yup, Revelations, Revelation, Apocalypse. (the greek word for revelation.)
what is a revelation? Dictionary,com
Revealing! It is actually the Revelation of St John the Divine, That is the name of the book, but John;s first words tell the actual source . 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: So Jesus gave him knowledge,,,,of when He would be revealed to the world, no longer servant, but King. both meanings apply....knowledge and the revealing of the signs for the return of the Messiah. I am writing this to get you folks who think is too difficult to open the book! it is the only book that promises a blessing just for reading it; Don;t try without having read Daniel, Daniel described those who would rule over Israel. He got it right down to individual leaders from Greece. John uses the same symbols, and further describes the period before Jesus returns to rule. He was the last; the only one not to be martyred. Jesus at one point said John 21 21Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 22Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. You can imagine the excitement of Christians ( jew and gentile) thinking that as long as John was alive, there was hope of the soon return of Jesus Christ. Their other hopes died. the Temple was destroyed, Jews scattered, Apostles crucified.Gentiles flooding in, hungry for the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit.and then the split between messianic believers( Jewish) and gentile christians. Jewish leaders telling Rome Christianity was a cult. John lived to be very old, died around 100 AD. While imprisoned on Patmos, he had ..visions. That's a poor description for being in the throne room of God., He returned to Ephesus and put the revelations to paper. Jesus was I think reassuring His people that He would return. He never said when, just to follow Him, and to be aware of things that would happen. That Israel would not be a nation until 1948, making prophecy relevant again, would not have been in their mindset at all. Every christian who has yearned for the Lordship of Jesus Christ, in spite of man made systems denying Him and saying. this is the millennium,will be rewarded as they return to earth with Him. We have the same splits today as described in the first chapters of The Revelation. Legalists vs freedom, grace vs works, jew vs gentile ( watch the video of Dr Brown on a recent trip to Israel where Orthodox Jews actually mobbed him,. They abhor Christians and missionaries to the Jewish people). gnosticism..your body doesn;t matter, and those that follow Jezebel ( hyper grace sin all you want) and we have false apostles, false teachers and false messiahs. We have fights over the use of Easter in the New Testament. Did is ever occur to you, that as Jesus was raised on Sunday...after the Sabbath, that perhaps that festival to spring and Astarte was that same day? or that this is just a description that most people, even gentiles, would understand? don't do easter eggs if it bothers you, But surely, putting a stake in the heart of the religion of the Queen of Heaven, by the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, did just that. Put paid to the lie.Though she is rising again and will soon take over the world...her doom is certain. So that's who the woman riding the beast is. the beast is both the system and the final ruler. He comes as a false messiah, riding a white horse. but She controls him. The other woman is Israel herself, now that you have a grasp of the symbols, read the book! |
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