Good Afternoon Girls!
Ok, this turned out to be a wonderfully beautiful day! We were at the zoo this morning - and we experianced the zoo in pouring rain accompanied by the lovely smell of animals when wet. Just spent some time outside doing yardwork and realized how HOT and PRETTY it is out there now!
We missed a lot of you last night - please watch the Digital DVD online(Session 7)to stay up to date on what we are learning. You can watch it online for $5 - it was a lot of information but I found it captivating!
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Daily Prayer -
Lord - I thank you for your word. Lord I pray that you protect our minds as we continue to study through Revelation. I pray we have time to dedicate to you and your word. I pray that we can be in your word daily and if not once a day then more. I pray you continue to reveal yourself to us through your word. We come before you ready to listen and learn what you want to teach us. Thank you for loving us. AMEN
Ok - Its time... we all agreed last night that this study is getting intense. Its time to put on our thinking caps and study. Remember the blessing to be bestowed (Rev 1) to those who read and study Revelation. You can do this!
Please read this for background:
Revelation 11
The Two Witnesses
1 I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. 2 But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. 3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a] 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6 They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. 8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified. 9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
11 But after the three and a half days the breath[b] of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.
13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.
The Seventh Trumpet
15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
“The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
the One who is and who was,
because you have taken your great power
and have begun to reign.
18 The nations were angry,
and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,
and for rewarding your servants the prophets
and your people who revere your name,
both great and small—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.
Question 1
In Session 7, we forcused our attention on Revelation 11. Please review the chapter so that you can recapture the context. After the quick perusal, go back with me now and pick up the chapter preceding it. Please read Revelation 10:1-4. Describe the mightly angel.
Revelation 10:1-4
The Angel and the Little Scroll
1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”
My thoughts - The angel came down from Heaven, robed in a cloud with a rainbow (sign of God's hope, love and covenant) above his head. His face was like the sun, his legs like fiery pillars. He was holding a scroll in his hand, his right foot was planted on the sea and his left on the land. He gave a loud shout like a lion.
In Verse 3, what happened when the mighty angel roared?
Revelation 10:3
3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke
My thoughts - When he roared he sounded like a ion and he voices of the seven thunders spoke. When Jack was 2.5yrs old, my parents took him to the zoo when I was having Kate. While they were there admiring the beauty of the Lion, Jack was standing in the window awestruck. All of the sudden the Lion roared and in the words of my Dad, "Jack totally lost it, he was scared out of his mind!" To this day, he still remembers that and will not go into the window for fear that it will happen again. So to imagine an angel with this voice and command is awesome to be.
Please email me any prayer requests you may have - I will email those out tonight after bedtime and much needed run.
Love to all!
M
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