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CHURCH

KINGDOM

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KINGDOM

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CHURCH

KINGDOM

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Matt. 24

JESUS HAD ALREADY PREPARED THEM FOR 70 ad BY TELLING THEM

TO FLEE. HISTORY REVEALS THAT ALL CHRISTIANS FLED TO PELLA.

WHY WRITE A WHOLE BOOK ABOUT SOMETHING JESUS HAD

ALREADY TOLD THEM ABOUT? HE TOLD THEM WHAT WOULD

HAPPEN AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

WHY WRITE A WHOLE BOOK TO THE PEOPLE IN

ASIA TO COMFORT THE PEOPLE IN PELLAABOUT

THE BATTLE OF THE JEWS IN JERUSALEM?

This battle began

in 66 and ended 3

years later!


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Eusebius refers to this by saying, owing to

a certain revelation given to holy men

among them, the whole body of the

church, before the war, removed across

the Jordan to Pella, and dwelt there insafety during those troublous times. (Hist.

Eccl., iii, 5)


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600 miles

John wrote Revelation to these seven churches of Asia

which are six hundred (600) miles away. Did he do it to

comfort the Christians in Pella about the destruction of

Jerusalem?

NOTE: The one thing we know

for sure is that he wrote

to the seven churches in Asia.

What was their problem?

Was it Jerusalems destruction?

Pella


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CHURCH

KINGDOM

Rev

Matt. 24

WHAT DID THE BOOK OF REVELATION DO FOR THE CHRISTIANS IN

JUDEA MORE THAN THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS DID? HIS TEACHING

SAVED THEM! HE TOLD THEM TO FLEE, AND THEY DID!

IN THREE YEARS THIS BATTLE WAS OVER

AND THE WHOLE WORLD COULD SEE THAT

GOD HAD KEPT HIS PROMISE


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CHURCH

KINGDOM

Rev

IF IT IS ABOUT JERUSALEM, THEN THE CHURCH IS LEFT IN THE DARK

ABOUT THE BIGGEST BATTLE IT WOULD FACE ROME.

IN THREE YEARS THIS BATTLE WAS OVER

AND THE WHOLE WORLD COULD SEE THAT

GOD HAD KEPT HIS PROMISE

BUT THE GREAT BATTLE WITH ROME WAS

JUST BEGINNING. WAS DANIEL RIGHT?

WOULD THE CHURCH WIN? THAT IS WHAT

THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS ABOUT.

R O M E


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CHURCH

KINGDOM

Rev

NOW, LETS LOOK AT


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CHURCH

KINGDOM

Dan. 2

Dan. 7

Dan. 2:44-45

Dan. 7:17-21


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STONE CUT OUT OF MOUNTAIN WITHOUT HANDS

IN THE DAYS OF

THE ROMAN

GOVT.


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DAN 2 DAN 7COMPARE


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Dan 7:17-1817 These greatThese great

beasts, which arebeasts, which are

four, are four kingsfour, are four kings,which shall arise out of

the earth.

18 But the saints of the

most High shall take

the kingdom, andandpossess the kingdompossess the kingdomfor ever, even for ever

and ever.


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Dan 7:21-23

21 I beheld, and the same

horn made warwith the

saints, and prevailed against

them;

22 Until the Ancient of days

came, and judgment was

given to the saints of the

most High; and the timecame that the saints

possessed the kingdom.

23 Thus he said, The fourth

beast shall be the fourth

kingdom upon earth, whichshall bediverse from all

kingdoms, and shalldevour

the wholeearth, and shall

tread it down, and break it in

pieces.


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Dan 7:21-23

21 I beheld, and the same

horn made warwith the

saints, and prevailed against

them;

22 Until the Ancient of days

came, and judgment was

given to the saints of the

most High; and the timecame that the saints

possessed the kingdom.

23 Thus he said, The fourth

beast shall be the fourth

kingdom upon earth, whichshall bediverse from all

kingdoms, and shalldevour

the wholeearth, and shall

tread it down, and break it in

pieces.

DANIELPROMISESDANIELPROMISES

DIVINEDIVINE

INTERVENTIONINTERVENTION.

THE KINGDOMOFTHE KINGDOMOF

GOD WILL WINGOD WILL WIN


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CHURCH

KINGDOM

Rev

Dan. 2:44

ROME

AND IT SHALL STAND FOREVER

CHRIST WILL WIN! THE KINGDOM WILL STANDCHRIST WILL WIN! THE KINGDOM WILL STAND

FOREVER! YOU BE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH!FOREVER! YOU BE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH!

IF YOU DO, YOU WILL REIGN WITH CHRIST!IF YOU DO, YOU WILL REIGN WITH CHRIST!


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CHURCH

KINGDOM

Dan. 2

Dan. 7

Dan. 2:44-45

Dan. 7:17-21

THIS WAS THE LAST OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY

TO BE FULFILLED. AND IT WOULD NOT BE FULFILLED

UNTIL 300 AD.

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Rev. 13:7: And it was given unto

him to make war with the

saints, and to overcome them:

and there was given to him

authority over every tribe andpeople and tongue and nation.


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CHURCH

KINGDOM

Rev

1. The battle is really between Christ & Satan

2. Christ will win the battle & Rome will lose

3. Christians just need to remain faithful and

Christ will take care of the rest.

4. Even if you have to die for Christ (beheaded

by Rome), you will reign with him in heaven.

(Rev. 20)


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These shall war against the Lamb

&

THE LAMB SHALL OVERCOME THEMFor he is

LORD OF LORDS&

KING OF KINGS

And they also shall overcome that are with him

BE THOU FAITHFUL

UNTO DEATH

&

I WILL GIVE UNTO THEE

THE CROWN OF LIFE

Rev. 2:10


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Tiberius

14-37

All prayers were addressed to Tiberius.They (the

Senators) raised their hands to the gods, to the statue of

Augustus and to the knees of Tiberius, when he ordered a

document to be produced and read. (Hailey, p. 63)

Caligula

37-41

He began his reign with moderation, but after an illness he

became mentally unbalanced and became one of the most

cruel and debased of men. He assumed the role of a god,

and insisted on being treated as a god----sending for the

most revered or artistically famous statues of the Greek

deities (including that of Juppiter at Olympia) and having

their heads replaced by his own. He established a shrine of

himself as God, with a priest, the costliest possible victims,

and a life-sized golden image, which was dressed every day

in clothes identical with those he happened to be wearing.

Caligula offended the Jews by commanding his statue to be

set up in the temple at Jerusalem, but he died before theorder cold be carried out.

Claudius

51-54

Claudius restored the Jew rights revoked by Caligula,

however he drove the Jews from Rome (Acts 18:2). He gave

Agrippa, grandson of Herod the Great, the Palestinian

kingdom formerly controlled by his grandfather.

Nero

54-68

He was fearful of his mother and half brother taking the throne so he

killed them both along with his wife. His life was filled with crimes and

immoralities of every conceivable character. Nero enjoyed having the

populace sacrifice to his image and wanted the people to think of him as a

god. It is said that in the entry of his golden house stood a bronze stature

of Nero as sun god, taller than the Statue of Liberty.

Nero is primarily remembered by the fire that destroyed a great part of

Rome. He blamed the Christians and used it to persecute those in Rome

severely, however it appears to be confined to Rome and not the whole

empire. It is believed by some that Nero outlawed the religion of Christ

and said it is not lawful for a Christian to exist. Whether this is true of nothis rule paved the way future emperors to make Christianity as an illicit

or forbidden religion in the empire.

Domitian

81-96

Hailey said, In Domitian the spirit of Nero was reincarnated and

soon his cruelties and crimes knew no bounds. Men of nobility were

put to death and he was discourteous and presumptuous. His vanity

and arrogance are well expressed in the salutation with which he

would have his letters begin. Our Lord God instructs you to doOur Lord God instructs you to do

this!this! Lord God became his regular title. He was conscious of the

feelings toward him and spend his last days in fear of death. A

conspiracy was formed and he was slain by the steward of his niece,

Domitilla. After his death the senators had his images torn down and

smashed, decreeing that all inscriptions referring to him must be

effaced and all records of his reign obliterated.


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Tiberius

14-37

Caligula

37-41

Claudius

51-54

Nero

54-68

Domitian

81-96

REVELATION

was undoubtedly written

during the reign of one

of these two emperors

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