Revelation | Pt. 24 Armageddon | Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer

Introduction

Welcome
Confession
Revelation Time Chart (On TV Screens)
Revelation 6-18 = 7 yr Tribulation
3 Sets of Judgements
7 Seals
7 Trumpets
7 Bowls
Revelation 15-18 = The Finale
Revelation 16 = Final Judgement
It will be like the sky here in OK before a tornado
Still and quiet one moment and boom a loud screech the next of destruction
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
2 Peter 3:10
Revelation 16 = 7 Bowls
First 4 relate to the natural world - the earth, the sea, the rivers and the sun
5-6 = political world (beast's throne and armies of the world)
7 = wraps everything up

Revelation 16

Revelation 16:1 says, "Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”
7 Angels | 7 Bowls
Revelation 16:2
It is interesting that those who choose to get the mark of the beast think they are prolonging their life but they don't realize they are only extending their life for 3.5 years but will spend eternity in Hell
Those that loose their life for refusing will spend eternity in Heaven
The short sightedness of people is a sad reality
We exchange eternal purpose for temporary comfort
Those with the Mark are impacted with he first bowl
It is likely that these ugly and painful sores are a result of the Mark they took in their right hand or forehead
Those who have not taken the Mark are immune to these sores
Revelation 16:3
Previously during the 2nd Trumpet, 1/3 of sea life was killed
Now it is all of sea life
Those who took the Mark took it so they could buy, trade and sell
As a result of this there will be no seafood to buy or sell
The economy will be crushed
Revelation 16:4
So with the 3rd Angel all Salt Water life was destroyed
Now this 4th angel destroys all fresh water and drinking water
Listen to this:
Earth = 70% water
97% of all water is Salt Water
2% is Frozen like Glaciers
1% is fresh water we drink
Humanity survives on 1% of the worlds water
Revelation 16:5-7
Notice that a is charge of the waters
We have seen this before in the Book of Revelation of how God has placed Angels in charge of certain elements
This Angel also proclaims the Holiness of God and Justice of God
Revelation 16:8-9
We here about Global Warming
Real Global Warming is on the horizon
Isaiah 30:26
Sun will be 7 times hotter
If the sun would increase like that
Polar ice caps would melt and sea levels would rise 200 ft
Most of the world would be under water at that point
Notice that even after all of this these people refused to repent
What is God after? Repentance
Romans 1:18-32
God & people define sin differently
People = Accident | God = Choice
People = Error | God = Tragedy
People = Liberty | God = Lawlessness
People = Mistake | God = Disaster
People = Defect | God = Disease
We are all born with the spiritual disease of sin
Cost you more, keep you longer and take you further
Sin is a killer; as surely as sin goes death does follow
We don't like to hear or think about sin
Methodist preacher
Sin is a real issue but we do not take it seriously
Revelation 16:10-11
Throne = Seat Of Ruler's Authority
Revelation 16:12
Euphrates River is key in Scripture
1 of 4 Rivers that irrigated the Garden of Eden
Northeastern boundary of the Land God promised to Abraham
Hebrew people referred to it as the Great River
Euphrates means "sweet water"
It will dry up
Revelation 16:13-14
Unholy Trinity = Dragon, Beast and False Prophet
Demonic is a reality
Revelation 16:15-16 says, “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.” 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon."
Megiddo
Jezreel Valley Map
Nazareth
Show picture of Jezreel Valley (On TV Screens)
Where it all began it will come to an end
Revelation 16:17-21 says, "The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18 Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth,so tremendous was the quake. 19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. 20 Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. 21 From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds,[a] fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible."
So sad the hardness of heart that people have towards God
2 seminary students over the boom of revelation with janitor