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THE END OF TIME (11 OF 14)
by Central Christian Church of Arizona
Scripture: Revelation 5:1-14
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The End of Time (11 of 14)
Series: The Story
Jeremy Jernigan
Revelation 5
1) Today is a big day
a) We not only finish The Story
b) We are also covering the most confusing book of the Bible!
c) Title: The End of Time
d) Open your Bibles to Revelation 5
2) We often get an apocalyptic fever
a) The Left Behind book series have become huge bestsellers
b) They made a movie, and a remake already
c) Last year the second one came out with Nicholas Cage
i) Picture - Left Behind
ii) Rotten Tomatoes rated it a 2%
iii) ''I am now relatively certain there is a Hell and it is a darkened theater with no doors showing Left Behind on a loop for eternity.'' Joshua Starnes
iv) Just so we are clear... those are fictional stories
3) Revelation 1:1-2 ''The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw-that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.''
a) This is not revelation of the end of history
b) This is a revelation of Jesus Christ
c) Most of us go into this book with the wrong idea
d) Story: double beds
4) Revelation 1:3 ''Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.''
a) This is good news!
b) Big idea: Revelation is a reminder that it's worth it.
5) Revelation 1:4a ''John, to the seven churches in the province of Asia...''
a) This is the audience
b) It does not say....
i) To American Christians
ii) To Christians living thousands of years from now
c) So we must ask, how would the early Christians have understood this, not how would we understand this
i) Chapters 2-3 are instructions to real churches, with real people, alive at the time John writes this
ii) Revelation is a reminder that it's worth it.
iii) What would that have meant to them?
d) After we look at what ...
Series: The Story
Jeremy Jernigan
Revelation 5
1) Today is a big day
a) We not only finish The Story
b) We are also covering the most confusing book of the Bible!
c) Title: The End of Time
d) Open your Bibles to Revelation 5
2) We often get an apocalyptic fever
a) The Left Behind book series have become huge bestsellers
b) They made a movie, and a remake already
c) Last year the second one came out with Nicholas Cage
i) Picture - Left Behind
ii) Rotten Tomatoes rated it a 2%
iii) ''I am now relatively certain there is a Hell and it is a darkened theater with no doors showing Left Behind on a loop for eternity.'' Joshua Starnes
iv) Just so we are clear... those are fictional stories
3) Revelation 1:1-2 ''The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw-that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.''
a) This is not revelation of the end of history
b) This is a revelation of Jesus Christ
c) Most of us go into this book with the wrong idea
d) Story: double beds
4) Revelation 1:3 ''Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.''
a) This is good news!
b) Big idea: Revelation is a reminder that it's worth it.
5) Revelation 1:4a ''John, to the seven churches in the province of Asia...''
a) This is the audience
b) It does not say....
i) To American Christians
ii) To Christians living thousands of years from now
c) So we must ask, how would the early Christians have understood this, not how would we understand this
i) Chapters 2-3 are instructions to real churches, with real people, alive at the time John writes this
ii) Revelation is a reminder that it's worth it.
iii) What would that have meant to them?
d) After we look at what ...
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