Rev 12:12, And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Rev 12:1–2, “And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and

• n her head a

crown of twelve stars; and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.”

• Rev. 12:3, “Then

another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.”

• Rev. 12:4a, “His

tail drew a third

• f the stars of

heaven and threw them to the earth.”

• Rev. 12:4b,

“And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.”

• Rev. 12:3, “Then

another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.”

• Rev. 12:6, “Then the woman fled into the wilderness

where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.”

Bozrah = Sheepfold

• Is. 34:6, “The sword of the LORD is filled with blood,

it is sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land

• f Edom.”

Jerusalem Bozrah

• Is. 63:1, “Who is this who comes from Edom, with

dyed garments from Bozrah, this One who is glorious in His apparel, traveling in the greatness of His strength?— ‘I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.’

• Is. 63:2, “Why is Your apparel red, and Your garments

like one who treads in the winepress?”

• Is. 63:3, “I have trodden the winepress alone, and

from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, and trampled them in My fury; their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, and I have stained all My robes.

• Is. 63:4, “For the day of vengeance is in My heart,

and the year of My redeemed has come.”

• Is. 63:5, “I looked, but there was no one to help, and I

wondered that there was no one to uphold; therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me; and My own fury, it sustained Me.

• Is. 63:6, “I have trodden down the peoples in My

anger, made them drunk in My fury, and brought down their strength to the earth.”

• Jer. 49:22, “Behold, He shall come up and fly like the eagle,

and spread His wings over Bozrah; the heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.”

• Rev. 12:7,

“And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the

• dragon. The

dragon and his angels waged war,”

• Rev. 12:8, “and

they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.

• Rev. 12:9, “And

the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”

• Rev. 12:10, “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven,

saying, ‘Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser [kategor] of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses [kategoron=satan] them before our God day and night.’

• Rev. 12:11, “And they overcame him because of the

blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.”

• Rev. 12:12, “For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and

you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.

• Rev. 12:13, “And when the dragon saw that he was

thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.”

• Jer. 30:4, “Now these are the words that the LORD

spoke concerning Israel and Judah.

• Jer. 30:5, “For thus says the LORD: ‘We have heard a

voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.’”

• Jer. 30:6, “Ask now, and see, whether a man is ever in

labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale?

• Jer. 30:7, “Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like

it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.”

• Jer. 30:8, “‘For it shall come to pass in that day,’

says the LORD of hosts, ‘That I will break his yoke from your neck, and will burst your bonds; foreigners shall no more enslave them.

• Jer. 30:9, “‘But they shall serve the LORD their God,

and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.’”

• Rev. 12:16, “But the earth helped the woman, and the

earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.”

• Rev. 12:15, “So

the serpent spewed water

• ut of his

mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

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Gathering of the Armies of the Antichrist

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Mt Taborxt Mt Gilboa

Destruction of Babylon

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19 “Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory

• f the Babylonians’ pride, will be
• verthrown by God like Sodom and

Gomorrah. 20 “She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flocks there.”

Jeremiah 50:1, 39–40

1 “This is the word the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon…” 39 “So desert creatures and hyenas will live there, and there the owl will dwell. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. 40 “‘As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighboring towns,’ declares the LORD, ‘so no one will live there; no man will dwell in it.’”

Jeremiah 51:24

24 “‘Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion,’ declares the LORD.”

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The Fall of Jerusalem

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Zechariah 12:4

4 “‘In that day,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will strike every horse with bewilderment, and his rider with madness. But I will watch

• ver the house of Judah, while I strike every

horse of the peoples with blindness.’”

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Antichrist marches to Petra (in pursuit of

the Jews)

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Israel cries out to God for help

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The Second Coming

• f Christ...

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The Second Coming of Christ

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Destruction of the Armies of Antichrist

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Zechariah 14:3–4

3 “Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day

• f battle.

4 “On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem…”

Zechariah 14:4–5

4 “On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. 5 “You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.”

Zechariah 14:4–5

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Victory Ascent on the Mount of Olives (the

real Triumphal Entry)

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Joel 3:14–17

14 “Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 “The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.”

Joel 3 Con’t

16 “The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will

• tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His

people, a stronghold for the people of Israel. 17 “‘Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, My holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her.”