[2] The title of the sermon today is “REVELATION CHAPTER 15.”
- If you remember, God was preparing to pour out HIS WRATH at the end of Chapter 14.
- We saw the Rapture happen in Revelation Chapter 14 and then God preparing to pour out HIS WRATH.
- That continues in Revelation Chapter 15.
[3] Revelation 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
- John now sees a great and marvellous sign in heaven.
- SEVEN ANGELS having the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES. And these plagues are the WRATH OF GOD.
- God doesn’t pour out HIS WRATH on the saved.
[4] 1 Thessalonians 5:5-7 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
[5] 1 Thessalonians 5:8-10 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
- Notice that verse 9 says that “GOD HATH NOT APPOINTED US TO WRATH.”
- So, we know we already saw the RAPTURE in Chapter 14.
- God is not pouring out HIS WRATH on all of the saved believers. The rapture happens first.
I want to make something very clear today when it comes to the order of events in Daniel’s 70th week.
- The tribulation is not God’s wrath being poured out.
- When seal #1 comes, that’s not God going forth to conquer.
[6] Revelation 6:1-2 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
- That’s an imitation of Jesus Christ who is called the anti-Christ.
- When seal #2 comes, it’s not God pouring out HIS WRATH.
[7] Revelation 6:3-4 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
- If we keep going, the third seal and the fourth seal are not God pouring out HIS WRATH.
- The first 5 seals are the TRIBULATION and it’s not from God. How do we know this?
- It’s very easy and simple to see this and understand this when we get to the FIFTH SEAL.
[8] Revelation 6:9-10 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
- This 100% tells us that the FIFTH SEAL is not God pouring out HIS WRATH.
- Why? Because the SAVED people are being killed.
- That’s not God killing HIS OWN PEOPLE with HIS WRATH.
- And then those MARTYRS ask God how much longer will it be before you avenge us?
- So obviously, God’s wrath hasn’t started yet in the first half of the 7-year period.
The anti-Christ is coming into power during the first half.
- When we hit the middle of the week or the 3-1/2 year mark, the ANTI-CHRIST is now in power.
- The GREAT TRIBULATION begins and the anti-Christ targets God’s people and continue to kill them.
- Then we see the RAPTURE after the TRIBULATION. Then we’re going to see God’s wrath being poured out.
- So, we see this EXACT SAME ORDER in the first half of Revelation, Chapters 1 through 11.
- And then we see the same order in the second half of Revelation, Chapters 12 through 22.
And the order of events that we see TWICE in the Book of Revelation, matches the rest of the Bible.
- Matthew Chapter 24, Mark Chapter 13, Luke Chapter 21, 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 and 5.
- They all show the exact same order of events. The Book of Daniel also gives us the order.
- There are 2 COMINGS of Jesus Christ in the Bible: the first already happened when He came to earth.
- His second coming will happen when He comes in the clouds on the Lord’s Day at the RAPTURE.
The PRE-TRIBULATION FALSE PREACHERS teach that the Rapture isn’t the second coming of Jesus Christ.
- They use 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 verse 17 as their RAPTURE Scripture.
- And say that the RAPTURE doesn’t count as the SECOND COMING of Jesus Christ.
- But watch what 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 says starting in verse 15.
[9] 1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
- This is talking about the RAPTURE. Notice it says, “That we which are alive and remain unto THE COMING OF THE LORD.”
- Let’s look at the very next verse as verse 15 is obviously talking about the RAPTURE.
[10] 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- The BIBLE itself calls the RAPTURE the “COMING OF THE LORD.”
- But the false preachers say that the Rapture doesn’t count as a coming of the Lord.
- They say God would never pour out HIS WRATH during the Tribulation on the saved believers.
- But the problem is, they get that wrong. God isn’t pouring HIS WRATH during the Tribulation.
- That’s the dragon, the first beast, and the second beast causing the problems.
- Remember that the DRAGON or SATAN gets kicked out of heaven for good.
- He’s angry, he’s wroth, and he is the one that is causing the troubles on earth during the tribulation.
The Tribulation is the first 5 seals within the Book of Revelation.
- They obviously don’t last for a period of seven years. The timing given in the Bible is very obvious.
- God gives us the correct order and sequence of events over and over many times in the Bible.
- First, it’s the TRIBULATION. Then the Rapture happens after the tribulation.
- Then. God pours out HIS WRATH. That’s it. It’s very simple. Tribulation, Rapture, God’s wrath.
- So, again, we just the RAPTURE in Revelation Chapter 14 and now we see God’s wrath.
So, we saw in verse of Revelation Chapter 15 that the angels have these vials filled up with plagues.
- We saw the 7 TRUMPETS of God’s Wrath in the first half of Revelation.
- We’ve already shown in past sermons that the TRUMPETS AND VIALS line up perfectly.
- But, we’re going to see that even more in Revelation Chapter 16.
- So, in Chapter 15, we aren’t going to see God’s wrath poured out yet.
- He’s preparing HIS WRATH to be poured out in the next Chapter. So, this chapter prepares us for that.
- Let’s start again in Revelation Chapter 15 verse 1 and see how this all builds up to the 7 vials.
[11] Revelation 15:1-2 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
- We see the SAVED PEOPLE in verse 2 who achieved victory over the beast and now have the harps of God.
- Those are all the people who came out of GREAT TRIBULATION. Do you see that?
- They are now there in heaven. They gained victory over the BEAST and HIS IMAGE.
- They made it through the GREAT TRIBULATION without dying and made it to heaven.
- You see the same thing in Revelation Chapter 7.
- This multitude of SAINTS show up in heaven from the RAPTURE.
- So here in Chapter 14, they have HARPS and let’s see what happens next.
[12] Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Now, those SAINTS are singing the SONG OF MOSES and the SONG OF THE LAMB.
- So, the words to the SONG OF THE LAMB are given to us.
- “Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are thy ways. Thou King of Saints.”
- Deuteronomy Chapter 32 contains the SONG OF MOSES. Deuteronomy 31 tells us it’s coming.
[13] Deuteronomy 31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
- In this chapter of Deuteronomy, Moses tells the people that he knows they won’t continue to obey God.
[14] Deuteronomy 31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
- So, in order to help them remember, MOSES writes a song.
- That tells you that MUSIC is great to remember. That’s why we sing psalms and hymns.
- The psalms and hymns that we sing teach proper BIBLE doctrine. If they don’t, we don’t sing them.
- The last verse in Deuteronomy Chapter 31 says this:
[15] Deuteronomy 31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
- Then, when we go to Deuteronomy Chapter 32 verse 1, we see the words of the SONG OF MOSES.
[16] Deuteronomy 32:1-3 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
- These are the first words of the song. Notice it says, “My doctrine shall drop as the rain.”
- The SONG OF MOSES is filled with PROPER BIBLE DOCTRINE or teaching.
- That’s what we should be singing all the time.
- We don’t need weak and fake “GOD LOVES EVERYONE” music.
- Do you want to see the difference in the SONG OF MOSES and the current fake “Christian” music?
- Let’s see what the SONG OF MOSES says and compare it to so-called “CHRISTIAN” music today.
[17] Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- So far so good. There’s nothing negative so far. GOD IS ONLY POSITIVE according to KLOVE.
- But, let’s keep going and see what else is there. The song goes all the way down to verse 43.
- I won’t go over all of the verses, but I’m going to read you a few verses of this song.
[18] Deuteronomy 32:5-6 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
- Look, the song is going negative pretty fast. Why? So people will fear God. Sing this song and remember it.
- That’s the whole point of this song. Does anyone sing anything like this song today? NOPE.
- Let’s keep going and you’ll see what I mean.
[19] Deuteronomy 32:15-16 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
- Jeshurun there is another name for the children of Israel.
- He says that you got comfortable, you forsook God, and lightly esteemed HIM. Sounds just like today.
- They went after strange gods. Just like churches today. This song won’t sound like their false god.
[20] Deuteronomy 32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
- So the Lord GREATLY HATED them because they went after other gods that were NOT HIM.
- You have all these churches today proclaiming to use the Bible but nothing they say is within the Bible.
- They say GOD LVOES EVERYONE no matter what. Well, this SONG OF MOSES says different.
[21] Deuteronomy 32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
- This generation HAS NO FAITH. A single ounce of faith is when you PUT ALL YOUR TRUST on Jesus Christ.
- Salvation is not of works. YOUA RE SAVED (past tense) once you put your trust on JESUS CHRIST.
- Churches today teach their followers that they MUST OBEY GOD and do all these wonderful works.
- They teach that YOU MUST be baptized, you MUST come to church, you MUST be a good person.
- If you do all these great things all your life, then you’ll be saved. Well, guess what?
- That’s the exact opposite of FAITH. “Children in whom is NO FAITH.” This is just like today.
- And we have this song of Moses in the Bible today to remind us.
- But then you get these DISPENSATIONAL false preachers that teach Deuteronomy is not for us.
[22] Deuteronomy 32:21-22 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- The ONE TRUE GOD is a jealous GOD. He gets jealous and HE GETS ANGRY.
- And you don’t want to make HIM jealous or angry. His jealousy and anger is righteous.
- Verse 22 there is the first time the word HELL is used in all the Bible.
- And notice this song is mentioned in REVELATION when God’s wrath is being prepared.
- This song talks about the WRATH OF GOD.
- False preachers say, “God wouldn’t every do anything to punish you or hurt you.”
- Well, that’s proved wrong on just about every single page of the Old Testament, but watch this.
[23] Deuteronomy 32:23-24 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
- If you reject God, HE WILL REJECT YOU. It’s that simple. He will throw you into hell.
- Do you see what this song teaches? Compare that to the false “CHRISTIAN” songs on the radio.
- This false CHRISTIAN god is some other god. I want you to see this today.
- Moses want his people to know these things and learn this song.
[24] Deuteronomy 32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
- Both the young man, the virgin, the baby, and the man of gray hairs.
- If you go after some false “CHRISTIAN” god, the one true God doesn’t care who you are.
- He says that He will destroy you and your children. That’s the ONE TRUE GOD.
- And you should read and learn the entire song in Deuteronomy Chapter 32.
- I’ll leave you with one more verse.
[25] Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
- Do you see the nature of God? That is JESUS CHRIST!!! He is God.
- God the FATHER, God the SON, and God the HOLY SPIRIT don’t disagree. They all agree perfectly.
He says, “DON’T MESS WITH ME. There’s NO ONE who can deliver you out of my hand.”
- “I KILL. I GIVE LIFE. I WOUND YOU. AND I HEAL YOU. There is none other like me.”
- Songs help you remember words much easier.
- And this is the SONG OF MOSES that we see in Revelation Chapter 15.
Much of God’s wrath can be seen in Deuteronomy Chapter 32.
- You’ll see fire being thrown to earth and beasts being sent to destroy them.
- Remember the locusts and the horses during God’s wrath?
- So, we see why the SONG OF MOSES is mentioned in Revelation Chapter 15.
And remember this SONG is being sung in HEAVEN before God’s wrath is poured out.
- So, it MUST be a very important song. We need to know it. We need to understand GOD.
- The SEVEN VIALS OF GOD’S WRATH are coming up soon. God gets angry. God has great wrath.
- Why does He get angry? Because He’s given us so much. He wants to give us eternal life.
- And people are stiff-necked and won’t accept the greatest gift in existence.
- It’s free, and people HATE GOD. That’s why God has anger and wrath. He created them.
- We also see Moses singing in Exodus Chapter 15.
[26] Exodus 15:1-3 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
- Notice it says, THE LORD IS A MAN OF WAR. Mankind has forced God to be a man of war.
[27] Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- If you haven’t seen this yet, you better get on God’s side today. When He speaks, you better listen.
- God doesn’t make false threats. He doesn’t talk big and not follow through.
- So, do you see how God loves music and songs so you can remember HIS TRUE NATURE?
The entire BOOK OF PSALMS is a song book. All PSALMS are filled with Bible doctrine.
- You can’t go wrong when you sing the PSALMS unless you change the words like the corrupted versions.
- Let’s continue in Revelation Chapter 15 verse 4.
[28] Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- This verse sounds a lot like the SONG OF MOSES in Deuteronomy Chapter 32.
- We need to fear the Lord and glorify HIS NAME. He only is HOLY.
- “For all nations shall come and worship before thee.”
- So, we see a great connection between the Old Testament and New Testament in Revelation 15.
[29] Psalm 86:8-9 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
- You’ve heard me say this over and over again, but the Old and New Testament fit together perfectly.
- God doesn’t change HIS NATURE between the Old and New Testament.
- Exodus, Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Psalms, and Isaiah can be found in Revelation Chapter 15.
- Notice again what it says at the end of verse 4. Let’s read that again.
[30] Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- “FOR THEY JUDGMENTS ARE MADE MANIFEST.”
- You will see the judgment of God upon the wicked very soon is what this verse means.
- You’re going to see God’s wrath upon the UNSAVED WHO REJECTED GOD. Should you be happy for that?
- Well, let’s see. Should you be happy for the judgment of God when He pours out HIS WRATH?
- Should you be sad and upset at God for destroying the UNSAVED PEOPLE who rejected God?
- Well, let’s go back to the last verse in the SONG OF MOSES in Deuteronomy Chapter 32.
- I want you to see how all of this ties together perfectly.
[31] Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
- You should REJOICE, O YE NATIONS with all of the saved people.
- God will get the VENGEANCE on all of those people. Do you see that? You shouldn’t be sad.
- You should be rejoicing because you should know that everything God does is good.
- “Well, that’s not fair. That was some of my family down there.” Well, they had a choice just like you.
You might think that sounds mean, but God says to REJOICE. God is patient with all of them.
- God gives them chances over and over and over and over again.
- People who won’t accept Jesus can’t come into heaven. It’s that simple. Instead, they get God’s wrath.
- They follow after SATAN versus GOD. They get WRATH.
- You should REJOICE when God pours out HIS WRATH.
- So, is your mind correct with GOD? Would you rejoice for that? If not, you better get to the BIBLE.
- You need to increase your FAITH and TRUST God’s way. His way is always better than yours.
The people left on EARTH for God’s wrath DESERVE God’s wrath.
- You need to understand that God repays people perfectly.
- There’s an example in the Book of Revelation that I want you to see that shows how God repays.
[32] Revelation 16:4-6 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
- So, we’re coming up on Chapter 16. We’re almost there. You see the THIRD VIAL being poured out.
- The rivers and fountains of water become BLOOD.
- The angel says that God’s judgment is righteous. Why would turning the water into blood be righteous?
- It tells us why right there in verse 6.
- “For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets.” So now, what do they get?
- They get blood to drink. God says, “You wanted to spill the blood of my people. Have blood to drink.”
- “FOR THEY ARE WORTHY” of this judgment verse 6 says.
- In other words, don’t feel bad for those people. They are evil and wicked people.
[33] Revelation 16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
- So understand that GOD’S JUDGMENTS are always deserving. “True and righteous are they judgments.”
- Remember that those same people left on earth still won’t change their mind after what they’ve seen.
- So, look, they deserve what they get. And you should REJOICE in God’s wrath on those people.
- God completely destroys all of the wickedness and evil left on this earth.
[34] Revelation 15:5-6 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
- After the SAINTS sing the songs, John looks and he sees THE TEMPLE OF THE TABERNACLE.
- The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony is opening in heaven.
- Do you remember when we talked about the tabernacle and the candlestick?
- This is talking about the TEMPLE being opened and SEVEN ANGELS coming out of the temple.
In the Book of Exodus we see God giving Moses instructions to build the tabernacle.
- And you see that God gives Moses very specific instructions.
- You’ll see the tabernacle, ark, mercy seat, shew bread table, candlestick, curtains, vail, altar, and more.
- When you’re reading through that, you’ll probably be saying, “Wow, that’s a lot of detail.”
- Why is God giving us all of that detail? It’s because it’s patterned after the TABERNACLE IN HEAVEN.
[35] Hebrews 8:1-3 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
[36] Hebrews 8:4-5 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
- Moses makes the tabernacle after the pattern that God showed him in the mount.
- So, the tabernacle of the Lord, the feast days of the Lord are all a shadow of things to come.
[37] Colossians 2:16-17 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
- For example, the PASSOVER feast is a foreshadowing of Jesus Christ being the PASSOVER LAMB.
- The feast of first fruits is a foreshadowing of the RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ.
- Pentecost is the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
- The Blowing of the Trumpets is a foreshadowing of the TRIBULATION and TROUBLES coming.
- The Day of Atonement is a foreshadowing of the RAPTURE.
- The tabernacle that Moses built is patterned AFTER the tabernac