Revelation Revealed Week 4

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

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[0:02] in a time of uncertainty

[0:06] when violence fills our land

[0:09] questions and concerns fill our minds

[0:14] what's going to happen what's happening

[0:18] now

[0:20] is this the end

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[0:24] where can one turn to find the answers

[0:28] to the questions within

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[0:32] join us as we discover the truth

[0:37] in revelation revealed

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[0:46] thanks for tuning in again to revelation

[0:48] reveal the ministry here at bible

[0:50] baptist church

[0:51] we're excited today to continue in our

[0:54] series and we're in

[0:55] revelation chapter 1 verse number 11 but

[0:58] before we get into that let me tell you

[1:00] what's coming we're gonna

[1:01] do our best today to finish up chapter

[1:03] number one

[1:04] and so following chapter number one

[1:06] would normally be chapter two

[1:09] but we've been praying about this and we

[1:11] feel that god wants us

[1:13] to take chapter 2 and chapter 3 and put

[1:16] it into a sermon series that we'll be

[1:18] preaching in our church starting the

[1:19] month of october

[1:20] on sunday nights so we're going to go

[1:23] from chapter one

[1:25] straight this next video to chapter four

[1:28] verse number one which is dealing with

[1:31] the rapture of the church

[1:32] the very next thing on god's prophetic

[1:34] calendar

[1:35] so i want to encourage you that we're

[1:37] going to take a leap over two chapters

[1:40] but we are still going to teach those

[1:42] chapters we'll still preach through

[1:44] those on a sunday night series

[1:46] i'll still have notes that go through

[1:48] that and we'll make that available

[1:49] through our revelation series as well

[1:52] so you can still have the notes to go

[1:54] along with your series if you're

[1:55] downloading the notes

[1:57] again in the description of this video

[1:59] is a link to our church's website

[2:01] that has downloadable notes for each and

[2:04] every session

[2:05] so revelation chapter number one verse

[2:07] number 11. let's dive in look at these

[2:09] verses with me today

[2:11] saying i am alpha and omega the first

[2:14] and the last well who's saying that

[2:15] we've got to go back to verse 10.

[2:18] verse 10 i was in the spirit on the

[2:20] lord's day

[2:21] and heard behind me a great voice as a

[2:24] trumpet

[2:25] the voices say i am alpha and omega the

[2:29] first and the last

[2:30] and what thou seest write in a book and

[2:33] send it unto

[2:34] the seven churches which are in asia

[2:37] under ephesus

[2:38] and under smyrna and under pergamus and

[2:41] under thyrotyra

[2:42] and under sardis and under philadelphia

[2:45] and unto laodicea

[2:47] and i turned to see the voice that spake

[2:50] with me

[2:51] and being turned i saw seven golden

[2:54] candlesticks

[2:55] and in the midst of the seven golden

[2:57] candlesticks one likened to the son of

[2:59] man

[3:00] clothed with a garment down to the foot

[3:03] and gird about with pabst with a golden

[3:06] girdle

[3:06] his head and his hairs were white like

[3:09] wool

[3:10] as white as snow and his eyes were as a

[3:13] flame of fire

[3:15] and his feet likened to fine brass as if

[3:18] they'd been burned in a furnace

[3:20] and his voice says the sound of many

[3:22] waters

[3:23] and he's had in his right hand seven

[3:26] stars

[3:27] and out of his mouth when a sharp

[3:28] two-edged sword

[3:30] and his countenance was as the sun

[3:32] shineth in his strength

[3:34] when i saw him i fell at his feet as

[3:37] dead

[3:38] and he laid his right hand upon me and

[3:40] saying unto me fear not

[3:42] i am the first and the last i

[3:45] am he that liveth and was dead and

[3:48] behold i am alive forevermore

[3:50] amen and have the keys of hell and death

[3:55] write the things which thou has seen and

[3:57] the things which are

[3:58] and the things which shall be hereafter

[4:01] the mystery of the seven stars which

[4:03] thou sawest in my right hand

[4:05] and the seven golden candlesticks the

[4:08] seven stars are the angels of the seven

[4:10] churches

[4:11] and the seven candlesticks which thou

[4:13] sawest

[4:14] are the seven churches

[4:18] as we look into this section of

[4:20] scripture

[4:21] one of the things that becomes difficult

[4:23] starting in chapter

[4:25] one in this section and going on into

[4:27] the book of revelation

[4:29] is when you have figurative language

[4:32] language using metaphors and similes

[4:36] things that are compared to other things

[4:39] it's not that what he

[4:41] is seeing is that thing but he uses a

[4:44] metaphor or a simile

[4:45] to describe it more clearly for you and

[4:48] i

[4:49] so back to verse 11 we find that there's

[4:52] the

[4:52] seven churches he names them by name the

[4:56] seven churches there in asia minor we

[4:58] mentioned what they are

[5:00] in a previous video in verse number 12

[5:04] he hears the voice and as he turns

[5:07] to see the voice this is what he sees

[5:11] he sees those seven golden candlesticks

[5:15] now one has thought that maybe he saw a

[5:17] menorah

[5:18] which was used in the temple worship a

[5:21] one

[5:22] golden candlestick that had seven

[5:24] branches off of it

[5:26] but here it says that there's seven

[5:28] golden candle sticks and each

[5:30] candlestick

[5:31] has a different location we know that

[5:33] because it's the seven churches

[5:35] so john here sees seven different

[5:39] candlesticks in a circle and in the

[5:41] midst of the circle he sees

[5:44] one like unto the son of man jesus

[5:46] christ

[5:47] so each candlestick is a church it's

[5:50] interesting that god looks

[5:52] at the as the churches as candlesticks

[5:55] there's two characteristics mentioned

[5:57] here one that they're golden

[5:59] evidently god thinks that the church is

[6:01] precious well it is precious

[6:03] he bought it he purchased it with his

[6:05] own blood

[6:06] and he operates his ministry to the

[6:09] world

[6:10] through the local church the second

[6:13] thing that's interesting

[6:14] is that it's compared to a candlestick

[6:16] that means it's to give light out

[6:18] to those in darkness and that is the

[6:21] church's responsibility when jesus was

[6:23] here on the earth

[6:24] he was the light but he tells us to

[6:28] ye are the light of the world a city

[6:30] that is set on a hill cannot be hid in

[6:31] matthew chapter five so it's our

[6:33] responsibility

[6:35] to be the light to the world secondly he

[6:38] continues on in the

[6:39] midst of the candlesticks the son of man

[6:42] and

[6:42] he begins to describe him now i want to

[6:46] point something out

[6:47] if you remember who was talking here

[6:50] who's the one that's writing this down

[6:52] it is the apostle john

[6:54] if anybody knew what jesus looked like

[6:57] in his

[6:57] resurrected earthly form it would be the

[7:00] apostle john

[7:02] however this is not jesus in his

[7:05] resurrected earthly form

[7:07] this is jesus christ in his glorified

[7:10] form and so let's look at the

[7:12] description here

[7:14] the son of man he's clothed with a

[7:17] garment

[7:17] down to his feet referencing daniel

[7:20] chapter 10

[7:21] verse number five you should look that

[7:22] verse up the garment down to his feet

[7:26] that is mentioned here is that garment

[7:29] of a a

[7:30] priest now when jesus came to the earth

[7:32] he was the messiah

[7:34] but he also became our high priest the

[7:37] book of hebrews talks about that

[7:39] it also mentions that he was gert about

[7:41] the paps with a golden girdle

[7:44] the golden girdle here referencing that

[7:46] priestly

[7:47] garment it's about the past about the

[7:50] chest area it's not

[7:51] down lower around the waist but higher

[7:53] up

[7:54] referencing the priestly garments also

[7:58] comparing back to the book of leviticus

[8:00] with the urum and therm

[8:02] and all of those exciting things again

[8:04] not having time this morning to dive

[8:06] into

[8:07] all of the history but wanting to point

[8:09] out to you

[8:10] the characteristics here in verse 14 his

[8:13] head and hairs were white

[8:15] like wool in daniel 7 9 and mentions the

[8:18] ancient of days

[8:20] and it describes his hair as being as

[8:22] white as snow

[8:24] white representing the purity of it

[8:27] ancient of days those that had the hory

[8:30] head the gray hair the white hair they

[8:31] were

[8:32] considered to be full of wisdom and

[8:34] honor

[8:35] this is what he's describing when he

[8:37] looks at the ancient days it says his

[8:39] eyes

[8:40] were as a flame of fire his hair

[8:43] was like those are metaphors and similes

[8:48] that are

[8:48] figurative language to help describe

[8:52] what he saw it didn't mean his hair

[8:54] looked like a sheep's wool

[8:56] but it was descriptive of that it didn't

[8:58] mean that his

[8:59] eyes were literally on fire they're not

[9:02] but the piercingness

[9:03] of his eyes were like a flame of fire

[9:07] in verse 15 it says that his feet were

[9:09] likened to fine brass

[9:11] as if they'd been burned and in a

[9:13] furnace so the

[9:14] feet are likened to that like his brass

[9:17] burning furnace the

[9:18] solidness the the strength that's there

[9:21] the voices the sound of many waters a

[9:24] loud

[9:25] voice thundering voice that was there

[9:29] it continues on and says in his right

[9:31] hand where seven stars will get to that

[9:34] in a moment

[9:35] and out of his mouth when a sharp

[9:36] two-edged sword

[9:38] and his countenance was as the sun

[9:40] shineth in his strength

[9:41] now that describing what's coming out of

[9:45] his mouth the words that he is saying

[9:48] are piercing words if you're ready

[9:50] ephesians 2

[9:51] chapter 3 and then what continues

[9:54] thereafter you'll realize

[9:56] that what's coming out of the mouth of

[9:57] god was piercing convicting words

[10:00] it didn't mean there was a literal sword

[10:02] sticking out of his mouth

[10:04] but that the words that he were saying

[10:05] were piercing hebrews 4 12

[10:07] talks about the word of god being

[10:10] likened into a two-edged sword

[10:12] it talks about his countenance was as

[10:14] the sun that shineth in his strength the

[10:17] brightness of his glory all of this

[10:20] depicts

[10:21] what john is seeing now as he sees

[10:24] this it says in verse 17 when i saw him

[10:28] i

[10:28] fell at his feet as dead and as he

[10:32] laid his right hand upon me saying to me

[10:34] fear not

[10:35] i am the first and the last after john

[10:38] sees

[10:38] jesus in his glorified

[10:42] form as the ancient of days

[10:45] as the judge as the priest as

[10:48] the shining glory that's round about him

[10:52] john falls at his feet john who

[10:56] leaned on his breast that supper is now

[10:58] falling at the feet of the

[11:00] same individual jesus comes up

[11:03] and places his hand upon him and he

[11:05] tells him to fear not

[11:08] fear not for i am with you i'm the first

[11:12] and the last the eternal one he says i

[11:15] am he that liveth

[11:17] and was dead it's interesting the

[11:20] verbiage here was dead what literally

[11:23] happens here is he's saying i was alive

[11:25] he was

[11:26] before he became dead

[11:30] and he lives again talking about his

[11:33] resurrection he says and i now liveth

[11:37] again

[11:37] forevermore who's never going to die

[11:40] again

[11:41] amen and have the keys of hell

[11:44] and death and he owns the keys he has

[11:48] the power

[11:49] over death and hell and the permission

[11:52] you know it's an interesting thought

[11:54] that jesus has the keys to unlock the

[11:57] door of death

[11:58] you ever considered that so we could say

[12:01] this way no one can die

[12:03] without permission from god it's an

[12:06] interesting thought

[12:07] no one can die without permission from

[12:09] god

[12:11] he continues on about his right hand

[12:14] holding the seven stars

[12:15] his description here he tells him he has

[12:19] the keys of hell and death

[12:20] verse 19 is the transition he tells him

[12:24] to write

[12:24] now in verse 11 and verse 10

[12:28] he sees in verse

[12:31] 19 excuse me verse 12

[12:34] he sees i turn to c and then in verse 19

[12:38] he's told to write and you discover in

[12:40] verse 19 of revelation chapter one

[12:43] the whole outline for the book of

[12:45] revelation here it is

[12:47] he's told to write the things which thou

[12:50] has seen what he just saw

[12:52] right then in the moment he's to write

[12:55] those things which are dealing with

[12:58] chapter 2 and chapter 3

[13:00] the seven churches those literal

[13:02] churches

[13:03] that existed at that time of john's

[13:06] writing

[13:06] and deliver those messages to those

[13:08] seven churches

[13:10] and the things which shall be hereafter

[13:13] starting in chapter four verse one the

[13:15] rapture

[13:16] of the church the catching away all the

[13:19] way through

[13:20] the rest of the book of revelation so i

[13:23] could tell you this this morning

[13:25] chapter one detail some things that

[13:27] happened that day to john

[13:30] chapter two and three are detailing

[13:33] things that are happening right at that

[13:35] time during the time period of john

[13:38] those two chapters lead us to chapter

[13:41] four

[13:42] that's what could happen at any moment

[13:46] the catching away the trump shall sound

[13:49] that chapter 4 verse 1 could happen

[13:53] at any moment and when that happens

[13:55] everything else

[13:57] will be hereafter now he reveals the

[14:00] mystery in verse 20.

[14:02] the mystery of the seven stars which

[14:04] thou sawest in my right hand

[14:06] and the seven golden candlesticks he

[14:09] tells us what they are

[14:11] the seven golden candlesticks he says

[14:13] clearly

[14:14] they are the seven churches the seven

[14:18] angels the seven stars are seven angels

[14:21] the word angel here meaning messenger

[14:24] now i want to point something out to you

[14:25] there are two differing views

[14:28] that are primarily concerned in verse

[14:30] number 20. one says

[14:32] seven angels saying that each

[14:35] church has a special angel

[14:38] and that's who he's giving the message

[14:41] to

[14:43] but if you remember the chain has come

[14:46] from god the father to the son

[14:48] given to an angel to give to john why

[14:50] would it now

[14:51] go from john to go back to an angel why

[14:54] would he go back up the ladder

[14:56] why wouldn't god do that i believe it's

[14:59] clearly

[14:59] taught here that the messengers are the

[15:02] seven

[15:03] pastors of the seven churches of ephesus

[15:07] or of the seven churches i should say

[15:09] starting with ephesus

[15:11] but as you go through chapter 2 and

[15:13] chapter 3

[15:14] there are some truths that are

[15:16] discovered there that

[15:17] clearly identify that it is the pastors

[15:22] not a angel in heaven that

[15:26] john is giving the message to so

[15:29] we're going to look at that in the

[15:31] upcoming month of october

[15:33] on our sunday nights here at bible

[15:35] baptist church

[15:36] we'll have those services recorded we'll

[15:39] live stream them

[15:40] as well we'll have notes available that

[15:42] you can download or you can have in the

[15:44] services

[15:45] which would even be better so i

[15:47] encourage you come join us in the month

[15:48] of october on sunday nights

[15:50] as we look at letters to the seven

[15:52] churches but i want to

[15:55] conclude with this thought chapter 4 is

[15:58] coming soon

[16:00] verse 1 could happen at any moment and

[16:03] then the tribulation period

[16:05] will begin right now there are a lot of

[16:08] questions and concerns that people have

[16:11] they're concerned about a peace treaty

[16:13] that's happening

[16:15] between israel the united arab emirates

[16:18] they're concerned about a cashless

[16:19] society they're concerned about

[16:22] a microchip being implanted into them

[16:25] they're concerned

[16:26] about all of these things but one truth

[16:30] must be

[16:31] reminded of this is that

[16:34] if you do not know the lord your time is

[16:37] running out

[16:38] but if you know jesus christ as your

[16:40] personal savior

[16:42] he is coming very very

[16:45] soon and it could be at any moment

[16:49] lord willing we'll be in chapter 4

[16:52] the next time we join together but if

[16:55] not

[16:56] it's because of one reason the rapture

[16:58] of the church has happened

[17:00] so join us next time as we look at

[17:03] revelation

[17:04] revealed and i hope to see you here at

[17:07] bible baptist church

[17:08] for one of our services have a great day

[17:11] and may the lord

[17:21] you