Sign ~ semeion

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Sign semeion attesting sign (favorite word of
Johns)
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The "Woman" (v. 1) is not

• The Body of Christ

• Roman Catholic Church

• Mary Baker Eddy

• Mary (mother of Jesus)

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The "Woman" is pregnant
The Church is a chaste, virgin Bride
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Gen. 37 9Then he dreamed still another dream
and told it to his brothers, and said, Look, I
have dreamed another dream. And this time, the
sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to
me.
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The "Plan"
Gen. 3 15And I will put enmity     Between you
and the woman,     And between your seed and her
Seed     He shall bruise your head,     And you
shall bruise His heel
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The "Plan"

• Cain and Able

• The Flood

• Saul and David

• Balaam and Balak

• Haman and Mordecai

• Curse Royal Line

• Jewish Leaders

• King Herod

The Cross
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Matt. 24 15Therefore when you see
the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place
(whoever reads, let him understand), 16then let
those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains. 17Let him who is on the housetop not
go down to take anything out of his house. 18And
let him who is in the field not go back to get
his clothes. 
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19But woe to those who are pregnant and to those
who are nursing babies in those days! 20And pray
that your flight may not be in winter or on the
Sabbath. 21For then there will be great
tribulation, such as has not been since the
beginning of the world until this time, no, nor
ever shall be. 22And unless those days were
shortened, no flesh would be saved but for the
elects sake those days will be shortened.
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The Rock City of Petra
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Is. 40 31But those who wait on the Lord shall
renew their strength they shall mount up with
wings like eagles, they shall run and not be
weary, they shall walk and not faint.
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Accused kategoreo according to the marketplace
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1) Appropriate the Blood
2) Make public profession
3) Live life of self-sacrifice
James 4 7Therefore submit to God. Resist the
devil and he will flee from you.
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Ps. 124 1"If it had not been the Lord who was
on our side," Let Israel now say 2"If it had
not been the Lord who was on our side, When men
rose up against us, 3"Then they would have
swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled
against us,
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4"The the waters would have overwhelmed us, The
stream would have gone over our soul, 5"The the
swollen waters Would have gone over our soul."