1. Where are we going… where have we been?

2. Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical) Where are we going… where have we been?

4.  God has a plan: For the universe.For the universe. For the earth.For the earth. For you.For you.

5.  The God of the Bible is the God of History.

6.  Satan has a plan: To counter.To counter. To counterfeit.To counterfeit. To confound.To confound.

7.  Ephes us 90-200 A.D.  Smyrn a 200- 325 A.D.

11.  Ephes us 90-200 A.D.  Smyrn a 200- 325 A.D.  Pergam os 325-500 A.D.

12.  Satan gets a synagogue.

13.  Satan gets a seat.

14. Ex Cathedra=“out of the chair”  Pergam os 325-500 A.D. Constantin eConstantin e

15.  Satan gets a synagogue.  Satan gets a seat.  Satan gets a “say so”.

16. The Doctrine of BalaamThe Doctrine of Balaam Eating things sacrificed unto idols. Eating things sacrificed unto idols. Committing fornication. Committing fornication.

17. Nicolaitanes (to conquer the laity- “the common man” )

18.  The Doctrine of an Infallible Bible Constantine orders 50 Bibles from Eusebius to be placed in each of the capitols of the Roman Empire.

19. W here are we going … where have we been? -“Growing Out and Growing Up” - “Bearing and Baring” - “Right Rave and Left Love” - “Hype and Hypocrisy” - “History and His Story” - “Acts and Actions” - “Revealed and Revealing” - “Fully Purposed and Fully Positioned” - “Exposed and Exposure”  Ephesu s

20. W here are we going … where have we been? - “Blessings and Cursings” - “Blind and Seeing” - “Nothing and Everything” - “Seed and Situation” - “Cost and Cause” - “Information and Informed”  Smyrna

21. W here are we going … where have we been? - “Eclipsed and Entangled” - “Christianized and Paganized” - “Sword Smitten and Against All” - “Devil and Doctrine”  Pergam os

22. Commissio n Character Commenda tion Condemnat ion Correction Call Challenge  Thyatira

23. “Odor and Order” Where are we going… where have we been?  Thyatira

24. Commissio n  Thyatira

25.  Ephes us 90-200 A.D.  Smyrn a 200- 325 A.D.  Pergam os 325-500 A.D.  Thyatira 500- 1000 A.D.

26. Commission  Thyatira- “Odor of Affliction” The name “Thyatira”The name “Thyatira”

27. Commiss ion  Ephesus-“Fully Purposed” “Appellation”

28. Commissio n  Smyr na- “Myr r h” (Bitterness/Death) The name “Smyrna”The name “Smyrna”

29. Commission  Pergamos- “Much Marriage” (Polygamy/Bigomy) The name “Pergamos”The name “Pergamos”

31. Pagan Rome

33. Commission  Thyatira- “Odor of Affliction” The name “Thyatira”The name “Thyatira”

34. “By the beginning of the 4 th century, in 303 A.D. INVENTION WAS EXHAUSTED to devise tortures against such as had no crime.” Fox’s Book of Martyrs:

35. Commission  Thyatira- “Odor of Affliction” The name “Thyatira”The name “Thyatira” (Continual/Sacrifice )

36. Psalms 119:130 – “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.”

37. Commissio n Character  Thyatira

39. Commiss ion Characte r  Smyr na “The First and the Last”“The First and the Last” “was dead, and is alive”“was dead, and is alive”

40. Commissio n Character  Pergam os “HE which hath the sharp sword with 2 edges”“HE which hath the sharp sword with 2 edges”

41. Commissio n Character  Thyatira

42. MadonnaThis “holy mother” is prayed to as the “queen of heaven”, the “Mediatrix”, the “mother of God”, the “Madonna ”.

43.  His Person “ The Son of God ”

44. Commissio n Character  Thyatira “Eyes as flames of Fire”“Eyes as flames of Fire” “Feet like Fine Brass”“Feet like Fine Brass” “The Son of God”“The Son of God”

45. The DYNAMISM of SEEING

46. John 1:29 – “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”

47. Song of Solomon 5:12-13 “His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.”

48. The DYNAMISM of SEEING

49.  His Eyes

50. Revelation 19:11-12 “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,…  Judgment

51. Revelation 19:11-12 …and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.”  Judgment and Destruction

52.  His Feet “like unto fine brass” Brass = JudgmentBrass = Judgment

53. Revelation 19:15 “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.”  Judgment and Destruction

54.  His Feet “like unto fine brass” “as if they burned in a furnace”

55. Revelation 14:20 – “And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.”Revelation 14:20 – “And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.”

56. The Modern Jesus

58. Revelation 19:13 “And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.”

59. Revelation 19:16 – “And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

60. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 – “And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 – “And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”

63. JESUS !JESUS gets what He deserves! SATAN gets what he deserves!SATAN gets what he deserves! THE LOST get what they deserve!THE LOST get what they deserve!

65. The Danger TheCALAMITYformanyonTHATDAY!

66. Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard Him”

67. shall all the tribes of the earth mourn Matthew 24:30 – “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”

68. Revelation 9:6 – “And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.”

69. Zephaniah 1:14 – “The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.”

70. Luke 23:30 – “Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.”

71. all lamentation to wailing Amos 5:16- “ Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.”

72. Jude 1:14-15 – “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”Jude 1:14-15 – “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

73. Isaiah 13:6-9 – “; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, : And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another;. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and out of it. “ Isaiah 13:6-9 – “ Howl ye ; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt : And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. “

74. Zechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.”

75. Jeremiah 25:30 – “Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.”

76. Acts 17:30- “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent”Acts 17:30- “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent”

77. Commissio n Character  Thyatira “Eyes as flames of Fire”“Eyes as flames of Fire” “Feet like Fine Brass”“Feet like Fine Brass” “The Son of God”“The Son of God”