From my study notes …

Repentance … as preached by Jesus …

Luke 13:3 … “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”

And John the Baptist before Him …

Matthew 3:2 … “And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

And the Prophets before them …

Ezekiel 14:6 … “Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.”

So, I am saying repentance is a decision!

Though, to be balanced, it is too a gift from God!

Acts 11:18 … “When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles GRANTED repentance unto life.”

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I failed to give this exact Reference …

Repentance and Faith are fundamentally related!

Acts 20:21 … “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Is repentance for the Believer, too?

Job 42:6 … “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Revelation 3:19 … “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”

I say … YES!

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In our short Text, just two verses, we are told twice about the fact that mankind refuses to repent! Revelation 9:20-21 …

“And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”

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In case you missed these facts …

Three times we find “vice lists” in Revelation … Paul uses these too! (See 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, for example.)

Three occurrences in Revelation …

Revelation 9:20 … “And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”

Revelation 21:8 … “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15-16 … “For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.”

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The Lord values repentance so highly that He has devoted several whole chapters (Psalms) to illustrating it, teaching it to our minds and hearts!

Psalm 32 and Psalm 51 come to mind!

There are others, often called the “Penitential Psalms.”

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I briefly mentioned this fact. Here are the details …

Beginning with our current Text … Revelation 9:20 … the noun “plagues” (as plural) occurs 10 times in Revelation (plus twice more in the singular)! Twelve times in all!

Revelation 9:20 … “And the rest of the men which were not killed by these PLAGUES yet repented not of the works of their hands …”

Then in Revelation 11:6 (in reference to the Two Witnesses), 15:1 and 6 and 8, Revelation 16:9, 18:4 and 8, Revelation 21:9 and 22:18!  The singular occurrences are both in Revelation 16:21.

Wow!

Things (these judgments) are intensifying!

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Notice that God gives the opportunity “to hear” before He ever allows harness of heart!

Hebrews 4:7 … “Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will HEAR his voice, harden not your hearts.”

Which is quoting  Psalm 95:7-9 … “For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will HEAR his voice, harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.”

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Watch the linkage between mere idols and actuals devils, demons …

Psalm 106:36-37 … “And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils … “

Pretty clear!

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This fierce judgment reminds one of Psalm 11:6 … “Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.”

Often, what God has already done in the past, He will repeat in the future. As in Genesis 19:24 … “Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven.”

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The God Who prepared a great fish for Jonah …

Can also prepare these demons for this task!

Because normally “spirits” (demons here) are bodyless!

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Wicked angels, demons, bound? (Restrained, chained!)

The devil will certianly be …

Based on Revelation 20:1-2 … “And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and BOUND him a thousand years.”

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The credibility of fire exuding (fire breathing) animal-like creatures?

Leviathan might be an example!

Job 41:19-21 … “Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.”

Job 41:34 … “He is a king over all the children of pride.”

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Here’s the video now …

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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Our Text …

“7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; 9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. 10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!”

The Trumpet Judgments are astounding!

Just previous to this first Trumpet …

Revelation 8:5 … And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

These Trumpet Judgments initially parallel (to some degree) the plagues of Egypt!

Exodus 12:12 … For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

And these “Trumpets” too, in all likelihood, are directed at the “gods” of this world!

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“True and Righteous” … are God’s Judgments!

Psalm 19:9 … The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

Revelation 16:7 … And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

Revelation 19:2 … For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

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Angels “preaching” in Revelation?

(GRACE!)

Revelation 14:6-7 … And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

(WRATH)

And here … Revelation 8:13 … And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

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Angels and judgment?

Matthew 13:39-40 … The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

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“Wormwood” in the Old Testament (la-an-ah’) is once translated “hemlock” in the King James Version!

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Sun becomes very erratic …

Revelation 16:8-9 … And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

“Controlled, even measured, Divine Judgments!”        Which the world will label … “Ecological catastrophes!”

Jesus in Luke 21:25-26 …

“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.”

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I wanted this particular “Evening Meditation” class to be the “lead-in” to the blowing (sounding) of those terrible Trumpets of judgment yet to echo over the world.

“1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.”

Seven angels …

I think NOT these are the angels of the seven Churches!

(Do not mix the Church and the world or the Church and the Jew!)

1 Corinthians 10:32 … Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God.

We must rightly divide the Word of Truth!

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One reason I now suspect (teachers learn too) that Michael may be just one of God’s archangels …

Daniel 10:13 … But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

In fact, before Satan fell from Heaven, actually was expelled due to rebellion (Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28) …

Ezekiel 28:14 … Thou (Satan) art the anointed cherub that covereth (sakak = defendest); and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

He defended, covered, abode at the very Throne of God!

That’s archangel territory for sure!

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On “incense” as a picture of prayer …

Psalm 141:1-2 … LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Verse 3 which follows is also a great “tongue tamer” challenge, a powerful daily prayer to God …

Psalm 141:33 … Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

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There is a Temple in Heaven right now …

Exodus 25:40 … And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

(The earthly tabernacle was constructed after the patters of the heavenly tabernacle/temple!)

Hebrews 8:5 … Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Revelation 7:15 … Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

But there will be no temple in the New Jerusalem, in the glorious Heavenly City to come …

Revelation 21:22 … And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

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These are just some “jottings” I did not have time to include in the video class. Now, watch that if possible …

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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This “great crowd” consists primarily of Gentiles, not Jews only as were the 144,000 of last lesson.

Matthew 24:14 is being fulfilled …

“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”

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I did not have time to include the following information about the “palm” tree and its branches … copied from my unedited notes!

They can grow up to 200 feet high!

Can live more than a century, Song of Solomon 7:7!

Thrive when bathed in water!

Come (sago palm) in diminutive sizes! Love the shade! Must be pruned! Bear fruit, dates for example!

The older it gets, the sweeter the fruit as well!

Large seeds, 60 pounds in weight and 20 inches in diameter!

Symbols of victory in Scripture!

Linked to oases in the Bible …

Exodus 15:27 … And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Associated with Feast of Tabernacles …

Leviticus 23:40 … And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

Psalm 92:12 … The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Psalm 92:14 … They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing.

Jeremiah 10:5 … They are upright as the palm tree.

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I want to learn this verse. The “noise” of Heaven … “praise!”

What a sound!

Psalm 89:15 … Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

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This is neat as well …

Verse 17 … the Jesus the Lamb is now Jesus the Shepherd!        

The Good Shepherd … Psalm 22 … Which looks to the Past, to the Cross!

John 10:11 … I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

The Great Shepherd … Psalm 23 … Which looks to the Present, to Still waters and green pastures!

Hebrews 13:20 … Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant …

The Chief Shepherd … Psalm 24 … Which looks to the Future!

1 Peter 5:4 … And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

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I did not give this specific Reference during class …

New Jerusalem … Revelation 21:22-25 … And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

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— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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