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Steve Webb: That's just plain
foolish.

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This is the Lifespring! One Year
Bible coming to you from

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Riverside, California and
podcasting since 2004. My name

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is Steve Webb I am your OG
Godcaster is prophecy Friday.

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and our reading today is
Revelation 12 through 17. The

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website is Lifespringmedia.com.
and I'll have contact

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information at the end of
today's show. Before we read,

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let's pray. Our heavenly Father,
Lord, we thank You for Your

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Word. and we thank you for the
book of Revelation. We pray,

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Lord, that as we read this
sometimes very difficult to

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understand book, we pray that
you would teach us, help us to

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see what it is you want us to
understand. Teach us we pray in

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Jesus name, Amen. All right,
beloved, are you ready? Let's

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begin.

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Revelation chapter 12, is a
great sign was seen in heaven. A

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woman clothed with the sun and
the moon under her feet, and on

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her head, a crown of 12 stars.
She was with child, she cried

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out in pain, laboring to give
birth. Another sign was seen in

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heaven. Behold, a great red
dragon having seven heads and 10

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horns, and on his head's seven
crowns, His tail drew 1/3 of the

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stars of the sky and threw them
to the earth. The dragon stood

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before the woman who was about
to give birth, so that when she

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gave birth, he might devour her
child. She gave birth to his

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son, a male child, who was to
rule all the nations with a rod

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of iron. Her child was caught up
to God and to his throne. The

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woman fled into the wilderness
where she has a place prepared

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by God, that there they may
nourish her 1260 days, there was

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war in the sky, Michael and his
angels made war on the dragon,

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the dragon and his angels made
war. They didn't prevail.

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Neither was a place found for
him anymore in heaven. The great

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dragon was thrown down the old
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Devil and Satan, the deceiver of
the whole world. He was thrown

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down to the earth, and his
angels were thrown down with

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him. I heard a loud voice in
heaven, saying, now the

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salvation, the power, and the
kingdom of our God, and the

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authority of his Christ has come
for the accuser of our brothers

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has been thrown down, who
accuses them before our God day

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and night. They overcame him
because of the lambs blood, and

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because of the word of their
testimony, they didn't love

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their life, even to death.
Therefore, rejoice heavens, and

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you who dwell in them, whoa to
the Earth into the sea, because

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the devil has gone down to you,
having great wrath, knowing that

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he has but a short time. When
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thrown down to the earth, he
persecuted the woman who gave

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birth to the male child. Two
wings of the great eagle were

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given to the woman that she
might fly into the wilderness to

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her place, so that she might be
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and half the time from the face
of the serpent. The serpent

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spewed water out of his mouth
after the woman like a river,

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that he might cause her to be
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Earth helped the woman and the
earth opened its mouth, and

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swallowed up the river which the
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The dragon grew angry with a
woman and went away to make war

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with the rest of our offspring,
who keep God's commandments and

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hold Jesus testimony.

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Revelation chapter 13. Then I
stood on the sand of the sea, I

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saw a beast coming up out of the
sea, having 10 horns and seven

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heads. On his horns were 10
crowns, and on his heads

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blasphemous names. The beast,
which I saw was like a leopard,

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and his feet were like those of
a bear and his mouth like the

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mouth of a lion. The dragon gave
him his power, his throne and

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great authority. One of his
heads looked like it had been

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wounded fatally, his fatal wound
was healed, and the whole earth

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marveled at the beast. They
worshipped the dragon because he

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gave his authority to the beast,
and they worshiped the beast

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saying, who was like the beast
who was able to make war with

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him, a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemy was given

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to him. authority to make war
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He opened his mouth for
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blaspheme his name and his
dwelling, those who dwell in

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heaven. It was given to him to
make war with the saints and to

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overcome them. authority over
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and nation was given to him. All
who dwell on the earth will

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worship him, everyone whose name
has not been written from the

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foundation of the world, in the
book of life of the Lamb who has

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been killed. If anyone has an
ear, let him hear. If anyone has

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to go into captivity, he will go
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be killed with the sword, he
must be killed. Here is the

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endurance and the faith of the
saints. I saw another beast

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coming up out of the air If he
had two horns like a lamb, and

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he spoke like a dragon, and he
exercises all the authority of

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the first beast in his presence,
he makes the earth and those who

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dwell in it to worship the first
beast, whose fatal wound was

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healed. He performs great signs,
even making fire come down out

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of the sky to the earth in the
sight of people. He deceives my

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own people who dwell on the
earth because of the signs he

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was granted to do in front of
the beast, saying to those who

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dwell on the earth, that they
should make an image to the

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beast who had the sword wound
and lift, it was given to him to

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

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the beast should both speak and
causes many is wouldn't worship

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the image of the beast to be
killed. He causes all the small

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and the Great, the rich and the
poor, the free and the slave to

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be given marks on their right
hands or on their foreheads, and

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that no one would be able to buy
or sell unless he has that mark,

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the name of the beast or the
number of his name. Here is

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wisdom. He who has
understanding, let him calculate

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the number of the beast for it
is the number of a man his

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number is 666.

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Revelation chapter 14, I saw and
behold, the Lamb standing on

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Mount Zion, and with him a
number 144,000 having his name

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and the name of his father
written on their foreheads. I

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heard a sound from heaven, like
the sound of many waters, and

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like the sound of a great
thunder. The sound which I heard

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was like that of harpists
playing on their harps. They

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sang a new song before the
throne. and before the four

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living creatures and the elders,
no one could learn the song

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except the 144,000, those who
had been redeemed out of the

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earth. These are those who were
not defiled with women, for they

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are virgins. These are those who
follow the Lamb wherever He

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goes. These were redeemed by
Jesus from among men, the first

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fruits to God and to the Lamb.
in their mouth was found no lie

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for their blameless I saw an
angel flying in mid heaven,

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having an eternal good news to
proclaim those who dwell on the

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earth, and to every nation,
tribe, language and people. He

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said with a loud voice, Fear the
Lord and give Him glory, for the

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hour of His judgment has come
worship Him who made the

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heavens, the earth, the sea and
the springs of waters.Another a

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second angel followed, saying,
Babylon the Great has fallen,

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which has made all the nations
to drink of the wine of the

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wrath of her sexual immorality,
and another angel, a third,

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follow them saying with a great
voice. If anyone worships the

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beast and his image and receives
a mark on his forehead, or on

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his hand, he also will drink of
the wine of the wrath of God,

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which is prepared unmixed in the
cup of his anger, he will be

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tormented with fire and sulfur
in the presence of the holy

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angels, and in the presence of
the Lamb. The smoke of their

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torment goes up forever and
ever. They have no rest, day and

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night, those who worship the
beast and his image, and whoever

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receives the mark of his name.
Here is the perseverance of the

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saints, those who keep the
commandments of God and the

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faith of Jesus. I heard a voice
from heaven saying, right, bless

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it are the dead who die in the
Lord from now on. Yes, says the

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Spirit, that they may rest from
their labors for their works

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follow with them. I looked and
behold a white cloud. and on the

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cloud one sitting like a son of
man, having on his head, a

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golden crown, and in his hand, a
sharp sickle. Another angel came

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out of the temple, crying with a
loud voice to him who sat on the

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cloud, send your sickle and reap
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for the harvest of the earth is
ripe. He who sat on the cloud,

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Thrust his sickle on the earth,
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Another angel came out of the
temple, which is in heaven, he

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also had a sharp sickle. Another
angel came out from the altar,

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He who has power over fire, and
he called with a great voice to

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him who had the sharp sickle,
saying, Send your sharp sickle

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and gather the clusters of the
vine of the earth. For the

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earth, scrapes are fully ripe.
The angel thrust his sickle into

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the earth, and gathered the
vintage of the earth, and threw

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it into the great wind press of
the wrath of God. The wind press

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was trodden outside of the city,
and blood came out of the wind

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press, even to the bridles of
the horses. As far as 1600

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stadia in

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Revelation, chapter 15. I saw
another great and marvelous sign

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in the sky, seven angels having
the seven last plagues for in

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them God's wrath is finished. I
saw something like a sea of

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glass mixed with fire, and those
who overcame the beast, his

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image and the number of his name
standing on the sea of glass

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having harps of God. They sang
the song of Moses, the servant

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of God and the song of the Lamb
saying, Great and marvelous are

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Your works, Lord God, the
Almighty, righteous and true are

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your ways you king of the
nations. Who wouldn't fear you,

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Lord and glorify your name, For
you are holy, for all the

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nations will come and worship
before you, for your righteous

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acts have been revealed. After
these things I looked, and the

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temple of the tabernacle of the
testimony in heaven was opened,

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the seven angels who had the
seven plagues came out clothed

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with Pure Bright linen, and
wearing golden sashes around

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their breasts. One of the four
living creatures gave to the

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seven angels, seven golden bowls
full of the wrath of God who

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lives forever and ever. The
temple was filled with smoke

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from the glory of God, and from
his power, no one was able to

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enter into the temple until the
seven plagues of the seven

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angels will be finished.

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Revelation chapter 16. I heard a
loud voice out of the temple,

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saying to the seven angels, Go
and pour out the seven bowls of

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the wrath of God on the earth.
The first went and poured out

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his bowl into the earth, and it
became a harmful and evil sore

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on the people who had the mark
of the beast and who worshipped

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his image. The second angel
poured out his bowl into the

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sea, and it became blood as of a
dead man. Every living thing in

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the sea died, the third poured
out his bowl into the rivers and

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springs of water, and they
became blood. I heard the angel

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of the waters saying, you are
righteous, who are and who were

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you holy one, because you have
judged these things, for they

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poured out the blood of the
saints and prophets, and you

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have given them blood to drink.
They deserve this. I heard the

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altar saying, Yes, Lord God, the
Almighty, true and righteous are

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your judgments. The fourth
poured out his bowl on the sun,

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and it was given to him to
scorch men with fire. People

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were scorched with great heat,
and people blasphemed, the name

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of God who has the power over
these plagues. They didn't

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repent and give Him glory. The
fifth poured out his bowl on the

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throne of the beast and his
kingdom was darkened. They nod

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their tongues because of the
pain and they blaspheme the God

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of heaven because of their pains
and their sores. They didn't

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repent of their works. The six
poured out his bowl on the great

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river, the Euphrates, its water
was dried up, that the way might

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be prepared for the kings that
come from the sunrise, I saw

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coming out of the mouth of the
dragon and out of the mouth of

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the beast, and out of the mouth
of the false prophet, three

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unclean spirits, something like
frogs, for their spirits of

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demons, performing signs which
go out to the kings of the whole

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inhabited Earth, to gather them
together for the war of that

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great day of God the Almighty.
Behold, I come like a thief.

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Blessed is he who watches and
keeps his clothes so that he

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doesn't walk naked, and they see
his shame. He gathered them

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together into the place which is
called in Hebrew Megiddo. The

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sevens poured out his bowl into
the air, a loud voice came out

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of the temple of heaven from the
throne, saying it is done. There

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were lightnings sounds and
thunders. and there was a great

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earthquake, such as was not
since there were men on the

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earth, so great an earthquake,
so mighty. The great city was

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divided into three parts and the
cities of the nations fell.

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Babylon the grade was remembered
in the sight of God to give to

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her the cup of the wine of the
fierceness of his wrath. every

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island fled away, and the
mountains were not found. Great

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hailstones about the weight of a
talent came down out of the sky

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on people. People blaspheme to
God because of the plague of the

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hail for this plague is
exceedingly severe.

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Revelation chapter 17. Then one
of the seven angels who had the

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seven jars came to me, he said,
Come, I will show you how the

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powerful woman who sells the use
of her body will be punished.

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She sits on the many waters of
the world, the kings of the

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earth have done sex sins with
her, the people of the world

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have been made drunk with a wine
of her sex sins. I was carried

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away in the spirit by the angel
to a desert. I saw a woman

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sitting on a red wild animal. It
had seven heads and 10 horns.

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All over the red wild animal was
written bad names, which spoke

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against God. The woman was
wearing purple and red clothes.

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She was wearing gold and pearls
and stones worth much money. and

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she had in her hand a gold cup
full of sinful things from her

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sex sins. There was a name
written on her forehead, which

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had a secret meaning it said,
the big and powerful Babylon

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mother of all women who sell the
use of their bodies, and mother

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of everything sinful of the
earth. I looked at the woman she

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was drunk with the blood of
God's people, and those who had

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been killed for telling about
Jesus. Well I saw her, I

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wondered very much. The angel
asked me, Why do you wonder? I

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will tell you the secret about
this woman and the red wild

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animal that carries her. It is
the red wild animal was seven

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heads and 10 horns. The red wild
animal you saw was alive but is

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now dead. He will come up from
the hole without a bottom and be

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destroyed. The people of the
earth whose names have not been

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written in the book of life from
the beginning of the world, will

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be surprised as they look at the
red wild animal. He was alive

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but not now, but will yet come.
Here is where we need wisdom.

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The seven heads of the animal or
mountains where the woman sits,

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they are seven kings, also. Five
of them are no longer kings. The

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sixth one is now King, the
seventh one will be king, but

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only for a little while. The red
wild animal that died is the

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eighth king. He belongs to the
first seven kings, but he will

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be destroyed also, the 10 horns
of the red wild animal which you

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saw are 10 kings, they have not
become leaders yet, but they

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will be given the right and the
power to lead their nations for

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one hour with the red wild
animal. They agree to give the

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right and the power to the red
wild animal. and these kings

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will fight and make war with a
lamb. But the lamb will win the

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war because he is Lord of lords
and King of Kings. His people

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are the called and chosen and
faithful ones. Then the angel

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said to me, you saw the waters
where the woman who sold the use

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of her body is sitting. The
waters are people in large

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groups of people and nations and
languages. The 10 horns you saw

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in the red wild animal will hate
the woman who sold the use of

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her body, they will take
everything from her and even her

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clothes, they will eat her flesh
and burn her with fire. God put

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in their minds a plan that would
carry out his desire, they will

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agree to give their nation to
the read wild animal until the

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words of God had been completed.
The woman you saw is the big and

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powerful city that has power
over the kings of the earth.

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Ephesians 6:12 says, "...for our
wrestling is not against flesh

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and blood but against the
principalities, against the

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powers against the world's
rulers of the darkness of this

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age, and against the spiritual
forces of wickedness in the

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heavenly places." In today's
reading of revelation 12, we saw

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more of that spiritual warfare
with what John described as a

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great sign in heaven, a woman
clothed with the sun and the

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moon under her feet, and on her
head a crown of 12 stars. Most

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commentators agree that the
woman represents the church, the

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bride of Christ, the son is
Jesus, the crown of 12 stars as

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the 12 apostles, and the moon is
the Jewish people. Of course,

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the dragon is Satan who has
tried from the very beginning of

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human history to destroy
humanity in general in the

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church and particular, this
warfare will continue until

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Satan is thrown into the pit.
One thing we do know is that his

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defeat is as sure as sure can
be, the war has already been

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won. The battles continue only
because of God's great love as

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He waits for the fullness of
time, and the final soul to be

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added to the role of believers.
Until then our job is to

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proclaim the gospel, the good
news of a risen Savior. This is

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what is meant in chapter 12
Verse 11, which says, they

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meaning the believers overcame
him meaning Satan, because of

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the lambs blood, and because of
the word of their testimony.

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They didn't love their life,
even to death. Yes, there will

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be martyrs. But as we've already
seen, God will dry their tears.

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The important thing, beloved, is
to remain faithful. Whatever we

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go through here on Earth is
temporary and fleeting. and an

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eternity with God is certainly
something glorious to look

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forward to, don't you think? and
then as we read Revelation and

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try to understand the prophecies
contained in it, like the fall

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of Babylon and the mark of the
beast to the 666, which is the

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number of a man, it's natural.
and this has been happening

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probably since John wrote the
book of Revelation to try to

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understand them and put them
into a familiar frame of

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reference. For example,
considering the number of 666.

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Throughout history, believers
have thought that it was Nero to

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Mohamed to Henry Kissinger to
Barack Obama to George Soros to

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Klaus Schwab. I'm certainly not
going to venture a guess because

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until he is revealed to guesses
just to guess, we can know this.

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The number does represent a very
real person, and when the time

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comes, everybody's going to know
who he is. Now, some people are

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superstitious about the number.
If the total at the cash

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register comes up to 666 They'll
buy something else to change it.

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Athletes who are assigned entry
number 666 oftentimes will ask

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for a different number or
they'll refuse to compete.

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Listen. In my opinion, that's
just plain foolish as all

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superstitions are. So in terms
of Babylon, who is this great

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city, this one who sinned
greatly caused others to sin was

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rich and brought riches to those
who threw in with her, and was

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drunk with a blood of God's
people. Are you ready? Here's

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the answer. I don't know. I can
speculate. But I'm not going to.

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I just want to bring your
attention to something that

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should bring encouragement to
your heart. When we see evil

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arise, we can take heart knowing
that God will bring justice and

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judgment, even the harlot of
Babylon, whoever she may be, he

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will be destroyed. We do not
serve an impotent God. We do not

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serve a Deaf God. We do not
serve a heartless God, we serve

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a God who acts at precisely the
perfect time. and when the time

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comes for judgment, it will come
swiftly and surely, all these

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prophecies we read about in
Revelation will happen just as

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the prophecies of Jesus first
coming did. The best thing for

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us to do beloved in preparation
for His Second Coming, is to do

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the work he called us to do love
God with all of our heart and

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soul and mind, love others and
share the good news until the

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day of his coming, or until
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