In this lesson we look at Genesis 1-3 with the creation of the world, the start of humanity, and the fall of humanity. Then briefly went through the Bible and acknowledged that even though God gave the law and the prophets, the problem has been we all have a sin nature, which was why we needed a Savior, the Lord Jesus. Jesus was the Son of God, the Son of Man, and the Son of David, and even in John (20:28) He is declared God, so only He could pay the price for our sins by dying on the cross for us. The New Testament books tell us to love God and love others like the Old Testament books do. The New Testament tells us we are to obey God and keep His commandments, like the Old Testament does, but the difference is that believers in Christ, now have the Holy Spirit within us. Believers in Jesus are forgiven of their sin, and Jesus has taken care of the sin problem, so now we can obey the Lord. The prophetic book of the New Testament, Revelation, shows us a picture of when the Bride of Christ is complete, and we are all fully made perfect. The old things have passed away, and God has made everything new. There is no more death, mourning, crying, pain, curse, or shame. As the writer of Hebrews put it in 11:39-40, "These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with US would they be made perfect!" All because of Jesus!

The 21 Mega Voices in Revelation are found in 1:10, 5:2, 5:12, 6:10, 7:2, 7:10, 8:13, 10:3, 11:12, 12:10, 14:2, 14:7, 14:9, 14:15, 14:18, 16:1, 16:17, 18:2, 19:1, 19:17, and 21:3. Almost all are voices from heaven, starting with Jesus, to angels, to souls. Some are commands like, "Write on a scroll," and "Come up here!" Some are questions like, 'Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" Some are declarations like, "It is done!" and then "It has fallen, has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen!" some are words of praise, "Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God..." The last loud voice came from the throne and said, "Look! God's dwelling is with men, and He will lie with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will exist no longer; grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer, because the previous things have passed away!" That message is worth a mega voice!

There are many things we may not fully understand about this passage, but there are some things that we can understand: 1) There is a war between good and evil. 2) The birth of her Son changed everything. 3) The serpent, AKA Satan and the devil, is not strong enough and loses. 4) The woman is protected by God in a place prepared by Him. 5) Satan is a deceiver, slanderer, liar, and accuser, the opposite of truth. 6) Satan's time is short, and he knows it. 7) There is persecution for the saints, and it may even lead to martyrdom. 8) Christ conquered Satan, and we can too if we confess our salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ. 9) There is help for the saints when needed. 10) Those who are the offspring of God have two characteristics: they keep the Lord's commands, not because we HAVE to, but because we WANT to, and the Holy Spirit is within us to enable us to do it. The second is we have a testimony about Jesus, and what He has done in our lives. May we be encouraged that we too can overcome the evil one, and let us be challenged to be faithful until Christ comes again in all His glory, and then that serpent is crushed once for all.