£XpLaiNing ReVeLaTion 15 1-8

        WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

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1 - Then I (John) saw another sign [sémeion - sign, miracle, indication, mark, token] (letting things run their course is a definite signifier, signpost, summary of unbreakable truth, nicknamed rod/measure of iron, sign/signature) in heaven, great and wonderful (truth that life hAs to be “perfect” because God iS life, and “is perfect” Mt.5:58; sign/signature) seven angels with seven plagues [plégé - blow, stripe, wound, affliction, plague] which are the last (effects, pinpointing cause) for with them the wrath of God is finished. [Ps.90:3, 5-7 (the ‘wrath’) — “You return man to dust and say, ‘Return, O children of man!’ ..5 You sweep them away as with a flood, they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning, 6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed, in the evening it fades and withers. 7 For we are brought to an end by your anger. By your wrath (cause & effect?) we are dismayed.” (Dust to dust, Ro.6:23 - the wages/result of “hamartia” - “missing the mark”.)]

     2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass as mingled with fire (life as we presently know it..? imperfect, 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 sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and wonderful are your works [érgon - from ergō - 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 (this always makes me think of the split atom). 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. [[Teleó - to bring to an end, complete, fulfill; from télos - 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).

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£XpLaiNing ReVeLaTion 14 14-20

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14 - Then I (John) looked, and I saw a - white - cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like the Son of man with a crown of gold on his head, and a sharp 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 to reap has come, and 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 sharp sickle. 18 Then I saw another angel who came out from the altar, an angel who has authority over fire. And he cried out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp 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 winepress, as high as a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia. 

     [Note also a/the 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 listed (it’s very obvious - barley, wheat and grape harvests) - the verses:

     Matthew 13:33 - “The kingdom is like a woman working leaven into three batches of meal/three loaves, until the whole is leavened.”

 — 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 (the wheat) those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end (overflowing grape harvest) (3)when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying - every rule, and every authority, and power. 25 For Christ must reign until he has put all enemies under him. [“Whoever is friends with the world is an enemy of God” (at enmity with) James 4:4.] 26 The last enemy to be abolished [katargeó - to render inoperative, abolish] is death. 27 For “God has put all [pas - every, the whole, all] under him.” But when it says, “all are put under him,” it is plain that he is excepted who put (“the”) all under him. 28 And then when all are (truly, manifestly and literally/spiritually) under him, then the Son will openly submit himself to he who put all under him [hypotássō - from hypó - under, and tássō - arranged] that God may be all in all.  [All the all’s are from the Greek word pas - all, all were translated “all things” except - so that God will be all in all, as it wouldn’t sound right to say “that God may be all things in all things”.]

     —> ONE - Christ/Messiah, “forever preeminent”, TWO - the “wheat at his return” and THREE - the grape harvest at “the end when Christ hands all, with aLL things subdued, to the Father” that “God may be all in all” Vs.24-28.] (Creation and humanity sealed and saturated with God’s Spirit/Presence age to age to age. God “is Perfect” - the best ‘end’ result is the only one possible. Had there been no option to stray in Eden, creation would have to be an ant farm. And if things are not allowed to run their course, what exactly would be the point? Mt.13:30 is, surely? Rev.16:13-16.)

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£XpLaiNing ReVeLaTion 14 8-13

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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.”

     9 And another angel, a third, followed, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image 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 and record of all things.) 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 (Dn.12:11-12 w/ Lk.19:41,44 and 1Cor.3:16, escalating? Rev.2:10) of his people, all those who keep the instructions of God and their faith in Jesus. 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?)

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£XpLaiNing ReVeLaTion 14 1-7

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1 - Then I looked - and behold - on Mount Zion stood the Lamb. And with him 144,000 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, 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. 4 These who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. (Truth virgins not corrupted by ancient goddess based beliefs?) 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 the glad tidings to proclaim to those who dwell upon earth, to every nation, tribe, language and people. 7 And he said with a loud voice, “Fear/revere God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment (of the world, this wrong way that can never work) has come, and worship he, who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

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