Senior High Sunday School Re-cap: January 25, 2009

Revelation--Part 4

John's Vision between the 6th and 7th Seal
-144,000 Sealed Saints
-Represents 12,000 from the 12 tribes.....meaning the whole world.

-Multitude with White Robes
-Robes are made white by dipping them in the blood of the Lamb.
-Although Christ died and offers eternal life, we must actively participate in faith. --It's like a gift. It isn't a gift just because it's offered. It becomes a gift when it is accepted and taken.


Seven Trumpets (This begins the plagues ...remember the 4th seal from last week??...Rev. 6:7-8)
(Also, you will begin to notice that there are many stories within stories here....like when I tell a story that has fifteen stories in the midst of the first story!)

*Trumpet #1
Hail, Fire mixed with Blood, 1/3 of earth is burned
*Trumpet #2
Mountain on fire thrown into sea...1/3 of sea turns to blood, 1/3 of sea creatures die, 1/3 of ships destroyed
*Trumpet #3
Stars fall from sky on 1/3 of rivers and fresh water sources...1/3 of water becomes bitter...people die!
-The star is named "Woodworm" which mean bitter.
*Trumpet #4
1/3 of sun, moon and stars struck with darkness....1/3 of day and night was dark
*Trumpet #5
The fallen start (#3) is given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. Smoke covers everything. Locusts
come out and attack everyone who does not have the Mark of God on them for 5 months. They
want to die but don't.

All of this is considered the FIRST WOE....there are two more to come!

*Trumpet #6
Four angels at the Euphrates River (present day Iraq) are set loose to kill 1/3 of humanity by fire,
smoke and sulfur. (Those who remain still do not repent!)


Vision Between the 6th and 7th Trumpets
The people have still not repented. Therefore, 2 witnesses testify about God and have power to kill those who oppose Him. They will be killed, mocked for 3 1/2 days and then called to Heaven. There will be an earthquake, 1/10 of the city will collapse, and 7,000 people will die. The remaining people will turn and praise God.


The SECOND WOE has passed.

*Trumpet #7
The Kingdom of God has come. The 24 elders around the throne worshiped God. The Temple in Heaven opened and the Ark of the Covenant could be seen. There were flashes of lightening, peals of thunder, rumblings, an earthquake and a great hail storm.




So, what can we gain from this section?

1. God is the God of all creation.
2. God is working in the world, even when it seems like He is not. Even when it seems evil is winning, He is at work.
3. God desires repentance.
4. Those who testify about God will face hardship, but some people WILL turn to God because of their witness.



Tomorrow....a woman, a dragon and 2 beasts!....Read Revelation 12-13!