Revelation 14:17-20

¹⁷ Then another angel came out of the temple [sanctuary] in heaven, and he also carried a sharp scythe (sickle).

¹⁸ And another angel came forth from the altar, [the angel] who has authority and power over fire, and he called with a loud cry to him who had the sharp scythe (sickle), Put forth your scythe and reap the fruitage of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are entirely ripe.

¹⁹ So the angel swung his scythe on the earth and stripped the grapes and gathered the vintage from the vines of the earth and cast it into the huge winepress of God’s indignation and wrath.

• Jesus tells us that the tares are gathered first and burned, Matthew 13:30.
• Tares look like wheat but they are not wheat. 
• Fallen angels look like men, but they are not men. 
• Beware you might be entertaining angels unaware, Hebrews 13:2.
• We are told that angels actually had babies with women in Genesis 6:2. So they are amongst us, both fallen angels and non-fallen angels.

²⁰ And [the grapes in] the winepress were trodden outside the city, and blood poured from the winepress, [reaching] as high as horses’ bridles, for a distance of 1,600 stadia (about 200 miles).

• This shows us the Battle of Armageddon, Revelation 16:16.
• Blood represents life.
• Horse represents an army, those who have been sent into battle.
• We are told by Jesus that on the last day that two will be sleeping and one will be taken and that one will be left, Luke 17:34.
• Jesus tells us that two will be in the field working and that one will be taken and one will be left, Matthew 24:40.
• In Revelation 16:13 we are told that frogs, or demons, will gather the beings for the battle of Armageddon.
• We are shown here that these are the tares that have been gathered from around the world. The tares are gathered first to be burned, Matthew 13:30. Men are not thrown into Hell until the Day of Judgment. This is not the Day of Judgment, this is the day that Jesus returns to the earth. Judgment Day is 1000 years after this day.
• The tares have been amongst us and here is our Father separating us from the fallen angels who were cast to the earth with satan.

Luke 14:15-16

¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple sanctuary, calling with a mighty voice to Him Who was sitting upon the cloud, Put in Your scythe and reap, for the hour has arrived to gather the harvest, for the earth’s crop is fully ripened.

• God has to tell Jesus when to begin His judgment and return, for only our Father knows the day and hour of Jesus' return to the earth, Matthew 24:36.
• Angel is message. So there will be a mighty message of salvation during the end times.
• There is a cloud, so there is glory, Jesus is seated on our Father’s glory. We are seated on our Father’s glory. The angels are seated on our Father’s glory. All things work for our good because of our Father's glory.
• And I heard every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth [in Hades, the place of departed spirits] and on the sea and all that is in it, crying out together, To Him Who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed the blessing and the honor and the majesty (glory, splendor) and the power (might and dominion) forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities)! Revelation 5:13
• We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. Romans 8:28

¹⁶ So He Who was sitting upon the cloud swung His scythe (sickle) on the earth, and the earth’s crop was harvested.

• We are in this world but we are not of this world, John 15:19.
• Even though we are here, we have been raised up to Heaven and made to sit together with Jesus where He is, Ephesians 2:6.
• Jesus Alone judges.
• Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son, John 5:22
• Jesus will judge during the Great Tribulation as He judged on the Cross, because He never changes.
• And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them. Luke 23:34

Revelation 14:12-14

¹² Here [comes in a call for] the steadfastness of the saints [the patience, the endurance of the people of God], those who [habitually] keep God’s commandments and [their] faith in Jesus.

¹³ Then I heard further [perceiving the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, Write this: Blessed (happy, to be envied) are the dead from now on who die in the Lord! Yes, blessed (happy, to be envied indeed), says the Spirit, [in] that they may rest from their labors, for their works (deeds) do follow (attend, accompany) them!

• It has always been a blessing to die when you are saved, 1 Corinthians 5:3
• Paul said that he actually longed to die because he said that it would be better for him, Philippians 1:21-24.
• Stephen was rejoicing when he was being stoned to death, Acts 6.
• The Truth for us is: grave where is your victory, death where is your sting, 1 Corinthians 15:55?
• To die in the Lord is not just a blessing for the end times, but for all times when your saved.
• We cannot help but be steadfast, even in the face of death, because the Holy Spirit will strengthen us and never allow us to stumble or fall short.
• Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight]— Jude 24

¹⁴ Again I looked, and behold, [I saw] a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud One resembling a Son of Man, with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp scythe (sickle) in His hand.

• Cloud represents God’s glory. John keeps seeing our Father’s glory all throughout Revelation.
• White is pure. 
• Crown is victory and leadership. Jesus Alone rules all things and all things have been placed under His feet.
• For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. Colossians 1:16
• Sickle shows us judgment.
• Jesus Alone has been given the responsibility of judgment.
• Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son, John 5:22.
• Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever, Hebrews 13:8.
• Jesus gave Grace freely on the Cross to those who did not deserve it, ask for it, or believe that He could give it. He will judge exactly the same way for all of eternity.
• So this is actually a very peaceful verse for us to see when it comes to the end times, because we know that Jesus is full of grace and mercy, even for those who don’t believe it. So even if the is an angel and not Jesus, Jesus is still the only One Who will ever direct Judgment.

Revelation 14:11

¹¹ And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no respite (no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace) day or night—these who pay homage to the beast and to his image and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him.

• And the beast was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who in his presence had worked wonders and performed miracles by which he led astray those who had accepted or permitted to be placed upon them the stamp (mark) of the beast and those who paid homage and gave divine honors to his statue. Both of them were hurled alive into the fiery lake that burns and blazes with brimstone. Revelation 19:20
• We are shown in Revelation 19 that the beast and false prophet are thrown directly into the Lake of Fire before the Day of Judgment. Men will have to come up for judgment before they are thrown into the Lake of Fire, so the anti-christ and false prophet are not human, they are fallen angels or some other beings. 
• But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke] and as the glory of the pastures. They shall vanish; like smoke shall they consume away. Psalm 37:20
• Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them. They cannot even deliver themselves from the power of the flame [much less deliver the nation]. There is no coal for warming or fire before which to sit! Isaiah 47:14
• Such people will pay the penalty and suffer the punishment of everlasting ruin (destruction and perdition) and eternal exclusion and banishment from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 2 Thessalonians 1:9
• We are told that if man is thrown into the Lake of Fire he is cast out of God’s presence, not tormented eternally in His presence. Our Father’s power is the only thing that makes anything work, so it is also the power that makes the Lake of Fire work, so even if a person is in the Lake of Fire, they are in our Father’s presence. The only way to be out of His presence is to cease to be. So is this warning just for fallen angels? I honestly believe that it has to be for al of the scriptures to fit together.
• So the smoke of their torment does not end, because whoever, angelic or if humans can commit this sin, never will come back into being. The will eternally cease to be.
• In Revelation 21 our Father clearly tells us that after Judgment Day He will end all pain and sorrow, grief and tears for men. He clearly uses the word men too in Chapter 21. So if a person is thrown into the Lake of Fire they will still be men, so this Truth of freedom from pain, suffering and grief would have to apply for the men in the Lake of Fire as well. So if humans can take the mark of the beast, they will cease to be.
• THEN I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband; Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God. God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. Revelation 21:1-4
• This verse could be studied in so much greater detail. But for this blog I just give some scriptures to get the study sparked. The Holy Spirit will take you into far greater detail. If you have questions about the many other verses that He has used to bring me to this way of thinking just email me and ask. 

Revelation 14:8-10

⁸ Then another angel, a second, followed, declaring, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She who made all nations drink of the [maddening] wine of her passionate unchastity [idolatry].

• During the Great Tribulation the world’s economy and governmental system will be failing. The world will not know it though. Look at the Great Depression or the economic collapse of 2008. The masses had no idea that it was coming. People were partying and celebrating, they were marrying and then everything crashed around them. 
• But during the end times we will be used by our Father to give food, physical and most importantly spiritual, and provision without the ability to buy or sell. 
• We will be used to spread the message of the Kingdom and the Kingdom is not just in word, it is power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit working through man.
• And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them], 1 Corinthians 2:4
• Babylon is not just a church, but the world's system of operating. The world operates through money and human power, not through the glory of our Father.
• We will not have the mark of the beast, or the approval of the beast, but yet we will still be looked to by millions of people for the Truth. The mighty message of the Kingdom will be sounded through us. The Holy Spirit will be on us stirring the hearts of those who hear us and persuading them of the Truth that will set them free.  

⁹ Then another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a mighty voice, Whoever pays homage to the beast and his statue and permits the [beast’s] stamp (mark, inscription) to be put on his forehead or on his hand,

• There will be 3 major messages that we are used to share during the end times. The gospel of the Kingdom, so we will be used to help people. Our second message will be that the world's system of doing things is failing and our third will be that the anti-christ is not who he claims to be.
• We will be used to do the works that Jesus did and even greater ones during this time. If men are being lovers of self, prideful and boastful then the end times will probably be good financially. But people will be empty. The love of money does not bring us peace and as we are being used people will see true peace and joy and they will want it. The worlds systems will hate us, but the people will want us.
• I believe that our Father will cause us to be very successful too in proclaiming His Truth to the masses. 

¹⁰ He too shall [have to] drink of the wine of God’s indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

• To take the mark of the beast is a dangerous thing. But it is unclear exactly what doing it is. So I believe that this has to be a sin that the fallen angels commit and one that we cannot. If man could commit this sin, I believe that our Father would have specifically and exactly spelled it out for us.  
• People will be mesmerized by what our Father allows the anti-christ to do for sure. Many will probably even go and hear and see him. But I believe that our Father will never allow us to buy in whole heartedly to his message. If Jesus would allow such a thing, and it meant damnation without a chance of parole, then what it would really mean is that Jesus had failed to keep and protect those who He went to the Cross to help. Remember that Jesus came to save the lost.
• So this is why I believe that taking the mark of the beast is a sin committed by the fallen angels, who are posing as men on the earth.

Revelation 14:5-7

⁵ No lie was found to be upon their lips, for they are blameless (spotless, untainted, without blemish) before the throne of God.

• We are only blameless because of the sacrifice of Jesus, not by our own efforts or works.
• Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction, Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory [which God bestows and receives. [All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment. It was to demonstrate and prove at the present time (in the now season) that He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has [true] faith in Jesus. Romans 3:22-26
• Don't you just love that word: All! All are justified freely and made upright by Grace. It is all unmerited and it is all unearned.
• Our glory is that one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess the Truth that Jesus is Lord. We will all do this because of Grace.  

⁶ Then I saw another angel flying in midair, with an eternal Gospel (good news) to tell to the inhabitants of the earth, to every race and tribe and language and people.

• We are shown that there is another Great message during the end times.
• And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. Acts 2:17
• The end times are filled with powerful and wonderful messages of Truth.

⁷ And he cried with a mighty voice, Revere God and give Him glory (honor and praise in worship), for the hour of His judgment has arrived. Fall down before Him; pay Him homage and adoration and worship Him Who created heaven and earth, the sea and the springs (fountains) of water.

• We will be used during the Great Tribulation to proclaim salvation and many will be empowered to believe and many will come out of the world's system. We will be empowered by the Holy Spirit to preach Jubilee, represented by the number 144,000. We will be used to do the works that Jesus did and even greater ones, John 14:12.

Revelation 14:1-4

Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 [men] who had His name and His Father’s name inscribed on their foreheads.

• Forehead represents our minds,  it also means that it is clear to see who we are, evident.
• 144,000 in prophesy represents Jubilee, this shows us people who are free from judgment.
• Mount Zion represents God’s dwelling, which is His chosen ones.
• John sees that those who are chosen are free from judgment and that we understand our freedom and it is clear to see through us. 
• Many people believe that there will actually be 144,000 people, but earlier John saw a number that no one could count. So keeping with the spiritual theme of this study, I think the number represents Jubilee. The year of our freedom from debt and the weight of the world. Also 144,000 people out of billions is way to small of number for the success that Jesus obtained on the Cross. 
• Our Father will empower us to not take the mark of the beast, so we will be free from having to deal with the worlds system of doing things. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches will be full and completely removed from us. I don't know about you, but I need this. 

² And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of great waters and like the rumbling of mighty thunder; the voice I heard [seemed like the music] of harpists accompanying themselves on their harps.

• We are shown that there will be a great number of people who will enter the freedom of Christ and it is to be celebrated. 

³ And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and before the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin]. No one could learn [to sing] that song except the 144,000 who had been ransomed (purchased, redeemed) from the earth.

• John sees the Bride of Christ. The guests of the wedding feast cannot sing this song because they are not one with Jesus as we are one with Him.
• The guests are not called to serve as we, the Bride, are called to serve. This doesn’t mean that our Father doesn’t love the guests, it just means that we have been called to serve.
• There were twelve tribes in Israel, only one Tribe, the Tribe of Levi was called to serve, yet the other Tribes were all still dearly loved by our Father. 

⁴ These are they who have not defiled themselves by relations with women, for they are [pure as] virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These are they who have been ransomed (purchased, redeemed) from among men as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

• We are one with Jesus. We are one with His body, his flesh, and his bones, Ephesians 5:30.
• We have been crucified with Jesus, nevertheless we live, yet it is not us who live, it is Christ in us, Galatians 2;20.
• We have not been defiled by the flesh, or by false religion. our Husband, Jesus, has delivered us from all of that. 
• Jesus has purchased us from among men to serve with Him.
• We cannot help but follow Jesus, because we are one with Him. 

Revelation 13:16-18

¹⁶ Also he compels all [alike], both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription [stamped] on their right hands or on their foreheads,

• The forehead or right hand means that it is easy to see who you stand for.
• During the last 3 1/2 years before Jesus returns things will be absolutely clear. Remember how we were shown the crystal sea of glass in Revelation 4:6. Jesus told us that He would show us everything in its entirety in Revelation 1:1. 

¹⁷ So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name.

• America, Wall Street, the power of the U.S. dollar, America can force the world to do whatever we want when it comes to commerce. If we don’t buy stuff, the world’s economies crash. If our dollar fails, the world’s economies fail. If nations do not go along with what America wants they suffer greatly. 
• So it is easy to see how the Western powers could force a one world system to track all activity. People are very willing to give up a lot when it comes to peace.
• I really do not believe that the anti-christ will seize power though, I believe that he will be heralded into power. 
• But to take the Mark of the Beast will not be as wide spread as people think. If it was, then most during the end time would be damned. If that were true, how is it that a number that no one can count will be saved during the end times, Revelation 7:9.
• I honestly believe that the only ones who will have the Mark of the Beast are the fallen angels. 
• Jesus tells us that He only lost one of the disciples, yet He also calls that disciple a devil.
• Jesus answered them, Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And [yet] one of you is a devil (of the evil one and a false accuser). John 6:70
• The fallen angels are on this earth, they look like us, yet they are not human. 

¹⁸ Here is [room for] discernment [a call for the wisdom of interpretation]. Let anyone who has intelligence (penetration and insight enough) calculate the number of the beast, for it is a human number [the number of a certain man]; his number is 666.

• The beasts number, the last Popes number is 666. The number 6 represents the worship of man, and is the number of man, signifying his rebellion, imperfection, works, and disobedience.
• The number six is used 273 times in the Bible, including its derivatives (e.g, sixth) and another 91 times as “threescore” or “60.” Man was created on the sixth day (Genesis 1:26, 31). See also Exodus 31:15 and Daniel 3:1.
• I am not a Greek scholar, but from most of what I have studied on this, the letters in the name of the anti-christ will add up to 666. Greek letters are given numbers: alpha is 1, beta 2, and so on. For instance Jesus’ name in Greek (iasous) adds up to 888. So whoever the anti-christ is, his name will add up to, when spelled in Greek, 666. Since the anti-christ’s name is never given to us, Jesus shows John a way for us to know who it is.
• John was not permitted to reveal what the seven thunders said. They could have been proclaiming the specifics of who the anti-christ and false prophet will be.
• I am sure that when the anti-christ is revealed, the church will clearly know who and what he is. Our Father will make sure that we do, because if we take his mark, there is no coming back. People do put a lot of effort into trying and figuring this out though, when the Bible clearly tells us that he will not be revealed until the end times. 

Revelation 13:13-15

¹³ He performs great signs (startling miracles), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth in men’s sight.

• Fire represents judgment, America has been called the policeman of the world.
• We say that we go to war to stop aggression, when in reality Babylon, which is business and the worlds system, profits greatly from America going to war. We look like a lamb, yet our government speaks deceitfully like satan. 
• America does many great things, but profit is always the motivator. Look at why we go and defend some and not others, it is because of profit. 

¹⁴ And because of the signs (miracles) which he is allowed to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, he deceives those who inhabit the earth, commanding them to erect a statue (an image) in the likeness of the beast who was wounded by the [small] sword and still lived.

• Once again we see that this false prophet is allowed to do whatever he does. Our Father is the One allowing all of this to happen.
• America is able to stand against or with Europe and the World. We do not have to join them to be a power. Yet we work with Europe through NATO and the U.N. 
• A statute is a symbol of honoring someone. So America causes the world to honor the anti-christ. 
• Think about it, America will allow the anti-christ to have the glory while we profit from it. 
• Sword often times means war in prophecy, but it is also used to represent the power of our Father’s Word. This is a small sword, our Father’s Word is never small, so it has to mean something small. Maybe an individual or small group acting on their own. But whatever it is the anti-christ will live and the world will marvel that he does.  

¹⁵ And he is permitted [also] to impart the breath of life into the beast’s image, so that the statue of the beast could actually talk and cause to be put to death those who would not bow down and worship the image of the beast.

• America is able to pump money, resources, and military power into whatever we want too and make things stronger than they actually are.
• The statute is an image of the beast. So it could very well mean that our technology allows the anti-christ to appear to be alive, when he has either died or is incapacitated by the small sword. 
• Think if the last Pope unites the world. Think if right now the Pope was able to bring peace throughout Syria and the Middle East, then he is assassinated. It would be in the best interest of America to have him appear to be alive, thus we could impart life into his image, which would even strengthen his stature. 
• Right now in Catholicism there are a lot of people that will go to statutes that seem to be bleeding. Or they have statutes around to remind them to pray. Most churches have statutes of Jesus or the Cross, so maybe this is a real statute that draws people to it. Either way it doesn’t really matter because it is all false, yet everything is permitted by our Father, so that means everything is permitted in Love.

Revelation 13:10-12

¹⁰ Whoever leads into captivity will himself go into captivity; if anyone slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Herein is [the call for] the patience and the faith and fidelity of the saints (God’s people).

• Whatsoever we sow we reap, Galatians 6:7.
• Jesus will lead us into paths of righteousness, Psalm 23:3.
• We are more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us, Romans 8:37.
• John 17:26 tells us that Jesus lives in us, so His love lives in us as well.
• We are empowered with the Holy Spirit to slay evil with the Truth, or with the Sword of the Word of our Father. The Word is what is in abundance in our hearts. So we will live in the eternal glory of the Word.
• With that Word of our Father we will forgive those who abuse us and who harm us. With the Word we will feed our enemies, clothe our adversaries, and bless those who curse us. And They will come and learn from us that Jesus is Lord and they too will enjoy the peace of our Father, Revelation 3:9.

¹¹ Then I saw another beast rising up out of the land [itself]; he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke (roared) like a dragon.

• Beast is a kingdom in prophecy.
• Horns represent power, a leader.
• The dragon is satan.
• Two represents a strong witness.
• This kingdom looks like the lamb, it looks religious and it looks peaceful. It is strong with two distinct powers. But it speaks like satan.
• Think of America. Our people are mainly Christians; we are very strong financially and militarily. Yet our Government, our voice, speaks deceitfully like satan.   

¹² He exerts all the power and right of control of the former beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell upon it to exalt and deify the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed, and to worship him.

• America glorifies self achievement. Often times we mention God, but we far more glorify human efforts, rather than our Father using us. 
• We exert anti-christ, while glorifying what we do for God. We do this by glorifying how we serve, how we give, how we believe, and how we do mighty works. We always let our left hand know what our right hand is doing. 
• Americans also seem to love the Pope. He appears on our morning TV shows, our news, and our print media. 
• So if the last Pope will be the anti-christ, the seeds have already been laid for America to support him.   

Revelation 13:7-9

⁷ He was further permitted to wage war on God’s holy people (the saints) and to overcome them. And power was given him to extend his authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,

• God allows the beast to attack us. Never forget that our Father has to first allow everything. Also, never forget that our Father is Love, so these events are to better all of us. 
• When we are weak, our Father is strong within us, 2 Corinthians 12:10, 1 Corinthians 4:10.
• Jesus is returning for a glorious Church, without spot, wrinkle, or blemish, Ephesians 5:27. 
• Our Fathers Word is eternal, it never passes away, Mark 13:31. So even during the end times, we will be more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us, Romans 8:37. Even during these times our yoke will be easy and our burden light, Matthew 11:30. Jesus will never leave us or forsake us, Hebrews 13:5, and our Father will never allow us to be tempted above that which we can bear. The power of our Father will be mighty in us during the end times. Our Father will be using us to do greater works than He used Jesus for, John 14:12.
• Our Father’s strength is perfected in us when we are our weakest, so just think of how great the power of the church will be during the Great  Tribulation! 
• Also, once again, the Church is mentioned here before Chapter 20. It is a flat out lie that teaches the church is not mentioned from Chapter 4 of Revelation until Chapter 20. You may have never heard this teaching, but I sure have. I have heard it a lot and it is wrong! 
• We have seen that the Church is kept safe and fed for the three and a half years of the anti-christ’s rule. So how is it that we are allowed to be overcome? Christians have always been allowed to be martyred, but death where is thy victory and grave where is thy sting, 1 Corinthians 15:55? The grave has no victory over us, for us to be absent from the body, is to be present with Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:8! So what we have seen all fits together. We may be killed, but we will never be lost and Jesus will always be victorious through us, even in death.

⁸ And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world.

• John 17:2 tells us that Jesus Alone has been given all flesh
• Romans 5:15-18: Jesus’ sacrifice brought all men to righteousness
• Romans 10:10: a person confesses with their mouth and believes with their heart and thus they are saved.
• Romans 14:11 tells us that every knee will bow, every tongue will confess Jesus is Lord. So everyone will do what it takes to be saved.
• The fallen angels are on the earth, Revelation 12:9. Their names have not been written in the Lambs Book of Life. But there are a lot of scriptures that seem to show us that all humans have been written in our Father’s Book of Life. There are a lot of scriptures that speak of Jesus’ absolute victory over the separation caused by sin. 
• There is only one unforgivable sin and that is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Yet our Father never tells us exactly what that sin is. Why? If it was such a dangerous thing, you would think that it would be clearly spelled out, repeatedly spelled out, as to what it is. This is why I believe that while the sin is unforgiveable, we cannot commit it. If we could, I believe that our Father would have clearly defined it several times throughout His Word. We are to come to Him as little children, not lawyers, little children need things spelled out plainly and precisely. 

⁹ If anyone is able to hear, let him listen:

• John 10:27: we are empowered with the Holy Spirit to hear.
• John 15:15: Jesus calls us His friends because He tells us what is going on.