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Muskegon SDA Church

The Book Of Revelation

Kameron DeVasher

Revelation 1-3

Revelation 4-9

Revelation 10

Revelation 11

Revelation 12

Revelation 13

Revelation 14: The First Angel’s Message

Revelation 14: The 2nd Angel’s Message

Revelation 14: The 3rd Angel’s Message

Revelation 15-20

Revelation 21-22

We have been studying the book of Revelation.

And I want to give you a brief review as to where we are.

Today, we're going to be looking at chapter 11.

There's no way to possibly recap all that we've studied in just a couple of minutes here and move forward with more.

But as you recall, our effort this quarter is not to be an exhaustive study of the Book of Revelation.

This is intro to Revelation, Survey 101, whatever you want to call it, it's the big overview of the book and not every detail.

However, that overview gives us the correct framework when we go back and study the details, we have the right endpoints and bookends to the book of Revelation.

In Revelation chapter 1, it starts off at the very beginning, it's called the revelation of what?

Jesus Christ, because the book's center and circumference, everything all the way through is all about Jesus Christ.

At the very beginning of the book, in fact, just go there if you would very quickly, Revelation chapter 1, in that introductory statement it's Jesus himself who explains the purpose of the book of Revelation.

A, it's to reveal himself and it's from himself, but it goes on to say in Revelation 1, verse 1, the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants things which must shortly take place." So that means things that have not happened yet but are going to take place in the future.

And again later in the same chapter 1, we see in verse 19, Jesus now speaking to the 7 churches, he says, write the things which you have seen and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.

So we have the very concrete thing that Jesus himself says, the book of Revelation begins in the time of the prophet who's writing.

In this case, it's John the prophet, the revelator, the apostle John, then, and it goes forward to things that would take place future from his time, many of which for us are past, right?

Basically, the outline of the book of Revelation begins in the time of John the prophet and extends all the way to the end of time.

Now, I believe we're living much, much closer to this end than we are to this end, right?

There is a lot that has transpired, but we have not reached the end of time yet, but we're in the time of the end when end time events are starting to unfold before our very eyes.

So the book of Revelation, though it was future to the time of John, is pertinent particularly to our day because I believe we're living in the time of the end.

Now like its Old Testament apocalyptic predecessor, the book of Daniel, the book of Revelation contains several parallel prophecies that begin again in the time of the prophet and extend until the end of time.

Now in Daniel, we recall, you saw the image, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, and it outlines world history, and then it repeats that history in Daniel 7, Then it repeats the same history in Daniel 8, but each time it adds detail towards the end of time.

It repeats and then enlarges, the same thing you see in the book of Revelation.

7 churches cover that same time frame from John to the time of Jesus, second coming, with no stopping in between, just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

The 7 seals cover that same history, but they pause around the time of the sixth seal to give you a picture of the 144, 000, and then it tells you the seventh seal.

Then it repeats again the 7 trumpets and this time at the 7 trumpets it pauses at number 6 before the sounding of the seventh to give some added detail.

And what we find inside of that pause, inside of that set of parentheses before the sounding of the seventh trumpet is Revelation chapter 10 and the bulk of Revelation chapter 11.

Last Sabbath we studied Revelation chapter 10.

It describes the experience of Christians living during that time just before the coming of Christ who, based on their understanding of Bible prophecy, as you recall, John was instructed basically to live out this experience that the believers would have and he was instructed to take a little book and do what with it?

It means to digest it, take it in and spread a message based on it.

That's exactly what happened to Christian believers in that time period in Earth's history.

Based on their understanding of the Bible prophecy, they were convinced that Jesus would return about the year 1843 or 1844.

Finally, when Setting a date on October 22, 1844, their highest hopes were greatly disappointed when Jesus did not return.

However, the Lord soon revealed to them that their error lay not in a miscalculation of time, but in the event itself, the understanding of what actually transpired.

Jesus did not come to the earth as king, he went into the most holy place as high priest to begin his most holy place final judgment work.

Which brings us to the other item highlighted as pertinent apparently inside of the set of parentheses, the contents of Revelation chapter 11, which will be the burden of our study today.

But before we begin the study, let's begin with a word of prayer.

Heavenly Father, Thank you so much for giving us your word to study and the guidance of your Holy Spirit to interpret it and make it plain to us today.

Lord, do you understand we're studying some prophecies with symbolic language, but we understand there's a real meaning to it and there's a genuine application for us today Help us to see it help us to understand it and through your Holy Spirit Help us to live the life you want us to live before we pray it in Jesus name.

Amen Revelation chapter 11 and verse 1 again keeping in context what we just studied in Revelation 10.

It wasn't the return of Jesus that occurred, it was the transition of Jesus from the holy to the most holy place that was the concern.

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod.

In chapter 10, Daniel was given something.

So he was given an object and an action to go along with it.

Here you see the same thing and now in Revelation chapter 11.

This time it's a reed like a measuring rod and he was told to do something with it.

And the angel stood saying, rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there." Now I will tell you, I don't believe, and I believe the context will help us out here, I don't believe that this measuring rod is a length like inches or feet or yards or cubits, right?

It's not a measure of quantity, it's a measure of quality.

For instance, just the dimensions of the temple, they were already written down in the Old Testament.

He's looking to measure the quality therein.

It's a qualitative measure, not a quantitative measure.

Because notice it says here, to measure not only the temple and the altar, but also those who worship there.

The worshippers themselves were to be measured against this standard, against this reed.

And I don't believe that, again, he's looking to measure like a seamstress their girth or their height, you know.

We're talking about a qualitative measure that God wants done now of his people.

Arise, measure the temple, the altar, and those who worship there.

Then it says in verse 2, but leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will tread the holy city underfoot for 42 months.

At this point, it would be a good idea for us to realize that the book of Revelation is not only centered on the person of Jesus, but it's also saturated with the language of his position and placement as our priest in the heavenly sanctuary.

The book of Revelation is replete with references, allusions, and direct comments on the sanctuary in heaven.

For instance, Right back in Revelation chapter 1 where we're introduced to Jesus Christ, we see him walking among the 7 lamps that are burning, right?

In Revelation chapter 5, you see Jesus coming into the sanctuary as a lamb having been slain, right?

In fact, what's fascinating about this is that, remember in Revelation 4, when it describes the court of God, you have the seat of God, and then you have the 7 lamps burning before his throne.

This is very much an allusion to the sanctuary, but there was no Jesus.

And in Revelation 5, Jesus shows up looking as a lamb that has been slain, right?

The mind is taken back to the sanctuary process, and what's fascinating is that the sanctuary is the template around which the book of Revelation is written.

And of course, the sanctuary is always pointing to Jesus Christ.

In Revelation chapter 5, again, when we had seen Jesus looking as a lamb having been slain.

In fact, let's just turn there very quickly.

I want to bring to your mind another thing we've already studied.

Right after John was weeping and weeping about no 1 was able or worthy to open the scroll and loose its 7 seals, 1 of the elders tells John, don't weep.

It says, behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its 7 seals.

And we read in verse 6, and I looked and behold in the midst of the throne and of the 4 living creatures in the midst of the elders stood a what?

And then it says, having 7 horns and 7 eyes, which are the 7 spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

And in our previous study we noted that what the experience being described in Revelation 5 is in heaven was the exact same experience that was recorded in Acts chapter 2 occurring on the earth.

In fact, right now would be a good time, go back to Acts chapter 2.

Peter himself explains the significance of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.

Again, as we saw in Revelation 5, when Jesus returns, looking like a lamb having been slain, immediately the 7 spirits of God are sent, and they're sent not just generally out to the universe, but they're sent out into all the earth.

In Acts chapter 2, they receive the Holy Spirit from heaven, and they ask the question, what does this mean?

Series

The Book Of Revelation

Revelation 11

Transcript

Parent Series

Sponsor

Recorded

Plenary

Hour of His Judgment

1h 3m

The Pre-Advent Judgment

43m

Studies in the Book of Revelation

Revelation 11

48m

The Book Of Revelation

Revelation 4-9

43m

Why Am I a SDA?

1. Does the Truth Really Matter?

35m

Plenaries with Norman McNulty

Revelation’s Sanctuary Theme

50m

Seven Trumpets and the Role of Islam

Seven Trumpets and the Role of Islam- Part 5

1h 17m

The Three Angels' Message

04 The First Angel’s Message

59m

The Last Words Of Jesus

The Last Words of Jesus- Part 1

31m

The Book Of Revelation

Revelation 10

44m

Amazing Disciples

11. Divine Commission

52m

Sound Doctrine