Revelation

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            Several years ago, the board felt it necessary to add a new statement to our statement of faith defining what we believe marriage to be.  It was presented to the congregation along with a source document that further explained our position.  This morning by way of introduction to this message I would like to read the statement and a portion of the source document to set the tone for our passage in Revelation this morning.

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            The entire book of Revelation has been building up to this chapter, the long-awaited return of Jesus Christ is quickly approaching.  God’s judgment on the earth is nearly complete with the seventh bowl of wrath having been poured out and the city of Babylon destroyed forever.  All that is left is for Jesus Christ to completely destroy those who oppose Him.  The scene in Revelation 19 shifts from earth where John has been viewing the judgment of Babylon, to heaven where a great celebration is taking place.

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            Most people today have heard the word Armageddon, it has been the title of a movie and usually used today to refer to the end of the world.  The truth is that Armageddon is a place where the end of the end times will culminate, but it does not signal the end of the world, but the beginning of the glorious reign of Jesus Christ on this earth for 1000 years.

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            Two Sundays ago in honor of our mothers we took a detour from the book of Revelation and looked at another letter written by the apostle John to a godly mother and her children.  2 John was written prior to John’s imprisonment on the island of Patmos where he received the visions he has recorded for us in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ.