The Meaning of the Seven Last Plagues
- Why doesn't Jesus come as soon as probation closes? Why does the earth have to undergo the seven last plagues?
- Why do we understand the seven last plagues to be all just before the second coming rather than spread out through history as the seven trumpets and seven churches?
The Outpouring of the Last Plagues
- What purpose did the ten plagues which were poured upon Egypt serve? What similarities can we see between the purpose of those plagues before that exodus and these before the exodus to the heavenly Canaan?
- Are we to understand these plagues as literal or symbolic? For example, what are we to make of rivers turning to blood?
Drying up of the Euphrates River
- How is the drying up of the river connected to the fall of Babylon? What can a city do to prevent its rivers from drying up while still benefitting from them?
- How is Babylon able to deceive so many people? Is there any excuse for being deceived? What can we do to keep from being deceived?
Satan's Last Great Deception
- What would you imagine the reaction of the captive Israelites in Babylon to be as an enemy approached to attack the city, and as they actually overthrew Babylon?
- How can a knowledge of Scripture have helped them be confident about current affairs?
- Why would some people doubt that the Bible could have foretold by actual name "Cyrus" the deliverer of the Israelites?
Gathering for the Battle of Armageddon
- Why would God use as a name for the battle a fictitious place?
- How would God select the name Armageddon which means "mountain of Megiddo" when there is no mountain in the plain of Megiddo?
- What connection to Armageddon can we trace through a famous event that took place on the nearby Mt Carmel? How was that a precursor of the Battle of Armageddon?
- Will the righteous be expected to fight the wicked in that Battle?
