Do We UNDERSTAND THE CONFLICT OF THE AGES
REVELATION 12
Part 2
For just a moment ask, why is Earth so important? Simply because God has staked
His very Name on a person (Jesus) an event (Calvary) and a people (Jews).
Two lines run through the history of mankind: the line of Christ and the line of Antichrist,
the line of the Woman’s seed and that of the serpent.
* The Christ’s line begins with Adam, passes via Golgotha, and leads to the heavenly Jerusalem.
* The Antichrist’s line begins with Cain, passes via Babel, and leads to the Lake of Fire.
There are only 2 families (God’s and Satan’s),
2 destinies (Heaven and Hell)
and 2 choices (repent or reject).
Each of us today belongs to one family or the other.
You are choosing your own future.
There are two programs at work in the World today:
God’s program of salvation, and Satan’s program of sin, “the mystery of iniquity.”
God has a timetable for His program, and nothing Satan does can change that timetable.
Just as there was a “fullness of the time” for the coming of Christ (Gal. 4:4),
so there is a “fullness of the time” for the appearance of Antichrist; and nothing will
be off schedule. Once the restraining ministry of the Spirit of God has ended, the next
event can take place. WE HAVE VICTORY IN JESUS BECAUSE GOD IS FAITHFUL (11:19-12:6)
First we start in 11:19 because The Victory of Jesus is based on God’s Faithfulness.
And here’s where we see the Ark (but don’t look for Indiana Jones and the distortions
and errors of this swashbuckling explorer)… It’s in Heaven. What is so important
about the Ark and why is it opened?
THE ARK IS A SYMBOL OF GOD’S ABIDING PRESENCE AND PROMISES
Remember its contents? 1. The two stone tablets of the Law, which declare that our God
is unceasingly holy in His character. 2. Aaron’s rod that budded which reminds us that
God gives life, and we can have eternal life through His Son Jesus who is the Resurrection
and the Life. 3. The Pot of Manna which was kept as a picture of Jesus Christ who came as
the Bread of Life
Remember what God revealed about Himself by what He called His Ark?
1. God called it the ARK OF THE COVENANT (Num. 10:33) because THE ARK SPOKE OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS.
Num. 10:33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of
the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
2. God called it the ARK OF THE TESTIMONY (we are lost, God sent His Son as the only way Ex. 25:22),
because THE ARK SPOKE OF GOD’S HOLINESS.
Ex. 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat,
from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will
give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
3. God called it the ARK OF GOD (I Samuel 3:3)
because THE ARK SPOKE OF GOD’S UNIQUENESS there is no other God nor any other way to Him
but His way.
I Samuel 3:3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of
God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
4. THE ARK SPOKE OF GOD’S MIGHTINESS because it was THE ARK OF GOD’S STRENGTH this associated it
with God’s power and miracles
Psalm 132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
It always starts at the Ark of the Covenant and moves outward.
So the Lord starts in the hearts of those who respond to him and He begins the miracle of changing them
from the inside out! Thus salvation is of God Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of
thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.” And salvation is not by self-effort.
Note in: Revelation 4:5 = lightning, thunder, voices; Revelation 8:5 = noises, thunders, lightning,
quake; Revelation 11:19 = lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake and great hail; Revelation 16:18
= noises, thunders, lightning, great quake.
“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.
Do We UNDERSTAND THE CONFLICT OF THE AGES REVELATION 12 Part 2