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Revelation, Part 9
Pastor Jim Bradford | October 18, 2020
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It’s not what happens next, it’s what John sees next!
Two SIGNS to set the stage . . .
Revelation 12:1-4a
12 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.
Revelation 12:1-4a
12 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.
Christmas from Heaven's perspective . . .
Revelation 12:4b-5a
. . .The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”
Revelation 12:4b-5a
. . .The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”
Revelation 12:5b
. . . And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.
. . . And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.
What do we need to know about the Dragon?
What do we need to know about the Dragon?
* He accuses and slanders us
* He accuses and slanders us
What do we need to know about the Dragon?
* He accuses and slanders us
* He runs scared
* He accuses and slanders us
* He runs scared
What do we need to know about the Dragon?
* He accuses and slanders us
* He runs scared
* He's after us
* He accuses and slanders us
* He runs scared
* He's after us
But how do we overcome?
But how do we overcome?
* By the power of Christ's blood
* By the power of gospel proclamation
* By the power of personal sacrifice
* By the power of Christ's blood
* By the power of gospel proclamation
* By the power of personal sacrifice