The Locusts of Revelation 9 Steve Smith 1998, used by permission D - 11
Notes On John s Vision of the Locusts In Revelation 9 D - 12
200,000,000 Horses and Riders, Revelation 9 Steve Smith 1998, used by permission D - 13
Notes On John s Vision of the Horses & Riders In Revelation 9 D - 14
New Jerusalem Suspended Above the Earth, Revelation 21 D - 15
Notes On John s Vision of the New Jerusalem In Revelation 21 D - 16
Dimensions of the New Jerusalem In Revelation 21 2,160 miles The Moon & a Cube the Dimensions of the New Jerusalem, approximately to scale 2,121 miles 2,602 miles 1,500 miles The surface area of the earth = 197,272,000 sq. miles. The land area of the earth = 49,318,000 sq. miles. Surface area of a cube-shaped New Jerusalem = 13,500,000 sq. miles. If the city were divided into floors, with the ceiling of each floor 1 mile high, New Jerusalem s floor space would = 3,375,000,000 sq. miles, or 68 times the land area of the earth. D - 17
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Michael Fights the Dragon, Revelation 12 Steve Smith 1999, used by permission D - 19
Notes On John s Vision of Michael & The Dragon In Revelation 12 D - 20
See instructions on the following page. The Horned Golden Altar Craft Project GRILL LOWER BOX HORNS UPPER BOX BASE D - 21 Cut out the eight pieces of the altar by cutting along every straight solid line. DO NOT CUT along the dotted lines. The dotted lines are to be folded only. After cutting out each piece, fold along each dotted line. Lightly scoring along the dotted lines with a single-edge razor or X-ACTO blade will make them easier to fold.
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The Horned Golden Altar Craft Project Instructions & Soul Cut-outs BASE PIECE Fig. A Step 1: Cut out the 8 pieces of the altar on page D-21. Cut only along the solid, straight lines. Step 2: Lightly score and fold along the dotted lines of the Upper Box panel so as to form a square box with square openings at top and bottom. Tape or paste tab A to surface B. Step 6: Center the square Grill piece over the top of the Upper Box and paste or tape it in place. Step 3: Repeat step 2 above with Lower Box panel. Step 4: Center the smaller Upper Box on the larger Lower Box and tape or paste the two boxes together. Step 5: Fold each of the four triangular Horns pieces in half, and fit each one to a corner of the Upper Box, pasting or taping it in place. Step 7: Paste or tape the completed Horned Golden Altar assembly to the rectangular Base piece. Fig. B Step 8: Cut out the 5 Saints figures below by cutting along the straight, solid base lines BUT cutting outside of the curved figure lines. Step 9: Fold along the dotted line at the bottom of each Saints figure to form a base for the figure. Step 10: Tape or paste the bases of the Saints figures to the Base piece of the altar to form a completed assembly similar to fig. A. SAINTS D - 23
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The Woman Clothed in the Sun, Revelation 12 D - 25
Notes On John s Vision of The Woman Clothed in the Sun Revelation 12 D - 26
The Rabbinical Perspective This Age The Age To Come (Mat. 12.32; Luke 18.30) The Expanding Eschatological Time Line of Progressive Revelation The Pentecost Surprise This Age The Age of the Spirit The Age To Come The Last Days (Acts 2.17) The New Testament Disclosure This Age The Age of the Spirit The Millennium Age of New Earth The Coming Ages (Eph. 2.7; Rev. 20 & 21) D - 27
Notes Why Is Understanding The Millennium Important? The Millennium is the Age within which God will keep important promises to Israel (Genesis 15.18-21; 2Sam. 7.10) and to the Overcomer (Rev 2.26-27). The Millennium is the Age in which God will finish dealing with national entities (Isaiah 66. 18-24; Zechariah 14.16-19). A wrong view of the Millennium, i.e., spiritualizing it, forces proponents to spiritualize or reject many biblical predictions regarding that Age. Ignorance of the Bible s teaching on the Millennium equals ignorance of the resurrected believer s destiny as a Shepherd in that Age. D - 28
Post & Amillennial Premillennial Covenant Theology Historic Premillennialism Dispensationalism Two dispensations organically connected Various dispensations organically connected Seven distinct dispensations (See Enns, p. 510) Inferred covenants in eternity and in Eden. Reformation emphasis on grace Oversimplification of God s redemptive plan Replace Israel with the church in the OT promises and prophecies. ( Replacaement Theology ) Includes early Fathers (contra Enns pp. 513,514) B. W. Newton & S. P. Tregelles vs. J. N. Darby Church born in Eden, built up in NT age (Mat. 16.18) Only one body (Eph. 4.4; John 10.16) Only one Second Coming Post-trib rapture of believers from all previous ages (see Dan. 12.13) G. E. Ladd and Others Recognized Already/Not-Yet aspects of the Kingdom. ULTRAS Divide book of Acts No Water Baptism Annihilationism TRADITIONALISTS Began with J. N. Darby, early 1800s Church born at Pentecost Resist Replacement Theology Pre-trib rapture of NT believers Basic Tenets of Progressive Dispensationalism (As given by Ryrie in Dispensationalism) 1. The kingdom of God is the unifying theme of biblical history. 2. Within biblical history there are four dispensational eras. 3. Christ has already inaugurated the Davidic reign in heaven at the right hand of the Father, which equals the throne of David, though He not yet reigns as Davidic king on earth during the Millennium. 4. Likewise, the new covenant has already been inaugurated, though its blessings are not yet fully realized until the Millennium. 5. The concept of the church as completely distinct from Israel and as a mystery unrevealed in the Old Testament needs revising, making the idea of two purposes and two peoples of God invalid. 6. A complementary hermeneutic must be used alongside a literal hermeneutic. This means that the New Testament makes complementary changes to Old Testament promises without jettisoning those original promises. 7. The one divine plan of holistic redemption encompasses all people and all areas of human life personal, societal, cultural, and political. D - 29
Luke 4.43 Mt. 12.29 Gen. 3.15 Heb. 2.14 The Kingdom invades Satan s diminishing domain. 1 Jn. 3.8; Luke 10.18; Mt. 13.31-33 Dan. 2.44 The King visits His people. Luke 17.21 Mt. 12.28 John the Baptist Matthew 3.1,2 Matthew 6.10 CHRIST ESTABLISHES HIS KINGDOM Believers* expand the Kingdom. Mt. 6.10,33; Luke 10.19 God s Cosmic Agenda: Expanding The Kingdom Mark 1.15; Matthew 4.17 The law & the prophets ruled in Israel. Luke 16.16 Satan has authority in the world. Matthew 4.8,9 GOD REIGNS IN HEAVEN THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST CHRIST REIGNS OVER ALL THE EARTH Zechariah 14 1,000 Years Israel illustrates Kingdom fullness. Ezekiel 37.24-28 GOD REIGNS COMPLETELY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. Rev. 21, 22 Satan bound. Satan mortally wounded. Satan chained. Rev. 20.2,3 Satan tormented. Rev. 20.10 *BELIEVERS: Are the citizens of the Kingdom - Colossians 1.13. See and enter the Kingdom by the Holy Spirit - John 3.3,5. Are priests in the Kingdom - Revelation 1.6. Produce fruit for the Kingdom when they heed the gospel - Luke 8.10-15. Proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom - Acts 8.12; 19.8; 20.25; 28.23-31. Enter the Kingdom through many hardships - Acts 14.22. Pray and labor for the expansion of the Kingdom - Matthew 6.10, 33. Are heirs of the coming Kingdom - Luke 13.29; 21.25-31. 1990,1996 Roderick A. Graciano From Eternity After the Fall Page 11 Chart Summary The Kingdom of God is His rule among His subjects, that produces rightesouness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14.17). God has always ruled in heaven, but after the Fall, Satan usurped authority over humanity. The world became the battleground between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Satan. The Law and the Prophets contended for God s sovereignty in Israel up until the time of John the Baptist, but then the Heavenly King Himself visited Earth. In the person of Jesus Christ, God mortally wounded Satan, and firmly established His own Kingdom among mankind through the crucifixion and resurrection. Since that time, God s human subjects have been expanding His Kingdom by the power of the gospel, and diminishing Satan s authority in the world. When Christ returns, He will rule politically over all the earth, and after quelling a final rebellion at the end of the Millennium, His sovereignty over the universe will never be questioned again. Raptured believers rule over the nations Rev. 2.26,27; 5.10 D - 30