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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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8 - The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun and it was - allowed - to scorch people with its heat. {Where the numbers of the beast come up, suggests(?) apocalypse is totally done by mankind, for we are carbon based. Carbon has six protons, six neutrons and six electrons.}
9 They were scorched by the fierce heat {and great drought? 12:15} and they cursed the name of God who had power to act over these plagues. {This is post surely(?) thermonuclear activity, the whole split atom thing is how I think of it.. messing with God’s building block.. harnessed for war, go figure.. “thunders, lightnings, temple in heaven splits, lightning, hail.. ..thermonuclear lightning.. hello? where do we think all this division/blame/hate leads!? Sky scrolls.. the higher and faster moisture rises, the greater and larger the hail. But alas, broken record, if in creation, there was no option to stray, creation would be an ant farm, and no paradise. And if you don’t let it run its course, what would be the point?!} But they did not repent {and relent} and give him glory.
10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became dark. People gnawed their tongues in frustration 11 and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores, but did not relent/stop nor repent of their deeds.
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. 13 For I saw having 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, three unclean spirits like frogs. {Leave a terrible taste — THE THREE which gather the nations to armageddon — the voice of the dragon - “god of this world”, and the voice of the beast of politics/many headed geopolitical, and the voice of the {of the world} false prophet, the WORLD’s version of a voice crying in the wilderness, which goes before, whose “flood” - a “strong delusion” {enchantment} - of “seating man in the temple as god”/highest power, has caused the west, once called Christendom to “fall away”. And this (of the world) “false prophet” has more modern wonders and “miracles to mislead” and of course a prophecy.}
14 For these (three) are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for battle on the great {culmination} day of God the Almighty. 15 “Behold, I am coming {unexpected} like a thief! Blessed is the one who is watching and clothed, that they may not go about naked and seen unclothed.” 16 And, they assembled at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. {Logically, Mt.13:30, “first gather the tares”.}
Next - 16:17-21
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1 - Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out upon the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”
[God’s ‘wrath’ — Ps.90:3,5-7 — “You return man to dust and say, ‘Return, oh children of Adam!’ 5 You sweep them away as with a flood. They are like a dream, like grass that sprouts in the morning, 6 it flourishes and is renewed, and in the evening it fades and withers. {Time flies.} 7 For we are brought to an end {entropy - effect from cause} by your anger {imo, cause and effect}. By your wrath we are dismayed.] — {oR you have to have a mere ant farm?}
2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a wound, sore and grievous came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and were worshiping its image. {Dn.12:11-12 w/ Lk.19:41,44 and 1Cor.3:16.} 3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea {Mediterranean?} and it became like the blood of a corpse {contaminated} and every living thing died that was in the sea. 4 The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers [potamos - a river] and upon the springs (of earth) and they became like blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, “You are just, O Holy One, who is and who was, for these things you have judged. 6 For THEY have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and to them you have given [didΓ³mi - to give, lit or fig) blood to drink and worthy they are. {Cause and effect.}
7 And I heard a voice from the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty true and just are your judgments!” [Ro.3:4 - “That You (God) may be justified in your words and prevail when You (God) are judged”.] {End result, all will praise God for this quick one and done proof, and what it is he is creating.}
Next - 16:8-16
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1 - Then I (John) saw another sign in heaven, great and awe inspiring, seven angels with seven plagues [plΓ©gΓ© - blow, stripe, wound, affliction, plague] which are the last (effects, pinpointing cause) for with them the wrath [thymΓ³s - expressed passion, fierce anger, indignation] of God is finished. {The culmination of cause and effect.. To be angry and indignant against evils carried out is only righteous. Worldly trying to influence is a trying to enchant. God doesn’t like dog eat dog?}
2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass as mingled with fire {life as we presently know it..? imperfect, still beautiful, but also an abyss of potential} and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. 3 And they sang the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are your works [Γ©rgon - from ergΕ - to work, accomplish] O LORD God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! 4 Who will not fear/revere, O LORD, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” [Ro.3:4 “..as it has been written about God, ‘That You (God) may be justified in YOUR words, and will prevail in Your being judged’."]
5 After this I looked, and the sanctuary of the tabernacle/tent of witness/testimony in the heavens was opened 6 And out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven (final) plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests. 7 And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath {final results of “seven thunders”?} of God who lives forever and ever, 8 and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed [teleΓ³ - to bring to an end, complete, fulfill; from tΓ©los - consummation, completion, this root (tel-) means "reaching the end (aim)." It is well-illustrated with the old pirate's telescope, unfolding (extending out) one stage at a time to function at full-strength/ultimately full scope] - }Examples, 70 CE, smaller scope, history’s consummation, full scope. Jesus’ first so brief advent, smaller scope, and long, second advent, full scope}.
Next - 16:1-7
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{A wheat harvest, and later a grape harvest.} 14 - Then I (John) looked, and I saw a radiant cloud, and sitting upon the cloud was one like the Son of man. He had a crown of gold on his head, and a great sickle in his hand. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle! And reap! For the hour has come. The harvest is ripe!”
16 So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and it was reaped.
17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven. And he too had a great sickle. 18 I saw another angel coming away from the altar, an angel who has authority over fire. [Same angel as Rev.7:3-5?] And he cried out with a loud voice to the one who had the sickle, telling him “Put in your sickle! And gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. {Amageddon. Surely? Fiery, Is.24:20, the last of “seven thunders”?) 20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood” (oil?) flowed from the press, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia. {Compared to the wheat and tares parable, here, the ‘wheat’ is mentioned first, whereas in the parable, the tares are gathered first. It’s an easy explanation, there is the gathering TO Armageddon, then the wheat gathered, barely previous, or perhaps even simultaneous with the fiery culmination of the battle, which coincidentally is where the first of three mentions of a lake of fire is.}
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{Note also a grape harvest that is “after the thousand years” and after GWT judgment ‘day’. This is revealed in 1Cor.15:22-24,28 wiTh Mt.13:33, key word 3, three harvests - barley, wheat and grape - The Verses:
Matthew 13:33 - “The kingdom is like a woman working leaven into three batches of flour, until all (of it) is leavened.” With - key word 3 - 1 Corinthians 15:22-28 - “As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 BUT each in their own order: (1)Christ the firstfruits (barley) then (2)at his coming those who belong to Christ (the wheat). 24 Then comes the end (3)when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying - every rule, and every authority, and eveRy power. 25 For Christ must reign until he has put aLL enemies under him.” [“Whoever is friends with the world is at enmity/war with God” James 4:4.]
26 “The last enemy to be abolished [katargeΓ³ - rendered inoperative] is death. 27 For “God has put all [pas - every, all, the whole] under him.” But when it says, “all are put under him,” it’s plain that he is excepted who put all under him.
28 And then when all (of the #3 harvest, the overflowing grape harvest, so “all”) are (truly, manifestly and literally/spiritually) under him (subdued/reconciled during GWT judgment/discernment/review/closure for all ‘Day’ - Jn.12:32 - then the Son will openly submit himself to he who arranged all as under him [hypotΓ‘ssΕ - from hypΓ³ - under, and tΓ‘ssΕ - arranged] that God may be all in all.” Each one of these seven all’s are from the Greek word “pas” which means all. Five were translated into “all things” but not the last two - and “so God will be all in all” …after the second vivification and fiery “palin/again-genesis” of Rev.21:5 - “Behold! I make all new!” (Greek word “pas” - all, every, the whole).}
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8 - Then I (John) saw a second angel following the first across the sky, crying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She who has given all nations to drink the wine of her passionate immorality and corruption.” {Imo, $ity of Babble on all seven hills/continents.}
9 And another angel, a third, followed, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast {ultimately the world?} and its image {“given the ability — to speak, nonstop?} and receives a mark on their forehead or hand, 10 they also will drink the cup of the wine of God's wrath {consequences, Obadiah 1:15, Ps.90:3,5-7} poured undiluted. {Things are being allowed to run their fuLL course. Otherwise why bother?} And they will be tormented with fire and sulfur {EARTHLY event} before the holy angels and the Lamb. {“All the world is a stage” Shakespeare.} 11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. {There’s a “palin/again-genesis”, so that must be the smoke of the torment/destruction “rising age to age” in the memories of all.}
And they have no rest, day or night, those worshipping the beast {many headed geopolitical} and its image. And who receive the mark [charagma - a stamp, impress, originally an impress on a coin or a seal, later an identification marker, owner's unique brand-mark] of its name.”
12 Here is a call for the endurance of his people, all those who keep the instructions of God and their faith in Jesus. {Dn.12:11-12 w/ Lk.19:41,44 and 1Cor.3:16, escalation being Rev.2:10?} 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!” {Straightaway.} {“Seven thunders” as Is.24:20?}
Next - 14:14-20
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1 - Then I (John) looked - and behold - on Mount Zion stood the Lamb. And with him 144,000 {men of Israel?} who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. {It’s time - Mt.23:39, Ro.11:15, Rev.7:9,4.} {But Mt.Zion is the spiritual/heavenly, and Mt. of Olives is the literal/earthly.}
2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of rushing waters and of loud thunder. And like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. 3 And they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the 144,000 having been redeemed from the earth. {Or? Unless, or until? the 144,000 have been redeemed..} 4 They are those who have not defiled themselves with women for they are virgins. {Truth virgins.} Who follow the Lamb wherever he goes, having been redeemed out from men as firstfruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are blameless.
6 Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead. He had glad tidings to proclaim to those who dwell upon earth, to eveRy nation, tribe, language and people, 7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear/revere” {fear or revere whatever one’s case may be.. think cruel despots and heartless bullies, etc. “Reverence God and give him glory! For the hour of his judgment {of the world, this wrong way that can never work} has come! Worship he, who made heaven and earth, the sea and the fresh springs of water!”
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