We will now cover Revelation 16:17-21:

     “Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!"

     There were noises and thundering and lightning, and a great earthquake, such a powerful earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.

     Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness...

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         In Revelation, we see a cycle that is like Israel’s history in the Scriptures. After taking their land and rejoicing in the goodness and faithfulness of God, the next generation forgot Him. A slide into corruption and apostasy resulted, which brought about bondage and suffering. Eventually this would cause the people to repent, and God would save them from their bondage and restore them. Then they would quickly begin their slide into evil, bondage, and poverty until they repented again.

         We see this same cycle in church history and in the church as a whole, including in virtually...

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     The Book of Revelation has some of the greatest promises and messages of hope that the world has ever received. However, just as Israel went through a wilderness that was the opposite of what they were promised, so it is with virtually every promise of God, and also for the promises He has given for restoring the earth. Though we are still in the wilderness, every day we draw closer to the fulfillment of the greatest promise ever given—that He will restore the earth to the paradise He originally created it to be.

     This greatest of all the...