Truth Matters 010722: The End of Armageddon

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Hello, I'm Dr. Cheryl Davis and you are listening to Truth Matters. This final bold judgment brings the tribulation to a conclusion. This is the great final battle of Armageddon, which we will still discuss in Revelation chapter 19.

Jesus Christ returns to earth to fight and win the battle against Satan. But to say it is done reminds us of the statement of Jesus as he hung on the cross to signify the conclusion of God's judgment upon him for the sins of the world. And we find that in John chapter 19. Verse 30. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, it is finished.

And bowing his head, he gave up his spirit. There will be thunder and lightning, much like the day that Jesus died on the cross. If you remember when he said it is finished, there was a great earthquake and people were resurrected and came out of their graves. We actually went very quickly through those bold judgments.

So I'm just going to summarize those one more time. The first bowl is the loathom sores, which were an abscess, which we said was an outer manifestation of an inward heart problem. The sea turns to blood. Then the third bowl, the waters turn to blood where the fresh springs are polluted.

Men are scorched by the sun. And here we see that they are reluctant to repent even under this bold judgment. The fifth bowl is darkness and pain. The sixth bowl is the river Euphrates that is dried up that is preparing for the battle of Armageddon. The parenthetical warning in between the sixth and the seventh bowl, which I think shows God's never ending grace and mercy, even in the midst of judgment. And we see the seventh bowl where the earth is utterly shaken and the tribulation comes to an end and the battle of Armageddon occurs.

These were pretty gruesome. I think the earth will be completely changed and regenerated after this as we see the tribulation being so severe. But really what breaks my heart is to see the issue of man and the heart of man and not being able to repent. So the Bible goes through the first bowl judgments very quickly. So I would like to just summarize them again as they seem to go in rapid succession. So the first bowl in summary was the loathom sores, as we said before, that this is an outward sign of an inward problem. The second bowl is that the sea was turned to blood. The third bowl, the freshwater springs were turned to blood. The fourth bowl, the men were scorched by the sun.

And what is so serious about this one is that they still blaspheme the name of God who had power over these clades and they did not repent of their sin and give him glory. The fifth bowl was the judgment of darkness. The sixth bowl, the Euphrates River was dried up in preparation for the battle of Armageddon. But there is a warning in the middle between the sixth and the seventh bowl and I think this just shows us God's never-ending grace even in the midst of judgment. And the seventh bowl shows where the earth was just utterly shaken and the battle of Armageddon happens at this time. And even then, men blaspheme God because of the plague of hell since that plague of hell was so great. So here, these are the last events before the second coming of Christ in chronology and I would like to reassure you as this is victory as far as judgment for those that were martyred, the church that is redeemed, and this is the Lord reclaiming the earth for himself as we see that these bold judgments are carried out directly by him.

So next time we will get into the end of world religion in chapter 17 as we have talked before about Babylon. I'm Dr. Cheryl Davis. Thank you for listening to Truth Matters. You've been listening to Truth Matters with Dr. Cheryl Davis. Truth Matters is a ministry of The Truth Project, a North Carolina-based ministry dedicated to teaching biblical truth and sound theology to those inside and outside of the church. If you'd like to listen to these messages on demand, go to projecttruthmatters.com and click on the podcast link. Dr. Davis is also available to speak to your ministry group or church function. She can be reached by email at CherylDavis at projecttruthmatters.com. Or if you'd like to send a letter, the address is Project Truth Matters, Post Office Box 159, St. Paul's, North Carolina 28384. You can hear Truth Matters weekdays on this radio station at 8 20 a.m. and 5 20 p.m. for the full length teaching program on Saturday afternoon at 12 30. Until next time, let's all work together to teach a biblical truth to assist, equip, edify, and encourage one another and bring the gospel to the world because truth matters.