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Senior Sunday School 4 : Book of Revelation : Lesson 33

Text: Revelation 11:15-19
4 May 2025

Revelation 11

15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”

16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17 saying:
“We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
The One who is and who was and who is to come,
Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.

18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come,
And the time of the dead, that they should be judged,
And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”

19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

Revelation 11:15-19

THE SEVENTH ANGEL

15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”

16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,

Revelation 11:15-16

1. The last angel to sound his trumpet

2. A response in heaven

a) A jubilant declaration
“The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”
Revelation 11:15b
i) The kingdoms of the world have been conquered
ii) They belong to the Lord God and His Christ (Messiah)
iii) He shall reign forever and ever!
b) The response of the elders
i) They fell on their faces
ii) They offered worship to God

A GREAT HYMN OF PRAISE

17 saying:
“We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
The One who is and who was and who is to come,
Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.

18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come,
And the time of the dead, that they should be judged,
And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Revelation 11:17-18

1. Giving thanks to God

2. Addressing God formally
“O Lord God Almighty”

a) Who was
b) Who is
c) Who is to come

3. God’s great power

a) He has exercised His great power
b) He reigns by virtue of His great power

4. The nations of the earth

a) They were angry
b) The wrathful judgment of God
i) On the unrepentant sinners
ii) On those who destroy the earth
c) The rewards
i) To the prophets
ii) To the saints
iii) To those who fear His name

THE TEMPLE OF GOD

Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

Revelation 11:19

1. The temple of God

a) In heaven
b) The original

2. The Tabernacle

a) Moses- David
b) An earthly representative

3. The Temple

a) The First Temple (Solomon)
b) The Second Temple – Post-exilic period till its destruction in AD 70

4. The Temple holy artefact revealed

a) The Ark of the Covenant
b) Symbolic significance

5. Accompaniment

a) And there were lightnings
b) Noises
c) Thunderings
d) An earthquake
e) And great hail