148 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 4 - Book 13 - Babylon - "The World System"

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 13 BABYLON - "THE WORLD SYSTEM" Revelation 18 & 20 At the actual return of Christ, there will be tremendous judgment and wrath poured out upon the planet. Let's finish Revelation 19, where we have Christ depicted as coming on the white horse in verse 11: Revelation 19:11 Revelation 19:13-15 "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." I think verse 14 is referring to the Church Age Saints that will be that army, as well as an angelic host. Revelation 19:16-18 "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." Now verse 17: Scripture speaks of three heavens. The first heaven is the atmosphere where the birds fly. "That ye (these birds) may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great." John writes in verse 19: Revelation 19:19 "And I saw the beast (the man Anti-christ or the empire in which he ruled. The Anti-christ himself), and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army." Here is a beautiful, almost carbon copy of the Book of Revelation, concerning this last great battle before Christ's return. Zechariah 14:1-4 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle;... Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations,... Now to verse 20. Everything will move quickly now in getting the earth ready for His glorious Kingdom - that earthly Kingdom that has been talked about from the onset of human history. Revelation 19:20 Hell will one day go into the lake of fire. Then verse 21: Revelation 19:21 That is those armies that had fought against the Christ. Now let's go right on into Chapter 20, because as the soon as the Tribulation is ended and Christ has returned, we're going to set the stage now for that thousand years reign of Christ, what we call the Kingdom or Millennium here on the earth. Revelation 20:1 Now verse 2. Revelation 20:2 Revelation 20:3 "And cast him into the bottomless pit (that's not Hell, and it's not the lake of fire, but it's a unique place known only to God. The reason He can't send Satan to the lake of fire; that is a place for eternity. In other words the Millennium becomes another period of testing. God always does things in sevens. Even the citizens of the this Kingdom who will fill the earth during this thousand year Kingdom Age, will be normal flesh and blood people, having children, working, producing, but it will be in the absence of sin and Satan, and will be under the perfect righteous rule of Christ The King. From our place of authority as resurrected saints, God is going to give every believer an area of responsibility. "When I come into the Kingdom you shall rule over ten cities." I think this will carry over into the Kingdom. Revelation 20:4,5 Now let's go back to John's Gospel, Chapter 5. John 5:28 Some people take that to mean there will be only one resurrection. So let's go on with verse 29: John 5:29 "And shall come forth, they that have done good (the people of faith), unto the resurrection of life (that's the resurrection of the believers. Revelation calls that the first resurrection); and then they that have done evil (the unbeliever or lost person), unto the resurrection of damnation." That's the second resurrection. Let's qualify that statement. Let's go back for a moment to the Book of Daniel, to verse 8. Daniel asks the question: Daniel 12:8-12 (then God said) Now verse 13: Daniel 12:13 "But go thou thy way till the end be (Daniel wasn't supposed to understand): for thou shalt rest (die), and stand in thy lot (now what does the word lot mean? Let's see what the Apostle Paul says in I Corinthians Chapter 15. Jesus spoke as if they would happen maybe at the same time, but the rest of Scriptures state otherwise. Remember the Church Age hadn't come on the scene yet. There will be segments that will be resurrected in their own time. That's why Revelation says the first resurrection is the resurrection of life, and the second resurrection is the resurrection unto condemnation." I Corinthians 15:20,21 "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept (or have died)." "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead." In other words if you die and God is going to keep His promises, we must be resurrected. Certainly the lost will be resurrected. The lost are not going to be resurrected until after the thousand year Kingdom rule. Then they will be resurrected at the Great White Throne to be judged. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible