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Weekly Guide：Week 101
December 29, 2019
Week 101 Day 1: God's Name Slandered ⇧ ⇩
Foreword
We will soon complete the reading of the last Book in Bible, the Book of Revelation. God’s sovereignty is fully displayed through opening the seals. God is behind all seemingly incidental events in history. God’s word is true and alive and above our own will. In the ever-flowing river of time, eternal peace is found by following God. We need to rely on God to face challenges of times as He has full control of history. In fact, there’s nothing God does not control and only by obeying His commands may we live out our lives meaningfully.
May you all be renewed in God’s word each day!
Question
How did the beast mislead the people?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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John saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. The whole world followed the beast and worshiped the dragon.
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The beast slandered God’s name and waged war against God’s holy people to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
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A second beast came out of the earth, exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast.
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It forced all people to receive a mark.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people. This verse places God’s righteousness above His promise. How does it encourage me to be patient?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 101 Day 2: Angel of Gospel ⇧ ⇩
Question
What was the Lamb doing on Mount Zion?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
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They sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders.
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Another angel was flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth.
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Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.
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The son of man with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. He swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - The son of man said blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. What is my perspective on life and death? What about blessing and suffering?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 101 Day 3: The Seven Bowls ⇧ ⇩
Question
What were the seven plagues?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven last plagues.
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Standing beside a glassy sea glowing with fire were those who had been victorious over the beast. They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb.
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Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues. They poured out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.
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The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
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The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.
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The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
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The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.
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The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.
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The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.
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The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - There were finally those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name sang the song of the Lamb. How is this helping me to set my sight and goal on what is to come?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 101 Day 4: The Victorious Lamb ⇧ ⇩
Question
What did the great prostitute represent?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls showed John the punishment of the great prostitute who sat by many waters.
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The beast would come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction.
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Those who gave power and authority to the beast would wage war against the Lamb, but the lamb would triumph over them.
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The woman was the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - Those who gave power and authority to the beast would wage war against the Lamb, but the lamb would triumph over them because he is king of kings, the Lord of lords, and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers, will be victorious. How does knowing the identity of the Lamb help me when I face the spiritual war?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 101 Day 5: The Fallen Babylon ⇧ ⇩
Question
What was the end of Babylon?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Another angel came down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.
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Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird.
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Come out of her, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues.
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Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.
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For true and just are God’s judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.
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For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - Those who dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin! How do I see my wealth and status?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 101 Day 6: The Final War ⇧ ⇩
Question
Who were the opponents in the war in the last days?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The rider of the white horse, with justice he judges and wages war.
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On his head were many crowns. He was dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name was the Word of God. On his robe and on his thigh he had this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
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An angel standing in the sun, cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God!”
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An angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
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After the thousand years were ended, he must be set free for a short time.
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The souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth.
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All were judged by Him who sat on the great white throne.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - The dead, great and small, standing before the throne, were judged according to what they had done. What does this mean to me as a Christian? What does it mean to my life as of today?