Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come and be gathered together unto the great supper of God;
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… because sometimes we talk about like R-rated violent stuff in here. Verse 17 says, then I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, come and gather together for the supper of the great God. Okay, really quickly, right before this section that we're studying tonight, there's the marriage supper of the lamb where he invites his church, he invites the saints to come and to dine with them. going to have, but it's probably going to be delicious. But even better than that is the host of the party, the focus of the party. And then there's an angel right after Jesus comes back, and he's on this white horse and the sword and Lord of Lords and King of Kings. And then an angel pops up. And John's like, okay, what's the angel going to say? And the angel says, hey, all of the birds of the earth, come here. Everybody get over here because there's going to be a crazy big feast that you want to come to. And the feast is the carcasses of the enemies Notice this, it says verse 18, that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both great and small. …
… to the supper of God is an invitation to come and be eaten. You'll see what I mean here. This is a supper of judgment. Verses 17 and 18. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, come and assemble for the great supper of God, so that ye may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit upon them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves of small and great. There are going to be millions upon millions of people who will be slaughtered on that day. Do you remember some of the pictures coming out of New York City during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic? there were bodies. There were so many bodies, they couldn't take care of the bodies. The funeral homes couldn't take care of them. It will be that way at Armageddon. Bodies will be left in the battlefield for the birds to eat. We know right now that there are millions of predatory birds. …
… Yes. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, listen now, come and gather together for the supper of the great God that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all peoples, free and slave, both small and great. church Matthew and Luke, the rotting flesh and the flesh-eating birds. And I saw the beast, verse 19, and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse and against his army. Then the beast was captured. That's awesome. The beast, the Antichrist, the whole crew is going to get swept up. And with him, the false prophet who worked signs in his presence by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. …