WeeKly BooK oF Revelation 19 9-16

      a paraphrased study

9 - And the angel said to me (John) “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb” (Mt.25:1-13, “behold a white horse and he riding it, and the armies of heaven following” -> going to the wedding/union and “the” millennium/the supper that follows). And the angel said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 10 Then I fell at his feet to worship, but he said, “You must not do that! To God only give your worship! I am but a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold to the testimony of Jesus. For the testimony of Jesus” (we all share) “is the spirit of prophecy” (of how all shall be! He as King of kings and Lord of lords, “the” kingdom.) 11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and the one sitting on it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness/justice does he judge and do battle. 12 His eyes are like flaming fire. On his head are his many crowns. And he has a name written that only he himself knows. 13 Having been clothed in a robe dipped [bapto] in blood, the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of “the” heaven, were following him on white horses, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sWord (“thy Word is Truth”) with which to strike [patassó - to beat/of the heart, to strike, from paió - knock, strike, sting, and tuptó - beat, hit, wound] the nations - AND - he will shepherd them (hello?) [poimainó - act as a shepherd] with a (measuring) rod of iron (which rod/measure is unbreakable Truth). He will tread the winepress of the fury of  (2Pet.3:10,13, “elements melting in a fury of fire) the wrath of God the Almighty. (Metaphor/riddle for the inevitable, cause and effect, culmination of the wayward way, of history, of mankind’s doings, a lake of fire, go figure, Rev.6:12-17, 🗝️described as all its effects first to last->but after the first->Rev.7:1,3. [13:13 being the first which pinpointed an oFFice] Rev.16:13-16, Mt.13:30-notice! please, the order. “The earth will shake to and fro” Is.24:20.) 16 And on his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

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🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. ℓιѕтєη  𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈...

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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WeeKly BooK oF Revelation 19 1-8

       a paraphrased study

1 - After these things, I (John) heard what sounded like loud voices of a multitude in the heavens saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! 2 For his judgments are true and just. And he has judged the great prostitute [porne] who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and he has avenged upon her the blood of his servants.” 3 And a second time they cried out, saying “Hallelujah. And the smoke of her rises up forever.” (Because of Rev.21:1-5, a universal regenesis, this rising of the smoke forever, must be in all memories.) 4 Then the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. And they cried out, “Amen! Hallelujah!” 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all his servants, all who revere him, from the least to the greatest.” 6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters, and like loud peals of thunder shouting, “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him. 8 For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready (“made her preparation”).

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🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. ℓιѕтєη  𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈...

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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REVELATION STUDY 18 9-24

     a paraphrased study

         ~~  18:9-24  ~~

A key to the revelation vision is 13:1 - does a literal beastly creature with seven heads rise out of the sea of humanity? I’m highly doubting it. But! Does it have a literal meaning? Or is it written for entertainment purposes only? Rev.1:3 - Blessed is the reading [anaginóskó - knowing certainly, knowing again, to read] and (blessed is) the hearing [akouó - to hear and listen, root of acoustic surely?] (to) the words [logos - reasoning expressed in words, from lego - speaking to a conclusion] the prophecy [prophéteia] and (the) keeping [téreó - watching over, guarding, observing, keeping intact] what is written [graphó] for the season [kairos - season, opportune time] is near [eggus - near in place or time]. — So, the opportune time is always near, and the images used are not always literal, but their meaning is. 

18:9 - And the KINGS of earth, who committed sexual immorality (were in bed with $ity Babylon) and lived in luxury with her, will weep and mourn when they see the smoke of her burning. 10 They will stand afar off, in fear of ‘her’ torment, saying, “Alas! You great city! Mighty city! Babylon! Woe! In a single hour your judgment has come!” 11 And the MERCHANTS of the earth weep and lament, for no one buys their cargo anymore, 12 the cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloths, silk and scarlet cloths, all sorts of scented woods, all articles of ivory, of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, 13 cinnamon, spices, incense, myrrh, frankincense, oil, wine, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and the bodies and souls [psuché - breath, souls] (lives? of) man/anthropos/persons. 14 “The delicacies [opóra - late summer, ripe fruit] for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your luxuries and your splendors are lost to you, not to be found again.” 15 The merchants of these wares, who profited from her, will stand afar off, in fear of her torment, weeping and lamenting aloud, 16 “Woe, woe, for the Great City that was clothed in the finest linen. In purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold. And with precious stones, and pearls! 17 But in a single hour, all this wealth, has been laid waste” (Rev.17:12,16,18). And all pilots, all sailors, all voyaging/traveling, and all who trade, stood afar off 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, “Oh what city was like this great city!?” 19 And they threw dust and ashes on their heads as they wept and lamented, “Woe! woe! The great city! In which were made rich through her costliness, all those having ships to sea.” (When the vision was given, big business was done by sea). “For, in one hour, has come the desolation.” (Rev.17:12,16). 20 Be of good cheer over her, O heaven, saints, apostles and prophets, for God has decided judgment for you against [ek or ex - from, from out of, from the interior outward] (of) her.” 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great miller’s stone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will you Babylon the great city be thrown down! With [horméma - a rush, impulse, violence]. And you will be found no more. 22 The sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will not be heard in you any more. Not a craftsman of any sort will be found in you any more, nor the sound of the mill/factory/industry. 23 The light of a lamp will not shine in you any more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth. And by your sorcery [pharmakeia - the use of medicine, drugs or spells, sorcery, enchantment, magic; from pharmakeuó - to administer drugs, drug related sorcery, magical arts (by which)] all nations were deceived. (Including by a false prophecy, which is implied by there being a “false prophet”.)

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The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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W𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕝𝕪 B𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕠𝕗 R𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 18 1-8

    𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍

               

When putting this schedule together, I had no idea of how prophecy (and afterlife theory) is impacted by the #8, but eight comes up a lot in this reading schedule, at least lately. 🤷🏼‍♀️There are no coincidences? Also of note - to me anyway - is the number thirteen.

     Rev.18:1 - After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority. And the earth was made bright with his glory. 2 He called out in a mighty voice, “Fallen! ..Fallen! Is Babylon the Great! For she has become a dwelling place for demons! ..A haunt for every unclean spirit! ..A haunt for every unclean bird! ..A haunt for every unclean and detestable beast! 3 All nations have drank down the wine/intoxication of her waywardness, the kings of earth (are in bed with ‘her’) have committed immorality with her (17:2) and *the merchants* of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.” 4 Then I heard another loud voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people! Lest you take part in her sins! Lest you share in her plagues! 5 For her sins are heaped high as heaven. And God has remembered her iniquities.” (This verse gives me the image of her/it shaking ‘her’ fist at heaven.) 6 “Pay her what she has paid to others! And repay her double for her deeds. Yes mix a double portion for her in the cup she herself mixed. 7 As she glorified herself and lived in (ill gotten? greedy?) luxury, so give her the same measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen! I am no widow. I will never see mourning.’ 8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day! Death, mourning, famine. And she will be burned with fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” (She - the false way, her forehead/psyche being all confusion.. responsible for “all” slain upon Earth. The false way is judged by its own crash and fall. Surely far more logical than thinking judgment is like a Thor throwing lightning bolts? That has never sounded logical to me. But it could happen that way. That enough becomes enough! As God’s full foreknowledge can also be considered. But I think God is letting things run their course to the last, bitter(?) drop, so that all persons that can be born, will be born. Not that he hAs to do it that way, but that he wants to.. what with having his perfect foreknowledge of all things, knows where every thing leads and goes. So knows all persons that can be born. I think his having created a cause and effect/consequences universe is what he calls ‘his wrath’. Remember, his communication has to reach all, from the ‘best’ peacemaker to the cruelest, most merciless despot or killer - great and small. And I think God loves a good riddle! Writing in codes and mysteries, to hide things in plain sight. And surely God is Life, itself, the breath, spirit and force of, and so, as life he lives through all that ever occurs.😳 Why would he put himself through all that? I don’t think it’s so much “what he has created” as what it is he iS creating. Laleo signing off.✌🏼 Laleo is a greek word meaning talkative.)

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🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. ℓιѕтєη  𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝒾𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈...

The vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

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