecutes the church) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Satan's Allotted Time - (The Devil will be granted a final short season to persecute the saints before the end of the age) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Ancient Serpent - (The “beast from the sea” is the latest incarnation of an ancient creature that has been active since the fall of Adam) - {PDF Copy}
  6. War on the Earth - (After his expulsion from heaven, Satan wages war against the seed of the Woman, those who hold the testimony of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  7. The Beast is Rising - (To identify the Antichrist, we must depend on what the relevant scriptures say about him, his methods, and his agendas - {PDF Copy}
  8. Beast from the Sea - (The Dragon begins his war on the seed of the woman by summoning his seed, the Beast from the sea - {PDF Copy}
  9. The Inhabitants of the Earth - (The inhabitants of the earth represent the men and women who are omitted from the Book of Life because they submit to the Beast)  - {PDF Copy}
  10. War on the Saints - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 13:6-10 - The Beast from the sea is authorized to wage war on the saints for its overlord, the Dragon)
  11. The Beast's Global Reach - (The kings and the inhabitants of the earth refuse to follow the Lamb. Instead, they give homage to the beast) - {PDF Copy}
  12. Four Beasts in One - (The single Beast from the sea in Revelation is related to but distinct from the four beasts that Daniel saw rising from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
  13. The Persecuting Beast - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, the Dragon and his servants wage war against the saints and not against nations or ethnic groups)
  14. Beast from the Earth - (Revelation 13:11-15 - The Beast from the earth mimics the Lamb but is the mouthpiece of the Beast from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
  15. The Mark of the Beast - (All men who refuse to follow the Lamb will render homage to the Beast and take its mark) - {PDF Copy}
  16. Embracing the Mark - {PDF Copy} - (The “inhabitants of the earth” are willing participants in the veneration of the Beast, but Christians may also succumb to the false faith)
  17. Economic Warfare - (The False Prophet employs economic pressure to coerce men into rendering homage to the Beast from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
  18. Rendering Homage - {PDF Copy} - (The “false prophet” uses every means necessary to coax or coerce men to render homage to the “beast from the sea”)
  19. Lord of History - (Both Revelation and Daniel proclaim the absolute sovereignty of God over the course of history and the fate of nations) - {PDF Copy}

{FINAL HARVESTS}
  1. 144000 Priests on Zion - (The 144,000 males on Mount Zion comprise the first fruit of the final harvest, the priestly company that follows the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Everlasting Gospel - Final Harvest - (Whether one follows the Lamb or the Beast, he will reap everlasting consequences as a result in the coming final harvest) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Babylon's Fall Announced - (Angels announce the judicial sentence on Babylon and the inhabitants of the earth, but “rest” awaits the followers of the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Fear the Living God - (The pronouncement by Darius after Daniel’s rescue from the lions is alluded to in the angel’s pronouncement to the inhabitants of the earth in Revelation) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Final Grain Harvest - (Two different harvests occur at the end of the age – The reaping of the grain and the ingathering of the fruit of the vine) - {PDF Copy}
  6. The Ingathering of Grapes - (The ingathering of the fruit of the vine represents the wrath of God on all men who take the mark of the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
  7. The Final Hour - (Revelation moves inexorably from the death of Jesus to the final day when God judges the wicked and vindicates the righteous) - {PDF Copy}

{SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH}
  1. Seven Bowls - Overview - (Chapter 15 introduces the seven angels who unleash the seven last plagues on the earth) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Song of the Lamb - (Having overcome the Beast, the victorious People of God stand on the Sea of Glass and sing the song of the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Tent of Witness - (The destructive forces unleashed by the last plagues echo the destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea) - {PDF Copy}
  4. First Four Bowls - (The first four bowls of wrath destroy the economic infrastructure of the Beast and punish those who took its mark) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Fifth Bowl - (The first four bowls destroyed the economic structure of Babylon. The next bowl targets its political sphere) - {PDF Copy} 
  6. The Sixth Bowl - (The sixth bowl of wrath causes the final battle between the Lamb and the forces of the Dragon) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Kings of the Habitable Earth - (The Kings of the East are identical to the Kings of the Earth that are allied with the Beast – Revelation 16:12-19) - {PDF Copy}
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  8. Finished! - The Seventh Bowl - (The seventh bowl produces the final overthrow of Babylon, the Great City, and completes the wrath of God) - {PDF Copy}
  9. Armageddon - Last Battle - (At the end of the age, Satan will launch his final attempt to exterminate the church, the saints who have the testimony of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
  10. Babylon Then and Now - (The story of Ancient Babylon’s demise is reflected in the sixth trumpet and the sixth bowl of wrath) - {PDF Copy}

{INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS}
  1. The Mouth Speaking Great Things - {PDF Copy} - (The mouth speaking great things in Daniel appears in Revelation in the description of the Beast from the sea and its war against the saints)
  2. Counterfeit Christ - (The Beast from the Earth, the False Prophet, mimics the Lamb and presents a counterfeit of the true faith of Jesus and his apostles) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The Beast's War - (In Revelation, the language of war is used metaphorically for the persecution of the saints by the Beast from the Sea) - {PDF Copy}

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