1. Where are we going… where have we been?

2. Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)

3. 2nd Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”.2nd Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”.

4. Revelation 4:1 - “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven : and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter”.Revelation 4:1 - “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven : and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter”. Revelation 19:11 - “ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war”.Revelation 19:11 - “ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war”.

5. Application : Historical Devotional (Inspirational) Doctrinal (Prophetical)

6. Daniel

7. Daniel 12:8-9 – “And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end”.

8. Where are we going… where have we been?

9.  1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”  Revelation 4:1 “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”

10. “Seventh and Settled” Where are we going… where have we been?  Philadelp hia

11.  The God of the Bible is the God of History.

12. Acts…

13. PlacesPlaces 1 of the 1 st Deacons was from Antioch (Acts 6:1-5)1 of the 1 st Deacons was from Antioch (Acts 6:1-5) The 1 st great Gentile awakening was in Antioch. (Acts 11:19-21)The 1 st great Gentile awakening was in Antioch. (Acts 11:19-21) The Disciples were 1 st called Christians at Antioch. (Acts 11:25-26a)The Disciples were 1 st called Christians at Antioch. (Acts 11:25-26a) The 1 st Bible Teachers were in the church at Antioch. (Acts 13:1)The 1 st Bible Teachers were in the church at Antioch. (Acts 13:1) The 1 st Missionaries were sent out from the church at Antioch. (Acts13:2,3)The 1 st Missionaries were sent out from the church at Antioch. (Acts13:2,3) Antioch of Syria

14. PlacesPlaces Alexandria Egypt Alexandrians were a part of a group that disputed with Stephen. (Acts 6:9-13) Alexandria is connected with bad Bible teaching. (18:24-26; 19-1-5) It is a ship from Alexandria that takes Paul to Rome and his ultimate death. (27:6; 28:11)

16. The Roman Catholic Church (Rev. 17)

17. 1st Timothy 6:3 – “If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness”

18. Hold fast the form of sound words 2nd Timothy 1:13 – “Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus”. sound doctrine Titus 2:1 – “But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine”

19.  Ephesu s “Montanists”  Smyrna “Novatians”  Pergam os “Donatists”  Thyatir a “Paulicians”  Sardis

20. Sardis- “Faithful Few” Cathari, Bogomils, Abigenses, Waldenses, Henricians, Bulgarians, Petrobusians, Arnoldists, Lollards, Hussites “Ana Baptist”

21. “Faithful Few”-1600- 2008 “Faithful Few”-1600- 2008 Separatists, Norrisites, Dispensationalists, Fundamentalists “Baptist”

22.  Ephes us 90-200 A.D.  Smyrn a 200- 325 A.D.  Pergam os 325-500 A.D.  Thyatira 500- 1000 A.D.  Sardis 1000- 1500 A.D.

23. Psalms 119:130 – “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple”.Psalms 119:130 – “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple”. Psalms 119:105 – “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path”.Psalms 119:105 – “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path”.

24. “Seventh and Settled” Where are we going… where have we been?  Philadelp hia

25.  Ephesu s Fully Purposed  Smyrna “Bitterness/Deat h”  Pergam os “Much Marriage”  Thyatir a “Odor of Affliction”  Sardis “Red Ones”

27. John Wycliffe

28.  Englan d John Wycliffe  Bohemi a John Huss  Italy Jerome Savonarola  German y Martin Luther  Swiss Ulrich Zwingli  Genev a  Scots John Calvin John Knox

29. The Roman Catholic Church (Rev. 17)

30. Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 - “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 - “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”

31. Job 41:12-14 – “ I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. Who can discover the face of his garment ? or who can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of his face ? his teeth are terrible round about.”

34.  Robert Schuller - September 19, 1987 Los Angeles Herald “It’s time for the Protestants to go to the shepherd (the Pope) and say “What do we have to do to come home”?”

35. The Roman Catholic Church (Rev. 17)

36. “Seventh and Settled” Where are we going… where have we been?  Philadelp hia

37.  Englan d John Wycliffe  Bohemi a John Huss  Italy Jerome Savonarola  German y Martin Luther  Swiss Ulrich Zwingli  Genev a  Scots John Calvin John Knox

38. John Wycliffe

42. Lollards = “Babblers”

43.  The Roman Catholic Church on Wycliffe: “Wycliffe, by thus translating the Bible made it property of the masses and common to all and EVEN WOMEN who were able to read”

44. Nicolaitanes (to conquer the laity- “the common man” )

45.  The Roman Catholic Church on Wycliffe: “…The Gospel is thrown before sinners and trodden under foot and that which use to be so dear to both clergy and laity has become COMMON to the laity”

48. Psalms 12:6-7 – “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever”.Psalms 12:6-7 – “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever”.

49.  The Wycliffe Bible (1382)  The Tyndale Bible (1525)  The Coverdale Bible (1535)  The Matthew Bible (1537)  The Great Bible (1539)  The Bishop’s Bible (1539)  The Geneva Bible (1525)  The King James Bible (1611)

50. “Seventh and Settled” Where are we going… where have we been?  Philadelp hia