{"id":12215,"date":"2024-07-15T09:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=12215"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:46:01","slug":"thedefeatedfoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/07\/thedefeatedfoe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Defeated Foe"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 THEME: Run with the Horses<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SERIES: The Lamb Wins!!<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TITLE: The Defeated Foe<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scripture: Rev. 17:1-18:24<\/h1>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWhen the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.\u201d Pr. 29:2 (NLT)<\/p>\r\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0 THE MYSTERY WOMAN \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Babylon= a symbol of the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>city of man<\/strong><\/span>), humanity intent on living (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>apart from God<\/strong><\/span>). She is portrayed as a woman: a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>prostitute<\/strong><\/span>). She has a cup in her hands but it is not wine but the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>blood of God\u2019s holy people<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Who is this woman? She is called by various names but let\u2019s just say she is the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>kingdom of the world<\/strong><\/span>) that opposes the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>kingdom of God<\/strong><\/span>). Turn to I John 2:15-17 (p.592)<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>II.\u00a0 <\/strong>THE BREAKUP<\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The woman gets all her allure, her power and presence, from (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>the beast in Chapter 13<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What makes this vision timeless? (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>He never explicitly says who it refers to<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two things to note:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>There is an (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>urgency<\/strong><\/span>) in the angel\u2019s voice.<\/li>\r\n<li>We live in (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Babylon<\/strong><\/span>). <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEXT WEEK: THEME: Run with the Horses<br \/>SERIES: The Lamb Wins!!<br \/>TITLE: The Wedding Feast<br \/>SCRIPTURE: Rev. 19:1-21<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 THEME: Run with the Horses SERIES: The Lamb Wins!! TITLE: The Defeated Foe Scripture: Rev. 17:1-18:24 \u201cWhen the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.\u201d Pr. 29:2 (NLT) I.\u00a0 THE MYSTERY WOMAN \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Babylon= a symbol of the (city &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2024\/07\/thedefeatedfoe\/\">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-12215","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\/12215","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=12215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12216,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12215\/revisions\/12216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}