I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:19 Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. Matthew 18:18
Review Time. Short and Simple. Old Testament in Revelation Series Wrap Up.
Christ’s Thousand Year ReignPrevention of DeceptionThrones, Judgement, Reigning with Christ
Kings and Nations Mourn Babylon’s (Rome) LuxuryThree WoesVengeance for the Saints
Sexual Immorality (spiritual adultery)Adultery (metaphor) in the OT = IdolatryIsrael plays the harlot (see Exodus 34; Leviticus 17, 20; Judges 2, 8; Ezekiel 16; Jeremiah 2-4; Book of Hosea; etc.Idolatry-Sorcery-Prostitution-Demons (we’ll see in 18)Spiritual UnfaithfulnessWorshipping other godsIdolatry Sorcery “Magic Spells”
John uses a combination of Daniel 7 and Psalm 110:1The Son of Man “I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And came near before Him. And to Him was given dominion, Glory, and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations, and men of every tongue Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not be taken away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. Daniel 7:13-14Yahweh says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.” Psalm 110:1 (most quoted OT verse in NT)
And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, that they be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of man; and his number is 666. Revelation 13:16-18
Revelation 12 Final Conclusion. We look at this chapter in a different way.
Get out your telescopes! We're going into hyperdrive! Revelation 12:1-6 Part I