1. Revelation Part 3
Lesson 6

2. Man of Lawlessness Associated with apostasy
Is revealed WHEN he takes his seat in temple
Son of destruction
Opposes every god and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship
Takes HIS seat in the temple of God
Thinks he IS God
He is being restrained (by a person or being)
In his time (in history) he will be revealed
He has a mystery of lawlessness already at work

3. Man of Lawlessness
Dan. 9 Prince who is to come makes a covenant but in the middle of the week, breaks it and stops sacrifice and grain offering.
One who makes desolate comes
Abomination of desolation
King of Daniel 7
Beast of Revelation 13:2
All the SAME

4. Man of Lawlessness Restrainer will be taken out of the way
The Lord will slay him with the breath of His mouth
Man of lawlessness ends when Jesus comes
His revealing is in accord with Satan’s action
Has all: Power Signs False Wonders
Has all the deception of wickedness for those who perish

5. Great Tribulation Rev. 12:6 Woman/Israel is persecuted for 1,260 days
Matt. 24:21 Unlike anything that has occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be
Dan. 12:1 A time of distress that has not occurred since there was a nation of Israel
Rev. 13:6 The beast speaks blasphemies
Immediately AFTER the great tribulation, Jesus the Son of Man comes on the clouds

6. Matthew 24:42-47 Faithful & Sensible Slave
Put in charge of His household
Put in charge of distribution of food at the proper time
Blessed if the Master finds him being faithful when He returns
Master will put him in charge of ALL His possessions

7. Matthew 24:48-51 Evil Slave Heart is evil
“My Master is not coming for a long time” though he doesn’t know that (pride)
NOT faithful
NOT sensible
NOT alert
Persecutes his fellow slaves
Eats & drinks with drunkards
Caught unaware when his Master returns
Assigned a place with hypocrites where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth

8. Matthew 25 Matt. 24 ends with illustrations: Be alert
Matt. 25:1-13 Ten Virgins
Five are Prudent: wise, sensible, intelligent, ready, prepared for the doing of a thing
Five are Foolish: moronic, dull, flat, without an edge, mentally inert, dull in understanding nonsensical, lacking a grip on reality, acting as though brainless

9. Matthew 25 Matt. 25:14-30 Good and Faithful vs. Wicked and Lazy Slaves
Good: Entrusted with the Master’s possessions
Immediately double their talents
Master calls them good & faithful with a few things, puts them in charge of many things
Reward: “Enter into the joy of your Master”
Did not matter the amount each earned for the Master, only their faithfulness

10. Matthew 25 Wicked and Lazy Slave
Entrusted with the Master’s possessions
Digs a hole and hides what was entrusted
Sees the Master settle accounts with the good and faithful slaves
Calls the Master a hard man, reaping where He does not sow; gathering where He has not planted a seed
Afraid: unlike the good and faithful
Master calls him wicked, lazy and worthless

11. Matthew 25 Master tells him what he SHOULD have done
What talent he has, is taken away and given to the good and faithful
He is thrown out into outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.
ALL had the same opportunity
ALL were entrusted with possessions
Master is the One that judges

12. Matthew 25 Matt. 25:31-46 The King
When Jesus comes, He sits on His glorious throne (Rev. 20)
Nations will be gathered before Him, separated based on their works and how they treated His “brothers/least of these”
Either: inherit the kingdom and enter eternal life – sheep
Or: depart into eternal fire and punishment – goats
Happens at the 2nd Coming – beginning of 1,000 year reign – the millennium

13. Matthew 25
How they treated His brothers shows whether they are righteous or not.
Since the nations are being judged, and the Jews are never named among the nations, “His brothers” refers to Jews at that time.
The righteous will enter the 1,000 year earthly kingdom and eternal life.
The unrighteous will depart into eternal fire, the lake of fire.

14. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Man who sows: Son of Man Field: World
Good Seed: Sons of the Kingdom; Saints
Tares: Sons of Satan
Enemy: Devil/Satan
Harvest: End of the Age
Reapers: Angels
13:25 “while His men were sleeping” NOT ALERT!!!

15. Application The righteous ones will shine forth in God’s kingdom
ARE YOU SHINING??
There will be the righteous ones of Israel
ARE YOU TREATING ISRAEL/HIS BROTHERS THE WAY GOD DESIRES?????
Pray for Israel