Transcript “A Great Earthquake” Revelation 16:1-2

“The Vials of the
Wrath of God”
Revelation 16
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The 1 Vial
Study 1 –
“A Great
Earthquake”
Revelation 16:1-2
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Summary of Revelation 15 & 16
The Seven Vials of Divine Wrath
15:1-4
15:5-8
16:1-2
16:3
16:4-7
16:8-9
16:10-11
16:12-16
The Rejoicing Redeemed
The Temple Opened in Heaven
1st Vial – The French Revolution – 1789
2nd Vial – Britain Rules the Sea – 1793
3rd Vial – Napoleon’s Alpine Victories – 1796
4th Vial – Holy Roman Empire Judged – 1805
5th Vial – Holy Roman Empire Ends – 1808
6th Vial – Turkish Empire Dried Up – 1820 –
Activity of three unclean spirits - Armageddon
16:17-21 7th Vial – Conquest of the Nations
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The First Vial - Revelation 16:1-2
And I heard a great voice out of
the temple saying to the seven
angels, Go your ways, and pour
out the vials of the wrath of God
upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured
out his vial upon the earth; and
there fell a noisome and grievous
sore upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them
which worshipped his image.
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The Vials of the Wrath of God – Rev. 16
Prophecy is the
mould into
which history is
poured.
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Beast of the Earth and Its Image
Rev. 13:11-18
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The Empire of Charlemagne
The Holy Roman
Empire passed
through many phases
from 800 to 1806. At
the time of the French
Revolution (1789),
France was allied to
the Holy Roman
Emperor but was an
independent
monarchy. Its king
married the daughter
of the emperor.
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Holy
Roman
France
The Earth
Empire
The Image of the Beast
These men
represented the
two horns of
the Beast of
the Earth– the
Holy Roman
Empire – 800
AD to 1806
(Rev. 13:11-18)
The Papacy with political
and ultimately imperial
power was the legacy of
early Holy Roman emperors
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Francis 11 Emperor
of Holy Roman
Empire enthroned at
Vienna
Pope Pius Vll (1800-1823)
The Bourbon Catholic Dynasty in France
Men who had the
mark of the beast
Louis XVI
The grandson of
Louis XV,
married to Marie
Antoinette, was a
well-intentioned
but weak king.
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Marie Antoinette’s lavish lifestyle made her unpopular.
Paying no attention to her
country’s financial crisis, she
refused to make any
concessions to hungry mobs
who marched on the palace in
Versailles.
Instead, she called out troops.
Violence followed, and she
and her husband, King Louis
XVI, were imprisoned by
revolutionaries and executed
in 1793.
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Marie
Antionette
Her marriage in 1770 to Louis, the
heir to the French throne, was
intended to cement an alliance
between France and her parents’
dynasty, the Habsburgs of Austria.
After her husband succeeded to the
throne in 1774, the couple had two
daughters and two sons.
The French Revolution
 5 May 1789 – Estates-General convened.
 17 June 1789 – Estates-General becomes the
National Assembly.
 14 July 1789 – Bastille stormed and demolished.
 4 August 1789 – All privileges abolished.
 August 1789 - Declaration of the Rights of Man
drafted and the Revolutionary ideals “Liberty,
Equality, and Fraternity” formulated.
 14 July 1790 – The Constitution approved.
 21 January 1793 – The king executed.
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The French Social System in 1789
The Monarchy
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
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Louis XVI
Upper Clergy
(100,000)
Nobility (400,000)
The rest of France
(22,500,000)
Estates-General
Established in 1302,
the Estates-General
was a French
legislative body
comprising members
of three groups, or
estates, of society:
nobility, clergy, and
commoners.
Convened on May 5, 1789, by King Louis XVI, at the
Palace of Versailles, in a desperate attempt to stave off
civil unrest. However, the Estates-General voted to make
itself a permanent National Assembly. Louis's efforts to
repress the new assembly caused widespread rioting
and ushered in the French Revolution.
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The Estates-General
Commoners
Nobles
Clergy
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14 July
1789
The Storming of the Bastille
A prison
since 1370 in
which
enemies of
the regime
were held
without trial.
Was
attacked by
a mob
supported by
royal troops
and then
demolished.
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7,000 Names of Men Slain – Rev. 11:13
The Revolution abolished
all clerical and civil titles.
The aristocracy was
overthrown and the
hereditary nobility slain or
banished.
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A Malignant Ulcer – Rev. 16:2
“…and there fell a noisome and
grievous sore upon the men
which had the mark of the
beast, and upon them which
worshipped his image.” kakos – evil.
poneros – hurtful. Lit. “an evil, malignant ulcer”.
The French Revolution was a local ulcer that
soon infected the whole of Europe through the
career of Napoleon.
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The Malignant Ulcer Spreads
 The revolution stirred up many enemies within
France and in surrounding countries.
 Nobles, priests and peasants joined forces to
oppose the revolutionary movement.
 European allies led by Austria prepared to invade
France under the Pillnitz proclamation of 1791.
 Civil war and the threat of external intervention
galvanized the republican French and hastened
the success of the Revolution.
 The threats and proclamations of the opponents
of the Revolution ensured its rapid spread.
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The French Revolutionary Army
Circa
1792
Their banner reads, “Live free or die”.
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Georges Jacques Danton
The powerful speeches of
French revolutionary leader
Georges Danton brought
him into prominence in the
newly convened National
Convention. He served on
the Committee of Public
Safety after the overthrow of
King Louis XVI, but his
conciliatory foreign policy
and calls for an end of terror
made him unpopular, and
Robespierre ordered him
guillotined on 6 April 1794.
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Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793),
radical French revolutionary
journalist and politician.
Elected to the National
Convention, he urged violent
and dictatorial measures to
defend the Revolution and
attacked political moderates
as traitors. As leader of the
Paris Jacobin Club, he finally
prevailed over the Girondists
on June 2, 1793. This
eventually led to the
formation of a powerful
Jacobin government, but
Marat did not live to see it.
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Charlotte Corday
Marat was assassinated on July
13 by a sympathizer with the
moderates, or Girondists, a
young woman from Normandy
named Charlotte Corday.
The Reign of Terror
 Lasted from April 1793 to July 1794.
 Marked by the period of Jacobin control of the
Committee of Public Safety.
 On July 27 the Jacobin leader Maximilien
Robespierre was added to the Committee and
soon became its dominant member.
 Aided by prominent Jacobins, Robespierre
instituted extreme policies to crush any
possibility of counter-revolution.
 The victims of the Reign of Terror totalled
approximately 40,000.
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Maximilien Robespierre
The principal
architect of the Reign
of Terror was himself
guillotined by fearful
compatriots on 28
July 1794.
Proposed in 1789 by the French
doctor Joseph Guillotin, the
guillotine was widely used during
the French Revolution, first to
decapitate members of the nobility
and Roman Catholic clergy, and later
to behead the revolutionaries
themselves.
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The Guillotine at Work
- A Daily Public Spectacle for 5 Years
1789
to of
1794
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The Death of
Louis XV1 - 1793
King Louis XV1 was guillotined on 21 January 1793 for treason
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The Effects of the French Revolution
 Abolition of absolute monarchy in France.
 End of feudal privileges and estates.
 Abolition of serfdom and unequal taxation.
 France became a nation of small land-owning
farmers – the largest in Europe.
 Introduction of the metric system.
 Introduction of central bank – the Bank of France.
 Secular, government controlled education system.
 Equality before the Law and representation.
 Accused innocent until proven guilty.
 Led to freedom of religion and the press.
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The Effects of the French Revolution
 Paved way for separation of church and state.
 Continuous war with Britain, Prussia, Austria and
Russia until 1815.
 Millions died as a result of the revolution and its
attendant wars in Europe.
 Overthrow of the Catholic Church in France.
 Redistribution of church property.
 End of the Holy Roman Empire.
 Commenced a shockwave of revolution
throughout Europe culminating in the year of
revolution in 1848.
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The French Revolution
Truly……
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