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THE STUDY OF REVELATION

Creation Revelation

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Robert & Mary Tozier

WWW.CREATIONREVELATION.ORG

Rtozier@creationrevelation.org

At Sunrise Southern Baptist Church

Las Vegas, NV

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Behold I Come

Quickly

Rev 22:7 Behold, I come quickly:

blessed is he that keepeth the

sayings of the prophecy of this

book.

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Behold I Come

Quickly….

The Study of Revelation

Lesson 5

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Opening Prayer

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Behold I Come

Quickly

The Study of Revelation

Lesson 5AFTER THE

TRIBULATION

{Matt 25:1-46}

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INTRODUCTION

TO MATTHEW 25

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INTRO TO MATTHEW 25 Just as in our study of Matthew 24, the

study of Matthew 25 is an introduction to

the Study of the Book of Revelation.

As such, the study of Matthew 25 is not

intended as a complete commentary of

that chapter.

As is Matthew 24, it is directed to Jewish

listeners.

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ATTITUDE

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ATTITUDE In the last lesson, at the end of Matthew

24, we saw a parable that illustrates what

the attitude of people will be to Jesus’

coming and what will happen when He

does.

Matt 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not

what hour your Lord doth come.

(Continued)

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ATTITUDE43 But know this, that if the goodman of the

house had known in what watch the thief

would come, he would have watched, and

would not have suffered his house to be

broken up.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an

hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant,

whom his lord hath made ruler over his

household, to give them meat in due

season? (Continued)

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ATTITUDE46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord

when he cometh shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make

him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his

heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

49 And shall begin to smite his

fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the

drunken;

(Continued)

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ATTITUDE50 The lord of that servant shall come in a

day when he looketh not for him, and in an

hour that he is not aware of,

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint

him his portion with the hypocrites: there

shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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ATTITUDE Merrill Unger says that Israel today is not

serious about preparing for their

Messiah’s coming.

He applies these verses to the remnant of

Israel to be prepared for Christ’s return,

particularly the believing remnant that

comes to belief in the Time of Jacob’s

Trouble.

Jesus spoke of that in the Parable of the

Ten Virgins.

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THE PARABLE

OF THE TEN

VIRGINS

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS As we look at Matthew 25 remember that

this chapter speaks of the Second

Coming of Christ, Judgment of the Gentile

nations, and populating the Millennial

Kingdom.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINSMatt 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven

be likened unto ten virgins, which took their

lamps, and went forth to meet the

bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five were

foolish.

3 They that were foolish took their lamps,

and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with

their lamps.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all

slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made,

Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out

to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed

their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us

of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest

there be not enough for us and you: but go

ye rather to them that sell, and buy for

yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the

bridegroom came; and they that were ready

went in with him to the marriage: and the

door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins,

saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say

unto you, I know you not.

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the

day nor the hour wherein the Son of man

cometh.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS Notice that Matthew chapter 25 begins

with the word “then”.

It therefore is a continuation of the

teaching we have seen in Matthew 24.

It also is a message to the Jewish people,

the people to whom Jesus is bringing the

message.

The oil for the lamps represent the Holy

Spirit.

The Bridegroom is Jesus Christ, their

Messiah.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS According to John MacArthur, the parable

of the virgins thus speaks of -

“…[spiritual] preparedness of a certain

ten virgins who served as bridesmaids

at a wedding.”

He is calling them to serve at His wedding

feast.

Even though these verses do not refer to

the Rapture, the church should heed the

warning about being prepared.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS The message is that Jesus is coming

again, this time according to John

MacArthur to -

“…judge sinners and reward the

righteous, that people must be ready,

and that His coming will be unexpected.

The central truth is that once He has

arrived, there will be no second chance

and the opportunity for salvation will be

gone forever.”

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS The foolish virgins were unprepared for

their Lord’s return—they represent

unbelievers in the Time of Jacob’s Trouble

(Tribulation).

The wise virgins believed and accepted

Him and were thus prepared to proceed

into the Millennial Kingdom and the

thousand-year reign of Christ.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS J. Vernon McGee says this:

This chapter [Matthew 25] enlarges upon the

answer of Jesus to the question, ‘What shall

be the sign of thy coming?’ (Matt 24:3).

There is the parable of the ten virgins, which

tests the genuineness of the faith of Israel;

the parable of the talents, which tests the

faithfulness of His servants; and the

judgment of the gentile nations, which tests

their right of admission into the kingdom.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINSThis chapter shows the significance of the

coming of Christ as it relates to these

groups that shall be in the world. A close

analysis of each group will reveal that it can

be stripped down to a personal attitude and

relationship to Jesus Christ….

The ten virgins do not refer to the church,

they refer to the nation Israel.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS There is no Rapture found in these verses

since the context is entirely related to the

Second Coming.

Jesus had not revealed any truth

regarding the concept of a Rapture—He

was speaking to Jews about His Second

Coming—not the church about the

Rapture.

Because of this, His disciples could not

be expected to understand anything about

a Rapture.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS According to J. Vernon McGee, in the

Peshitta (Syriac) translation of these same

verses it is clear that according to custom

the virgins went forth to meet the

Bridegroom and the bride.

This procession was of the Bridegroom

coming from the wedding and proceeding

to the marriage supper (See: Revelation

19).

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS While the marriage takes place in heaven,

the marriage feast takes place on earth.

The marriage has thus taken place and

the bride is with Him.

In this parable we are seeing the attitude

of those on earth who have been going

through the horrendous seven-year

Tribulation.

Notice in the following verses that God

has done everything that He could to save

all the Jewish people.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINSEzek 20:21 Notwithstanding the children

rebelled against me: they walked not in my

statutes, neither kept my judgments to do

them, which if a man do, he shall even live in

them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I

would pour out my fury upon them, to

accomplish my anger against them in the

wilderness.

22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and

wrought for my name's sake, that it should not

be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in

whose sight I brought them forth. (Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the

wilderness, that I would scatter them among

the heathen, and disperse them through the

countries;

24 Because they had not executed my

judgments, but had despised my statutes, and

had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were

after their fathers' idols.

25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that

were not good, and judgments whereby they

should not live;

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that

they caused to pass through the fire all that

openeth the womb, that I might make them

desolate, to the end that they might know that I

am the Lord.

27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the

house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith

the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have

blasphemed me, in that they have committed a

trespass against me.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS28 For when I had brought them into the land,

for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to

them, then they saw every high hill, and all the

thick trees, and they offered there their

sacrifices, and there they presented the

provocation of their offering: there also they

made their sweet savour, and poured out there

their drink offerings.

29 Then I said unto them, What is the high

place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof

is called Bamah unto this day.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel,

Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after

the manner of your fathers? and commit ye

whoredom after their abominations?

31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make

your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute

yourselves with all your idols, even unto this

day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house

of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not

be inquired of by you.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS32 And that which cometh into your mind shall

not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the

heathen, as the families of the countries, to

serve wood and stone.

33 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a

mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and

with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

34 And I will bring you out from the people, and

will gather you out of the countries wherein ye

are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a

stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of

the people, and there will I plead with you face

to face.

36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the

wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead

with you, saith the Lord God.

37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod,

and I will bring you into the bond of the

covenant:

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS38 And I will purge out from among you the

rebels, and them that transgress against me: I

will bring them forth out of the country where

they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the

land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the

Lord.

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS

This judgment of Israel is similar to the

judgment of the Gentiles known as the

judgment of the sheep and the goats later in

this chapter.

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THE PARABLE

OF THE

TALENTS

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTSMatt 25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a

man travelling into a far country, who called his

own servants, and delivered unto them his

goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to

another two, and to another one; to every man

according to his several ability; and

straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the five talents

went and traded with the same, and made them

other five talents.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS17 And likewise he that had received two, he

also gained other two.

18 But he that had received one went and

digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants

cometh, and reckoneth with them.

20 And so he that had received five talents

came and brought other five talents, saying,

Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents:

behold, I have gained beside them five talents

more.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good

and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful

over a few things, I will make thee ruler over

many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two talents came

and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two

talents: behold, I have gained two other talents

beside them.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and

faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a

few things, I will make thee ruler over many

things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.(Cont)

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS24 Then he which had received the one talent

came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art

an hard man, reaping where thou hast not

sown, and gathering where thou hast not

strawed:

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent

in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou

wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that

I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I

have not strawed:

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my

money to the exchangers, and then at my

coming I should have received mine own with

usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give

it unto him which hath ten talents.

29 For unto every one that hath shall be given,

and he shall have abundance: but from him

that hath not shall be taken away even that

which he hath.

(Continued)

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into

outer darkness: there shall be weeping and

gnashing of teeth.

The master did not make it a hard thing.

He gave them responsibilities according

to their own ability.

The talents represented sums of money.

The idea is that whatever God provides

we should use for His glory.

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS The master held them accountable for

what they were responsible for.

What have we done for the Lord with what

He has allowed us?

How faithful have we been.

Some of us may have a very small

ministry, but it is what we have done with

it that we will have to give an account.

God expects us to be faithful with what we

are given, nothing more.

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS According to John Walvoord:

What the unprofitable servant displayed,

however, was lack of faith in his master and

a desire to have his master’s money

illegally.

The point is that those who reject the truth

of the return of the Lord are, in effect,

nullifying the fact of His first coming, as

acceptance of one should lead to

acceptance of the other….

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTSIf Jesus is indeed the Son of God, then His

coming again is both reasonable and

expected. If He is not the Son of God, of

course, He would not return. Accordingly, a

lack of faith in the Second Coming stems

from lack of faith in the First Coming. The

one-talent man indicated outward profession

of service to his master but without real

faith.

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THE

JUDGMENT

OF THE

NATIONS

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONSMatt 25:31 When the Son of man shall come

in his glory, and all the holy angels with him,

then shall he sit upon the throne of his

glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all

nations: and he shall separate them one

from another, as a shepherd divideth his

sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right

hand, but the goats on the left.

(Continued)

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS34 Then shall the King say unto them on his

right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father,

inherit the kingdom prepared for you from

the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me

meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I

was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and

ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came

unto me.

(Continued)

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS37 Then shall the righteous answer him,

saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred,

and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee

drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took

thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison,

and came unto thee?

(Continued)

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS40 And the King shall answer and say unto

them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye

have done it unto one of the least of these

my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the

left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into

everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and

his angels:

(Continued)

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no

meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in:

naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in

prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying,

Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or

athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in

prison, and did not minister unto thee?

(Continued)

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily

I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to

one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting

punishment: but the righteous into life

eternal.

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS The key to understanding what’s going on

here is to understand a few key words.

The “Son of Man” is Jesus who has

returned in His Second Coming after the

Time of Jacob’s Trouble (7-year

Tribulation).

He will gather the nations together in

judgment.

This is about who of the Gentiles will

enter the Millennial Kingdom.

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS These are the Gentile nations.

The Gentiles are either the sheep or the

goats while the brethren of Christ are the

Jews.

He is judging them according to how they

treated His messengers, His “brethren”

(The Jews).

There are 144,000 Jews that are sealed as

Christ’s messengers in Revelation chapter

7.

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS Some nations will reject Christ and will

mistreat His messengers.

These nations will be judged on the basis

of their acceptance or rejection of Jesus

Christ through the preaching of these

messengers.

The judgment of these nations will

determine who will enter the Millennial

Kingdom (the 1,000 year reign of Christ).

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JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS As mentioned before, this judgment of the

Gentile nations is similar to the judgment

of Israel in Ezekiel 20:33-38.

This judgment of nations contradicts the

Post-Trib view of the Rapture in that if the

Rapture happens at the same time as the

Second Coming then no judgment of

sheep and goats would be necessary–

they would naturally have already been

separated.

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THINGS TO

COME

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THINGS TO COME The next lesson will begin in Revelation

1:1.

The Book of Revelation is about things

that will shortly come to pass and is the

testimony of Jesus Christ.

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THINGS TO COMERev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ,

which God gave unto him, to shew unto his

servants things which must shortly come to

pass; and he sent and signified it by his

angel unto his servant John:

2 Who bare record of the word of God, and

of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all

things that he saw.

(Continued)

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THINGS TO COME3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that

hear the words of this prophecy, and keep

those things which are written therein: for

the time is at hand.

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End of The Study of REVELATION

Lesson 5

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Closing Prayer

Creation Revelation

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Robert & Mary Tozier

WWW.CREATIONREVELATION.ORG

Rtozier@creationrevelation.org

At Sunrise Southern Baptist Church

Las Vegas, NV