Revelation is the first book of the Bible that I read all the way through over 50 years ago. It has been part of my studies since that time. I have learned that Revelation is not necessarily in order. All of the events that are seen by John and presented by Jesus and Angels, are not included in the 7 year Tribulation. Some have happened already. Yet it is fairly obvious of the events that are within the Tribulation period. So, let’s jump in there and see what I mean and how the Spirit of the lord has led me in my understanding of this book, which was written by John directly from Jesus.
Rv 1:1 ¶ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God
gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to
pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
“Shortly come to pass”; some of the things that happened in AD 70 when the Romans destroyed the Temple and Jerusalem and the dispersion that followed.
3 ¶ Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those
things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Again we see the things in
Revelation started while John was on Patmos, with his writing what Jesus
revealed to him, after the resurrection and Jesus in His Glorified Body.
4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and
which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
The 7 Spirits of God are: Compassion, Mercy, Love, Righteousness, Understanding, Justice, and Vengeance. This was told me years ago. Here are some scriptures that confirm this:
7 Spirits of God Rev 1:4, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6
Supporting Scriptures
Compassion
Ps 145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Isa 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that
she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may
forget, yet will I not forget thee.
16 Behold, I
have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are
continually before me.
Mic 7: 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Mt 14:14 And
Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he
healed their sick.
Mercy
Isa 16: 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Jer 33: 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Ps 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Ps 103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so
great is his mercy toward
them that fear him.
Ps 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
Lk 1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us, 5 quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are
saved;)
Love
De 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
De 7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
So 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
So 2:10 My
beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Jer 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Joh 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Ro 5:8 But God
commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Ro 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword?
Ro 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God
is love.
1Jo 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because
that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
him.
1Jo 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1Jo 4:16 And we
have known and believed the love
that God hath to us. God is love;
and he that dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Righteousness
Job 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Ps 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Ps 48:10
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of
the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness
Ps 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Jer 33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
2Co 5:21 For he
hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made
the righteousness of God
in him.
Understanding
Ps 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power:
his understanding is
infinite.
Pr 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Pr 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Isa 11: 1 ¶ And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Isa 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Lu 24:45 Then
opened he their understanding,
that they might understand the scriptures,
Justice
Job 37:23 Touching
the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in
judgment, and in plenty of justice:
he will not afflict.
Ps 89:14 Justice and judgment are
the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Jer 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a
righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute
judgment and justice in
the earth.
Vengeance
De 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their
foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at
hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
De 32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand
take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance
to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
De 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Ps 94:1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
Isa 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
Isa 61:1 ¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me;
because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath
sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and
the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim
the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all that mourn;
The vengeance of God will be poured out on the kingdom of the Antichrist during the 7 year Tribulation.
The Judgment of God will be for the world at the Great White Throne Judgment, Rev 19-20.
The Christian Judgment will not include sin, of which Jesus forgave and forgot. It will be a time of refining of what you did with your salvation, and rewards represented as crowns, 1 Cor 3.
The crowns given to Christians are: Glory, Incorruptible, Rejoicing, Righteousness, and Life.
Rev 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the
faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of
the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in
his own blood,
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God
and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
God, through Jesus, has made us Christians, Kings and Priests of the Melchizedek order as ambassadors for Christ.
Rev 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye
shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the
earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
This is looking forward to the time of the Tribulation, and the Jews accepting Jesus as Messiah, whom pushed Rome for His execution.
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is
to come, the Almighty.
Jesus is the LORD. Yud Hey Vav Hey; which is, which was, which is to come; transcendent of time. In Hebrew, He would be the Aleph and Tav.
The 7 Churches study: https://alaymanlooksattheword.blogspot.com/2024/05/revelations-7-churches.html or YouTube Hal Richardson for individual Church teachings labeled Revelations 7 Churches.
The 7 Churches do not exist today. Each has a part in
explaining the times of the 2000 year Church and the good and bad of the Church
during the age of Grace.
Rev 4: God’s Throne room, the sealed book, the Lamb slain, and the Seraphim surrounding the Throne.
Seraphim study: https://alaymanlooksattheword.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-seraphim-of-god-scorpioeagle.html
The first 4 seals opened by the Lamb of God
Rev 6: the 4 horsemen (Zec 6, fourth is grizzled bays rather than
pale green)
Irvin Baxter’s study on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_q1AOZhOek
White horse: Catholic Church, a bow with no arrows, yet influenced
the whole earth. Papal flag, car, clothes are all white.
Red horse: Communism, all flags are red, has taken peace from the
earth many times.
Black horse: Capitalism, oligarchs control food supply for world. “Don’t
hurt the oil or wine” may be protection of those who follow God, or it may be
only the rich will have those luxuries.
Pale Green horse: Islam, religion of death, all flags are green and favorite color of mosques.
I believe that Baxter’s study and revelation of the horses is
true. All of these horses are spirits. All of them exist now in great power.
In Noah’s testament and Gad the Seer’s testament are recorded in
the Dead Sea Scrolls. They revealed that Babylon and Islam were going to rise
against Israel. Noah saw a tree of his 3 sons and two rogue branches coming against
the tree.
Prophecy Watchers. com
Anciently, you had Nimrod, king of Babylon, who came against God and the Noahide laws. He built the Tower of Babel. Astrology, mother/son worship, necromancy, idolatry, confession to the priests of Babylon, the mystery spiritual drink, all began in ancient Babylon. Abraham came against this empire and defeated them in the battle of the kings when his nephew Lot was taken captive along with many men, women, and children, Gn 14. However Babylon continued to be a world power and are the ones who took Judah captive under the leadership of Nebuchadnezzar.
In the book of Gad the Seer circa 1000 BC (who was a Holy man in the time of King David) he sees a vision of the future and the Golden Gate of Jerusalem representing God’s kingdom. Two cows are approaching the city representing Israel and Judah. Leading the two cows are a donkey and a camel, unclean animals which are leading them astray. There is a great earthquake and the lamb blows the donkey and camel to the moon. Above Jerusalem is God as the sun with a Lamb slain from the foundation of the world on His shoulders. Above the city on the other side is a crescent moon representing the kingdom of God on the earth. The moon is supposed to be full representing the reflection of God who is the sun. With the crescent moon is the donkey and camel that have diminished the light of God. Gad also sees that the Lamb comes to earth to redeem man to God and returns to God, yet stays here. The Lamb destroys the camel and the donkey grinds them to powder and they blow away. Then the Lamb establishes His Kingdom on the earth.
The camel is a great world religion that is anti-Semitic whose
symbol is the crescent moon. The donkey is another great world religion who is
anti-Semitic who is headquarters is in Chittim or Edom which became Rome. The
crescent moon is an ancient symbol of Babylon. They will not be stable
together, but very powerful in the last world empire, as prophesied in Daniel.
Prophecy Watchers.com
Another scripture that reflects this was given to Isaiah circa 800 BC that is over 300 years before Babylon was conquered by the Medes and Persians and is prophetic to the times of today:
(Isaiah 21:1-10) "The burden of the desert of the
sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert,
from a terrible land. {2} A grievous
vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and
the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof
have I made to cease. {3} Therefore are
my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a
woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at
the seeing of it. {4} My heart panted,
fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear
unto me. {5} Prepare the table, watch in
the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. {6} For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go,
set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
{7} And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses,
and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: {8} And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand
continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole
nights: {9} And, behold, here cometh a
chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is
fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto
the ground. {10} O my threshing, and the
corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel, have I declared unto you."
Notice the chariot of the camels and the chariot of asses as the prophet Gad saw. The corn on the threshing floor is the faithful remnant of believers.
The Roman Catholic Church has incorporated many Babylon ideas over the centuries. Catholic doctrine leans to be anti-Semitic. When I was in Israel in 1981, the Jewish people who believed that Yahshua (Jesus) was the Messiah, did not want to be called Christians. They related that with the holocaust and Hitler’s relationship with the Catholic Church because Hitler was a baptized Catholic, and had a treaty with the Vatican, even though did not honor it and came against the Church later. These Jewish believers wanted to be called “fulfilled Jews” or “Messianic Jews”.
Pope Francis through diplomacy and agreements with Islam and Israel, has established the World Religion headquarters in Abu Dubai, comprised of a Catholic Church with no crosses, a Mosque, and a Synagogue.
He recently said that all religions lead to God and we must be tolerant to all religions at a Catholic Junior College in Singapore. He also is accusing Israel of genocide.
Mystery Babylon the Great is going to be a problem in the future
during the Tribulation, Rev 17 and 18, which we will talk about later.
I am not trying to attack
Catholics, many are true Christians. I am presenting facts from the Bible and
religious teachings of prophets. The Bible predicts one world religion will be
at the last days, to make that happen there will have to be a joining of world
religions, and Christians will have to give into more anti-Jesus doctrine. 1/3
of Christians are Catholic. Satan has his hand on many Churches, so do not take
offense, look into it. Rev tells us to separate from that and “come come out of
her”:
Revelation 18:4 And
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye
be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Islam was formed by Mohammed in 600, he rejected Judaism and Christianity.
Islam is a political and religious theocracy government. They hate Israel and
the United States, as well as Western Civilization and are infiltrating them to
destroy from the inside, for any non-Muslim is an infidel. Some prophecy
teachers believe the Mahdi of Islam, who is prophesied to come and bring
justice and equity to the world, will be the antichrist.
The 5th seal in Rev 6 concerns the martyrs who died for
Christ the Messiah. This is all who believed in Messiah who were killed for the
same, in the Old Testament and in the Church Age (last 2000 years). All are in
Heaven, but there will be more to join them. Persecutions of Jews and
Christians is great in today’s world.
Rev 6:9 ¶ And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw
under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for
the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How
long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them
that dwell on the earth?
yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their
brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Rev 7: 144,000 Jews picked by God from each of the 12
tribes of Israel, that know Jesus as Messiah; they may have been picked, but
not yet working as worldwide evangelists. These will preach the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to the world after the Church is Raptured.
Rev 8:The 7 Trumpets begin. Vs 1 silence in Heaven half an hour. One of the mysteries of Revelation. A time of awe possibly and anticipation of what God is doing next.
Rv 8:7 ¶ The first angel
sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were
cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green
grass was burnt up.
The third of the world’s grass and trees were fulfilled in WW1 in
Europe. The waste and destruction of so much fertile land has still not returned
to the lushness it once was.
It took over 100 years for much of the war destruction to be starting to be reclaimed by nature.
Rv 8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were
a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of
the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the
creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the
ships were destroyed.
The great burning mountain was fulfilled in atomic and hydrogen bomb tests in the Pacific.
The third of the ships destroyed, which includes fish that cannot be counted, happened in WW2 according to the records of ships of the world sunk during this war, civilian and military.
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Map of all the ships sunk in WW2, one third of the world's ships.
Rv 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a
great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third
part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
The word wormwood in Russian is Chernobyl. The radiation leaks
there is still out of control.
On April
26, 1986, the Number Four RBMK reactor at
the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl,
Ukraine, went out of control during a test at low-power, leading to an explosion
and fire that demolished the reactor building and released large amounts of
radiation into the atmosphere. (Int’l Atomic Energy Agency)
The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11 March 2011. Wikipedia
The radiation from these 2 sites has caused radioactive contamination of all of the earth’s oceans. Also the waters in Ukraine and elsewhere are contaminated. When I was a boy, I had no idea that we would have such a shortage of fresh water, and would have to get filtered or bottled water to drink. This may not be the total fulfillment of this prophecy, but a big start of it.
Rv 8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third
part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part
of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not
for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Irvin Baxter thought that this was when Sadam Hussein set all the oil wells on fire in the Gulf War in Kuwait, over 700 oil facilities and wells. That was horrendous, and for hundreds of miles around the sun was blacked out by the smoke of the fires that burned for 10 months in 1991.
This might be a partial fulfillment
of this scripture, but there will be more to come. With the increase of
earthquakes, it may be volcanoes.
Rev 9:1-11; The 5th
Angel sounds his trumpet: a star falls from heaven with a key and Abaddon the
destroyer opens the abyss and releases gruesome and dangerous demons that look like
locusts and torment men for 5 months who do not have the mark of God. Men want to
die but cannot. Not sure at what point this happens, but it appears to be in the
first half of the Tribulation.
Rev 9:
13 ¶ And the sixth angel sounded, and I
heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the
trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were
prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third
part of men.
16 And the
number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:
and I heard the number of them.
This is being fulfilled partially in this time. The Euphrates River is almost dry.
China can host a 200 million man army, especially allied with Russia; both under the spirit of the red horse.
Rv 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Looks like idolatry will be part of the world religion of the antichrist. Rev 13 we will see an image of the Beast.
Rv 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of
their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Murders of the innocents are being fulfilled with the abortion industry.
The hype of the spirit behind this has convinced people to think it is their right to kill their babies. To them is no one has the right to tell me what I can do with my body, or label this infanticide as women’s reproductive health.
Yet Jesus said to the disciples, "This is my body which I give to you ... remember me". This precious life inside you is not your body, but a gift from God for you to love and care for.
Fornication may include idolatry, but is also the sexual sins being flaunted before God today. Sexual sins and abortion go hand in hand. It the days of the Kings, they used sex as a form of demonic worship with ceremonies of perverted acts, and then sacrificed the children to Baal.
This is the same thing that is happening today, just not as open, it is hidden within a medical cloak.
Sorceries is the Greek word from which we get
Pharmacy. The pharmaceutical industry is very powerful today and we have legal drugs
for everything. They finance their billions of dollar industry and influence
the FDA and medical fields. Not to mention
the billions spent on illegal drugs that destroy lives.
Rev 10: 1 And
I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a
rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun,
and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open:
and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the
earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a
lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their
voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea
and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and
ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and
the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein,
that there should be time no longer:
7 But in the
days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the
mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the
prophets.
Even though John saw this, I do not know if it will be visible to the physical realm. The Angel cries loudly and swears by the LORD that there will be time no longer. Interesting enough, Jesus said unless the days of the Tribulation were shortened, all flesh would die, but for the elect’s sake they will be shortened, Mt 24:22, Mk 13:20. Time no longer could mean that time is being compressed. I don’t know about you, but time seems to fly anymore.
This is not just one blast of a trumpet for it says “in the days of the voice of the seventh Angel”, so the revealing of the “mystery of God” being finished as He has declared to the prophets, is over a period of time. The two greatest mysteries that I know are: 1. the resurrection of Jesus and the coming in of the New Covenant where Salvation is a gift paid for by Jesus’ sacrifice. Today Judaism is still looking for their Messiah, but Paul states that they will all be saved and this will happen in the Tribulation period, Rm 11:26.
2. The Rapture of the Church. This happens before the
Tribulation and allows the AC to come into power control the earth. However,
there might be another Rapture at the mid-point of the Tribulation of the
144,000 and possibly those saved in the first three and a half years from their
preaching, Rv 14:3 says they were redeemed from the earth.
Satan is working hard today to convince people that the sound doctrine of the Rapture is not true. Don’t listen to that, for we Christians are not going to experience the wrath of God that is shown in the Tribulation. It is our blessed hope, and the idea that we will be abandoned and not taken to be with Jesus during the very worst time that will ever be, is monumental unbelief. Believe Jesus and what the Prophets, Jesus, and the early Church taught. There will be a lot of conversions during the Tribulation, but to be Christian is going to be a death penalty.
Rv 11: John is given a rod to measure the Temple. Yet, he is told to leave Sthe courtyard out for it will be in the hands of the gentiles 42 months. Two things to learn here is that the Temple is going to be built before the Tribulation, and that possibly the courtyard will still be in Arab charge, ie the mosques that are there on the Temple Mount.
Rv 11:3 ¶ And I will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore
days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the
two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Further confirmation that this period is the 1st
half of the Tribulation for 1260 days is 42 months, or 3 ½ years. These witnesses
are special to God and do miracles, and preach in Jerusalem for this time.
Being as they are killed by the AC and then God calls them to heaven after
that; I believe they are Enoch and Elijah, who were both Raptured and never
died, but are alive as humans in Heaven.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth
out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them,
he must in this manner be killed.
Rv 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain
not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to
blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their
testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war
against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the
street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where
also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and
tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and
shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall
rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because
these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of
life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear
fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven
saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud;
and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same
hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in
the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were
affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 ¶ The second woe is past; and, behold,
the third woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were
great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and
ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat
before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God
Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee
thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is
come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou
shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and
them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which
destroy the earth.
19 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.
Rv 12: 1 ¶ And there appeared a great wonder in heaven;
a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a
crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in
birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven;
and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven
crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars
of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the
woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it
was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to
rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to
his throne.
Here is another sign that had happened in John's vision , and again the future. At John’s time, Jesus was born of Mary and was resurrected up to God.
This sign actually appeared on Sept 23, 2017. The woman was Virgo. The child in her womb for 9 mo was Jupiter. The crown of 12 stars was the 9 major stars of Leo, and the planets Mercury, Mars, and Venus. The sun was at her head, and the moon at her feet. I actually saw it in WY at the solar eclipse at that time.
This no doubt refers to Mary and Jesus who was caught up to Heaven at the resurrection. But, there is much more here as well. This exact configuration in the heavens has no record of occurring as it did in 2017 according to star programs. Just Google Revelation 12 sign and see what comes up.
Rv 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where
she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand
two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place
found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power
of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them
before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the
Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto
the death.
12 ¶ Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye
that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the
devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he
hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw
that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth
the man child.
Following the sign and looking at the condition of the
evil present in the world, the rest of this scripture of the devil and his
angels cast out from being able to come before God, (as it had been since the
time of Job) makes sense of the conditions around the world today. This is
another example of something we have seen happen, but it is continuing still. The
woman persecuted is Israel and her “seed” includes Christians, which are
adopted into the seed of Abraham because of their faith in Jesus.
The dragon constellation in Rv 12 is Hydra, which is the longest constellation that represents the devil. It has Corvus the crow on it’s back eating it as the bodies of Armageddon are eaten by the scavenging birds, and Crater the cup of the wrath of God also on the serpent’s back. The paw of Leo is crushing the serpent's head, as prophesied in Gn 3:15.
Rv 12: 14 And to the woman were given
two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the
face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water
as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the
flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth
opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his
mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth
with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep
the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The woman given wings of a great eagle, is probably Israel being delivered to Petra with the help of the United States. Many prophetic teachers believe Petra in Jordan will be a refuge in the future when the AC breaks his covenant with Israel and the second half of the Tribulation period, called the Great Tribulation begins.
However, the “flood” was the operation of Islamic Hamas when they
attacked Israel Oct 7, 23 and brutally killed 1200 innocents. This operation
was called “the Al Aqsa flood”. The flood was further fulfilled in Apr and Oct,
2024, when the evil regime of Iran prompted by the “prince of Persia” (area
demon from Daniel), shot 500 missiles at Israel. But, the “earth swallowed up
the flood” and all of the attacks by Iran killed no Israelis.
The films of the attacks on Israel truly looked like “stars
falling from heaven”, Rv 6:13.
Rv 13: 1
¶ And I stood upon the sand of the sea,
and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and
upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the
mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great
authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded
to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power
unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto
the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and
two months.
This is the antichrist, represented as a beast. The devil gives him his power. The AC will receive a deadly wound and be healed.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with
the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds,
and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that
dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book
of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
The AC will rise to power over the world. In this
first half of the 7 year Tribulation, he will attack Christians, for worshiping
Jesus Christ will be against the law. These are Christians made after the
Rapture.
Rev 13: 11
¶ And I beheld another beast coming up
out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first
beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship
the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
This 2nd beast is the false prophet who is the religious leader of the new world religion.
I
do not have a direct revelation from God on this, but I believe that Satan does
nothing new, but perverts what God has done and proclaimed from my years of
study and walking with God. So, this wound will look like death, and 3 ½ days
later the false prophet will pray over him and it appears that he was raised
from the dead. That would be how he proclaims to be God. The false prophet will
proclaim that this is the Christ.
The unholy trinity is
Satan, antichrist, and false prophet.
Rv 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by
the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the
beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image
to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had
power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the
beast should be killed.
This is the abomination of desolation that was
prophesied in Dan 9:27 and mentioned by Jesus to take heed in Mt 24:15, Mk
13:14.
Paul also warns us of this: (2
Thessalonians 2:3-12) "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day
shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition; {4} Who
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God. {5} Remember ye not,
that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? {6} And now ye know what withholdeth that he
might be revealed in his time. {7} For
the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let,
until he be taken out of the way. {8}
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the
spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: {9} Even him, whose coming is after the
working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, {10} And with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved. {11}
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie: {12} That they all might
be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness."
Rv 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great,
rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he
that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is
wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it
is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and
six.
With the computer age, chipping, and the like we can
see how this mark may be implemented. Remember that to take the mark to be able
to use your body credit card, you have to claim the AC is God. Life will be
hard for the converted believers to live. They will have to be underground and
off the grid.
The only other time that six hundred threescore and six is mentioned exactly is the amount of gold that Solomon received each year, 1 Ki 10:14. The Bible says that the love of money is the root of all evil, 1 Tim 6:10.
Rv 14: 1
¶ And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on
the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having
his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice
of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of
harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before
the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn
that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were
redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with
women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever
he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto
God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their
mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
This is where the 144,000 Jewish evangelists are with
God and have been redeemed from the earth, from Mt Zion to Heaven.
God took Enoch and Elijah to heaven without death.
These 144,000 are now taken as well, they had been marked for God, and
protected from the plagues, now they are with Him. God has already shown by the
Rapture of the Church that the living could be transformed without death, “O
death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory”, 1 Cor 15:55.
Rv 14:6 ¶ And I saw another angel fly in the
midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell
on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
So to save the people of the earth that missed the
Rapture and bring all the Jews to know their Messiah; God sent
the 144,000 evangelists, the two witnesses to Jerusalem, and now an Angel
flying through the Heavens all to proclaim the eternal Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Rv 14: 8 And there followed another angel, saying,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations
drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
We know the ancient Babylon fell to Persia and the Medes; but this is a spiritual and physical place that exists at the end times.
9 And the third angel followed them, saying
with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath
of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation;
and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up
for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast
and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are
they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 ¶ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth:
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works
do follow them.
So those who are converted
to Jesus during this last 3 ½ years of the Great Tribulation will be killed if
found.
Rv 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and
upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a
golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple,
crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle,
and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth
is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his
sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
This could a
mid-tribulation Rapture of the converted Christians.
Rv 14:17 And another angel came out of the temple
which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar,
which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that
had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the
clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the
winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress,
even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred
furlongs.
This angel and vision foretell of Armageddon, which will be described in more detail in later chapters. The valley of Megiddo is where this final battle is fought between Jesus and the armies of Heaven and the AC and the armies of earth. It is 200 miles long.
Rv 15: 1 ¶ And I saw another sign in heaven, great and
marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled
up the wrath of God.
2 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 name, stand on the sea of
glass, having the harps of God.
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant
of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy
works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of
saints.
4 Who shall not
fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy:
for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made
manifest.
Who else could this be except the converted Christians that have had victory over the AC and standing on this sea of glass with the harps of God? These are the Raptured ones that will be taken out of the earth prior to the Great Tribulation of the last 3 ½ years. The ones left did not listen to the 144,000, the 2 Prophets, or the Angel. They have rejected their last chance.
The 7 year Tribulation is the last 7 years of Jacob’s Trouble
pronounced on Israel (Jer 30:7), for a period of 490 years in Dn 9. Paul tells us
that all Israel will be saved, and come to know Jesus is their Messiah, the Tribulation
brings them to that point where they “mourn for the one they pierced”, Zec 12:10.
Judaism will call on the Name of the LORD and be saved.
Rv 15:5 ¶ And after that I looked, and, behold, the
temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
6 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.
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the
seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever
and ever.
8 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.
Rv 16: 1 ¶ And I heard
a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and
pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial
upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which
had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon
the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul
died in the sea.
There has been the last
several years a “red tide” algae bloom that comes in different places in the oceans and
kills all where it is.
Rv 16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon
the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou
art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast
judged thus.
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and
prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say,
Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 ¶ And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon
the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and
blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they
repented not to give him glory.
The ozone layer in the atmosphere protects us from ultra violet rays. There has been many warnings of huge holes in the ozone, mostly blamed on climate change or pollution.
Rv 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon
the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed
their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of
their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
In the plagues of Egypt, there
was darkness on the Egyptians that could be felt, but light was available in Israel
in Goshen. This plague on the antichrist kingdom is worse.
12 ¶ And the
sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water
thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
We saw in Rv 9 that 4 angels were loosed there on the
Euphrates and that it is nearly dry now.
Rv 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of
the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole
world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is
he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see
his shame.
16 And he
gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 ¶ And the seventh angel poured out his vial
into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from
the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and
lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were
upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Rev 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains
were not found.
21 And there
fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight
of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the
plague thereof was exceeding great.
These last plagues are fierce. This earthquake is so
large it affects the whole earth. Can you imagine hail stones that are 100
pounds?
The next subject is
considered important for us to know and the Holy Spirit has put two
chapters for us to study. It is Mystery Babylon.
Rv 17:1 ¶ And there came one of the seven angels which
had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will
shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have
committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk
with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names
of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and
scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a
golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name
written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF
THE EARTH.
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6 And I saw the
woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs
of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
One of the proposed symbols of the European Union was
this woman. It was not picked.
Pope Leo XII had a coin minted that had this woman on
it.
Many waters are the oceans. When the analogy of “sea”
is used Biblically, it refers to the
peoples of the earth. The kings of earth commit fornication with this harlot,
which is worshiping something other than the God of Creation. When Israel fell
into idolatry, it was called fornication. Dressed in purple and scarlet, rich
with gold and precious stones riding a scarlet beast with 7 heads and 10 horns,
the Whore of Babylon is responsible for the death of many saints. Biblical
saints are those who are born again believers in Jesus and follow Him. Old
Testament saints believed in the promised Messiah, which we know is Jesus.
Rv 17:7 ¶ And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst
thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that
carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not;
and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they
that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book
of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was,
and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath
wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,
and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must
continue a short space.
11 And the
beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and
goeth into perdition.
The beast has already been introduced to us as the AC. The one that was in the past, and was not at the time of John, and that will ascend out of the abyss and go into perdition, is not identified. There are clues: Zec 5 mentions the evil that was carried to Shinar (Babylon) by two women with wings of a stork in an ephah basket covered in lead.
Nimrod, the grandson of Noah, became the powerful king of Babylon and was against God. He built the tower of Babel. He caused several abominations in opposition to the Noahide laws, and after the disbursement of Babel, they spread to the world.
The spirit of Nimrod resurrected from hell and possessed
into a human body is a consideration. The AC will be possessed by the devil and
so was Nimrod.
The 7 mountains on which the woman sits, would be
Rome. It is referred to as the “City on Seven Hills”.
The 7 kings, 5 fallen, one is, and the other when he
comes will be the 8th can be understood by Noah’s vision of metal
empires from the testament of Noah. Also agreeing with this was the vision in
Daniel of the metal empires.
Prophecy Watchers.com
Stones/lead Babylon Nimrod
Clay Egypt
Gold Babylon Nebuchadnezzar (start of Daniel vision of
metal statue)
Silver Medio Persia
Brass Copper Greece Alexander
Iron Rome
Lead/Iron Rome
and Clay/Aluminum Islam
This last empire is a mix of Rome and Islam. Daniel’s
vision says the “toes” of the statue cannot cling well together as iron and
clay.
Rv 17: 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten
kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one
hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their
power and strength unto the beast.
These will be 10 powerful
nations or sectors of nations that submit to the rule of the AC. The elite of
the world have divided it into 10 regions.
14 ¶ These shall make war with the Lamb, and the
Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they
that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
This is Armageddon; which will be in the valley of Megiddo.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou
sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and
tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the
beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and
shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil
his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words
of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the
woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of
the earth.
Babylon will be a real city again as described.
It its ancient day, this city was Babylon, but today even though rebuilt by Sadam Hussein, it is vacant. Some prophecy teachers believe it will be built up again by the time of the Tribulation.
Babylon Gate
Some prophecy teachers believe it is Rome for the power of the Catholic Church and the revival of the Roman Empire being the place that the AC rules from.
Some prophecy teachers think it is New York because of its economic power. The Statue of Liberty represents Semiramis of ancient Babylon as depicted on the Medal of Honor of the Air Force.
World Trade Center
Some believe that it may be Jerusalem, because it is called “Sodom and Egypt, the Great City were our Lord was crucified,” Rv 11:8.
London is a major trade city, and where King Charles lives, but is not part of the EU anymore. At the opening European games, a woman on a beast rode into the field and many women in white robes worshipped it… so, scriptural.
Many of the world are deceived by the whore of Babylon.
Rv 18: Babylon is destroyed, merchants mourn when they
see it burning.
1 ¶ And after these things I saw another angel
come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his
glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice,
saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of
devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and
hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication
with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance
of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven,
saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and
that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins
have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and
double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled
fill to her double.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I
sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death,
and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong
is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 ¶ And the kings of the earth, who have committed
fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for
her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment,
saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour
is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and
mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and
precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and
scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner
vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and
frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and
sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the
fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which
were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more
at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made
rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and
wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that
was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and
precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.
And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as
trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her
burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried,
weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made
rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour
is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye
holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a
great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence
shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the
voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard
no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be,
shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no
more at all in thee;
This is not a spiritual thing alone, but a real
destruction of a great city of trade. Nations and merchants will morn and weep
over its destruction.
Ancient Babylon Falls 539 BC
Jerusalem Falls AD 70
Rv 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more
at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard
no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for
by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24 And in her
was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon
the earth.
Ancient history writings tell that Semiramis was the mother and wife of Nimrod. She was famed for her beauty.
She had a son, Tammuz, and claimed he was the incarnation of Nimrod and a god, Ez 8:14. This was the beginning of mother/son worship. This Tammuz was born after Nimrod’s death.
According to the book Jasher of the DDS, Nimrod was killed by Esau on a hunt preceding his giving up his birthright to Jacob, Gn 25.
When Ezekiel was in Babylon, the worship of Tammuz was
still going on during the captivity of Judah, Ez 8:14.
Ishtar is another name for her and she is called the “queen of Heaven”, Jer 7:18. From Ishtar we get “Easter”, the rabbits and eggs came about because she is the goddess of fertility.
In Acts 19 she is the great Goddess Diana.
Rv 19:1-10 God reigns, all heaven rejoices. The Marriage supper of the Lamb and the Church is going on.
6And I heard as it were the
voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice
of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness
of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are
they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto
me, These are the true sayings of God.
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 ¶ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
This is not the white horse of the first seal; this is Jesus the King of the Universe taking physical possession of the earth, and destroying the AC and his armies.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 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;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Rv 20: 1 ¶ And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
This is the millennial reign of Jesus Christ on the
earth. It is the 7th thousand year since Adam, and the foundation of
the world we know. It is the great Sabbath for the earth, with absolute peace. Here men’s lives will be measured like a tree
and if one dies before 100, they will be considered a child, Isa 65. Here
people will see Jesus as King. Yet many will not be converted.
Rv 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
This is the first resurrection after the Tribulation;
for Mt 27: 52 we see a resurrection of the OT saints. The pre-Tribulation
Rapture was the resurrection of all the saints of the Grace dispensation, and
the transition of those living then to immortals, 1 Thess 4, 1 Cor 15.
7 And when the thousand years are expired,
Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which
are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together
to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Somehow Satan deceived 1/3
of the Angels to follow him in his rebellion against God. Now multitudes of the
earth are deceived to come against Jesus and the immortals who have gave them peace
and good for 1000 years. This was their last chance to come to God’s family and
salvation and they blew it away.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth,
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came
down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
This is a Holy Fire from God. It does not destroy good, only bad. This is similar to the fire of the Holy Ghost.
This is not destruction of the earth, but a cleansing
by fire of that which is evil. That fire of God does not effect those who have
been born again in Jesus.
Rv 20:10 And the
devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where
the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and
night for ever and ever.
Rv 20:11 ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that
sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was
found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand
before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the
book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in
it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of
fire. This is the second death.
15 And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.
Christians will not go through this Great White Throne judgment. Their judgment is at the time of death or the Rapture and does not include sin, for Jesus redeemed us from sin. It is a time of review of what you did with your Salvation, and a time of refining and reward, 1 Cor 3. We talked about this at the 7 Spirits of God portion of this series.
Rv 21:1 ¶ And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more
sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband.
Many teach that the Heaven and earth were destroyed, this just does not say that. They have been renewed, the atmosphere here will be 10 times larger than now. The earth is renewed by fire and there is no curse and no evil.
The sea that John mentions are the seas that he knows; the Mediterranean sea and the Red Sea that are not gone, but pushed back for the New Jerusalem which is 1500 X 1500 miles. That would be 750 miles N S E W of present Jerusalem. The mortals that live on the rest of the earth must have the seas and water.
New Jerusalem Footprint
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell
with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and
be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold,
I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and
faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of
the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
This is the real eternal hell, as we said before. Being at one with man was always God's intent.
Rev 21:9 ¶ And there came unto me one of the seven
angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked
with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a
great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,
descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which
are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three
gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed
to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length
is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve
thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and
forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that
is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were
garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was
jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a
chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve
pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was
pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither
of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is
the light thereof.
This city, which is an
enormous atrium, has its own eco system and light from God. It does not say
there is no sun or moon, it says the city does not need them, the rest of the
earth does.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall
walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and
honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all
by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of
the nations into it.
27 And there
shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever
worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb’s book of life.
The New Jerusalem is a giant city that flies here from
Heaven through space. The giant Pearls from which the 12 gates are made are not
from earth. Neither is the translucent gold.
Rv 22: 1
¶ And he shewed me a pure river of water
of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on
either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner
of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the
tree were for the healing of the nations.
Healing of the nations is
for the mortals that dwell in the rest of the earth. As long as they come to
worship the LORD, they can eat of the trees of life, and drink of the waters of
life and live forever. The leaves are when they get hurt, for there will be no
sickness on earth. Zec 14 says that if they will not come to the New Jerusalem
to worship God, it won’t rain in that part of the earth.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the
throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall
be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they
need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:
and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6 ¶ And he said unto me, These sayings are
faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew
unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he
that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them.
And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the
angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it
not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them
which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
10 And he saith
unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
hand.
Again we see that the things in this book have been
happening for the last 2000 years.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still:
and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let
him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is
with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers,
and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh
a lie.
Hell must be in sight, or
at least the smoke from it.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto
you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and
the bright and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And
let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever
will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the
words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words
of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of
life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in
this book.
20 ¶ He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
