Subj: Revelation 16:12-21
Date: 2/7/99 9:18:35 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: SERVFATHER
Revelation 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
And the sixth thing that will happen, is the boundry between Babel (confusion) and God's children will be removed. Which means confusion takes over the world.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
And John saw that three evil spirits come out of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet. These three spirits work together to control the world system.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
John tells us here how these evil spirits work. First of all they are from Satan and they will do miracles, for the rulers of the earth and everyone on earth, to get them to follow them instead of God.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Jesus tells us to keep awake, because he will come when you least expect it. Blessed is the one that is still awake and waiting for Jesus to return.
Because he will not have done any work for Satan and he will have spiritual clothes from his works he did for the Lord.
But everyone else on earth will not have any true works for God, because they worked for Satan thinking he was God. They will be ashamed for what they have done and how stupid they were.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
And the people were assembled in a place called "The valley of the gathering of the crowd."
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
The seventh thing that happened affected the breath of life, which is our spiritual man, not the flesh man. When this happen a voice said it is finished.
The Father has had enough at this time and as it is written in 1 Thessalonians and 1 Corinthians everyone on earth will be changed out of the flesh into their spiritual bodies at Jesus return, which is the seventh Trump, the seventh vial, and the seventh seal.
1Thes 4:17
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:(this word "air" means the breath of life not what we breathe or what birds fly in. It is what we will do.)
and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (this says from then on we will be in spiritual bodies no more flesh, just as the Lord is in a spiritual body.)
1 Cor 15:51-52
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(Here we are told that not everyone will die in the flesh, some of will still be alive in the flesh, when Jesus returns and we will be tranformed from the flesh to spiritual bodies.)
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
(We are even told how long it will take, instantly, and when this will happen, at the seven trump, everyone in the flesh will be changed into spiritual bodies, not just the christians.)
So now we know that we will not be taken out of this world at all, Jesus when he returns will change everyone to spiritual bodies and then set up his judgment, which will seperate the true christians from the rest of the world as it is written in Matthew 25.
Matt 25:32-33
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Do not let anyone tell you Jesus is returning three times, because it is not written. He came once as a baby and he will come again as he left, and he will stay here and "clean house", that is the reason the rest of the people of the world will be confused.
Revelation 16:18
And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
There will be so much commotion when this happens, the earth is going to be so shook up, they will not know what hit them.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Satan's system will answer to God now for all that it did to the people of the world. God has had enough of the lies and deception.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
The Kingdom of God was set up, and there was no more government of men. (when the bible speaks of mountains it is talking about government power.)
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
When this happens the great babylon system is destroyed by The Lord and the men of earth blaspheme God because their power is totally gone.
If you read on into chapter 17 & 18 you will see what these rulers did when Jesus returns. They are very upset as it is written.
Rev 18:9-11
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Rev 17:2
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
In His Service