We Win – The Book of Revelation: Chapter 14-16 (NLT)

Scripture | Revelation 14:1-5, 15, 16 (NLT)

We Win – The Book of Revelation 07 | Mick Veach | Lead Pastor | first aired on 03.19.2023

I. Introduction

Read Scripture
The Lamb and the 144,000
Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling of loud thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing together.
This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. No one could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. They have kept themselves as pure as virgins,[a] following the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as a special offering[b] to God and to the Lamb. They have told no lies; they are without blame. —Revelation 14:1-5

A. Review the Outline for the book of Revelation

II. Two Visions and the Final 7 Bowl Judgements

A. Chapter 14—1st—Vision at the end of the Tribulation—Jesus is now proclaimed the Winner

1. V.1—The importance of the Lamb meeting with His chosen people on Mt Zion (Jerusalem) is incredible
2. 144,000 will survive the Tribulation
3. V.2-3—Incredible Worship
4. V.3-5–They stayed spiritually pure and godly

5. V. 6-13—3 Angels Preach

   a. 1st Angel Preaches Salvation—v. 6
   b. 2nd Angel Preaches Babylon and its evil system will fall—v. 8
   c. 3rd Angel Preaches Damnation and Hell has arrived—v.9-11

6. V.6-7–Angel 1 gives the invitation to accept Jesus

7. V. 8—Angel 2 makes a declaration that the system of the Antichrist is doomed

8. V.9-11—Angel 3 declares the condemnation of those who chose to follow the Beast

   a. V.12-13—Believers who endure will be blessed

9. V. 14-20—Jesus is the Harvester of the Earth

   a. V. 14—Jesus described as:

   1. Sitting on a white cloud—Purity

10. Having a golden crown—Victory
11. Sharp sickle—Authority

b. V.15-16—1st Angel announces the earth is ready for the harvest
c. V. 18—2nd Angel deploys the 3rd Angel
d. V. 19-20—3rd Angel brings judgment on unbelievers

B. Chapter 15—2nd Vision—Worship before the final Judgements

1. This chapter basically says there is not much left but the end

2. Two Groups

   a. Angels proclaiming God’s wrath
   b. A multitude worshipping God

3. Judgement and worship going on simultaneously

4. V. 1—The work of God is complete (wrath)
5. V. 2-5—A sea of humanity with fire (Judgment)

6. Who is the Multitude?

   a. Chapter 7—Saints who have been martyred for Jesus for not worshipping the beast
   b. But they have not lost their Song

7. V. 3-4—Song of Moses and the Lamb

   a. Ex. 15 and Dt. 32—Moses wrote songs

8. V. 5-7—4 Creatures are Angelic beings (hierarchy)

9. When the bowls are exhausted the tribulation comes to an end. Satan will be bound for 1,000 years
10. V. 8—No one will be able to enter the temple until the last bowl is poured out
11. The remaining people who are about to experience the final series of judgements

C. Chapter 16—The Final Judgements—the 7 Bowls

1. The most terrible of all chapters. God uses this chapter to warn people about what will happen in the future.
2. These bowls are “poured out” in rapid succession, for example when bowl 5 is poured out they are still experiencing bowl 1.

3. V.2—1st Bowl—Painful Sores

a. Targeting those who worship the beast
b. Similar to the 6th plague of Egypt

4. V. 3—2nd Bowl—Sea becomes blood everything dies

a. It is like a red tide that could kill everything
b. 2nd trumpet killed 1/3 but this completes the job

5. V. 4–3rd Bowl— All fresh water to blood

a. This crisis is already with us but this supernatural plague will impact the entire world—time is short
b. These people have taken so much blood by killing so many now are drinking blood

6. V. 8—Fourth Bowl—Sun will scorch people with great heat

7. V. 10—Fifth Bowl—Complete Darkness

a. Is. 60:2; Joel 2:2—Prophesied
b. Mark 13:24; John 1:4-5—Jesus declared it
c. Literal darkness to all who follow the beast

8. V. 11-14—6th Bowl—The Battle of Armageddon

a. The final war will play out in several stages in which millions will die
b. V.12—Euphrates will dry up and making it easier for the kings from the east to mark toward the holy land
c. V.13-14—The Satanic trinity will deceive them by rhetoric and ruses to gather them to battle that day
d. This battle will actually begin at the beginning of the Tribulation—Ezekiel 38
e. V. 16—They gather at Meggido—Armageddon
f. Rev. 14:20—This battle will actually lead them to the Kidron valley in Jerusalem (Valley of Jehoshaphat)
g. Compare Ezekiel 38 with Rev 16 it appears to be the same war in stages that ends with the return of Jesus—Rev. 19
h. V.15—The second coming is like a thief

9. V. 17-21—7th Bowl—The Wasting of the Earth

III. Next Steps

1. Pray for the Lord Jesus to come quickly

2. Decide to surrender every area of your life to Jesus

3. Share Jesus with someone this week

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