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Alistair Huong and Norman McNulty: The Book Of Revelation

Alistair Huong

An Overview on The Book of Revelation

Revelation Chapter 1

Ephesus

Smyrna and Pergamos

Thyatira

Norman McNulty

Sardis And Philadelphia

Laodicea

The Book With Seven Seals

The Seven Seals

The 144,000

The Seven Trumpets, Part 1

The Seven Trumpets, Part 2

Revelation 10: The Second Advent Movement

Revelation 11:1-14 The Two Witnesses and The French Revolution

The Seven Trumpets, The Woman And The Dragon

Revelation 12: The Accuser of The Brethren

Revelation 13: Big Picture of The Beast

Revelation 13: The Image To The Beast

Revelation 14:1-5: The Characteristics of the 144,000

Revelation 14:6-8: The 1st and 2nd Angels’ Messages

The Third Angel’s Message

Revelation 14 and 15: The Harvest

Revelation 15: The Close of Probation and the Fit Man

Revelation 16: 1-13: The Seven Last Plagues

Revelation 16: 16-21: Armageddon in Jacob’s Time of Trouble

Revelation 17:1-7: The Judgment of the Great Whore

Revelation 17: The Seven Heads

Revelation 17:8-18: The 7 Heads: 7 Popes or 7 Kingdoms?

Revelation 18:1-4: The Loud Cry

Revelation 18:4-24: The Fall Of Babylon

Revelation 19&20 - Marriage of the Lamb and the 1000 Years

Revelation Final Class: Our Prophetic Identity and Mission

I was in College Dale for Southeast Youth Conference, but it's good to be back and I don't see any breaks in the class for I don't know how long, maybe Christmas, so, or GYC, that'll be middle of December, so we should be consistent through that time, and maybe we'll have finished Revelation by then, and I think we may be doing Hebrews next.

Don't quote me on that for sure, but I think that may be our next book to study.

We spent 1 week each on each of the angels, and that was very powerful.

And now we're going to finish chapter 14.

And if all goes well, I suspect that we'll get into chapter 15 today as well.

So we're moving along here through the book of Revelation.

So why don't we have a word of prayer to start our class and then we'll get right into Revelation.

Father in heaven we thank you for the opportunity to study the book of Revelation, for the power that's contained in your word.

Okay, so just as a reminder for Revelation 14 you have the first 5 verses describe the 144, 000 verses 6 through 12 are the 3 angels' messages verse 13 is the special resurrection and verses 14 through 20 is the harvest.

And if you look at the outline of the chapter, the 144, 000 is the group that we see.

And we see that the 3 angels' messages are 3 special messages that produce the 144, 000.

And the 3 angels' messages producing the 144, 000 culminates in the harvest which is here at the end of Revelation chapter 14.

It's only about 6 verses So we will read through that now.

And I'd like a volunteer to read Revelation 14 verses 14 through 16.

So just as a reminder, if you have a question or a comment, raise your hand, we'll get the microphone to you.

And also, if you're gonna read a verse, we'll get the microphone to you.

So is there a volunteer to read Revelation 14 verses 14 through 16?

Let's see, or I'll pick, right down here.

And I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud 1 sat like unto the son of man, having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle.

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, thrust in my sickle and reap, for the time has come for thee to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped okay, so here we see The picture of a harvest and a verse 14 we see 1 sitting on the white on a white cloud and it's described as like unto the Son of Man so who is this sitting on the cloud so this is Jesus and that's pretty straightforward we We can show several places in Scripture where Jesus is described as the Son of Man, and you can see that in Matthew 24, for example, or in other places.

So here we see Jesus sitting on the cloud and what does he have in his hand?

So the idea of a sickle being in the hand of the Son of Man gives you the idea that Jesus is going to reap a harvest.

He's going to put the sickle into that which is ripe.

And Of course in verse 14 you get the idea that he's ready to harvest his crop and then in verse 15 we see an angel who comes out and says thrust in your sickle and reap for the time has come for thee to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

So now, and then verse 16, we see that Jesus actually thrusts in his sickle, and he reaps the harvest of the earth.

Now, the question then is, how do we know that the harvest is ripe?

So the angel comes and tells the son of man sitting on the cloud, okay, You can thrust in your sickle the harvest of the earth is ripe.

But I'd like to see some examples from Scripture of what it means for the harvest to be ripe.

So can you think of some places in scripture that would describe a ripe harvest, that would give the clue to the angel and to Christ that okay, now it's okay to thrust in your circle and to reap the harvest of the earth.

Okay, well how about if we turn to James chapter 5?

And by the way, James chapter 5 is a good chapter to be studying right now.

I don't know if you've been watching the news, but the first 6 verses are especially relevant to current events.

But I'm going to look at on the basis of what we're studying today in Revelation 14, verses 7 and 8.

I'd like a volunteer to read James chapter 5, verses 7 and 8.

So the question that we're, before you read again, the question is, what is it that can allow the Son of Man to thrust in the sickle to reap a ripe harvest?

So go ahead and read James chapter 5 verses 7 and 8.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.

Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

Be ye also patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord dwelleth nigh.

Okay, so James chapter 5, verses 7 and 8, and again, This is probably a fairly familiar passage, but is there anything in this passage that talks about ripening of a harvest Any comments about ripening of a harvest in this passage?

Okay, so we have a comment down here, and I'll just repeat what he said.

The ripening of the harvest is dependent upon something, and it's specifically dependent on the early and the latter rain so We won't have a ripe harvest until there's an early and a latter rain now the early rain In its literal most literal sense fell at Pentecost but there's more to it than that.

So, let's…so there's the early rain in its most literal since Philip Pentecost, but there's a broader meaning to it than that.

Deuteronomy 11, 14 says, that I will give you the rain of your land in his due season.

The first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thy oil.

So again that's a passage that talks about the early rain and the latter rain that comes in due season.

And what we see here is that the precious fruit of the earth which is related to the harvest in Revelation chapter 14, we'll not be ripe until we see the early and the latter rain poured out.

Now the early rain was poured out at Pentecost, but if you study out in scripture, I'm not gonna take the time to do it today.

The early rain is also connected to our personal conversion experience.

So in other words, the latter rain's not gonna be poured out on a bunch of unconverted people who've never experienced the new birth with Christ.

So we have the new birth, we're born again, born of the Spirit with Christ, and when we reach a certain point of maturity he will pour out the latter rain upon us.

Now if you study the rest of James chapter 5 there's an illustration of Elijah praying for rain and it says the heaven gave her rain and the earth brought forth her fruit.

And Elijah, it says, was a man subject to like passions as we are.

He prayed for rain that he knew was promised until it came.

And then when the rain came, the earth brought forth her fruit.

If we are gonna be God's last day people, translated without seeing death, the 144, 000, we pray for the latter rain until it comes so that the earth will bring forth its fruit and we have a comment back there and speak up so everyone can hear you.

I'm gonna have Aaron do it but in Joel 2 23 there's a direct reference to the former and the latter rain being poured out together.

And then in 29 you get the idea that it deals with the Holy Spirit.

Joel chapter 2 verses 23 and 29, he was talking about the early and the latter rain being poured out and how it's God pouring out his spirit upon us.

So what we see here is this concept of at some point the Son of Man is going to thrust in his sickle and reap the harvest of the earth when it is ripe and We see from other passages in scripture that the ripening of the harvest is Dependent upon God's people receiving the power of the latter rain now we've talked about the Holy Spirit being poured out, we're talking about the latter rain being poured out, and we've made an allusion to the fact that we need to earnestly be praying for that to be poured out upon us.

I wanna take a step back and say, let's just look at a harvest, perhaps, in its most basic sense.

When you have a harvest, it just doesn't get there automatically.

There has to be a beginning to the harvest.

So just thinking in an agricultural sense, in a farming sense, what is the beginning point for a harvest?

What happens at the very beginning of a harvest.

You plant the seeds that will eventually grow up into the plants that create your ripe harvest.

So the question is, what is the seed that was planted in the very beginning that will enable a ripe harvest to be harvested when the latter rain is poured out.

Any thoughts about any passages in scripture that would describe a seed that was planted.

Okay, how about, let's turn to John chapter 12.

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Alistair Huong and Norman McNulty: The Book Of Revelation

Revelation 14 and 15: The Harvest

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