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Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Revelation 10:1-7

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"THE RETURN OF THE LORD."
I. THE MIGHTY MESSENGER.
A. From His description, we believe it is Jesus.
1. Clouds.
a. Mat 24, "They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven."
b. Rev 1:7, "Behold He cometh with clouds."
c. Act 1:10.
2. Rainbow.
a. Sign of God's covenant with man.
1. After earth destroyed with water.
2. Now after the destruction with fire.
b. Rainbow was about the throne of God.
3. "Face as the sun."
a. Rev 1:16, "Countenance as the sun... "
4. Feet like pillars of fire.
a. Rev 1:15.
B. "The opened scroll."
1. It would appear that this is the seventh sealed scroll of chapter 5.
a. The seal's now opened.
b. Christ comes now to lay claim to the earth which He redeemed by His blood.
2. Planting His foot on earth and sea.
II. "HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, LIKE A LION'S ROAR."
A. Isa 42:13, "He shall cry, yes roar, He shall prevail against His enemies."
B. Jer 25:30, "The Lord shall roar from on high. He shall give a shout against all the inhabitants upon earth."
C. Hsa 11:10, "He shall roar like a lion. When He shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west."
D. Joe 3:16, "The Lord also shall roar out of Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem and the heaven and the earth shall shake but the Lord will be the hope of His people."
III. THE MIGHTY PROCLAMATION, "NO LONGER DELAY."
A. We have prayed, "Thy kingdom come."
1. I read of the horrible crimes, men acting as savage beasts.
2. I read of the unrighteous judgments.
a. A man serves 10 years for failure to pay an unfair tax.
b. Rapists and murderers pardoned or paroled after one or two years. "T.K.C."
c. Teachers allowed to openly blaspheme God and mock the Bible, yet rebuked if they share their faith in God. "T.K.C."
d. Horrible weapons of destruction created by man. 100 megaton bombs, nerve gases, multi-nuclear warheads, particle beam weapons. "T.K.C."
e. Energy crisis, the threatened curtailment of freedom to travel, all the stations with "out of gas" signs. "T.K.C."
f. Horrible atrocities of the terrorist's organizations condoned by liberal press whereas any retaliation against terrorists condemned and rebuked. "T.K.C."
B. It seems He has delayed about as long as possible.
1. "Have patience brethren unto the coming of the Lord. The husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth."
2. "God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
3. God waits for you.
a. In the meantime you say if there is a God, why is the world such a mess?
b. If God is love, why do children suffer?
c. And the longer you wait, the greater the mess and the longer the suffering.
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