1. Encouragement Under Pressure The book of Revelation

2. Take a hint from John Revelation 1:1 This is what God showed to Jesus Christ, so that he could tell his servants what must happen soon. 1:3 The time is almost here. 22:6 The Lord God… is the one who sent his angel to show his servants what must happen quickly.

3. Take a hint from John Revelation 1:11 The voice said, "Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

5. Be encouraged: God is in control

6. Revelation 4:2 In heaven I saw a throne and someone sitting on it. The one who was sitting there sparkled like precious stones of jasper and carnelian... Flashes of lightning and roars of thunder came out from the throne in the centre of the circle. Seven torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne. Also in front of the throne was something that looked like a glass sea, clear as crystal.

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8. Be encouraged: God is in control ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty.’ Revelation 4:8 Revelation 4:11 "Our Lord and God, you are worthy to receive glory, honour, and power. You created all things, and by your decision they are and were created."

9. Be encouraged: the persecution will end Revelation 9:11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.

10. Be encouraged: the persecution will end Revelation 13:1 I looked and saw a beast coming up from the sea. This one had ten horns and seven heads, and a crown was on each of its ten horns. On each of its heads was a blasphemous name. The beast that I saw had the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion. The dragon handed over its own power and throne and great authority to this beast.

11. Be encouraged: the persecution will end 7 seals –invasion –rebellion –famine –plague –the martyrs waiting for justice –heavenly shaking of the human order –back to the beginning

12. Be encouraged: the persecution will end 7 trumpets –1-4 are natural disasters –5 – human evil –6 – invasion

13. Be encouraged: the persecution will end 7 plagues –1-4 physical attack –5-7 political disaster

14. Be encouraged: the persecution will end Revelation 19:1 I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude of voices in heaven, and they were shouting, "Praise the Lord! To our God belongs the glorious power to save, because his judgments are honest and fair. That filthy prostitute ruined the earth with shameful deeds. But God has judged her and made her pay the price for murdering his servants."

15. Be encouraged & keep going to the end Revelation 20:12 I saw all the dead people standing in front of that throne. Every one of them was there, no matter who they had once been. Several books were opened, and then the book of life was opened. The dead were judged by what those books said they had done.

16. Be encouraged & keep going to the end Revelation 20:13 Everyone was judged by what they had done. Afterwards, death and its kingdom were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Anyone whose name wasn't written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

17. Be encouraged & keep going to the end 2 Timothy 4:6 Now the time has come for me to die. My life is like a drink offering being poured out on the altar. I have fought well. I have finished the race, and I have been faithful.

18. Be encouraged & keep going to the end Revelation 21:3 God's dwelling is now with his people. He will live with them, and they will be his own. Yes, God will make his home among his people. He will wipe all tears from their eyes, and there will be no more death, suffering, crying, or pain. These things of the past are gone forever.