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Where are we going… where have we been?

Isaiah 42:9 - “Behold, the former things are come to pass , and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them .

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Where are we going… where have we been?

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  1. Isaiah 42:9 - “Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

  2. Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 - “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”

  3. Job 8:8-10 - “For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?”

  4. Where are we going… where have we been?

  5. “Growing Outand Growing Up”- “Bearingand Baring”-“Right Raveand Left Love” - “Hype and Hypocrisy”-“Historyand His Story” -“Acts and Actions”- “Revealedand Revealing” -“Fully Purposed andFully Positioned”- “Exposed and Exposure” • Ephesus Where are we going … where have we been?

  6. - “Blessingsand Cursings”- “Blindand Seeing”-“Nothing and Everything”- “Seedand Situation” -“Cost and Cause”- “Informationand Informed” • Smyrna Where are we going … where have we been?

  7. - “Eclipsedand Entangled”- “Christianizedand Paganized”-“Sword Smitten and Against All”- “Deviland Doctrine” • Pergamos Where are we going … where have we been?

  8. - “Odorand • Order” • “Lastand First” • “Fornicated and Fallen” • Thyatira Where are we going … where have we been?

  9. Where are we going…where have we been? • Sardis “Rewind andRemind”

  10. Where are we going…where have we been? • Sardis “Looking Live andDealing Dead”

  11. Sardis • Commission • Character • Commendation • Condemnation • Correction • Call • Challenge

  12. Sardis • Commission

  13. Ephesus • Pergamos • Sardis 90-200 A.D. 325-500 A.D. 1000-1500 A.D. • Smyrna • Thyatira 200-325 A.D. 500-1000 A.D.

  14. Ephesus Fully Purposed. • Smyrna “Bitterness/Death” • Pergamos “Much Marriage” “Odor of Affliction” • Thyatira • Sardis “Red Ones”

  15. The Roman Catholic Church(Rev. 17)

  16. Application: • Historical • Devotional (Inspirational) • Doctrinal (Prophetical)

  17. Sardis • Commission • Character

  18. His Hand

  19. Sardis • Commission • Character

  20. Revelation 1:14 - “His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire” • Revelation 2:18 – “And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath His eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass” • Revelation 19:12(a) – “His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; …”

  21. Zechariah 4:10 – “For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.”

  22. 2 Chronicles 16:9 – “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”

  23. Sardis • Commission • Character • Condemnation

  24. 1 John 5:12 – “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”

  25. Sardis • Commission • Character • Condemnation • Correction

  26. 3 Divisions: • “hast seen”-PAST • “which are”-PRESENT • “shall be”- FUTURE

  27. Pagan Rome

  28. Zechariah 4:10 – “For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.”

  29. Ephesus • Pergamos • Sardis 90-200 A.D. 325-500 A.D. 1000-1500 A.D. • Smyrna • Thyatira 200-325 A.D. 500-1000 A.D.

  30. Hebrews 4:12-13 – “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”

  31. Sardis • Commission • Character • Condemnation • Correction • Commendation

  32. 1st Kings 19:18 – “Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him”.

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