Lesson 254: THE BOOK OF REVELATION – PART 19

INTRODUCTION:
In the last part of this series, we examined in detail, Rev. 19 and discovered that despite the tortures of the stranger locusts of the bottomless pit, the people of the world refuse to repent. Now we move on to Rev. 10 to see what happens next. May the Almighty teach us Himself in Jesus Name Amen.

1. THE JOY AND SORROW OF A PROPHET

Before the 7th angel sounded his trumpet, there is again an interlude and a scene was acted in the spiritual realm. A mighty “angel” believed to be Christ Himself came and took possession of the earth, declaring that the time of the final show-down had come. John found himself in a situation where he saw joy at the end of long tunnel of great tribulations. He was happy but sad, like the lot of any prophet would normally be.

Rev. 10:1-4; Ps. 104:3; Eze. 1:28; Matt. 17:2; Joel 3:16; Hos. 11:10; Amos 3:8; Ps. 29:3-5, 7:9; 11 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 10:5-7; Heb. 10:36-37; Thess. 2:3; Rev. 10:8-11; Eze. 3:1-3; Ps. 19:10; Ps. 119:103.

2. THE ANTICHRIST

The ideal of a force of evil opposed to the god of all goodness is not the personification of evil. Even in the days of Paul, the spirit of the antichrist had been at work. But soon, the masterpieces of Satan will put on the flesh and hold away on the earth for horrible years.

Isa. 27:1; Isa. 51:9; Ps. 89:10; 1 Sam. 2:12; 1 Sam. 1:16; 1 Sam. 25:17, 25; 1 kings 21:10, 13; 11 Cor. 6:15; matt. 24:24-44; Mark 13:6, 22; Luke 21:8; john 5:43; 11 Thess. 2:1-11; 1 John 2:18; 1 john 4:3; 11 John 7.