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00:00Brothers, isn't this perspective on chapter 19 of Revelation fascinating?
00:30In fact, it's one of my favorite parts; it's one of the passages I prefer and that awakens a lot of hope in me.
00:38Glorious Christ, victorious Christ, Christ indeed a soldier, but we are this battle, we are this army that is led by the victorious Christ,
00:54Glorious Christ, Christ who conquers by his word, and that is our only weapon.
01:02And certainly in our Christian life we always see how the wicked win, how the wicked are victorious, apparently.
01:12But Christ, through his word, will always kill them, he will always slaughter them.
01:21It is a spiritual battle, as I already mentioned to you.
01:24But we must take this symbolism of carrion, of vultures or vultures or any other bird that comes to eat the flesh of corpses.
01:38Sometimes they do it about animals, that is, about prey, but they say that if a man dies in the desert and these birds are there, they will also come to eat his flesh.
01:51This image of carrion, of eating dead meat, meat that wasn't killed because someone else killed it, must be taken as this integration.
02:02This strong military image is almost grotesque, and if we imagine it we can say, no, no, no, God is not like that.
02:10It is in this sense that the word of God is so powerful as to kill all, that is, to kill all negative ideas and those contrary to the gospel, and that finally the Lord comes to purify the people, the people of God that we are, so that they no longer do any harm to each other.
02:31But by killing them, that is, by suppressing their ideas, they have to be devoured, that is, integrated into this new people that is the church.
02:44That is why the birds of the air come to eat these corpses.
02:49This is the great symbolism of this passage that I love, chapter 19 of Revelation.
02:56Okay, we still have one last person of the Trinity to discuss; there are only three of them, and that is the person of the Holy Spirit here in Revelation.
03:06The teachings about the Holy Spirit in this book are certainly not as numerous as those of Christ, but they are still profound and we should examine them and, above all, see how to apply them to our Christian life.
03:21The Apocalypse speaks of seven spirits.
03:27Four times, the Holy Spirit is referred to as the seven spirits.
03:32This is in Revelation 1, 4, chapter 3, verse 1, chapter 4, verse 5 and chapter 5, verse 6.
03:43Taking chapter 4, verse 5, it says
03:48From the throne come flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven torches of fire blaze, which are the seven spirits of God.
03:59These seven spirits should be understood as the Holy Spirit in a symbolic representation.
04:06The number seven symbolizes fullness, perfection in the book of Revelation.
04:13And as for the torch, it's more accurate to see the word candelabra or lamp here.
04:21Because of the connotation of the Old Testament, which is very important for messianic prophecies,
04:28that David, King David, was promised that his lamp would always be lit.
04:37And this means that his lineage, his inheritance, will always be in constant succession until it reaches Christ, the Messiah, who is his son.
04:47The lamp of David, always lit.
04:50And the eyes, like fire, are those that were shown of Christ in the inaugural vision of chapter 1.
04:59Now, in chapter 5 we are told that the Lamb has seven eyes, which are the seven spirits on a mission throughout the earth.
05:11This is in Revelation 5, 6.
05:15But what are the seven spirits?
05:17Is the Holy Spirit divided?
05:20No, certainly the Trinitarian mystery is not at stake or under discussion, and the Apocalypse does not come to add anything new and different with respect to all the other books, to all Christian revelation.
05:36But we must understand that if the Holy Spirit is sent on a mission, that is why the symbolism of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit is used.
05:48For he is sent to us, he comes to us and makes us live by his seven gifts.
05:56It's as if the seven gifts were seven different presences, in quotes, of the Holy Spirit in us.
06:05That is why people talk about the seven torches or the seven eyes of the Lamb.
06:12Now, another way to talk about the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of prophecy.
06:19In chapter 19, verse 10 it says, the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy.
06:27How to understand this expression?
06:29To begin with, we can understand it in two ways.
06:32First, as the testimony that Jesus himself gave.
06:37But also, secondly, we can understand it as the testimony that the Christian must give with respect to Jesus.
06:47Before moving forward, we see that the Book of Revelation clearly associates the idea of testimony and prophecy.
06:56On that occasion, when we spoke of the church, with the scene of the two witnesses from Revelation 11,
07:06We saw that the whole church has a prophetic vocation.
07:11All members of the church, all witnesses of Christ, are prophets before the world.
07:17In this case, the prophecy of Christians is to give and continue to give the testimony of Christ.
07:32For example, in Revelation 6:9 it says that those who are under the altar, having been slaughtered,
07:39They are because of the testimony they gave.
07:43The Christian has the testimony of Jesus in his favor; he has received it.
07:51And therefore, they, in turn, the Christians, must bear witness to Christ.
07:57that they are true Christians.
07:59If the Holy Spirit is not present in Revelation 11, we can understand that,
08:07Because of their words, the words of these two witnesses, these words are prophetic.
08:13They can bear witness to Christ, and the witness of Christ is martyrdom.
08:19Let us never forget that the word martyr means one who dies for Christ, one who dies for their faith.
08:27And that word martyr means witness in Greek.
08:32Thus the martyrs are witnesses of the faith.
08:35And why?
08:36One can bear witness to Christ through the Holy Spirit, who is always giving life to the church,
08:45making the witnesses witnesses, as is the case with these two witnesses in chapter 11.
08:54Another mention of the Holy Spirit in the book of Revelation is the Spirit who speaks to the churches.
09:01This expression always appears in the messages to the seven communities,
09:06He who has ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
09:11The corrections that Jesus makes to these communities are his own doing.
09:17But in communion it is a joint work with the Holy Spirit.
09:22The Holy Spirit brings the powerful word of Christ to the churches
09:28who reproaches, encourages, promises, threatens, touches hearts and above all draws them to Jesus.
09:37Here we can understand the Holy Spirit having a role in the sanctification of the church.
09:46He is the sanctifier.
09:49Now, brothers, if the Book of Revelation speaks to us of the Trinity,
09:53It also speaks of a diabolical Trinity.
09:58Yes? Watch out, be careful.
09:59Also before three divine persons,
10:02The Apocalypse shows us a triad,
10:05three characters who resemble Trinity,
10:09but they are an antithesis of the Trinity,
10:11especially in chapter 13.
10:13We first see that the dragon reveals itself as the ancient serpent,
10:21the devil or Satan,
10:23the seducer of the whole world.
10:25Chapter 12, verse 9.
10:29And in chapter 13 the beast from the sea then emerges,
10:34of which the Apocalypse says three times that one of its heads was mortally wounded,
10:41This sea beast then receives the power of the dragon
10:46and it's as if it were one of his creatures.
10:49But it must be taken in a pejorative sense,
10:51It's like it's an animal, like it's a pet.
10:54The dragon thus presenting the beast,
10:58like his creature, like his toy,
11:01like a pet, like an animal that he can always use.
11:05It is therefore a caricature, a parody of Christ.
11:09This is like a cartoonish representation of chapters 4 and 5,
11:15where the Father, who is seated on the throne,
11:19Give power to the lamb.
11:21Chapters 4 and 5,
11:23here in chapter 13,
11:24It is the dragon that gives power to the beast.
11:28And then another beast comes,
11:31the beast of the earth,
11:33in chapter 13,
11:34starting from verse 11.
11:36Then, Revelation 13:11 and following,
11:40The other beast is coming,
11:42the beast of the earth.
11:43I'm going to read.
11:44Then I said another beast that came up out of the earth.
11:48Its two horns resembled those of a lamb,
11:50But he spoke like a snake.
11:52It wields all the power of the first beast,
11:55at its service,
11:57and makes the earth and its inhabitants
11:59worship the first beast,
12:01whose mortal wound had been healed.
12:04He makes large signs,
12:06He even makes fire come down from heaven to earth,
12:09in the presence of people.
12:11It seduces the inhabitants of the earth
12:13with the signs that have allowed him to perform
12:15in the service of the beast,
12:17telling them to make a picture
12:19in honor of the beast that revived,
12:21despite having been wounded by the sword.
12:25This beast of the earth
12:27it is very visible
12:28a caricature of the Holy Spirit.
12:30Like the Holy Spirit
12:32bears witness to Jesus
12:35and leads men to Jesus,
12:39Thus this beast
12:40confuses men
12:42leading them to the beast of the sea.
12:45The beast that has a mortal wound,
12:47but it resurfaces.
12:50That is to say,
12:51A cartoon of what?
12:53Of the resurrection.
12:55Like the Father and the Son
12:56They have their throne,
12:57Thus the dragon
12:59and the beast from the sea
13:01They have their own.
13:03In addition,
13:04the Lamb,
13:05beheaded,
13:06resumed life
13:06and what is said
13:08of the beast of the sea
13:09who has one of his heads injured,
13:11but it comes back to life.
13:14This, brothers,
13:15It would be like a counter-image
13:17of the apocalyptic name of God
13:19that we just saw,
13:21who is,
13:21the one who was
13:22and the one who is coming.
13:23And that's how we can compare
13:25how the enemy
13:27draws the caricature
13:28of the attributes
13:29and of the names of God
13:31in the Apocalypse.
13:33Siblings,
13:34I want us to see now
13:35in parallel
13:37these two lists
13:38that you have
13:39in front of you
13:40where the divine persons
13:42are represented
13:44demonically,
13:45They are like an antithesis.
13:48So,
13:49God,
13:49We saw it,
13:50is he who is,
13:51that was and that is coming,
13:52and facing him,
13:55the demonic caricature
13:57is the beast that was
13:59and it is no longer,
14:00that will rise from the abyss.
14:03Chapter 17,
14:04verse 8.
14:06The lamb,
14:07And what about the beast?
14:09Another beast
14:10that had two horns
14:12like a lamb.
14:1313.11
14:14Like someone with their throat cut,
14:17one of its heads
14:18sword wound
14:19resumed life.
14:21Revelation 13:3
14:24A son of man,
14:27What is said about the beast?
14:29The number of the beast
14:30It's a man's number,
14:31666.
14:33Revelation 13:18
14:35The faithful witness,
14:38Christ,
14:39that is said
14:39demonically,
14:41the false prophet,
14:43what is
14:43the beast of the earth.
14:45Revelation 13:11
14:47and following
14:48The one who is sitting
14:50on the throne,
14:52the dragon
14:52and the beast
14:53They have their throne.
14:54Revelation 13:2
14:56And following
14:58The owner of everything,
15:01God,
15:02But on the other hand,
15:03the devil,
15:04It is said,
15:05the dragon
15:06gave to the beast
15:07immense power.
15:09Revelation 13:2
15:11Who is like you, Lord?
15:13And in a moment
15:15it is done to him
15:16the same question
15:17Who is like the beast?
15:18Revelation 13:4
15:20We see, brothers,
15:22clearly
15:23that
15:23the beast
15:25and the dragon
15:25not only
15:27imitate
15:28to the Trinity,
15:29but they imitate
15:30also
15:30the action
15:31of the Trinity,
15:32of the divine persons.
15:34For example,
15:35the mark of the beast
15:36that the inhabitants
15:37of the earth
15:38receive on their foreheads
15:40or on his hand
15:41It's like the antithesis,
15:44the counter-image
15:45of the seal of salvation
15:47position
15:47on the foreheads
15:49of the 144,000.
15:51Another example
15:52clear
15:53It is Babylon
15:54which is represented
15:55by the whore
15:56who is sitting
15:57about the beast of the sea
15:59which is like
16:00the counter-image
16:01of the church
16:02which is a city
16:03but also
16:04Bride of the Lamb
16:06and the lamb
16:07that carries
16:08to the church.
16:09Siblings,
16:10then let's stay
16:11in this session.
16:12Two things.
16:13First,
16:13the Holy Spirit
16:14that makes us
16:15and leads us
16:16always
16:17to the testimony
16:18of Christ.
16:19Let us ask the Holy Spirit
16:20to be witnesses
16:21authentic
16:22of Christ
16:23in our battles
16:25apocalyptic
16:26that bring us closer
16:27so to speak
16:28from the end of the world.
16:30And on the other hand
16:31we see
16:31that
16:32the trinity
16:33is
16:34caricatured
16:35represented
16:37grotesquely
16:38by the dragon
16:39the beasts
16:41sea
16:42and from the land
16:43always imitating
16:44so many things
16:45in our world
16:46imitate the action
16:48of God
16:48but they are no more
16:50that's a joke.
16:51Let us ask this Holy Spirit
16:52to always discern
16:53to those actions
16:55of the devil
16:56who imitate God
16:57but they don't do
16:58rather than confuse us.
17:00It takes care of
17:00much discernment
17:02And that is precisely it.
17:04the great battle
17:05of our life
17:05the fight
17:06that owes us
17:07to carry
17:07to our meeting
17:08final with Christ
17:09meanwhile
17:11While there is life
17:12There is a fight.
17:13And that's why
17:14We need to keep moving forward
17:15going deeper
17:16in this book
17:17of the apocalypse
17:18and making it a life
17:19in our lives.
17:20Hope you're doing well.
17:21May God bless you
17:22See you in the next session
17:24and meanwhile
17:24God have them
17:26in his presence.
17:27Thank you so much.
17:32Thank you.