 Okay. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to BC308, our course on Revelation and Daniel. This morning I'm sitting in the church office and it's good to connect with everyone online. Let's take a moment to pray and then, sorry, and then we'll get started. Could somebody please pray with us and then we will start. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Lord, for your grace, your mercies in our lives. Thank you, Father, for giving us another opportunity to be here with our fellow classmates here with Pastor Ashish. Father, Lord, to learn on such important books in the Bible, Father, Lord. Thank you, Father, for this opportunity. Thank you, Father, for all the revelation that we are learning about, that's being revealed, that's being exposed, Father, to us. That's being explained to us, Father. We pray, Father, that we prepare ourselves as well as to receive your word, as well as, Lord, equip us, Lord, that we may be able to share your good news, your message, Lord, to people around us, Father. Bless Pastor Ashish, bless every classmate, Father, Lord. I pray, Father, for your presence and your grace to overflow in each of our lives. In Jesus' presence, namely, pray, Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Alright, so today we're going to start with chapter 17, Revelation chapter 17. We came to the end of Revelation chapter 16 last week. And it brought us to the end of the seven bowls of judgment. So literally, we've gone, you know, when we come to the end of chapter 16, we've gone through three sets of seven judgments each. We've gone through the seals, seven seal judgments, seven trumpet. And seven bowls. So we've come to the end of it. All of God's wrath has been poured out on the earth. So now what we see, the next three chapters, 17, 18, 19, is the whole buildup to the battle of Armageddon. We already saw in chapter 16 in the sixth bowl that the River Euphrates was dried up and there were demonic powers that were leased to go and instigate, to go and mobilize in some sense the armies of the earth, the kings of the earth, come against Jerusalem, come against Israel. So that has already started, that is in the sixth bowl. That means armies are already beginning to mobilize towards the battle of Armageddon. Two major things happen before the battle, two major things on earth happen before the battle of Armageddon. One major thing happens in heaven, which we will see. In chapter 17 and 18, we read about Babylon, but the Babylon referred to in chapter 17 is different from the Babylon referred to in chapter 18, although the word is the same, Babylon. In chapter 17, we read about the great harlot or mystery Babylon. In chapter 18, we read about the great city Babylon, so two different things. Although it's the same term, Babylon is used two different ways. The great harlot's mystery Babylon, as we will see in chapter 17, refers to the false religion or the false religious system that was promoted by the Antichrist and the false prophet. Mainly the false prophet was promoting that religion, getting people to worship the Antichrist. I will share reasons why we can conclude that after we read chapter 17. I'm just giving a little introduction. But in chapter 17, this mystery Babylon, we will see to the end of chapter 17, this mystery Babylon collapses or is destroyed or it's torn apart. In chapter 18, we read about the great city Babylon refers to the economic system. Why do we look at it when we read chapter 18? Because we see that the description in chapter 18 has to do with selling and trading, global trading. So that's why we say, based on the context of chapter 18, the great city Babylon refers to that economic system, which we had read about in chapter 13, where the Antichrist had put in a system where you cannot buy or sell, unless you have the number or the mark of the Antichrist. But that whole system collapses. And we will read in chapter 18 that in one hour, in one hour, 60 minutes, the wealth of people all around the world just goes up, just disappears, goes up in smoke. The wealth is gone. And that is what is going to happen. So basically, God has already executed judgment on the nations, but now the religious system collapses, economic system collapses. The two things that the Antichrist and the false prophet put in to control the people both collapse. So remember, we read in chapter 14, the angel was announcing Babylon is fallen. Babylon is fallen, one of the angels. That's what happens in chapter 17 and 18. The word Babylon comes from the Old Testament, where in Genesis 9, I think, for the very first time, people came together. They wanted to build a tower to reach God. You know, it's okay, we will build a tower to reach God. And they got confused with languages and dispersed them. So we have the term Babel or Babylon, Babel, meaning Babel, Gate, El, God. It's a gateway to God, a man's attempt to reach God. And Babylon, man's attempt to try to reach God or, you know, get into the place of God through religion or money. Wealth is both destroyed. Okay? So with that little introduction, let us read chapter 17 and we will read the whole chapter. It's kind of a short chapter, so Revelation, chapter 17. Somebody can read verses 1 through 6 and then somebody else can read 7 through 18, please. 1 through 6, somebody can read that. Revelation chapter 17. 1 through 6, yeah. Revelation chapter 17 verses 1 to 6. Then one of the southern angels who had the seven walls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come, I'll show you the judgment of a great harlot who sits on many waters with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of fornication. So he carried me away into the wilderness and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet piece which was full of names of blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written, mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of the abominations of the earth. I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the marchers of Jesus I saw her, I marveled with praise, amazement. Thank you. Somebody could read verses 7 to 18 please. But the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her which has the seven heads and the ten horns. The beast that you saw was and is not and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth were marvel whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world when they see the beast that was and is not and yet is. Here is the mind which has wisdom, the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are also seven kings, five have fallen, one is and the other has not yet come. And when he comes he must continue a short time. The beast that was and is not is himself also the eight and is of the seven and is going to perdition. The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind and they will give their power and authority to the beast. These will make war with the lamb and the lamb will overcome them for he is Lord of lords and king of kings and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful. Then he said to me, the waters which you saw where the harlot sits are peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues. Do I continue? Yes, please, still the end. And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill his purpose to be of one mind and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth. Alright, so how do we understand this and let's just look at it together. So John is seeing a great harlot, an adulteress. So in the Bible, harlotry, adultery, of course we understand the natural side of it but the spiritual departing from God, so even in the Old Testament you'll read a lot of this especially in the prophets when they were speaking and rebuking God's people. They said you've committed harlotry, you've committed adultery. Even in the New Testament, James 4 and verse 4, James says, you know, he's speaking to believers, you adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know, friendship with the world is enmity with God. So harlotry or adultery, spiritual harlotry, spiritual departing from God, going away from God is also in the Bible is referred to as harlotry or adultery. So John is saying the great harlot. I'm going to just mute this thing. So John is seeing this great harlot. This woman was a great harlot and in verse 1 she's sitting on many waters. What is the waters? Verse 15, the interpretation is there in Revelation 17-15, the waters that you saw where the harlot sits are peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues. So this harlot is this spiritual adultery, this religious system that has caused people to depart from the living God, to go away from God and it is covering, it's blanketing the whole earth, peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues. So the harlot is sitting upon the waters. The waters are representing the people. Harlot is harlot or harlotry is this departure from God, this false religion. And verse 2 says even the kings of the earth have committed for negation. That means even great influential people have subscribed to this religious system, this religion that was being promoted by the false prophet. And we also see other reasons why we can say this harlot is a false religion. It's a religious system that takes people away from God. Other reasons why. Verse 3, it has names full of blasphemy, blasphemy against whom? Against God. So that means this is something that is against God. Again, another indication that this is a religious system that is taking people away from God. And this woman is a red and purple and scarlet gold precious. I mean the wealth of the nations have been poured into it. So you can imagine. Peers, leaders, everybody subscribed to it and they have actually poured their wealth. Given all of the money and all that into this religious system. And again another reason why we say it's a religious system. Verse 5, her name is Mystery Babylon. The word mystery is used even in the New Testament. The gospel was a mystery but it's now unveiled. So mystery is something that's hidden but it's now, in the case of the gospel, it's been unveiled. It's a spiritual thing. It's a revelation. In this case, the word mystery is being used for this great harlot. So again, indicating something spiritual. It is actually a mystery that's actually blinding the minds of people in this case. Another reason why we say this is a religious system is in verse 6. It is this woman, this harlot has resulted in the martyrs and the killing of many people. The blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. So this is a system that is going against believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. So that's why we are saying when you look at all these things. Hey, all of these are pointers and telling us that very clearly this mystery Babylon, this great harlot, is a religious system that has enveloped the world. Rich people, everybody has subscribed to it. They put the money in there. It's a mystery. It's blinding the minds of people and it's a system that is attacking or has attacked the saints, the believers. Gone after them to kill many, many saints. But what we also see is, and this is from verses 7 to 14, that this system was propped up by the Antichrist. So this beast, he talks about, you know, seven heads, ten horns. We read about that beast in chapter 13, very similar to what we read about in Daniel. About the beast that came. So this beast, upon whom this harlot is riding, that means this Antichrist, is actually propping up this whole religious system, this beast. And he, the Antichrist, he has seven heads, ten horns, the ten leaders. So we are kind of bringing in all the understanding from Daniel and Revelation 13, the ten leaders who supported this Antichrist. They propped him up. And he has now supported this religious system. Verse 9, he says, here is the mind which has wisdom. So the angel or the angel is speaking to John and saying, okay, I want you to understand how and when this religious system is coming into place. Here is the mind which has wisdom. Verse 9, he says there are seven mountains. Okay, what are mountains? We read in Daniel 2, mountains are representing kingdoms, empires. So there are seven empires. And he says, five of these have come and gone. One is. So what are the five? We saw them earlier. I think we go back. We started with Babylonians, Medes, Persians, sorry, the Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greek, five empires. One is what was the empire that was there during John's time, the Romans, right? So John was there in the sixth one at the time the angel was speaking. Seventh one, the other has not yet come. What is the seventh one? That's the kingdom of the beast who is to come. That is the Antichrist. So suffering to this kingdom, this one world ruler, that's the seventh, the empire, the one world influence, like a mountain of the Antichrist. He's there. He's going to go on for a short time. And this beast that was, is himself the eighth. So this Antichrist was, in a sense, he is, he was not, and is himself. That means he was killed. He was brought back to life. So we read about that in chapter 13. And we said that he received a mortal wound. We said it could be a real assassination attempt. He received a mortal wound, chapter 13, but he came back and then the whole world marveled. So he's referencing that here. The beast that was is not, is himself, is the eighth. So he used to come and he's going to perdition. Of course, that's the Antichrist. We know what will happen. He's going to go off into eternal in the lake of fire. So what's, what's he saying? He's saying that this woman is sitting on the seven mountains. Really these world empires, these empires that existed in that region. We said the Syrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greek. Sixth one was when John was there, the Roman. So around that empire, around that region, the seventh empire is there basically where the former Roman Empire was. This woman is sitting. She's being propped up there. It's like that's the headquarters of this great harlot. She's being propped up there. And this Antichrist, he's when he comes the seventh and the eighth is referring to the same person because he would be killed and then he would come back seventh and eighth. He is the one during his time. We're going to see this great mystery Babylon coming. So it says understand, mind of wisdom, understand when this is going to happen. So it's not something that's going to happen now. It's going to happen during the 78th. That means when the Antichrist is there, that's the time this great harlot is going to come into prominent. It's going to sit upon the waters. It's going to have influence. So, you know, many times people look at, you know, they point to this religion. They pointed this, that religion say, oh, is that the mystery Babylon? No, no, no, no, have the mind of wisdom. It's going to happen during the seventh and the eighth. That means when this peace comes, the Antichrist comes, that's when this mystery Babylon is going to emerge and dominate the world. But what is going to happen is that, this is verses 12 to on, that these 10 horns, whether 10 kings received, they received, who received no kingdom, you said, but they received authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are one mind. They will give power to the beast. They will make war with the lamb. The lamb will overcome them. And he's Lord of Lords and King of Kings. So, these 10 leaders will be supporting the beast. They are eventually going to be confronted by Jesus Christ when he comes. That's chapter 19. But then he says this, what's going to happen was 16. The 10 horns, which you saw, these will hate the harlot and make her desolate naked eater flesh a burner with fire. For God has put into their hearts to fulfill his purpose, to be a one-minded, to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman you saw in that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth. So these 10 horns will hate the harlot and make her desolate. So what's going to happen is 10 leaders who have supported the Antichrist and the Antichrist supported the beast, the Antichrist supported the false prophet. God allowed that whole thing to happen for a period of time so that the Antichrist came into power and the false prophet came into power. This world religious system enveloped the people. God allowed that. But at this time, verse 16, they will hate the harlot and make her desolate and naked. That means these people themselves will rip apart and sort of speak this mystery Babylon. They themselves will dismantle it. They themselves will tear it down. So this mystery Babylon in chapter 17, we're getting an idea of what this mystery Babylon is, a religious system that was carried out by the false prophet, how it came into power and how it is going to be torn down that the 10 horns, they will tear it down. The 10 leaders, they themselves will tear down this mystery Babylon, fulfilling what the angel had said. That is Babylon has fallen, Babylon has fallen. So that is one part of Babylon falling. Are you all with me so far? Did you get any questions? Stephanie's question. From Revelation 17, there are no longer any people who believe in Jesus on the earth? No, there will be some. There will be people. So this mystery Babylon has great influence on the earth, but there will be people who still believe in Jesus, who will be alive when Jesus comes and they will move into the millennium into the thousand year reign of Jesus. So there will be some people. But what chapter 17 is saying is that this great holiday has so much influence over the whole earth. But does it mean that everybody becomes subscribed to it? There will be a lot of people who refuse to do it and they will die, and there will be people who refuse to subscribe to it, but they will be alive. But there will be few. We'll see this in chapter 20. So now we come to chapter 18, which is the second part of this great Babylon. Remember the angel was announcing Babylon is fallen, Babylon is fallen. So first, this mystery Babylon is almost like an internal struggle. The 10 leaders, they themselves make it desolate, they make it naked, they tear it down. So something has happened internally that they tore down this mystery Babylon. Chapter 18 is the other part of this great Babylon. But the language is different. Like I mentioned, it's talking about the great city Babylon. The great city has fallen. So as we read, I want you to pay attention to how this great city Babylon is being described. And you will see clearly it's different from mystery Babylon. This great city Babylon, you will see clearly that it has to do with trading. It has to do with money. It has to do with the global financial system, because it's affecting people globally who are trading in it. But, sorry, you will also see that even this great city Babylon attacked the believers. So both mystery Babylon and the great city Babylon, one of the things both these things did was attack the believers. So this fulfills, I mean, this kind of, it's like a fulfillment of Revelation 13 where we saw that if nobody bought and sold, I mean, nobody received the mark of the beast, they couldn't buy and sell, but they were also killed. If nobody worshipped the image of the beast, they were killed. So if you don't subscribe to the religious system, you'll be killed. If you don't subscribe to the economic system, you'll be killed. So that we see that happening here as well. So let's read chapter 18. I will read it in little portions. Could somebody read for us please verses one to eight of Revelation 18. Revelation chapter 18 verse one to eight. After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven having great authority and the earth was eliminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice saying, Babylon the grave is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every false spirits, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird. For all the nations have drunk of the wine, the wrath of the fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury. And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her grace, for her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her inquiries. Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works, in the cup which she has mixed, mixed double of her. In a measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously in the same measure, give her torment and sorrow. For she says in her heart, I sit as queen, and I am no widow, and will not see sorrow. Therefore, her plagues will come in one day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be utterly burned with fire. The strong is the Lord God who judges her. Thank you. Verses 9 to 20 please. Somebody could read that section. The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her when they see the smoke of her burning, standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, Allah's, Allah's, that great city Babylon, that mighty city, for in one hour your judgment has come, and the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her for no one buys them, merchandise anymore, merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citrant wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object, most precious wood, bronze, iron and marble, and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you and all the things which are rich and splendid had gone from you and you shall find them no more at all. The merchants of these things who became rich by hope will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wading and saying, Allah's, Allah's, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, for in one hour such great riches came to nothing. Every shipmaster, all who travelled by ship, sailors and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance and cried out. Then they saw the smoke of her burning saying, what is like this great city? They threw dust on their heads and cried out weeping and wailing and saying, Allah's, Allah's, that great city in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she is made desolate, rejoice over her o' heaven and you holy apostles and prophets for God has avenged you on her. Last section, verses 21 to 24, please. Somebody could read that. Verses 21 to 24. Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great mist though and through which he did the sea saying, thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down and shall not be found any more. The sound of harvest, mischievous, flourish and trumpetous shall not be heard in you any more. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you any more and the sound of mist shall not be heard in you any more. The light of a lamp shall not shine in you any more and the voice of bright room and bright shall not be heard in you any more for your merchants were the great men of the earth. For by your sorcery all the nations were deceived and in her was found the blood of prophets and saints and of all who were slain on the earth. Thank you. So, look at this whole chapter. It's referring to this thing called the great city Babylon and Babylon is fallen. This Babylon what was it? It was a place where the merchants of the earth became rich. So, immediately you say, hey, this has to do with money. It has to do with an economic system. They became rich through this. The kings of the earth they and this city deceived people. The Bible talks about the deceitfulness of riches. So, that's in line with what riches do. It deceives people and this great city Babylon was something that merchants of the earth participated. They became rich through this whole thing. And it also was a place that was inhabited by demons, it says. That means demonic powers were actually operating through this system. Now, I'm not saying that, you know, every time we buy and sell or we engage with financial transactions, we're dealing with demons. No, no, no. We're talking about this economic system, this particular system, right? That this system which was set up Revelation 13 by the Antichrist which he was controlling. He said, no one on earth could buy or sell. I mean, people on earth could not buy or sell until unless he subscribed to this system. So, we can by looking at it and reading its contents, we can clearly say this is a referring to an economic system where people from all over the world were participating in it. They were becoming rich, luxurious, making money and they thought nothing would happen and then suddenly it says and it's mentioned twice. Verse 17 and verse 19, it's mentioned twice. In one hour your wealth is gone. In one hour, little one hour, all this wealth just dissipated. You know, and when you think about the world's economic system there have been occasions when suddenly the markets fell, the stock markets something happened. They said the markets crashed and literally billions of dollars just wiped away, just disappeared. Somebody who was who had so many billions of dollars, suddenly they said they're down, they're less by so much. It just disappears, right? The economic conditions have changed and so the evaluation of the wealth just changes. It's like in an instant, it's gone. It disappears. And so knowing how the economic system works today you say hey, Revelation 18 is very, very possible that suddenly just goes everything just disappears. And people all over the world are so dismayed. Alas, Alas, our wealth is gone. But this verse 20 says this is God avenging his apostles and prophets because this system as we saw in verse 24 it was used this system also resulted in the death of God's people because it says in her the blood of the prophets and the saints was found. That means this economic system had such an impact that it resulted in the dying of believers and now God has avenged in one hour he's brought it down. So Revelation 17 and 18 this is like the last two big judgments on the earth. This is after the the seals and the trumpets and the bowls have all happened all that is finished the last two things God does he brings down the religious system that was put in place he brings down the economic system that was put in place. Basically people have nothing to trust in they can't trust in their religious belief systems, they can't trust in their money it's gone, in one hour it's gone and then something amazing happens in heaven Revelation 19 in heaven there is the married supper of the lamb. Now you know we just have to imagine this, we don't know what it's going to look like because imagine a table set for millions of people so this is not 100 people or not a wedding of 100 people or 1000 people but this is a wedding of the ages it's the marriage of the lamb so you know John describes Revelation 19 but again we have to just try to imagine how great how grand and how it's going to happen but literally millions of people are going to sit at this table with Jesus remember what Jesus said when he told his disciples when he had the last supper he said I will not eat of this until I have it with you in the kingdom and I think most likely he was referring to this particular moment when there would be this great supper of the lamb so we will just read that portion Revelation 19 try to imagine it I don't know how exactly how grand and how God is going to make it happen but there is going to be this great marriage celebration where the groom the bride groom, the Lord Jesus is united with all the saints for their Revelation 19 let's please read verses 1 to 10 Revelation 19 1 to 10 somebody could read that for us please Revelation 19 verses 1 to 10 after these things I heard a loud voice of a great much student heaven saying I will be your salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God for true and righteous are his judgments because he has judged the great hardlet who corrupted the earth with her fornication and he has avenged on her the blood of his servant shed by her again they said hallelujah her smoke rises up forever and ever and the 24 elders and the 4 living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne saying amen hallelujah then a voice came from the throne saying praise our God all you his servants and those who fear him both small and great and I heard as where the voice of a great much is you at the sound of many waters and the sound of mighty thunder and saying hallelujah for the Lord God omnipotent rich let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory for the marriage of the lamb has come and his wife has made herself ready and to her it was granted to be a rage in fine linen clean and bright for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints then he said to me right bless or those who are called to the marriage supper of the lamb and he said to me these are the true sayings of God and I fell at his feet to worship him but he said to me see that you do not do that I am your fellow servant and one of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus worship God for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy so what do we see we see there is this great rejoicing in heaven that Babylon has fallen mystery Babylon and the great city Babylon and in both cases we see that it is an act of God avenging the death of his saints it means he is saying both these were responsible for the death of so many of his people God has taken judgment on them and then we see something most amazing it says now the marriage of the lamb has come and his wife has made herself ready that is verse 7 it is like it is as though the lamb the marriage of the lamb that Lord Jesus is like he has been waiting for this waiting for the bride his wife to make herself ready and so this is a great moment when his wife has made herself ready and who is the wife was eight people they are clothed in the righteousness of God which is acts of the saints of the righteousness in which they walked and they clothed in righteousness and it says blessed are those who are called to the marriage of the lamb so just literally like two verses but verses 7, 8 and 9 three verses just three verses but it is that the Lord Jesus is going to sit in this marriage supper with the saints just three verses but it is that great moment out in the future when the Lord will be sitting at the table with the saints again it is I don't know how it is going to happen just we have to imagine it and what exactly is going to be there for supper all of those things we don't know it just says it's a mom it's like this is the wedding celebration the marriage celebration Jesus is being united with the saints with him already he is the head we are the body and we know all of what the Ephesians 5 says but these three verses are talking about that moment when there is going to be great celebration in heaven for all the redeemed saints in the presence of the Lord at that moment there is a celebration happening so John is overwhelmed he falls down and who has been talking to him at that time and then he says you know don't worship me worship God I am just one of your brethren meaning he is probably one of the Jewish elders there in heaven he says worship God and right after so on earth these two things happen the fall of the mystery Babylon the great city Babylon in heaven there is a marriage supper of the Lamb once the marriage supper of the Lamb comes the Lord is coming with his saints through the battle of Armageddon all the leaders of the earth the armies of the earth the antichrist the false the false prophet the the ten leaders who propped up the antichrist and all these kings they are all coming together through this great day what has motivated them the one thing is they have come to divide up the land they have come against Israel they have come against Jerusalem so they are mobilized against Israel and Jerusalem to divide up the land and you can think about what is happening now the latest thing is like Australia is going to work for Palestine to have their own land their own place to have their own independent state means be recognized as a nation so different nations are beginning to take their position you don't know exactly how far this is all going to go but by the time we come to the full fulfillment of the Bible prophecy here the nations of the earth are being mobilized to go against Israel and Jerusalem to divide up the land they are moving in and at that time the Lord himself is going to come that is Revelation 19 we will take a break and we will then come back and read from verse 11 onwards that is the battle of Armageddon Revelation 19, 11 on we will read that after we come back from break we will be back in 10 minutes thank you