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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
12 - “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of he who has the sharp two-edged sWord. 13 I know you live where Satan's throne {seat, authority} is.” {Hateful things? Fruit. The Pergamon altar (building) shaped like an altar, now displayed as part of a museum in Berlin?} “Yet you hold fast to my name, and you didn’t deny me in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you. You’ve some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the nation of Israel, so they would eat food {🤔meaning doctrine? which fits, the feasts portrayed the beliefs, teachings and doctrine} sacrificed to idols and to {thus?} practice sexual immorality. 15 So also you have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans [a commentary quote - often associated with moral laxity and idolatry, promoting a lifestyle that compromised with pagan practices.. A former or semi believer Nicalaus(?)] {said listen to and come follow me? An all about Moi teaching and where they lead?}
16 Therefore repent [metanoeó - repent, to change the mind and turn course, change the inner person; from metá - changed after being with, and noiéō - think, properly, think differently after].
“If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sWord of my mouth.” {With Truth! Cause and effect is brutally honest.} 17 “Whoever has an ear, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To those who overcome [nikaó - from nike - to conquer, prevail, gain the victory, carry off the victory, come off victorious, verb implying a battle; subdue, prevail, overcome] I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give to them a white stone, with a new name written on it, that no one knows except the one who receives it.’ {Like an ancient ticket..? New names were common.. Saul, Paul; Simon, Peter; Jacob, Israel..]
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BooK of Revelation
a paraphrased study
8 - “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, the oNe, who died and is alive. 9 I know your tribulation [thlipsis - oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits, pressed/pressure faced] and your poverty - but you are rich - and the slander of those who say they are genuine and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. {Are a teaching of the adversary - we can tell pseudo truth by its fruit, key word here is slander?} 10 Don’t fear these things you suffer. Look, some of you will be tested when the devil casts some into prison. For ten days you will have {great?} tribulation.” {The last ten days will be an acceleration..? “In the last hour” - there’s rev.17:12,16, the fall {crashing} of $ity Babylon that sits on seven continents/hills; the triple six is running; and the nations/unbelievers are being gathered to the final armageddon battle.. So the last “ten days” of things, is an escalation in each one these?} “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of Life. 11 Those who have an ear {🌽} let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers [nikaó - from níkē - victory - to conquer - overcomes, prevails, gains the victory] will not be hurt [adikeó - acted unjustly towards, injured, harmed] by the second [deuteros - duo - two, in second place, for the second time; second in order, rank, or time; the concept of "second" often implied a position of lesser importance compared to the "first," but it could also indicate a necessary step in a sequence or process, in scriptural tradition, the number two can symbolize witness or confirmation, as seen in the requirement for two witnesses to establish a matter] {everyone suffers two, to believe is to not be injured or hurt by the second/lesser(?)} “death.’”
{The 666, logically, being Daniel 12:11-12 with Luke 19:41,44 (hello?) and 1 Corinthians 3:16. Armageddon being Isaiah 24:20, Rev.10:4 (Ps.91). Matthew 13:30 being Rev.16:14-15-16 and Matthew 25:1-13.}
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BooK oF Revelation
paraphrased study
1 - “To the angel of [en - in, on, at, by, with] the church in Ephesus write - ‘The words of he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, and who walks among the seven golden lampstands/menorahs. 2 I know your hard work, your patient endurance, and how you can’t bear with those who do evil, but have tested those who call theirselves apostles but are not. And you found them to be false. 3 You have had perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and haven’t grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you first had. 5 Try to remember what it was like at the beginning {of your adventure of believing/knowing}. And return to the love enthusiasm you felt. If not I will have to come and remove your lampstand (menorah/church) out of its place, unless you repent/change course. 6 Yet this you have, you hate [miseo - hate, detest, love less] the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. (Nicolaitans mAy have began as a following of a christian in error, and their works/things they did and believed were scandalous and corrupt.)
7 Whoever has an ear 🌽 let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (Plural.) To the one who is victorious [nikaó - conquers, prevails, from níkē - victory, properly - conquers, overcomes, carries off the victory, comes off victorious] I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’”
..How do we come off victorious? Bread and wine -> communion, God’s Spirit/Presence, and Truth, 1Cor.3:16 & 2Tim.3:16.
Important NOTE - It helps to understand the scripture translation errors ..due to partial dis-belief?
I made a short, partial list..
Changed “all” whenever possible, to “all things” [[ Rev.21:5, Eph.1:10, Jn.13:3, 1Cor.15:27, five times! And so repeating what 5 times?! ..And more. But not 2Tim.3:16 or 1Cor.15:28, for example.]]
Often rendered not, into never. And aion/eon into forever.
Translating hamartia - missing the mark, into “sin” (trespass) misses the mark a little. (God is Life, and “is perfect” Mt.5:48, a conundrum for imperfect/missing the mark (entropy). But! No option to stray in Eden, and creation would have to be an ant farm?)
Of course five separate words were turned into ‘hell’, even pit when “dust of” is in the verse & Ps.30:9. The three mentions of lake of fire are at very large, fiery events. Not very understandable in 95 CE or thereabouts, Is.24:20, Rev.10:4 (Ps.91,46,23, Rev7:15-17)
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BooK oF Revelation
paraphrased study
9 - I, John, your brother, in tribulation and in the kingdom, and in the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the prison island called Patmos on account of the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet sounding 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches of Asia - Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking, and I saw seven gold lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a Son of man, clothed in a long robe, with a gold sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like pure white wool, and pure snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 and his feet were like polished bronze, glowing in a fiery furnace. His voice was like the voice of great waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sWord (“thy word is Truth” Jn.17:17). His face was like the sun in its brightness. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid, I’m the first and the last, 18 the living one. I died, but look, I’m alive. And I have the keys of death and of the hades/grave [originally sheol “where there is no doing nor knowing”/awareness, Eccles.9:5,10]. 19 Write therefore the things you see, what is and what will take place later. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars I hold in my right hand, and the seven gold lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. [In the prophecy, “the stars are angels”. The lampstands are the currently believing.]
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BooK oF Revelation
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4 John, to the seven churches that are in Asia —
Grace to you and peace from he who is, and was, and is to come. And from the seven spirits (“seven angels of the churches”) who are before his throne. 5 And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from death, and the {to be} ruler of kings upon earth. To he who loves us and has freed us from our sins [hamartia - missing the mark] by his blood {Life} 6 and has made us to be a kingdom. A kingdom of priests to his God and Father - to him be glory and dominion forever and ever! Amen! 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and EVERY eye will see him {if not alive at his return, then upon GWT Judgment ‘day’, great ‘Day’ 0f Review} and anyone who pricked/pierced him, and all tribes of earth will mourn because of him. Truly, amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the LORD God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” {Who forever was, and who forever shall be.}
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3 - There is no curse there, and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there and they will not need light of lamp or sun, for the LORD God will righten upon them. And they will reign {🗝️”crowns of Life” not metal, Daniel 2:36-45} to the ages, of the ages.
6 And he said to me (John), “These words are trustworthy and true. And the LORD, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”
7 “So behold, I’m coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, 9 but he said to me, “You must not do that! I’m a fellow servant with you and your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10 And he said to me {narrative that is spoken - outside - of the vision} “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near [eggus - at hand, near, nigh, ready]. 11 {Then/at that time} Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.” {Speaking about conditions befoRe apocalypse, noT after Rev.21:1-5, etc. Mt.13:30 as both Rev.16:14-15-16 and Mt.25:1-13.
12 “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense [misthos - reward, wages] with me, to bring to each one as they they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so they may have right to the tree of life and may enter the gates of the city. 15 Outside are the contemptible, the sorcerers [pharmakos - sorcerers, magicians, from pharmakon - drug, spell] and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. {For the city, the kingdom, is here now.. just not fully.}
16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things. I’m the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.” {The beginning of day..}
17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Yes, come!” [Erchomai - can denote both the act of coming and the state of having arrived.] “And let the one who is thirsty come! Let the one who desires take of the water of life without price.
18 But I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, God will add to them the plagues described in this book. 19 And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away their part of the tree of life and of the holy city, which are described in this book. {And will be outside the city at His return. Instead of having part in serving upon GWT judgment ‘day’ will be learning and being corrected then, instead of having been corrected now.} 20 And he who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. (End of the Book of the Revelation Vision.)
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23 - On the east side (of the heavenly Jerusalem, that John saw come down to Earth) there were three gates, on the north side there were three gates, with three gates on the south side, and also on the west side. The four sides of the heavenly city having three gates each. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve (great) foundation stones, and upon the foundation stones were engraved the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod made of gold in order to measure the city and its gates and its walls. 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his measuring rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal. 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel's measurement. (All of it a cube?) 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold and {radiant} like clear glass. 19 The foundation stones of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the them made of a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
22 But I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city actually has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it! For the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb, 24 and by its light will the nations walk, and the kings of earth will bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates will never be shut by day. And there shall be no night there. 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 But nothing unclean can enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
22:1 - Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, and it was as bright and clear as crystal. And it flowed from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2 and it flowed through the middle of the street of the city. And on either side of the river, was the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, each for its month. The leaves of the tree being for the service and care of the nations. …{A spiritual picture within a literal picture!? Or vice versa?}
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Weekly Book Of Revelation
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10 - And he (an angel) carried me (John) in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down from heaven, from God. 11 It was radiant with the glory of God, like a stone most precious, like jasper, and clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall of twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates. And on them were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. (All believers are “grafted INTO Israel” Ro.11:17-26.) 13 There were three gates facing east, three facing north, three south and three west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold with which to measure the city, the gates and the walls. (Side Note - a rod is a measuring stick, the “iron rod” Jesus will rule the nations with is Truth, which is unbreakable, an unbreakable measure, that breaks all that is not true.) 16 The city was square, and as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. [Stadia - a greek measurement, stadium length, the length of a race course, furlong which is an 8th of a mile - 12,000 stadia, between 1,300 to 1,400 miles?) 17 The angel measured the wall using human and angel measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick. 18 The wall was of jasper, the city of pure gold, and pure as glass. 19 The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The city had twelve foundations, each made of a precious stone, the first jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were of pearl, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure and clear as glass. 22 I didn’t see in the city, a temple, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
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The Rev vision is told 3times, joining at trumpet 7. The seal description-as their full effects-veils much. Vs.13:13 was by an office. A weekly study.
This is a brief study after an insight came to mind, about these verses - Rev.16:13-16, “And I saw, coming 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.”
…And I saw, [1] coming out of the mouth of the dragon - division, and [2] out of the mouth of the (many headed political) beast - after being sure downtrodden stay down, the “we must house, feed, clothe all” tactic, and [3] out of the mouth of the false prophet - the climate myth, strengthening no.2 (thus no.1) these put forth “to save the planet”. Three unclean spirits like frogs {outcome distasteful}.
14 For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the KINGS (leaders) of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. (The culmination. Division is the siren call.. to near and far.. Is.24:20.)
15 “Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping their garments, that they may not go about unclothed.” 16 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
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Somewhere along the line I came to realize that apocalypse is done entirely by man. The proof is that we have his number, and because of where it turns up in prophecy. Man is carbon based and carbon has six protons, six neutrons, and six electrons. I think our heavenly Father loves a good riddle, how he hides things in plain sight?
The rev vision is told 3 times. And the seals described as their entirety, from first to last, veils the vision. Revelation 13:13 is the fire, but that event pinpointed an office, not yet? a person. Mt.13:30, logically, is Rev.16:13-16. But most importantly, Dn.12:11-12 W/ Lk.19:41,44 & 1Cor.3:16. (Dn.12:11 of course fitting into Dn.9:27.)
WeeKly BooK oF Revelation
By Necessity Slightly
Paraphrased
[A voice from the midst of the throne continues.] - 4 - “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death is no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor pain, for the former has passed away.” 5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all new.” [All - pas - every, all, the whole]. And he said to me (John), “Write for these words are faithful, and they are true.
6 It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning — and the end. To the one thirsting, I will give from the spring of the water of life freely. {Now.} 7 And they who overcome will inherit all and I will be their God and they will be my sons and daughters. 8 But” {I think of this as narrative spoken outside of the vision} “as for the cowardly, the faithless {now, and still at Jesus’ appearing} the having become abominable, the murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers [pharmakos], idolaters, and the liars, their portion is in the lake burning [kaió - kindled, set fire to] with fire and sulfur which is the second death.” {First death through Adam, second, the death of death? And of imperfection/entropy. The armageddon lake, the death of empire.. half done.. Or one third done, as there are the three mentions of lake of fire, at Armageddon, at the adversary’s fiery final defeat, and at the fiery Regeneration/Regenesis (Greek word, palin/again-genesis. ..Interesting, death of empire, death of the adversary, which both belong to death, so all wound up in the death of death. All of it the second (and final) death. Per God’s plan who saw all possibilities from the beginning.} {Armageddon, and the entire apocalypse is man done, not God done except he created a cause and effect universe (as opposed to an ant farm?)}
9 Then came to me one of the seven angels having the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues [plégé - a blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague] and he said to me, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
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WeeKly BooK oF Revelation
By Necessity Slightly
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11 - Then I saw a great white throne (GWT) and he who was seated upon it. And from his face the earth and heavens fled away. {Much, much earlier, before doing any act of creation, he could see all possibilities like a floating blanket of clouds stretched out before his face, full circle around him. I saw this in prayer -n- study many years ago, the beginning of insights which came sort of, like “bams!”.} 11- A great white throne (GWT) and he who sits upon it. And from his face, earth and heavens fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead [nekros - dead, deceased] were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, death and hades [“place of the dead”] {the grave, state of being gone} gave up the dead which were in them and they were judged, each one, according to what they had done. {Same as we were and are judged now. Logic, since “God does the choosing” and not us, and not because we are better, or worse, or any smarter, than any others. It’s just roles to play in this alternate reality from God’s blueprint - “all the world is a stage”.. (Shakespeare) - proving to one and all, and all together at once, that He is Life, there is no choice. It’s his way or no way. The (measuring) rod - oF Iron. Sorry! The Law of Life cannot be broken! And life, creation, humanity hAs to be Perfect, because he is Life, and, “is Perfect” Mt.5:48.} 14 Then Death and Hades were hurled into the lake of fire. [2Pet.3:12-13 “..the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, the heavenly bodies melting.. (then) a new heavens and a new earth..”] This is the second death, the lake of fire. {The end of death and imperfection/“missing the mark” - One and done! 1Cor.15:24-26. First death is the one come about through, and “in Adam”.} 15 And if [ei - whether, if] anyone was found, whose name {by then} was not written in the book of life, they were thrown [balló - thrown, cast, hurled, put, placed] into the lake of fire. 21:1 - And I saw - a new heavens, and a new earth - for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, [were “set on fire” and “dissolved”, the “heavenly bodies/planets and stars melting”] and the sea {separation upon earth} was no more. (Isaiah 11:7)
2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, radiant as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will tabernacle/tent/dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.”
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7 - And when “the” thousand years are ended, Satan will be released 8 and he will come out to mislead the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog {these are, logically, descendants of mortal survivors of the (man done) apocalypse} and he gathers them for battle. Their number is like the sand at the seashore. 9 And they marched up over all the broad plain of earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. {Do we imagine this takes but a moment or two..?} But - fire - came from the heavens and consumed them. 10 And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur (second mention of lake of fire) where also the beast and false prophet {were thrown} and (are) tormented day and night - to - the ages of the ages.
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WeeKly BooK oF Revelation
By Necessity Slightly
Paraphrased
1 - Then I (John) saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a great chain. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years {God has been permissive?} 3 and threw him into the abyss {imperfection/straying/going rogue is an abyss of potential} and shut it and sealed it over him, so he cannot deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years are over. After that he must be released for a little while. {For the first half of an “8th” millennium.. According to the pattern of the Fall holy days, Leviticus 23.}
4 Then I saw thrones [thronos - seats of authority]. And given judgment were those seated upon them. Also I saw the souls of those beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the message of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not taken its mark upon their foreheads or upon their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years are completed. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed [makarios - blessed, happy, fortunate] and holy [hagios - holy, sacred, set apart] are those who have a part {& role?} in the first resurrection! Over these the second [second in a series, the second time something occurs] death has no power, but they will be priests [hiereus - minister in a priestly office] {minister what to whom?} of God and of Christ, and they will reign [basileúō - exercise dominion] with him {for/during} the thousand years.
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WeeKly BooK oF Revelation
By Necessity Slightly
Paraphrased
17 - Then I (John) saw an angel, radiant, as though standing in the sun. And with a loud voice he called to the birds of midheaven (to the high flying, predator birds, calling them to armageddon battle; the calling to the birds is metaphor for the literal armageddon battle about to be portrayed) saying, “Come, gather for the great supper of God!” {He actually takes responsibility! Having “subjected and consigned all to disobedience” Romans 11:32. Supersized the option to stray in Eden so “all of heaven and of earth” take this unavoidable journey through this all important contrast, all together at once.} 18 “Come to eat the flesh of kings, of captains, of mighty men, of horses and their riders, and of all, both free and slave, both small and great.” {The final war is totally mankind done. It is the last war between human empires, Isaiah 24:20, Rev.10:4, ten, four, end of the Act, over and out. “All the world is a stage” - Shakespeare.}
19 And then I saw the beast and the kings of earth, with their armies, gathered to make war against he who was sitting on the (white) horse and against his army of heaven (the two third faithful angels). {Aka against all knowledge of the one true God. Against national Israel and the grafted in, spiritual Israel, which by then includes many of ethnic Israel.} 20 And the {many headed, geopolitical} beast was taken, and with it the {of the world} false prophet who in its presence had done the signs [sémeion - miracles, signs, marks, tokens] {modern wonders and “miracles to mislead”} by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and who worshiped/were in allegiance to its image. [Mark is from the word - charagma- which is a “mark, stamp, sign, engraving, from charassō - meaning to engrave or stamp, the term charagma means a mark or stamp often used to denote ownership or authenticity]. These two were thrown alive {active, as they are not individuals} into the lake of fire {armageddon battle, with global chain reaction} that burns with sulfur {Jude 1:7!} {Both that ‘miracle’ and the “strong delusion” that “seats man/anthropos in the temple as God”/highest power, is from the “false prophet” (Rev.12:15?)
21 And the rest were slain by the sWord {truth, the iron rod/unbreakable measure} that came from the mouth of he who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged. {Symbolic imagery, aka, build a house on Truth, it endures. Build using unTruth (or guile) and like being built on sand, there’s crashing and fiery apocalypse. It’s what dog eat dog/every self first, does. There are two things that can simply never (ever) work, (1) straying from God who iS Life - logic, yes? To stray from Life, not good. And he “is perfect, so (2) imperfection, logically, is the opposite of Life. And history has - already - proven that (straying and) imperfect is an “abyss” of potential. And logically is entropy, the “worm that doesn’t quit” and the “fire”/slow burn/slow fade/slow gehenna “that cannot be put out” - entropy does not reverse. But you think we humans are inherently immortal? Death is nothing more than another form of life and living? Well that idea/myth was needed for the - extremely ancient - crowd controlling spiritual propaganda myth of afterlife torment.. We will “put on immortality” at one of TWO vivifications - because - we will “put on perfection/incorruptibility”. Clue, the second vivification is not simultaneous with its partner “resurrection”.}
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