Points of note in Revelation
-God gave John a role in strategy vs murder after his brother James was murdered
-Show how the boast Jesus made with the Jews is true
-Show what is happening with the strong wind
-Show how the bible wins over those who gloat foolishly over 2 witnesses
-Show what people need to do to survive in 14.6
-Show why angel who says no more delay is right
Relate Genesis 49 and 6.14
Mention earthquake is end of Israel’s army
Note is says God and Jesus are the temple
Note what produces an attack by God
note the linking of killing of saints with pharmakea
1 John 2.22 Those who say Jesus is not the messiah have the spirit of the antichrist
show sexual strategy against getting cowardly submissive
Revelation was written by a disciple of Jesus named John. In John 21:22, Jesus said John would stay alive until He returned to visit him. Jesus said this to His disciples after He had been raised from the dead. Later, John says in 1:9 he was put in prison on the Greek island of Patmos. When John says Jesus visited him during his time in prison, he is fulfilling the earlier promise of Jesus to him. This action by Jesus gives the word of John in the book of Revelation a special authority that other sources lack since Jesus directly associated with John.
Acts 12:1 says James the brother of John was murdered by Herod. James was also one of the disciples of Jesus. As a result, Jesus gave John some big words in the book of Revelation. John was given some strategy which directly causes God to intervene against the end of the murder of the followers of Jesus. This same strategy also is a decisive move against all shedding of innocent blood.
Jesus showed intimacy with the sufferings of the church when He dictated the words of chapter 2 and 3.
In 2:9 Jesus said, “I know your affliction and distress and pressing trouble and your poverty-but you are rich! and how you are abused and reviled and slandered by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
This is an important statement by Jesus. He said the persecution of Christians is satanic in origin. He did not like associating the persecution of Christians with Jews. He liked associating it with Satan. This is true because many Jews do not like the persecution of Christians. Jesus also confirmed those who persecute Christians are not considered Jews by God.
Unfortunately, one of the weaknesses of the qu’ran is it threw out this important statement by Jesus where He said the persecution of Christians is satanic. If the qu’ran had kept this quote in circulation it could have helped save the lives of many Christians who were murdered by those who never read this quote.
The persecution of Christians is cause for banishment from the future messianic age.
Jesus went on to say He knew all about the murder of Antipas in Turkey in verse 2:13. He was impressed by believers for their strong faith in murderous times.
In chapter 5 John says the sacrifice of Jesus made Him worthy of being King. It certainly fulfilled the word of Daniel about the messiah in chapter 9 when he said the Holy One would be cut off.
Chapter 6 verses 9 through 17 reveals the bible’s temporary strategy during this age period.
There John says, “I saw the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for adhering to the Word of God.
They cried out in a loud voice, O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth?
They were told to wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
Then the following verses show the actions of God when He is ready to intervene against murder.
Verses 12 and 13 are written in parable form. They describe some biblical action at the end of the age when God intervenes against the murder of these people.
In verse 12 John said he saw a great earthquake, and the sun grew black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.
What do these words mean? The word sackcloth is a sign of mourning in the bible. So these words mean God is going to quit providing any support for the murderers in the world.
Verse 13 says, And the stars of the sky dropped to the earth like a fig tree shedding its unripe fruit out of season when shaken by a strong wind.
Stars is used a symbol of those in the political world. John is very much in tune with some decisive acts found by other biblical prophets. In this verse he is describing well in parable form what is taking place in the word of Joel 2:30. There it says God will perform around some death in the air and the ground. Some of these deaths were of those in the political world. When some people in the political world die in the events of Joel 2:30, we have reached the end of human rule in the world. The days of the rule of Jesus are near.
What is the strong wind John is referring to? The strong wind was created when the blood of the murder victims John was seeing was used in a petition to God. As a result of this petition, God performed around the death of political figures.
Once again, John’s vision here coordinates perfectly with the action in the acts of the other biblical prophets at the end of the age. In Psalm 20, David associated a sudden biblical victory with a petition to God.
It is necessary for the word of the biblical prophets to agree with each other like this in order for them to be believable.
Chapter 11 contains an another interesting parable by John. In this chapter he describes the current relationship of unbelievers with the bible.
He starts out by describing God’s relationship with Moses and Elijah.
In verses 5 to 13 John writes, If anyone attempts to harm the two witnesses, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their enemies; if anyone should attempt to harm them, he is doomed to be slain.
6 These two witnesses have power to shut up the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying; and they also have the power to turn the waters into blood and to smite and scourge the earth with all manner of plagues as often as they choose.
7 But when they finish their testimony and their evidence is in, the beast that comes out of the abyss will wage war on them, and conquer them and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies will lay exposed in the open street of the great city which is in a spiritual sense called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
9 For three and a half days men from the races and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and not allow them to be put in a tomb,
10 And those who dwell on the earth will gloat and exult over them and rejoice exceedingly, taking their ease and sending presents in congratulations to one another, because these two prophets had been such a vexation and trouble and torment to all the dwellers of the earth.
11 But after three and a half days, by God’s gift the breath of life again entered into them, and they rose up on their feet, and great dread and terror fell on those who watched them.
12 Then Moses and Elijah heard a strong voice from heaven calling to them, Come up here! And before the very eyes of their enemies they ascended into heaven on a cloud.
13 And at that very hour there was a tremendous earthquake and one tenth of the city was destroyed; 7000 people perished in the earthquake; and those who remained were filled with dread and terror and were awe-struck, and they glorified the God of heaven.
John is doing a good job of describing the current state of events in this world.
Obviously, a lot of people talk about the bible like it is dead. John described their actions well here. They have no fear of God.
Verse 8 describes the kind of people who dominated the Sanhedrin. Most of the members of the sanhedrin wanted Jesus dead. John compares these people to Egypt and Sodom. Why did John do this?
Egypt was known as a place where people walked on by as little ones were killed. It was a place where people worshiped the sky rather than God. It was also known as a place where the leaders liked to glorify themselves over biblical figures.
Sodom was known as a place of uncontrolled lust.
What John is saying in this verse is the people who killed Jesus liked killing little ones, worshiped the sky over God, they liked to lie against biblical figures and not allow them to exist, and they liked uncontrolled sexual activity over God’s order. John blamed these type of people for the killing of Jesus. He did not like to blame it on the Jews because not all of the Jews have those negative characteristics.
John is different than anybody alive today. He knew the people well who wanted his good Friend dead. The people John says wanted Jesus dead have the characteristics of the enemies of Moses and Elijah. There are still many people around today who hate the bible and want it destroyed. As a result, God needed to give Moses a role in the overthrow of his enemies. God achieved this by using Moses to prophecy about a nazarite who who shows up at the end of the age and helps prepare the world for a judgment. As Elijah is a nazarite, this is an act of support for him as well.
This is another angle which shows John is perfectly in tune with the other biblical prophets.
It is not possible for people with these negative characteristics to be happy when the biblical strategy against murder is put into practice. For this reason, they should quit what they are doing.
Verse 10 says those who want the bible dead give presents to each other. What are these presents? Killing little ones. Killing those who like the bible better than they do. They also deceptively lie to others and pretend that God approves of what they do.
These things are what God wants to crush when Moses and Elijah are rise up as it says they will in verse 11.
What evidence is there in the bible that God gives Moses and Elijah a role in the return of Jesus? If there is some then it would show that this proclamation by John was planned by God and those who have been attacking Christians and little ones have reason to be very afraid.
They have never considered the bible has a well coordinated strategy yet to be performed.
This statement by John about support by God for bothMoses and Elijah is of great benefit to me. Why? Because when he says this in Revelation 11 it is necessary to give both Moses and Elijah a role which causes God to intervene against murder.
Unless somebody knows how to do that, they do not represent the strategy of the bible well.
How did God give Moses a role at the end of the age?
Moses gave an important statement just before he died in Deuteronomy 33:13-17.
There he said, And of Joseph he said: Blessed by the Lord be his land, with the precious gifts of heaven, from the dew and from the deep that couches beneath,
With the precious things of the fruits of the sun and with the precious yields of the months,
With the chief products of the ancient mountains and with the precious things of the everlasting hills,
With the precious things of the earth and its fullness and the favor and goodwill of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let these blessings come upon the head of Joseph, upon the crown of him who was separate and prince among his brothers.
Like a firstling young bull his majesty is, and his horns like the horns of the wild ox; with them he shall push the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
This statement by Moses was given after Joseph died so this word is not about Joseph, it is about somebody else. This word by Moses also says a lot about who Moses wants to associate with. Notice it is with a nazarite, not the author of the qu’ran.
There a some other important elements of this statement by Moses to focus on. He says somebody with the blessing of Joseph on him lives in a plentiful land, will be blessed by miraculous technology from God, is a nazarite since he is separated from others, he is a judgment day figure and Moses directs the Jews to listen to him.
When Moses gives this prophecy about a man who is going to show up in the future, it is necessary for other prophets to come and help show who he is. These prophets help fulfill the word of Moses.
The bible shows how these prophets did this.
Isaiah 18 describes a person who gives a worldwide warning just before the day of the Lord. It says there the warning comes from a most powerful nation, so it is a blessed country. This word by Isaiah coordinates well with the needs of Moses.
God has recently blessed the world by using a lot of geniuses to produce miraculous technology, making it possible for people to be warned very quickly that God is about to intervene against murder.
Psalm 88 shows a judgment day figure lives separate from others, as nazarites do. This chapter coordinates well with the word of John and the needs of Moses.
Moses also says this nazarite has command over the Jews. This is a great job by Moses, for both the Jews and himself. The nazarite is fulfilling the word of Amos and coordinating the word of the prophets in order to end the murder of Jews. Moses hated the murder of Jews, so when he foretells of the coming of a nazarite he is setting up the future ending of the murder of Jews.
This is the exact way God raises up Moses. So the word of John is good.
The action God does with the person Moses prophesied about is terrible for those who kill little ones and bible believers.
How does God do the same great work with Elijah as He does for Moses? Part of the answer to that is found in Psalm 42. This is a prophecy about the murder of John the Baptist. At the end of the psalm it says John the Baptist will yet have reason to praise God.
Jesus went to work on giving John the Baptist reason to praise God immediately after John was murdered by Herod.
Matthew 17:10-14 says, The disciples asked Jesus, Why do the scribes say Elijah must come first?
He replied, Elijah does come and will get everything restored and ready.
But I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know or like him, but did to him as they liked. So also the Son of Man is going to be treated.
Jesus also said in Matthew 11:14, And if you are willing to receive and accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come before the kingdom.
Mark 9:12-13 also shows Jesus discussing this matter. There He says, Elijah it is true, does come first to restore all things and set them to rights. And how it is written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be utterly despised and be treated with contempt and be rejected. But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and people did to him whatever they desired, as it is written of him.
These are some interesting quotes by Jesus about John the Baptist and Elijah.
Jesus used the name of Elijah in both a past and future tense after John the Baptist was killed.
Matthew 17:11 shows Jesus speaking of another nazarite coming in the future. This comment by Jesus unifies Him with both Jacob and Moses. Jacob foretold of a future nazarite in Genesis 49:26. As did Moses in Deuteronomy 33:16. Jesus said this nazarite will get things restored and ready and set all things to rights. The job of this nazarite then is to use the bible prophets at the end of the age to get rid of deadly deception against Jesus and other biblical figures.
Jesus also said in Mark 9:12 the murder of John was written about in Psalm 42.
Another interesting comment by Jesus was made in Matthew 11:14 when He said if you are willing to receive and accept it when talking about John. Why did Jesus question the faith of some people ? Because He is saying a murdered man will play a role in fulfilling His scripture of Malachi 4:5 at the end of the age.
How does all this sort out so everything Jesus said was right?
Another nazarite comes at the end of the age and uses the murder of John the Baptist in a petition to God.
Psalm 20 contains unfulfilled biblical strategy. There David says, We will shout in triumph at your salvation and victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.
This word by David places great importance on a petition to God by a biblical figure at the end of the age. David associates this petition with a biblical triumph.
Once I said to God, I want fire to come from heaven and strike a symbol of Herod in the world for my birthday and show everybody Jesus is the King.
I said this because Herod killed John the Baptist at his birthday party.
God responded to this petition and went into the political world and put some in heaven with those who had been killed in the womb.
This action fulfills all the words of Jesus well.
It also is an attack against abortion. Those killing in the womb are among those acting as though the bible is dead.
John’s vision of the future in chapter 11 is consistent with the word of other people in the bible. Jacob, Moses and Jesus all gave words of a future nazarite.
Moses is known for having a particular position against murder. He noted many behaviors that he considered to be deranged from God. When somebody is deranged from God, they are more likely to shed innocent blood. As a result, Moses said these people deserve to be removed before an innocent victim dies. Revelation 11 shows the same sanhedrin who wanted Jesus put to death were controlled by people who were given a death sentence by Moses.
It also must be noted that both Moses and Elijah had a relationship with God where God removed people at their word. When John says Moses and Elijah will be restoreded at the end of the age it has a specific meaning. This word is fulfilled at the end of this age when God forms a relationship with the nazarite Moses prophecied. Like Moses and Elijah, it says the Lord removes His attackers again.
Chapter 16 in John’s book of Revelation is unclear to some.
Revelation 16: 12-17 says this. Then the angel emptied his bowl on the might Euphrates river, and its water was dried up to make way for the coming of the kings of the east.
And I saw three loathsome spirits like frogs, leaping from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet.
For really they are the spirits of demons that perform signs and wonders. And they go forth to the rulers and leaders all over the world, to gather them together for war on the great day of God the Almighty.
Behold I am going to come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and who guards his clothes so he may not be naked and be exposed!
And they gathered them together at the place which in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
Then the angel emptied out his bowl in the air, and a mighty voice came out of the sanctuary of heaven from the throne of God, saying, It is done!
These verses are among the most controversial in the bible. Some people believe God wants a literal battle to take place in the middle east. Others doubt this.
The strategy of the choice vine of Jacob decides this issue. It shows God wants the death toll to be lower so more people survive to the days of Jesus.
Why did John say the Euphrates river is dried up to make way for the kings of the east? This river went past Babylon, a place used by John as a source of contention in the book of Revelation. John describes the religion of Babylon in 1 John 2:16 where he says, For all that is in the world-the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life do not come from God but from the world itself. This is a way of saying God is going to cut off people from living this way. Their away with God attitude as led to the deaths of many good people. John is describing the kings of the east as powers that exist because of the boastful pride of life. Their power does not come from God.
The next verses say it is the demonic world which causes them to attack the bible. This is true because the bible does good things. It produces evidence human beings are raised from the dead, are forgiven for their sins, that Jesus is the Messiah. It also is full of evidence God is intimate with murder so they will be caught.
The following statement indicates God does not want people to know the exact day, month or year of the day of the Lord.
Nowadays the word Armageddon is often used in a story that is different than its original use in the bible. John used it in a context of a biblical victory over all those who attack the bible. John was right when he did this as the bible produces evidence people are raised from the dead, receive forgiveness for their sins, and has a detailed intervention against murder. Nothing else offers this great level of support for human beings.
Why is the name Armageddon used here? It reminds me of a statement which says arm age done. This is the end of war. Isaiah 2:4 claims it is God’s desire to end war.
There is no doubt God wants people to perceive the word as as this three part statement as that makes God, Jesus and the bible more popular.
Does God want the rulers of the world to gather together a great army against the Jews and then kill them all the attackers?
No. God wants the rulers of the world to band together against the killing of little ones in the womb so they improve their chances of looking at Jesus.
How does God get rid of war?
God came around me once and decided to emanate Himself. God spoke to me from a very bright light. I was prosecuted for a long time for ignoring Him too much. God used a much more intelligent voice than any human being is capable of using when I was being prosecuted. I could tell when I was in the presence of this Individual that He could vaporize anyone He wanted to. His power is much greater than that of a nuclear weapon. Those splatter and kill some people who didn’t deserve to die. God can kill individually. So God could use this power against anybody here on an individual basis and select the group of people He wanted to be with Jesus.
I had this happen to me about three days after I successfully used the murder of John the Baptist in a petition to God. So I had just done something integral in fulfilling His scripture so I was rewarded.
Chapter 20 has some interesting statements about the relationship between God and evil.
Verses 1 and 2 say, Then I saw an an angel descending from heaven.; he was holding the key of the Abyss and and a great chain was in his hand. And he gripped and overpowered the dragon, who is the devil and Satan and bound him for 1000 years.
It goes on to say that Satan must be liberated for a short time. Verses 7-9 then says when the 1000 years are completed, Satan will be released from his place of confinement,
And he will go forth to deceive and seduce and lead astray the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth-Gog and Magog-to muster them for war; their number is like the sand of the sea.
And they swarmed up over the broad plain of the earth and encircled the fortress of God’s people and the beloved city; but fire descended from heaven and consumed them.
Is this vision of John of the days after Jesus returns? Or is it something that is happening in our time?
What does the term a thousand years represent? Is it a literal time for the future or does it mean something else? Since Revelation is full of parables, the term a thousand years could mean Jesus has a lot of power in the world right now, but it is limited.
Are we living in the thousand year reign of Jesus right now? Not literally. But we are living in a time where Jesus is very powerful but there are limits to His power as a lot of innocent people are being murdered.
The idea that we are living in the 1000 year reign of Jesus right now view fits in better with Daniel 7:14. There it says, And there it was given Him dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom is one which shall not be destroyed.
Isaiah has a statement very similar to this one by Daniel. In 9:7 he writes, Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the latter time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
Another key point to make in this issue is found in Revelation 20:9. There it says fire from heaven destroys those who attack God. Fire from heaven is a reference to Elijah, a Nazarite. When it it is established that the little horn of Daniel is a Nazarite instead of an evildoer, then it is correct to believe we are living during the thousand year reign of Jesus right now and their will be no satanic uprising after Jesus returns.
What does Jesus have to say about this issue? Jesus said Elijah will come and get things restored and ready. This is a symbolic way of saying God will use another Nazarite at the end of the age. What does Jesus mean when He says someone is needed to get things restored and ready? The bible needs to have a prepared strategy to achieve this task in order for the word of Jesus to be true. This job is necessary in order for God to use the prophets to overthrow deception. When people see the strategy of the bible is being used to give the bible a victory over deception, the world is being made ready for judgment. Since it does have a strategy that fulfills this important purpose, the word of Jesus is good.
When Jesus made this insightful comment about future biblical strategy, He shows a much greater knowledge of the future action in the biblical prophets than those who claim He is a false messiah.
John denounces numerous things in Revelation 21:8. There he says, As for the cowards and the ignoble and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with abominations, and as for the murderers and the lewd and adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God) and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed)- all of these shall have their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.
When I went to Patmos I visited a holy shrine on the site where they said John was in prison. At the shrine I experienced some good fortune. There was a long line to get in. A nice looking lady and I were at the end of the line and she was just in front of me. She noticed the others in front of us could not see what she was doing so she quickly dropped her pants and pulled them back up, exposing her whole hintern for an instant. The person God hired to fulfill this book considers her effort to be good looking and definitely not lewd.
What does John mean by cowardly submissive? It is safer for a woman to keep a baby and reject a man’s demand for an abortion. If she gave in to him, this cowardly submissive statement could be used against her. If she rejected him and feared God instead, this word of John could not be used against her.
Who deserves to be considered lewd? Moses said a rapist deserves death. My Dad told me once he had a summer job lifting barrels in Detroit to help pay for college. When he was alone with a coworker the other guy tried to rape him but he said he squirmed away. This rapist is much more guilty than a woman who appears naked on the internet. He was brutally attacking somebody else.
I also know a woman who only had one kid because while her husband was away he slept around, didn’t tell her, and then she got a disease. The disease rotted away her equipment so it didn’t work anymore.
These two stories are examples of somebody who really is attacking God, not just people, since God made them.
It takes severe things such as this to get me to agree to drag people out there into the bible.
What does John mean by a lake of fire? I take it as a lot of great things a person could have had are burnt away because they attacked God. When a person attacks God, and is not in the presence of God, they could be given a more rote existence instead of a miraculous one. They are in a more bleak orgasm environment because they are separate from the one who made orgasms. They could have problems seeing babies.
There is no other way than to have good discipline. And to give God credit for doing great things.
One of the most talked about parts of the bible that is yet unfilled is found in chapter 16 of the book of Revelation. Verse 16 says, And they gathered them together at the place which in Hebrew is called Armageddon. Earlier in the chapter, John said it was the kings of the east that God wanted a confrontation with.
Who are the kings of the east? Islam, Hinduism, Biddhism, Communism and the religion of Babylon-which would refer to the boastful pride found in human hearts. This pride is contrary to God’s will.
This word by John indicates that when Christianity is not at all that strong in the east it fulfills scripture and does not at all mean that Jesus can not dominate there.
How does God suddenly create this confrontation with the kings of the east? These powerful forces have been dominant in that area for thousands of years.
That answer is found in the strategy of the bible. The point of this website is to show the bible has a well prepared strategy against murder. This strategy is only found in the bible. It is not found in the qu’ran, hinduism, buddhism, or in the minds or abilities of human politicians. The fact that this strategy against war and murder is only found in the bible gives us a unique ability to claim we are the greatest. It is not mindless bluster, it is simple fact. We have a well developed, coordianted strategy against murder that is truly one of a kind. This strategy against murder is the reason why Jacob called it the choice vine. He was right to give it a strong blessing.
Does God want there to be a gathering of armies against the Jews and then strike them all dead when they are on the verge of attacking Israel? No. What is most beneficial for God is for an extremely high percentage of people in the world to be on the side of the impressive biblical strategy against murder. If this happened, there is a mutual benefit for both God and man. God would not have to remove as many people. And more people would survive to see Jesus.
This would be accomplished if fewer Christians referred to Armageddon as an impending war. Armageddon is a confrontation of the triumph of biblical strategy against murder over our unenlightened detractors. There is no such thing as an end of the world or an end of man in the bible.
There are many words in the prophets that fit perfectly into this precise view of Armageddon. It starts with Jacob in Genesis 49. He outlined a two part messianic strategy. The first produced evidence human beings are raised from the dead, can receive forgiveness for their sins, and revealed the identity of the messiah. The second part shows God’s intimacy with murder is much greater than that of a human being. This is a terrible move against those who shed innocent blood.
The content in the two prophetic vines could not be better. It offers solid evidence we should praise God.
Isaiah says in 52.7 that a biblical figure comes at the end of the age and publishes peace. This role is possible because of this two part prophetic strategy.