5. “I cannot imagine any
condition which
would cause a ship to
sink. I cannot
conceive of any vital
disaster happening to
Captain Edward
this vessel. Modern
J. Smith shipbuilding has gone
beyond that.”
7. Just as the Titanic
passengers were
clueless about their
impending fate, so
people in our world
today are also
“Clueless”
clueless about
the fate that
awaits!
8. “The Fate that Awaits”
This expression is used 19
times in the Old Testament
9. “The Fate that Awaits”
Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the LORD of
hosts shall come upon everything
proud and lofty, upon everything
lifted up - and it shall be brought
low.
10. “The Fate that Awaits”
Joel 2:15
Alas for the day! For the day of the
LORD is at hand; It shall come as
destruction from the Almighty.
11. “The Fate that Awaits”
Zephaniah 1:14-15
The great day of the Lord is near, near and
hastening fast; the sound of the day of the
Lord is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud
there. A day of wrath is that day, a day of
distress and anguish, a day of ruin and
devastation, a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and thick darkness,
12. “The Fate that Awaits”
Zephaniah 1:17
I will bring distress on mankind, so that
they shall walk like the blind, because
they have sinned against the Lord;
their blood shall be poured out like
dust, and their flesh like dung.
13. “The Fate that Awaits”
Acts 2:20
The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood,
before the coming of the great and
awesome day of the LORD.
14. “The Fate that Awaits”
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a
thief in the night, in which the heavens
will pass away with a great noise, and
the elements will melt with fervent
heat; both the earth and the works
that are in it will be burned up.
15. “The Fate that Awaits”
Matthew 24:21
For then there will be great
tribulation, such as has not been from
the beginning of the world until now,
no, and never will be.
16. Chp. 1 Chp. 2-3 Chps. 4-22
“Things
which “Things
“Things which will take place”
you have which
seen” are”
Vision of Christ Vision of Consummation
Theophany Talks Tribulations Triumph Together!
17.
18. Revelation chapters 4 – 5
The Lion of Judah, the Lamb of God
takes the scroll from God the Father.
The scroll contains God’s will and
plan for the culmination of human
history!
20. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:1-2
Now I watched when the Lamb opened
one of the seven seals, and I heard one of
the four living creatures say with a voice
like thunder, “Come!” And I looked, and
behold, a white horse! And its rider had a
bow, and a crown was given to him, and he
came out conquering, and to conquer.
21. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:3-4
When he opened the second seal, I
heard the second living creature say,
“Come!” And out came another horse,
bright red. Its rider was permitted to take
peace from the earth, so that people
should slay one another, and he was given
a great sword.
23. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:5-6
When he opened the third seal, I heard
the third living creature say, “Come!” And I
looked, and behold, a black horse! And its
rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I
heard what seemed to be a voice in the
midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A
quart of wheat for a denarius, and three
quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not
harm the oil and wine!”
24. “The Beginning of the End!”
#1 – False Messiah
#2 – War
#3 – Famine
#4
25. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:7-8
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard
the voice of the fourth living creature say,
“Come!” And I looked, and behold, a pale
horse! And its rider's name was Death, and
Hades followed him. And they were given
authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill
with sword and with famine and with
pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.
26. “The Beginning of the End!”
#1 – False Messiah
#2 – War
#3 – Famine
#4 – Death
#5 –
27. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:9-10
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw
under the altar the souls of those who
had been slain for the word of God and
for the witness they had borne. They
cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign
Lord, holy and true, how long before you
will judge and avenge our blood
on those who dwell on the earth?”
28. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:11
Then they were each given a white
robe and told to rest a little
longer, until the number of their fellow
servants and their brothers should be
complete, who were to be killed as
they themselves had been.
29. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:12-13
Then he opened the sixth seal, I
looked, and behold, there was a great
earthquake, and the sun became black
as sackcloth, the full moon became like
blood, and the stars of the sky fell to
the earth as the fig tree sheds its
winter fruit when shaken by a gale.
30. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:14
The sky vanished like a scroll that is
being rolled up, and every mountain
and island was removed from its place.
31. “The Beginning of the End!”
#1 – False Messiah
#2 – War
#3 – Famine
#4 – Death
#5 – Cry of Martyrs
#6 – Comsic Disturbances
32. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:15-16a
Then the kings of the earth and the
great ones and the generals and the
rich and the powerful, and everyone,
slave and free, hid themselves in the
caves and among the rocks of the
mountains, calling to the mountains
and rocks . . .
33. “The Beginning of the End!”
Revelation 6:16b-17
“Fall on us and hide us from the face
of him who is seated on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb,
for the great day of their wrath
has come, and who can stand?”
34. “The Fate that Awaits”
Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the LORD of
hosts shall come upon everything
proud and lofty, upon everything
lifted up - and it shall be brought
low.
35. Takeaways . . .
1. The God we serve and worship is
absolutely sovereign over the
affairs of men and the ebb and
flow of human history!
36. Takeaways . . .
Revelation 6:1
Now I watched when the Lamb opened
one of the seven seals, and I heard one of
the four living creatures say with a voice
like thunder, “Come!”
37. Takeaways . . .
st
- rider “was given” a crown
1
- 2nd rider “was permitted” to take
peace from the earth
- 4th rider “was given authority over”
one fourth of the earth
- Martyrs told to rest a bit longer
“until” their number was complete
38. Takeaways . . .
1. The God we serve and worship is
absolutely sovereign over the
affairs of men and the ebb and
flow of human history!
2. When God promises vengeance,
it will come!
39. Takeaways . . .
Romans 10:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but
leave it to the wrath of God, for it is
written, “Vengeance is mine, I will
repay, says the Lord.”
40. Takeaways . . .
The Day of God’s Wrath is
COMING! His judgment will fall
upon ALL who have ever lived
upon this planet – past, present,
future! The JUDGE is COMING!
41. Takeaways . . .
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of their wrath has
come, and who can stand?
42. Takeaways . . .
Romans 5:1-2
Therefore, since we have been justified
by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through
him we have also obtained access by
faith into this grace in which we stand,
and we rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.
43. Takeaways . . .
1 Corinthians 15:1
Now I would remind you, brothers, of
the gospel I preached to you, which
you received, in which you stand.
44. Takeaways . . .
1 Peter 5:12
. . . I have written briefly to you,
exhorting and declaring that this is the
true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
45. John 3:16
For God so loved the
world, that he gave his
only Son, that whoever
believes in him should
not perish but have
eternal life.