Christians Wrestled With Persecution

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Christians Wrestled With Persecution
10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer.
Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you
into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten
days you will have tribulation. ESV
I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is.
Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny
my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful
witness, who was killed among you, where Satan
dwells. ESV
Rev. 210, 13 310
Because you have kept my word about patient
endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial
that is coming on the whole world ESV
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Christians Wrestled With Persecution
The Revelation was written togive insight to the
struggle
Rev. 210, 13 310
give hope give courage, and build their faith
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W.E. Vines Dictionary of N.T. Words
Seal
signet, emblem of ownership and security
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And I saw another angel ascending from the rising
of the sun, having the seal of the living God
and he cried out with a loud voice to the four
angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth
and the sea, saying, Do not harm the earth or
the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the
bond-servants of our God on their foreheads. And
I heard the number of those who were sealed, one
hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every
tribe of the sons of Israel.
Rev. 72-4
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The Seal Was...

• a mark of identification

• a mark of ownership

• conspicuously located

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And I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing
on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and
forty-four thousand, having His name and the name
of His Father written on their foreheads.
Rev. 141
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The Seal Was...

• a mark of identification

• a mark of ownership

• conspicuously located

• Christs name

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In the scriptures ones name was an indication of
ones character
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These are the ones who have not been defiled
with women, for they have kept themselves chaste.
These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever
He goes. These have been purchased from among men
as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
Rev. 144
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And they were told that they should not hurt the
grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any
tree, but only the men who do not have the seal
of God on their foreheads.
Rev. 94
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The Seal Was...

• a mark of identification

• a mark of ownership

• conspicuously located

• Christs name

• a sign of freedom

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And he stood on the sand of the seashore. And I
saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten
horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten
diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names.
Rev. 131
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And he causes all to be given a
mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
and he provides that no one will be able to buy
or sell, except the one who has the mark, either
the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Rev. 1316-17
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Anothers Seal Meant...

• submission to blasphemy

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Anothers Seal Meant...

• submission to blasphemy

• submission to worldliness

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And another angel, a third one, followed them,
saying with a loud voice, If anyone worships the
beast and his image, and receives a mark on his
forehead or upon his hand, he also will drink of
the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in
full strength in the cup of His anger and he
will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels, and in the presence
of the Lamb.
Rev. 149-10
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Anothers Seal Meant...

• submission to blasphemy

• submission to worldliness

• doomed to sins penalty

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And the first angel went and poured out his bowl
into the earth and it became a loathsome and
malignant sore upon the men who had the mark of
the beast and who worshiped his image.
Rev. 162
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Anothers Seal Meant...

• submission to blasphemy

• submission to worldliness

• doomed to sins penalty

• caught in a malignant disease

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There is a serious difference between the two
marks
Rev. 204 - the reward
Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those
to whom the authority to judge was committed.
Also I saw the souls of those who had been
beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the
word of God, and those who had not worshiped the
beast or its image and had not received its mark
on their foreheads or their hands. They came to
life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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We have choices to make
Matt. 713-14, Rom. 616, Col. 113
Paths, service, kingdoms, or seals
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The mark on the forehead is conspicuous and
revealing
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And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Eph. 430
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I discipline my body and make it my slave, so
that, after I have preached to others, I myself
will not be disqualified.
1 Cor. 927
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Be angry, and yet do not sin do not let the sun
go down on your anger.
Eph. 426
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Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let
the marriage bed be undefiled for fornicators
and adulterers God will judge.
Heb. 134
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But seek first His kingdom and His
righteousness and all these things shall be
added to you.
Matt. 633
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For the flesh sets its desire against the
Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh for
these are in opposition to one another, so that
you may not do the things that you please Now
the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are
immorality, impurity, sensuality.
Gal. 517, 19
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Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with
proper clothing, modestly and discreetly ...by
means of good works, as befits women making a
claim to godliness.
1 Tim. 29-10
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Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and
clamor and slander be put away from you, along
with all malice. And be kind to one another,
tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God
in Christ also has forgiven you.
Eph. 431-32
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Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned,
as it were, with salt, so that you may know how
you should respond to each person.
Col. 46
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Therefore consider the members of your earthly
body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion,
evil desire, and greed, which amounts to
idolatry. For it is on account of these things
that the wrath of God will come.
Col. 35-6
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I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
of God, to present your bodies a living and holy
sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your
spiritual service of worship. And do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
that the will of God is, that which is good and
acceptable and perfect.
Rom. 121-2
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Everyone HAS an influence of one kind or another,
and everyone wears a mark on their forehead.
Which mark do you wear?