John MacArthur | How it Ends

hell belches out demons who heretofore have been contained there they come to torment the world they have a king verse 11 says over them the angel of the abyss his name in hebrew is abaddon the greek is apollyon the destroyer worse is yet to come verse 13 the sixth angel sounded and the sixth angel blows the trumpet and what is released is a massive army of 200 million according to verse 16. 200 million and they come verse 18 and they kill a third of mankind by fire smoke brimstone no doubt contemporary weapons of some sort verse 20 shows you the response now they've gone through seven seals and six trumpets the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues didn't repent of the works of their hands so as not to worship demons and the idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which can neither see nor hear nor walk and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts no repentance john is seeing this vision of the future in chapter 11 in verse 15 we have the seventh angel sounding and here is the declaration the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our lord and of his christ and he will reign forever and ever the 24 elders representing the church sitting on the thrones before god fell on their faces in worship saying we give thanks o lord god the almighty who are and who were because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign and the nations were enraged and your wrath came and the time came for the dead to be judged and the time to reward your bond servants or your slaves the prophets and the saints and those who fear your name small and the great and to destroy those who destroy the earth the temple of god which was in heaven was opened the ark of his covenant appeared in his temple and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a hailstorm as the divine vengeance machine of god begins to roll again people are identified as those who destroy the earth they destroy the earth by sowing sin and reaping endless corruption chapter 16. in chapter 16 you have the seven bowls that come out of the seventh trumpet these are rapid fire in days or weeks and here is more seven bowls of the wrath of god seven bowls of the wrath of god a loud voice again there's 20 times that said in the book of revelation first angel pours his bowl on the earth and it becomes a loathsome and malignant sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image malignant it's actually the word el cos in greek from which we get ulcer second angel poured his bowl into the sea and it became blood like that of a dead man and every living thing in the sea died already a third of it is dead and now everything in the sea is dead as these final judgments come third angel pours out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water and they become blood fresh water is made toxic over the whole earth over the whole earth verse 8 the fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun and it was given to it to scorch men with fire maybe that's when it's going to be with no vegetation and no water to drink and the sun making the temperature 150 degrees men were scorched with fierce heat did they repent no they blasphemed the name of god who has power over these plagues and they didn't repent so as to give him glory the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast and his kingdom became darkened and they nod their tongues because of pain all the people who are part of the kingdom of the antichrist are inflicted with more pain and they blasphemed the god of heaven because of their pain and their sores and didn't repent of their deeds always the same reaction and then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river the euphrates and its water was dried up so the way would be prepared for the kings from the east what's that and i saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon the mouth of the beast and the mouth of the false prophet three unclean spirits like frogs spirits of demons and what are they doing they're gathering the armies of the world those that are left we're 16 to a place called armageddon a place called armageddon they come there to fight the son of god they don't repent the final devastation seventh angel pours out his bowl on the air and a loud voice again come comes out of the temple from the throne it is done flashes of lightning and sounds and peels of thunder and a great earthquake such as there has not been since man came to be upon the earth so great an earthquake was it and so mighty the great city was split into parts cities of the nations fell babylon the great was remembered before god to give her the cup of the wine of his fierce wrath babylon is the name for the final world religion and the final world global economic system every island fled away the earth's service was re adjusted earlier but now every island fled away in the mountains were not found everything is flattened out huge hailstones a hundred pounds each came down from heaven on men who blasphemed god because of the plague because its plague was extremely severe chapter 17 says at the same time god is destroying the world religion that has been developed chapter 18 he destroys the world economic system and you can read the details all of these tremendous judgments judgments on the land judgments on the sea judgments on the rivers judgments in the sky make environmentalism idiotic and to try to reset social structures folly because this is what is coming and we're nearer to it now than we've ever been there's a global world described in the book of revelation one world religion revelation 17 one world economic system revelation 18. we're closer to that than ever in history chapter 19 then christ comes i heard a loud voice again a great multitude in heaven saying hallelujah salvation and glory and power belong to our god because his judgments are true and righteous for he's judged the great harlot who is corrupting the earth with her immorality that's the false religious system he has avenged the blood of his slaves on her the second time they say hallelujah her smoke rises up forever and ever 24 elders representing the saints and the four living creatures the angels fell down and worshiped god who sits on the throne saying amen hallelujah and a voice came from the throne saying give praise to our god all you his slaves you who fear him the small and the great more hallelujahs peals of thunder verse 6 hallelujah for the lord our god the almighty reigns then the marriage supper of the lamb believers are given their rewards verse 11 heaven opens after heaven pours out praise at the beginning of the chapter heaven then opens and out comes a white horse and the one on it is faithful and true and this is a visionary picture of christ returning his eyes are a flame of fire on his head are many diadems all crowns he has a name written on him which no one knows except himself people always ask me what that name is it is clothed with a robe dipped in blood and his name was the word of god and the armies which are in heaven and that would be the angels and us clothed in fine linen white and clean are following him on white horses from his mouth comes a sharp sword so that with it he may strike down the nations and he will rule them with a rod of iron and treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of god the almighty and on his robe and on his thigh he has a name written king of kings and lord of lords there will be judgment an angel standing in the sun cries with a loud voice come assemble for the great supper of god you may eat the flesh of kings the flesh of commanders the flesh of mighty men flesh of horses and those who sat on the flesh of all men both free men and slaves small and great and i saw the beast the antichrist and the kings of the earth and his armies assembled to make war against him they were all brought together in the bull now they're at armageddon and obviously the lord is victorious the beast to seize the false prophet who deceived those who received the mark of the beast and worshipped his image the two were thrown into the lake of fire and which burns with brimstone the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of him who sat on the horse and all the birds were filled with their flesh that's how it all ends that's where the world is headed now as christians what do you think we ought to be busy doing a lot of you busy doing what we have been called to do and that is preaching the gospel so people will believe in jesus christ and not be there when this happens that's our calling after that chapter 20 says i saw an angel coming down from heaven holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand he laid hold of the dragon the serpent of old who is the devil and satan had bound him for a thousand years threw him into the abyss shut it sealed it over him so that he would not deceive the nations any longer until the thousand years were completed and then he would be released for a short time and i saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was given to them and i saw the souls of those who've been beheaded because of the testimony of jesus and the word of god those who had not worshiped the beast that were his image and had not received the mark in their forehead in their hand they came to life and reigned with christ for a thousand years that's the kingdom how long is the kingdom a thousand years you say does it mean a thousand years if it doesn't mean a thousand years you're going to have to tell me what it does mean and i'm not going to believe it because it says a thousand years so for a thousand years christ is going to reign for a thousand years christ is going to reign i want to take just a minute and tell you what it's going to be like as the prophets tell us it's the world we're all waiting for according to the old testament prophets there will be universal justice and peace all wars will cease because there's no military left in the world taxation will go down crime greatly reduced plentiful rainfall abundance of food and cattle are pictured by isaiah the curse on the earth is partly lifted there will still be death but people who die at 100 will die like a child the land of israel become a garden a river will be created when the mount of olives is split when jesus hits it that river will flow into the desert and it'll blossom like a garden poverty and distress inequities will disappear animal creation will be changed the lion will lie down with a lamb and a child can play in a snake pit amazing things you can find them all in the old testament prophets the earth now is flat and one place is exalted jerusalem jerusalem will be exalted zechariah 14. the whole world will be depressed and jerusalem exalted isaiah 2 micah 4 it's incredible how the lord will restore the earth its paradise regained paradise regained for a thousand years there will be justice and equity our job is not to do that in a superficial way our job is to preach the gospel because only jesus can rescue someone from the wrath to come at the end of the thousand years chapter 21-22 says he creates the new heaven and the new earth the current universe is uncreated second peter says it melts like fervent heat there's an atomic implosion in its place a new heaven and a new earth the final eternal state described in 21 and 22 how do you escape these judgments you remember the words of hebrews 2 3 how shall we escape if we neglect what so greatest salvation knowing the terror of the lord to come paul says we persuade men first thessalonians 1 10 is probably the best place to finish it says jesus rescues us from the wrath to come what is the job of the church it gets sucked up in every worldly enterprise to try to negate an inescapable law of sowing and reaping foolish foolish there's a harvest of corruption and it's going to get worse and wrath is going to come and our responsibility is to tell people that only jesus can save them from the wrath to come

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Length: 16min 21sec (981 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 24 2021