End-Times Part 6 From The Book of Revelation

Bible Study for 10/14/2013

End-Times Part 6 From The Book of Revelation 

[Note to Blog Readers: The Expositor’s Notes are in Bold Italic Font]

Everyone that is an alcoholic thinks that there is nothing wrong about drinking and getting drunk, that is a lie from hell and many people are so blinded by satan’s darkness. Yes, Jesus turned water into wine, according to the scriptures from the Word of God. However, the wine that Jesus maid was 100 percent grape juice, there was no alcohol in it. The drunkenness that is talked about was drunkenness in the Holy Spirit. Sinners of the world reads and takes scriptures way out of context. Anyone who is living in sin of any kind, God’s wrath will be on your hands. Living in alcoholism, drunkenness, rape, sex, smoking, using foul language and using God’s name in vain, murdering, will be subject for God’s wrath in hell, unless you repent, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, have faith and belief in what Jesus Christ did for you on the Cross, you will be Baptized by the Holy Ghost and you will be Saved. You need to be obedient to God by doing what He has commanded in scripture, that is getting Water Baptized. Water does not save anyone but, it is to be done, its called being obedient. Its all part of God’s plan of Salvation.

End-times Part 6 From the Book of Revelation Chapter 15

Revelation 15:1-8 

1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues (proclaims the concluding Judgments upon the territory of the Antichrist, which will be the worst); for in them is filled up the wrath of God (should have been translated, “anger of God”). 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire (is that which is immediately before the Throne of God and mentioned in [Rev. 4:6]): and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name (this group was murdered by the Antichrist), stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God (presents a picture of peace and tranquility). 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God (is the song given to us in [Deut. 32:1-43]; it is recorded that Moses wrote this song and taught it to the people [Deut. 31:22]), and the song of the Lamb (this is the second song, and begins with the Crucifixion, which was absolutely necessary if man was to be redeemed, and closes with Jesus Christ as “King of kings, Lord of lords”), saying, Great and marvellous are your works, Lord God Almighty (refers to Christ; while all His Works are “great and marvelous,” what he did at the Cross presents itself as the greatest work of all); just and true are your ways, thou King of saints. (Christ is our King by virtue of what He did at the Cross, and our Faith in that Finished Work.) 4 Who shall not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? (This leaps ahead to the Millennial Reign. At that time,every human being on the face of the Earth will fear the Lord, and will glorify His Name as well.) for you only are holy (speaks of the origination of Holiness, and that this Holiness can be given to believers by virtue of what Christ did at the Cross): for all nations shall come and worship before you (refers to the Millennial Reign); for  judgments are made manifest (refers to the fact that the Judgment of God will be poured out upon the Antichrist during the Battle of Armageddon, where he will be defeated along with the entirety of his Army). 5 And after that I looked (refers to the Vials about to be poured out), and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened (has reference to the Holy of  Holies, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept; this is a witness both to the Holiness of God’s Character and the Justice of His Government): 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues(constitutes the Vial Judgments), clothed in pure and white linen (indicates the perfect Righteousness of the acts that are to be performed on Earth), and having their breasts girded with golden girdles (presents the same attire as that of our Lord [Rev. 1:13], signifying that what they are about to do pertains solely to the Work of Christ; in other words, Christ is in charge of all Judgments). 7 And one of the four beasts (“Living Ones” described in [4:7-8]) gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever (proclaims the fact, as stated, that these Judgments on the Earth will be worst of all). 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power (presents itself as very similar to the dedication of Solomon’s Temple, in which the latter Temple was a replica of the one in Heaven); and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. (Constitutes the last few months of the Great Tribulation. The Idea of no man being able to enter the Temple during this period of time seems to be that no one would be permitted to enter to make intercession, to turn away God’s wrath to divert Him from His Purpose.)

Revelation 4:6 

6  And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal (presents that which is perfectly transparent): and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts (living creatures) full of eyes before and behind. (This is introducing creatures we have no knowledge of and which are beyond comprehension, as so much in Heaven actually is.)

Deuteronomy 32:1-43 

1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth (both Heaven and Earth are called to account, because this song affects both). 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass (the Word of the Lord always brings prosperity): 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God (it is the Greatness of God as the Almighty that is celebrated here). 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. (Five times in this Song Jehovah is praised as the rock [Vss. 4, 15, 18, 30-31]. The occurrences in Verses 31 and 37 ironically refer to the false rocks of the nations. Five is the number of Grace.) 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. (Israel claimed to be Children of God, but they were not; they were rather a stain and a reproach [Isa. 1:4]. How much does this pertain to the modern Church?) 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD (repay Him for His Blessings by corrupting yourselves), O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that hath bought you? Has he not made you, and established you? 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will shew you; your elders, and they will tell you. 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel (long before there was an Israel, the Lord was planning for them). 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance (the Lord measured out the inheritance of Israel, and did it Personally). 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye (this must be taken as indicating that Israel is ever in the Eye of the Lord, the object of His constant and tenderest care). 11 As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, taketh them, bears them on her wings: 12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him (Israel must admit that none of the strange gods worshipped by the heathen had anything to do with what the Lord Alone had done for them). 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock (blessings); 14 Butter of kine (cattle), and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you did drink the pure blood of the grape. (This does not speak of fermented wine, as some claim. What they esteem as a luxury was pure unadulterated juice of the grape,  freshly pressed out and drunk with the foam on it. [Verses 7-14] celebrate His Goodness and Bounty during the period of the Pentateuch.) 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat (“Jeshurun” means “righteous”; He predicts that Israel will fall into a state, the opposite of that to which it was destined), and kicked: you are waxed fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. ([Verses 15-19] Record Israel’s evil response to that goodness during the period of their kings. They foolishly esteemed the “Rock.”) 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger (sinners in the hands of an angry God). 17 They sacrificed unto devils (demons), not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not (gods recently invented or discovered). 18 Of the Rock that begat you you are unmindful, and have forgotten God that formed you (rebelled against their Maker). 19 And when the LORD saw it (saw the idols), he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. (This Verse contemplates the period between the Captivity in Babylon and the Advent of the Messiah. They had faith all right, but it was in the wrong thing, their own religion. It is the same problem presently!) 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. (This Verse relates to the period of the Acts of the Apostles [Rom. 10:11]. It pertains to the Lord turning to the Gentiles.) 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. ([Verses 22-33] relates to Israel’s dispersion among the nations of the world, after A.D. 70.) 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them (as Righteousness brings Blessings, wickedness brings Judgment). 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. 25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs (has happened to Israel countless times in the last nearly 2,000 years, but more particularly during the Holocaust of World War II). 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men (at least what they once have been): 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy (could be translated, “That I should be provoked to wrath by the enemy ascribing the destruction of Israel to their own prowess”), lest their adversaries (Israel’s adversaries) should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this (the enemies of Israel should realize that they can only do to Israel what God allows them to do; and to be sure, one day He will turn on the enemies of Israel, and will do so with a fury [Read Ezek., Chpts. 38-39 on your own]). 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! (The end result would result of forsaking God.) 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges (that “Rock” was Christ [1 Cor. 10:4]). 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter (by using Sodom and Gomorrah as comparisons, the Lord is saying that Israel is good for nothing but destruction): 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps (and this is said of Israel by the Lord; so we know now why they crucified the Saviour). 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? ([Verses 34-43] pertain to  Israel’s sufferings under the future Antichrist, and their final restoration.) 35 To me belongs vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste (the coming Great Tribulation [Mat. 24:21]). 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left (Israel is at the place of extermination, which they will be under the Antichrist; then the Lord will, in effect, say, “It’s enough!”). 37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection (of course, there will be none to help; this speaks of the coming Battle of Armageddon). 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand (there is no God but Jehovah). 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy (this is the Battle of Armageddon, described in Ezekiel, Chapters 38-39). 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people (this pertains to the Second Coming, when the Lord will then “avenge the blood of His servants” [Zech. 14:1-4]).

Deuteronomy 31:22 

22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

Revelation 1:13 

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man (Jesus is the Head of the Church the Centerpiece of it’s activity), clothed with a garment down to the foot (indicates his position as King-Priest), and girt about the paps with a golden girdle (presents kingly apparel; Christ is the King- Priest).

Revelation 4:7-8 

7  And the first beast (living creature) was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. ( These strange creatures are before the Throne constantly.) 8  And the four beasts (living creatures) had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within (signifying the revealing of their innermost nature and being): and they rest not day and night (proclaiming that these beings are “spirit” and not “Flesh”), saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (Using the threefold repetition calls attention to the infinite Holiness of God.)

Isaiah 1:4 

4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.(According to Isaiah, holiness is the most essential element of God’s nature; hence, he would call Him “the Holy One of Israel.” In their forsaking the Lord, Judah did not renounce His worship, but actually continued it; however, it was reduced to mere formality. The people “honored Him with their lips, while their hearts were far from Him” [Isa. 29:13].)

Isaiah 29:13  

13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men (this Passage was quoted by Christ [Mat. 15:7-9]; there are four causes of spiritual blindness recorded here: 1. Drawing near to God with the mouth only; 2. Honoring Him with lips only; 3. Removing the heart far from Him; and, 4. Fearing Him only after the precept of men):

Matthew 15:7-9  

7 You (was said to their faces) hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,  8  This people draw near unto me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me (this defines the hypocrite).  9  But in vain they do worship me (worship that was not accepted by God indicative of much of the modern Church as well!), teaching for doctrines the commandments of men (anything that adds to or takes away from the Word of God).

1 Corinthians 10:4 

4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink (refers to  the Smitten Rock [Ex. 17:6; Num. 20:11; Ps. 78:15]): for they drank (says literally, “they were drinking,” implying a continuous gift) of that spiritual Rock that followed them (there is a Jewish legend that says the original Smitten Rock at Redhidim [Ex. 17:6] followed them throughout their entire Wilderness Journey and supplied water for them; every evidence is that it was true): and that Rock was Christ (the Rock typified Christ).

Exodus 17:6  

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. (This is one of the most beautiful Types found in the entirety of Scripture. The “Rock” was a Type of Christ [1 Cor. 10:1-4]. The Rock being “smitten” typified the Cross [Isa. 53:4]. The “water” coming out of the Rock was a Type of the Holy Spirit [Jn. 7:37-39]. However, the water, i.e., “the Holy Spirit,” was not available until the Rock [Christ] was [crucified -- Jn. 14:16-20]. In Fact, Christ, the Cross, our Faith, and the Holy Spirit constitute the basis of Christianity [Gal. Chpt. 5].)

1 Corinthians 10:1-4  

1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant (this means the Holy Spirit doesn’t want us to be ignorant about these Truths), how that all our fathers were under the cloud (the Presence of God, which led Israel), and all passed through the sea (the Red Sea, typifying passing from the death to life);  2  And were all baptized unto Moses (the Law-Giver was a Type of Christ) in the cloud (a Type of the Presence of the Lord) and in the sea (a type of Water Baptism);  3  And did all eat the same spiritual meat (speaking of the Manna as a type of the “Lord’s Supper”);  4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink (refers to  the Smitten Rock [Ex. 17:6; Num. 20:11; Ps. 78:15]): for they drank (says literally, “they were drinking,” implying a continuous gift) of that spiritual Rock that followed them (there is a Jewish legend that says the original Smitten Rock at Redhidim [Ex. 17:6] followed them throughout their entire Wilderness Journey and supplied water for them; every evidence is that it was true): and that Rock was Christ (the Rock typified Christ).

Isaiah 53:4  

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (Twelve times within the space of nine Verses the Prophet asserts, with the most emphatic reiteration, that all Servants’s sufferings were vicarious; i.e., borne for man to save him from the consequences of his sins, to enable him to escape punishment. In other words,  Jesus did all of this all for us. “Yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted,” proclaims the fact that because He died on a Cross, Israel assumed that he died under the curse of God, because Moses had said, “For he who is hanged is accursed of God” [Deut. 21:23]. What they did not understand was that He was not accursed, neither in Himself was cursed, but in fact was “made a curse for us.” Israel assumed He was “smitten of God,” and, in a sense, He was. He suffered in our stead, actually as our Substitute, which means that the blow that should have come to us instead went to Him. But yet, it was not for His sins, because He had none, but instead was for our sins. He was “afflicted” for us. As stated, He was our Substitute.)

Deuteronomy 21:23 

23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God giveth you for an inheritance. (This is the reason that the religious leaders of Israel demanded that Jesus be put on the Cross. [Mat. 27:23]. They knew that one put on the tree was accursed of God, and so they reasoned that the people would then think, were He really the Messiah, God would never allow Him to be put on the Cross. They did not realize that the Lord had foretold the event of the Cross some 1,500 years earlier, as it concerned the brazen serpent on the pole [Num. 21:8-9]. It was necessary that Jesus go to the Cross, in order that He might atone for all the sins of mankind, at least for all who will believe [Jn. 3:16]. So, Jesus was made a curse on the Cross, not because of His sins, for He had none, but for the sin of the whole world, and for all time [Jn. 1:29; Gal. 3: 13].) 

Matthew 27:23  

23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? (He had done no evil. He was perfect! He had never sinned.) But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified (proclaims them offering no answer to the question of Pilate, because they had no answer; as the morning sun begins to break over Olivet, it will dawn on a day of infamy such as the world has never seen before or since).

Numbers 21:8-9

8  And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole (the “serpent,” i.e., “sin and Satan,” was the reason for the Cross, and the pole was a Type of the Cross): and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live (everyone who looks to Christ and the Cross has the sentence of death abated and, therefore, shall “live”).  9  And Moses made a serpent of brass (copper), and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived (approximately 400 years earlier, the Lord had shown Abraham the manner of Salvation; it would be through the death of an innocent victim, namely the Son of God [Jn.8:36]; it was to Moses, however, as recorded here, that the Lord proclaimed the way that the Son of God would die; it would be by the Cross, symbolized by the serpent on the pole).

John 8:36 

36 If the Son therefore shall make you free (Christ Alone can make one free, and He does so through and by what He did at the Cross, and our Faith in that Finished Work), you shall be free indeed (a freedom which the world cannot give and in fact, doesn’t even understand).

John 3:16 

16 For God so loved the world (presents the God kind of love), that he gave his only begotten Son (gave Him up to the Cross, for that’s what it took to redeem humanity), that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 1:29 

29 The next day (refers to the day after John had been questioned by the emissaries from the Sanhedrin) John sees Jesus coming unto him (is, no doubt, after the Baptism of Jesus, and the temptation in the wilderness), and said, Behold the Lamb of God (proclaims Jesus as the Sacrifice for sin, in fact, the Sin-Offering, Whom all the multiple millions of offered lambs had represented), which taketh away the sin of the world (animal blood could only cover sin, it could not take it away; but Jesus offering Himself as the Perfect Sacrifice Took away the sin of the world; He not only cleansed acts of sin, but, as well addressed the root cause [Col. 2:14-15])

Colossians 2:14-15 

14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us (pertains to the Law of Moses, which was God’s Standard of Righteousness that man could not reach), which was contrary to us (Law is against us, simply because we are unable to keep its precepts, no matter how hard we try), and took it out of the way (refers to the penalty of the Law being removed), nailing it to his cross (the Law with its decrees was abolished in Christ’s Death, as if Crucified with Him);  15  And having spoiled principalities and powers (Satan and all of his henchmen were defeated at the Cross by Christ Atoning for all sin; sin was the legal right Satan had to hold man in captivity; with all sin atoned, he has no more legal right to hold anyone in bondage), he (Christ) made a shew of them openly (what Jesus did at the Cross was in the face of the whole universe), triumphing over them in it. (The triumph is complete and it was all done for us, meaning we can walk in power and perpetual Victory due the Cross.)

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Galatians 3:13 

13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law (He did so on the Cross), being made a curse for us (He took the penalty of the Law, which was death): for it is written, Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree (Gal. 3:13):

John 7:37-39  

37 In the last day, that great day of the feast (spoke of the eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles), Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink (presents the greatest invitation ever given to mortal man).  38  He who believes on me (it is “not doing” but rather, “believing”), as the scripture has said (refers to the Word of God being the Story of Christ and Him Crucified; all the Sacrifices pointed to Christ and what He would do at the Cross, as well as the entirety of the entirety of the Tabernacle and Temple and all their appointments), out of his belly (innermost being) shall flow rivers of living water (speaks of Christ directly, and Believers indirectly).  39  (But this spake he of the Spirit (Holy Spirit), which they that believe on him should receive (it would begin on the Day of Pentecost): for the Holy Ghost was not yet given (He has now been given); because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) (The time of which John wrote was shortly before the Crucifixion. When Jesus died on the Cross and was Resurrected three days later, He was raised with a Glorified Body, which was one of the signs that all sin had been atoned, now making it possible for the Holy Spirit to come in a new dimension.)

John 14:16-20  

16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter (“Parakletos,” which means “One called to the side of another to help”), that he may abide with you forever (before the Cross, the Holy Spirit could only help a few individuals, and then only for a period of time; since the Cross, He lives in hearts and lives of Believers, and does so forever);  17  Even the Spirit of truth (the Greek says, “The Spirit of the Truth,” which refers to the Word of God; actually, He does far more than merely superintend the attribute of Truth, as Christ “is Truth” [1 Jn. 5:6]); whom the world cannot receive (the Holy Spirit cannot come into the heart of the unbeliever until that person makes Christ his or her Saviour; then He comes in), because it sees him not, neither knows him (refers to the fact that only Born-Again Believers can understand the Holy Spirit and know Him): but you know him (would have been better translated, “But you shall get to know Him”); for he dwells with you (before the Cross), and shall be in you (which would take place on the Day of Pentecost and forward, because the sin debt has been forever paid by Christ on the Cross, changing the disposition of everything).  18  I will not leave you comfortless (helpless): I will come to you (through the Person of the Holy Spirit).  19  Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more (in a few days He would be taken back to Glory); but you see me (after the Day of Pentecost, we will see Christ in the Person of the Holy Spirit): because I live, you shall live also (refers to His coming Resurrection, which guarantees the Work of the Cross).  20  At that day (after the Resurrection, and the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost) you shall know that I am in my Father (speaks of Deity; Jesus is God!), and you in me (has to do with our Salvation by Faith), and I in you (enables us to live a victorious life [Gal. 2:20]).

Galatians 2:20  

20 I am crucified with Christ (as the Foundation of all Victory; Paul, here, takes us back to [Rom. 6:3-5]): nevertheless I live (have new life); yet not I (not by my own strength and ability), but Christ lives in me (by virtue of me dying with Him on the Cross, and being raised with Him in Newness of Life): and the life which I now live in the flesh (my daily walk before God) I live by the faith of the Son of God (the Cross is ever the Object of my Faith), who loved me, and gave himself for me (which is the only way that I could be Saved).

Romans 6:3-5

(3)Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ (plainly says that this Baptism is into Christ and Not Water [1 Cor. 1:17; 12:13; Gal. 3:27; Eph. 4:5; Col. 2:11-13]) were baptized into his death? (When Christ died on the Cross, in the Mind of God, we died with Him; in other words, He became our Substitute, and our identification with Him in His Death gives us all the benefits for which He died; the idea is that He did it all for us!) (4) Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death (not only did we die with Him, but we were buried with Him as well, which means that all the sins and transgressions of the past were buried; when they put Him in the Tomb, they put all our sins into the Tomb as well): that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life (we died with Him, we were buried with him, and His Resurrection was our Resurrection to a “Newness of Life”).  (5)  For if we have been planted together (with Christ) in the likeness of his death (Paul proclaims the Cross as the Instrument through which all Blessings come; consequently, the Cross must ever be the Object of our Faith, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work within our lives), we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection(we can have the “likeness of His Resurrection,” i.e., “live this Resurrection Life,” only as long as we understand the “likeness of His Death,” which refers to the Cross as the Means by which  all of this is done)

1 Corinthians 1:17  

For Christ sent me not to baptize (presents to us a Cardinal Truth), but to preach the gospel (the manner in which one may be Saved from sin): not with wisdom of words (intellectualism is not the Gospel), lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. (This tells us in no uncertain terms that the Cross of Christ must always be the emphasis of the Message.)

1 Corinthians 12:13 

For by one Spirit (the Holy Spirit alone does this) are we all baptized into one body (at Salvation, the Holy Spirit Baptizes the Believing sinner into the Body of Christ, which is the Born-Again experience; it doesn’t refer to Water Baptism), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free (all must come in the same manner, “by and through Jesus Christ and what He did at the Cross”); and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (The Holy Spirit is the agent Who affects the work of Redemption carried out in our lives, which is made possible by the Death, Burial, Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation of Christ.)

Galatians 3:27 

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ (refers to the Baptism into His Death and Calvary [Rom. 6:3-5]; the reference is not to Water Baptism) have put on Christ (means to be clothed with Him [Jn. 14:20]).

Ephesians 4:5 

One Lord (Jesus Christ), one faith (what He did at the Cross), one baptism (our Salvation, referring to Believers Baptized into Christ, which was done at the Cross; it has nothing to do with Water Baptism [Rom. 6:3-5]),

Colossians 2:11-13  

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands (that which is brought about by the Cross [Rom. 6:3-5]), in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ (refers to the old carnal nature that is defeated by the Believer placing his Faith totally in the Cross, which gives the Holy Spirit latitude to work):  (12)  Buried with him in baptism (does not refer to Water Baptism, but rather to the Believer baptized into the death of Christ, which refers to the Crucifixion and Christ as our substitute [Rom. 6:3-4]), wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. (This does not refer to our future physical Resurrection, but to that spiritual Resurrection from a sinful state into Divine Life. We died with Him [Rom. 6:3-5], and herein lies the secret to all Spiritual Victory.)  (13)  And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh (speaks of spiritual death [i.e., “separation from God”], which sin does!), hath he quickened together with him (refers to being made spiritually alive, which is done through being “Born-Again”), having forgiven you all trespasses (the Cross made it possible for all manner of sins to be forgiven and taken away);

Numbers 20:11  

11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice (the Lord told him to speak to the Rock, not smite the Rock; to smite the Rock, in essence, greatly abrogated the Type; the Rock smitten in Rephidim was a Type of the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross; to smite the Rock again, in essence, stated that the first Sacrifice was insufficient, and would have to be repeated; such a sin was great! Regrettably, much of the modern Church world continues to smite the Rock, committing the same sin as Moses; in fact, the sin is much worse presently, because the Rock is now history instead of prophetic): and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also (we should not mistake the Blessings of the Lord for the approval of the Lord; that is always a mistake).

Psalms 78:15 

15  He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths (the water out of the Rock).

Matthew 24:21 

21 For then shall be great tribulation (the last three and one half years), such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be (the worst the world has ever known, and will be so bad that it will never be repeated).

Zechariah 14:1-4 

1 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you (“Behold, the day of the LORD comes,” presents this day beginning with the Second Coming and lasting until the end of the Millennium. At that time, the end of the Millennium, the “Day of God” begins and will continue through eternity [1 Cor. 15:24-28; Eph. 1:10; II Pet. 3:10-13]. “And  your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you,” concerns the Antichrist coming against Israel [Ezek 38:11-12].).  2  For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. (The first phrase refers to the mobilization of the nations to Armageddon [Ezek. Chpts. 38-39; Joel Chpt. 3 Rev. 16:13-16; 19:11-21]. “And the city shall be taken,” actually means that the Antichrist will prepare to take Jerusalem, with actually half of it being taken. The phrase, “And the houses rifled, and the women ravished,” expresses extreme cruelty practiced by the army of the Antichrist. “And half of the city shall go forth into captivity,” means that half of Jerusalem will fall to advances of the Antichrist, with the other half fighting furiously to save themselves, but with futility, other than the Coming of the Lord. Actually, the phrasing of the Sentence structure portrays Israel fighting with ferocity that knows no bounds, but yet not able to stand against the powerful onslaught of the combined armies of the man of sin. “And the Residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city,” refers to the army of Israel already cut to pieces, but determined to defend the city, even house to house, and, if necessary, to die to the last man.) 3  Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. (“Then” is the Key word!

1. “Then”: when Israel will begin to cry to God for Deliverance, Knowing that He is their only hope.

2. “Then”: when half of Jerusalem has fallen and it looks like the other half is about to fall.

3. “Then”: when it looks like every Jew will be annihilated, with two-thirds already killed.

4. “Then”: when it looks like the Promises of God made to the Patriarchs and Prophets of old will fall down.

5. “Then”: when it looks like the Antichrist will win this conflict, which will make Satan the lord of the Earth.

“Then shall the LORD go forth,” refers to the Second Coming, which will be the most cataclysmic event that the world has ever known. “And fight against those nations,” pertains to the nations under the banner of the Antichrist, which have set out to destroy Israel, and actually with annihilation in mind. “As when He fought in the day of battle,” probably refers to the time when the Lord led the Children of Israel out of Egypt by way of the Red Sea [Ex. 14:14; 15:3]. This was Israel’s first battle when Jehovah Messiah “went forth” and fought for them. Israel then passed through a valley between mountains of water; in this, their last battle, they will escape through a valley between mountains of rock, which the next Verse proclaims.) 4  And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. (The first phrase refers to Christ literally standing on the Mount of Olives, which will be His landing point at the Second Coming, fulfilling the prediction of the two Angels at His Ascension [Acts 1:10-11]. “And the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west,” actually speaks of a great topographical change, which Israel will use at that hour as a way of escape from the Antichrist. With every road blocked, the Lord will open a way through the very center of the mountain, as He opened a path through the Red Sea. “And there shall be a very great valley,” refers to the escape route of Israel. “And half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south,” refers to the wall of rock on either side of escaping Israel, which makes it similar to the wall of water on either side when Israel escaped Egypt.)

Acts 1:10-11 

10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up (these statements are important because they affirm His actual Ascension testified to by eyewitnesses), behold, two men stood by them in white apparel (these two “men” were actually Angels);  11  Which also said, You men of Galilee, why do you stand  gazing up into heaven? (This does not mean that it was only men who were present, but rather that this was a common term used for both men and women.) this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven (refers to the same Human Body with the nail prints in His Hands and Feet, etc.), shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven (refers to the same place, which is the Mount of Olivet).

We have went in depth quite a bit, about the end times, so far. As you can tell, we have a whole lot more to go through yet. The bowls that was talked about in scripture, was the bowl of wrath of God. By the way you live, the words you speak, the gestures you make, like what we stated in the beginning of this lesson, is what will bring on the bowls of wrath of God on you. You can’t live as the world and expect to go to Heaven. Once saved, always saved is a lie from hell, Satan and his demons. With what your doing in life, who is your master? Who is your God? Whom are you serving? If your living in sin, I can tell ya, its not God Almighty.

I know that I am sounding a kind of harsh but, according to the Word of God, sin cannot and will not enter into the Kingdom of God, if it does, it will burst into flames. If you have any sin remaining in your life and you die, you will be in hell. Take your sins to the Cross and lay them there and walk away. Call upon the Lord Jesus Christ, whom is God Almighty and repent. The Blood of Jesus Christ was pored out to save your soul. God did not come to earth as Jesus Christ to destroy you with the world, He came to save it, thanks for the fall of man, due to Adam and Eve. God has told us in His Word, you maybe in this world, but you do not have to be part of this world. Come out and be separate from the world and live in Jesus Christ and be Christ like and you will be Saved. God has paved a way for you to be reborn again and to live a righteous life . Come to God and have your sins washed away by the Blood of Jesus Christ today. Lets close in prayer.