Revelation Week 7 - Whose Side are You On?
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The Revelation to JohnWeek 7– Whose Side are You on?
Welcome!Please take one of each of the papers
laid out by the sink!
7 L
ett
ers
to
7 C
hurc
hes
(Revela
tion 1
-3)
The T
hro
ne
Room
(R
evela
tion 4
-11)
Cosm
ic W
ar
(Revela
tion 1
2-
22)
Nero Redivivus (Returned)
The Sea Beast
It C
am
e f
rom
the
Sea!
The Sea Beast
The Land Beast
The Image of the Beast
The Image of the BeastGod said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image, to be like ourselves…’ So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them… The LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.
-- Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7 (NLT)
The Mark of the Beast
The Mark of the Beast
The Army of the Lamb
The M
ess
age t
o U
s
The Sea Beast• Fathered by the Dragon
• Blasphemous titles (like “Son of God”)
• Slaughtered then resurrected
• Given authority by the dragon
• Wearing 10 crowns on Earth
The Lamb• Birthed (mothered) by the woman
• Son of God
• Slaughtered and resurrected
• Given the Sealed Scroll
• Rules in Heaven
Beast Power vs. Lamb Power
Jesus is “the Lamb that was slaughtered from the foundation of the world.” – Revelation 13:8
Beast Power vs. Lamb Power
The Land Beast• Led by Sea Beast, Sounds like
Dragon
• Bears witness to the Sea Beast
• Does wonders in the Beast’s name
• Shows the world the Beast’s image
• Seals with the Beast’s Mark
The Church• Shepherded by the Lamb
• Bears witness to the Lamb
• Does wonders in the Lamb’s name
• Shows the world the Lamb’s image
• Believers are sealed by God
Whose Side are You on?
1. What false image(s) of humanity does our culture celebrate?
2. How does the Church participate in perpetuating them?
3. What does taking the Beast’s mark look like today?
4. How are we reduced to commodities? How can the Church resist this?
Beast Power vs. Lamb Power
For Next WeekRead chapter 14-16.
• What similarities do you see to what’s already happened in Revelation?
• In light of what’s happening so far in this vision, how does this fit in?
• What’s confusing? What’s clear?
BONUS: What do the two harvests in 14 represent?