Revelation 17-22

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{VICTORY OF THE SAINTS}

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{BABYLON THE GREAT}

  1. Great Harlot Revealed - (Revelation 17:1-6 - John sees a Harlot figure in the Wilderness) - {PDF Copy}
  2. Babylon Rides the Beast - (Babylon, the Great Harlot, for centuries has ridden the Beast from the Sea and its seven heads and ten horns) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Lamb overcomes Babylon - (Revelation 17:14-18 - The Lamb's victory over the Beast and its allies is declared) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Babylon is Fallen - (Revelation 18:1-8 - Heaven declares the downfall of the Harlot Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
  5. Destruction of Babylon - (Revelation 18:9-24 - The economic power of Babylon is destroyed; the final demise of the "city") - {PDF Copy}
  6. Heaven Celebrates - (Revelation 19:1-10 - Heaven declares victory and all the righteous celebrate the final demise of Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
  7. Rider on a White Horse - (The Messiah “shepherds” the nations by the “word” that proceeds out of his mouth in preparation for the final battle) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Two Beasts Destroyed - (The Rider on the White Horse destroys the beasts from the sea and the earth at the last battle, Armageddon) - {PDF Copy}

{THE THOUSAND YEARS}
  1. Final Battle - Armageddon - (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}
  2. Imprisonment of Satan - (The Devil is bound in the Abyss until the appointed time when he is released to launch his final assault against the saints) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Priestly Reign of the Saints - (In Revelation, the saints of the Lamb reign as a kingdom of priests in the thousand years period after overcoming the Beast) - {PDF Copy}
  4. End of Satan - (Revelation 20:7-10 - Satan is released to launch the final "war" to annihilate the saints) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Great White Throne - (Revelation 20:11-15 - The destruction of Satan and the final judgment of all men not found in the Lamb's book) - {PDF Copy}
  6. Multiple Final Judgments? - (Several final judgment scenes are portrayed - Do they all view the same event or will there be multiple "final" judgments?) - {PDF Copy}

{NEW JERUSALEM}
  1. New Jerusalem Descends - (Following the final judgment, John sees the holy city, New Jerusalem descending from heaven to the earth – Revelation 21:1-8) - {PDF Copy}
  2. New Jerusalem Unveiled - (The physical dimensions and shape of New Jerusalem are presented demonstrating it is ready to be populated – Revelation 21:9-23) - {PDF Copy}
  3. New Jerusalem Inhabited - (New Jerusalem is populated fully in fulfillment of the covenant promise to Abraham to bless all the nations – Revelation 21:24-22:5) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Epilogue - Revelation - (If anyone fails to keep the words of the book, he will be excluded from citizenship in the city of New Jerusalem – Revelation 22:6-21) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The City of Abraham - (New Jerusalem is populated in fulfillment of the promise to Abraham to bless all nations in the Promised Land) - {PDF Copy}

{RELATED TOPICS}
  1. The Redemption of the Nations - (The nations and the kings of the earth are found in New Jerusalem because of the redemptive work of the Lamb) - {PDF Copy}
  2. The Wrath of God - (In Revelation, wrath refers to the final judicial sentence of God on His enemies. Tribulation is what the church endures) - {PDF Copy}
  3. Gog and Magog - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation 20:8-10 - The army of Gog and Magog represents all nations gathered by Satan  in the last days to destroy the saints)
  4. Lamb, Shepherd, King - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus as the sacrificial Lamb began his messianic reign following his death and resurrection)
  5. Is Russia "Rosh"? - {PDF Copy} - (Revelation identifies Gog and Magog, the nations from the four corners of the Earth led by Satan to destroy the saints)
  6. Third Temple? - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus is the True and Final Habitation of God, and Revelation says nothing about a rebuilt or third temple in Jerusalem in the thousand-year period)
  7. Beginning of the Creation - (Revelation looks forward to the reign of Jesus in the New Creation, a reality inaugurated by his Death and Resurrection) - {PDF Copy}

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