Lesson 20:

The Last Exodus Time: 30 minutes

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Revelation 15 introduces Jesus as the judge who rescues His people. Here Revelation
we see the profile of those who are controlled by God. It is a legal case Study Help
that documents their right to exist in heaven. The symbols used involve the
The 144,000
people in the Holy nation. Mark of the Beast
Blessings and Curses
 The Exodus. The Passover death of Christ is our exodus from The Feast of Tabernacles
Egypt, the land of sin. The Seven Thunders
 Sinai (Law Given). The giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost is the Prophecies of Jesus
method through which God will write the law in our hearts. Signs of the Times
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the wilderness. Revelation 15
 The Wilderness of Babylon. We were judged in the wilderness
because of rebellion. Babylon represents that state of rebellion, not Egypt. Egypt was a
welcoming place that rescued Israel until it enslaved them. At the crucifixion, we have already
been rescued from Egypt or slavery to sin. So the final prophecies cannot use the symbol of Egypt
as a place from which we are called out.
But Babylon represents a place where we were exiled for rebellion, just as they were exiled in
the wilderness for forty years for rebellion.

Before we cross over several tasks are done for the final generation.
• Census. They had a census to distribute their inheritance. Our census is 144,000.
• Law Repeated. The message of the three angels calls us back to the covenant.
• Punish Enemies. God punished the nations that caused Israel to sin. This is the seven
last plagues.
 Jordan River. They crossed over water to reach Israel. We cross over the Sea of Glass.
 Promised Land. Heaven is the land we will reach.

Background
In the study of Revelation Chapter 14, we saw the warning given to the church to get out of Babylon and
avoid its corruption. This is because God intends to execute the plan that will punish them. Now we see
the picture of the church, the symbolic 144,000 who were victorious. They obeyed the warning and have
left Babylon. They began the exodus and are now standing on the Sea of Glass.
Before the seven last plagues we see their status in heaven. They are victorious. They are pictured as
standing on the Sea of Glass ready to cross over. They may not have escaped martyrdom, but they have
escaped corruption. They are victorious.
Several prophecies and examples teach that God considers His people to be under the protection of His
tabernacle at some point before the Second Coming and their arrival in the Promised Land.

 The First Exodus . While they were being escorted by God, Israel walked into the sea to flee the
pursuing army of Pharaoh.
 Sea of Glass. The victorious people wait at the crossing while the seven last plagues are sent.
  Feast of Tabernacles. After the day of
atonement, the people live in temporary shelters
with God before they reach the Promised Land.

The New Exodus

The Angels with the Plagues.
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous,
seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is
filled up the wrath of God. (Revelation 15: 1)

The vision begins with the angels preparing for the plagues
because this is the next phase in the judgment. The
judgment has been completed. Those who listened to the
warnings have been sealed. They are on their way to
Mount Zion to meet God. In His sanctuary they will hide
while the plagues pass over them.

The Sea of Glass.

And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and
them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over
his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his The Sea of Glass
name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
(Revelation 15: 2)

Baptism - The First Death. Those that had received victory over the beast were "standing on the
sea" they were not walking through the sea as those in the first exodus.
and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. (1 Corinthians 10: 2)

Passing through the waters for the first time is symbolic of our death to sin. We come out of the waters
victorious because Christ conquered sin and this first death.
The Sea of Glass becomes a hiding place at the Sanctuary where they wait in the cleft of the Rock until
God's anger passes.

The Sea of Glass - Victory over the Second Death. The sea is a symbol of people. A
turbulent sea represents the wicked, so a calm, clear and peaceful sea must represent the righteous.
Pharaoh was drowned in a turbulent sea. The righteous were baptized in that sea and they experienced
the first death. But this final group have a different experience. Those who are victorious over the beast
are seen standing on the water, not passing through the water. Therefore they are victorious through
Christ over the second death. They have victory over the sea. They will not experience the second death.

Mingled with Fire. This could have two possible meanings.

1. Persecution. As they are on the Sea of Glass they are experiencing the fires of persecution.
Remember the cry of the people during the feast of booths, "Lord save us!".
2. Presence of God. It also means that they are able to stand in the fiery presence of God. The
wicked will ultimately be consumed by it and suffer the second death, but the righteous live in
His presence.

The First Exodus

Let us look at the Old Testament story of the Exodus
to find some additional insight. This time Israel was
passed through the waters under the protection of
God.
Let My People Go. And afterward Moses and Aaron
went in, and told Pharaoh, This said the Lord God of
Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to
me in the wilderness.
Challenges God. And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord,
that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not
the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
Worship or Plagues. And they said, The God of the
Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three
days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the Lord
our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with
the sword.
No Sabbath Rest. And the king of Egypt said to them,
Therefore do you, Moses and Aaron, let the people
from their works? get you to your burdens. And
Pharaoh said, Look, the people of the land now are
many, and you make them rest from their burdens.
(Exodus 5: 1 -5)
Notice the Parallels
The Exodus story gives us an example.
Revelation gives us a picture of the End Time
Spiritual fulfillment of this example.
Sabbath Rest Denied. The seven last plagues
are God's response to the Beast power
refusing to allow God's end time people to
keep His Sabbaths". It leads up to the new
Exodus, the final exodus of God's people, to
the God of the Sabbath and to God's "Shabath"
(God's Rest).
Come Out. God calls His people to "Come out
of her", just like the Children of Israel were
to come out of Egypt.
"And I heard another voice from heaven,
saying, Come out of her, my people, that you
be not partakers of her sins, and that you do
receive her plagues." (Revelation 18: 4)

Plagues. God sends plagues.

Pharaoh Prevented A Sabbath Rest. The
context here is that Moses and Aaron are asking
Pharaoh to allow the people to hold a feast, a "chagag"
or "chag". This literally means "a sacred Sabbath festival feast".

Verse 5, "rest" is "shabath" or "Sabbath rest". So, the people of Israel wanted to hold a Sabbath to God, to
keep the Sabbath, and Pharaoh refused to allow them to go. He went so far as to say "Who is this God, I
do not know Him". In Verse 3, Moses said that the people needed to honor the Lord's Sabbath or they
would suffer the "plagues" and the sword.
These are the same issues as the end time. The beast refuses to let the people worship on the Sabbath.
God sends the plagues and then He comes with a sword.

God Sent Ten Plagues. God's response to Pharaoh was to send the ten Plagues.

• The First Three Plagues. The first three affected everyone, even the Children of Israel. But the
magicians could not copy the third plague and they told Pharaoh that this plague must be from
God. (Exodus 8: 18-19). So he had strong evidence that he was fighting against God.
• The Seven Last Plagues. But the final seven (the seven last plagues) fell only upon the
Egyptians, not upon the Children of Israel.
But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people are living, so that no
swarms of insects will be there ... (Exodus 8: 22).

The Feast of Tabernacles

While the events on the first exodus show us the activities of the enemies of God, the feast of tabernacles
are primarily concerned with the activities of the people of God during the same period.
So we should look at the imagery of the Feast of Tabernacles and compare them to this point in time.

 Fruit Harvest. This feast marks the beginning of the fruit harvest. All of heaven has been waiting
for the fruit of the Spirit to be fully developed in the children of God.
 Build a Booth. They build a temporary shelter outdoors according to certain specifications. It has
three sides and a loose roof, just like the tabernacle. The beast has also built a new tabernacle
based on apostasy. But the righteous build a temporary structure with the approval of God. This
structure lets in the rain and allows them to see the stars.
 • The Rain. The Holy Spirit comes in the latter rain and the church becomes the model
church of unity described in John 17.
• The Stars. They look for the coming of God during this time, asking Him to save them.
 Persecution. During this happy feast where they are supposed to be living with God we find a
peculiar ritual. Every day they would march around the altar crying, "Please save us!" On the
seventh day they did this seven times. What are they being saved from? Now that we see the
sequence of events in this chapter, we know that when heaven finally welcomes them, they are
still under the power of the beast because they have not been physically removed from the
earth. In fact, they are under the protection of God before the plagues begin. This beast does
not acknowledge God and goes after His people.
 The March of the Great Hosannah. On the seventh and last day they march around the throne
seven times, pleading with God. "Please save us!" Just as the walls of Jericho fall in a similar
march, Babylon falls as God comes to rescue them. Their experience echoes the plight of the
Hebrews at the Red sea. Pharaoh was in hot pursuit behind them and the sea blocked their
escape. They walked into the sea and God opens a path through the sea.

The Song of Moses

God is Righteous and Great.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and
marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of saints. Who shall
not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? for you only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship
before you; for your judgments are made manifest. (Revelation 15: 3-4)
This song is the response of the righteous to the decisions of the judgment on the great day of atonement.
He has chosen them as His people and He has rejected the wicked and will punish them with the plagues.
These people have a faith built upon both the Old and New Testaments. They sing the song of Moses. The
song of the victory over those that would keep them from the worship of the True God and the keeping of
His Shabath. They sing the song of the Lamb. The song of the victory that Christ gives over death, the
grave and over sin.

Those Who Love God.

Only those with the mark of the beast will not fear or love God. To fear God means to love and obey Him.

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all
his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, To
keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
(Deuteronomy 10: 12,13)

• For you only are holy. They recognize that God alone is holy and their righteousness and
their victory comes from God.
• All nations shall come and worship before you. Isaiah says that the Sabbath will be
kept in heaven.
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another,
shall all flesh come to worship before me, said the Lord. (Isaiah 66: 23)

The Last Exodus: The Song of Moses at the Crossing into Canaan (Promised
Land).
Just before Israel crossed the Jordan into Canaan, Moses read the law to them and He created a new
song. The message of the three angels is patterned after this song. The message of the seven thunders is
this final song when God pours out the four cups of the Passover before the last exodus. Revelation 15
chronicles the journey of those who obeyed the messages of the three angels. These stories cover the
following themes in their structure.

• God. Acknowledge God as the creator who is to be worshipped. He is full of justice and wisdom.
• The Kingdom of God. The kingdom of God which is based on righteousness will survive forever.
All other kingdoms will fall.
 • Warning and Punishments. A warning to the people to choose the kingdom of God or they will
be punished.

Three Angels Seven

Sea of Glass Song of Moses Song of The Lamb
Message Thunders
Event Revelation 15 Revelation 14 Deuteronomy 32 Revelation 5 Revelation 10
Warning the Last Warning the First Victory of the The Mystery
Victory of the Saints
Generation Generation Lamb Ends
First Angel Remember the Glory to God
The victorious ones
Worship God greatness of God Glorify the Lamb I Am the LORD
worship God (Verse 3-5)
(Verse 1-4) your God
Will fear and glorify and Fear and glorify God Give greatness to Worthy (Verse 9,
Fear God God gives light
worship God (Verse 3-4) (Verse 7) God (Verse 3) 12)
Judgments are revealed. The hour of Righteous, faithful, Seven spirits sent
Judgments Temple opened (Verse 4- judgment has come no injustice (Verse to the earth (Verse God calls all
5) (Verse 7) 4, 41-43) 6) nations for
Great and marvellous Worship creator God created us Purchased the judgment
Creator
works (Verse 3-4) (Verse 7) (Verse 6) nations (Verse 9)
The kingdom of God is Second Angel God chose Israel Kingdom of priests
The Kingdoms Babylon falls
established (Verse 3-4) Kingdom fell (Verse 5-14) (Verse 9-10)
Jacob was found in
God is the king who lives Babylon has fallen the wilderness of Called out of
Foundations
forever (Verse 7) (Verse 8) Babylon (Verse 9- He purchased the wilderness
10) people from every
Gave nations an nation with His
All the nations worship Corrupted nations
The nations inheritance (Verse blood. They are a Nations leave
God (Verse 4) (Verse 8)
8) kingdom of priests Babylon.
The righteous acts of God Wine of immorality Freedom
Laws Rebellion (Verse 15)
are revealed (Verse 4) (Verse 8)
Third Angel The fruits of Fruit of the
Warning Victory apostasy (Verse 15- Lamb is Worthy Spirit.
43) Delivered
Made God jealous
Lamb is to be
Idolatry Victory of the beast and Worship beast and with strange gods, Born in the
worshipped (Verse
warning his image (Verse 2) image (Verse 9) sacrificed to image of God
12-13)
demons (Verse 16)
New names
Victory over the number Mark of the beast The numbering of Sealing ends
Identification Broke the seal
of his name (Verse 2) (Verse 9) the people (Verse 8)
Redeem
Seven angels with the He was killed and
Punished with Seven last
vials of the wrath of God, Drinks wine of the suffered the wrath
Plagues plagues (Verse 23- plagues
the seven last plagues wrath (Verse 10) of God for us
27) Wrath
(Verse 6-7) (Verse 9)
Smoke from the glory of
Smoke of torment Fire consumes the Incense, prayers Persecution
Smoke God filled the temple
(Verse 11) earth (Verse 22) (Verse 8) rages
(Verse 8)
Victorious saints on the Saints keep God vindicates His
Purchased with His Heaven
The saints sea of glass sing the song commandments people (Verse 36-
blood (Verse 9) Release
of Moses (Verse 2) (Verse 12) 40)

The Wrath of God

The Open Temple
And after that I looked, and, saw, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
(Revelation 15: 5)
After the judgment of 1844 the temple was opened. This was the Most Holy Place section of the temple
which was opened once per year on Yom Kippur (the day of atonement). On the great day of atonement in
1844, Christ kept this place opened after the judgment was complete because He is going to allow those
whom He has chosen to enter. He earned this right at His death when the veil between the two rooms was
torn.

The Inauguration of the Leper Priest

As the new kingdom of priests are ordained after Yom Kippur, they must wait seven days in the temple as
required for their inauguration. (Exodus 29: 26, 35, 37 and Leviticus 8: 33).
You shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period
of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will ordain you through seven days. (Leviticus 8: 33).
Their inauguration is during the seven days of the feast of booths (Nisan 15-21) or immediately after the
day of Atonement (Nisan 11-17). These temporary booths represent the temple. They flee from the wrath
of the beast and wait in the temple. After this they can serve as priests. Although the inauguration
service is for the High Priest, a change has been made which allows an ordinary priest to go into the Most
Holy Place for the first time. So the service itself is probably to consecrate anyone who will be allowed to
approach the throne of God in the Most Holy Place.
In Leviticus 14, the same seven day waiting period is required for someone who had been cleansed of
leprosy and is still waiting outside the camp, separated from the people.
So, the symbolism is not just that we are priests, we are a nation of leper priests.

Day 10 Day 11-14 Day 15-22

Yom Kippur Temple Remains Opened Feast of Tabernacles
Day 7 Day 8
1844 Dead Judged Judgment Ends Plagues Day 1 to 6
Priests Former Latter (Great Hosannah) (Read the Torah)
Judgment (Sealing) Named Rain Rain Ordination (Inauguration) Second Coming

After the end of this Yom Kippur, the temple never closes again. This is a repetition of another prophecy
about this time period. The temple remains opened after the judgment and we can see the ark of the
covenant because it is the Most Holy Place that is opened.
"And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be
judged, and that you should give reward to your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that
fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth.
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament:
and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail." (Revelation
11: 18-19)

The Seven Last Plagues.

And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen,
and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. And one of the four beasts gave to the seven angels
seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. (Revelation 15: 6-7)
The angels come out of the temple with the plagues. As we will see in our next lesson, all of these
plagues are sent from each piece of furniture in the sanctuary. The plagues fall during the time between
the end of judgment and the coming of God. During this 3½ to 4 day period the righteous prepare to live
with God. They wait and watch for His coming.
In addition to the plagues, the wrath of God is added. This wrath destroys the false sanctuary and the
disobedient people.

Intercession Ends (Probation Closes).

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to
enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. (Revelation 15: 8)
At the end of the judgment, when the priests are chosen, then the declaration of Revelation 21: 11
becomes true. Why? Because there is no more intercession in the temple. During the seven last plagues
there is no one to speak up for the lost.
Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who
is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy. (Revelation 22:
11)
In the Exodus story Pharaoh and the Egyptians refused to listen to God. They hardened their hearts and
rejected God. In the same way many people in the end times will harden their hearts to God, and will not
turn to Him before it is too late. This verse suggests that once God's judgment period begin to fall, that
man's probation will be over. During this period of the seven last plagues judgment, men will be unable to
enter God's sanctuary through prayer.
How will the righteous remain faithful? This is when the power of the Latter Rain falls. The Holy Spirit is
poured out in full on the fruit harvest. The rain comes into the booths. God keeps them righteous by
writing His law in their hearts.

The Last Year on Planet Earth

The timeline of the last exodus appears to follow the pattern of the first two great exodus journeys. From
the moment when mercy ends (or "probation closes") it took one year to reach the promised land. While
the wrath against the wicked was raging outside the ark, the people of God were safe on the inside.
However, it was still an horrendous journey.

Savior Final Call Travail Mercy Ends Wait One Year of Wrath Mountain
Noah Preached (120 years) Ridicule Door Closes 7 Days Ark Flood Ararat
Moses Let My people go Slavery Mark on Door 1 Night Ark, Booths Egypt to Kadesh Sinai
Jesus Gospel (2000 years) Persecution Temple closes ? Booths Seven Last Plagues Zion

The Church in the Womb. Before she travailed she brought forth. Before her pain came she gave birth to
a boy. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation
be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons. "Shall I bring to
the point of birth and not give delivery?", says the Lord. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?",
says your God. (Isaiah 66: 7-9)

 Noah. The journey on the rough seas was their test of faith. It took 370 days. For the first seven
days they had to wait in the Ark while nothing happened.
 Moses. The journey through the wilderness was their test of faith. The exodus to Mount Sinai
took about fifty days. However, it took one year to reach Kadesh on the border of the Promised
Land. It was the apostasy at Kadesh that caused God to abandon them and sentence them to a
total of forty years in the wilderness.
 Jesus. The seven last plagues will last exactly one year. While the vials of wrath are poured out,
no one could enter the temple. There was no more mercy.

Repetition and Enlargement

Event Judgment ends Sealed Harvest Holy Spirit Persecuted Rescued

End Time Come out of Babylon Name of God Israel Latter Rain Sea of Glass Seven Last Plagues Second Coming
Exodus Let My people go Mark of God Israel Baptism Red Sea Army destroyed Sinai
Feasts Yom Kippur In the Book Fruit Rain Live in Booths Great Hosannah Read the Torah

There is a sequence of events that are common in each story.

 Judgment. After the judgment ends Pharaoh is told to "Let My people go". While the nation of
Israel is told to prepare to leave Egypt. The global Israel is told to come out of Babylon. This
occurs because the great feast of Yom Kippur which started in 1844 is about to end. Then God
liberates His people from the accusations of Satan.
 Sealed. At the end of the judgment the people of God are identified so that they can escape the
wrath of God and be eligible to go to the Promised Land. The end time people receive the name
of God when they are sealed. At the exodus, each house of Israel receives a mark so that death
 would pass over them. During Yom Kippur, people wait to see if their names are kept in the Book
of life. They greet each other with these words, "May you be sealed and may your name be
written in the book".
 Harvest Ready. Israel, the kingdom of priests, the fruit harvest is ready. There is a period of
waiting during their inauguration in which they build booths with certain characteristics in the
roof.
• Stars. They can see the stars. In this period they are anxiously searching the skies for
the Second Coming.
• Rain. It can come through. In the latter rain, the full power of the Holy Spirit comes on
them to perfect them.
• Loose. The roof is not tied down. No obstruction can hold them back in the rapture.
 Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit finishes His work. Israel is "baptized in the sea" in the exodus. The
church receives the latter rain before the Second Coming. The roof allows the rain to come
inside the booth.
 Persecuted. While they are waiting, they are persecuted by the beast. At this point the
ceremonies of the feast of Tabernacles vividly describes their dilemma. Every day they march
around the altar saying "God save us!"
 Enemy Destroyed. On the final day pharaoh and his army is drowned in the sea. The seven last
plagues are sent, the beast and his kingdom fall and they turn against each other. This mutiny is
a reflection of them being drowned in the sea of the wicked. Israel urgently says the Great
Hosannah. On this day they march around the altar seven times.
 God Comes. Israel goes to Sinai to meet God and receive the Ten Commandments. Tabernacles
ends with the reading of the Torah. God rewards those who keep the commandments of God.

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