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Revelation 18–The Judgment of Babylon

When God judges Babylon, its fall will impact all nations, all kings, and all merchants. In the post-Flood world, Babylon became the archenemy of God’s kingdom. At the end of earth’s history, the great archenemy will be destroyed and the kingdoms of this world will give way to the kingdom of Christ. Babylon’s immorality, idolatry,

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Revelation 17–The Great Harlot

Mystery, Babylon the Great. Interpretations vary from the Roman Catholic Church to a rebuilt future Babylon. What is this great end times entity to which John devotes two full chapters of the Book of Revelation? He was not alone–both Isaiah and Jeremiah also dedicated two full chapters in their prophecies to the topic of Babylon.

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Psalms Studies in Lisbon, Portugal–October 2012

The following links are to pdfs of PowerPoint presentations which I used in teaching a course on the Book of Psalms for the Leadership Development Group (ABWE) in Lisbon, Portugal, October 15-20, 2012. Some of the Scripture texts display some of the key words in Portuguese or the entire text in Portuguese–taken from A Biblia Sagrada

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A More Excellent Messenger

Recently Dr Barrick has started a series on Hebrews at Placerita Bible Church in the evening service. Unfortunately, the first message was not recorded, so this is the second message in the series based on Hebrews 1:5-14.

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Revelation 16–The Seven Bowl Judgments

God’s climactic series of judgments against the Man of Sin’s counterfeit kingdom occur one after the other in quick succession. Amazingly, the hardened hearts of the followers of the Man of Sin continue their blasphemies and refuse to repent. All of it builds to a declaration of “It is done!” accompanied by a great earthquake,

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Revelation 15–The Seven Angels with the Seven Final Plagues

A third great sign will appear in heaven at the time of the seventh trumpet. The sign consists of seven angels with the seven golden bowls containing the final plagues with which God will judge the earth. A crescendo is building up to the destruction of the Man of Sin’s counterfeit kingdom.   Revelation 15

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Revelation 14–Five More Messages

The 144,000 appear on Mt. Zion with the Lamb while six angels appear as participants in this scene from the future. This study of Revelation 14 seeks to identify the one sitting on the white cloud wielding a sickle and proposes an explanation for the river of blood as deep as the horses’ bridles. Verses

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