{"id":11445,"date":"2023-08-21T08:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=11445"},"modified":"2023-08-21T08:11:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:11:57","slug":"theunderdogwins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2023\/08\/theunderdogwins\/","title":{"rendered":"The Underdog Wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2023 THEME: Victory!<\/h1>\n<h1>Series: The Lamb Wins<\/h1>\n<h1>TITLE: The Underdog Wins<\/h1>\n<h1>Scripture: Revelation 12-14:5<\/h1>\n<h4>\n<strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUR ENEMIES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Battle: Its players and its events<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>God<\/strong><\/span>) revealed to us in 4:1-5:14<\/li>\n<li>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Satan<\/strong><\/span>) or the Dragon, the Beast (13:1-10) and the False Prophet (13:11-18)<\/li>\n<li>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The people<\/strong><\/span>) who are on God\u2019s side seen as the light-bearing woman (12:1-6, 13-17) and as a chaste, numbered, and protected multitude (14:1-5).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The first enemy (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dragon<\/strong><\/span>). (12:1-6)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The second enemy (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Beast<\/strong><\/span>) (13:1-10)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The third enemy (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Second Beast<\/strong><\/span>) (13:11)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nThese three enemies are called (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Unholy Trinity<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nThe most misunderstood image in Revelation: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>the mark of the Beast<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<h4>\n<strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 YOUR REDEEMER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">One word, one name says it all: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jesus<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nAll of the imagery is used to describe the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>church<\/strong><\/span>), the Bride of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: Title: It\u2019s Off to Work I Go- I Cor. 10:31; Genesis 3:1-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 THEME: Victory! Series: The Lamb Wins TITLE: The Underdog Wins Scripture: Revelation 12-14:5 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUR ENEMIES\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Battle: Its players and its events (God) revealed to us in 4:1-5:14 (Satan) or the Dragon, the Beast (13:1-10) and the False Prophet (13:11-18) (The people) who are on God\u2019s side seen as the light-bearing woman (12:1-6, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2023\/08\/theunderdogwins\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11446,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11445\/revisions\/11446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}