The 24 Elders of Revelation, Part 6: The Ritual of Atonement Continued
Christ’s first offering of His blood for atonement – the offering “for Himself and for His [priestly] house” – was completed soon after His resurrection and ascension to heaven, so that His Divine priesthood could immediately be sanctified in heaven and in earth. Otherwise, His Apostles and other elders would have lost their Divine authority. Which they had lost at the time that the sins of the world were laid upon Jesus
The 24 Elders of Revelation, Part 2: The Time of Their Appearance
Revelation 4:1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door having been opened in heaven. And I heard the first voice which I [had] heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show thee things which must take place after these things.”
After what things?
The previous things shown to John were the events of chapters 2 - 3. They describe the era of the 7 lampstands, which repres
The Prophesied Restoration of Israel After 7 Times, Part 2: 1754 – 1783 AD
On May 28 and July 3-4, 1754 AD (5747 AA), skirmishes between George Washington’s colonials and French forces in the Ohio Valley sparked the French and Indian War. This conflict lasted nearly nine years. During the war, the American colonial governments were greatly strengthened, and they acquired extensive territory.
7 times earlier, a corresponding period of about nine years, 731-22 BC (3227-36 AA), covered th
The Prophesied Restoration of Israel After 7 Times, Part 1: 1578 – 1744 AD
On June 11, 1578 AD (5569 AA†), Sir Humphrey Gilbert was granted a 6-year patent by England’s Queen Elizabeth to explore and colonize North America. The first (failed) expedition, led by Walter Raleigh, took place between Sept. 1578 and May 1579. Gilbert was lost at sea during another attempt in 1583. Raleigh received a new 6-year patent on May 25, 1584, and planted colonies on Roanoke and Croatan Islands in present-
Four Dual Witnesses Foretell Early Events of “The Time of the End”: Part 1
[These parallel NT and OT passages have been explained elsewhere, in blogs 5, 8, and 29, as parts of longer narratives. But I think it useful to focus on them here by themselves alone.]
1) Matthew 24:15 “Therefore when you see the Abomination of Desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, having stood in the holy place…”
1) Daniel 11:45 “And he [the King of the North] shall plant the tents of his pavilion
