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We are taking a few minutes at the beginning of our lesson and talk about current events that relate to prophecy and the last days.

Slide-2 The Great Northern Confederacy

Iran – Russia – Turkey Ali Khamenei – Vladimir Putin – Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Persia – Gog – Togarmah Slide-3

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Slide-4 U.S. Troops Have Left the NorthEastern Border of Syria

U.S. troops in Syria fought five years alongside Kurdish led forces in northeast Syria and succeded in bringing down the rule of the Islamic State there at the cost of Thousands of Kurdish fighters’ lives.

Now, much of that territory would be handed over to U.S. rivals.

Slide-5 Russian and Turkey Forces Have Moved in to the NorthEast of Syria

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Russian Forces Have Moved in to Fill a Security Void Left by USA

Russia and Turkey reached an agreement Tuesday that would cement their power in Syria, deploying their forces across nearly its entire northeastern border to fill the void left sby President Donald Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces.

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Russia says U.S. presence in Syria is illegal. U.S. Says It Will Protect Oil from Smugglers.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defense ministry on Saturday attacked U.S. plans to maintain and boost the American military presence in aeastern Syria as "international state banditry" motivated by a desire to protect oil smugglers and not by real security concerns.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday Washington would send armored vehicles and troops to the Syrian oil fields in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of Islamic State militants.

Russia, which backs Syrian President Bashar Assad and has helped him turn the tide of a bloody civil war, has long insisted that the U.S. military presence in Syria is illegal.

Moscow has further bolstered its position in Syria following the U.S. withdrawal from the northeast of the country, negotiating a deal this week with Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan to help remove the Kurdish YPG militia from within a 30 km (19 mile) strip along the Syrian-Turkish border.

Ankara views the YPG as terrorists linked to Kurdish insurgents operating in southeast Turkey.

We are studying Rev. 1-5.

Our discussion the last few of weeks have centered on Rev. chapter 1. Today we move on to verse 10 where John is caught up to the Day of the Lord.

At the end of our lesson a couple of weeks ago we summarized the Five Vision Viewpoints that John was given so he could write his Book. Today we will discuss the First Vision Viewpoint in verse 10..

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Slide-4 The Five Vision Viewpoints

For the Bible Student that is sincerely interested in understanding the Book of Revelation, it is important to consider each vision viewpoint for they give chronological milestones in the process and activities during the Lord’s return. John was in spirit at each Vision Viewpoint.

1. The First Vision Viewpoint (Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

2. The Second Vision Viewpoint (Rev 4:2) And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

3. The Third Vision Viewpoint (Rev 13:1) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

4. The Fourth Vision Viewpoint (Rev 17:3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

5. The Fifth Vision Viewpoint (Rev 21:10) And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

Slide-5 The First Vision Viewpoint

(Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Caught Up to the Day of the Lord

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Slide-6 “I Was in The Spirit”

(Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

This is the First Vision Viewpoint and is by far the most important one. It determines “when” the Lord begins His return to earth and the events to follow.

At this Viewpoint, John first sees the Lord descending from the 3rd heaven as He begins the process of His Coming, His Erchomai. He then realizes that He is in the spirit realm.

He says, “I was in the Spirit(KJV).” Or, as Bro. Copley says, translating from the original Greek, “I became (or came to be) in spirit.”

This does not mean John was in the Holy Spirit, for John was continuously in the Holy Spirit.

John was in his spirit (little “s”) in the first of many visions in the “spirit realm” and was transported up to the Day of the Lord. “the” and a capital “S” are determined by the translators. There is no “the” in the Greek. There should be no capital “S” because “spirit” in this context is not the Holy Spirit, it is John’s spirit. Slide-7

“On the Lord's Day” (Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of

a trumpet, “The Lord’s Day” is not Sunday as many scholars declare. John was “in spirit” on the Day of the Lord, which includes the millennial reign. These are two grammatical ways of saying the same thing.

There is no place in Scripture where the phrase “the Lord’s Day” is used.

Slide-8 “(I) heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet”

(Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

After seeing the Lord coming, he “heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.” This is the first of several trumpet sounds. He sees a Theophany of the Lord as Judge of the Church.

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Slide-9 The Trumpet Shall Sound

1Co_14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? Mat_24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

1Co_15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Heb_12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

Rev_1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Rev_4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Rev_8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

Rev_9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

Slide-10 What Thou Seest, Write in a Book

This is the Viewpoint when John gets his instructions from the Lord to write a book, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ.”

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Send It unto The Seven Churches (Rev 1:11) Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

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The Seven Churches (Rev 1:11) Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea

The Seven Churches are literal existing Churches in 96 AD located in Asia in Western Turkey. There were more Churches in existence. The letters are representative of the Church in 96 AD and the Mystical Church on the Day of the Lord but in the seventh stage of apostasy. The order of the Churches in Rev. 2 and 3 is as a circuit riding judge visiting the communities beginning with Ephesus then Smyrna, Pergamum, Tyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea.

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Slide-13 And I Turned to See

(Rev 1:12) And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

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We are studying Rev. 1-5.

Our discussion the last few of weeks have centered on Rev. chapter 1. Today we move on to verse 10 where John is caught up to the Day of the Lord.

At the end of our lesson a couple of weeks ago we summarized the Five Vision Viewpoints that John was given so he could write his Book.

Today we will discuss the First Vision Viewpoint in verse 10..

Slide-4 The Five Vision Viewpoints

For the Bible Student that is sincerely interested in understanding the Book of Revelation, it is important to consider each vision viewpoint for they give chronological milestones in the process and activities during the Lord’s return. John was in spirit at each Vision Viewpoint.

6. The First Vision Viewpoint (Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

7. The Second Vision Viewpoint (Rev 4:2) And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

8. The Third Vision Viewpoint (Rev 13:1) And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

9. The Fourth Vision Viewpoint (Rev 17:3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

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10. The Fifth Vision Viewpoint (Rev 21:10) And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

Slide-5 The First Vision Viewpoint

(Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Caught Up to the Day of the Lord Slide-6

“I Was in The Spirit” (Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of

a trumpet, This is the First Vision Viewpoint and is by far the most important one. It determines “when” the Lord begins His return to earth and the events to follow.

At this Viewpoint, John first sees the Lord descending from the 3rd heaven as He begins the process of His Coming, His Erchomai. He then realizes that He is in the spirit realm.

He says, “I was in the Spirit(KJV).” Or, as Bro. Copley says, translating from the original Greek, “I became (or came to be) in spirit.”

This does not mean John was in the Holy Spirit, for John was continuously in the Holy Spirit.

John was in his spirit (little “s”) in the first of many visions in the “spirit realm” and was transported up to the Day of the Lord. “the” and a capital “S” are determined by the translators. There is no “the” in the Greek. There should be no capital “S” because “spirit” in this context is not the Holy Spirit, it is John’s spirit.

Slide-7 “On the Lord's Day”

(Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of

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a trumpet, “The Lord’s Day” is not Sunday as many scholars declare. John was “in spirit” on the Day of the Lord, which includes the millennial reign. These are two grammatical ways of saying the same thing.

There is no place in Scripture where the phrase “the Lord’s Day” is used.

Slide-8 “(I) heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet”

(Rev 1:10) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

After seeing the Lord coming, he “heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.” This is the first of several trumpet sounds. He sees a Theophany of the Lord as Judge of the Church.

Slide-9 The Trumpet Shall Sound

1Co_14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

Mat_24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

1Co_15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Heb_12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

Rev_1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Rev_4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

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Rev_8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

Rev_9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

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What Thou Seest, Write in a Book This is the Viewpoint when John gets his instructions from the Lord to write a book, “The Revelation of Jesus Christ.”

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Send It unto The Seven Churches (Rev 1:11) Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

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The Seven Churches

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(Rev 1:11) Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea

The Seven Churches are literal existing Churches in 96 AD located in Asia in Western Turkey. There were more Churches in existence. The letters are representative of the Church in 96 AD and the Mystical Church on the Day of the Lord but in the seventh stage of apostasy. The order of the Churches in Rev. 2 and 3 is as a circuit riding judge visiting the communities beginning with Ephesus then Smyrna, Pergamum, Tyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea.