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THE STUDY OF REVELATION
Creation Revelation
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Robert & Mary Tozier
WWW.CREATIONREVELATION.ORG
At Sunrise Bible Church
Las Vegas, NV
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Behold I Come
Quickly
Rev 22:7 Behold, I come quickly:
blessed is he that keepeth the
sayings of the prophecy of this
book.
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Behold I Come
Quickly….
The Study of Revelation
Lesson 31
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Opening Prayer
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Behold I Come
QuicklyThe Study of Revelation
Lesson 31THE COSMIC BATTLE
AND THE REMNANT
{REV 12:7-17}
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THE COSMIC
BATTLE
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THE COSMIC BATTLE In the last lesson we saw a great Cosmic
Battle prophesied in Genesis 3:15.
Gen 3:14 And the Lord God said unto the
serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art
cursed above all cattle, and above every beast
of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and
dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE❖ Now, notice some similarity between this
Cosmic Battle and the War in Heaven of
Revelation 12:7-10.
REV 12:7 And there was war in heaven:
Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon; and the dragon fought and his
angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven.
(Continued)
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THE COSMIC BATTLE9 And the great dragon was cast out, that
old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in
heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of his Christ: for the accuser of
our brethren is cast down, which accused
them before our God day and night.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE As we saw in our last lesson, besides the
Cosmic Battle, Genesis 3:14-15 represent
the judgment of Satan for his rebellion in
the Garden.
I believe Revelation 12:7-10 to be the
beginning of the end of the Cosmic Battle
begun in Genesis 3:15, as Satan is now
expelled from access to Heaven and now
dwells on the earth.
❖ Michael, not the dragon, initiates the "war
in heaven."
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THE COSMIC BATTLE❖ This is a war fought for the purpose of
expelling Satan from access to heaven.
❖ That Michael is here shows that the nation
of Israel is involved, since Daniel 12:1
says that Michael is the angel
representing the people of Israel.
❖ It is Daniel 12:1 that predicts this event
described in Revelation 12:7 through 10.
❖ This also marks the beginning of the
Great Tribulation, the last 3-1/2 years.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE➢ PERSON 4:
✓ Rev 12:7 The protector of Israel.
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael
stand up, the great prince which standeth
for the children of thy people: and there
shall be a time of trouble, such as never
was since there was a nation even to that
same time: and at that time thy people
shall be delivered, every one that shall be
found written in the book.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE Remember that “the time of Jacob’s
trouble” fixed the Tribulation as “Jacob’s
trouble,” not the church’s trouble.
❖ Jeremiah specifically confirmed this as
follows:
Jer 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith the
Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of
my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord:
and I will cause them to return to the land
that I gave to their fathers, and they shall
possess it. (Continued)
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THE COSMIC BATTLE4 And these are the words that the Lord
spake concerning Israel and concerning
Judah.
5 For thus saith the Lord; We have heard
a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of
peace.
6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man
doth travail with child? wherefore do I see
every man with his hands on his loins, as
a woman in travail, and all faces are
turned into paleness? (Continued)
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THE COSMIC BATTLE7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none
is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's
trouble; but he [Jacob (Israel)] shall be
saved out of it.
The purpose of the Tribulation is for the
salvation of the Jewish nation.
❖ The Tribulation is not the time of the
church’s trouble.
❖ It is Israel’s trouble, and he, Israel, will be
saved out of it.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE Let’s now return to our study of
Revelation 12.
❖ According to some Bible commentators
the "war in heaven" may be a continuing
war through the ages that will finally
culminate in mid-Tribulation with Satan
and his angels finally being expelled from
their access to heaven.
❖ There are a number of Scriptures that
support the view that Satan still, at the
present time, has access to heaven.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE❖ Remember that Satan will be first bound
for a thousand years after Christ’s return
and again released at the end of the
Millennium, after which he will be cast
into the Lake of Fire.
❖ Notice that the term "sons of God" refers
to angels.
JOB 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons
of God came to present themselves before
the LORD, and Satan came also among
them.
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THE COSMIC BATTLEJOB 2:1 Again there was a day when the
sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also
among them to present himself before the
LORD.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From
whence comest thou? And Satan answered
the LORD, and said, From going to and fro
in the earth, and from walking up and down
in it.
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THE COSMIC BATTLEZEC 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the
high priest standing before the angel of the
LORD, and Satan standing at his right
hand to resist him.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The
LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the
LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke
thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the
fire?
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THE COSMIC BATTLE Thus, until this moment Satan has had
access to the throne room of God,
accusing the brethren before God “day
and night.”
❖ It's ironic that the "father of lies" in his
accusations before the throne of God
need not invent his accusations.
❖We provide him with all the ammunition
that he needs.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE❖ Except for Jesus, our advocate, we would
be defeated, for Satan's tales about us are
true, though most probably he distorts and
magnifies them.
❖ From the time of the deception of Eve,
Satan continues to deceive the world.
EPH 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the
air, the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience:
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THE COSMIC BATTLEROM 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through him that
loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to
come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE After Satan's fall he and his angels found
their abode in the air, but Satan still had
access to heaven.
❖ After this war he is barred from heaven
and he and his satanic angelic horde are
cast from the air to the earth.
❖ Satan's next stop is destined to be the
abyss, and finally the lake of fire.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE It is most revealing that this war is fought
in heaven where sin originated in the soul
of Satan.
❖ We have a glimpse into the reason that at
the very end God makes a new heaven
and a new earth, for Satan defiled both
realms.
❖ The purpose of this war is to cast Satan
from access to heaven.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE This chapter deals with the nation of
Israel during the Great Tribulation, and
their Messiah.
❖ This chapter is not dealing with the
church; the context is Israel in the
Tribulation.
❖ Michael is the leader of the army of God
that battles Satan and casts him from
heaven.
❖ Michael is the angelic chief prince set
over Israel in the spirit world.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE Notice this about the Cosmic Battle:
DAN 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom
of Persia withstood me one and twenty
days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief
princes, came to help me; and I remained
there with the kings of Persia.
21 But I will shew thee that which is noted
in the scripture of truth: and there is none
that holdeth with me in these things, but
Michael your prince.
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THE COSMIC BATTLEDAN 12:1 And at that time shall Michael
stand up, the great prince which standeth
for the children of thy people….
❖ Jude refers to Michael as "the archangel."
JUD 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when
contending with the devil he disputed
about the body of Moses, durst not bring
against him a railing accusation, but said,
The Lord rebuke thee.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE The kingdoms of this world are secretly
ruled on Satan's behalf from the spirit
realm by satanic angels, or
"principalities."
❖ When God made a nation of Abraham,
Satan had no angelic prince over it.
❖ Michael, the archangel, was set over Israel
by God.
❖ It is Michael that defends Israel in the
spiritual realm.
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THE COSMIC BATTLE❖ Henry Morris gives this insight into the
deception perpetrated on the earth by
Satan:
“Note especially the amazing assertion that he
[Satan] has been the deceiver of the whole
world…. All the world's high-sounding
philosophies, conceived ever so brilliantly by
profound thinkers…. all are man-originated,
man-centered, and man-honoring, rather than
God-originated, God-centered, and God-
honoring. (Continued)
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THE COSMIC BATTLE“They are all merely varieties of humanism,
rather than theism, exalting man rather
than God and thus helping to carry out
Satan's attempt to dethrone God.” (Henry
Morris, The Revelation Record)
“Satan's ultimate deception is convincing
men that "God is not the ultimate reality, and
that the universe itself is the only eternal
entity." (Henry Morris, The Revelation Record)
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THE COSMIC BATTLE❖ Morris also gives this insight into Satan's
thought processes:
“The Devil has effectively deceived the whole
world, therefore, utilizing the same monstrous
deception with which he has deceived himself.
He apparently believes that, since matter is the
ultimate reality, rather than the God who
claimed to have created him, he can somehow
succeed in dethroning God and placing himself
on God's throne. This is the conflict of the
ages.” (Henry Morris, THE REVELATION RECORD)
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THE BLOOD AND
THE TESTIMONY
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THE BLOOD & THE TESTIMONYREV 12:11 And they overcame him by the
blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony; and they loved not their lives
unto the death.
These are the three methods by which the
Saints prevailed and overcame Satan.
❖ The "blood of the Lamb" that takes away
the sins of the world is our only means of
victory over sin.
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THE BLOOD & THE TESTIMONY❖ The Saints (the godly remnant) lived their
lives as a living testimony of Jesus Christ,
just as we also must.
MAT 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you.
❖ They "loved not their lives unto death,"
for it is written:
MAT 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose
it: and he that loseth his life for my sake
shall find it.
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THE THIRD WOE
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THE THREE WOESREV 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens,
and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the
inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the
devil is come down unto you, having great
wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but
a short time.
All heaven rejoices that Satan is cast out,
but the earth does not rejoice.
❖ Satan is now furious and is working
feverishly because he has only 3 1/2 years
left.
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THE THREE WOES❖ The earth will not only face God’s wrath,
but Satan’s wrath as well.
As we saw in Revelation 8:13 a flying
angel proclaimed three woes on the earth.
REV 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel
flying through the midst of heaven, saying
with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the
inhabiters of the earth by reason of the
other voices of the trumpet of the three
angels, which are yet to sound!
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THE THREE WOES In Revelation 8:13 a flying angel proclaims
three "woes" on earth's inhabitants.
❖ This signifies that the next three trumpets
are to be worse than the previous four.
❖ The phrase “inhabiters of the earth” or
“earth dwellers” is used throughout
Scripture to indicate unbelievers, who are
against God, particularly the followers of
the Antichrist.
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THE THREE WOES1. The first woe was completed by the Fifth
Trumpet Judgment of Revelation 9:1-12
and the release of the demon locusts to
torment rebellious man.
2. The second woe was completed by the
Sixth Trumpet Judgment of Revelation
9:12-21 and the demon army.
3. The "woe" pronounced in Revelation 12:12
is "the third woe" predicted in Revelation
8:13 and 11:14; and that woe is Satan’s
vengeful wrath released on the unbelieving
earth dwellers.
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THE THREE WOESREV 11:14 The second woe is past; and,
behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
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A DRAGON IN A
HURRY
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYREV 12:13 And when the dragon saw that
he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted
the woman which brought forth the man
child.
The "woman" is the godly remnant of
Israel.
❖ Israel brought forth the Messiah.
❖ During these final 3 1/2 years Satan will
launch a great persecution of Israel.
❖ Satan’s purpose is to destroy Israel.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY❖ Satan knows that if he can destroy Israel
he can foil God’s purpose.
❖ The purpose of the Tribulation is for the
salvation of the Jewish nation and the
establishment of the promised Messianic
Kingdom (Millennium).
REV 12:14 And to the woman were given two
wings of a great eagle, that she might fly
into the wilderness, into her place, where
she is nourished for a time, and times, and
half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY Jesus in Matthew 24 says the following:
Matt 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee
into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not
come down to take any thing out of his
house:
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY18 Neither let him which is in the field
return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child,
and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the
winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such
as was not since the beginning of the
world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY In Revelation 12:6 we saw that God
prepared a place for her.
❖ Now in Revelation 12:14, God provides
"two wings" with which she can speedily
flee to the place he has prepared for her.
❖ There she is to be protected for "a time,
and times, and half a time" (3-1/2 years).
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY❖ The eagle's wings signify miraculous
swiftness.
ISA 40:31 But they that wait upon the
LORD shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and they
shall walk, and not faint.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY Now notice the similarity of the timeframe
in Revelation 12:14 with Daniel's
timeframe:
DAN 7:25 And he shall speak great words
against the most High, and shall wear out
the saints of the most High, and think to
change times and laws: and they shall be
given into his hand until a time and times
and the dividing of time.
❖ The timeframes are the same, 3-1/2 years.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYREV 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his
mouth water as a flood after the woman,
that he might cause her to be carried away
of the flood.
It is suggested that the "flood" refers to a
literal flood in an attempt to destroy her
or an invading army sent to kill the
children of Israel similar to that found in
Isaiah 59:19.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYISA 59:19 So shall they fear the name of
the LORD from the west, and his glory
from the rising of the sun. When the
enemy shall come in like a flood, the
Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard
against him.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion,
and unto them that turn from
transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY Alternately, David Levy indicates that the
wording “like a flood” makes it difficult to
tell whether the flood should be interpreted
literally or figuratively.
❖ However, he believes that it refers to a
huge army sent by Satan to destroy the
fleeing Israelites near the midpoint of the
Tribulation.
❖ John Walvoord also believe that the
wording is symbolic, but agrees that the
interpretation is uncertain.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY❖ I believe that it could refer to either a literal
flood or a huge army.
❖ For additional support for the flood
referenced here being symbolic see also
Jeremiah 46:8 when the Egyptian armies
came against Babylon.
JER 46:8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his
waters are moved like the rivers; and he
saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I
will destroy the city and the inhabitants
thereof.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY The location where the Israelites flee may
be the general direction of Petra as
previously discussed.
❖ The reason is that when Christ returns He
comes to Edom where He takes vengeance
on the people of Bosrah and possibly
delivers a remnant of Jewish believers.
❖ This can be seen in the fact that Edom
escapes destruction by Antichrist during
the Tribulation.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYDan 11:41 He [Antichrist] shall enter also
into the glorious land [Israel], and many
countries shall be overthrown: but these
shall escape out of his hand, even Edom,
and Moab, and the chief of the children of
Ammon.
Then we see Christ at His Second Coming
coming toward Jerusalem described by
Isaiah as follows:
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYIsa 63:1 Who is this that cometh from
Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah?
this that is glorious in his apparel,
travelling in the greatness of his strength?
I that speak in righteousness, mighty to
save.
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel,
and thy garments like him that treadeth in
the winefat?
(Continued)
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and
of the people there was none with me: for I
will tread them in mine anger, and trample
them in my fury; and their blood shall be
sprinkled upon my garments, and I will
stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine
heart, and the year of my redeemed is
come.
(Continued)
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY5 And I looked, and there was none to
help; and I wondered that there was none
to uphold: therefore mine own arm
brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it
upheld me.
6 And I will tread down the people in mine
anger, and make them drunk in my fury,
and I will bring down their strength to the
earth.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYREV 12:16 And the earth helped the woman,
and the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the dragon
cast out of his mouth.
God will supernaturally protect the woman.
❖ If it is a real flood, then we can parallel
God's protection of the fleeing Israel with
the drowning of Pharaoh's army in the Red
Sea.
❖ Notice this verse in Isaiah:
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYISA 11:15 And the LORD shall utterly
destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea;
and with his mighty wind shall he shake
his hand over the river, and shall smite it
in the seven streams, and make men go
over dryshod.
16 And there shall be an highway for the
remnant of his people, which shall be left,
from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the
day that he came up out of the land of
Egypt.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY Isaiah provides an obvious parallel to the
real crossing of the Red Sea, which is
found in Exodus.
EXO 14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that
the waters may come again upon the
Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon
their horsemen.
(Continued)
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY27 And Moses stretched forth his hand
over the sea, and the sea returned to his
strength when the morning appeared; and
the Egyptians fled against it; and the
LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the
midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and covered
the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the
host of Pharaoh that came into the sea
after them; there remained not so much as
one of them. (Continued)
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY29 But the children of Israel walked upon
dry land in the midst of the sea; and the
waters were a wall unto them on their right
hand, and on their left.
30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day
out of the hand of the Egyptians; and
Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the
sea shore.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYREV 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with
the woman, and went to make war with the
remnant of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
Satan will be frustrated in his attempt to
destroy Israel, but he will keep trying until
the very end of the Tribulation.
❖ This may refer to the attempt by Satan to
destroy the 144,000 Jewish believers.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY❖ There are 144,000 Jewish believers sealed
and protected by God.
❖ There is the third of the remaining Jews,
the remnant, which will flee to Petra to be
protected by God.
❖ Sadly, the remaining two-thirds of Israel
will die at the hands of Antichrist.
➢ PERSON 5:
✓ Rev 12:17 The godly Jewish Remnant.
✓ We shall see more players in the next
lesson.
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A DRAGON IN A HURRYZech 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my
shepherd, and against the man that is my
fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be
scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon
the little ones.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the
land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall
be cut off and die; but the third shall be
left therein.
(Continued)
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A DRAGON IN A HURRY9 And I will bring the third part through the
fire, and will refine them as silver is
refined, and will try them as gold is tried:
they shall call on my name, and I will hear
them: I will say, It is my people: and they
shall say, The Lord is my God.
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End of The Study of REVELATION
Lesson 31
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Closing Prayer
Creation Revelation
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Robert & Mary Tozier
WWW.CREATIONREVELATION.ORG
At Sunrise Bible Church
Las Vegas, NV