Pod Prep: Jan 1, 2016
Prophecy Investigation Rev Ch. 10-Ch.-11. The Beginning of the End
THE LAST THREE TRUMPETS BEGIN TO UNROLL UPON A WICKED WORLD
The Apostle John saw Jesus take a scroll from the hand of God that had been sealed with seven seals. As Christ broke each seal and unrolled the scroll, a little more of the end time events begin to take place and the tribulation begins to unfold. God’s wrath is poured upon a wicked world and God begins to correct all that is so wrong.
Built within the seventh seal are seven trumpets.
John is showing us in this part of book the last trumpets. The last trumpet brings such terrible punishment on those not protected by God that they are called the three “woes”. God prepares to deliver a wake up shock to the world in chapters ten and eleven and describes the work of the Two Witnesses of God as well.
BASIC PROPHESY POINTS NOT YET COVERED
1. Is the rise of the King of the South, a caliphate led by a caliph in the Middle East being attempted now?
2. Look for Two Witnesses coming on the scene who preach the truth to the world like a thorn in its side. Rev 11:2-7.
3. Is the preaching of the Gospel to the entire world either before or in conjunction with the Two Witnesses coming soon? Matt 24:14.
4. Look for an economic collapse that will drive panicked Europe into the arms of an evil dictator.
5. Look for the building of the Third Temple in Jerusalem on the sacred site and its desecration by the Beast. II Thess 2:3-4, 9-11.
DRAMATIZATION PART ONE
In Revelation chapter ten verse six, John is told that the delay is over. God is about to wreak vengeance upon an evil world and take power to himself. Two family pets who survive this period tell us the story of the three families that lived on this cul-de-sac, the Goodson’s, the Idlers and the Mockers. Some lived to be put in the places of safety, others lived to suffer thru the tribulations and plagues and some became heroic martyrs or sufferers in labor camps. What made the difference? Scratch the Cat and Clog the Dog tell a very dramatic tale.
Some people on the cul-de-sac started listening to God’s truth even before the tribulation. Why is the world in economic and political chaos they wondered? People are acting violently and in a totally ungodly manner. What is wrong? Cities are full of mob violence (demon-strations). These events all started one day when it was announced on the radio that Marshal Law had been declared. Food, gasoline and water would be rationed. No one could drive their cars or flush their toilets without a government permit. We all had a block meeting to decide what to do, we were all scared! Dogs and cats even forgot their enmity for the moment; that is how scared we were at time.
The Goodson’s find Watch Magazine and some interesting church material online. Gordon Goodson goes to the Idlers and share his concerns. The Idlers are aware of problems but are too complacent to want think about them. They told Gordon that he was just an alarmist and should just relax, trust the government and demanded that he get out of their house. Gordon then goes to the Mockers and was angrily told that they didn’t want to be confused with his facts. They had a good chuckle at his expense and thought he had been watching too much Fox.
Goodson’s Search for the True Church.
Who will be saved from trouble in a Place of Safety?
Who will end up suffering God’s plagues?
Who will be the heroic martyrs or in labor camps?
