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he plan for the final great war
has already been made. How the world will end is known. It
is not a mystery. God has planned it. It will be God against
the world, and He will win! When I was in college, the wrestling
coach asked me one day to join the wrestling team after he
saw student after student attempt to take me down during practice
exercises. I looked like a an average man. My upper body strength
was the key. It was significantly stronger than my opponents
and I found that I was able to control my “opponents” and
defeat them. God controls His enemies too! He has placed limits
on them. They do not have complete freedom. God’s enemies
do not understand this truth. It is easy to believe that God
has no “upper body strength” when He is such a “nice
guy.” During the Tribulation the world finally discovers
that God has “upper body strength” even before
He wins!
God’s Control.
At the end of our last study
the apostle John was told that
he must prophesy again. That was a clue that he would be given
a new set of visions about the future Tribulation period. This
chapter, Revelation 11, starts revealing this new vision.
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And there was given me a measuring rod like a staff;
and someone said, “Rise and measure the temple
of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
And leave out the court which is outside the temple,
and do not measure it, for it has been given to the
nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city
for forty-two months.” (NASB) Rev. 11:1-2
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