A. Pink believes that the Antichrist will be a Jew. He will be a Jew although his

sphere of influence, his governmental connections, his sphere of dominion will be

predominantly Gentile.

1. Ezekial 21:25-27 - 25 'Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel,

whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end, 26 'thus says the Lord

GOD: "Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing shall remain

the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted. 27 Overthrown,

overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He

comes whose right it is, And I will give it to Him."'

2. Ezekial 28:2-10 - 2 "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the

Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit

in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,' Yet you are a man, and not a

god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god 3 (Behold, you are

wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you! 4 With

your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself,

And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; 5 By your great wisdom

in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up

because of your riches)," 6 'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because

you have set your heart as the heart of a god, 7 Behold, therefore, I will

bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they

shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile

your splendor. 8 They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die

the death of the slain In the midst of the seas. 9 "Will you still say before

him who slays you, 'I am a god'? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In

the hand of him who slays you. 10 You shall die the death of the

uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken," says the Lord

GOD.'"

3. Daniel 11:36-37 - 36 "Then the king shall do according to his own will: he

shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies

against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been

accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. 37 "He shall

regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard

any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.

4. Matthew 12:43-45 - 43 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he

goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 "Then he says, 'I

will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes, he finds

it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 "Then he goes and takes with him

seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell

there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also

be with this wicked generation."

5. John 5:43 - 43 "I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive

Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

6. The name Antichrist argues strongly his Jewish nationality.

7. This mock Christ will be received by Israel.

B. Other scholars make note that the Antichrist will not be a Jew. Rather, he comes

out of the sea of the Gentile nations. He is a godless, Gentile ruler who comes out

of the Great Sea of the Pagan Nations (Dan. 7:1).

Antichrist, and False Prophet. He will be a man possessed by Satan himself.

1. Genesis 3:15 - 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman,

And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you

shall bruise His heel."

2. Isaiah 27:1 - 1 ¶ In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and

strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted

serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.

4. John 8:44 - "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your

father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does

not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a

lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is

revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all

that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple

of God, showing himself that he is God.

6. Revelation. 13:1-4 - 1 ¶ Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a

beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his

horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 2 Now the beast

which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and

his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his

throne, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been

mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world

marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who

gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is

like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"

1. Psalm 55:21 (Daniel. 9:27; 11:21-24) - 11 Destruction is in its midst;

Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets. 12 For it is not an

enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates

me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him. 13

But it was you, a man my equal, My companion and my acquaintance. 14

We took sweet counsel together, And walked to the house of God in the

throng. 15 Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For

wickedness is in their dwellings and among them. 16 ¶ As for me, I will

call upon God, And the LORD shall save me.21 The words of his mouth

were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer

than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

agreement with Sheol will not stand; When the overflowing scourge

passes through, Then you will be trampled down by it.

3. Matthew 12:41-43 - 43 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he

goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 "Then he says, 'I

will return to my house from which I came.' And when he comes, he finds

it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 "Then he goes and takes with him

seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell

there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also

be with this wicked generation."

4. John 17:12 - 12 "While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your

name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost

except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

Acts 1:24-25 - And they prayed and said, "You, O Lord, who know the

hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen 25 "to take part in

this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that

he might go to his own place."

Rev. 11:7 When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of

the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill

them.

6. Revelation 17:8 - The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend

out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the

earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from

the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not,

and yet is.

7. Revelation 19:20-21 - 20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the

false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived

those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his

image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with

brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded

from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled

with their flesh.

Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away

comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

C. The Lawless One

the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the

brightness of His coming.

shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies

against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been

accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done.

D. The Beast

Revelation.

E. The Bloody and Deceitful Man

1. Psalm 5:6 - 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD

abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

2. Daniel 9:27 & Psalm 55:23 & Psalm 83:4

Psalm 55:23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of

destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their

days; But I will trust in You.

Dan. 9:27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But

in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.

until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the

desolate."

a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more." 5 For

they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy

against You:

which they have devised. 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire; He blesses

does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.

goodness of God endures continually.

oppression of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath

they hate me.

J. The Adversary

1. Psalm 74:8-10 - 8 They said in their hearts, "Let us destroy them

altogether." They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the

land. 9 We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet; Nor is

there any among us who knows how long. 10 O God, how long will the

adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?

around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, And your palaces

shall be plundered."

10 Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits,

that they rise not up again. 11 Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let

my wrath! (from New International Version)

king of Babylon, and say: "How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city

ceased!

weakened the nations!

Devastation ceases, The oppressors are consumed out of the land. 5 In mercy the

throne will be established; And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of

David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness."

fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the

burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.'"

poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow

from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 5

Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the

low. KJV

profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,

26 'thus says the Lord GOD: "Remove the turban, and take off the crown; Nothing

shall remain the same. Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted. 27 Overthrown,

overthrown, I will make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, Until He comes

whose right it is, And I will give it to Him."'

T. The Little Horn

1. Daniel 7:8-11, 21-26

2. Daniel 8:9-12, 23-25

3. Comparisons between Antiochus Epiphanes and the Antichrist (From

a. Both are said to begin with little or small beginnings.

b. Antiochus was said to be a stern-faced king (8:23) and Antichrist will

have an imposing look (7:20).

c. Antiochus was a master of intrigue (8:23) and the brilliance of

Antichrist is suggested by the eyes of the horn (7:8,20).

d. Antiochus had great power (8:24) and Antichrist will have greater

power (11:39, Rev. 13:7-8).

e. Antiochus destroyed thousands (8:24) and Antichrist will destroy

much more (Rev. 13:15, 16:13-16).

f. Antiochus prospered for a short while (8:24) and Antichrist will

prosper for a brief time (11:36).

g. Antiochus persecuted the saints (8:24) and Antichrist will wear down

and kill the saints (7:25).

h. Antiochus was a deceiver (8:25) and Antichrist will be the master

deceiver (2 Thess. 2:9; Rev. 13:4).

i. Antiochus was proud (8:25) and Antichrist will be the most arrogant

individual the world has ever known (Dan. 7:8, 11,20, 25).

j. Antiochus blasphemed God (8:25) and Antichrist will blaspheme God

(7:25; 11:36).

k. Antiochus was not killed by human hand (8:25) and Antichrist will be

slain by breath of Messiah’s mouth and the brightness of His

appearing (2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19:19-20).

to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a

flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.

whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and

the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal

those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the

leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm And against his right eye; His

arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded."

them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in

Greek he has the name Apollyon.

A. He will be an intellectual genius.

secrets.

D. He will be a commercial genius.

1. Daniel 8:25

2. Ezekial 28:4,5 With your wisdom and your understanding You have

gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your

treasuries; 5 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your

riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),"

3. Revelation 13:17 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free

and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17

and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name

of the beast, or the number of his name.

E. He will be a military genius.

1. Revelation 6:2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it

had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and

to conquer.

2. Revelation 13:4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the

beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who

is able to make war with him?" Isaiah 14:16 "Those who see you will

gaze at you, And consider you, saying: 'Is this the man who made the earth

tremble, Who shook kingdoms, 17 Who made the world as a wilderness

And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?'

F. He will be a governmental genius.

1. Revelation 13:1-2 1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast

rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his

horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 2 Now the beast

which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and

his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his

throne, and great authority.

2. Revelation 17:16-17 "And the ten horns which you saw on the beast,

these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and

burn her with fire. 17 "For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His

purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until

the words of God are fulfilled.

G. He will be a religious genius.

1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day

will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is

revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all

that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple

of God, showing himself that he is God. . . . 9 The coming of the lawless

one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying

wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish,

because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world

marveled and followed the beast. . . . 14 And he deceives those who dwell

on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the

beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast

who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to

give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should

both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast

to be killed.

A. In Their Respective Designations

1. One is called The Christ (Matthew 16:16) v. The Antichrist (1 John 4:3).

2. Man of Sorrows (Isaiah 53:3) v. Man of Sin (2 Thessalonians 2:3).

3. Son of God (John 1:34) v. Son of Perdition (2 Thessalonians 2:3).

4. Seed of the Woman (Genesis 3:15) v. Son of the Serpent (Genesis 3:15).

5. The Lamb (Isaiah 53:7) v. The Beast (Revelation 11:7).

6. The Holy One (Mark 1:24) v. The Wicked One (2 Thessalonians 2:8).

7. The Truth (John 14:6) v. The Lie (John 8:44).

8. Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6) v. Profane Prince (Ezekial 21:25).

9. The Glorious Branch (Isaiah 4:2) v. The Abominable Branch (Is. 14:9).

10. The Good Shepherd (John 10:11) v. The Idol Shepherd (Zech. 11:17).

B. In Their Respective Careers.

1. Christ came down from heaven (John 3:13); Antichrist comes up from the

bottomless pit (Revelation 11:7).

own name (Revelation. 11:7).

will (Daniel 11:36).

4. Christ was energized by the Holy Spirit (Luke 4:14); Antichrist will be

energized by Satan (Revelation 13:4).

5. Christ submitted Himself to God (John 5:30); Antichrist defies God (2

Thessalonians 2:4).

6. Christ humbled Himself (Phil. 2:8); Antichrist exalts himself (Daniel

11:36).

7. Christ honored the God of His fathers (Luke 4:16); Antichrist refuses to

(Daniel 11:37).

8. Christ cleansed the Temple (John 2:14, 16); Antichrist defiles the Temple

(Matthew 24:15).

9. Christ ministered to the needy (Luke 4:18); Antichrist robs the poor

(Psalm 10:8,9).

10. Christ was rejected of men (Isaiah 53:7); Antichrist will be accepted by

men (Revelation 13:4).

11. Christ leads the flock (John 10:3); Antichrist leaves the flock (Zechariah

11:17).

12. Christ was slain for the people (John 11:51); Antichrist slays the people

(Isaiah 14:20).

13. Christ glorified God on earth (John 17:4); Antichrist blasphemes the name

of God in heaven (Revelation 13).

14. Christ was received up into heaven (Luke 24:51); Antichrist goes down

into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:20).

A. Matthew 13:24 is the parable of the wheat and the tares. The grey areas are

removed at the end of the age, and the expression of fullness in both godliness and

lawlessness will come forth in unimaginable proportions.

Matt 13:24-30 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of

heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept,

his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But

when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.

27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good

seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' 28 He said to them, 'An enemy

has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather

them up?' 29 But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot

the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time

of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them

in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn."'" NKJV

B. The Full Dignity of the Free Will –There is a power in the human heart that can

fully resist God in the presence of His glory. And, the reason we do not

understand God’s judgments is because we do not understand the full dignity of

C. People make choices, and it is a matter of life and death. God honors it –with

eternal implications. It is the dignity of the human design that our choices last

forever, and they are deep choices. One might say, "Well, can’t you give me less

of a free will and less choice, and make it a little easier for me to end this game of

life right?" The Lord might say, "No. I want fully engaged hearts in a voluntary

way at the deepest level of love. In order to have fully engaged, lovesick

worshippers, I must have the capacity for a fully engaged rebellion, even in the

presence of My glory."

D. Mark 3:1-6 and John 11 –The vast difference in crowd responses to the healing

of the crippled hand and the raising of Lazarus from the dead. One group is

amazed and glorifies God. Another group plots and strategizes on how they

might kill Jesus.

A. The Four Elements

1. Full Release of the Grace of God –John 14:12

2. Sin Will Reach Its Highest Expression –Is 24:5

3. The Rage of Satan Will Reach Its Utmost Fury –Rev. 12:12

4. The Wrath of God Will Reach Its Full Measure –Heb. 12:26

B. The Death Toll Related to These Four

Rev 6:7-8 So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on

it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a

fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts

of the earth. NKJV

Rev 9:13-16 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four

horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who

had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river

Euphrates." 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day

and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind. NKJV

1. Rev. 6:7-8 and Rev. 9:15 helps put this into perspective –1/4 of humanity

will die premature deaths, followed by another 1/3. This adds to half of all

humanity will be killed. This does not count the number of martyrs in

Rev. 7 which no one can count.

2. In WWII 50 million persons died in a six year period. In the year 2020 the

world population is expected at 10 billion. That means 5 billion people

will die premature deaths. That is 100 times the amount of deaths in

WWII.

C. Dan 8:23 "And in the latter time of their kingdom, When the transgressors have

reached their fullness." Feel the weight of this: "in the latter time of their

kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their fullness." There is a time,

only one time in human history, where sin will reach its absolute full capacity in

the human experience. That is a terrifying statement to anybody paying attention.

The implications of this are staggering. If Stalin and Hitler’sregimes are

precursors, what is around the corner?

D. To study human history is to study what evil men and their leadership can do if

given a little bit of liberty and room to operate. Human history is the study of

what God allows within the human experience. Human history displays the

boundary lines of what God will and will not allow in human experience.

E. It is staggering what several thousand men in Germany and several thousand men

in Russia pulled off when given a little bit of room to operate in by the

sovereignty of God, allowing them to express what was in their heart. It is

staggering. There are people alive today in living memory of these events. Those

two demonized men walked on the stage of human history and the Lord is saying

even to this hour, "It happened, it will happen again, and My church must be

A. Lawlessness –2 Thess. 2:7

B. Deception

1. Delusion by God - 2 Thess. 2:8-11

2. Deception by Satan –Dan. 11:21; Mt. 24:5,11, 12, 24; 1 Tim. 4:1-3; 2

Thess. 2:3-4; Rev. 13:3-4, 8, 12-15; 16:13-14; 14:11; 9:20-21; 18:23

C. Immorality –Rev. 9:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:3; 19:2; 2 Pet. 3:3

D. Murder –Rev. 6:9-11; 7:13-14; 9:21; 13:7, 10; 16:6; 17:6; 18:24; 19:2; 2 Tim.

3:3; Dan. 7:21, 25; 8:24; 11:33-35; 12:7, 10; Mk. 13:12-13; Lk. 21:12, 16-17.

E. Theft –Rev. 9:21

F. Hatred of God –Ps. 2:1-3; Is. 63:6; Rev. 11:18; 13:5-6; 16:9, 11, 21. Declaring

War on God –Rev. 13:7; 17:14; 19:19; Dan. 7:21.

G. Fear –Lk. 21:26, 11; Rev. 13:11, 13; Ps. 46

H. Relational Breakdown –Matt. 24:10-12; Mk. 13:9, 12-13; Lk. 21:12, 16-17

A. Dan 12:9-10 And he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and

sealed till the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined,

but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but

the wise shall understand. NKJV

B. 2 Thess 2:7, 9-12 –7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He

who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. . . . 9 The coming

of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and

lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish,

because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe

the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had

pleasure in unrighteousness. NKJV

C. Isaiah 24:5 - the earth will be defiled, will be weighed down under the sin of

its inhabitants. There is one time in history where the earth will be weighed

down, the entire earth will be burdened and defiled under the accumulated sin of

billions of people in new levels of depravity never thought possible.

Is 24:5, 19-20 5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they

have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting

covenant. . . . 19 The earth is violently broken, The earth is split open, The earth

is shaken exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, And

shall totter like a hut; Its transgression shall be heavy upon it, And it will fall,

and not rise again.

1. Murder –Rev. 6:4, 8-11; 7:13-14; 9:21; 13:7, 10; 16:6; 17:6; 18:24; 19:2;

2 Tim. 3:3 (brutal); Dan. 7:21, 25; 8:24; 11:33-35; 12:7, 10; Mk. 13:12:13

2. Sorceries (occult) - deception/oppression - Rev. 13:3-4, 8, 12-15; 14:11;

16:13-14; 18:23; Matt. 24:5, 11, 12, 24; 1 Tim. 4:1-3; 2 Thes. 2:3-4.

3. Sexual immorality - Rev. 9:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:3; 19:2; 2 Pet. 3:3.

4. Theft –legislation (anti-Semitism etc), persecution, mark of the Beast etc.

Rev 14:14-20 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One

like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp

sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to

Him who sat on the cloud, "Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has

come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe." 16 So He who sat

on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having

a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over

fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying,"Thrust

wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood

came out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles, for one thousand six hundred

furlongs. NKJV

1. The ripeness of the harvest in v. 15.

2. The ripeness of the harvest in v. 18

Rev 17:3-6 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a

woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having

seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet,

golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. 5 And

on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,

THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE

EARTH. 6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the

blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great

amazement. NKJV

Rev 18:4-5 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my

people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her

sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. NKJV

Gen 11:5-7 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the

sons of men had built. 6 And the LORD said, "Indeed the people are one and they

all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they

propose to do will be withheld from them. NKJV

I. Gen. 15 –The completeness of the sins of the Amorites.

Gen 15:12-16 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;

and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram:

"Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs,

and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also

the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great

possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be

buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return

here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete." NKJV

Acts 17:26-29 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on

all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the

boundaries of their dwellings, 27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope

that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one

of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your

own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.' NKJV

B. Rev. 15 – The Testimony Concerning God’s Leadership.