Revelation Lesson-25: The Kingdom is Here! - Part III

This is Lesson-25 in the series “Come Lord Jesus!” from the book of Revelation.

The title for this lesson is: The Kingdom is Here! - Part III.

Our focus passage is Revelation 11:15-19.

In our previous two episodes we studied the first fourteen verses in Rev. 11.
 
It is in this chapter, that we are going to see the second seven judgment cycle come to an end with the sound of the seventh trumpet.
 
This will usher the arrival of Christ’s kingdom and initiate the 3rd and last cycle of sevens that will finalize God’s judgment on this earth.

In today’s lesson, we are going to complete our study of Revelation 11 by studying what it has to say to us about the arrival of Christ’s kingdom.
 
You might remember that the beginning of Part I of our study of Rev. 11, we discussed the fact that as believers we live in this tension of “already but not yet” with respect to the Christ’s Kingdom.
 
We are citizens of another kingdom living on foreign territory until the King returns to reclaim the entire world and to rule with a rod of iron. We are the ambassadors of His Kingdom.
 
As we approach the Christmas season, we look forward to celebrating the Arrival of the King, His First Coming. He accomplished victory over sin and death and freed us from the penalty of sin. He completed our justification.
 
Since the Ascension of the King to His exalted position at the right and of the Father, we live in such a way that we are working to advance His kingdom on earth. Through His Holy Spirit we are freed from the power of sin as He works in us to advance our sanctification.
 
We live then in great expectation for the Return of the King as we await His Second Coming to earth to judge and to rule. We will experience our glorification, the ultimate freedom from the presence of sin.
 
And that’s the subject of our lesson today. You see in heaven this is considered a matter of fact. It has been done. It is completed.
 
John will share with us the heavenly scene he witnessed as the Kingdom of Christ arrives.