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Read Revelation 22:6-21

• The Book of Revelation Is Not Intended To Promote Hopeless Speculation About the Future.

• The Book Of Revelation Is Intended To Fuel Hopeful Obedience and Holiness In The Present.

Going Back…

See The World And All Its Deception:

The Beast – don’t put your hope in the government (Psalm 146:3)

The False Prophet – don’t put your hope in religion

The Prostitute – don’t put your hope in material affluence (1 John 2:15, 17)

See The Church In All Her Beauty

-We Are His Body

Acts 9:5 “I am Jesus whom, you are persecuting”

When you mess with the Church, you are messing with Jesus!

– We Are His Bride Revelation gives us the picture of the Bride through the Groom’s eyes!

See Your Life Through The Perspective of Revelation

– Fight Against Sin

– Resist Compromise

– Refuse to be Complacent

God promises blessings to the faithful…

Revelation 1:3 (begins)

“Blessed are the ones who read aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.”

Revelation 22:7 (ends)

“Blessed are the ones who keep the words of the prophecy of this book.”

God promises judgment on those who fall away…

Revelation 2:5, 2:16, 3:3, 3:16

There is a serious warning against those who are faking it in the church

– evident in their falling away

– He calls us to repent!

Endure In the Midst of Suffering

– Don’t be surprised by it

– Don’t be overcome by it

– Jesus is present with you

– Jesus protects you

– Jesus has a purpose for you

Be Burdened for and Proclaim the Gospel Of Jesus Christ

See Jesus In All His Glory!

Revelation 1:5-6

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

Alpha and Omega

Savior – loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

King of Kings and Lord of Lords – nothing compares to Him!

“When you think of Jesus Christ, do you see him in all the ways that Revelation’s images portray him? When you think that you have hidden your sins well from others, do you remember his eyes like flames? When fear grips your heart – fear for yourself, your family, or Christ’s church – do you fight that fear with the picture of the rider on the white horse, against whom the devil’s worst, last weapons are impotent? When you are confused, not knowing whom to trust or which path to take, do you hear the voice of the faithful witness ringing in your ears, ‘These words are faithful and true,’ and do you turn expectantly to his words to find your way? When the accuser, though disbarred from heaven, renews his prosecution against your conscience, do you stand with John in awestruck wonder, gazing at the slain Lamb who poured out his blood to wash you clean and robe you in his own fine linen, bright and clean, to make you—yes, you!—God’s precious treasure.”