The 24 Elders of Revelation: Who (Or What) are They? Part 1
Revelation 4:1 After these things I [John] 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.” 2 Immediately I was in spirit: and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and there One sitting on the throne. … 4 Around the throne were 24 thrones, and on the
The 24 Elders of Revelation, Part 7: The Heavenly Priesthood
The 24 Elders of Revelation are the chief leaders of the courses of the Melchizedek priesthood who serve in the heavenly sanctuary. Of which there was made an earthly anti-type, wherein King David established 24 courses of priests, having 24 chiefs over them, to serve in the earthly temple. 1 Chr. 24:1-19 David explained his act by saying, “All this the LORD made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, even all the works of
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 5: The Double Sacrifice
The subject of this blog series is the 24 Elders in heaven that John foresaw in Revelation 4 - 5, having victors’ crowns on their heads. Which elders will not be any of those who will be resurrected and who will ascend to heaven at Christ’s Parousia; because all these will still be the “eagerly awaiting” ones referred to in Hebrews 9:28:
…Christ, having been offered once for to bear the sins of many, will appear ek/out of the h
The 24 Elders of Revelation, Part 4: The Heavenly Appearance of the Lamb
Revelation 4 describes the soon-to-come sitting of God upon his heavenly throne of judgment. Appropriate acknowledgements of His glory and honor, and submission to His authority, are thence given by the four Living Creatures and the 24 Elders.
Revelation 5 moves on from these preliminaries to an event that will result in earthly consequences.
Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of the One sitting on th
The 24 Elders of Revelation, Part 3: The Setting of the Heavenly Throne
According to the ancient Hebraic understanding, a king voluntarily lowers himself whenever he comes to sit upon his throne of judgment, because there he exposes his glory to subjects having a lesser dignity and honor than himself. Therefore, such occasions are limited in number and duration. Only twice in the history of the world – once at Mount Sinai, and then again here in the end of the Christian Age – is God
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
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The 1290 and 1335 Days of Daniel 12:11-12
Standard translation of Daniel 12:11-12
Dan. 12:11 And from the time that the daily/continual service shall be taken away, and an abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be 1290 days. 12 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the 1335 days.
Literal translation of Daniel 12:11-12
And from t
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The 1260 Days
Daniel 11:45 And he [the King of the North] shall
1) plant the tents of his pavilion between the seas at the glorious holy mountain…
2) 12:1 And at that time…there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation unto that same time…
Matthew 24:15 Therefore when you see
1) the abomination of deso
The “First” Resurrection of Revelation 20:5-6
Some people have misunderstood the πρωτη/“first” resurrection of Revelation 20:5-6. As a result, they have missed the mark about when, and why, the saints will be resurrected from the dead in the End Times.
Here is that passage in its context. These events follow the Battle of Armageddon – at which Christ fully defeats his earthly enemies and secures his earthly reign – and mark the commencement of the Millennium.
Revelation 20:1 Then
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Testing and Establishing Sound Doctrine
7+ Steps to testing a doctrine:
1) Gather and integrate all Scriptures that appear to support it.
2) Gather all Scriptures that appear to contradict it.
3) Remove any parts of the doctrine that cannot truthfully respond to #2’s Scriptures. Be honest: avoid using vague or dubious count
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Revelation 12
1) When does this happen? 2) Who is the woman? 3) Where is the wilderness? 4) What do clothed with the sun, moon under her feet, and crown of 12 stars mean?
5) What is meant by a thousand two hundred and threescore days?
1) When. Jesus told John,
Rev. 1:19 Write the things which you have seen [past], and the things which
Replacement Theology Brings a Curse
The Catholic Church and some of the older Reformed churches have a long history of religious anti-Semitism, much of which traces its roots to replacement theology. This evil teaching has been staging a resurgence, including on WCF and throughout the Western world.
The original promulgator of this doctrine was Origen (ca. 185 – 254 A. D.), who promoted the belief that the Gentile Church has replaced Israel in God’s plans and promises. The Israelites r
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Preparing for Combat
Every soldier, Christian or otherwise, preparing for combat must train for combat.
A believer posting in a Christian forum wherein doctrines are discussed and debated should be prepared to get battered and cut. Because the Word is a sharp sword, and it is a rod of iron. People always get injured during heavy training
Pre-Wrath, Post-Trib Summary
What takes place during the first five Seals of Revelation 6 is the same sequence of events prophesied in Matthew 24:5-14: 1) false messiahs and prophets, 2) internecine wars, 3) food scarcity and famine, 4) earthquakes and other chaotic events, and 5) persecution of believers.
Some believers will be killed during this time of the Great Tribulation: these are the saints of the 5th Seal "slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held."
As the just-ended WCF crash should remind us, information on this site and elsewhere on the internet cannot be relied upon to be available until Jesus returns.
I recommend that people copy out whatever information they want to have access to in the future. The copying can be either to a personal computer, and backed up on a thumb drive; or (preferably) to a printout.
Anyone in the ministry of the Word should be prepared to fully carry on their work without access to the internet. Some
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Part 2 Conclusion
“a time of an end”
Daniel 8:17 …כִּי/because לְעֶת־/for a time of קֵץ/ an end [is] הֶחָזֹֽון/the vision/revelation.
“…because the vision is for a time of an end.”
– not “the time of the end,” as this is generally mistranslated. (There is no ה/“the” before קץ.) That interpretation has imposed within it the presumption that
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Matthew 24:15-30; Daniel 11:40-12:2; 2 Thessalonians 2; Numbers 24:24
Let's put these closely related prophecies together:
Matt 24:15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place... 21 then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been... 29 Immediately after the tribul
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Matthew 24:4-31 Is a Two-Part Prophecy
Chapters 24 and 25 of Matthew consist of many End Time topics addressed by Jesus, including Signs of the End of the Age, the Fig Tree, Wise and Evil Servants, Wise and Foolish Virgins, and others.
For three decades, I unwittingly assumed that the prophesied events of Matthew 24:4-31 will all occur in one contin
Marital Union in Heaven, and in Creation, Part 2
The Origin of Marriage
Marriage is the union of a male and a female. The primordial pattern of the male-female union did not begin with Adam and Eve, but rather with the Creator and His Creation. That pattern originated with a separation out of primordial, limitless Divinity of a limited part thereof; because absolutely nothing else than Divinity existed before that separation. Since that event, the Creator’s sole work has been to perfec
This verse is commonly misunderstood, because people project into it more than it actually says. First, what it does NOT say:
– That marriage in heaven will not exist. (Heaven itself IS a state of marriage; that is, a state of union.)
– That people in heaven will be sexless.
– That angels in heaven are sexless, or are only males, having no feminine traits at all.
Now, what the passage DOES say:
– That personal volition regarding 1) the choosing to marry, 2) the choosing
Joseph, Part 4: “The Fullness of the Nations”
Genesis 48:19 …but truly his [Manasseh’s] younger brother [Ephraim] shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become the fullness of the nations.
Romans 11:25 …blindness in part has happened to Israel UNTIL the fullness/plērōma of the nations shall have come in. 26 And AFTER that all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant
Joseph, Part 3: A Patriarchal Prophecy of Josephʼs Future
[In the following prophecy, the translations and especially the tenses of the verbs are faithful and literal to the biblical Hebrew. Explanations are noted only where most significant.]
Shortly after Jacobʼs blessing of Josephʼs sons Ephraim and Manasseh,
Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the Last Days. Gen. 49:1
Of Joseph, he foretol
Joseph, Part 2: The Heritage of Joseph
Abraham was the father of Isaac, who was the father of Jacob, the father of Joseph. God gave Jacob the name Israel.
When Abraham was about 75 years old, God made him two promises:
[1] I will make thee into a great nation… [2] and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Gen. 12:2, 3
The first of these promises made by God to Abraham was physical, one of race: his descendants were to become a great multitude, a chosen nati
