Light of the Nations' Foursquare Church in Denver Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
2017-12-10 - Advent - The 2nd Coming of Christ
The jews were looking for the King but instead got the baby.They didn't really pay attention to the baby. He didn't seem important. But we celebrate his coming as a baby! We need to start thinking about Jesus coming as King.
We will be looking at the Christmas story as told in Revelation.
When the church is looking for the return of Jesus it tends to bring about revival. When we are looking for His return we seem to be more activated. It's the church that is looking for His return that experiences His presence in their services.
A woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet with a crown of twelve stars. This is Revelation language. Words that mean other things. Revelation is like a book full of pictures.
Where in the Bible do we see the sun, moon and 12 stars? In the story of Joseph! (Genesis 37:9) The woman represents the jewish people. She was pregnant and screaming in labor pains ready to give birth. It was through the jewish people that the messiah came as a child.
Another sign. A huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns and seven crowns. What is that talking about? The dragon has a long tail that swept away one-third of the stars (angels) in heaven. The devil is the dragon and he took one-third of the angels and cast them down to the earth. The devil used to be one of the greatest angels. His name was Lucifer and he was in charge of the worship. The he began to notice how beautiful he was and he decided that he wanted to be God. So he stole away one-third of the angels.
The seven crowns are seven kingdoms the the devil works through to come against God. The dragon waited for the child to be born and then he was going to eat the child. The child was Jesus. The devil tried to destroy Jesus from the time of his birth. (Herod, with temptations, in Jerusalem, etc.) Finally the devil gets Jesus on the cross and Jesus dies, was buried and rose again on the third day. The devil thought he had won but he lost!
The woman gave birth to a son who was going to rule all nations with an iron rod. Suddenly the son was taken up to heaven and seated on the throne and the woman is take to a place prepared for her in the desert.
The dragon is still trying to destroy Isreal. The countries around Isreal want to push the jews into the sea. The story is still going on. The jews were spread all over the world. Then in 1947 the nation of Isreal was re-established. They have been surrounded by enemies ever since. This week President Trump stated that the US was going to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. There are a lot of groups upset with this decision. The arabs do not want Jerusalem to be recognized as the capital of Isreal.
War broke out in heaven. (Archangel) Michael and his angels fought agains the dragon. The dragon was not strong enough to overcome the armies of heaven.
The devil deceives the whole world. But he is thrown out of heaven, and his angels with him. The devil is a liar and and accuser. He accuses you before God. He is lying to you and trying to get between you and God. The only time the devil gets any power is when you believe his lies.
But we have the final victory through Chist Jesus! We do not need to be defeated. The brothers and sisters in Christ overcome the devil by the blood of the lamb, the word of our testimony and the willingness to follow Jesus even unto death. There is victory even in the martyr who dies for Jesus!
Simultaneous translation to Swahili.
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