Revelation 6 1-4

 BooK of Revelation

                a paraphrased study     

THE vision 1 - Now I {disciple/apostle John} was watching as the Lamb [Jesus “as slain” only one “worthy to open the scroll”] opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four {majestic} living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 And I looked! And there, was a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came riding forth conquering, and to conquer. {Often taken to be the shadow rider to the gospel, the false way, especially when we lock the vision in a box titled “7 years only”. I am 99.9% convinced thiS white horse is the gospel riding forth into the age “openly victorious over powers and principalities” Colossians 2:15. Yet both the good news (gospel) and the false way, will escalate, gather momentum toward gallop, in late days and ‘last’ hour.}

     3 When he opened the *second* seal, I heard the *second* living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse. This one was fiery [pyrros] red and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth, so that people slay one another, and he was given a long sword. {Obviously war. War is given a megas - a great, large, mighty sword. Second of the four horsemen of the apocalypse is mankind’s response to the good (or megas - great, large, mighty!) news.}

     {“Second” - second creature, second seal - Father Most High is veRy organized. ..And 100% unfettered Genius. Chapter 6 is where the actual vision begins. First of THREE tellings of the vision. The 3 being 6:1-2 to 11:19; chapter 12, but verse 17 needs Matthew 23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11. And the THREE rejoin at the sounding of the 7th trumpet, Isaiah 24:20/Rev.10:4, Zechariah 14:4, noT to be confused with Rev.21:1-5.}

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3 frogs

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.)

Revelation 19 17-21

 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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Revelation 19 9-16

 WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

By Necessity Verses Slightly 

            Paraphrased      

9 - And the angel said to me (disciple John, seeing the vision in his old age while in an island prison) “Write this - Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb!!” {Mt.25:1-13! In the parable of the ten bridesmaids, the door is to serving, called reigning (for logical reason) during the Lord’s long second advent. The door is to the wedding banquet/reception/supper. And the catching away of dead and alive believers - aka the resurrection, called the first (partial collective, eschatological) resurrection, is the wedding, the union.

     “The door” closes to “the” millennium - noT to Life, closed forever. The door is to the wedding supper/banquet/reception and what comes after, up to the second, rest of humanity, eschatological vivification (Rev.21:5, the word “things” was/is inserted). This vivification is not simultaneous with its partner resurrection, but between the second resurrection and the second vivification is the GWT judgment ‘day’. And to “rise into the judgment” (‘day’) Jn.5:29, is to rise “still in ones sins” (not yet perfected). The judgment is the  GWT judgment ‘day’, elsewhere called an aion-ion kolasis (correction, with logical, INITIAL inner torment for some (few? comparatively speaking that is) aka, the condition of misery, being in the inner, outside of the light, darkness ..with gnashing of teeth.. think, for example, of a heartless and cruel despot, rising into the judgment radiance. But Jesus said he “will draw all” - Jn.12:32, so this tormented from within condition will progress to weeping, beating self up.. with many stripes.. And finally to heart and gut wrenching remorse - as he reviews the faces of those he so hurt and harmed, even killed. Think of a modern day child trafficker, where the child goes no one knows.

     But finally, after a while (purgatory flames are psychological) coming to realize ..God, loving Presence/Spirit (Holy Ghost all loving) and mercy.. “Christ Crucified”.. the remedy God instituted, it being strong enough to appease every conscience, even the worst. The initial condition of some is also portrayed in the outside of the vision narrative of Rev.22.}

    And the angel said to me, “These are the true words of God!” 10 And I fell at his feet {overwhelmed?} to worship him, but he said, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit  of prophecy”. {Meaning it’s all worked out? All laid out.. We just need to be told/shown about it ..and follow, aka, conform. ..To our own, individual, highest blueprint. But it is not, as they say ‘all about me’. Not by a longshot, Lol!}

     11 Then I saw heaven opened, and look! There was a white horse! {The gospel, the Truth, which rode forth “openly victorious over powers and principalities”. Led to the Magna Charter, the Constitution.. individual rights and freedom. Nuclear family culture, some stability for a while..}

     And the one sitting upon the white horse is called “Faithful and True”. In righteousness he judges and makes war {rescues, vindicates, works justice}. 12 His eyes are like flames of fire (penetrate) and upon his head are many crowns. He has a name written that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe that was dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word/Message of God. {Master blueprint and plan. Embodiment of Truth.} 14 And the armies oF heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sWord (Truth!) with which to strike down the nations, and he will shepherd them (the nations/this is obviously future) with a rod (measuring rod) of iron (i.e. is un-breakable - truth cannot be broken, or done away with). He treads the winepress of the fury [thumos - from thuo - to rush {7 thunders? Well, six..} or to breathe hard] of the wrath [orgé - passion, wrath, indignation, a settled and abiding condition of mind with a view to justice {scales! Cause and effect!} Settled indignation going forth ‘wrath’/consequences] {at cruel and heartless evils, the passion} of God the Almighty. [Isaiah 13:9 - Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with fury and fierce anger - to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners from off it.] {But as cause and effect. Apocalypse is all man done. Even the final “bowls” called “of God’s wrath” ..The “seven thunders”? Though one is past. Rev.10:4 (over and out, six are future. Didn’t 13:13 pinpoint an oFFice? NoT an individual.. as of yet). Seal six but veiled by its description.} 16 On his robe and upon his thigh he has a name written, “King of kings and Lord of lords!” [Upon his robe - “Inscriptions on the outer garments were sometimes used by distinguished personages. The title anticipates the final victory.. And upon his thigh, upon the humanity he lived” - from biblehub dot com.] {The title and crowns, engraved as in stone, forever, enduring, unchangeable. All of heaven and earth fully convinced. God is Life and he “is Perfect”. Only perfect can work. How do you create genuinely able to think and reason beings, aNd, keep paradise/perfection intact? “Let us” Father and Son “make mankind in our likeness” ..They’re not done yet. “The lion will eat straw like the ox. The bear will graze with the cow” Isaiah 11:7.}

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The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#5)

(but not in order)

I'm going to come right out and say it.. Parts of Revelation we can see came riding out upon the pages and stage of history. Granted, the horsemen (and the rest of the Seals) may indeed escalate at the 'end' - from a horses canter to a gallop? - but I don't think we should confine Revelation to a box titled "seven years only".

    The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

      Chapter Six: 1-8

Verse quotes are, for the most part, from - http://biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/6-1.htm and the "Berean Literal" or "Study Bible" - http://biblehub.com/revelation/6-1.htm

1 - And I (John) watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as a voice of thunder, "Come!"

2 - And I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

•  Cross references:
•  Revelation 19:11 - Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. (And conquers!)
• Colossians 2:14-15 - Having blotted out the handwriting in the decrees against us (having erased the charges that were brought against us via the law) which was hostile to us, He has taken out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. And having stripped the principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly -- having triumphed over them. (The Victorious Gospel / the Good News rode forth conquering!)

   

3 - And when He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"

4 - And another horse went forth, bright red; and to the one sitting on it, to him was granted to take the peace from the earth, and that they will slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

• To war, a great sword was given

5 - And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and the one sitting on it having a pair of scales in his hand.

• Much mercantilism.. scales in its hands.

6 - And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and you should not injure the oil and the wine."

7 - And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!"

8 - And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, and the one sitting on it, the name of him was Death, and Hades [note: "the place of the dead" / the grave] was following with him; and authority was given to them over the fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

The grave following.. including the mass grave? From sword, famine and plague.. wild beasts/wild governings? "on a pale horse" - plague? Including chemical?

- - -

Book of Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#1)

Why Read The Book Of Revelation?

Book of Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#2)

Revelation Chapters Seventeen And Eighteen - A Two Part Study

- Foundation to the Rest of the Study - Part One - The Beast and the Harlot

- Part Two - and Revelation Chapter to Chapter (#2b) - The City and Merchants

Book of Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#3) - HE is King

Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#4) - The Faith On Earth

Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#5) - The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#6) - Time Times And Half A Time

Revelation Chapter by Chapter (#7) - The Iron And The Bronze

Two All Important KEYS To Unlock The Revelation Vision

Without these two keys, the vision remains confused and obscured. What are the keys?

#1 - Chapters 12 and 13 are inserts, and are histories all on their own, able to stand alone.

#2 - The Six Seals of chapter 6 are described as a blend of two things - what they are when they first begin, and what they are at full maturity at the 'end'. This is especially true of Seal Six. In this way, things are told here, in chapter six - so early on in the narrative - which do not occur until very late days on the planet.

Other Keys:

The vision is like a stage production - God's truth proving drama, the letting of man (and angel) choices to run their natural course. Choice, is an offshoot of thinking ability. Apocalypse - Greek = the "unveiling" (of true from untrue / good from evil / life from death) - All which is built on sand, rather than upon The Rock/truth, can only fall - to wander away from God who is life can only ever end in a self destructive wisp of smoke... Each element of Revelation, once it begins, continues to the 'end'.. Like notes in an orchestra, continue playing. For example the four horsemen's gallop being their progression. And their 'gallop' continues throughout. The six seals are the elements of the latter age, the years of our Lord, a.d. In the 7th seal are the 7 trumpets and in the 7th trumpet are the last results, the 7 bowls, which occur pretty much concurrently. (2 Thessalonians 1:7-8)

[God is perfect, and He is life. To be imperfect, is the opposite of Life. Therefor the rescue was built in from the beginning ("foundation") since God Himself opened this Pandora's box by endowing thinking ability. "If I am lifted up from the earth" Jesus said "I will draw all to me" - John 12:32. Italics in the text are words added by the translators.]

In the description of Seal Four, which is the fourth horse and rider of the apocalypse, the word "hell" should read "grave" and in this description, includes the mass grave(s).

The return of Jesus (and the first resurrection) occurs at the last (7th) trump, and Revelation chapter 16, verses 14,15,16. (2 Thessalonians 1:7-8; Matthew 24:29a,31)

Revelation 13:13 is the same event as Seal Six. It pinpoints an office occupied by the AC at some point. The "fire" occurred in 1945 (I always want to add "dah!".)

There are TWO beasts of chapter 13. The world beast/body (verses 1-10) and the one of 13:13 (verses 11-18) who is NOT the "false prophet" though the false prophet gave the fire of 13:13. 'He' began as a man, but now is a white smocked magician who produces modern miracles and wonders and produces the desolating apparatus (of verses 16-18) which will escalate during its last "ten days" from "cannot buy or sell" to "will be killed". The desolating apparatus will hum along for 45 days - count the days - Daniel 12:11-12 (which I have blogged about previously). This false prophet (teacher, teaching and "strong delusion" which does include a sort of prophesying) has turned Christendom (Western Civilization) on its ear, causing a "great falling away".

In chapter 12, we can find Herod the Great (albeit indirectly); 70 a.d.; two for the large part, migrations of the faith - now the mantle worn by Chrisitianity; the inqusitions; the Mayflower; and the gathering to Armageddon-cross reference Matthew 23:39.

"The beast" - the one of verse 1-10 of chapter 13 (the world beast/body) and the "false prophet" are not humans but are institutions of man "active" during last days, and at the time of Jesus' return.

God bless..

APOCALYPSE IN FEW WORDS

FIRST A QUICK SUMMARY OF THIS OUTLINE:

        a. This outline ignores inner, spiritual symbolisms other than how, ultimately, `
            all which is built upon untruth, can only fail and fall.
        b. The Hiroshima, Nagasaki thermonuclear bombing in 1945 was the breaking
            open of a sixth seal on a scroll called the Revelation vision, or Apocalypse.
            Following this, a pause.
        c. Until limited thermonuclear. (In or from the Middle East?)
        d. The office which began its use and a world body become much stronger
            and join forces; Peace treaties.
        e. Peace treaty w/ Israel is broken, (and the place of?) daily prayers is
            removed/ceased/taken away.
        f. Much drought - Regional conflicts of the world flare back up - Marshall
           Law five months - Mega troops from China to Middle East
           battleground - Man's global "city" had crashed? now falls.
        g. Three years plus seven months (made up of 30 da. months) after the treaty
            w/ Israel is broken, the notorious '666' is "set up". And "blessed is the one
            who comes to (the) forty-five days later".
            (Daniel 12:11,12; all other verses are in the outline.)
             ____   ____   ____   ____   ____   ____   ____   ____
     ____   ____   ____   ____   ____   ____   ____   ____

I. Revelation 13:13 occurred in the year 1945, pinpointing an office.
   This is also "Seal Six" of chapter 6, verses 12 through 17.
        a. The "Seals" are described as a blend of
            (1) what they are at their beginning, and
            (2) what they are as fully grown and at full maturity, at the 'end'.
            This obscures much of the Revelation vision.

II. We are in the pause of thermonuclear as warfare. (Rev. 7:1 to 8:6)

III. (Rev. 8:5, and later 8:7-12) - Limited thermonuclear warfare (in or from
      the Middle East?) This is the breaking (open) of the "Seventh Seal" on the
      scroll which is the Revelation vision. At the breaking of the 7th Seal things
      escalate. The scroll is fully unrolled.
        a. Seven angels with "Trumpets" prepare to sound with these results:
            (1) Environmental woes
            (2) Droughts (Rev. 12:16 + Luke 23:28,31)
            (3) The (two horned) office of Rev. 13:13 or one of that office (at one time?)
                  takes his/her seat in the prime office(?) of Rev. 13:1-10 a world beast/body
                  "which was, then wasn't" (when its head expired, not having signed on
                  after all) then after 13:13 "was once again" but lacks "breath"
                  (much authority) for some time (verses 14,15).
                  Treaties, especially between the dove and the vulture?
                  A (world?) Great Treaty? (Or just w/ Israel?)
            (4) Israel's (place of?) daily prayers and praise is taken away.
                  Aka? Matthew 24:1-2, "..not one stone will be left one atop another"..?

IV. Global Babylon (called harlot, the Greek "pornos" and "to sell") of the Earth
      crashes "in one hour.."

V. Three final "Woes" (results of mankind's doings)
        a. Five months of Marshall Law, via helicopters, or? (Rev. 9:5-10, written 90 C.E.)
        b. Troops from China to the Middle East battleground / Great War (Rev. 9:14,16)
        c. Daniel 12:11,12 - From the time Israel's (place of?) daily prayers and praise is
            removed, until 666 is "set-up" will be 3.5 Hebrew years, plus thirty days.
            Blessed is the one who makes it to day 1,335.. which is 45 days later.

VI. Babylon the Great / Global Babylon,
      whose forehead (psyche) is "Mystery Babble" (all untruth)
      falls "in one day.." (Rev. chapters 17 and 18)
         a. (During?) "...will lead to streams of living water" (Rev. 7:17)
             "..waters in the day when the towers fall". (Isaiah 30:25)
         b. "Immediately after the tribulation of those days.. they will see the
             Son of man coming on the clouds with power and great glory."
             (Matthew 24:29,30)
           
             "When Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels and in fire ..He
             will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather
             His own from the four winds of Earth."
             (2 Thessalonians 1:7,8; Matthew 24:31 )

             "The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice
             of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise,
             and those believers who are alive shall be caught up together with them in
             the clouds to meet the Lord.." .."He comes on the clouds with ten thousands
             and thousands of His holy ones." (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17; Jude 1:14)

             "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last Trumpet  ..the dead
             shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed, for this corruptible
             must put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality..
             swallowing death in victory". (1 Corinthians 15:52-54)
             "As we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the
             image of the heavenly." (Verse 49)

             "When the 7th angel sounds his trumpet, loud voices in heaven say, 'The
             kingdoms of the world are become the kingdoms of our LORD (God) and
             of His Christ (Messiah) and He shall reign forever and ever'." (Rev. 11:15)

        c.  "...lightnings, noises, thunderings, earthquake, and great hail.."
             (Great debris? when the towers fall?) (Rev. 11:19)
             "Come out of her (city Babylon) my people.." (Rev. 18:4)
        d.  "And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount(ain)
             of Olives," Jerusalem. (Zechariah 14:4)

VII. His return is called the "Second Advent" and the "millennium" ("Day of the LORD")
        a. "He shall judge nations.. they shall beat their weapons into plowshares
            and pruning hooks.." (Micah 4:3)
        b. The millennium of Jesus lasts 1000 years.

VIII. "When the 1000 years are ended.." (Rev. 20:7)
        a. "the dead, small and great, stand before God" - this is the 2nd resurrection,
            which is of all those not resurrected in the first one,
        b. and which, at the conclusion of, "death and the grave" (usually translated 'hell')
            are no more .(Rev. 20:7-14)
        c. "The books are opened" - A great 'day' of the review of all mankind's
            history and doings? "I will put my law into their hearts. And in their
            minds I will write them." (Hebrews 10:16 & Jeremiah 32:33) "The queen
            of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation ...for
            indeed a greater than Solomon is here..." ( Luke 11:31)
            "All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all
            the families of the nations will worship before Him." (Psalm 22:27)
                (1) If Jesus' 1st Advent is said to have fulfilled Israel's ancient Spring
                     Holy Days (as prophecy)
                (2) Won't the three peaks of His long 2nd Advent fulfill the stretched
                      out Autumn Holy Days of :
                       #1 - Trumpets - 10 days (1000 years) later
                       #2 - Day of Atonement - with the next, #3, 5 days (500 years) later
                                a. Day of Atonement was an annual, historic, national day
                                    of great mourning, repentance and forgiveness.
                                    (1) "Whatsoever soul will not be afflicted in that day will be
                                          cut off from among his people." (Leviticus 23:29)
                                    (2) All Jubilee's began on a Day of Atonement.
                                 b. (Then) "anyone whose name is" (still) "not written in the Book
                                     of Life" (still not believing/redeemed/reconciled/in love
                                     with God) "are cast ("age-lasting"-per the Aramaic and the
                                     Greek words used vs the English) "into the lake of fire".
                        #3 - (Until finally) Tabernacles - God, the Father "will now tabernacle"
                               (tent/live with) man on Earth made new, in a universe made
                               new - "Behold. I make all things new." (Rev. 21:3,5)
                                 a. The heavenly Father, "God" who "is Love," Life, Perfection
                                     (1 Jn 4 and 5) "will be all in all". (1 Corinthians 15:21-28)
                                 b. "All things in heaven and earth having been gathered
                                     into Jesus" (Colossians 1:20)
                                 c. "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,
                                     clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and..
                                     ..on each side of the river.. the tree of life, bearing
                                     twelve manner of fruit each month.. and the leaves
                                     of the tree for the healing of the nations.. Behold,
                                     I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the
                                     words of the prophecy written in this scroll..
                                     ..And God will wipe away every tear.. there shall be no
                                     more death, nor sorrow, pain, nor crying."
                                     (Rev. 22:1-2,7; 21:4) "The lion will eat straw like
                                     the ox. The bear will graze with the cow."
                                     (Isaiah 11:7)


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APOCALYPSE MADE PLAIN

An Overview Before Proceeding Further
Revelation Chapters 8, 9 and 14

So What's Next? Now that we know we are in the pause of the splitting of the atom used for warfare, what can we expect to occur next?

If you remember, man's splitting of the atom, was the opening of the `sixth seal` on the scroll which is the Book of Revelation vision.

"The Day Which Shook the Earth"
 - Hiroshima witness, Hachiya, Michihiko - "two bright flashes, darkness, ppl wounded, walking but silent" - Hiroshima Diary (1955) - "Surviving the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima, 1945," -- from "EyeWitness to History" - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/hiroshima.htm (2001)

"When the Seventh Seal is broken, there is a hush in heaven for the space of about half an hour." - Rev 8:1
..And seven angels are given seven trumpets and prepare to sound.. Another angel is given incense to mingle with the prayers of the Lord's people.. Then the angel fills his censor with fire from the altar and casts it to Earth.. There is noises.. thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.

The Seventh Seal - An Overview

a - hush in heaven (clandestine goings on, on earth? or, last days thermonuclear [#1]?)
b - Lord's people graced with greater spirit of prayer..?
c - thermonuclear - [#1?] (thunders, lightnings, earthquake)
d - seven angel trumpeters sound - Rev 8 and 9
   1 - hail, fire, blood, 1/4 green of earth burned up [#2?]
   2 - burning mountain into sea [#3) a misfire? to John's eyes, fiery mountain rising?
   3 - large star to earth as torch [#4 as missile?) "wormwood" on rivers and streams
   4 - the light of 1/3 of the sun, moon and stars are diminished
        (smoke/drought - Rev 12:16; Lk23:28,31)
   5 - out of the smoke comes marshall law for five months, helicopter
        enforced (9:3-10, locust like, strike fast)
   6 - troops at the Euphrates, tanks, 1/3 (remaining?) mankind killed
        for 3.5 years two witnesses prophecy in Jerusalem
        the gathering to Armageddon, 16:14-16
        666 for 45 days (Daniel 12:11,12)
               [[chapters 10,11,12 & 13 are inserts]]
e - gathering to Hinnom / Armageddon - 16:14-16
   7 - "at the time of the 7th trump" - Rev 10:6,7 - "finished / consummated"
        The Kingdom Is The Lord's - 14:1(spiritual until)14-18,
        which is the two harvests of the earth
        final thermonuclear - 14:19,20; 2 Thess. 1:7,8 -
        lightnings, voices, earthquake, great hail
        - (or debris? when towers / global Babylon falls -17:1,2
        note, the 14:8 fall/crash, is not 17:1!)
        Verse 20 = oil?

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THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE

Book of Revelation 6:1-8

The scroll of the Revelation vision is kept rolled closed by seven seals. As the Lamb of God (Jesus who was slain for Earth's rescue) unrolls the scroll, each time he breaks one of the first four seals, a horse and rider come riding, each one of a different color.

The first horse is white, and its rider "went out conquering and to conquer". Many believe this first seal and horse and rider to be a last days false gospel and world religion. But I believe the seals span the whole latter age, the years of our Lord, A.D. and I believe it is the glorious gospel which conquered and was "openly victorious over powers and principalities", namely those ancient fierce 'gods'.

The four horsemen of the apocalypse continue their ride (from canter to gallop?) throughout the age, and to the 'end'. Each seal progresses from its beginning to the end of the age.

There's a 'lock on the vision' here. Each seal is described at it's opening (breaking) as a blend of two things. What it is at its beginning and what it is at its full progression and maturity. In this way, things which occur very late on the planet, are described here so very early on in the narrative!!

The second horse with rider, is red, he is war, and he is "given a long" or some versions say, "great sword" - our first look at thermo-nuclear weaponry?

The third horse is black and its rider holds a scale. He is imbalance and shortage, especially as a companion to war.

The fourth horse is a pale (or green) horse, and his rider is called "death" and "the grave follows after him". (Including the mass grave.) Many interpretations translate this as "and hell follows after him". But "the grave" is a closer translation.

I recently listened to a preacher who said the white horse is Roman Catholicism (or a form of it), the red horse is Communism, the black horse is Capitalism and the green horse is that radical religion we hear so much about these days. These also fit. I often think Bible prophecy is wider, more nimble than we realize and more than one interpretation works very well together. (To say nothing of different fulfillments of Old Testament prophecies from the time they were written, usually at least two, a 'soon' one and an 'end' times fulfillment.)

In summary - the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (the Unveiling/Revelation) - Conquering gospel (with shadow rider, false? all forms) - War - Shortage & Inequity - that sad horror, the Mass Grave
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REVELATION STUDY - INTRODUCTION

This study will be in little bites, pun intended! And it will start at chapter six - because the Book of Revelation prophecy vision rolls out from chapter six.

However, there are some awesome things written in chapters one through five! Jesus is given a scroll, and at chapter six He unrolls it. This is the Revelation prophecy.

The scroll is sealed with seven seals which are broken, consecutively, as He unrolls the scroll. When the first seal is broken, the first horseman of the apocalypse - one of four - comes riding out.

Next Byte - The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse

"Apocalypse" which the Book of Revelation is often called, is a Greek word which means the "unveiling". The Book of Revelation is the climax of mankind's story and history. Without a climax and conclusion, nothing would be learned. Even "the angels are watching.."
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