1. Keeping your Balance in the End Times Revelation 12

2. Revelation 12:10-12 Satan is defeated – but not destroyed They overcame him… By the blood of the Lamb Satan is defeated – but not destroyed They overcame him… By the blood of the Lamb 1 John 4:4 – You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

3. Revelation 12:10-12 Satan is defeated – but not destroyed They overcame him… By the blood of the Lamb By the word of their testimony They did not love their lives to the death Satan is defeated – but not destroyed They overcame him… By the blood of the Lamb By the word of their testimony They did not love their lives to the death

4. Revelation 12:13-17 v.6 Woman pursued by Dragon Fled into wilderness Place prepared to feed her For 1260 days v.6 Woman pursued by Dragon Fled into wilderness Place prepared to feed her For 1260 days v.17 – Dragon enraged Set to make war with the REST of her offspring - Keep the commandments of God - Have the testimony of Jesus Christ v.17 – Dragon enraged Set to make war with the REST of her offspring - Keep the commandments of God - Have the testimony of Jesus Christ v.13-14 Dragon persecuted woman Fllies into wilderness Place where she is nourished For 3 ½ times v.13-14 Dragon persecuted woman Fllies into wilderness Place where she is nourished For 3 ½ times

5. God’s End-time People Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 1:1-2 – 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants— things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.

6. God’s End-time People Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 1:9 - I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 1:9 - I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

7. God’s End-time People Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 20:4 - Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

8. God’s End-time People Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 12:11 - And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

9. God’s End-time People Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 19:10 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

10. God’s End-time People Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 12:17 Keep the Commandments of God Have the Testimony of Jesus Christ Revelation 14:12 – Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus Revelation 14:12 – Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus

11. 2 Peter 3:15-16 15 And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. 15 And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, 16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

12. One Gospel for all people for all time Galatians 1:6-8 6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

13. One Gospel for all people for all time Galatians 1:6-8 Only ONE Gospel – The Gospel of Christ Hebrews 4:2 Galatians 1:6-8 Only ONE Gospel – The Gospel of Christ Hebrews 4:2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

14. One Gospel for all people for all time Galatians 1:6-8 Only ONE Gospel – The Gospel of Christ Hebrews 4:2 Same Gospel preached to Israel as to the Church Revelation 14:6 Galatians 1:6-8 Only ONE Gospel – The Gospel of Christ Hebrews 4:2 Same Gospel preached to Israel as to the Church Revelation 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth – to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people…

15. One Gospel for all people for all time Galatians 1:6-8 Only ONE Gospel – The Gospel of Christ Hebrews 4:2 Same Gospel preached to Israel as to the Church Revelation 14:6 Everlasting Gospel preached to all nations Galatians 1:6-8 Only ONE Gospel – The Gospel of Christ Hebrews 4:2 Same Gospel preached to Israel as to the Church Revelation 14:6 Everlasting Gospel preached to all nations

16. God’s Intentions for Israel Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

17. God’s Intentions for Israel Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world Exodus 19:4-6 – Missionary Nation Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world Exodus 19:4-6 – Missionary Nation 4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation…

18. God’s Intentions for Israel Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world Exodus 19:4-6 – Missionary Nation Deuteronomy 4:5-8 – Attractive to all nations Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world Exodus 19:4-6 – Missionary Nation Deuteronomy 4:5-8 – Attractive to all nations 5 Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. 6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

19. God’s Intentions for Israel Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world Exodus 19:4-6 – Missionary Nation Deuteronomy 4:5-8 – Attractive to all nations Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world Exodus 19:4-6 – Missionary Nation Deuteronomy 4:5-8 – Attractive to all nations 7 For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the LORD our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? 8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?

20. God’s Intentions for Israel Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world Exodus 19:4-6 – Missionary Nation Deuteronomy 4:5-8 – Attractive to all nations Deuteronomy 26:18-19 – Praised and honored Genesis 12:1-3 – Bless the whole world Exodus 19:4-6 – Missionary Nation Deuteronomy 4:5-8 – Attractive to all nations Deuteronomy 26:18-19 – Praised and honored 18 Also today the LORD has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments, 19 and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, just as He has spoken.”

21. Paul’s attitude to the Law Romans 3:31 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law. Acts 24:14

22. Positive attitude to God’s Law Romans 7:12 - “The law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good” Romans 7:14 - “The law is spiritual” Romans 7:16 - “I agree with the law that it is good” Romans 7:22 - “I delight in the law of God according to the inward man” Romans 7:25 - “With my mind I myself serve the law of God” James 1:25 - “The perfect law of liberty” James 2:8 - “The royal law” James 2:12 - “The law of liberty” Romans 7:12 - “The law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good” Romans 7:14 - “The law is spiritual” Romans 7:16 - “I agree with the law that it is good” Romans 7:22 - “I delight in the law of God according to the inward man” Romans 7:25 - “With my mind I myself serve the law of God” James 1:25 - “The perfect law of liberty” James 2:8 - “The royal law” James 2:12 - “The law of liberty”

23. Distortion of OT Truth Matthew 23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

24. 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. God is Love

25. One 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

26. One 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 2 – Matthew 22:36-40 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 2 – Matthew 22:36-40 God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law Love God – Love Others God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law Love God – Love Others 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Two

27. 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 2 – Matthew 22:36-40 10 – Exodus 20:3-17 Exodus 31:18 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 2 – Matthew 22:36-40 10 – Exodus 20:3-17 Exodus 31:18 God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law Love God – Love Others #1-4 – Love God #5-10 – Love Others God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law Love God – Love Others #1-4 – Love God #5-10 – Love Others One Two Ten And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

28. 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 2 – Matthew 22:36-40 10 – Exodus 20:3-17 Luke 16:17 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 2 – Matthew 22:36-40 10 – Exodus 20:3-17 Luke 16:17 God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law Love God – Love Others #1-4 – Love God #5-10 – Love Others God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law Love God – Love Others #1-4 – Love God #5-10 – Love Others One Two Ten And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail.

29. 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 2 – Matthew 22:36-40 10 – Exodus 20:3-17 All – Matthew 22:40 1 – 1 John 4:7-8 Romans 13:8-10 2 – Matthew 22:36-40 10 – Exodus 20:3-17 All – Matthew 22:40 God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law Love God – Love Others #1-4 – Love God #5-10 – Love Others All Law and Prophets God is Love Love = fulfilling of the Law Love God – Love Others #1-4 – Love God #5-10 – Love Others All Law and Prophets One Two Ten On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” All

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