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DECEIVE THE NATIONS / REVELATION 20:8

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(KJV) Revelation 20:8

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

DECEIVE THE NATIONS / REVELATION 20:8

This is the last rebellion against God in history. Many of those born during the millennium will choose to reject Christ’s authority and choose instead to believe Satan’s lies. How and why will so many be deceived into rebelling against God, even after experiencing the perfection of Christ’s reign? The fact is that human nature will be the same. Some people will likely be convinced that they have missed out on something or did not truly have freedom under Christ’s rule. People with weak commitments or insincere motives will always deny or defy God when faced with temptation. Only when people have joined Christ for eternity – changed in body and spirit – will they be rid of the sinful nature. (Note that those who were resurrected or came form heaven to reign with Christ during the millennium will be immune to Satan’s temptations. His deception will occur only among those who were born during the millennium Revelation 19:21).

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  1. SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7
  2. SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14
  3. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
  4. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
  5. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
  6. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
  7. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
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Margarita & Stace

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SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7

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(KJV) Revelation 20:7  

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

SATAN WILL BE RELEASED / REVELATION 20:7

At the close of the millennium, Satan will be released.

  1. It seems that God will allow Satan to test those who have lived under the ideal conditions of Christ’s millennial reign. They will have opportunity to prove their allegiance to God or to follow the pull of their carnal (unspiritual) hearts and rebel against Him. Ironically, countless people (Revelation 20:8) who experienced Christ’s peace will be deceived and will join themselves with Satan and his final evil army.
  2. Satan himself, full of vengeance following his confinement and still deceived in believing he can yet defeat God, will be allowed to deceive those who desire to rebel against Christ’s rule. He will gather a multitude of such rebels – “like the sand on the seashore” (Revelation 20:8) to launch a final assault on God’s people.
  3. “Gog and Magog” (Revelation 20:8 derived from Ezekiel 38 – 39, but not necessarily a reference to the same nations) represent all the nations of the world and their spirit of rebellion against God and righteousness.

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  1. SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14
  2. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
  3. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
  4. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
  5. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
  6. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
  7. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Margarita & Stace

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PROVE THEIR REPENTANCE BY THEIR DEEDS / ACTS 26:20

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(KJV) Acts 26:20

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

PROVE THEIR REPENTANCE BY THEIR DEEDS / ACTS 26:20

Paul did not preach, as dome do, that eternal salvation requires no more than an intellectual trust or belief in Christ and His death for our sins. While good works cannot save us spiritually (Ephesians 2:8-9), the sincerity of one’s faith is proven by his or her actions. The New Testament declares that in order for individuals to be saved, they must “repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds” (Matthew 3:8; Luke3:8).

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  1. YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER / ACTS 1:8
  2. SUFFER FOR MY NAME / ACTS 9:16
  3. THEY BELIEVED … THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST / ACTS 8:12
  4. WHEN THEY HEARD THIS / ACTS 11:18
  5. THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON THEM / ACTS 19:6
  6. SPEAKING IN TONGUES / ACTS 10:46
  7. GOD DOES NOT SHOW FAVORITISM / ACTS 10:34
  8. THEY RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 8:17
  9. HAD NOT YET COME UPON ANY OF THEM / ACTS 8:15-16
  10. THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 4:31
  11. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / ACTS 2:4
  12. THEY WERE BAPTIZED / ACTS 19:15
  13. THIS CORRUPT GENERATION / ACTS 2:40
  14. REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED / ACTS 2:38
  15. FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AND FOR ALL / ACTS 2:39
  16. WORSHIPING … AND FASTING / ACTS 13:2
  17. KEPT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM PREACHING / ACTS 16:6
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THE LORD’S GREAT SORROW / LUKE 13:34

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(KJV) Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

THE LORD’S GREAT SORROW / LUKE 13:34

Jesus’ tears (Luke 19:41) over Jerusalem’s stubbornness are a testimony to the freedom of the human will (free choice, desire, intention) to resist God’s grace and will (Luke 19:41; Acts 7:51; Romans 1:8-32; 2:5).

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  1. THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD / LUKE 4:5
  2. JESUS, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 4:1
  3. HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON HIM / LUKE 3:22
  4. THE WISE … LITTLE CHILDREN / LUKE 10:21
  5. DO NOT REJOICE / LUKE 10:20
  6. SNAKES AND SCORPINS / LUKE 10:19
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THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8

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(KJV) 1 John 3:8
 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8

Many people in the world, even some in the church, refuse to accept the fact of a real devil who wars against God and seeks to destroy people spiritually and in every other way (1 Peter 5:8). But John, one of Jesus’ closest followers, has much to say about “the devil.” He calls him “the evil one” (1 John 3:13; 2:13-14; 5:18-19), who “has been sinning from the beginning” (from the time he first rebelled against God, before the temptation of Adam and Eve, John 8:44). He is the instigator of sin, and those who continue to live in sin are “of the devil” (1 John 3:8), are his children (1 John 3:12). He is behind “the spirit of antichrist” that is in the world (1 John 4:3), and he has “the whole world” – those who do not follow God -under his control (1 John 5:19). But the devil cannot permanently harm God’s children (1 John 5:18). In fact, the follower of Christ will “overcome the evil one” (1 John 2:13-14; 4:4), and Christ will “destroy the devil’s work” (1 John 3:8).

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  1. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14

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(KJV) Revelation 16:14

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

SPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING MIRACULOUS SIGNS / REVELATION 16:14

During the tribulation, rulers of the nations will be greatly influenced and controlled by demons. Deceived by Satan through miracles, they will enter into an insane alliance with the antichrist. By following his schemes, they will plunge the entire world into a great holocaust.

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  1. FROGS / REVELATION 16:13
  2. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
  3. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
  4. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
  5. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
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FROGS / REVELATION 16:13

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(KJV) Revelation 16:13

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

FROGS / REVELATION 16:13

These evil spirits are demons who can work miracles and deceive the nations in order to support evil, sin and the antichrist. The “dragon” must be identified with Satan (Revelation 12:7-9) and the “beast” with the anti-christ (Revelation 13). The fact that they come out of the mouths of the unholy trio may indicate some sort of communication or lying message to the world. However, these particular spirits do not focus on common people; their attention is on manipulating world rulers.

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  1. WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9
  2. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
  3. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
  4. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
  5. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD / LUKE 4:5

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THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD / LUKE 4:5

Satan tempts Jesus with the offer of rulership over all the kingdoms of the world, a proposal that Jesus rejects. This could be viewed as an appeal for material wealth, possessions, and power.

  1. Jesus’s kingdom in this age is not a worldly kingdom (John 18:36-37).  Throughout His ministry, Jesus would refuse to seek a kingdom for Himself by the worldly methods of compromise, earthly power, political maneuvering, external violence, or personal popularity.
  2. Jesus’ kingdom is a spiritual one, established in the hearts of His people, who have also refused to follow the ungodly ways of the world. As a heavenly kingdom,
  3. It is gained through suffering, self-denial, humility, and meekness – the opposite of how worldly people pursue power.
  4. It requires surrendering ourselves as living and holy sacrifices (Romans 12:1) – completely devoted and obedient to God and His purposes.
  5. It involves a battle against Satan, sin, temptation, and evil using spiritual weapons (Ephesians 6:10-20).
  6. It means resisting conformity to the beliefs, behaviors and lifestyles that are common in the world (Romans 12:2).
  7. Satan’s appeal to worship him was an attempt to get Jesus to take a quick route to world domination – to avoid the humility and sufferings that would lead Jesus’ death on the cross. That is to say, the devil was trying to get Jesus to lay aside His entire purpose for coming to earth (Matthew 4:10). Christ’s willingness to face all the difficulties that lay ahead is an example to all believers. He taught us that there are no shortcuts to fulfilling God’s perfect purposes for our lives, not matter how tempting the options may seem.

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  1. JESUS, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 4:1
  2. HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON HIM / LUKE 3:22
  3. THE WISE … LITTLE CHILDREN / LUKE 10:21
  4. DO NOT REJOICE / LUKE 10:20
  5. SNAKES AND SCORPINS / LUKE 10:19
  6. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9

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(KJV) Revelation 12:7-9

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

WAR IN HEAVEN / REVELATION 12:7-9

The tribulation will involve not only great spiritual conflict on earth, but also war in heaven. Battling against Michael (whom Jude calls the archangel, or “chief angel”) and his angels, Satan and his angels will put forth a final effort to defeat God’s angels and his ultimate plans. Up to this time, Satan and his demons have been rulers of authority in the spirit world with significant realms of influence. They have been “powers of this dark world” and “spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms: (Ephesians 6:12). Yet, Michael goes on the offense and launches the attack on Satan, giving a sign that the devil’s wicked rule is about to end. Satan’s power is no match for the angels who have always remined loyal to God.

  1. Satan is defeated, hurled down to earth (Luke 10:18) and allowed no further access to heaven.
  2. Heaven rejoices (Revelation 12:10-12), for Satan is no longer a spiritual force in heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12). At the same time, this event causes “woe” to those on earth (Revelation 12:12-13), where he will still have power. However, his time at this point is short and his final defeat is very near. This fall of Satan may begin the great tribulation – the latter half, and most intense part, of the seven years before Christ’s return to earth. At the end of the tribulation time, the antichrist will be defeated and thrown into the lake of fire and Satan will be bound and thrown into the Abyss, freeing the world of his evil schemes for a thousand years (Revelation 20:1-3). Following that time, Satan will be released briefly to deceive those who are not completely devoted to Christ and to make a final assault against the godly. But in the end, he will be defeated completely and thrown into the lake of fire for eternity (Revelation 20:7-10).

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  1. A THIRD OF THE STARS / REVELATION 12:4
  2. FALSE PROPHET … THE MIRACULOUS / REVELATION 19:20
  3. THE LAMB OPENED / REVELATION 6:1
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DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41

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(KJV) Matthew 25:41

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41

In his initial rebellion against God (Matthew 4:10), Satan misled a third of the angels who were in heaven (Revelation 12:4). It appears that some of them are already in hell, awaiting final judgment (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6), while the rest are still loose and operating under Satan’s authority and control (Matthew 12:24; 25:41; Ephesians 2:2; Revelation 12:7). These fallen angels serve as his highly organized force of agents, carrying out his evil purposes on earth (Ephesians 6:11-12). They likely can be identified with the demons frequently referred to in the Bible. Notice that hell was not originally created for people, and God does not desire to send people there. In a very real sense, people send themselves there by refusing to accept the forgiveness God provides through Jesus’ sacrifice and by failing to yield their lives to Jesus. By hanging on to their sins (offenses against God), people choose to accept the extreme consequences of working against God and rejecting His mercy, which will be punishment and eternal separation from Him.

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  3. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  4. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
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