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SilenceThen a World Gone Wild

Revelation 8
Message Sixteen " www.hbcbluesprings.org
I. PRELUDE IN HEAVENLY PLACES, 1-6
The Angels of Heaven Unfurled
A. Silent Stillness, 1
B. Smoking Censers, 2-4
1. Preview, 2
2. Prayers, 3-4
C. Solemn Setup, 5-6
1. Chaotic Humanity, 5
2. Coordinated Horns, 6
II. DESOLATION IN TERRESTRIAL PLACES,
7-11
The Elements of Nature Hurled
A. Brewing Storm on Land, 7
B. Boiling Seas on Ocean, 8-9
C. Banished Star in Rivers, 10-11
III. AGITATION IN CELESTIAL PLACES, 12-13
The Aftermath for the World
A. Action in the Sky, 12
B. Announcement of the Sequel, 13
FOUR WAYS TO INTERPRET REVELATION
1. Preterist (Past Church History)
2. Historicist (World History)
3. Idealist (Metaphorically))
4. Futurist (Prophecy)
Heb 4:16 Let us
therefore come
boldly unto the
throne of grace, that
we may obtain
mercy, and nd
grace to help in time
of need.
A SAINTS-EYE VIEW OF
GODS ETERNAL PURPOSE IN REVELATION
1. Glorifying God, 1-5
A. Worshiping the Lamb, 1-3
B. Worthy Is the Lamb, 4-5
2. By Jesus Christ, 6-18
C. Wrath of the Lamb, 6-18
3. Through His Body, the Church, 19-22
D. Wedding of the Lamb, 19-20
E. Wife of the Lamb, 21-22
Two HALVES TO THE TRIBULATION, MATT 24
A. Birth pangs, Matt 24:6-8
B. The Great Tribulation, Matt 24:15-21
WHAT THE TRIBULATION WILL BE
A TRIO OF 7 JUDGMENTS
1. A world ruined by man (7 seals opened),
Rev 6-7
2. A world ruled by Satan (7 trumpets blown),
Rev 8-13
3. A world rescued by God (7 vials poured),
Rev 14-20
Harvest
Baptist
Church
glorifying
God, by
Jesus
Christ,
through his
body the
church
JESUSUNVEILED
Thesis:
God is so
powerful he
purposely acts to
preserve your free
will
Revelation
HARMONIZING THE PROPHETIC WORD
The Coming of Messiah the Prince
Daniel Revelation
Four Empires The Last Empire
Roman Rule Summarized The New Romans Detailed
Things on Earth On Earth and in Heaven
Jews and Gentile Domination The Church, Jews and Gentiles
Ends with the Millennial Kingdom Ends with Eternity

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AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS
OF OUR NEED FOR
PREPARATION
1. Our shelter is ____-
________, because the
prayers of the saints
are more important to
God than all the chaos
on this planet, 1
2. Our shelter is
____________________,
because cover for the Christian is based on
his spiritual activity, 3-4
3. The security of our shelter is designed to
keep you ready for immediate
______________, 2
RISE OF THE DARK NIGHT
1. Judgment falls in a brewing storm on the
land to bring justice on ____________, 7
BLOWING THE TRUMPET
A. Sounded an __________, Num 10:1-8
B. Signaled the ______________ of royalty
C. Summoned the ________ to battle, Num
10:9
2. Judgment falls with boiling seas on the
ocean to bring justice on the
______________________, 8-9
3. Judgment falls from a banished star on the
rivers to bring justice on the powers behind
the ______________, 10-11
4. Judgment falls from smitten celestial objects
in the sky to bring justice on the people who
________ just for this world system, 12
Point 1. In the Bible, the trumpet sound is a
sign God is about to __________________ in
human history.
Point 2. Revelation 8 is Gods intervening
judgment on mankind through the events of
human ____________________.
Isa 40:6-8 The voice said, Cry. And he said,
What shall I cry? All esh is grass, and all the
goodliness thereof is as the ower of the eld:
The grass withereth, the ower fadeth:
because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon
it: surely the people is grass. The grass
withereth, the ower fadeth: but the word of
our God shall stand for ever.
FOUR APPLICATIONS FROM
SOUNDING THE ALARMS IN REVELATION
1. Do not put your trust in ____________,
because all men are but grass
2. Do not put your trust in ________________,
because governments are in turmoil
3. Do not put your trust in ________________,
because their secret light is only darkness
4. Do not ____________ Gods heavenly calling
or you will be relegated to the fate of this
planet
Jer 51:25,27 Behold, I am against thee, O
destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which
destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out
mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from
the rocks, and will make thee a burnt
mountain. Set ye up a standard in the land,
blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare
the nations against her, call together against
her the kingdoms
Luke 10:18 I beheld Satan as lightning fall from
heaven.
James 1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with
a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and
the ower thereof falleth, and the grace of the
fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich
man fade away in his ways.
Phil 3:18-20 (For many walk, of whom I have
told you often, and now tell you even weeping,
that they are the enemies of the cross of
Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God
is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame,
who mind earthly things.) For our conversation
is in heaven; from whence also we look for the
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Revelation 8 Rise of the Dark Night
Aligning Your Life to Gods Future!
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Symbols in
Revelation
Numbers
4 the created world
6 mans imperfection
666 the worst human
7 Gods perfect works
10 the Gentile nations
12 the Jewish kingdom
1000 the literal Millennium
Colors
Black famine
Pale death
White victory
Objects
Scroll Gods record
Bowls carry things
Dragon Devil
Harlot idolatry
Horns power
Incense prayer
Lampstands churches
Sea Gentile peoples
Seals ownership
Trumpets intervention
THE GREAT JUDGMENT
Righteousness of Gods Justice
7 Trumpets Sound JUDGMENT 7 Vials Poured
8:6-7 On Earth 16:1-2; 14:9-11
8:8-9 On Ocean 16:3
8:10-11 On Rivers 16:4-7
8:12-13 In Heavens 16:8-9
9:1-12 Mankinds Torment 16:10-11
9:13-21 An Army 16:12-16
11:15-19 Angry Nations 16:17-21; 14:17-20