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• The Revelation vision is told three times. Then rejoins at trumpet 7 [6:1-2 to 11:19; 12, but Mt.23:39 w/ vs.17; and 13:1 to 19:11].
• The seal descriptions at the beginning of the vision, as their full effects, first to last, veils much.
• Vs.13:13 pinpointed an office.
Through the Book of Revelation in a Year. Verses are paraphrased.
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BooK of Revelation
a paraphrased study
{The seals were described (at the beginning of the vision) as their entire effects, first to very last.. Summary upon earth, the gospel came forth openly victorious over powers and principalities (healings, resurrection). The response was war, which fruits follow and war was given a great sword [megas - great, exceeding, large, mighty] sword/weapon.
Because the revelation vision is told 3 times, 13:13, carried out by an office, was also the first seal 6 event which was as a mighty (megas) wind.}
1 - After this I [John] saw four angels standing at the four corners [N,S,E,W] of the earth. And they were holding back the four winds. That they would not blow on [epi] the earth or the sea or against [epi] any tree. 2 Then, I saw another angel having come up from the east. He had the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and sea, 3 saying, “Don’t harm earth or sea or trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads!” (Mind, thoughts, psyche, clarity.) 4 And I heard the count and number of those to seal, 144,000 from every tribe of the sons of Israel, 5 - 8 — 12,000 from each tribe - of Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. 9 And after this I looked and behold! A great crowd which no one was able to number from every nation, and all tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb and they were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. {First group mentioned is also part of second group mentioned.} 10 And they cried out as one! In a loud voice, “Salvation/safety/well-being belongs to our God who sits on the throne! And to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings and they fell before the throne and worshiped. 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory! Wisdom, and thanksgiving! Honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen!”
13 Then one of the elders said to me, “Who are these, having been clothed in white robes, and from where do they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said, [the following is word for word translation) “These are the coming/going out of the tribulation the great and washed/to wash {I don’t know how to read the tense} the robes (of) them and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 “Therefore they are before the very throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple. And - he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. {They are mentioned again, during the fifth trumpet.} 16 They will not hunger nor thirst anymore. Nor shall fall upon them the sun nor any burning-glow of heat [kauma]. 17 For the Lamb, in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them, and will lead them to living fountains [pégé - springs, fountains, wells] of water.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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9 - When he (the as though slain, lamb) opened the fifth seal upon the scroll (the vision) I saw under the altar souls who had been slain for the word of God and their testimony. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign LORD! Holy and true! How long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?!” 11 They were each one given a white robe and told - to rest - a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers and sisters should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. {Metaphor of a metaphor! Like the blood of Abel crying out to God. Fifth seal (element) is martyrdom, and it continues.}
{I think it’s important to be able to see how the seals - described at the beginning of the vision - as a blend of their full and entire effects, first to very last, veils the entire vision.}
12 When he broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake! The sun became dark as sackcloth [sakkos - worn as a sign of grief]. The full moon became like blood {dark red?}. 13 All the stars of the heavens fell to earth, like, the fig tree throws out its winter fruit when shaken and - blown - by a strong wind. 14 The sky departed {rolled? “apochórizó”} like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was shaken. 15 Then the kings of earth, the great ones, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us! And hide us from the face of he who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” {“..The ancient of days took his seat” Dan.7:9. “All the world’s a stage” - Shakespeare ..I think ‘wrath’ in large part, is code for cause and effect, Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4. Creation as Ant Farm versus Total ‘herd’ Immunity?}
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{My own study. Review - John saw the white horseman (of the apocalypse, as the horsemen are called). Jesus didn’t bring the lasting peace yet.. the response to the Good News is the red horseman, war, and the rest of the seals, war’s fruits.} 5 - When the Lamb (as slain) opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider carried a pair of scales. 6 I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius (bread weighed, scarcity?) and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but don’t harm the oil and wine!” {Double six, a lead up to triple six?} {Riches for some, want and grief for others.}
7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades {originally, of course, sheol - where all go, Ps.89:48, and where there is no awareness or doing, Eccles.9:10. What is partner to death? The grave, Jn.5:28, Hebrew sheol translated into greek hades, “not seen” state of being gone} followed him (followed death). And death and its partner/place (the grave/sheol) were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine, with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth. {Note: plagues follow wars, chem warfare began in WW1. Wild beast may include rogue/violent nations? The one fourth is from its first occurrence to it’s very last? A way of describing the seals that veils the vision.}
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THE vision 1 - Now I {disciple/apostle John} was watching as the Lamb [Jesus “as slain” only one “worthy to open the scroll”] opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four {majestic} living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 And I looked! And there, was a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came riding forth conquering, and to conquer. {Often taken to be the shadow rider to the gospel, the false way, especially when we lock the vision in a box titled “7 years only”. I am 99.9% convinced thiS white horse is the gospel riding forth into the age “openly victorious over powers and principalities” Colossians 2:15. Yet both the good news (gospel) and the false way, will escalate, gather momentum toward gallop, in late days and ‘last’ hour.}
3 When he opened the *second* seal, I heard the *second* living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse. This one was fiery [pyrros] red and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth, so that people slay one another, and he was given a long sword. {Obviously war. War is given a megas - a great, large, mighty sword. Second of the four horsemen of the apocalypse is mankind’s response to the good (or megas - great, large, mighty!) news.}
{“Second” - second creature, second seal - Father Most High is veRy organized. ..And 100% unfettered Genius. Chapter 6 is where the actual vision begins. First of THREE tellings of the vision. The 3 being 6:1-2 to 11:19; chapter 12, but verse 17 needs Matthew 23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11. And the THREE rejoin at the sounding of the 7th trumpet, Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4, Zechariah 14:4, noT to be confused with Rev.21:1-5.}
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7 - And the lamb as slain went and took the scroll from the right hand of he who was seated on the throne. 8 And just then, when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and you ransomed [agorazó - bought, purchased, redeemed] to God by your blood out of every tribe, language, people and nation, 10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign upon the earth.” 11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth, wisdom and might, honor and glory and blessing!” 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” 14 And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
{I was thinking Jesus went not long after ascension to Revelation, chapter five. But every creature from everywhere praising sounds like an after GWT Judgment ‘Day’ condition.. Unless it’s deep down psychologically in every heart.. We do all know don’t we? No true atheists, not really. We play games with ourselves.. Maybe that’s one reason why Father God loves a good riddle.. hiding things in plain sight. And is why scoffers can so sometimes bitterly scoff, because deep down knowing he is Father, and is waiting patiently and lovingly for prodigal son or daughter. Prodigal is differing with God in any way, thought, word or deed.. because he is Life and he “is perfect” Mt.5:48.
So maybe it’s not so soon after ascension.. but is the opening of the scroll (we know that because it says so).. we could say is right now as we study, should we be so blessed as to understand, yes? Rev.20 is like describing the crests of waves, and not much of the in between. I’m reminded of that because the elders falling before the throne seems like waves. As does the singing and all speaking together as one crescendoing voice.
The scroll is the vision. It begins with the breaking open of the seals from off the scroll.. and out come elements of the years of our Lord, CE. All, like the horsemen, riding throughout the age, to the ‘end’ of the vision (Greek word tel, telos, which means end-aim) which end of the vision is to all everywhere understanding..(In Rev.22, there is narrative that is spoken outside of the vision, and like the rich man and Lazarus parable, portrays initial inner conditions of some during GWT Judgment ‘Day’.) “Every tongue will swear allegiance [shaba - take an oath, “take a seven”, swear allegiance] to me” - That’s an oath God made, recorded in Isaiah 45:23. Took an oath to us. And we shall all take a heartfelt oath of allegiance to Him.. And why the heck wouldn’t we?!!! I think there will be a universal moment of awed silence.. as to what God has done.. And then a rising chorus of resounding universal praise.}
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1 - Then I (John) saw in the right hand of he who was seated on the throne, a scroll written within and on the back. And it was sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll?! And to break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or upon earth or under earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. 4 And I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 But one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more. Look! The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered. He can open the scroll and its seven seals.” {Secrets, keys(?) to the vision and Truth about to be unveiled..} [Root - rhiza - metaphorically/spiritually - cause, origin, source (of shepherd turned king, David {and of all}).]
6 And then, with the throne and the four living creatures, and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though slain. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which is the sevenfold {perfect} spirit oF God *sent* into all the earth. {The pure, uncontaminated Holy Ghost/Presence/Spirit oF God the Father. The Son is the proto/first, the onLy straight out from God one. So close both Father and Son administer God’s Spirit/Presence. The same as will saturate, thus “seal” humanity and all creation.. “The lion will eat straw like the ox, the bear will graze with the cow” Isaiah 11:7. {But first Is.24:20/Rev.10:4 followed by Jesus’ long second advent, theN the (fiery) “palin/again-genesis” when God says “behold! I make all (pas - all) new!” and God “will now *Tabernacle* with mankind..” {Note: there is narrative in Rev.22 that is spoken outside of the vision. And had mankind not become carnivore they would have become prey? Straying/imPerfection/entropy (the worm and slow gehenna fire that “does not quit”) is a potential abyss of possibilities.}
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