Kingship of Christ in Revelation 11:15-18

Revelation 11:15-18 Lordship Controvery

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Revelation 11:15-18, presenting it as the culmination of Christ's kingship in the book of Revelation. He uses an extended analogy of a cross-country trip to explain the cyclical nature of Revelation's visions, emphasizing that this passage depicts the undisputed, eternal universal kingdom of Christ. Martin applies this vision as a pointed warning to the unconverted, a powerful summons to adoration for believers, and a precious salve of consolation for those suffering persecution, urging all to repent and flee to Christ.

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The Setting of the Vision: Revelation's Cyclical Structure

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Cross-Country Trip with Cameras

In this part of the sermon: Martin explains the interpretive key to Revelation's structure using a cross-country trip analogy, demonstrating that the book presents the history of the church's conflict with…

A family's cross-country trip with four cameras, each assigned to capture a different dimension (people, places, events, close-ups), illustrates Revelation's cyclical structure, where the entire history of the church is revisited multiple times with different emphases.

And the illustration that I lay before you derives from a fact of our own congregational history during this summer. One of our families made a cross-country trip in a converted fire wagon. And some of you will remember us praying for that family as they made their way from New Jersey all the way across to California and back again. Now imagine, they didn't do this, but imagine, for the sake of illustration, if before they left, the head of the household of the family that made the cross-country trip in the converted fire wagon should hand out four cameras to four different members of the hous...

5:16 - 5:54 Read in full sermon

Significance: A Pointed Word of Admonition and Warning

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Wealthy Landowner and Squatters

The point: Bow to the Son and own Him as your Savior and Sovereign, lest God banish you to hell.

A benevolent landowner allows squatters on his land but eventually sends an eviction notice because he plans to flood the area to create a lake. This illustrates God's long-suffering with unconverted humanity living on His earth, but His ultimate determination to renovate the world and judge those who refuse to acknowledge His sovereignty.

hour is coming when this chorus heard in vision by John will be heard by the angels. The ears of all the redeemed, they shall join in it. Let me illustrate something of the danger of your plight, you who are unconverted. Picture with me a wealthy man who owns acres of land, choice land, and he's a benevolent man, and he wants to make the best use of that land for his and subsequent generations. And in cooperation with the government, he's

34:34 - 35:09 Read in full sermon

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