This seems to be a religious lesson discussing the persecution faced by God’s followers, both during Jesus’s time and expected at the second coming. It warns that true followers will face persecution from those unknowingly being used by Satan, just as Jesus and his disciples did. It cites biblical passages like John 8 where Jesus said the religious leaders had become children of the devil through rejecting him. It suggests that at the second coming, there will again be a separation between those truly following God and those persecuting them while thinking they are serving God. It describes two “wars” – one where betrayers are defeated, and a second where the overcomes fight using the blood of the Lamb (scriptures) and testimony. The ultimate goal presented is to be part of the “new heaven and new earth” – the kingdom of victory that emerges after these prophesied end times conflicts play out. The main thrust seems to be preparing followers to expect and endure persecution as part of the events surrounding the second coming of Christ, drawing parallels to the persecution Jesus and early Christians faced.

 

Study Guide SCJ Bible Study

Today, we’re going to cover two important topics that will help us understand the difference between those on God’s side and those Satan is using for a time. We need to have compassion for those who haven’t yet received the word we’re receiving now and help them understand it. Let’s reflect on the grace God has given us and how far we’ve come since the beginning of this Bible Study.

We’ve progressed significantly, haven’t we? Who expected to be this deeply involved in the Bible when we started? Many of us thought we were coming to a casual study, meeting a couple of times a week to learn about being better Christians and good people. But things have turned out to be much deeper than we anticipated, thanks to God’s grace.

God is allowing us to grow slowly over time. Growing quickly often leads to growing pains. Think about those growth spurts some of you experienced when you were younger, suddenly growing three inches in a summer. It probably wasn’t the most pleasant experience.

Even though we’ve only been studying for a couple of months, our growth has been rapid. Don’t be hard on yourself if you’re feeling overwhelmed; it’s part of the growing process. Our goal is to help others grow too. These words aren’t just for this class; they’re for many people, nations, languages, and kings.

God needs people who have received His word to help deliver it, and that means you. An exciting aspect of this course is that those who want to volunteer will be given tools to do so. You’ll even have the opportunity to learn how to teach some of the early lessons, which will be a rewarding experience for those who want to immerse themselves in the word and teach.

Persecution and the Kingdom of Victory, New Heaven and New Earth

Jn 8 (Mt 10; Mt 25; Jn 16; Rev 7; Rev 14; Rev 21)

Today’s lesson covers two topics: persecution and the Kingdom of Victory, which represents the New Heaven and the New Earth. Important verses to focus on include John 8, which discusses the first coming war between those who belonged to God and those who no longer did. Matthew 10:25 and John 16 address the persecution of God’s workers when sent out. Revelation 7, 14, and 21 speak about the Kingdom of Victory and those who overcome.

Being a true child of God, a true son of God, and a true follower of Christ who understands God and Jesus’ current work means that persecution is inevitable. As stated in John 15, no servant is greater than the master. If the master was persecuted, his servants will also face persecution.

Persecution can take many forms, not just angry confrontations. It might be subtle, such as questions about your study time, concerns about your choices, or pressure to focus more on worldly matters. Someone does not want us to reach Mount Zion and will try to pull us away through various means.

While some persecution is unavoidable, we should be careful not to bring unnecessary persecution upon ourselves. Jesus’ parable of the rocky field illustrates this: the seed that springs up quickly with joy but lacks deep roots is destroyed by the scorching sun and rocky soil. This represents those who study but fall away when faced with trials, tribulations, and persecution that comes from the Word.

Instead of being the rocky field, we should strive to be the good soil that overcomes these challenges. Our hope lies in overcoming persecution and being victorious at the second coming.

Previous Lesson Review

Review

In the previous lesson, we learned about the sons of God and those who overcome. Let’s review what we discussed.

 

1.- Adam received the first inheritance.

2.- Adam received the first inheritance, which was the Garden of Eden or the world. However, Satan, the enemy, stole the world from Adam.

He did so by convincing Adam to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which represents Satan. This caused Adam to be born of his seed. As a result, God said, “Man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil,” meaning he has become mixed or mortal.

Man cannot eat from the tree of life and therefore live forever. Satan has been ruling the world for 6,000 years, which is why there is death, pain, and sin in our world.

Satan has been making our lives miserable since he took the garden from Adam, or essentially took Adam away from the garden.

3.- To end this and receive the inheritance, Satan must be captured.

There must be those who fight and overcome, just as Jesus overcame in John 16:33.

What did Jesus say in John 16:33? “In this world” – whose world? Satan’s world – “you will have trouble. But take heart, for I have overcome the world.”

And so do we.

4.- Those who overcome this world become the sons who inherit at the second coming. They become part of the 12 tribes.

They become those born of God’s seed, those who are harvested, and those who are sealed. They become the sons of promise. The promise.

Not the sons of the old traditional way of doing things, but the sons who are born of God’s seed, harvested, and sealed, which are things that God has promised must take place in the book of Revelation.

Reminder:

1.- Adam received inheritance first.
2.- Satan stole the world, ruled for 6000 years
3.- To end this and receive inheritance:
– Dragon must be captured
– Fight and overcome (Jn 16:33)

4.- Sons who inherit at the second coming = The 12 Tribes
– Born of God’s Seed, Harvested, Sealed
– Sons of the Promised

1.- Persecucion

What happens to those who are sons of the promise?
They go through persecution. This has to be the case because persecution was prophesied about. It must happen. Who are the ones that are persecuted? And who are the ones that persecute?

Those who persecute belong to the devil. (Acts 7:51-60)
They carry out their father’s desire, the murderer.

Those who are persecuted belong to God. (Mt 5:9-12)
This has been the case since the very beginning of the Bible.

After the fall of man, who was the first to be persecuted? Abel.

Abel was the first to be persecuted after the fall of man. He was persecuted by his brother Cain, who was jealous because God chose Abel. Cain killed his brother.
God warned Cain, didn’t He? God said, “Cain, sin is crouching at your door. Be careful or it will have you.”
Those who persecute usually start off well. But over the course of time, they become weak and begin to betray the true word of God. Instead, they follow their own hearts and desires.

Let’s look at this example to understand clearly the difference between those born of God and those who are not.

Who did Cain belong to? The devil.

Cain belonged to the devil. This is the reason he murdered his brother.

Murder is what the devil does. As Jesus said in John 8, the devil was a murderer from the beginning. He murdered Adam and Eve’s spirits, then he murdered their son Abel, and has continued to murder people for the last 6,000 years.

We should keep these things in mind so that we can discern between the evil ones and those being persecuted. To understand why persecution exists, we must go back to the first persecutor.

The Fallen Angel → Master Persecutor

In Ezekiel 28:11-19, let’s read about the first persecutor again. We haven’t read this in a while, but we need to see it clearly now. 

Is this truly about the king of Tyre? No, it’s not.

Who is this referring to? Satan.

Did God create him as Satan from the beginning? No, He didn’t.

God initially created a guardian cherub. This guardian cherub was called the morning star in Isaiah 14:12-15. Being called a morning star indicates a high-ranking star. In the spiritual world, stars are angels.

So, he was called a morning star, which means he was a special star. The term “guardian cherub” implies one with responsibility or duty. Essentially, he was an archangel.

Guardian cherub is another way to describe an archangel. That’s who Satan was. But did you notice some of the details about what happened to Satan?

Although he was beautiful, perfect in beauty, and the model of perfection and wisdom, something changed. Verse 15 states: “You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.”

What wickedness was found in him? A desire to be God. To take God’s place. As we saw in Isaiah 14:12-15, “I want to raise myself above the stars of heaven and be like the Most High.”

Verse 16 mentions something interesting: “Through your widespread trade, you were filled with violence and you sinned.” Widespread trade.

Trading is like buying or selling. So what do you think Satan was doing? What does trading mean in this context?

He was selling his own ideology. He was saying to the angels, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we became God? I mean, I could be God. I think I can do His job pretty well. What do you think?”

Some might respond, “I don’t know. That doesn’t sound right. That doesn’t sound possible. Go away, please.”

He’d move on to the next one: “Wouldn’t it be cool if we became like God?”

“You know, I don’t know. I haven’t had that kind of thought before,” they might reply.

This is what “widespread trade” refers to. It wasn’t just him who sinned, but he began to cause other angels to doubt God and sin too. He persecuted them.

That’s what persecution means: to sow doubt, to push someone off the course they’re heading in.

But how could they doubt God when He was right in front of them?

This means that we shouldn’t doubt Satan’s ability to deceive.

Satan is exceptionally skilled at what he does. He’s so adept that he managed to lure angels away from God, despite their ability to see Him. It’s important to note that demons don’t disbelieve in God’s existence.

In fact, demons do believe in God, as stated in James 2:19. They recognize the Holy One of Israel. This is evident in how they addressed Jesus, saying, “Have you come to banish us? We know who you are. The Holy One of God.”

Their issue isn’t unbelief, unlike humans. Rather, their problem stems from wanting to replace God. They desire to be God themselves, driven by jealousy, pride, and greed.

Verse 17 mentions how pride corrupted Satan: “Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor.” Consequently, he was cast down to earth, becoming a master persecutor.

From the moment he could begin destroying God’s creation, he did. He first targeted Adam and Eve successfully, then Abel, then Ham, and so on. Satan has been behind all the terrible things that have happened to God’s people from the beginning. We should be vigilant against him.

Unfortunately, many Christians today are taught that simply shouting Jesus’ name is enough to defeat Satan. Satan laughs at this simplistic approach, knowing it’s ineffective.

Satan is extremely crafty and knows what he’s doing. We cannot underestimate him, as doing so would be foolish.

While his ultimate strategy remains the same, his tactics change with each generation. In the early Old Testament days, he introduced different gods like Baal, the god of the Amalekites, the golden calf, and Babylonian deities to entice people away from God.

By the time of the prophets, people had become more committed to God. So Satan’s strategy shifted to creating a false god, pretending to be the true God, and planting false visions in people’s minds.

This is why prophets like Hezekiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel often had to combat those claiming to have received messages from God that weren’t truly divine.

During Jesus’ first coming, Satan worked through priests and teachers of the law to persecute those God was truly working with. He’s a shapeshifter.

So, who is Satan working through today? If we haven’t been considering this, we’re extremely vulnerable. Thankfully, since the beginning of the Bible study, we’ve been gaining understanding of how Satan operates even in modern times.

2.- Persecusion at the First Coming

Let’s turn our attention to John chapter 8. We will delve deeply into the topic of persecution during the first coming of Christ. By examining this, we can better recognize and understand persecution at the time of the second coming.

Jesus was engaged in a spiritual war, as evident in John chapter 8. This war was between those who belonged to God and those who once belonged to God but no longer did. The latter group had unknowingly changed their spiritual fatherhood. If this happened 2,000 years ago, it’s possible it could happen again today.

We should not be arrogant in thinking we’ve always been doing everything right in our faith journey. Such thoughts do not come from a humble heart. Jesus had to make these people aware of who they had become and who was truly working through them.

The Pharisees and Sadducees were the main religious leaders of that time. Before Jesus came, they were perceived as righteous men of God. They were well-dressed, possibly well-scented, and certainly wealthy due to temple donations. They were respected, took seats of honor, and made sure everyone knew when they fasted or gave.

Then Jesus came. He was the opposite of everything the Pharisees represented. He wasn’t highly educated in their ways, wasn’t from the temple, and grew up in Nazareth. Born in a manger in Bethlehem, Jesus spent time with tax collectors, fishermen, and those considered unsavory by others. He began teaching in Galilee, which surprised many who expected the Messiah to come from Jerusalem.

Instead of genuinely listening to Jesus, the religious leaders often tried to trap him with their questions. When they couldn’t fault him, they resorted to lies and false accusations, calling him a Samaritan or demon-possessed.

Jesus’ method was to love, forgive, and bless, even saying, “Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do.” In contrast, those not being used by God lied, persecuted, killed, and hindered.

At Jesus’ first coming, people weren’t aware of the spiritual war taking place. The same war that had been ongoing for thousands of years was now manifesting in the physical world. Jesus had to explicitly tell them, “Your father is now the devil,” to reveal the true nature of what was happening.

Jesus needed to inform them because they were unaware. He said, “Your father is now the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire.”

In verse 44, it states that the devil was a murderer from the beginning. Who did Satan murder first? Spiritually, he murdered Adam and Eve, and then Abel physically.

The text continues, saying that Satan does not hold to the truth, for there is no truth in him.

The Jews then lived up to what Jesus was saying about them. In verse 48, they responded, “Aren’t we right in saying that you’re a Samaritan and demon-possessed?” Was Jesus a Samaritan? No, he was not. Was Jesus demon-possessed? No, he was not. They were lying, which was unfortunately their common practice.

Many people accepted these lies eagerly, thinking, “Jesus always seemed strange to me. Now I’m glad I don’t have to believe in him because the ruling authority said not to. I can continue living as I always have.”

The true persecutors, whom Satan was using, were the Pharisees, Sadducees, and teachers of the law, and unfortunately, the people of Israel at that time. However, Jesus said in Matthew 5:10-12, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of me, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Persecution is an inherent part of the process because Satan will fight; that’s what he does.

Jesus also said something important about the Pharisees and the blame that would fall on them for their actions. Let’s look at Matthew 23 to see what Jesus says about the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Jesus made a striking statement in verse 35. He declared that because of the actions the Pharisees would take, all the righteous blood shed on earth, from Abel to Zechariah and the prophets, would come upon them. This raises a question: Did the Pharisees actually kill Abel? No, they did not.

Jesus was pointing out that the same spirit was at work in all of these situations. He was telling the Pharisees that they were being used by this spirit. It was only a matter of time before they would carry out the same actions as those who came before them. As a result, the righteous blood would also be upon them because they would commit similar deeds.

This is a very sad realization.

We will continue with the rest of the lesson to examine how this applies to the time of the second coming.

Quick Review

Quick Review

We’re examining the kingdom of victory, new heaven, new earth, and persecution. Let’s start with persecution.

Persecution originates from the deceiving spirit, the evil one who began well but didn’t end well. Since his fall, he’s been determined to destroy God’s creation. He focuses his resources on attacking wherever God is working, aiming to kill and destroy those doing God’s work. His goal is to frustrate God’s plans, forcing God to start over, so he can claim victory.

Of course, God sees through this, knowing it was anticipated. God declares ultimate victory, but the ongoing war in both physical and spiritual realms is painful, with casualties. Don’t become one.

The persecution at Jesus’ first coming mirrors that throughout the Bible, as Jesus highlighted in John 8 and Matthew 23. In John 8, Jesus had to reframe people’s understanding of their identity and whose children they had become. He bluntly told them their father was now the devil, and they were carrying out his desires.

These aren’t easy words, but they’re necessary to wake people up. The same applies today. Those unaware of being used by Satan still believe they’re serving God while fulfilling Satan’s wishes. They persecute those truly working with God, lying and speaking awful things instead of seeking understanding.

People must recognize this and wake up, not to retaliate, but to respond with love, forgiveness, and blessing, as Jesus did. He spoke words of justice but also turned the other cheek and said, “Love your enemies.”

The goal isn’t to damn them but to bring them to the knowledge of truth, to encourage repentance. For someone to repent, they must first understand their wrongdoing and how to improve. Jesus aimed to help people realize this.

Today, our goal remains to enlighten, call out, and love, ensuring all come to know the truth. Start with yourself, then those connected to you.

We must understand these things now because Jesus was concerned about the time of his second coming.

3.- Reality of Faith at the Second Coming

Will I Find Faith?

Jesus spoke about something that can be easily overlooked unless closely examined. In verse 8, He was discussing the parable of the persistent widow. Jesus often taught through words or actions, and then prophesied.

He asked, “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” This refers to the time of the second coming. It’s a deeply sad question because Jesus knew what would happen after He ascended. He instructed His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, preaching His words. 

Jesus was aware of what was to come. In John 9:1-5, He said, “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world, but night is coming.” Didn’t He promise this? In Matthew 13:24-30, Jesus also spoke of two seeds being sown in the same field. He knew Satan would continue his work of deception.

People who don’t fully understand often guess instead of being patient and waiting for things to take place. Let’s examine what people should have been doing.

Wait Patiently

Even if it takes time, wait for it. It will surely come and will not be delayed.

If you were a Christian in 1534 and asked your priest, “What does the book of Revelation mean?”, the priest should have responded, “These events have not yet occurred. We don’t know the meaning.”

We should wait patiently. That should have been the end of the conversation. However, that’s often not what the priest said.

So, what have people been doing for the past 2,000 years?

If anyone adds or takes away from the book of Revelation | Master Fulfillment

John warned us 2,000 years ago about the consequences of adding to or taking away from the book of Revelation, and ultimately, any book in the Bible. What will those who do so receive instead? What will they lose and gain?

Plagues will be added to them, and they will lose access to the tree of life and the holy city, New Jerusalem – essentially, Heaven. This is promised to all who add to or subtract from Revelation. However, there are those who will not do such things. These are the ones who patiently waited and discarded all the additions and subtractions initially placed in their hearts.

Instead, they endeavored to master Revelation after it was fulfilled. This is crucial: mastering Revelation after its fulfillment is the only way to avoid adding or subtracting. Once it’s been fulfilled and you understand and believe what has happened, it becomes impossible to add or subtract. But if one forgets what has been fulfilled, they become like foolish virgins who run out of oil.

Even if they had received the truth, forgetting it leads to adding and subtracting again. We want to be those who, instead of adding and subtracting, master the book of Revelation and how it has been fulfilled. Mastering fulfillment is the only way to avoid adding and subtracting. If something has not yet been fulfilled, we should wait patiently.

This is what we should be doing. Those who add and subtract, who have their own ideas about how Revelation will be fulfilled, will be waiting forever to see it fulfilled according to their expectations. Instead of joining those who have received Revelation’s fulfillment, they will persecute them, saying, “No, you are wrong,” or “You are this,” or “You are that.”

But God and Jesus promised these things would take place. They promised this.

4.- Prophesied Persecution in the New Testament

God’s Workers → Persecuted both at the First and Second Coming

Jesus warns his disciples that God’s workers will face persecution. These workers will experience flogging in synagogues or places of worship, and they will be silenced. The persecution will come from those who lack understanding and disagree with their message. However, these opponents won’t simply disagree and leave matters alone; instead, they will actively persecute God’s workers.

To gain further insight into the realities of those who are persecuted and the actions of those who don’t persecute, we should also examine Matthew 25.

God’s Workers (Sheep) → Imprisoned (and visit prisoners)

Jesus was teaching us about the type of people we need to be. In the context of Revelation’s fulfillment, Matthew 25 discusses the individuals who participate in the events described in Matthew 24, which is like a mini-revelation.

Jesus speaks about the sheep-like believers who, among other things, will be imprisoned and will visit those in prison. Who will imprison them? Persecutors will be responsible for their imprisonment.

These believers will be put in prison. This situation is similar to the time of Jesus’ first coming, when figures like Paul and Peter, legends of the Bible, were imprisoned despite their innocence. They were brought before trial courts even though they had done nothing wrong. Persecutors will use the world’s legal systems to harm God’s people in any way possible. In essence, persecutors utilize worldly laws against God’s true followers.

Persecutors → Law of the World

It’s important to understand that these events will also occur during the second coming to those whom God is using. Keep this in mind.

Paul was dragged to court by his persecutors. They used the law of the world to persecute him. Notice how Paul addressed Felix, saying, “Great Felix, wonderful man, listen to our cries.” He buttered him up.

Similarly, at the time of the second coming, even the law of the world will be used against those at Mount Zion. When people hear about this, they might say, “Oh, I knew those guys weren’t true. Look, they’re in court.”

However, this shouldn’t be the standard by which we judge, because many righteous men were placed in court before. We shouldn’t use this as the standard during the second coming.

What is the mindset of a persecutor?

People often justify their actions by claiming, “This is for God! I’m taking these actions for God!” That’s their mindset.

They believe they’re doing God a favor by stamping out this or that. In reality, they’re unknowingly doing Satan’s work while thinking they’re offering a service to God.

We shouldn’t attribute malice to these actions, but rather recognize them as stemming from ignorance and misplaced zeal.

Jesus taught that the only way to help someone in this situation is through love, forgiveness, and blessing. This approach ensures one remains faultless in the eyes of the world. Eventually, people may realize, “Oh, actually, this isn’t true. I’ve been misled.”

These events are promised to happen at the second coming, just as they occurred at the first coming. As stated in John 15, all who belong to Christ will face persecution because we are not of this world.

5.- The Kingdom of Victory, New Heaven and New Earth

It is promised to take place. However, we must overcome and become a part of the kingdom of victory.

So, as we end this last part of the lesson, we’ll see an all-familiar picture one more time and fill in the details more.

Who are those who overcome? Who are those in the kingdom of victory? It should be me.

Revelation 21:1 speaks about the disappearance of things that will no longer exist. It mentions the new heaven and new earth that must appear, and the first heaven and first earth that vanish.

At the second coming, the first heaven and first earth, also known as the first kingdom and first people, cease to exist. The new heaven and new earth come into being. As it states, “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and first earth had passed away.”

The first heaven and first earth pass away during the first war when Satan invades. Satan works through his beast with seven heads and ten horns. They emerge from the sea, which represents Satan’s world as Leviathan. This is his domain.

They come out of the world and enter the tabernacle. Note that I’m speaking in past tense, as this has already occurred. When they enter the tabernacle, they destroy the people.

First war | War of Doctrines → First Heaven, First Earth Destroyed

The betrayers mentioned in Revelation 2, 3, and 6 face destruction. The first war occurs between these betrayers, who believe they’re still on God’s side, and the destroyers, who are clearly not on God’s side.

This spiritual war, a battle of doctrines and words, results in the destroyers’ victory. They defeat the betrayers.

As we see in verses 4 and 5, “Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?” It seems impossible to defeat this entity. Thus, the betrayers lose in this first war.

We know Revelation describes the first war because it has been fulfilled. This understanding doesn’t come from simply reading Revelation, but from receiving testimony about its fulfillment.

This applies to all of Revelation – no adding or subtracting. The place mentioned is not a kingdom of victory, as it is destroyed.

Matthew 24:15-16 states, “When you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes desolation… those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” People must flee, not to any mountain, but to the specific mountain promised to appear at the time of Revelation’s fulfillment.

This mountain cannot be one that has existed for many years – 100, 200, or 300 years. A place that has been around for a long time, speaking a long-standing word or doctrine, cannot be Mount Zion.

Mount Zion must appear after betrayal and destruction. It must come after because that’s the flow of fulfillment according to 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3, as we’ve mentioned many times.

Heart Condition

If you’re still trying to discern at this point, it’s actually a heart issue. Really check: Have I left the field? Or am I still in the field, calling it Mount Zion because there are people here that I like or love? This heart condition is keeping people in Babylon when they should have fled a long time ago. Flee.

In the first war, the betrayers and the destroyers are involved. The betrayers lose this war. They cannot defeat the destroyers.

Second War | Weapons used and Fought by those who overcome

Here is a revised version of the text, preserving the key vocabulary and ideas while improving readability:

The second war of Revelation must be fought by those who overcome. They fight using two weapons: the blood of the Lamb and the word of testimony.

Weapons used:

1.- The blood of the Lamb is the word. It represents the explanation of the scriptures and the parables that have been opened. This is essentially the open word, which is the first part of the Bible Study. You have been receiving the blood of the Lamb since the beginning of the study through the parables.

2.- The word of testimony consists of who, what, when, where, why, and how (5W1H). It involves real places, real events, and real people. This class is not about how Revelation may be interpreted. It’s important to understand that we are not dealing with conjecture about how things might be. Instead, we are discussing real people, real events, and real places that have appeared.

The testimony from the new heaven and new earth is now going out. As people hear it, they come in. This is not a class of speculation, but one of concrete testimony.

End Goal

The end goal of this class is not simply to say, “Wow, that was great. I really learned a lot about the Bible. Thanks, guys,” and then walk away. It’s not about taking a certificate and leaving, saying, “Thank you so much for teaching us very well.” That’s not the ultimate purpose.

The true end goal is to have a realization: “Oh my goodness, the mountain has appeared!” It’s about discovering a mountain you didn’t even know existed and wanting to be there. That’s where you should aspire to be.

The goal is to reach that mountain. That’s the real purpose of this class. It’s about real places, real events, and real people.

War Continues and be Won by Those Who Overcome

The destroyers have now united with the betrayers, becoming one entity. They now oppose those who overcome and give testimony.

It’s as if they were consumed, swallowed up together like one giant blob. They now stand against those who are striving to fight and overcome. Naturally, they bring much persecution, as those unfortunately used by Satan often do. They inflict great persecution on those on Mount Zion. However, those on Mount Zion respond with love, forgiveness, and blessings.

Let’s practice LFB (Love, Forgive, Bless) abundantly. As mentioned in Revelation 15:2-5, they established the TTT (Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony), the place where all nations must come to worship. These are the ones who overcame.

The second war is won by those who overcome: the male child and his brothers, who then assist the rest of the world in overcoming as well. Interestingly, there is a third war mentioned in Revelation, which we will discuss when we reach that part. This third war is essentially an extension of the second war.

Our goal should be to be part of the new heaven and new earth, the kingdom of victory. This is where we should aim to be. The ultimate objective of this class is to reach Mount Zion, the New Heaven, and New Earth. That’s our destination, and we should strive to get there quickly.

Memorization

Instructor Review

SUMMARY

We focused on two main points today, with persecution being the primary topic. It’s crucial to understand why persecution occurs. It happens due to Satan’s spirit of persecution, which uses different people in every era to persecute God’s true followers.

Jesus was exposing where Satan was actually working, so people could recognize and overcome Satan by leaving the Pharisees, as the time had come. However, even at the second coming, Jesus is concerned about whether there will be faith on earth.

Why? Because night came and two seeds were sown in the same field. Although we were instructed to wait patiently for the Revelation, people have been adding to and subtracting from it. Some even avoid it altogether, saying, “I don’t read that book. It’s scary.” As a result, they don’t know anything about it.

God’s true workers at the second coming, just like at the first coming, will face persecution from those who do not understand. The logic remains consistent from beginning to end. They will be thrown in prison, dragged to court, and bogged down by worldly efforts to prevent them from fulfilling God’s mission. This happens at the second coming too.

What is the mindset of the persecutors? They believe they’re doing this for God, but in reality, they’re serving Satan without realizing it.

However, a kingdom of victory will appear at the second coming, called the new heaven and new earth. This occurs after a period of destruction and betrayal. Initially, the betrayers fought against the destroyers but were unsuccessful. The destroyers win in that first war.

In the second war, there are those who overcome with the blood of the lamb and the word of testimony. The blood of the lamb represents understanding the parables, while the word of testimony reveals the reality of figurative entities like Jezebel, the beast, the prostitute, and the seven stars.

Real people, events, and places are the testimony we need to hear about how things were fulfilled. Those who are victorious establish the new heaven and new earth and then start calling people to join them, saying, “Everyone, come. The time has come to gather.” The ultimate goal is to be in that place.

Let’s Us Discern