2. Judgment & Vindication
“The Lamb is on the Throne” The book of REVELATION
Judgment & Vindication
Revelation (p 1146)

3. Leading up to the Battle . . .
The Story so far:
Ch 1 A Vision of Jesus among the Lampstands
Ch 2-3 Letters to the 7 churches: Commendation; Censure; Command; Promise
Ch 4-5 The throne room in Heaven: Worship ... Scroll with 7 seals
Ch 6 The first 6 Seals
Ch 7 The 144,000 and the Great multitude
Ch 8-9 The 7th Seal & the first 6 Trumpets.
Ch The little scroll (sweet & bitter); the two witnesses; the 7th trumpet
Ch The Dragon & the two Beasts – make war on the woman & her offspring

4. 1. The Lamb’s Army “fights back”
The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion
His Name & Father’s Name on their foreheads (Beast – blasphemous name 13:1)
Sound (Like: rushing waters, loud thunder, harpists) – New Song
Not defile with women – Virgins = not unfaithful (idolaters) – 14:8; Hos.; He 12:16
Follow the Lamb wherever He goes
Purchased from human race (Redeemed – 5:9)
Offered as firstfruits to God – sacrificial terminology (Nu. 18:12; De. 18:4) = martyrs
No Lie was found in their mouths (Faithful & true witnesses)
They are blameless (sacrifice)
Marked
Devotion to Christ
Redeemed
Faithful Witnesses

5. 2. Urgency of the Battle The FIRST Angel (v 6-7):
Proclaiming the Eternal Gospel – “Fear God and give Him Glory”
A Last Chance to Repent !
The SECOND Angel ( v 8):
Announces fall of “Babylon” = Rome / Dominant World Order
No more “Adultery” (worship of anything other than God)
The THIRD Angel (v 9-11):
The Fate of those with the “Mark of the Beast” – worshippers of this world
Drink the wine of God’s Fury poured into the cup of His Wrath – forever

6. 2. Urgency of the Battle . . . This calls for (v 12):
Patient Endurance
Keep his commands
Remain Faithful to Jesus
“Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on” (v 13)

7. “For their deeds will follow them” (v 13)
3. The Final Outcome
Harvest by the Lamb (v 14-16) –
Righteous are with God forever
Language of the grain harvest (e.g. Matt 13:24-30 Parable: Wheat & Weeds)
Harvest by the Angel (v 17-20) –
“Adulterers” face God’s wrath.
“Grapes” are “trampled” in God’s wrath (Joel 3:13; cf. Jer. 25:30)
“For their deeds will follow them” (v 13)

8. “They did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death”
Urgent Call
Urgency –
The matter is of critical importance – Eternal Destiny
The Lamb’s Army
Marked
Redeemed
Devoted to Christ (Follow the Lamb wherever He goes)
Faithful Witnesses (Blameless ... No lie in their mouths)
12:11
“They did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death”