present and active long before—even at Creation, for the Bible says, “In the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth. . . . And the _______________ of _________
moved upon the face of the waters.”
To check your answer, see Genesis 1:1-2.
5. God knows we face many troubles and temptations, but He offers many great promises
“to him who ________________________,” and wants us to be “ __________________
with ________________ by His Spirit in the inner man.”
To check your answer, see Revelation 2:7, etc., and Ephesians 3:16.
Your Name: __________________________________________
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Revelation’s Most
Amazing Prophecy
Presented by
Mark Finley
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IT IS WRITTEN’S
Like an unconscious sky-diver hurtling out of control toward the earth, we are rushing headlong
toward an impact with the end time, speeding toward a collision with earth’s final events. Prophetic
signs reveal history is coming to a climax. As we plummet toward ground zero, many don’t have a
parachute on. Even more don’t realize the horizon is rushing up to meet them.
But even at this late hour, God has devised a way to help us pull our rip cord. God’s rescue is
described in Revelation, the last book of the Bible. Note what John saw happening near the close of
time: “I saw another angel flying in mid-air, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live
on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.” Revelation 14:6, NIV.
What a dramatic picture! God attempting to rescue every person on planet Earth! This angel is the
first of three John saw who issue loud proclamations over the earth. These are God’s final, last-day
messages—words He shouts at us, seconds from impact. God has always sent messages to warn His
people of events that would affect millions. Before the Flood, God had Noah build the Ark and plead
with people to take refuge in it. Before Egypt’s great famine, God sent Joseph to have the Egyptians
stockpile supplies to meet the famine. God wants us to be prepared for what’s coming. Amos 3:7 puts
it this way: “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but He reveals His secret to His servants the proph-ets.”
Prophecy reveals what is coming, and Revelation’s prophecies reveal what is coming especially at
end time. Revelation sends a message that something big is coming. What is this big event ? Look
carefully at Revelation 14 and you see that the third angel ends his message in verse 13. Then verse 14
describes the next event: The Son of Man returns with a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle
in His hand. This is the Second Coming, the final judgment, when history climaxes and all human
destinies are sealed. So obviously the messages that come right before this are vitally important. They’re
God’s last warning, telling us exactly how to open our parachutes as the end of time rushes up to meet
us!
Look again at the angel’s message: “I saw another angel flying in mid-air, and he had the eternal
gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.” Rev-elation
14:6, NIV. Who is this message for? Is it aimed only at Canadians or those who speak Spanish
or those who live in big cities? No, it’s for everyone, a universal message for the whole world.
The angel is preaching “the everlasting gospel.” The gospel doesn’t change. The good news that
saved Paul is the same good news that will save the last person on earth. There’s only one parachute
ever made that can rescue sinful human beings— Jesus’ love and salvation. The everlasting gospel an-. . .
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swers the most important question you’ll ever face—What must I do to be saved? We’re sinners, both
in nature and in behavior. But we can’t see the problem if we just keep saying, “I’m OK, everything’s
fine. I’m no worse than most other people.” If we don’t understand our fall from grace, we won’t see
the day of final judgment rushing up to meet us. We won’t pull the ripcord. Then the everlasting
gospel, that essential parachute, can’t save us.
The angel continues in Revelation 14:7: “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His
judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” This
message has four parts. FIRST, “FEAR God.” To fear means to stand in awe, deeply admire, reverence,
or respect. Those we respect we long to please or obey. Fearing or respecting God and obeying Him
are often linked together. Ecclesiastes 12:13 says, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”
God’s last-day message calls us to obey Him at a time when millions feel responsible only to their
own “inner sense” of right. Millions feel “I can do whatever I choose; I’m accountable only to myself;
there’s no standard of right or wrong outside of my own mind.” But the Book of Revelation shouts an
urgent call: “Fear God”—obey God. There is a standard outside of your mind. God sends an urgent,
loving, truth-filled message calling us back to obedience to Him.
SECOND, Revelation 14:7 says, “Give GLORY to Him.” Giving God glory means honoring Him in
everything we do. Glory is a word reserved for the highest form of adoration. To give God glory means
our entire lifestyle is surrendered to His will. 1 Corinthians 10:31 says, “Therefore whether you eat or
drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 6:20 adds, “For you were bought
with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God’s.” Glorify God in
all your actions. You don’t glorify God by placing abusive substances in your body or by polluting your
mind with this world’s filth. You do it by saying, “Lord, my body, mind, and spirit are Yours.”
THIRD, Revelation 14:7 says: “Worship Him who MADE heaven and earth, the sea and springs
of water.” Why should we fear and glorify and worship God? One good reason the Bible gives is that
He’s the Creator. We worship the true God, the One who created us. Revelation 4:11 echoes: “You are
worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You CREATED all things and by Your will they
exist and were created.” In an age when the popular, so-called scientific view is that we evolved over
millions of years from simple life forms like amoebas to complex forms of life called humans, God calls
us back to worshiping Him as the Creator, back to exalting Him as the One who made all things.
Earth’s final conflict will pivot on this subject of worship: While Revelation 14:7 calls us to wor-ship
the Creator, Revelation 14:9 calls us to avoid worshiping the beast. These two worships—of the
Creator or the beast—form the heart of a titanic struggle between good and evil. The coming economic
boycott, the enforcement of the Mark of the Beast, the mysterious #666 all have to do with this final
battle over worship. We’ll fully explain the significance of what it means to worship the Creator and
how to avoid receiving the Mark of the Beast in future presentations.
FOURTH, Revelation 14:7 says, “The hour of God’s JUDGMENT has come.” Here is a double
meaning: Certainly God will execute judgment and put an end to sin. But in another sense He Himself
is the subject of judgment. Remember that at the beginning of time, a rebel angel challenged God’s
character. Lucifer claimed that God was unfair, unjust. He made these accusations before the whole
universe. Now, ages later, He wants to clear His good name and vindicate His actions. The universe
has seen the results of Satan’s evil work as well as all God has done to save us. The judgment proves
God has been fair with each individual. His character is vindicated. At the end of time, the whole
universe will joyfully proclaim in one chorus of praise, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous
are your judgments.” Revelation 16:7.
Jesus is coming back, not to destroy sinners, but to destroy sin. That’s why He’s given us this
urgent message about His judgment, so He can rescue you.
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“IT IS WRITTEN . . .”
Revelation 14:6-12 God’s urgent message in earth’s last hour is His final call to a dying planet.
Revelation 14:6 (first part) The “everlasting gospel” never changes—it’s always new,
always true.
Revelation 14:6 (last part) This message is to go to all the world, to everyone everywhere.
Revelation 14:7 (first part) God calls us to “give glory to Him” in every aspect of life.
1 Corinthians 10:31 Paul says we can glorify God in what we eat or drink or whatever we do.
1 Corinthians 6:20 Since Jesus bought us—ransomed us—with His blood, we should
glorify Him.
Revelation 14:7 (middle) The angel announces that “the hour of God’s judgment has come.”
Revelation 22:12 Since Jesus comes to give out His rewards, there must be a judgment before
He comes, to determine who receives what reward, when He comes.
Daniel 7:9-10 Daniel saw the sitting of the Supreme Court of the Universe and the opening
of the judgment while events proceeded on earth before the Second Coming.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 God will bring every secret thing into judgment.
Hebrews 4:13 All things are open unto God.
2 Corinthians 5:10 We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.
Romans 14:12 Everyone must give account of himself to God.
Psalm 87:4-6 In the judgment the Lord considers where we were born.
Revelation 14:7 (last part) Heaven’s final message calls all humanity to worship God as the
Creator—to “worship Him who MADE” all things.
Revelation 4:11 The very basis of all true worship is the fact that God created us—He’s
our Maker.
John 1:1-3, 10, 14 Since Jesus was the active Agent in creation, Revelation’s final call to
worship the Creator is a call to honor Jesus.
Revelation 16:7 All God’s judgments are righteous and true.
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Quick Quiz
Our heavenly Father has so much He longs to teach us! Think of each seminar session as one in a series
of steps leading upward—a series of “lessons from heaven.” May we learn our lessons well, so we in turn
can teach others. God’s Word, the Bible—our Textbook for this seminar—offers Learning Unlimited!
#7 – Revelation’s Most Amazing Prophecy
1. Paul urges, “Whether you __________ or ________________ , or ________________________
you do, do all to the __________________ of God.”
To check your answer, see 1 Corinthians 10:31.
2. “The ___________ of God’s ______________________ has come” could have a double mean-ing,
(1) referring to the Lord’s evaluation of all people, and (2) a judgment of God Himself—
an official vindication of God’s actions and character in the light of history, answering
Lucifer’s slanderous charges.
To check your answer, see Revelation 14:7.
3. . T Since Jesus comes to give out His rewards, there must be a judgment before He
. F comes, to determine who receives what reward, when He comes..
To check your answer, see Revelation 22:12.
4. The Bible says we should glorify God because “Ye are _________________ with a
_____________ ,” — the costly payment of Christ’s blood—so we belong to Him by both
creation and redemption.
To check your answer, see 1 Corinthians 6:20.
5. In this age of widespread belief in atheistic evolution, Heaven’s final message calls us to
honor God as CREATOR—that is, to “ ______________________ Him who ______________”
all things.
To check your answer, see Revelation 14:7.
Your Name: __________________________________________
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Revelation Reveals
How Jesus Will Come
IT IS WRITTEN’S
The triumphs of technology are inspiring. The achievements of the space program are so tangible and
specific. All the complex details—the flow of rocket fuel, the humming of computers, the astronaut’s check
list—fit together like clockwork. But religious hope today tends to be vague and shapeless. People have
hunches about life after death; people imagine what heaven might be like. We don’t have much that’s
specific or tangible, just a light at the end of the tunnel or mankind somehow stumbling into love and peace.
Vague hope is OK as a few lines on a greeting card. But what about when death comes close and you’re
face to face with eternity? Vague hope doesn’t do much for us then. We need something more than
hunches. We need something specific to cling to.
And God HAS laid out His end-time plan for our world in the Scriptures. He’s specific and eager to tell
us what’s coming, what we can hope for. Much of God’s wonderful picture is in the Book of Revelation.
Revelation pictures the Event that brings human history to a climax in various dramatic ways:
Revelation 14:14. John writes: “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.” This pictures Jesus
coming in glory, coming to a world ripe for the harvest.
Revelation 19:11-14: “Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on
him was called Faithful and True. . . . And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean,
followed Him on white horses.” This is Jesus Christ riding down like a triumphant general, leading the hosts
of heaven, coming to rescue His people from a doomed planet.
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 tells us what will happen to believers: “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will
not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must
clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.” This is not some mystic speculating
about the future. This is the God of the Universe telling us about His end-time plan! He will re-create us as
imperishable beings. When? At the last trumpet. 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17 says Christ will descend with
the trumpet call of God, and the dead will rise from their graves!
Scripture outlines God’s end-time plan. It also says an enemy will try to sabotage that plan. Speaking
about the appearance of false christs, Jesus warned in Luke 17:23,24, NIV: “Men will tell you, ‘There he is!’
or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go running off after them. For the Son of Man in His day will be like the lightning,
which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.” Charismatic figures will arise in the last days
and claim to be Christ. Their miracle-working powers will seduce many people. They’ll gain large follow- . . .
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ings, and people will come to you excitedly, with glowing faces, and say, “We’ve seen Christ face-to-face!
There He is! Come and see Him.” And what are we told to do? “Don’t go running off after them.” Christ
won’t suddenly appear on a talk-show in New York or as a miracle-worker on the streets of Paris. He won’t
rise up from somewhere down here—He’ll be coming down from up there.
People can fake miracles; people can claim to be Christ. Even Satan himself, who can masquerade as
an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14) may try to impersonate Christ. But no one can counterfeit the
Second Coming as the Bible describes it. It will be unmistakably real. When the heavens above us explode
and ten thousand angels lift their voices, and the unspeakable glory of God Almighty breaks through the
clouds, no one will wonder who has come calling!
Some have misinterpreted a few Scripture texts and built up the picture of a Secret Rapture, where
individuals are whisked away to heaven while others go about their business. The Secret Rapture theory relies
primarily on a few texts that speak of Christ coming like a thief in the night. We’re told to watch and be ready
for the unexpected event. On the surface this seems to imply a secret, perhaps invisible, event. But all the
Bible passages which discuss Jesus’ coming as a thief discuss not a secret coming but an unexpected one. Jesus
is not coming secretly to a chosen few—He’s coming suddenly when millions don’t expect Him.
The problem is, texts about Jesus coming like a thief stand side by side with texts about Jesus coming
in a blaze of glory. Peter in fact mentions the two in the same breath: “The day of the Lord will come like
a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire. . . .” 2 Peter 3:10,