Judgment on Babylon. As we open this week’s discussion, consider the horrific picture that introduces the lesson: Horns, sharp animal horns and teeth, and a woman with a smirk on her face holding up a bowl of wine to drink. What do your class members think of all of these symbols for the final unifying … Continue reading –>
Key Thought: Revelation Chapter 17 describes the end-time apostate religious system as a harlot riding a beast. With her daughters, Babylon seduces the world against God. March 23, 2019 1. Have a volunteer read Revelation 17:1,2. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is. What is … Continue reading –>
Read Revelation 17:3. One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues offers to show John the judgment of the harlot who sat on many waters. When John sees her, she is riding the scarlet beast. In what ways do the symbols of water and beast suitably describe the … Continue reading –>
Read Revelation 17:1. Jeremiah 51:13 shows that the “many waters” upon which Babylon sits are the river Euphrates. According to Revelation 17:15, what do many waters symbolize? A woman in the Bible is a symbol for God’s people. In Revelation, God’s true church is portrayed as a pure woman (Rev. 12:1, Rev. 22:17). A harlot thus represents a false apostate church. … Continue reading –>
Read for This Week’s Study: Revelation 17; Jer. 51:13; Exod. 28:36-38; Rev. 13:1-8; Rev. 13:18; Rev. 16:2-12. Memory Text: “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. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities’” (Revelation 18:4-5, NKJV). The … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: “None but those who have fortified the mind with the truths of the Bible will stand through the last great conflict. To every soul will come the searching test: Shall I obey God rather than men? … The apostle Paul declared, looking down to the last days: ‘The time will come when they will … Continue reading –>
Read Revelation 16:16. How successful will Satan’s end-time deception be in gathering the people of the world to the battle of Armageddon? The deceptive demonic miracles will achieve worldwide success. In having spurned Bible teachings, people will believe a lie that will be accompanied by deceptive miracles (2 Thess. 2:9-12). They will unite together in purpose, symbolized … Continue reading –>
Revelation 16:12 tells us that the purpose of the drying up of the Euphrates is to prepare the way for “the kings from the east” (NKJV). In the Old Testament, “the kings from the east” were Cyrus and his forces coming from the north, then approaching Babylon from the east (Isa. 41:25). Their conquest of Babylon made … Continue reading –>
Hymn 73, “Holy, Holy, Holy” and Hymn 30, “Holy God, We Praise Your Name” are in our memory text, Rev 15:4. To help with Rev 11:18 when “the nations are angry”, are we ready to “Sound the Battle Cry”, Hymn 614? Still in our Sabbath afternoon study, Rev 15:1-4 shows God’s faithful people are victorious over the … Continue reading –>
The 144,000. Why are the nations so angry just before the Battle of Armageddon? How do the 144,000 qualify as having victory over the beast and being protected from the seven last plagues? Share with your class how the victorious ones become known as the 144,000. Are these the final victors in the struggle against sin? … Continue reading –>
