Peter Barnes: Revelation 17-18
(20 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE FALL OF BABYLON (Revelation 17-18)
The harlot who rides the beast is false religion. The two beasts cooperate for a time, but then fall out, and are finally defeated. Babylon is the enemy of God’s people in the Old Testament …
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Peter Barnes: Revelation 16
(6 May 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE SEVEN BOWLS OF WRATH (Revelation 16)
Every island, sea, and mountain,
Heaven and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate Him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
Come to judgment! Come to judgment, come …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 15:1-8
(15 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE SONG OF THE REDEEMED (Revelation 15)
C. S. Lewis: ‘God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.’ Revelation 15-16 concentrate on …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 14
(8 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES : THE SEALED IN BABYLON (Rev.14)
The chapter at least breaks into three obvious sections: the Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5); the three angels warning the world (14:6-13); and the Last Judgment carried out by the Son of Man (14:14-20).
1. …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 13
(18 March 2018)
SERMON NOTES : THE TWO BEASTS (Revelation 13)
The dragon’s two henchmen: The sea beast is political and persecutes (13:1-10); the land beast is religious and deceives (13:11-18).
1. The political beast from the sea.
– 13:1-2. He resembles a composite beast from …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 12
(11 March 2018)
SERMON NOTES : CHRIST VERSUS THE DRAGON (Revelation 12)
William Hendriksen: ‘In each vision we make a journey that takes us through the entire course of this era, from the first to the second coming of Christ.’ Derek Thomas see Revelation 12 as …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 8 & 9
(18 February 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE SEVEN TRUMPETS (Revelation 8-9)
Derek Thomas: ‘In some ways, it is the most difficult section of the book of Revelation.’
1. God hears the prayers of His people.
– 8:1. This works something like a drum roll, and …
Peter Barnes: Revellation 6 & 7
(11 February 2018)
SERMON NOTES : THE SEVEN SEALS (Revelation 6-7)
Only the Lamb-Lion was worthy to open the scroll with the seven seals – 5:3-4. Rev. 6-7 deal with the judgments of God (Zech.6:1-3).
1. God’s terrible judgments.
– the seventh seal leads …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 4 & 5
(4 February 2018)
SERMON NOTES : THE LAMB-LION OPENS THE SCROLL (Revelation 4-5)
In his commentary More Than Conquerors, William Hendriksen set out the view that Revelation is a series of snapshots and not in strict chronological order.
1. God is worshipped as the …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 3:14-22
(28 January 2018)
SERMON NOTES : LAODICEA: LUKEWARMNESS IS SICKENING (Rev.3:14-22)
– no praise at all. Lord Melbourne, the British Prime Minister from 1835 to 1841, declared: ‘If we are to have a prevailing religion, let us have one that is cool and indifferent.’
1. Christ, …
