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IN THE eNEWS THIS WEEK

REGULAR HAPPENINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS--Next: Spruce Up TFB, Saturday, Oct 28, 2006
GOING DEEPER--What's coming in November?
SERMON NOTES--Revelation 13

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Staff:
Pastor G (TFB Youth Min Pastor)
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Laura (college ministry teacher and tangentrider; eNews editor)
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Leadership team:
Administrator: JJ
Tuesday Leadership: Jeff, JJ, Jonathan, Megan, and Shaena

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REGULAR HAPPENINGS

SUNDAYS
WORSHIP GATHERING @ 9:15 am--Main Worship Center

“COFFEE HOUSE” @ 10:30ish

COLLEGIUM @ 11 am--TFB College Room
Currently: 1 John

TUESDAYS
TUESDAY GATHERING @ 7:45-9:00 pm--TFB College Room
Currently: 2 Timothy

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UPCOMING EVENTS—Next: Spruce Up TFB, Saturday, Oct 28, 2006

Online calendar http://lkscurriculum.wikispaces.com/calendar

Spruce Up TFB, Saturday, Oct 28, 2006

Movie Night, AFI top 99, Nov 17 @ 7 pm to Nov 18 @ whatever time God wakes you up

Christmas Soiree/Hanukkah Celebration, Jeff's house, Dec 15 @ 7 pm

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GOING DEEPER--What's coming in November?

Tuesday Gathering: Coming in November: A People of the Table
The Doctrine of the Trinity is confusing. How can God be one God and Three persons? Plus, even if we can get a hold on the idea of the Trinity, what does it have to do with following Jesus day after day? Starting in November, the Tuesday Gathering will be considering the amazing truth about relationship, following Jesus, and theology.
For those wanting to go deeper:

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SERMON NOTES--Revelation 13

COUNTERFEITS
The Book of Revelation, part 7
October 22, 2006
Pastor Charlie

  • Prophetic Revelation: God clearly revealing what is going to happen
  • Prophetic Interpretation: Ideas on how God’s clear revelation may happen
  • Prophetic Speculation: Guessing the “what” or “how” of God’s unclear revelations.

THE BEAST OUT OF THE SEA 13:1-10

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Physical appearance (1-2): Daniel 7:17; Daniel 7:23-27

Insight: This beast is symbolic of both a government and a ruler.

Conduct (5-8):
* He blasphemies God.
* He wages war against the saints.
* He rules all the nations.

Insight: This beast is symbolic of the strongest political leader the world has ever known and he hates God and His followers.

WHO IS THIS BEAST?
* This beast is the government and emperors of Rome.
* The beast is any power and ruler in any age that sets itself up as anti-God in the world.
* The beast is the great final ruler of the world and the government from which he rules.

Insight: This beast seems to possess the complete package of evil rulers and governments of this world.


WHO IS THIS RULER?

Insight: No math magic will prove who he is, and we cannot know who he is with any clarity.


WHAT ABOUT THE SEVEN HEADS, TEN HORNS AND CROWNS?

Insight: possibly ten world leaders from seven nations


WHAT ABOUT THE WOUND TO THE HEAD?
* It is a picture of the weakness of this ruler or kingdom.
* It is a picture of a nation that falls and rises again.
* It is a picture of an individual that falls and rises to global power.


WHAT ABOUT THE 42 MONTHS?

The Jewish calendar was lunar and contained 30 days in each month.
So 42 months would be 1260 days, which would be 3-½ years of our calendar.

Different views of the 3½ years:
* The 3½-year period is just a number.
* The 3½-year period is symbolic of the time the church is persecuted.
* The 3½-year period is literal and means this exact period of time.

PEOPLE’S RESPONSE TO THE BEAST (v. 3, 4): John 3:19-20

Insight: Many people’s hearts are easily swayed away from God and toward Satan.

Summary: Daniel 12:9-10

Many pieces of God’s plan have been kept hidden, many people will turn to God and wickedness will continue until the end. There will be an increase of an anti-God and Christ passion near the end with a very strong ruler and government empowered by Satan.


The beast of the earth 13:11-18

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Physical appearance (v .11):)
* two horns like a lamb
* spoke like a dragon

2 Corinthians 11:14

Revelation 16:13 - a false prophet. Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:24

Insight: The first beast is a political leader that rules through intimidation. The second beast is a spiritual leader that rules through deception.


Conduct (v. 12ff):
* Exercises political authority
* Exercises religious authority performing miraculous signs (v. 14, 15) Matthew 7:22-23
* Exercises economic control requiring everyone to receive the mark

What will this mark be?

Insight: You must choose to worship the beast to receive the mark of the beast.

Summary:

If they can control the political, religious and financial aspects of society, they have control over the people of the world.

THE COUNTERFEITS OF CHAPTER 13
* A counterfeit god
* A counterfeit resurrection
* A counterfeit worship
* A counterfeit ruler
* Counterfeit miracles
* A counterfeit mark

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