 Good morning everyone. The recording has just started. Welcome to this course on our study in Revelation. And Daniel will be right now in the book of Revelation going through it chapter by chapter and verse by verse. Can we just pray together and then we will get started. Thomas would you be able to lead us in prayer please and we'll start. Or if Thomas your mic is not okay then Prince do you want to lead us in prayer? Yes sir. Thank you. Thank you, thank you Father. In this morning that you have given us in our life God we pray that in this time and submitting your hand. Lord help us through as a wing to learn your word from the book of Revelation and help us Holy Spirit who we need your help. We can understand more and more. I've been alive also and so we can live life with you Lord. Thank you. I pray that all the students also I pray a pastor and all the internet connectivity Lord everything that you are working fine Lord. And it's time I submit all things in your hand and Jesus come after you. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning everybody once again. So we have gone to Revelation chapter 14 in our journey. And just to quickly review a few things a few things. Revelation chapter 11 12 and 13 these three are starting from the middle of the tribulation till the end of the tribulation. Revelation chapter 11 begins by telling us about the the temple being overtaken by the Gentiles and being desecrated. And it tells us about the two witnesses whom God sends and their ministry for the second half of the tribulation that means from the middle of the tribulation to the end of it. Revelation 12 again is a description of what Satan does starting from the middle of the tribulation till the end of the tribulation. Basically it says you know talks about how Satan tries to go into heaven. Somebody is stopped there by Michael and the archangels sent out of you know just resisted. And so he comes back to the earth with great vengeance knowing that he has a very short time. Revelation 13 is again talking about middle of tribulation till end of tribulation. But the focus is on the antichrist and the false prophet. And what they do during that three and a half year period. And we saw that it describes to us this antichrist taking I mean having a lot of influence over the nations of the world. And he demanding worship wanting to be worshiped but of course the antichrist is backed by the dragon. So when people worship the the beast or the antichrist actually worshiping the dragon or Satan. We saw that he introduces financial system or a currency system forcing everybody. And also an identification system so that everybody has to have the mark of the beast or the number of the beast on the hand or on the forehead. And only if they have the mark can they buy yourself. Then we also saw how there is this false prophet was doing many signs and wonders. And he's forcing he creates an image of the beast and he's making people worship that. So really Revelation 13 is talking about all the control and influence that the antichrist and the false prophet have over the world. Revelation 14 we said is a chapter of announcements. There are five angelic announcements that are made in chapter 14 which we saw last week. That we see in the beginning of chapter 14 the 144,000 Jews are taken into heaven. And then there's an angel that is proclaiming the everlasting gospel. There's another angel that's announcing the fall of Babylon. There's a third angel. This is Revelation 14 9 which is warning people not to receive the mark of the beast. There's another angel. Revelation 14 14. That's announcing the great harvest of souls that is to come and Revelation 14 17. The fifth angel is announcing about the great judgment. That is to come the wine press of the wrath of Almighty God. And so that is where we stopped last week. And we are going to begin today in Revelation chapter 15. So here it is the beginning of the seven bowl judgments. So we've gone through the first two walls or sets of walls or rods or judgments. Now this is a third wall or the third set of judgment, which is the final set, final set. So this third was, is you would say like, you know, it's the final great judgment of God, set of judgments, basically. So that's getting ready to start in Revelation chapter 15. And so it says, you know, Revelation 15 will tell us, okay, they're going to start these judgments. But then in between, it just shows us that there are more souls coming before God during the tribulation. More people are being killed and they're coming before the presence of God. And then we get into Revelation 16, which is, it tells us what each one of those seven judgments are in this third wall or the third set of judgments, Revelation 15 and 16. So let's begin to read, please. We will just read Revelation chapter 15 verses one to four to begin with. Somebody could read that, please. Revelation 15, one to four. All right. Revelation 15, one to four. One to four. Then I saw another sign in heaven and marvelous. Seven angels having the seven Lord plates. But in them, the wrath of God is complete. I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire. And those who have the victory over the beast, over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having hops of God. They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God. And the song of the Lamb saying, great and marvelous are your works. Lord God Almighty, just and true are your ways. O King of the saints, who shall not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name. For you alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before you. For your judgment have been manifested. So verse 15, John is saying seven angels, they are ready. They are the seven last plagues. So these are the seven last judgments. And it says, in them the wrath of God is complete. Revelation 15, one. So this is the final set of judgments that are going to be poured out on the people. So while you're seeing these seven angels that are ready to carry out these judgments or pour out these judgments on the earth, the scene changes and he sees the sea of glasses. Remember the sea of glasses. It's what John describes this whole heavenly atmosphere before the throne of God. It's like a sea of glass, meaning it's so vast, but it's so clear. Now, I don't think it's a physical layer of glass that people are standing on, but it's just that heavenly atmosphere, heaven that John sees. It's a sea of glass mingled with fire. That's how he captures what he's seeing and we just have to imagine it. It doesn't mean literally there's fire burning. You see, it's something so clear, so pure, refined. That presence before the throne of God, that heavenly atmosphere. Sea of glass and fire. That's how he's describing what he's seeing in front of the throne of God. He says, he saw the people. He saw the people who have victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name standing on the sea of glass. It means in this heavenly atmosphere and they are worshiping God. So what does this tell us? That there will be lots of people in the second half of the tribulation. After this Antichrist introduces his, you know, his, this whole people having to receive his image and his mark, receive his image and after they introduced this whole thing of having to worship this image of the beast, there will be lots of people who say, we don't want that. We are believers in Jesus Christ. And so they're going to die, they're going to be killed. But in their death, they're having victory. It says those who have victory over the beast, this is verse 2. Remember, you know, in Revelation 12, 11 it says, they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of the testimony and they loved not their lives unto death. So they overcame the devil by the blood of the lamb, by the word of the testimony and they also overcame in death. That means they died, but their death was a victory because they died refusing to receive the mark of the beast. That's what he's saying here. Those who have big tree over the beast, Revelation 15 too. So even in death, there is victory, victory over the devil. So they died victorious because they refused the mark of the beast. They refused to worship the image of the beast. And they were standing in the heavenly atmosphere that seems like a sea of glass and fire. They're standing there worshiping God with the hops in their hand and they're singing the song of Moses. And these are the words, right? Beautiful words. Great and marvelous are your works. Great and marvelous are your works. And we can say that of God even now, even today, you know, we can sing the song of Moses. I mean, these words, we can sing it. Lord, great and marvelous are your works. Lord God Almighty, just and true are your ways. O King of the saints, who will not fear you or Lord and glorify your name. For you alone, all nations shall come and worship before you. All nations shall come and worship before you. So we can just worship God even with these same words. Can you imagine? These are the words that are being used in heaven to worship God. And these are the same words we use today on earth to worship God. So what a privilege it is that we could use these words to worship God. You know, whether in heaven or on earth, we can sing the same song. We can use the same words to worship God. You know, so sometimes we think, oh, when I get to heaven, it'll be such a wonderful demo worship. Yes, it is true because the whole atmosphere is different. You know, we will be standing on the sea of glass and fire. We'll be standing in the very presence of God. The atmosphere will be different. But we have the privilege of using the same words today here on earth to worship God as we would be in heaven. In other words, we can worship God. Our worship of God can be glorious from earth while we are here today. Inasmuch as this would be, of course, will be more glorious when we are in this presence. But what I'm saying is those words that we use are on other side. We are describing or we are expressing. We're adoring God. Great and marvelous are your works. We can say that. You'll say that now and we'll say it in heaven also. Great and marvelous are your works. Lord God Almighty, just and true are your ways. God I recognize. Your ways are just, righteous, fair, equity, just and true. They're always truthful. They're always, you know, perfect. Just and true. Your ways are God. So he's seeing these people worshipping God. So let's read verses 5 through 8. Please somebody could read that. Revelation 15, 5 through 8. Let's read the next set of verses. Revelation 15, 5 through 8. Prince, please. After these things, I looked and behold the temple of the travel knuckle of the testimony in heaven was opened. And out of the temple come the seven angels having the seven plus cloth in pure bright light having their chest graded with golden pants. Then one of the four living creatures kept to the seven angels, seven golden blows full of the word of God who lives forever and ever. The temple was lifted, filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven flights or the seven angels were completed. So what is John saying? He's saying these seven angels come out of the temple. They're ready to do what they have to do, which is to pour out the seven bowls. And one of the four living creatures who are next to the throne hand them these bowls, meaning saying, okay, this is what you have to do. And then they are ready to pour out the wrath of God. Now, just some things that we notice here is the, John says, I saw the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. So he's looking into the temple. The temple is opened. And it's talking about the tabernacle of the testimony. So this is having reference to the tabernacle of Moses. So when Moses was told to build the tabernacle, he was told to build it in line or as a copy of what was in heaven. So what he built on earth was a copy of what was there up in heaven. So that's the tabernacle of testimony, making reference to the tabernacle of Moses. But what's in heaven is also called the same thing. It's a temple, the tabernacle of testimony in heaven or the sanctuary. So he's seeing this tabernacle, heavenly tabernacle. It's a real tabernacle. He's seeing that open and angels walking out of that tabernacle. And these angels are clothed in pure white, bright linen and golden bands. So brightness and gold, brightness and gold, purity and divinity. So bright, light, bright, pure bright linen or white, purity, gold, divinity. And showing that these are pure and divine beings, spiritual beings, divine from God. So pure, bright linen, white representing purity, gold and bands, gold representing divinity from God, from God, belonging to God. And the temple is filled, Versailles, it's filled with the glory of God and from His power. The glory of God and from His power. In this particular case here in Versailles, he's saying he's seeing something like smoke. And sometimes, you know, you say the cloud, just showing us the presence of God the glory of God. So even for us in the natural realm, there will be times when, you know, we may see something like this. These are tangible expressions of the glory and the power and the presence of God, a smoke or a cloud or, you know, some visible expression and our visible tangible expressions of the glory and the power of God. Seven angels are ready to pour out the seven plagues. So now we get into chapter 16, which is just going to give us, you know, list these plagues one after the other. So literally, what you must keep in mind is that these plagues are being poured out in the second half of the tribulation. So they will continue up over. So although it's, you know, it's given to us as a sequence in one chapter, literally it's happening over time, one after the other. So by the time the seventh bowl, the last bowl is poured out, which is to basically, it was the end of the chapter 16. It is right at the end of the tribulation. We reached the end of the tribulation. And along with that, as these seven bowls are being poured out, you're reaching the end of the tribulation, there are some huge calamities happening on the earth. Along with the seven judgments, which we will be reading, chapter 17 and 18 are describing two major catastrophic events happening on the earth, right at the time of the final bowl of judgment. So it's all happening together. Chapter 16, which is a sequence of judgments. By the time you reach the last seventh judgment, revelation 17 and 18 are happening, you know, simultaneously. And then comes revelation 19, which is the battle of Armageddon. Okay. So let's read now. Revelation 16 is giving us sequentially what happens as each of these seven bowls are poured out. So may I request versus somebody to read versus one to three. Revelation 16, one, two and three, please. Dave, could you read that please? Yes, sir. Then I heard a loud voice from the temples saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth. So the first went and poured out his bowls upon the earth, and a full and a full and lots of soul. Lots of soul came upon the man who had the mark of the best and those who worshipped his image. Was three. Then the second angel. Yeah. Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea and it became blood as of a dead man and every living cages in the sea type. So. Okay. Yeah, I see Dave is Dave. This is Mike's. He's got problem with his mic. That's fine. Dave. All right. Thank. So the angel. First angel pours out. And what happens to people, though everyone who's received the mark of the beast or worshipping the image of the beast, they get sores on their bodies. In other words, this is God's judgment for them for worshipping the beast, the antichrist, which basically is worshipping Satan. Then the angels pouring out a lot. It destroys all the life in the sea. The blood becomes like a dead man's blood and that means life in the seas cannot be sustained. You can imagine all the fish and all the creatures in the sea are killed. It's as they die. Right. So destruction everywhere. Versus four through seven. The next third angel. Revelation chapter 16 four through seven. Canon. Can you hear me? Yes, Canon. Yeah, four to seven. Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the reverse and strings of water. And they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters saying, you are righteous. Oh Lord, the one who is the one who is and who was and who is to be because you have just these things for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets. And you have given them blood drink blood to drink for it is there just you. And I heard another from the altar saying, even so Lord God almighty true and righteous righteous are your judgments. Hmm. Thank you. So the next judgment third judgment. What what happens. All the waters of the rivers in the springs become blood. And there's this angel. Who says, Lord, you are righteous. You are just for in doing this because the people have they have shed the blood of saints and prophets. Right. So they have spilled the blood. They've killed basic they've killed saints and the prophets. And so now they're being made to drink blood. Yeah. And so it says God, you are righteous. And you are just when you're judging the people. So, you know, when we read these judgments and we think, wow, this is really serious. I mean, everything in the sea is destroyed. The waters on the rivers and the springs are destroyed are turned into blood. So obviously people can't drink anything. And they have to drink blood. It says. And but then the angel is saying, God, you are just your righteous in this judgment by the people have done so wickedly. They've killed your saints and your prophets. And this is what they will reap. This is the judgment upon, you know, the punishment was seen for their own doing. And so God is just. So in, in all of these judgments, God is being just. He is not being wicked. He is not being mean. It's judgment. This is what is due to the people for, for the works of the wickedness that they have committed. So could somebody read for us versus eight through 11. Please the next two judgments. Revelation 16. Eight through 11. Kiran. The fourth angel pour out his bowl on the sun and power was given to him to scotch men with fire and men were scotch with great heat. And they bless, bless him. The name of God who has power over these looks and they did not repent and give him glory. Then the fifth angel pour out his balls on the throne of the beast. And his kingdom became full of darkness and they, they named their tongues because of the pain. They bless him. The God of heaven because of the things and their source and did not repent of their deeds. So next to fourth and fifth, there is the, the sun becomes really hot. The sun becomes really hot. And, you know, just scorching the people. But people blaspheming God, they, they speak, you know, evil towards God. They don't repent. And the next one is this complete darkness in the kingdom or in the regions of the weather beast. Beast has his influence and, and it's full of darkness it says. And the people again, they blaspheme God. They do not repent of their deeds. So this is terrible, you know, climactic conditions, whether there's too much heat or it's complete darkness. So terrible conditions. And people are blaspheming God, meaning they're getting angry. They are, you know, trying to be, they are being rebellious against God. There's no repentance in spite of all the judgments and they're speaking against God. So now we come to the last two, the final two judgments that are going to be poured out. Revelation the 16th chapter. Can somebody read verses 12 to 16? This is the sixth angel. Revelation chapter 16, verses 12 to 16. Somebody could read it. Aaron has just dropped off. So maybe we could have Thomas could read it for us please. Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river of Euphrates. His water was dried up so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like a frog coming out of the mouth of the dragon. Out of the mouth of the beast, out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are spirits of the demons performing science which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of the great day of God Almighty. Behold, I'm coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches and keeps his governments. Let's walk naked and they see his name and they gather them together to the place called in Hebrew Armageddon. So now what's happening is the... I'm just writing some notes here. So now in this judgment, that the sixth angel pours out the bowl. The river Euphrates is dried up so that whole space is dried. But the main thing that we must understand is it's talking about King's verse 12, Revelation 16 verse 12. Kings from the east are going to move in and there are unclean spirits that go out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, out of the mouth of the false prophet. And these spirits of demons, they go out to the kings of the whole earth, the leaders of the whole earth and gather them to battle for the great day of God Almighty. So what's happening? Revelation 16, 12 and 12 to 14. In the sixth bowl of judgment, something is happening. The bad preparation is beginning to happen for the battle of Armageddon. And Kings of the east referring to the leaders, the leaders from the east, east of Israel. So when you look at east of Israel, you find Arab nations. North, east, Iran, Iraq, Nikova, Russia, further east, China. So a lot of these countries, east of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, north, east Jordan. So east of Israel, kings from the east. So there is this whole movement of armies from the east and it in fact says, of the whole world, that is verse 14. So there are these demonic spirits that are being released on the earth by the dragon, that's Satan, through the beast and the false prophet, who are instigating, who are mobilizing, who are moving world leaders to begin to come towards Israel for the battle of Armageddon. They're beginning to move the troops that way. So, I mean, if you want to look at just as an example, like I'm not saying that this is the battle of Armageddon, but if you look at what the Russian president Putin did, he moved all his troops, not all his troops, but a large number of troops, about 100,000, sometimes some estimates say 200,000 troops and circled Ukraine by land and also by sea. So he began to, he moved, now initially people didn't think, at least Ukraine didn't think he was planning to attack. He was just saying, no, no, we're just doing military exercises and all that. But actually his plan was to attack, he began to mobilize his troops and surrounded Ukraine. Now, you can think about how the battle of Armageddon is going to be. They're all coming, there are people from the east, you know, so armies are going to build up. There are going to be armies from other parts of the world coming all towards this battle of Armageddon. Now, when we look in the scriptures, you know, what instigates or what causes the battle of Armageddon? If you turn with me to the book of Joel, so keep your hand here in Revelation 16. And you keep, turn with me please to the book of Joel chapter three. So if you could just go with me to Joel chapter three, Daniel, Isaiah and Joel, Joel chapter three. If you look at verses, verses one and two, Joel chapter three verses one and two. Could somebody read that please? At the time of those events, says the Lord, when I restored the property of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for harming my people, my special position for scouting my people among the nations and for dividing up my land. That's fine, thank you. So you see that Joel chapter three was one and two and we can read this whole chapter. So let's just look at some of the things in verse one. God is saying I'll bring back the captives on Judah and Jerusalem. So God has brought, he has brought his people back to their lands. That verse one has been fulfilled. Next, what's going to happen verse two. He says, I will gather all nations and bring them to the valley of Jehoshaphat. That is, he's bringing them to the battle of Armageddon, which we just read in Revelation 16, 12 to 14. And I will enter into judgment with them there because of my people, because what they've done to my people. And notice one of the things he says, they have also divided up my land. They have also divided up my land. So one of the things, one of the reasons that's going to lead to this bad build up in the battle of Armageddon based on Jobel chapter three verse two is they're going to divide up the land. So, you know, if you if you look at the political situation, the scenario, what's going on right now is Israel has its land. And on both sides, there are the Palestinians and they have the small portions of land. Now, by all means, you know, they definitely need their place to stay. But there's so much of dispute between Israel Palestinians over who has the right to that land. The fight is going on. It's been going on for some time. And there's still now there's been no resolution to that. Israel continues to encroach on the land where the Palestinians are in the sense of building their settlements and so on. And every now and then you hear about some some flare up some fighting happening based on this whole. The whole problem is Palestinians going to be there. Israel says that's our land. Now, based on Jobel three verse two, it says they have also divided up my land. And it seems that one of the things that are going to lead to this nations can gathering together because he says I will gather all nations. This nation's beginning to come together to the Valley of Jehoshaphat to the to fight this battle of Armageddon has to do with the dividing up of the land. Jobel chapter three verse two. So we have to observe and watch what is happening. You know, how the whole interaction is proceeding. Because in Joel three verse two is telling us the reason the nations are going to gather together in the Valley of Jehoshaphat is because there's going to be a division of the land. Now, obviously, there are some who would say, yeah, the land must be divided. And there are some nations who say, no, the land must not be divided. It belongs to Israel. So there's going to be this big dispute that's going to precipitate into this whole gathering together of the nations. Now, can we also read please Joel chapter three versus 11 and 12. Somebody could read that place. Joel three, 11 and 12. Come quickly all your nations everywhere gather together in the Valley. And now, oh Lord, call out your warriors. Let the nations be called to arms. Let them match to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I, the Lord will sit to pronounce judgment of them all. So it's telling us again about this whole build up for this battle of Armageddon, your nations. Come on, the nations are going to be awakened. It's almost like there's going to be a stirring. So basically, I'm explaining further, Revelation 16, 12 to 14. Sixth angel has poured out the bowl and what is that about? It's about nations being coming together, coming against each other, getting preparing for battle. Preparing for war, right? Now, Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39. So, you know, Revelation 16 has many references back in the Old Testament. Joel chapter three is equal to 38 and 39 and also Zechariah chapter 13. All of these are kind of related to Zechariah chapter 14. They're all related to Revelation 16, 12 to 14, this battle of Armageddon and how the nations will prepare themselves for this battle. So, if you tell me to Jeremiah, Ezekiel, 38 and 39. Ezekiel, 38 and 39. Can somebody read for me, please? You can read this whole chapter, Ezekiel, chapters 38 and 39. And they're describing this, what will happen, the sequence of events in this battle of Armageddon. But let us just read Ezekiel 38, 1 to 11 and then I'll just point out a few other verses. Ezekiel 38, 1 to 11, could somebody read that, please? Sir, saluted. Okay, go ahead. Ezekiel 38, 1 to 11. This is another message that came to me from the Lord. Son of man, turn and face God of the land of Maguk, the prince who rules over the nations of Missich and the Tuber and prophecy against him. Give him this message from the sovereign God. God, I am your enemy. I will turn you around and put hooks in your Jews. Jews to lead you out with your whole army, your horses and chariots in full armor of a great hot armor with the shield and sword. Persia, Ethiopia and Libya will join you to with all their weapons. Gomer and all his armies will also join you along with the armies of Bed Jogerma from the distant north and many others. Get ready. Be prepared. Keep all the armies around you mobilized and take command of them a long time from now. You will be called into action in the distant future. You will be swapped down on the land of Israel, which will be in joint place after recovering from war. And after its people have returned from many lands to the mountain of Israel. You and all your allies, a vast and awesome army will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud. This is what the sovereign Lord says at the time. Able thought will come to your mind and you will devise a wicked sin. You will say Israel is an unprotected land filled with the unveiled villages. I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence. So, you know, it's very interesting to read Ezekiel chapter 38 and 39. I encourage you to read it. Now, Ezekiel is prophesied. Now, you say, okay, you know, what time period is he referring to? And that answer is in verse eight. He's saying in the latter year, somewhere out in the future, this is going to happen. And he mentions many tribes and peoples, you know, so if you go to Ezekiel 38 verse two, he talks about Gog and Magog, the Prince of Rosh. And now, you know, I'm not a scholar and tribes and those kinds of things. So, these are things that I just take from Bible scholars or people whom I trust. And from what I, my reading of their writings, they are referring, so they mentioned that these tribes and these peoples are referring to, so for Gog and Magog, the Prince of Rosh, Russia. Ezek and Tubal and Rosh, Ezek and Tubal are referring to tribes that are in Russia. And then verse five, Persia. Of course, Persia we know for sure. It refers to Iran and Iraq, Arab nations, Ethiopia and Libya, Arab nations. Gomer, they say refers to Eastern people in Eastern Germany. Now I'm on the show where they are. But all of these nations come into an alliance, so Russia, Iran, Iraq, Arab nations, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer. So these nations are being moved against Israel. And this is in the latter years. And it says here in verse 10, you know, sorry, in verse eight, God says, I have gathered Israel, my people on the mountains of Israel. So that has happened. God's people have come back to their land in the latter years. This has happened. But then it says these countries, these nations, an evil thought will come into their mind. So Russia, Gog and Magog and Rosh, they're going to lead this. They're going to have this thought. Hey, these people are living there. I'm going to go against them. Right. And then just look quickly with me a few verses. Oh, actually, we've already gone into our break time. All right. So let's take our break. I'll come back and I'll just highlight a few things in Ezekiel 38 and 39. I would encourage you to read these two chapters a little later because it's giving us details on how this battle of Armageddon is going to take place. And it's quite interesting to read. Okay. Let's take a break. We'll come back in 10 minutes and continue. Thank you.