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I will endeavor to explain why Prophecy is so hard to grasp, as intended by God, He wants to be pursued by us, thus he leaves bread crumbs and if we pursue we get more bread crumbs until we understand what He wants us to understand. Jesus spoke to the disciples in parables for this very reason, he wanted to teach them how to be keen and sharp, to see what others could not see. An overview of God's plan is simplistic, reach mankind, and convert them from lovers of sin, to lovers of the ways of God. In so doing God chose one man to bless all nations through, by faith alone, since we are not worthy of God's forgiveness, therefore we have to learn to lean on His righteousness, not ours, since we have none. So, with Abraham God put a plan in motion, part of that plan was to build faith, and thus prophecy should do just that, a God who foreknows all must be the true God !! He also built faith with actions like in Egypt etc. God used Israel to birth the Messiah, even though they had sinned against God and turned unto serving devils and loved wickedness, like all the world did. Nevertheless God knew the Lamb Jesus had to be birthed (the man....really male-child). Then God turned to the Bride of Christ to spread the Gospel unto the Gentiles during the Pax Romanus !! This set the Western Civilizations free from Satan's bondages and brought forth a Renaissance Age of refinement, which we are now running away from by rejecting the very God who freed us from Satan's bondage but that is another story unto itself. God will use us the Church/Bride to spread the gospel until the last 7 years is upon us, which has the judgment of all evil mankind in the midst of the 70th week. God uses this week to bring Israel unto repentance (Zech. 13:8-9). Then as Jesus returns, he sets up the promised Kingdom Age for 1000 years amongst his Jewish brothers. God will then juxtapose Jesus' reign of 1000 years against Satan's reign of 6000 years, thereby condemning him to eternal damnation. Now on to what the Book of Revelation, as written by God says, then what it means in modern lingo as I put that forth in the First Reply which I will only reserve at first. Firstly, God gives us prophecy to help build our faith, secondly, He wants to tell us what is going to go down in a way only we, His servants can understand it. He desires to "draw us in unto Him", not knock us over the head with facts per se. Satan knows & believes in God, but he loves evil over God, so knowing/believing in God and having faith in God in all things, and doing what is right are two fundamentally different things indeed. I am only going to do the book of Revelation here because in that one book God explains all things end times, it is what all the other prophecy books were pointing unto anyway, but God gave it unto us in coded fashion, using the old testament in 276 out of 404 verses to encode His message unto those that know His holy word. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, given unto him by God the Father, to give unto his Servant John God is revealing Jesus unto the whole world, says this is a blessing to anyone who reads it, but in code God uncloaks a mystery for the ages in this book. He firstly gives us the Eternal Jesus in all of his Glory in Rev. 1. John is told to write unto the 7 churches in Asia Minor, the number 7 is divine completion, so there is a reason God picked 7 churches here. God also chose 7 Spirits before the throne to tell them his divine nature is omnipotent. God tells us Jesus blood made us kings and priests in vs. 6. He is called the Alpha and Omega in vs. 8, more symbolic code, he's the first and last. John then says I am your (7 churches) brother in "tribulation" meaning he understood that all time was tribulation on this earth. The rest of the chapter is symbolism, Jesus is seen amongst the 7 golden candlesticks, he was seen as the Son of man, with a garment to his feet, and a golden girdle, with hair as white as snow, his eyes as flame, his feet like unto brass on fire, his voice as many waters, in his right hand 7 stars, a two edged sword came out of his mouth, he shown like Sunlight in the eyes. He then tells John to write unto the 7 churches the things he has seen (Jesus in his glory) the things which are (church age) and the things which will be hereafter (70th week events which is the majority of the book of Revelation). In vs. 20 the 7 stars and 7 candlesticks are explained, the 7 stars are the 7 messengers of the churches (I think their preachers not Angels) and the 7 candlesticks are the 7 churches. This first chapter shows the book of Revelation is going to be chock full of symbolism, yet people do not seem to grasp this in full. In Rev. chapters 2 & 3 God is teaching the church what their weak points and strong points are, they are given clues that show them what they will inherit in heaven, once they overcome, verses 2:10 (crowns) 3:5 (white robes) and 3:21 (sitting at God's throne) show these gifts will only be won once a Christian dies and goes to heaven (Rev. 4:4) so Rev. 2 & 3 is represented by the "Things which are". Everything after the things which are is the 70th week, or the "hereafter", which means after the church age. Rev. 4 & 5 is the church in heaven, raptured in vs. 1 by Jesus who blows the last trump which symbolizes the ending of the harvest, his voice sounds as many waters. In vs. 4 we get coded info that tells us this has to be the pre trib raptured church. In chapter 5 we see a sealed scroll introduced which implies the judgments of God are sealed (7 equals divine completion) up until all 7 have been taken off, and only the worthy lamb can unseal these sealed judgments. In verses 9 & 10 we see the redeemed of God called kings & priests, and they came from all nations, so this is the church in heaven singing the song Worthy is the Lamb. Rev. 6 and 7 kind of mesh as one, in symbiotic way. Jesus starts opening the 7 seals (only 6 in Rev. 6) and as he does so he reveals what the coming 42 months of God's wrath will bring, but only once the 7th seals has been taken off the scroll of judgments (7 trumps). The first 5 seals are complete symbolism, but the message of course is not, in the first 5 seals Jesus foretells us what the coming Anti-Christs rule will be like over this 42 month period in all 5 seals, he will 1.) Conquer 2.) Bring wars by taking away his fake peace 3.) His wars will bring great famine 4.) His 42 month rule will bring sickness, death and the grave (Hades) and finally he will 5.) Kill the Gentile converts which he can get at (he can not get at the Jewish converts who flee into the wilderness/Petra. In seal #6 we get Jesus foretelling of God's soon to come wrath which will start in Rev. 8, but before God can not allow this until He makes sure that the 1/3 (Zech. 13:8) Jews who will repent just before the DOTL (Zech. 13:8-9 and 14:1) have repented (been sealed) and protected in the Petra/Bozrah area. In chapter 7 we see just this, the 144,000 is a simple code telling us they are all Israel who repent and that they must flee unto the Petra & Bozrah safe zone before God will allow His wrath to fall. The text explains this in full, God tells the angels to hold up the four winds (wrath or judgment) until He has sealed the "144,000" meaning saved and protected them, the fulness x completeness code. finally we see the pre trib raptured church in verses 9-16 who came out of great/mega tribulation. The Wrath of God Falls on Mankind In chapter 8 we see the 7th sealed opened up, we see silence in heaven for "30 minutes", most do not get why, buts its reverence unto the death judgment is about to bring, the angels are not joying in this sad event, but alas justice has to prevail. The reason the 7th seal is over in Rev. 8 should be obvious, but people refuse to open their eyes and in many cases and still cling to the whole "Seals are a part of God's Wrath" theory. Wax signet seals by nature seal messages until all the seals are taken off. Once the 7th Seal is taken off (loosed) the judgment of God comes, Trump #1 is an asteroid breaking apart, setting trees ablaze in 1/3 of the world, Trump #2 is the impact of this asteroid, Trump #3 is a fallout of some sort that poisons the fresh waters in this "1/3 area" (I see at as the New World), Trump #4 is the sun & moon going dark or dimming by 1/3 because all the smoke filters out the suns light, fulfilling both Joel 2:31 and the 6th seal prophesies. So, in essence the first four Trumps are one asteroid event. In vs. 13 we are told very clearly that the three trumps yet to sound are the three woes to come. Rev. 9 continues God's wrath, we see the demons locked in the bottomless pit released, they torture men for 5 months, my guess is this is the people who have yet to receive Jesus nor the mark of the beast, their job is to force decisions, stand ye this day on this side or on that side. Then immediately following this we see 200 million angelic beings, which is really just the whole host of heaven, two Myriads or 100 million equals completeness in general. These angels kill 1/3 of all men who have take the mark of the beast, thus woes #1 and #2 go hand in hand. Now we must move to Rev. 16 to see the final or 3rd woe. I include Rev. 15 with Rev. 16 because the angels ready the 7 Vials to be poured out in Rev. 15, then they are poured out in Rev. 16. Looking back at Rev. 8 that all happens in one chapter, the Trumps were readied to be sounded by the angels, then the angels blew them in the same chapter. Rev. 15& 16 finishes off God's wrath. The angels ready the Vials to be poured out in ch. 15, then in ch. 16 we see the 7 Vials poured out, this finishes off God's wrath, which all emits from the 7 Trumps. This is the 3rd woe, just as Rev. 8:13 says. In the 6th Vial I see this river Euphrates drying up as being a metaphor for God's plagues drying up or being halted for a time in order to entice the cowards out of their hiding places and caves, they see the Two-witnesses die, then the plagues stop, suddenly they are enticed by the Three Frog Spirits, Satan the Dragon, the Anti-Christ and False Prophet, to go after the remaining Jews, and they try to kill them all off, hoping there will thus be no more "Two-witnesses" type judgment. Then as they all move in unison to Armageddon, Jesus shows up in Rev. 16:19, the 7th Vial, and wipes them off the face of the earth in a show of force. This ends God's wrath. In vs. 19 God calls those Jesus kills off Babylon the Great. The Parenthetical Citation Chapters Those understanding the book of Revelation understands that is not in chronological order, nor can it be. We see a divergence starting in chapter 10, thereof course were no chapters nor verses in the bible, so there was no intention of continuity, just like Daniel, its not in chronological order. With each chapter henceforth I will endeavor to explain when each chapter starts on the 70th weeks 7 year timeline of days, ranging from day 1 to the 1260 middle of the week to the day 2520 second coming of Jesus, and when they end also. Rev. 10 used to be a chapter I would just skip over, to big a mystery unto me, I though everything in it was sealed up (7 Thunders), until I understood that all of God's wrath emits from the 7 Trumps. Here is my best "guess" at what's going on here, I think John gets this interaction before he gets the chapters 4, 5 and 6 interactions, its an "overview" of God's soon to come wrath, John is told what it all means by the 7 thunders, but then told its sealed up, do not write what you heard, but instead, here you go, write these things down in codes, metaphors and symbolism !! He's also told when the 7th Thunder (Trump) sounds the mystery will be over, and that time will be no more [as we know it]. In mt mind that means Jesus will be reigning after the 7th Trump sounds. John is then told to eat the little book, and fids it both bitter and sweet, I think this points to judgment, billions of humans must be killed, that is sad (bitter) but judgment will bring to pass Jesus ruling on earth, and eventually a New Heaven and New Earth, and tat will indeed be sweet. Amen. I think this vision starts just after John gets the vision of Jesus in all his eternal glory and sees the church age chapters. Rev. 11 is of course the Two-witnesses chapter, we are told in a coded manner who God has sent them back unto in verses 1-3, the Jews only is whom they have to reach. We know they are sent back before the DOTL, which is the 1260 middle of the week event, so I see them as the 1335 event, which happens 1335 days before the second coming ends al of these wonders as Dan. 12 says. So, they must show up 75 days before the beast conquers Israel/Jerusalem and they also must die 75 days before the beast dies, and they do, they die at the 2nd woe whilst the beast dies at the 7th Vial. When the 7th Trump is sounded in Rev. 11, that happens after they die, but as with all of the other plagues, the Two-witnesses prayed the plagues down. So, the chapter runs 1335 days, but the Two-witnesses only live for 1260 days. Rev. 12 is rather easy as per unto the timeline. The dragon (Satan) chases the woman (Israel) for 1260 days. We get a coded algorithm in verses 1-5 to tell us who the players are. Satan, Israel and Jesus. This is done so Rome would not see letters claiming Israel was going to rule the whole world, its thus encoded to protect the church of the 1st and 2nd centuries. Basically Satan will try to kill off all the Jews as he did in WW2, but because of the Two-witnesses showing up 75 days before he's allowed to go forth conquering, we know that 1/3 of Israel will repent then flee to the Petra/Bozrah area at the 1290 AoD warning sign, which happens 30 days before the Anti-Christ is allowed to go forth conquering. The Remnant can not be Jews, they can only be the gentile church. This chapter starts at the 1260, ends at 2520. Rev. 13 is the Anti-Christ becoming the beast, thus he arises out of the sea where the beast has been dormant since Rome received the mortal wound. The dead beast lives again when he arises from the Mediterranean sea. He will rule over Israel and the Mediterranean sea region for 1260 days starting on day 1261, lasting until Jesus slays him on day 2520. Rev. 14 is the harvest chapter, God uses the three harvest feasts to explain the end time harvesting of souls and their sequences. We see the 144,000 (Israel/Wheat) who will rule from Jerusalem with Jesus for 1000 years on the holy mt. awaiting Jesus. but that's just prose, w all know they are in the Bozrah area, but they rule from Jerusalem so are shown as such. In verses 17-20 we see the wicked grapes (tares) who grow with the wheat (Israel) til "the very end". Meanwhile, in vs. 14 we see a flashback, like in a movie, to the pre trib rapture pf the church, we are the "barley harvest" which always comes first and does not need to be crushed before it can be harvested and sifted. This chapter of course rune the full 7 years because of the pre trib rapture. Rev. 17 is God judging false religion (Harlotry). This is one side of a two sided coin, false religion in Rev. 17 and false governance in Rev. 18 but lets stay here for now, we are given a coded understanding of who the harlot is, not in four descriptors as many think, but in three instead, the Mystery portion is referring unto the secret God is only now revealing, it was never Mystery Babylon, it was MYSTERY 1.) Babylon the Great ( the city most noted for false religion ) 2.) Mother of Harlots ( the original harlotry was false religion ) 3.) Abominations of the earth ( God hates all false religion ) So, God will use the Anti-Christ and his 10 (E.U.) kings to judge the harlot, false religions. Since the Anti-Christ is a Antiochus Epiphanes type who thinks he is God, he will of course allow no other religions in his kingdom, thus he will kill of the harlot religions, thus under his rule in the E.U. and Mediterranean Sea Region Islam will not be allowed, neither will Buddhism, Hinduism nor any religion. Of course he also will martyr the gentiles who turned to Christ and the Jews who he can get at. This of course starts at the 1260 ends on day 2520. Rev. 18 is God judging Babylon (whole world) in a series of plagues. God in vs. 2 states Babylon has become the dwelling place of devils, of course it has, Satan and his demons were cast down and Apollyon and his demons were freed from the pit. In vs. 4 we see God calling His people (Israel) to come out of her/Babylon (world) or else they will receive of her plagues. The rest of the chapter is prose describing the whole worlds judgment and how these merchants so loved her perversions and wealth, but they did it by not valuing the things of God. In verses 8 and 10 it states her judgment will come in one day and in one hour, with both meaning 1260 days, the DOTL lasts 1260 days and in Rev. 17:12 we see the 10 kings rule one hour with the beast, so that means 42 months also. Rev. 19 like Rev. 14 covers the full 7 years of the 70th week. We seethe bride of Christ marrying the Lamb then returning with him to defeat the beast and all of his minions, still on earth. We get our white robes here, so this has to happen before Rev. 4:4, 5:9, 7:9-16, these are thus the pre trub raptured church in heaven, marrying the Lamb, called to the wedding by Jesus as Rev. 4:1 says. Those who miss the call are in for a time of great troubles like never seen before. Rev. 20 of course happens after the 70th week ends. Jesus and the church who returns with him will judge the martyrs and Jewish saints now, and one day the angels who fell. Satan and his demons will all be locked up into the bottomless pit for Jesus' 1000 year reign. He will be released for a short time, in order to test those never before during the 1000 year reign, I am sure. Rev. 21 and 22 is the New Jerusalem and the ever after, or our eternal dwelling with God in heaven. Amen.