Who has already drunk the cup of the wrath of God for all those found in him?
(Revelation 14:6-18;) Blog: Mar. 03-09, 2019
REVIEW: The book of Revelation reveals Jesus as he works to recover his lost bride. The candlesticks symbolize the work of the Holy Spirit in the church. The table of showbread symbolizes the throne of God the Father from which God’s Word works to restore the bride to the Son. The altar of incense symbolizes Jesus ministering the prayers of his people as they bring earth’s inhabitants to God. These three articles of the Holy Place of the sanctuary depict parallel events during the Christian era, from Pentecost to Paradise. In Revelation 11:19 the scene turns to the Most Holy Place where the marriage covenant will be made. Chapters 12-19 give a curriculum vitae for each of the attenders at the marriage – first the bride and the dragon, then the sea beast and the land beast, followed by the Groom on Mount Zion.
The First Angel’s Message (Rev. 14:1-7; 9:14-15; Eccl. 12:13-14; Jer. 3:14-17; Joel 3:17-21; 1 Cor. 15:1-8; Heb. 12:22-24; James 2:13; 1 Pet. 4:3-6, 17)
1. To what attender at the marriage are we introduced in the first part of Revelation 14?
2. What is represented by the symbol of “Mount Zion”?
3. Where in Revelation have the three messenger angels of chapter 14 already appeared?
4. If angel means “messenger,” who has the responsibility of proclaiming the three angel messages?
5. What is the everlasting Gospel that the first angel has?
6. According to Daniel 7-9 and the release date of the angels in Rev. 9 when did God’s judgment begin?
7. Who are the subjects of this judgment, what is its nature, when will it end, and with what is it mixed?
8. What is the standard of God’s pre-advent, investigative judgment and who alone will be accepted in it?
9. What three things help prepare a person for God’s investigative judgment?
The Second Angel (Rev. 14:8; Dan. 7:25)
10. Who is Babylon and what is her wine?
11. What is meant by the repetition of the words “is fallen, is fallen”?
12. What is meant by Babylon’s “fornication”?
The Third Angel (Rev. 14:9-13; Dan. 11:40-45; Matt. 26:38-42)
13. Why is it so urgent that a person not be found worshipping the beast or his image?
14. What is represented by the words “the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever”?
15. In what is summed up the pre-advent wrath of God?
16. To what place does the angel point when he says “Here is the patience of the saints”?
17. What three things characterize God’s true church in the last days?
18. Who has already drunk the cup of the wrath of God for all those found in him?
Earth’s Harvest (Rev. 14:14-20; Dan. 11:40-45; )
19. What follows the three angel messages?
20. How many classes will be harvested in earth’s final harvest?
ANSWERS: 1. To Jesus, the Lamb of God on Mount Zion – the Groom; 2. The Most Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary – the future dwelling place of God – the New Jerusalem; 3. In chapter nine, for they are the first of the four that were loosed from the Euphrates River; 4. God’s people on earth; 5. It is the story of the substitutionary life, death, & resurrection of Jesus; 6. After eighteen forty; 7. This judgment is for all who have ever professed faith, it is investigative in nature (see Matthew twenty two eleven, it will end before the seven last plagues & earth’s harvest, & it will be mixed with mercy for those who have continued to trust in the Lamb for salvation; 8. The standard is perfect obedience to the Law of God & only those who believe in Jesus (believe the Gospel) will have a Mediator & Judge that secures their acceptance; 9. The fear of God (to believe that he is & that he rewards them that diligently seek him [Hebrews eleven six]), giving God glory (walking in the process of sanctification), & worshiping him as defined in the first four Commandments; 10. Babylon is false religion (the city opposed to Zion) & her wine is false or perverted doctrine; 11. Her as a religious body using the state to enforce her dogmas; 12. The sword that proceeds from Christ’s mouth & chains of darkness until destroyed; 13. Because the question of worship will decide the eternal destiny of everyone living; 14. Smoke represents prayer so this is saying that their prayers for deliverance are never answered – they will be utterly consumed by the fire; 15. The seven last plagues; 16. To heaven’s most Holy Place where the Groom is awaiting the marriage; 17. Patience (continuing in trusting Jesus for their salvation), faith in the Gospel, & obedience to all ten Commandments; 18. Jesus Christ; 19. Earth’s harvest; 20. Only two – the saved (wheat) & the lost (grapes).
