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All right. It is after nine o'. Clock. You all have been to, what, 20 different sessions, two giant meals, lots of camaraderie and fellowship, and you are here tonight. I think you all need a special thank you for coming at 9 o', clock, plus at night. And I promise you that I will go probably till about midnight. So I hope you all are ready to go. Well, my topic tonight is the Mighty Angels of Revelation. I wrote a book on the mighty angels of Revelation, and this is kind of the story of how the book came about. A number of years ago, I was at home late at night, and you get one of those. You never get those calls in the middle of the night, and you know it's going to be bad news. And so I get this call, two, three in the morning. It's my father. And my father let me know that earlier that day, he. He and my mother had gotten in this terrible car wreck. It was just this standard road, no hills or anything, but they were heading down this road and my father noticed that the car coming towards them, that the driver's head was turned around backwards and she was drifting into their lane. Well, my father tried to compensate, but she then turned and looked and they ended up crashing head on, full speed into each other. And strangely enough, even though my father was in a Caddy, which are pretty big and heavy, they the impact pushed the engine up through the firewall and onto my mother, who was in the passenger seat. So at this time, my father, even though he had a number of cracked ribs and he was kind of coming in and out of consciousness, tried to crawl out of his car. So he crawled out of the window and fell to the ground. And he tried to come around to where my mother was unconscious and pinned in the seat of her car by the engine, which was hot and she was getting burns and all, and he just collapsed. Well, as he's lying on the asphalt, you know, half in a daze, because he's pretty much half unconscious, he heard the sound of a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Now, my father's a huge enthusiast of Harley Davidsons, and so he knows what that sounds like, right? It has its own sound. And all of a sudden he sees at his periphery this chrome wheel roll up next to his head and this clack of the boots hitting the ground. And he was lifted off the ground and, and brought and put in the grass. And he's kind of, you know, looking around and all like that. He's explaining to me, well, he looks over and this biker guy, all dressed in the leathers and everything of travel goes up to the car door, checks on my mother and pulls the car door off of the car and take a look at her. And then he goes over to the other car and checks that car because it was a young mother who was looking back at the baby in the seat behind her, and. And she had broken both her ankles in the process. Luckily, the baby was okay at all. And so finally the biker then checks on them, and my father passes out. And what happens next is that he's being loaded on a gurney into an ambulance and in and out of consciousness. He says to the paramedic, can you please thank the motorcyclist for stopping and rescuing us? And the paramedic says, well, what motorcyclist? And he says, the motorcyclist that stopped by, is he still here? And so the paramedic asked the cop outside, was there a motorcyclist here when you got here? I don't know anything about a motorcyclist. So my father calls me from the hospital and he says, I don't know if it's true or not, but I think an angel came and rescued us. And my first thought was, he's nuts. It must be the drugs or something that they've got in him. And a little later that day, I'm like, but I'm a preacher. How come I don't believe my father had an angelic encounter. So I called my buddy Vic, who's a pastor in Florida, and we have a podcast that's on every Wednesday called the truth will set you free. I said, vic, my father says that he and my mother were rescued by an angel. Why do I have doubts about this? I mean, after all, There are almost 300 references in the Bible. 108 in the Old Testament, and 176 in the New Testament. 284 references to angels in the Bible. Why don't I believe him? He says, nathan, why don't we do this? Since we teach through the Bible verse by verse, let's go through the Book of Revelation, because I'm pretty sure you'll be astounded about how many examples of angels there are in the Book of Revelation. So we can learn about angels and. And we can learn about the Book of Revelation as well. And I said, yes, please, let's do that. So we did that, and it took about a year for us to teach week by week through the Book of Revelation. And I was astounded that as we went through, we recorded 72 angels or groups of angels, found in the Book of Revelation. Well, I decided I'm going to blog this series. So the next year, we made it into a blog series. And finally, our founder, Dr. David Reagan, says, you know, Nathan, maybe you should put that into a book. And so that's what Vic and I went to do. We. We. I've never read a book on teaching the Book of Revelation that also has angels in it, because that's what the book of Revelation is. It's an unveiling. The Lord tears off the veil and lets us see the inner workings of how he works under behind the scenes. And you know how he works behind the scenes, mostly through angels. And. And so I want to share that with you tonight because that was very eye opening for me. And now to this day, I do believe my father, I think. And. Because. And I'll share this at the end. There have been many other people over the years, as I've taught on the angels of Revelation, who've come up to me and said, do you know, I had a biker stop and rescue me? And I look out the window and they were gone. So somewhere in this world, there's an angel who loves Harley Davidson's and goes around rescuing people? I guess so. I look forward to meeting this guy someday. Okay, before you leave tonight, before you go to bed, I want you to be informed, protected, and blessed. These are the riches I hope that you will gain as we together go through the mighty angels of Revelation. By the time you reach the end of this journey that Vic and I first embarked on, I want you to be one excited Christian and glorifying Jesus Christ about his present majesty and his coming stunning victory, because that's what the Book of Revelation is all about. But before I do that, it's very important. Let's go to the Lord in prayer. Lord Jesus, I thank you so much for the book of Revelation, which, Lord, you want us to know that despite the horrors that are coming ahead, that you are victorious. And when we love you and put our faith and trust in you, then we too, are victorious in you, Lord. This is good news. Lord, I pray as we go through this book that we will not fall into the trap of worshiping the creation which are angels, but glory in the majesty of God, who is the Creator. Help us keep that focus in mind, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. Okay, you ready? All right. Oh, I forgot to show you my biker. I. I don't know what he really looks like, but I tried to find a biker, had more tats and stuff. They don't know. Okay. We're going to start in the Book of Revelation, chapters one through three, and we're going to be introduced to the seven churches of Revelation. But first, what happens? Let me give you the setting of what happens in the Book of Revelation. I'm sure many of you read it, but here you've got. This is 95 A.D. the worst persecution of Christians up to that point had been going under an evil emperor named Domitian. And he took the bishop of Ephesus, the AAPostle John, now 97 years old or so, and he took him and tried to boil him in oil and it didn't work. So he threw him into this work camp on this little barren island called Patmos. And it was truly for John and all the Christians of that time period, one of their darkest days. It seemed like the tribulation had come upon them and how were they to survive? So here's this 97 year old guy who's probably got all these skin lesions from the boiling and he's working at this camp and all of a sudden God himself, Jesus Christ in all his glory, comes to John. How encouraging that must have been for John, because it didn't just Jesus as he, he knew him in his youth, but Jesus, who will be known and seen for all of eternity. And so John was amazed. And what did Jesus say? He says, I need you to write a letter. Which kind of, okay, I'll write a letter and I want you to write a letter. So let's look at the first angel because the Lord is going to give John a helper to help him write these letters. And I call it the revealing angel, the revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him to show his servants and things which much shortly take place. And he sent and signified it by his angel, this revealing angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ to all things that he saw. So here we got this first term, this angel. It's the word Malik in Hebrew or Angelos or Eglos in the Greek, and it means messenger. So that's really what angels are. They are considered, they're named after the idea of being a messenger. And this revealing angel was pretty impressive because we'll see later in the book of Revelation that twice John fell down and started worshiping it, when, even when he knew better, it was just so amazing to have this angel guiding him, a kind of Mr. Roark from Fantasy island type character, guiding him through what the Lord was going to write to these angels. So that's the first of that. And then we learn about the seven spirits. John, to the seven churches which are in Asia, grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come. And from the seven spirits who are where before his throne and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness the first form from the dead and the ruler over the kings of the earth. Now, the seven spirits, what are the seven spirits, these seven messengers? Well, if we go to chapter four, verse five, we read, seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. We could also go back to the book of Isaiah, chapter 11. 2. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. So here we got seven characteristics of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. So it's interesting that the term angels, when we use the word angels, we're not always talking about angels, we're talking about messengers. And here I believe the seven spirits, because in this scene you have the throne room is the Holy Spirit, a sevenfold spirit, a sevenfold message that the Lord gives the messenger of God that brings salvation to us. So that's number two. Number three. Behold, he is coming with clouds. And every eye will see him, even they who pierced him. Who is this talking about Sunday school? Answer. Yes, the answer is always Jesus with a Sunday school answer. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of even so. Amen. Who is he? He's the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, says the Lord. Who is and who was and who is to come? The Almighty. So he was the was. Before Jesus was born of Mary, he existed. And do you know in the Bible, he visited people. He went to Abraham and Joshua and Gideon. What was he called? The angel of the Lord. The messenger of the Lord. So is Jesus Christ an angel? Thank goodness we have no cult members here. No, he is not an angel, but he was a message bearer. So we here, we have the angel. We have Jesus Christ right there in this story. So let's get to the message that he has. And it goes to seven churches. And the first church is the angel of the church of Ephesus. And to the angel, the church of Ephesus. Write these things, says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. He's talking about himself. Jesus, I know your works, your labor, your patience, that you cannot bear those who are evil. So the Very. These are seven churches that can be found in what was called Asia Minor, but today is modern day Turkey. And each of the seven messages goes to a church as if you're going around a circle with Ephesus on the coast and going around. But the messages were also meant for churches today. They're meant for individual Christians today. And they also were meant for errors in church history. Not errors, but eras in church history. So the church of Ephesus, if we look at it, represents A.D. 30 to 95, the legalistic church, a church that had gotten into the form of building a church and forgotten its first love. Now some will argue that this angel, this representative, it could be a pastor, and I'm not dogmatic about it, it could be a reference to the pastor. But since the messages are for the entire church age, 2000 years, I think it's bigger than that. I do believe that he's addressing the actual angels that are guardians over the churches. Because, you know, in the Bible, angels are guardians. They're helpers, they're watchmen, they are protectors. God sends them to protect people. So let's quickly go through the other few angels here because we got 72 to go through. So I promise you we will be done by midnight. Okay? The angel of the church of Smyrna and to the angel of the church of Smyrna write these things says the first and the last, who was dead and came to life. Isn't it wonderful how we learn about Jesus? As he announces himself to each of these churches, he says, I know your works, tribulation and poverty, but you are rich. And if this is a church era, Smyrna would have been 95 to 312 A.D. and it represented a time of great persecution by the Roman Empire of the church. So this angel had to deal with a lot of persecution. Number six, Pergamos. And to the angel of the church of Pergamos, right, These things says he who has a sharp two edged sword. I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is and you hold fast to my name and did not deny my faith. Now, pergamum would have been representative of the church era. Between 312 and 590 it was apostate church. The Romans or under Constantine was like, hey, let's get together and let's make Christianity legal. And he took all the Babylonian statues and gods and erased their names and wrote apostles names on them. And the idolatry continued. And so apostasy had entered into that church era. And it was also in pergamos where we learn at that time period that Satan has set up his throne. So this angel had to do would work in the very same town that Satan supposedly was ruling. From angel number seven, the angel of the Church of Thyatira, and to the angel of the Church of Thyatira. Write these things, says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass. Isn't it wonderful how we're learning what Jesus looks like in his glorified state? Through this he says, I know your works, love, service, faith and your patience. Now, dietary would represent 590 to 1517, the medieval heir of the church, a church that became pagan. The angel, the church of Sardis. Write these things, says he who has the seven spirits of God capitalized. We know Holy Spirit and the seven stars. I know your works, though you have a name that you are alive, but you were dead in 1517-1750, even though the Reformation begun, the church overall had pretty much become dead. The Church of Philadelphia. These things says he who is holy, who is true, who has the keys of David, he who opens. And no one shuts and shuts and no one opens. I know your works. From 1715 to 1920, the church was the alive church. It was on fire. Missions spread all over the planet, but eventually it would give way to the Church of Laodicea. These things, says the Amen, the faithful and true witness the beginning of the creation of God. I know your work said, you're neither hot nor cold. I wish you were cold or hot. And it goes on. And since 1925, today, the church has become more and more lethargic and dead. And the final phase of the church era would be marked by apathy and lack of interest in God. Thinking it's rich, but it was really poor. So we get to another section of the Bible and it's the throne room. John is taken up to heaven and he's given this. This vision or this of, well, the reality of it, I should say, of God's throne room. And for two chapters, he is standing before the throne of God and he's looking at the throne of God. And around that throne he sees this. And behold, a throne set in heaven. And. And 1. The Father sat on the throne. And around the throne were 24, you know, smaller thrones. And on the thrones I saw 24 elders sitting clothed in white robes and they had crowns of gold on their head. Now, some have said, are these angels? Is this something? Is this angelic realm? 24 angels surrounding the throne. Well, I think this is another incident. Incident. Incidents where angels are Messengers. Some say 12 will be the sons of Jacob and 12 will be the apostles. Or they could be 24 unknown men. But folks, I believe this and I heard another speaker say it earlier, which only confirmed it, that what we got here is a representation of the Church because they're purified, so they can't be angels. They're given white robes and crowns which we'll learn later represent the church. Now, Jesus said that if we put our faith and trust in him and are saved, then what will we do? We will sit on his throne. Not his, but one of those 24. In the Levitical times, the priesthood would rotate positions. And it could very well mean that those 24 elders are us at different times. So one of you at any time could be on one of those thrones on a rotational aspect. That's not funny. It's exciting, isn't it? Wow. Sit on a throne in front of God. I mean, that's amazing. All right, let's get into some real angel angels. When I think of angel angels, the manly angels, it's the seraphim. In the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures. The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature like a calf. The third like, had the face of a man, the fourth like a flying eagle. The four living creatures had six wings and were full of eyes and all around and within. So here there's these four creatures. They're. They're labeled the seraphim. Now we're going to learn here that angels have different classes in different areas and they don't all look alike, but we'll get to that in just a minute. And the seraphim dwell before the throne of God and they praise and worship God day in and day out. Isn't that exciting? Which makes you wonder then where angels live. Because we assume that angels just sit in front of the throne of God and pray all day long. But you know, they're tangible, physical beings, right? They must have homes. They go somewhere to dwell and kick back and eat and do other things. Right. Have you ever wondered where angels live? The Bible says that they live in the occupy an intermediate sphere between the heavens and the earth. Whether it's interdimensionally, as some speakers of your say, or it's out in outer space amongst the stars, we don't know. But we know that God's throne room has. Has access. So that means entities like angels live outside of the heavenly realm at Times. So the seraphim, I think, are going to be terribly frightening to see when we get to heaven. But even weirder are the cherubim. When you think of cherubs, what do you think around Valentine's Day? Little baby creatures and diapers with little bows and arrows with hearts on the end. All right, let me tell you what the cherubim really look like. And I knew they were cherubim. Each had four faces, each. And each one four wings. And the likeness of the hands of a man was under the wings. Now, these cherubim dwelled with what's called wheels. Within the wheels, they carried the throne of God. Isn't that interesting? Which means the throne of God is not stationary, but it's like a chariot that marches across the heavens. And it says that these. These cherubim move. You know what that could mean? That could mean that it's not that the chariot moves, but all of creation moves wherever God wills it to. Pretty impressive. So, no, the cherubim are not little fat babies with little bows and arrows. All right, let's look at the servant angels. Verse 4, chapter 411 says, you are worthy, as they're praying, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and by your will they exist and were created. You know, this is amazing that the Lord uses angels to serve him. They were created to serve him. You know why Satan hates humanity so much? We weren't created to serve God. We were created to have fellowship with God, to be heirs with God. And that's why Satan hates us and wants us all dead. Isn't that interesting? Well, this is a time where we need to stop and realize the power difference here. Okay? It's been said that if every human stood on top of each other's shoulders, that we would barely reach the level of strength of one angel. So let's never, never underestimate the power and strength that God's given the angels. They are far more powerful than anything we could ever imagine. But you could stack all the angels on top of each other and. And they wouldn't even reach the little toe of Jesus for all their power. They are nothing compared to Jesus Christ and the Father and the Holy Spirit. They are created creatures, so we should never, ever worship the angels because they are nothing compared to the Father. All right, all right. Now here's an interesting one. Number 15. And I saw on the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a scroll. And written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And. And then I saw A and he says this. A strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the scroll and loosen its seals. Now, you got to wonder why John described this angel as a strong angel. How big was the scroll he was carrying? Or did he look like Schwarzenegger? Or what about him was just so impressive that he called him a strong angel. But what we have here is a scene. We have the world deed is the scroll. And John sees that nobody ever in creation is worthy to open it except the sacrificed lamb. And who's the sacrificed lamb? Jesus Christ. And so while there's great mourning in heaven over the fact that none of us are worthy to take the title deed of the earth, the sacrificed lamb is. And so all of heaven will be celebrating over that. Jesus Christ might have received that deed when he died on the cross, but he hasn't taken it up yet. We're waiting for that, and it'll come now real quickly. What do angels look like as we're seeing here? When I was growing up, I had this children's book made in 1950. And you know, back in 1950, everybody was white with blonde hair. And so all the angels were white guys with blonde curly hair. And they had these big white wings and they wore white robes. And it kind of reminded me of Star wars, you know, how the. The troopers are all look identical. And so for years I thought, well, every angel out there is just like a clone of each other. And as I began studying angels, I realized they are as vastly different from each other as we are from each other and we are from the animal world. There are angels not only that are that look human, but we saw four faced angels, you know, we saw six winged, we saw four winged. We'll see no winged angels. They. There's some look like animals, some look like people, some look like elements. Ooh, can't wait to get to the sun angel. There are so many varieties and difference of angels, so you have to kind of break that mindset. If you're like me and you were born thinking that angels look like clone troopers, they are not. They are vastly, vastly different. Okay, 15 down, 60 to go. It'll pick up, don't worry. All right, let's look at the choir angels. I think most of us recognize angels by this. And then I looked and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne. The living creatures and the elders. And the number of them was 10,000 times 10,000 and thousands of thousands, saying at the loud voice, worthy is the lamb who was slain. Now, I don't know about you, but when I think of angels, I think of angels praising God. You know why? They can't help it. You walk in the presence of God and you're just so over amazed. And every time these angels come before God, they cannot help but worship. And neither will we when we're up in heaven. Not that that's all we do all day. Let's dispel that. Because I'm a terrible singer and I was terrified if I go up to heaven, I'm going to have to sing for eternity. Whenever I'm in the presence of God, I have no choice but maybe he'll give me a better voice. But yes, they are choir angels unlike anything we have ever seen and now we see 10,000 times 10 thousands. He ever wondered how many angels there are? Well, when Job heard the Lord answer out of a whirlwind, he compared the angels to the countless morning stars. You know, if you were there for Mondo's dinner tonight, where he counted all the stars for us so far it's 1/9illion or 1 to the 24th power. So there are vast, vast, vast amounts of angels out there. Incomprehensible about how many there probably are up there. All right, let's look at the ordered angels. And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all that in them. I heard saying blessing and honor and glory and power be to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever. So here we see that the angels are divided into different orders. They're not all, you know, on equal, not socialism here they have different levels of power. As a matter of fact, angels are organized much like the military. You have thrones and those who sit upon them, you have dominions to those who rule under the thrones, you have principalities to those who govern the affairs of men, you have powers to those who exercise guardianship and then authorities, the foot soldiers invested with the imperial responsibility of carrying out the sovereign's will. So you've got these angels from all these different military levels with from general down to buck Private. Okay, we're now into another section of the Bible called the seal judgments. Now that Jesus the worthy Lamb can open the seals and reclaim the title, deed to the earth, every seal he opens brings a judgment during the tribulation time period. And we're gonna see there are angels all throughout the tribulation time period. Number 18, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. And I looked and behold a white Horse. And he who sat on it had a bow and a crown was given to him, and he went out and conquered. And being conquered or conquering and to conquer. Now, some will say that the four horsemen, the Apocalypse, are angels. They are not. Why? Because the book of Revelation tells us exactly what they are. The first seal, Judgment, is the release of the Antichrist, the rider on the white horse. The second seal, Judgment, the is a fiery red horse. And the Bible says straight out, that rider brings war to the earth. World War three. Basically, the third seal, Judgment, is a black horse. Whatever follows war, what is usually is what famine. And then the last one, the pale horse or green horse, some call it, or dappled horse, the rider is death. So they bring messages to the world as well. They bring death and destruction and God's judgment, even though they think they're working on their own, but they are not. Angels number 19. Some of my favorite, and this is actually where my illustrator put this picture on the COVID because it's my favorite, the four wind Angels. These angels get environmentalists totally upset after these things. I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or any tree. Do you know that angels are God's workmen who control the weather? And he has angels up there controlling the winds and the weather global warming man made caused? No, God's got it all under control, and he controls the angels and he tells them, stop the winds. For this time period, we see the fifth seal, Judgment, which is great martyrdom of those who get saved during the tribulation. And the sixth seal, Judgment, a great earthquake. The sun turns black, the sky recedes. Men of all social strata hide in caves and they curse the Lamb because they know that this judgment is from God. So the wind angels controlling the weather. We need to stop focusing on how crazy the weather is, because we know that God's got it all under control in our time. He's using it to get us to repent and return to Him. Now, here's the issue. One, the branding angel. And then I saw another angel ascending from the east. And he had the seal of the living God, and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels. So here we've got, during the tribulation, the mark of the beast, the Antichrist name or number on the right hand or forehead. At the same time, God is sending this branding angel out, and he's putting his mark on the foreheads of the 144,000 Jewish evangelists. Now, whether these marks are visible cross or something, or only spiritually seen, I don't know. But there's an angel actually going around branding these people. They are set aside and anointed for to do ministry during the tribulation time period. Number 21, all the Angels that encircled the throne and all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures and they fell on their faces before the throne of God and saying, no, this is a break because it's getting really scary. I mean, we're seeing half the world population is almost dead by the middle of the tribulation. So we get the scene from heaven and we see that heaven, when we get up to see the throne of God one day, it'll be surrounded by angels. Multitudes uncountable will surround and a lot of them will be worship and singing and serving. But there's a whole angelic choir there and we will join it and so will Old Testament saints and the tribulation saints in that time period. So the throne of God is surrounded by, by angels as well. Now number 22 is the incense angel. Then another angel having a golden censer. You ever seen the Catholic Church, you know, they take that thing of smokes and they swing it back and forth and came and he stood at the altar, he was given much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. Do you know that in front of God is an altar? Do you know the tabernacle and the temple were made to reflect? They were the small scaled model version of what's actually in heaven. So there's an altar before God, but God's not burning, you know, lambs and goats and things like that. The incense comes from what our prayers do. You know, when you prayer, it's like incense to the Lord. And I don't know about you, but when people talk to me, I'm not thinking incense, but for God, when we praise and prayer, pray to him, it's like incense. He's happy. It gets joy out of it. And there's an angel who seems to kind of control it and manage it and directs it. So we got the incense angel and he fills it with fire from the altar and he throws it down to the earth. And this is where we get the seventh seal, judgment. There's first silence, the noise, thunderings, lightning, and a great earthquake. And the Lord does this too as judgment for the martyrdom that happens, the great martyrdom that Happens during the Tribulation time period. So there's an incense angel, like a priest that stands before the throne of God. Next section, the trumpet judgments. Revelation 8 through 11. First trumpet judgment angel. The first angel sounded, and hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. So here we got the first trumpet judgment. Seven angels are given trumpets, and. And they go out and each blast brings a judgment upon the world. Now, if you go to Isaiah 63. Nine, these angels have a category or name, like a team name. They're called the angels of his presence. So the angels of his presence are given the trumpets. Number 24. The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. And a third of the sea became blood. So, so first we get a third of all the greenery on the earth burned up. Now we've got a third of the seas become blood, uninhabitable. Third Judgment, a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch. And it fell on the third of the rivers and on the springs of water. So now we got the fresh water as well, being poisoned during that time. A third of it. The fourth trumpet judgment. Angels sound, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon and a third of the stars. And so a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night. So this is interesting that whatever happens during the Tribulation, the days are shorter by a third. It's actually darker during that time period after the fourth trumpet judgment. Now we get a very interesting angel. Number 27, the vulture angel. And I looked and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, whoa, whoa, whoa, to the inhabitants of the earth because of the remaining blasts of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to sound. So here we got this word angel, but it can also be, it's interesting, a translation as carrion bird. Like a vulture that circles around the dead, the evil people on the earth are being circled. They're almost dead. And the vultures are just waiting to descend. The fifth trumpet judgment sounded. Woe number one. A release of the captured demons from the bottomless pit. This is going to get really weird. 29. The Star angel and I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth and to him. So it's not a star was given the keys to the bottomless pit, and he opened the bottomless pit. So here we got the fifth trumpet, Judgment. And the star angel opening a bottomless pit. Do you all remember in the story about where people die, there's Hades, or it's also called Torments or Sheol. And it was divided in two. Paradise on one side, where those who died in faith went in the Old Testament, and then the other side, torments those who died in rebellion against God. And what was it divided by the bottomless pit? A great gulf. And this is where these demons are to this day. And they're being held until the star angel is given the keys. However, they're held at check and they're released upon the world. And this is where it starts getting a little creepy. Number 30, the locust demons. And I include demons as angels because that's what they used to be. Then out of the smoke, locusts came upon the earth and to them was given power as the scorpions of the earth have power. Now. We'll get to Satan. But when the Satan rebelled, he took a third of the angels with him, and they rebelled against God. And God sent them to the earth. And for many, he stripped them of their bodies and he became. They became as what Jesus said, wandering spirits. They're living in the cold. They're seeking bodies to inhabit for warmth and control. But the other part were still in their bodies and they were put into the bottomless pit. I'm not going to get into Nephilim and things like that. That's not my area. But there are two divisions amongst the demonic world. Those who float around and possess people and cause all the trouble on the earth, and those that are so horrific that if they were released on the earth, they'd bring death to us all. And they're being kept in that bottomless pit. So those are the locust demons. They are led by a king called Abaddon. And they had a king over them. The angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. Now, some will say that that's Satan, but that cannot be, because Satan rules and runs amok on the earth. Right now, this demon is kept within the earth, and he might be almost as powerful as Satan, but he's like, he's the general, he's the king of the underworld. He is a horrific, horrific creature. Number 32. Then the sixth trumpet blasts. Demons now that are kept under the Euphrates River, a second coalition of demons. 33. We're back to heaven. We hear the altar angel. Then I heard a voice from the four Horns of the golden altar, which is before God, saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet. So you ever see these shows where in the military, the captain gives out a command, but the XO repeats it. So here we have this angel before the throne of God, and God sends out a command, but this altar angel then repeats it. He delivers God's messages, he doles them out to those subordinates who need to carry out God's will. Interestingly, because the angels are organized like the military, so we have this altar angel here, and what do they release? The four horsemen of the Euphrates release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. So the four angels who had been prepared, prepared for that day, hour, day and month and year, were released to kill how many? A third of mankind. So four horrific demon creatures, these four horsemen of the Euphrates are along with these demonic locusts who go around and sting people. And they're in pain for five months, but they cannot die, are released on the earth. And how many people do they kill? A third of mankind. Already the Seal judgments have killed a third of mankind. So by this point, half the world is dead. Half the human population, 8 billion today, 4 billion left or so. But that's not all. Number 35, the 200 million man army. Now, the number of the army of the horsemen, those that are released from The Euphrates was 200 million. I heard the number of them. Now what we see here is these four demonic generals will have an army that follows them. Now some will say, well, that's an army from China or something. That's a different reference in the book of Revelation in the context here as all these demons are being released. I believe this 200 million man army are 200 million demons that are released that follow these four horsemen, who of course report to Abaddon and they ride the Chimera. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. And out of their mouth came fire and smoke and brimstone. I use the word chimera because a chimera is a mythical creature that's multiple animals all kind of mixed up into one creature. So, so what? Their horses aren't really horses, but these horrific looking demonic creatures that are made up of many different types of animals and very frightening monster like creatures. But we still have God's side here, and that is the Colossus angel. I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He's clothed with the cloud and a rainbow was in his hand, and his face was like the sun, his feet like pillars of fire, and he had a little book in his hand. So I don't know about you, but when you hear about millions of demonic creatures terrorizing the world and killing everybody with fire and smoke and all God needs to give us a break. And that's what he does here in chapter 10, he says, break. I'm going to show you this angel, this colossus angel. Now, not only are angels different in appearance, but they're also different in sizes. This angel is so big, when he stands, his head's in the clouds and. And he can put one foot on the land and the other foot across the ocean. This thing, when John saw him, must have been staggering. So we know that there are angels, which we call the colossi class, that are so humongous that they dwarf everything else around them. Now, this angel has a book, and he gives it to John and says, hey, it's going to be sweet to eat, but once you eat it, it'll be bitter to your stomach because it means the bowl judgments that are coming up ahead. This isn't Jesus because it uses the word another angel, the Greek word allos, which carries the idea of another of the same kind, as opposed to heteros, which is another of a different kind. So Jesus is not this angel here, but it's a colossi, a humongous type angel. 38. The Seven Thunders. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. Now, this is one of the most frustrating parts of the Book of Revelation to me, because the thunders utter their voices. And what is John told to do? Not record what they said. We have no idea what they say other than it's pretty impressive because when they speak, they speak at the volume that sounds like, you know, thunder. So very impressive. Angels with the ability and the power of thunders, when they talk. 39. We are going to be introduced to the messenger angel, sorry, the measuring angel. Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod, and the angel stood saying, rise and measure the temple of God, the altar and those who worship there. And you know, the Book of Revelation isn't the first time that the measuring angel has showed up. Interestingly, in Ezekiel's time, after the first temple King Solomon had built and been destroyed by the Babylonians, the exiled Ezekiel and Kand, God's angelic surveyor. We read about him later in Zechariah 2 or 3, where Zechariah was visited by the measuring angel. And what's he measuring the dimensions of the third temple that will be built during the Tribulation time period. The temple that will be desecrated. And at that temple will stand the two witnesses. Two witnesses who will stand before God and proclaim his news to all the world during the first half of the Tribulation. So the measuring angel pops up a lot in the Bible. The seventh trumpet Judgment angel. Then the seventh angel sounded and there was loud voices in heaven saying, the kingdoms of the world have become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign forever and ever. This is the third woe. So the temple was opened, the temple of God in heaven. We see the ark of his covenant. At the temple there's lightnings, noises, thunders, an earthquake and great hail. Now, I don't think it's that worldly earthly ark of the covenant that you see in Indiana Jones, but it is the actual ark that it represents, the throne of God. That's what we see here. So that is the trumpet judgments. Y' all doing very good. We're halfway through. See, we got the Tribulation villains now chapters 12 through 14. And it's going to pick up speed here with 41, the Red Dragon. And another sign appeared in heaven. Behold a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on his head. Now, Satan, a little bit about his story. He used to be called Lucifer. And you know, his job was to stand before the throne of God and lead worship. He was a worship choir leader. I don't know if you had the, the tight jeans or what, but he was there before the Lord and he was considered the most glorious of all the angels. And he was so glorious and so powerful that he began to start thinking, you know what? They should worship me too. Why is he getting all the worship? And somehow he convinced a third of the demons to follow him and try to overthrow God. He was cast down upon this earth where he's named Satan, which means the adversary or the enemy. And there he exists to try to corrupt. If he can't take over the universe, he'll try to take over the earth and corrupt as many of us as he can before he knows his final judgment is coming. He is completely vain, completely self absorbed, and I don't know, maybe homicidally insane. As you see that many of the demons throughout the Bible and we encounter here in this world seem to be almost insane from their sins. Number 42, the Star Demons. Those are the demons that are cast out of heaven. A third of the stars of Heaven were thrown to the earth. Now let's get to the heroes. We saw the villains. Let's look at the archangels. War broke out in heaven and Michael and his angels fought with the dragon. So if Satan was the most powerful angel, the second most powerful was Michael. Even Michael worries a little about taking on Satan. But today he's the most powerful of all the angels. He is the archangel. He's the general. And who does, or what nation, I should say, does Michael defend today? Israel. He is the guardian of Israel. But, you know, there's not just one archangel. There are hints that Gabriel might also be an archangel. And. And I'm not going to go in the extra canonical books, but there are references to other archangels as well. So it's a class of angels. We learn that they're fighting, so they must have warriors. And war broke out in heaven and Michael and his angels fought with the dragon. Now, how do angels fight each other? Well, we see in the Garden of Eden what the Garden of Eden was protected by an angel with flaming swords. They have weaponry. Can they get hurt? Can they die? I don't know, but that's quite interesting. They have warrior angels. They all look like Fabio. Next we have the escorting angels. And the woman was given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness to her place. Now, that reference is to Exodus when the Israelites were taken out of Exodus. The great wings is the Holy Spirit. He compares himself. But we're told that the angels escort people upon death. You know, when you die, what happens? There are angels waiting for you to take you up to heaven. I got this great story of a woman named Agnes Frazier who was dying. I don't have time because it's almost 10. But it's a wonderful story how she and her pastor got a preview of the angels that were ready to escort her up to heaven. It just. It just blows my mind there, you know, God bless some of you if we die today. There's angels waiting outside the door for you. And the Lord has servant angels that are nourishing angels. So Israel, this is a reference, by the way, to Israel. Israel will be protected during the tribulation. A remnant and where she is nourished for a time. Time and half time, three and a half years from the presence of the servant. So remember, Elijah had an angel that would come and bring him food. When Israel is in the wilderness, protected from the Antichrist, there will be angels to serve them and nourish them from the wrath of the two beasts. Then I Stood on the sand of the sea, John. And I said, I saw a rising beast rising up out of the sea that denotes the Antichrist. Then I saw another beast coming out of the earth. Now, the Antichrist and the false prophet are human beings, but they will be possessed, the Antichrist, by Satan. They're actually. We'll get to a little later. They're actually possessed by more than one demon. So even though the. The beasts are not angels per se, they are possessed by demons. Back to heaven again. The heavenly harp. Did you ever see that? The coyote, you know, he's chasing the roadrunner, and he. He goes off a cliff and defies gravity for like, three seconds before he realizes he's about to die. And then he falls, and all of a sudden, he's sitting on a cloud and he's playing a harp. Where do we get that imagery from? We get it from this. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. They sang it if it were a new song before the throne. So not only is the choir angels worshiping the Lord up in heaven, but there are also musical instruments as well. No, for you church of Christ folks, I'm sorry. There are definite. There's definite harps. There's other instruments, I'm sure many, many instruments. But they are a heavenly harpist up in heaven. Now, during this time, one of my favorite angels, the gospel angel, is released. Y' all are doing good. We're almost up there to the seventies, the heavenly hunt. And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth. So not only will we have the two witnesses and the 144,000 Jewish evangelists, but the Bible says that God will send a gospel angel who will fly to the everybody left during the tribulation and share the gospel with them. Nobody will die in the tribulation who hasn't heard the gospel. That's why, for those who take the mark of the beast, there's no accounting for them, because they've had the gospel angel come up. And, you know, an angel comes up to you and tells you something, you listen. So the gospel angel. But of those three angels, there's a second one. There's also the doom angel. And another angel followed, saying, babylon has fallen, has fallen that great city, because she has made all the nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. So here's this angel pronouncing doom upon Babylon, which is the Antichrist's kingdom. And it's followed by the third angel, the warning angel. And a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, if anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on his forehead or his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine or wrath of God. So those people who take the mark of the beast during the tribulation are also being held accountable. Why? Because not only are they getting the gospel, but they have another angel telling them, don't do it. And they do it anyway. The warning angel, number 52, the harvest angels. And another angel came out of the temple crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud. Thrust in your sickle and reap. For the time has come for you to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe now. They are the harvesters of the Lord, but at this time, they're calling upon Jesus Christ himself to go and harvest the earth. So many passages in the Bible talk about the wheat and the tares. It's time to tear out the tares and gather the wheat. The harvest angels will help in doing that. Here's another really fantastic angel. 53, the fire angel. And another angel came out from the altar who had the power over fire. It controls fire. And he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vines of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe. An angel that has powers over fire. Another elemental angel, like the wind angels. Y' all holding with me? We've just encroached the 10 o' clock time period and the sign says my time is up. I can finish for those who want to stay up late, or you can just read the book and you have them all there. Which do you prefer? I'll stay as long as anybody else wants to stay. Alright. With the tech crew. All right. The tech crew isn't asleep yet either. All right. We're going to forge ahead anyway. Ryan took about 15 minutes of my time anyway, so. All right. Number 54, the first bowl. Judgment angel. And then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth. So the first went out and poured his bowl. Bowl upon the earth. Foul and loathsome sores came upon men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. So now we're getting near the end of the tribulation. 21 judgments. 14 are done, but we're at the bowl judgments. The angels, the power. These Angels wield in the bowl Judgments is staggering. They put a new Covid, so to say, a new Black death upon the world that only infects those who take the mark of the beast. They're covered in foul and loathsome sores. 55. The second bowl, judgment angel. Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became as blood of a dead man. And how many creatures died? All of them. So it's not just a third anymore. By the end of the Tribulation, the seas are dead. The surface of the waters are covered with endless dead whales and fish and plankton. Everything is dead in the oceans. 56. The third bowl, judgment angel. And the third angel pulled out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. So now it's not just the sea waters, it's the fresh water. I'm not sure how people are drinking at the end of the Tribulation. This must be very close to the end. But all the fresh water is poisoned as well. And this is where we get the angel of the waters. Because not only are there angels controlling the winds and the fires, but there's angels controlling the waters as well. And I heard the angel of the waters say, you are righteous, O Lord, the one who is and who was and it is to be, because you have judged these things. For they have shed the blood of the saints and the prophets and. And you have given them blood to drink, for it is their just due. So the angels of the waters, who must be horrifically sad because they've been enjoying the beauties of the waters that God has created and the animal life in them, and all the animal life is dead. They said, lord, you did it right because of the evil on this world. And everything will be dead. All 71% of the Earth that's covered in water will become like blood. 58 the fourth bull, judgment angel. Then the fourth angel pulled out his bowl on the sun, and power was given him to scorch men with fire. This angel is so powerful, it can control the heat from the sun. And they crank up the heat from the sun and start burning the earth. 59. The fifth one. Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness. And. And they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. So now the earth is put into darkness, but it also comes with this horrific pain. The sixth bowl, Judgment angel, then comes and he pours out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. And its water was dried up so that the ways of the kings of the east might be prepared. Why is Euphrates so important? It's one of the rivers that circled Eden. It's one of the most ancient of all the rivers. And, and the Lord dries it up for a particular reason, which we'll get to in just a moment. But first the frog demons. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. So again, these, these creatures are demon possessed with more than just Satan. And they spit up these horrific creatures that aren't frogs, but they look like frogs, but they have the power to sway whoever's left on the planet. And Satan wants to gather them all together, not just the armies, but anyone left standing on the earth and bring them all to where? The Valley of Jezreel. Because Satan knows somebody's coming. Who could that be? Ooh, let's see. Let's look at the seventh bowl. Judgment first. And the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven from the throne, saying, it is done. In other words, this is the last of the judgments. What happens? There's noises, thundering, lightning, a great earthquake. Matter of fact, this earthquake is so bad, it levels all the mountains and moves the islands. Every island flies away, says the mountains. In other words, there go the mountain ranges. Great hail, hundred pound hailstones come pummeling the earth. And men will blasphemy God because of the plague of the hail, because the plague was exceedingly great. So that's it. I mean, that's as bad as it can get. The entire world is on a 10.0 earthquake and this is leading up to. Wait, we got to take a break. We got to look at mystery. Babylon, Revelation 17 through 18. Now, what is all this judgment coming upon? This is what the Bible says, the great harlot. 63. Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came to me, John, and talked with me saying, come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters. Now, the great harlot, is it an angel, by the way, and this is interesting, what gender are the angels? Male. Are there any female angels? No, there's a representation back. I believe in Zechariah of Evil, which is representative. A woman. Why is Eve always represented by a woman in the Bible? But she's taken up to Babylon. No, they're all male. Interestingly enough, they're all considered, which I think they're actually genderless. That's my opinion. Because if they don't, if Jesus says they don't, are given in marriage and sex is within the marital realm, then they never procreate. So angels are created. They're created beings. They were created before the creation because they rejoiced when the creation was happening. But they don't seem to procreate when we talk about the nephilim. And I'm sure half of you are going to get mad at me for saying this, but I think it's demons possessing men and creating the nephilim. I don't think the demons have the ability to procreate. But I might be wrong. I'm basing it only what Jesus said. So if you disagree with me, you disagree with Jesus. Okay, well, the great harlot isn't an angel, but she does have a message. She is the message of paganism that goes all the way back to the tower of Babylon. And she is the Antichrist kingdom. And the Antichrist kingdom is religious, it's political and it's economic. So all this judgment is coming against the evil world system that's been rebellion against God. And the harlot will be destroyed. In 64, the Authority angel says, after these things, I saw another angel coming down from heaven having great authority. This is a high level angel. And the earth was illuminated by his glory. I mean, this thing is amazing to look at. It's brilliant. And he cries out with a loud voice, babylon the great is fallen, is fallen. The enemy of mankind will be destroyed. And the Authority angel has the authority to proclaim that. Proclaims that. Matter of fact, they send this, the stone angel. Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and he threw it into the sea, saying, thus with violence, the great city Babylon shall be thrown down and Shanal shall not be found anymore. So this great powerful angel, maybe he's another colossus, picks up this stone and he throws it into the Antichrist kingdom. Whether that's Babylon or Rome, not Jerusalem, because Jerusalem is still there. But somewhere, the Antichrist Kingdom, his headquarters is destroyed by a great stone. Whether it be a meteor or something, I don't know. But this angel flings it upon them. All right, we're getting to the good stuff. Almost done. Revelation 19, the climax of the movie. But first we got some wedding announcements. All right. And I heard as it were a voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters. It is a sound of mighty thundering saying alleluia. For the Lord God omnipotent reigns. Let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready. Who's the wife of the Lamb? The Church. The bride of Christ. This is. So while all this horrific, horrible stuff is going on down on the earth, in heaven, what's happening? A marriage celebration. A wedding of the Jesus Christ and the Church. And he sends the wedding angels out to proclaim it. Well, the wedding announcement. Angels. All right. 67. The white horses. Now, I saw heaven open, and behold a white horse. And. And him who sat on it was called faithful and true. And in righteousness he judges and makes war. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed him also on white horses. I wish I had the time. But chapter 19, verses 11 through 16, are the most powerful, wonderful, epic verses in the whole Bible. Because it's the King of Kings and Lord of Lords coming out of heaven on his great white war charger. A victorious general marching down to the earth. And what's following him? We are the Church and we're riding white horses now. I don't know. Yes, it's worth clapping about. I don't know if these horses are angels or if they're Pegasuses or they're just actual horses. If you talk to Don Perkins out there, he's named his horse. But there are horses out there that we will ride. And since it comes from heaven to earth, I assume they fly. I think they're angels myself. We might find out, but I put them as the 67th category. So that's us, folks. That's your future. We are following Jesus down. Another elemental angel, the sun angel. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, come and gather together for the supper of the great God. So here's our combatants. We have the Antichrist, who's amassed every person standing back on the planet, and he's gathered him to Valley of Jezreel. He knows Jesus is going to come. He says, if I can get enough people together, we can stop Jesus from coming. And Jesus breaks from the sky. He's glowing, he's powerful. He's got all the angels pouring out of heaven. We're pouring out of heaven. And what happens? We just watch. We don't do anything. We don't get to stab or cut or anything. We watch Jesus land on the Mount of Olives. And he hits it so hard, it splits. Splits in two. And it makes. It allows for the Jewish people to flee out of Jerusalem and get out of there. And he. Then he just speaks. Remember we heard earlier, his mouth is like a sword. He speaks. And the Antichrist armies melt like a nuclear reaction before him. And he then does this. He sends out the executioner angels. Then the beast was captured, and with him, the false prophet who works signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worship his image. These two were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Folks, that's all Armageddon is. It's a bunch of armies gathered together while Jesus shows up, speaks, they all die, sends out the executioner angels, and they drag their tails off to hell. You know, that's amazing. That's amazing. All right, now let's get to the party. The millennial kingdom. Revelation 20. We've reached the 70s. Number 70, the jailer angel. Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He holds the keys to the bottomless pit, and he's got a great chain in his hand. He lays hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bounds him for a thousand years. So by this time, I don't. I think Satan's really exhausted from killing billions of people. It's this jailer angel comes, wraps the old dragon in a chain, and he chucks him into the bottomless pit where he will dwell for a thousand years. I don't envy that jailer angel. All right, we're ready to move on into the eternal state. And that is the eternally good news Angel. At this time, at the end of the Millennial kingdom, Satan will be released, and he will lead the children born during the Millennial Kingdom, those who wish to rebel against Jesus in one last battle. Because Satan operates with the same old, tired strategy that if I can just get enough people together, we can overthrow Jesus. Jesus sends down fire, they burn up. The great white judgment happens, and we move on into the eternal state and are greeted by the eternally good news angels. I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, behold, the tabernacle of God and is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people. God himself will be with them and be their God. Isn't that the good news? That's what the good news is, is that we will finally be back to the Garden of Eden again, where we walked and talked and had fellowship with our Father. What do you think all of human history is getting us back to, but he wants to equip heaven with people who actually want to be with him. And that's what all these generations, this 7,000 years will be. And we will then live in with the Father in the new Jerusalem. I'm not going to go into too much details, but Anai, John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride, not the bride, but as a bride adorned for her husband. And also she had a great and high wall with 12 gates and 12 angels at the gates. So here we got these 12 massive gates. You ever hear of the pearly gates? You know, for some reason they always say that Peter's outside the gate. Well, there's 12 of them, and they're not made out of pearls, they're made out of a pearl. They're massive. And there are 12 angels at each, at one per gate. Now, I had someone write me and they were really worried. They're like, it sounds like this New Jerusalem's a prison where these angels keep us locked in. Like, no, no, no, no. The new Jerusalem on the new Earth is the capital city of the universe. And if it was a jail, you wouldn't have gates. They're wide up. These angels are just ceremonial. I don't know. We'll get to see them one day. I don't know how big they are, but they must be massive. And they're like an honor guard. We'll say, hi, Bob. And you know, they'll say, hey, you know, and we'll get. We'll see them. We'll come and go and explore the universe. But God has these 12 guardian angels or around the gates. Isn't that awesome? So, folks, you have made it through 72 angels and 55 minutes. Okay, now let's get to the finer words because I'm going to give you a bonus angel. Do you get like, bonuses? Here's your bonus angel. The biker angel has returned. That is what Jesus says these words. Then he said to me, these words are faithful and true. Behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star. Do you believe that? That these words are faithful and true? Do you believe that Jesus is coming quickly? Yes. What are the four messages that they have? The final words of the revealing angel are this. These words are faithful and true. And he tells John, not to seal up this book other than the seven Thunders Shoot. Because the time was at hand. The time, folks, is coming at hand. The final words of Jesus Christ are this. Surely I'm coming quickly. In other words, when he comes, it's going to be fast. My reward is with me to give to everyone according to his work. The Lord is coming back for you with rewards, the ones that you have earned by allowing the Holy Spirit to work through you. Here's the final words of the elder John. God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book. So there's a warning too. Don't add anything to the Bible. Joseph Smith, Meline Murray o', Hare, all these people. You will be the plagues, which is hell. And John also says, amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. And the final words to the church is this. And the Spirit, the Holy Spirit and the Bride say come. It's an open invitation. Let him who hears say, come. Let him who thirsts, come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. What is the Water of Life? It's Jesus Christ. And I'm sure if you're at a Bible prophecy conference at 10 o' clock at night, then you have taken the water of Life. But for those of you who are watching online or through streaming, that have you asked Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior. That is the water of life. That is what makes you the bride, which is a comfortable statement for men, but we say it anyway. The Bride. Jesus loves you. He died for you. He's coming back as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And he wants each and every one of us to dwell with him in heaven forever. So do not leave here without having accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior. Well, Lord, we thank you so much for the opportunity to study your word. Thank you for giving us 31% of the Bible. That tells us that you're going to be victorious and your children will be victorious through you. I thank you for each and every one of the saints here late at night who love you, who are recipients of all these promises. I pray for anyone who has yet to accept you. Now is the day of salvation. I pray, Lord, they will pray from their heart. Lord Jesus, I know I'm a sinner. I know I've rebelled against you. Lord, please forgive me. I love you. Please become the Savior and Lord of my life. And all God's people said, amen. God bless you all.