WEEKLY FROM the REVELATION VISION 8:1-6

1 - When the Lamb broke the seventh seal on the scroll, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

     2 Then I (disciple John) saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 Then another angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of God’s people as an offering on the golden altar before the throne.

     4 And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the altar.

     5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it upon the earth! And there was peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. (Interruption in the Rev.7:1,3’s holding back any crises of “the winds” from harming earth, trees or seas.) 6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. (Which are the seventh seal.)

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🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉/𝒫𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔..

WEEKLY FROM the REVELATION VISION 7:1-17

1 - After these things I saw four angels standing upon the four corners (north, south, east, west) of earth, holding the four winds, that no wind would blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (Imo, this is the winds of “Seal 6” - thermonuclear in 1945. But the seal is described as its total effects, first to very last, 6:12-17 ..when “the earth shakes to and fro” — If you haven’t guessed, I’m very much a literalist. BUT! Every literal has its metaphor, and.. every metaphor has its literal. This whole process from Adam to the (fiery) ReGenesis, logically - root word logos - is both individual and collective. Surely?

     You might want to say the four winds, are winds of destruction. Surely not thermonuclear! Of course not. Man is very rational, and content with little and with the status quo. Surely they would never release such destructive winds.. I think the four is merely four because, well, where else are you going to station angels to hold winds back? If not at the four ‘corners’ of Earth?

     2 And I saw another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given power to harm land and sea, 3 “Wait! Don’t harm the land, or the sea, or the trees, until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants!” (From the east.. like when Jesus returns/comes the second time.. This is obviously before then.) 4 And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God (a seal protects, seals) —144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel:

  Verses 5 through 8, lists the 12 tribes, 12,000 from each. 9 After this, I looked and I saw a great crowd - too many to count - from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. (I believe - this - is metaphor. Yet also a preview of the future when ALL is said and done. The standing at the throne. Representing a step forward, a step up! The call to be closer to God.. Full of his praise! Knowing who he is. And how he is. A seal of clarity?

     These verses are where we are now - the winds are still being held back, after the first release in 1945 - Rev.13:13. The verse pinpoints an office, not yet(?) an individual. And yes notice those numbers, 13:13. But take heart! We haven’t gotten to the last verses of the chapter. We’re in “his rest” remember? Paradise is coming. Perfection. It’s worth everything. And don’t forget this, God iS life. He lives through, suffers and experiences all things that ever occur. Yet he created thinking, reasoning beings, able to make choices, anyway! ..So in that crowd, also, is the 144,000 counted of earthly nation, Israel. (See Mt.23:39.)

     10 And they were shouting with a great roar, “Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living celestial creatures, and they fell upon their faces before the throne and worshipped God, 12 saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” (We ALL in heaven and Earth owe God everything!)

     13 One of the elders asked me, "Do you know who these people are that are dressed in white robes? Do you know where they come from?" 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who come out of great tribulation having washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 They are before the 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. 16 No more shall they hunger or thirst. The heat of the sun will not harm them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of living (and fresh) waters. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

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🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉/𝒫𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔..

Arrow That Flies By Night

 Ps.60:4 - You give a signal to those who worship you, so they can escape from enemy arrows. [Signal - nes: a standard, ensign, signal, sign, from nasas - to be high or conspicuous] [Escape - nus: to flee, escape] — You give a signal to those who worship you, so they can escape from enemy arrows.

     Dn.12:11,12 - From the time that is taken away [sur: turned aside, removed] the continuous [tamid: continuous, perpetual] and is set up [nathan: to give, put, set] the abomination (this time upon the human temple meant for God’s Spirit/Presence?) that desolates, shall be 1,290 days. (3.5 hebrew years, plus 30 days. A hebrew leap year?) 12 Blessed are they who wait and come to [naga: reach] the 1,335 days - (something is set up and given about 3.5 years, plus 30 days, after Israel’s continual is taken away - Mt.24:1,2 - As Jesus was leaving the temple grounds, his disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings. 2 And He said to them, “Do you see all [pas - all] this [houtos, hauté, touto: this]? I tell you not one stone will remain atop another, that will not be thrown down [kataluó: to destroy, overthrow, loosen thoroughly, from kata - down, and luó - to loose, release, dissolve].

     Rev.2:10 - “…you shall have tribulation ten days..”

     [Desolate - A primitive root; to stun, grow numb, i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy, make amazed, desolate, be destitute, destroy, waste, wonder] ?? - 1,290 days after the West Wall is taken away/destroyed(?) will be set up the notorious (lauded?) triple six desolating abomination.. Happy are those who reach 45 days later, the last “ten days” escalating from “cannot buy or sell” to “will be killed”? Rev.13:15-17.

WEEKLY FROM the REVELATION VISION 6:15-17

15 - Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves (bunkers?) and among the rocks of the mountains. (🤔 Kings? [[..At, or in preparation for the world’s last battle — Here’s a Cross Reference to chapter 16 — the gathering to and war of Armageddon/Gehenna Valley. Revelation prophecy is not always in strict order, especially as the vision is portrayed three times, from three different angles, not in a straight line. Also, often (almost always?) something is described as its totality, first to last. Often therefor, veiling what it is. Especially the “seals” at the intro and beginning of the vision in this chapter six, ten chapters previous to this cross reference! And is how conditions in the last “hour” of apocalypse are portrayed at the beginning of the vision - does our heavenly Father love a good riddle, or does he love a good riddle!? Misunderstanding chapter six throws off the whole vision, called “sealing the vision”. 🤔Chapter six is the unsealing of the scroll. Seven seals are broken open, and out come seven elements of the gospel going forth AGE, described as their effects first to last. Still in ch.16 cross reference - “Then I (John when he is an old man on an island prison) saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs. They came out of the mouth of the dragon (ch.12, an insert) out of the mouth of the (many headed geopolitical) beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. (What entity puts forth their prophecy - false - strongly trending in today’s modern world? And has a “strong delusion” that caused ‘Christendom’ to “fall away” by “seating man/anthropos as in the temple as God”/highest power? And has many more modern wonders and “miracles to deceive”..?) 14 The spirits like frogs are demonic spirits that perform portends and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them (Mt.13:30!) for the battle on the great day of God the Almighty. 15 “Look, I (Jesus) come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.” (A spiritual meaning.. And perhaps a more literal meaning. I daresay there’s some on Earth now that find theirselves needing to sleep at night in their clothes.) Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.” And Isaiah 24:20 - “The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall totter like a hut. Its corruption shall be heavy upon it, and it (the kingdom/system) will fall, and not rise again.” And, 25:4 - “You are a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, and a shade from the heat.”]]

     (Back to Ch.6, and the conclusion of the description of the seal six events start to finish) — 16, And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it? (Wrath as theirs because it was they who made a cause and effect - reap what you sow - universe. Not that there isn’t plenty of oppressions and grave abuses to be angry about. A hebrew word for anger, means to blow hot air out of your nose! (Sort of a fiery blast? A spiritual pun?) And remember Jesus did overturn the moneylender’s tables at the temple! And he seemed to say there’s a special woe to those harming “little ones”, but even then, I think he’s talking about the gut wrenching remorse that will torment such, initially, during “the judgment”. Also, just imagine waking from your grave into Judgment ‘Day’ and you’d been a hitler. But most.. I have to think will be happy to find theirselves alive. There’s bound to be LOTS of closure needed for many.. And for all history and nations throughout these millennia. — Preview of next weeks verses - 7:1,3 - In the vision, four angels are stationed “at the four corners of the Earth” (N,S,E,W) to “hold back the winds.. that they not harm land and trees..” — Note: that is where we are still at. Then comes interruption? Then the winds are held again for a spell?

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WEEKLY FROM the REVELATION VISION 6:1-14

1 - I watched as the Lamb broke open the first of the seven seals (on the scroll, which is the vision). Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow [toxon - a bow - used once in the scripture, from tiktó - bring forth, produce, beget, yield]. And given to him was a crown, and he rode out conquering, and to conquer. (To keep conquering!) [Crown - Rev.14:14, Mt.27:29.] [Col.2:15 - He disarmed principalities and powers, having made an open show of his triumph over them.]

     (The rest of the seals - elements of the age of the growing Christian era.. then decline - are the world’s response and course.)

     3 When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, “Come!” 4 And there went forth another horse, fiery red, and to its rider was granted to take peace from the Earth, so that one another they shall slay. And was given to him a great [megas] sword (weapon). [Hello?] 5 And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say “a ration [choenix - a dry measure (day’s serving) of less than a quart] of wheat for a day’s wages, three measures of barley [krithḗ – barley, the grain eaten by the common person, i.e. "poor man's bread" as opposed to using the more expensive grain, wheat. Barley was used "principally as food for horses"] (three measures) for a day’s wages. But harm not the oil and wine. (Luxuries?)

     7 When the Lamb 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 the grave (mass?) followed him. And to him was given authority over a fourth of the earth, to slay with sword, famine and pestilence, and by wild beasts of the earth. [Beasts in prophecy are usually governments.] (The pale rider.) 9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls [psyxḗ - from psyxō - to breathe, blow, root of psyche, corresponds to the OT phágō - I eat, translated “soul”] of those who had been slain because of the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony. (Like the blood of Abel which “cried out to God”. Not individual personalities imprisoned under the altar for millennia. Lol.)

     10 And they were crying in a loud voice, saying, "Until when, O Lord, holy and true, will you judge [krínō - bringing to trial, trying of fact in a court of law, originally meant "separate” so Homer, of Ceres separating the grain from the chaff (😮grain from chaff is one plant - the ultimate end - Greek “tel” - “end-aim” of God, is the winnowing of “all” - Greek “pas” - all. Those winnowed during this brief lifetime will go through the open “door” of “the” millennium, which leads to serving, called reigning, during the Lord’s long second advent. For surely, doing the works Jesus does, is surely reigning.

     All others will be winnowed during the second half (actually last quarter, Rev.20:11-13) of his second advent - exAct SAME process (surely!) — “Tel” is the root of “telescope” a great word to portray how God’s process unfolds in widening scopes until reaching full scope at the “end-aim”. The more study of the scripture, the more certain we are. Maybe the Kingdom is like widening ripples in a pond?)

     10 And they were crying in a loud voice, saying, "Until WHEN, O Lord, holy and true, will you judge [krínō - bring to trial] and avenge [ekdikeó - give justice over, defend, avenge, vindicate, penalize] our blood from those dwelling upon the earth?" 11 Each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the complete number of other believers are killed, as they had been. (Aha! What is the judgment that comes after believers are killed via the whole triple six system? NoT a mythical ‘hell’. [Dn.12:11-12, Mt.24:1-2 “see all this?” =‘s 45 days can’t buy or sell, with the last “ten days” escalating? Rev.2:10]

     12 I watched as the Lamb broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as sackcloth, and the whole/full? moon became as red as blood. (Reflecting red from fire/s? I believe the seals are described as a blend of their beginning (first) and ending (last) effects, veiling what this sixth seal is. (And what this opening, first event was.) The great [mega] sword (weapon) given to the rider on the fiery red horse of war ..surely? See 7:1,3!)

     13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken (blown) by a great [mega] wind. 14 The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up. And all mountains and islands were moved from out of their place.

     The seals are elements of the age of the vision.