This is going to take place.
On whose team are you? The light or the dark?
Even if you don't want to choose it means you didn't want to choose the light.
Hi guys, Welcome back to this series called
the Book of Revelation explained. This is part two.
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Alright guys, now in the previous video we stopped at Revelation Chapter 11.
And today, we're going to continue with Chapter 12.
And this is extremely important because it deals with the redemption plan.
From the beginning of creation to the end times.
And so we're going to take a little bit of time and dig into this.
[Revelation 12:1]
Now who is this woman? This woman is the Nation of Israel.
[Revelation 12:2]
Now this is the time where the Messiah came on the scene.
Jesus Christ God Himself became flesh.
He came to Earth to die for our sins. To save us from the judgment on sin.
[Revelation 12:3]
So here, first, it is explained how the woman - Israel - brought forth the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
But it is now also explaining the other part So it's the good part and then the evil part
Satan himself The dragon
In this timeline for us humans who actually live in a timeline
because God Lives outside of time, right? He's not controlled by time.
Only we are. So here we see how God created the devil - Satan.
[Revelation 12:4]
So here the devil rebelled against God in heaven. He took a third of the angels with him now
calling fallen angels or demons. Who now call Lucifer Satan.
The devil. Their leader.
They were cast down to Earth and now their mission is to stop
the birth of the Messiah. To try somehow to stop
that Jesus will come into this world and save us.
[Revelation 12:5]
So the first time Jesus Christ came to Earth With so much love
He came to serve us. To die for our sins.
Then He went back to the Father. God the Father.
He sits now at the right hand of God. And now when He will come back the second time
He will come to rule with a rod of iron.
[Revelation 12:6]
Now you need to understand that a lot of time has
passed between Verse 5 and 6. That's where we are now, right?
Between these two verses. A lot of time has passed.
Verse 6 is about the time of the tribulation. Where a lot of people, especially Jews, will flee.
Because they're being persecuted. They first thought that the
antichrist is the Messiah. Then they realized he's not.
And so they are fleeing. And they're being persecuted.
[Matthew 24:15-16,22-23]
Alright, so let's go back to the Book of Revelation.
So the first six verses here that we've just read - it gives us just a basic
summary of the redemption plan, right? But now from Verses 7 to 12 it's gonna
go in for more detail. We're going to read in
detail how Michael the archangel How he defeats Satan and his angels
and how Satan and the demons are thrown on the Earth.
[Revelation 12:12]
So the devil lost, in heaven, he's now on Earth. Desperately walking around like a roaring lion
just trying to destroy God's people He's still doing that to this day.
But he desperately tried to stop the birth of the Messiah.
He tried to kill Israel with other nations. Anger working anger within other nations to
destroy the nation of Israel. And he failed.
Jesus Christ came. He died for our sins.
He rose from the dead. And He's now victorious.
But still, now the devil knows - he knows that his time is up.
And so he's still now trying to destroy all of us.
[Revelation 12:17]
Now we're going to move to Chapter 13. And we're going to see the beast.
The first beast rising from the sea. And this is probably a very big political power.
Given power by Satan himself. And the people who choose
darkness, they will worship Satan. Because Satan gives the beast power.
[Revelation 13:4]
For the next few verses, we see how the beast is starting to make war on the children of God.
Trying to conquer them.
And then, another beast is coming on the scene. This is the antichrist and he's got three numbers.
You know - you've probably heard this before - 666.
[Revelation 13:11]
This is the antichrist pretending to be Jesus Himself.
Oh, this will be - especially for the Jews who are still waiting for the Messiah?
A lot of them will believe this is the Messiah
because he will have powers. He will deceive them with powers.
And they will think, wow, this is the Messiah. Only to realize that he's not.
They will even make a statue and force people to worship it.
[Revelation 13:14]
And then, they will give people the mark of the beast.
And I will persecute those who do not want to accept
the mark of the beast.
[Revelation 13:16-18]
Now explaining the beast, the mark of the beast, And all of this - it will take a lot more time.
So I'm gonna do that sometime in the future in another video.
In the next chapter - we see - we get a kind of picture
of the 144,000 that were saved from the tribulation.
Who are now with the Lamb. With Jesus Christ.
And then we get messages from three angels.
[Revelation 14:6-10]
And then lastly, in this chapter, we see that Jesus Himself comes on the scene
to reap His harvest. He comes to get all His last remaining children.
[Revelation 14:16]
So Jesus reaps all those who are saved and then we see the other angel.
He's now reaping those who were wicked.
[Revelation 14:19-20]
Alright, let's just take a breather. I know I'm going through this very fast
but there's a lot to cover So just breathe.
Let it sink in. Ready?
Alright, let's continue. So the harvest was ready.
Those who chose God were saved. Now, those who did wicked were
also put on one side. And judgment starts.
We see the seven angels with the seven plagues. Pouring God's wrath on sin
[Revelation 15:1]
You see, God is a righteous judge so He needs to be righteous.
He needs to judge unrighteousness. Sin.
And He needs to do it perfectly. So when this is complete - it will be done.
[Revelation 15:2]
Now, as we continue to read we see that one of the four living creatures
He goes - and he goes and gives the seven angels seven bowls to throw down on the earth.
The first bowl contains harmful and painful sores that came upon the people.
Who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
The second bowl was thrown into the sea. And it became red, killing everything.
The third bowl was thrown into the rivers and springs and killed everything.
But this third angel - he said something while he was throwing his bowl on the rivers and springs.
He said:
[Revelation 16:5-6]
Now the fourth angel poured his bowl on the Sun. And he was allowed to scorch the Earth.
[Revelation 16:9]
These people were extremely evil. And even after experiencing all of this,
they still do not want to bend the knee. They don't want to accept the
the authority of God. Just think about this.
Because the Bible says that every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall confess.
That Jesus is Lord. So what must be done?
So that these people will finally bend the knee? Maybe all of the plagues?
[Philippians 2:9-11]
Now let's take a look at the next plague.
[Revelation 16:10-11
Still, they did not want to repent for the sins. They did not want to ask God for forgiveness for
stealing, lying, raping, murdering, and doing other sin.
[Revelation 16:12-14]
So the end is almost here. Now demons are going around the world
influencing worldly leaders to try and battle against God Almighty.
It's actually so silly because they they stand no chance.
But this is nothing new. We see this in the Old Testament.
This was the devil's plan. They stirred these demons.
Stirred other nations to have a war against Israel.
To stop the birth of the Messiah. Well, not only that,
not only did Israel have to go through war because the devil stirred other nations.
But also because they also were stirred by evil and they turned their back on God.
Time and time again. This was all Satan and our fleshly sinful nature.
It proved that we cannot overcome sin by ourselves.
That is why Jesus had to come. To die on the cross for our sins.
But let me give you an example of how these demons used nations to fight against Israel.
[Daniel 10:12-14]
You see, this demon from the Persian army
he was influencing them for battle. But then he tried to stop Gabriel
from bringing the message from God to Daniel while he was praying.
And then Michael the archangel came to help Gabriel.
And then Gabriel could give this very important message
which is actually just a message for us about the future,
the future kingdoms as well, getting closer to the end times.
And now, in Revelation, we see that these demons are doing the same thing again.
They are going throughout the world influencing worldly leaders for war.
Getting them ready for war against God.
[Revelation 16:16]
Now you know what Armageddon really is. And now it is time for the seventh bowl
to be poured on the Earth.
[Revelation 16:17-21]
Wow, imagine that. This is going to take place.
On whose team are you? The light or the dark?
There's no middle ground here. Even if you don't want to choose.
It means you didn't want to choose the light. This is going to happen.
You need to prepare yourself. We cannot run away from the end times.
You're either going to be with Jesus Christ for all eternity
or in hell for all eternity. Now, in the next chapter, we're going to read
what's going to happen with the beast and the prostitute.
It's going to be very interesting so don't miss that video.
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