REVELATION 1-22

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This paper discusses the book of Revelation. Revelation means an unveiling of the hidden spiritual knowledge of the manifestation prophecy of the divine mystery of Jesus the Christ. The book is apocalyptic (symbolic). We must use Revelation with other scriptures to interpret what is written. All scriptures are from the King James' version Bible.

UNVEALING OF THE ETERNAL DIVINE SON OF GOD, JESUS, HIS SECOND COMING, AND THE FUTURE END TIMES EVENTS

Revelation 1:19 "Write the things which thou hast seen (chapter 1/past), and the things which are (chapter 2-3/present), and the things which shall be hereafter (chapter 4-22/future);" Time chart of God's plan.

AUTHOR: Apostle John DATE: 90-96AD FROM: Patmos TO: Servants of God

- TO UNVEAL THE DIVINE JESUS (MEMBER OF THE ETERNAL GODHEAD) SON OF GOD, HIS PERSON, HIS POWER, & HIS PURPOSE OF COMING TO EARTH INCLUDING JUDGMENTS.

Revelation 19:11 "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." This is Jesus 2nd coming to the earth as king of kings to judge and rule.

Revelation 4:1 "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter." A rapture preview of the Overcomer Church which sees the both Tribulation periods from Heaven.

KEY WORDS / LOCATIONS: [ lamb ] (27) {5:6=, 5-7, 12-15, 17, 19, 21, 22); [ seven ] (54) {1:20=, 1-5, 8, 10-13, 17, 21}; [ church ] (20) {1:4=, 1-3, 22}; [ repent ] (12) {2:5=, 2, 3, 9, 16}; [ after .. ] (11) {4:1=, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 18-20}; [ I saw ] (17) {1:2=, 1, 4-10, 13-21}; [ seal ] (32) {5:1=, 5-10, 20, 22}; [ trumpet ] (6) {1:10=, 1, 4, 8, 9, 18}; [ vial ] (12) {5:8=, 5, 15-17, 21}; [ plague ] (12) {9:20=, 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22}; [ wrath ] (13) {6:6=, 6, 11, 14-16, 18, 19}; [ Babylon ] (6) {14:8=, 14, 16-18}; [ woman ] (17) {2:20=, 2, 12, 17}; [ light ] (7) {7:6=, 7, 8, 21, 22}; [ thunder ] (6) {4:5=, 4, 6, 10, 14, 16}; { Glory } (16) {1:6=, 1, 4, 5, 11, 14-16, 21}; [ throne ] (40) {1:4=, 1, 3-8, 12, 14, 16, 19-22}; [ angel ] (74) {1:1=, 1, 3, 5, 7-12, 14-22}; [ nations ] (21) {2:26=, 2, 5, 7, 10-22}; [ beast ] (59) {4:6=, 4-7, 11, 13-20}; [ earthquake ] (7) {6:12=, 6, 8, 11, 16}; [ earth ] (81) {1:5=, 1, 3, 5-21}; [ voice ] (50) {1:10=, 1, 3-12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21}; crown {4:10=, 2-4, 6, 9, 12-14, 19},

M Jesus M See Jesus Revelation 1:1 for more scripture reference information.

T Christ T See Christ Revelation 1:1 for more scripture reference information.

[ lamb ] See Lamb Revelation 5:6 for more scripture reference information.

[ I saw ] See I saw Revelation 1:2 for more scripture reference information.

{ Glory } See Glory Revelation 1:6 for more scripture reference information.

[ seven ] See Seven Revelation 1:20 for more scripture reference information.

Lord Jesus {1:1} → 7 Churches {2:1} → Judged {4:1} → Tribulation {6:1} → 2^nd Coming {19:7} → Millennium {21:1} → Eternity {22:21}

A) EPHESUS CHURCH: APOSTLE AGE - RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS VERSUS WORKS {REVELATION 2:1-7}

Luke 5:10 "And so <was> also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men."

Matthew 4:21-22 "And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James <the son> of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. {22} And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him."

Matthew 17:1-2 "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, {2} And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light."

Matthew 26:36-37 "Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. {37} And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy."

Mark 5:36-37 "As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. {37} And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James."

Acts 12:1-2 "Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth <his> hands to vex certain of the church. {2} And he killed James the brother of John with the sword."

E) JOHN: His name means Lord of grace or whom the Lord graciously gave. He was referred to as the disciple that Jesus loved. His books reference love many times. He is the third of the closest disciples to Jesus. He is also one of the three pillars of the church, Paul refers to in Galatians 2:9. He wrote John, 1st John, 2nd John, 3rd John, & Revelation. John was the Last book of the Bible written.

Mark 3:17 "And James the <son> of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:"

John 19:25-27 "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the <wife> of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. {26} When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! {27} Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own <home>."

See my paper: "Mary" MARY, JESUS MOTHER, IS NOT GOD'S MOTHER. SHE SINNED, HAD SEVERAL CHILDREN & WAS SAVED. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Virgin" VIRGIN MARY, JESUS IS BORN TO VIRGIN WOMAN MOTHER, SHE HAD SEVERAL CHILDREN AFTER JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Disciples & Others of Jesus Family" CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS JESUS HAD WITH HIS FAMILY. DISCIPLES THAT WERE FAMILY for more information on this subject.

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7 Churches 1:20 -> 7 Spirits 1:4 -> 7 Stars 1:20 -> 7 Candlesticks 1:20 -> 7 Seals 5:1 -> 7 Horns 5:6 -> 7 Eyes 5:6 -> 7 Trumpets 8:2 -> 7 Thunders 10:3 -> 7 Heads 12:3 -> 7 Crowns 12:3 -> 7 Angels 15:1 -> 7 Last Plagues 15:1 -> 7 Vials 15:7 -> 7 Mountains 17:9 -> 7 Kings 17:10

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Revelation is a single prophecy of the revealed person of Jesus Christ as divined God, as redeemer, and as judge over His creation, to John, that may include four visions each which start with the phrase “in the spirit” as in: Revelation 1:10, 4:2, 17:3, & 21:10.

(1) I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, {Revelation 1:10}

(2) And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. {Revelation 4:2}

(3) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. {Revelation 17:3}

(4) And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,{Revelation 21:10}

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MISC: JESUS TO SEVEN CHURCHES THAT EXIST FOR EVERY TIME PERIOD {REVELATION 1:3 - 22:14}

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(2) Jesus Judgments: I have a few things against thee of their evil deeds {Revelation 14:13}

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See my paper: Revelation-Key-Elements: REVELATION-KEY-ELEMENTS: QUICKLY HELP EXPLAIN THE BOOK OF REVELATION BY CHAPTERS AND HIGHLIGHTS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: Revelation - Overview: REVELATION CHAPTER EVENTS WITH PICTURES – 7 CHURCHES (2, 3); 144,000 (7, 14); 3 SETS OF SEVEN PLAGUES: [SEALS (6, 8); TRUMPETS (8-9, 11); VIALS (16)]; 2 WITNESSES (11); ALL RAPTURES {12); SATAN (12, 13, 17); ANTI-CHRIST (13, 17); FALSE PROPHET (13,17); HARLOT (17) for more information on this subject.

I) JESUS CHRIST REVEALED AS ETERNAL SON OF GOD & PART OF THE GODHEAD WHICH THINGS JOHN HAS SEEN: {REVELATION 1:1-20}

Revelation to Apostle John sent to seven Churches of Asia by Jesus Christ of things which must shortly come to pass, are now / future, & shall be hereafter. Triunity {Revelation 1:4-5}

THREE REVELATION TIME PERIODS - SHORLY, NOW, & HEREAFTER: {REVELATION 1:1-20} ; {REVELATION 2:1-3:29}: {REVELATION 4:1-2 ON 22:21}

Jesus Christ the Eternal Son of God Revelation which must Shortly Come to Pass: {Revelation 1:1-20}

Jesus Christ & the Seven Churches of these things which are Now & Future: {Revelation 2:1-3:29}

Overcomer Type Saints Rapture Starts Tribulation which shall be Hereafter: {Revelation 4:1-2 on 22:21}

PURE, TRUTH, & HOLY TRIUNITY: Triunity Godhead of: The Father, Lord Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit/Ghost {Revelation 1:4-5}

Triunity Godhead ; (Lord God Almighty, the Father); Jesus (Son of God, Christ, Messiah, Lord of Lords, King of Kings, Alpha & Omega); Holy Spirit (7 Spirits) {Revelation 1:1-9}

Revelation 1:1 "The [ Revelation ] of /\ Jesus /\ T Christ T, which /\ God /\ gave unto M him M, to show unto /\ his /\ servants things which must shortly come to pass; and /\ he /\ sent and signified <it> by /\ his /\ [ angel ] unto his servant John:" Revelation means revealing.

The book of Revelation is a single revelation, not revelations, which God gave to the Apostle John. The Revelation key verse, Revelation 1:19, discusses things of the past, present, & future. The future things are from the last days, which we are now living in.

See my paper: "Jesus Life, Events & Identity" JESUS KEY EVENTS SHOW HIS LIFE & IDENTIFY WHO HE IS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "The One God - The Shama" THE KEY BIBLE SCRIPTURE FOR ONE GOD IS DEUTERONOMY 6:4. THE WORD FOR GOD IS A PLURALITY, & THE WORD FOR ONE IS A COMPOUND UNITY. THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE FOR GOD WHO IS A TRIUNITY PLURALITY ONE UNITY. for more information on this subject.

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(1) The revelation of Jesus the Christ, Messiah or anoined one to show John {Revelation 1:1}

(2) John witnessed what he saw - the Word of God or Jesus and His testimony {Revelation 1:2}

(3) Jesus the 1st begotten of the dead, prince of earth kings who wash our sins {Revelation 1:5}

(4) Jesus has a kingdom; John is in prison for Word of God & Jesus testimony {Revelation 1:9}

(5) Christians who keep God’s commandments & have the testimony of Jesus {Revelation 12:17}

(8) John saw heavenly Christians martyred who reign with Jesus 1,000 years {Revelation 20:4}

(9) Jesus is the root & offspring of David the bright & morning star {Revelation 22:16}

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(1) The revelation of Jesus the Christ, Messiah or anoined one to show John {Revelation 1:1}

(2) John saw & witnessed the Word of God or Jesus Christ & His testimony {Revelation 1:2}

(3) Jesus Christ the 1st begotten of dead, prince of kings who wash our sins {Revelation 1:5}

(4) Jesus has a kingdom; John is in prison for Word of God & Jesus testimony {Revelation 1:9}

(5) Kingdoms of earth became kingdoms of Lord & His Christ who reigns {Revelation 11:15}

(6) Now is salvation come & kingdoms of God & power of His Christ {Revelation 12:10}

(7) Christians keep God’s commandments & have the testimony of Christ {Revelation 12:17}

(8) John saw heavenly Christians martyred who will reign with Christ 1,000 years {Revelation 20:4}

(9) Priest of God & of Christ who reign with Him 1,000 years {Revelation 20:6}

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See my paper: "Jesus Titles & Characteristics" TITLES FOR JESUS WITH THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

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MISC: JESUS NAMES/TITLES IN BIBLE BOOK OF JOHN 1 {JOHN 1:1 – 1:51} {REVELATION 1:1}

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(1) WORD / GOD: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. {John 1:1}

(2) LIFE / LIGHT OF MEN: In him was life; and the life was the light of men. {John 1:4}

(3) TRUE LIGHT: That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. {John 1:9}

(4) FLESH / ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER: And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. {John 1:14}

(5) JESUS CHRIST: For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. {John 1:17}

(6) ONLY BEGOTTEN SON: No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. {John 1:18}

(7) CHRIST: And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. {John 1:20}

(8) LORD: He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. {John 1:23}

(9) JESUS / LAMB OF GOD: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. {John 1:29}

(10) A MAN: This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. {John 1:30}

(11) SON OF GOD: And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. {John 1:34}

(12) LAMB OF GOD: And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! {John 1:36}

(13) RABBI / MASTER / TEACHER: Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? {John 1:38}

(14) MESSIAH / CHRIST: He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. {John 1:41}

(15) JESUS OF NAZARETH / SON OF JOSEPH: Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. {John 1:45}

(16) SON OF GOD / KING OF ISRAEL: Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. {John 1:49}

(17) SON OF MAN: And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. {John 1:51}

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John: This book is written by the Apostle John who also wrote the gospel of John and 1^st, 2^nd, & 3rd John's. He refers to himself in Revelation 1:1, 4, 9 & 22:8. Revelation 1:9 talks of his exile at Palmos.

Revelation 1:9 "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ."

See my paper: "Disciples & Others of Jesus Family" CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS JESUS HAD WITH HIS FAMILY. DISCIPLES THAT WERE FAMILY for more information on this subject.

1 Corinthians 9:1-2 "Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? {2} If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord."

2 Corinthians 12:12 "Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

Galatians 2:8 "(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)"

See my paper: "Church Officers and Their Qualifications" THE FIVE FOLD MINISTRIES & THE DEACON MINISTRY ARE PRESENTED for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Apostle" SHOWN ARE THE NEW TESTAMENT APOSTLES & THEIR MINISTRIES for more information on this subject.

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(1) Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, {1 Corinthians 1:1}

(2) For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. {1 Corinthians 4:9}

(3) Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? {1 Corinthians 9:1}

(4) If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. {1 Corinthians 9:2}

(6) Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? {1 Corinthians 9:5}

(7) Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? {1 Corinthians 9:6}

(8) And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. {1 Corinthians 12:28}

(9) Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? {1 Corinthians 12:29}

(10) After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. {1 Corinthians 15:7}

(11) And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. {1 Corinthians 15:8}

(12) For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. {1 Corinthians 15:9}

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Revelation 22:6 "And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done."

Revelation 22:16 "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."

Revelation 1:2 "Who bare record of the word of /\ God /\, and of the testimony of M Jesus M T Christ T, and of all things that [ he saw ]."

Who bare record of the word of God .. of all things that he saw: John gives us his eye witness vision for this revelation.

John 19:35 "And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe."

See my paper: "God's Word/Bible/Scriptures" HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF; WRITTEN AND ORAL; SAFE GUARDS ON HIS WORD. for more information on this subject.

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(1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God {John 1:1}

(2) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth {John 1:14}

(3) For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.{John 3:34}

(4) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. {John 5:24}

(5) And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. {39} Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. {John 5:38-39}

(6) For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. {47} But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? {John 5:46-47}

(7) It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. {John 6:63}

(8) Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. {69} And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. {John 6:68-69}

(9) As he spake these words, many believed on him. {31} Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; {32} And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. {John 8:30-32}

(10) He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. {John 8:47}

(11) Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? {35} If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; {John 10:34-35}

(12) And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. {48} He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day {John 12:47-48}

(13) He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. {49} For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. {John 12:48-49}

(14) Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. {11} Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. {John 14:10-11}

(15) Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. {24} He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. {John 14:23-24}

(16) Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. {John 15:3}

(17) If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. {John 15:7}

(18) But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. {John 15:25}

(19) I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. {8} For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. {John 17:6, 8}

(20) I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. {17} Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. {John 17:14, 17}

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MISC: GOD'S WORD, TEACH, & DOCTRINE {2 TIMOTHY 2:2 – 4:3} {REVELATION 1:2}

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(1) And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. {2 Timothy 2:2}

(2) Paul suffer trouble even in bonds; but the word of God is not bound {2 Timothy 2:9}

(3) Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman not ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth {2 Timothy 2:15}

(4) And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, {2 Timothy 2:24}

(5) But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, {2 Timothy 3:10}

(6) Timothy from youth has known the holy scriptures which is able to make wise unto salvation in Jesus {2 Timothy 3:15}

(7) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: {2 Timothy 3:16}

(8) Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. {2 Timothy 4:2}

(9) For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; {2 Timothy 4:3}

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() John saw and witnessed the testimony of Jesus Christ {Revelation 1:2}

() John sees the throne of God with those around the throne {Revelation 4:4}

() John sees the book with 7 seals that Jesus the Lamb is worthy to open {Revelation 5:1-2,6:1}

() John sees Christian souls in heaven under alter slain for Word of God {Revelation 6:9}

(8) John sees the Antichrist rise from the peoples who died & was healed {Revelation 13:1-3}

(10) John sees God’s 7 last plagues of His wrath with victory over Antichrist {Revelation 15:1-2}

(11) John sees the WOMAN the earth’s religious systems {Revelation 17:3, 6}

(12) John sees Jesus second coming to the earth in war with Antichrist {Revelation 19:11, 19}

(14) John sees the Chrisitans who died in tribulation reigning with Christ {Revelation 20:4}

(15) John sees the Great White Throne judgment of unbelievers for their works {Revelation 20:12}

(16) John sees the new heavens & earth for first heavens & earth passed away {Revelation 21:1}

(17) John sees that no temple is needed for God & the Lamb are the temple {Revelation 21:22}

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(1) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name {John 1:12}

(2) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God {John 1:13}

(3) Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did {John 2:23}

(4) But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men {John 2:24}

(5) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up {John 3:14}

(6) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life {John 3:15}

(7) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life {John 3:16}

(8) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved) {John 3:17}

(9) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God {John 3:18}

(10) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth {John 4:24}

(11) The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly {John 10:10}

(12) And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent {John 17:3}

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Revelation 1:3 "Blessed <is> he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time <is> at hand."

Luke 11:28 "But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

Revelation 22:7 "Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book."

Blessed (Beatitudes): Goodness, happiness & life to the reader who keeps the word of this prophecy. Revelation discards either plagues or eternal death to anyone who adds or removes from this book. Seven beatitudes are found in Revelations: 1:3, 14:13, 16:15, 19:9, 20:6, 22:7 & 22:14.

Revelation 22:7 "Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book."

Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

See my paper: "Jesus as Prophet, Priest, & King" SCRIPTURES SHOWS JESUS AS A PROPHET, MELCHISEDEC PRIEST & ETERNAL KING for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Sermon on the Mount" MATTHEW 5-7 & LUKE 6, 11 & 12 ARE DISCUSSED VERSE BY VERSE WITH KINGDOM PRINCIPLES for more information on this subject.

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(1) Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. {Revelation 1:3}

(2) And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. {Revelation 14:13}

(3) Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. {Revelation 16:15}

(4) And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. {Revelation 19:9}

(5) Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. {Revelation 20:6}

(6) Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. {Revelation 22:7}

(7) Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. {Revelation 22:14}

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Prophet: A spokesman for another, as for God. Other names/titles in the Bible are as follows: Man of God; Servant of the Lord; Messenger of the Lord; and Seer (to see).

Exodus 7:1-2 "And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. {2} Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land."

Numbers 11:29 "And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, <and> that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!"

Jeremiah 1:7 "But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I <am> a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak."

Amos 3:7-8 "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. {8} The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?"

1 Samuel 9:9 "(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for <he that is> now <called> a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)"

1 Corinthians 12:28 "And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, diversities of tongues."

Deuteronomy 13:1-3 "If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, {2} And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; {3} Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul."

2 Thessalonians 2:9 "<Even him>, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"

- His message was in harmony with previous revelation. History will confirms his authenticity.

Deuteronomy 18:21-22 "And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? {22} When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that <is> the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, <but> the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."

1 Corinthians 14:29 "Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge."

Psalms 138:2 "I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." God's words is most important.

Isaiah 55:11 "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." The Bible, scriptures, are God's words.

Psalms 40:7 "Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book <it is> written of me," (fulfilled see Hebrews 10:7) The Bible is centered on Jesus (God) before & after He is manifested in flesh.

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus is God & the Word of God.

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Revelation 1:4 "John to the seven [ churches ] which are in Asia: Grace <be> unto you, and peace, from /\ him /\ which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the [ seven Spirits ] which are before /\ his /\ [ throne ];"

Revelation 1:20 "The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches."

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(1) John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; {Revelation 1:4}

(2) Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. {Revelation 1:11}

(3) The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. {Revelation 1:20}

(4) Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; {Revelation 2:1}

(5) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. {Revelation 2:7}

(6) And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; {Revelation 2:8}

(7) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. {Revelation 2:11}

(8) And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; {Revelation 2:12}

(9) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. {Revelation 2:17}

(10) And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; {Revelation 2:18}

(11) And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. {Revelation 2:23}

(12) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. {Revelation 2:29}

(13) And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. {Revelation 3:1}

(14) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. {Revelation 3:6}

(15) And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; {Revelation 3:7}

(16) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. {Revelation 3:13}

(17) And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; {Revelation 3:14}

(18) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. {Revelation 3:22}

(19) I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. {Revelation 22:16}

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1 Corinthians 15:10 "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." God's grace within the Christian drives him to labor for God.

See my paper: "Grace" DEFINITION OF GRACE; GRACE FOR BELIEVERS; ONLY KINDNESS TO UNBELIEVERS; GRACE GROWTH; GRACE SAVES for more information on this subject.

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GRACE DEFINITION: Unmerited flavor from God to man. Getting what we do not deserve as compared with mercy: not getting what we deserve.

(1) Titus 3:5 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;" Mercy not grace

(1) Romans 5:15 "But not as the offence, so also <is> the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, <which is> by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many." Gift from God to elected believers only

Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: <it is> the gift of God: {9} Not of works, lest any man should boast." God gives grace & we believe unto salvation. It is a gift of God and not of man's work.

(1) Psalms 84:11 "For the LORD God <is> a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good <thing> will he withhold from them that walk uprightly." God gives the grace so man can walk saved

(2) Acts 15:11 "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they." Grace from God to save the elect

(3) Romans 11:6 "And if by grace, then <is it> no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if <it be> of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work." God's grace is not man's works

(1) Proverbs 3:34 "Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly." Grace to lowly

(2) James 4:6 "But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." Grace to humble

(3) 1 Peter 5:5 "Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all <of you> be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble."

(4) 2 Peter 1:2 "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord," Grace multipled by knowledge of God

(5) 2 Peter 3:18 "But grow in grace, and <in> the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him <be> glory both now and for ever. Amen."

GOD GIVES ONLY LOVING KINDNESS TO UNBELIEVER: Only Christians receive God's grace starting with salvation making them God's children. God provides loving kindness to man so that he can exist.

(1) Matthew 5:45 "That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." Loving kindness

(2) Acts 14:17 "Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." Loving kindness

(3) 1 Timothy 6:17 "Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;" Loving kindness

MAN MAY FAIL TO RECEIVE GOD'S GRACE: God provides grace to only His Christians. Unbelievers do not receive grace in vain, are bitter & defiled, have wrong gospel, & deny Jesus.

(1) 2 Corinthians 6:1 "We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain." God is blessing, but the unbeliever is not receiving making the grace vain

(2) Galatians 1:6-7 "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: {7} Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ." To follow the wrong gospel removes the person from grace.

(3) Hebrews 12:15 "Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;" Bitterness leads to failed grace.

(4) Jude 1:4 "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ." God's grace used wrong leads man to denying Christ.

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Peace: Hebrew word Shalom used for hello, good-bye & God bless you. Only God gives peace to ones spirit of forgiveness & restoration.

John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

Philippians 4:7 "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Peace the opposite to anxiety. Tranquillity & worry free.

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(1) Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. {Philippians 1:2}

(2) And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. {Philippians 4:7}

(3) Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. {Philippians 4:9}

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CONTRASTS: GRACE, PEACE, & MERCY - RESULTING IN GOD'S PEACE {REVELATION 1:4}

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Peace -> Rest & assurance, in the Lord, that God has everything under control

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Him which is .. which was .. which is to come: Just like the key verse Revelation 1:19 and also Revelation 1:8, the book talks to the past, present, and future events and Jesus our eternal God. These are three time periods that cover every and any time period.

Exodus 3:14 "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."I am is always which covers every time period.

Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."Jesus always is

See my paper: "Triunity: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit" GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT TRIUNE: THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Just Who Is God" GOD CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

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(1) From him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne. {Revelation 1:4}

(2) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. {Revelation 1:8}

(3) The four beasts had each of them six wings rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. {Revelation 4:8}

(4) The four and twenty elders, said we give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come. {Revelation 11:17}

(5) And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. {Revelation 16:5}

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Seven: Number of completion, fulfillment, and perfection. Example of God's creating the earth. See Keyword Seven in Revelation 1:20. See also Revelation 4:5 & 5:6 notes.

See my paper: "Scripture Numerics" PRESENTED IS THE BIBLE'S USE OF NUMBERS & THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

Psalms 34:15 "The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry." God’s eyes and ears are open to the elect Christian’s calls and prayers.

Isaiah 11:1-2 "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: {2} And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;" Sevenfold Spirit of God on Jesus.

Revelation 4:5 "And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and <there were> seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God."

Revelation 5:6 "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."

See my paper: "God the Holy Spirit / Ghost Scriptures & Notes" SCRIPTURES & NOTES THAT SHOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD & A MANIFESTATION OF THE TRIUNITY GODHEAD for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Holy Spirit Baptism" HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM BENEFITS ARE SHOWN. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM ARE SHOWN for more information on this subject.

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(1) John to the seven churches from the seven Spirits which are before his throne. {Revelation 1:4}

(2) Church in Sardis these things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God. {Revelation 3:1}

(3) Seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. {Revelation 4:5}

(4) Stood a Lamb as it have been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. {Revelation 5:6}

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Revelation 1:5 "And from M Jesus M T Christ T, <M who M is> the faithful witness, <and> the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the [ earth ]. Unto M him M that loved us, and washed us from our sins in M his M own blood,"

John 8:14 "Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, <yet> my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go."

See my paper: "Just Who Is God" GOD CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

First begotten of the dead: Jesus is the first. For other example of mankind see Rev 14:4 below.

Psalms 89:27 "Also I will make him <my> firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth."

Colossians 1:15 "Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:"

Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all <things> he might have the preeminence."

Revelation 14:4 "These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, <being> the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb."

See my paper: "Resurrection" JESUS RESURRECTION IS THE CENTER OF OUR FAITH IN THE BIBLE; END TIMES RESURRECTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS & WICKED ARE DISCUSSED. for more information on this subject.

1 Timothy 6:15 "Which in his times he shall show, <who is> the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;"

See my paper: "Jesus Titles & Characteristics" TITLES FOR JESUS WITH THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

1 Peter 1:18 "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, <as> silver and gold, from your vain conversation <received> by tradition from your fathers; {19} But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:" Redeemed = buy back/purchased/ransom.

See my paper: "Apostles Baptism" UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF WATER BAPTISM AND THE CORRECT METHOD for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Forgiveness of Sins" GOD FORGIVES OUR SINS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Baptism for Forgiveness of Sins" BAPTISM IS NOT NEEDED FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS for more information on this subject.

Revelation 1:6 "And hath made us kings and priests unto /\ God /\ and M his M /\ Father /\; to M him M <be> { glory } and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."

1 Peter 2:5 "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."

1 Peter 2:9 "But ye <are> a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"

See my paper: "Jesus as Prophet, Priest, & King" SCRIPTURES SHOWS JESUS AS A PROPHET, MELCHISEDEC PRIEST & ETERNAL KING for more information on this subject.

John 14:8-10 "Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. {9} Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? {10} Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." Jesus can not lie. Jesus told His disciple to see Him is to see the Father.

John 17:21-23 "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. {22} And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: {23} I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me." Jesus is the one & only God since God can not be divided.

See my paper: "Triunity: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit" GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT TRIUNE: THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

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(1) The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. {John 1:14}

(2) No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. {John 1:18}

(3) The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. {John 3:35}

(4) Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. {22} Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. {23} But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. {John 4:21-23}

(5) But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. {18} Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. {19} Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. {20} For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. {21} For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. {22} For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: {23} That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. {24} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. {25} Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. {6 } For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;" {John 5:17-26}

(6) I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. {John 5:30}

(6) But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. {37} And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. {John 5:36-37}

(8) Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. {John 5:45}

(9) Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {28} Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? {29} Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. {John 6:27-29}

(10) Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. {33} For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. {34} Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. {35} And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. {36} But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. {37} All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. {38} For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. {39} And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. {40} And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. {41} The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. {42} And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? {43} Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. {44} No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. {45} It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. {46} Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. {John 6:32-46}

(11) As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. {58} This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. {John 6:57-58}

(12) And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. {John 6:65}

(13) And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. {17} It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. {18} I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. {19} Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. {John 8:16-19}

(14) They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. {28} Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. {29} And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. {John 8:27-29}

(15) I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. {39} They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. {40} But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. {41} Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. {42} Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. {John 8:38-42}

(16) Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. {John 8:49}

(17) Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? {54} Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: {John 8:53-54}

(18) As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. {16} And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. {17} Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. {18} No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. {John 10:15-18}

(19) Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? {37} If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. {38} But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. {John 10:36-38}

(20) Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. {42} And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. {John 11:41-42}

(21) If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. {27} Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. {28} Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. {John 12:26-28}

(22) For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. {50} And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. {1} Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. {2} And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; {3} Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; {John 12:49-13:3}

(23) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. {7} If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. {8} Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. {9} Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? {10} Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. {11} Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. {12} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. {13} And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. {14} If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. {15} If ye love me, keep my commandments. {16} And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; {John 14:6-16}

(24) At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. {21} He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. {22} Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? {23} Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. {24} He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. {25} These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. {26} But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. {27} Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. {28} Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. {29} And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. {30} Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. {31} But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. {1} I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. {John 14:20-15:1}

(25) Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. {9} As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. {John 15:8-9}

(26) Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. {16} Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. {John 15:15-16}

(27) He that hateth me hateth my Father also. {24} If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. {25} But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. {26} But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: {John 15:23-26}

(28) And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. {John 16:3}

(29) Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. {8} And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: {9} Of sin, because they believe not on me; {10} Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; {11} Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. {John 16:7-11}

(30) All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. {16} A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. {17} Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? {John 16:15-17}

(31) And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. {24} Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. {25} These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. {26} At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: {27} For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. {28} I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. {John 16:23-28}

(32) Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. {33} These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. {1} These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: {John 16:32-17:1}

(33) And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. {John 17:5}

(34) And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.{12} While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. {John 17:11-12}

(35) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. {22} And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: {23} I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. {24} Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. {25} O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. {26} And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. {John 17:21-26}

(36) Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? {John 18:11}

(37) Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. {John 20:17}

(38) Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. {22} And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: {John 20:21-22}

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(1) Jesus has made us kings and priests unto God and His Father {Revelation 1:6}

(2) The six wings beasts give glory, honor & thanks to God on His throne {Revelation 4:9}

(3) Jesus is worthy to receive glory, honor, & power for He created all things {Revelation 4:11}

(4) The lamb Jesus that slain is worthy to receive power, riches, glory, etc. {Revelation 5:12}

(5) All creatures in heaven, on earth, & under earth give glory to the lamb {Revelation 5:13}

(6) Some men seeing the 2 witnesses raptured & God’s wrath gave Him glory {Revelation 11:13}

(8) God filled the temple with smoke from the glory of God & His power {Revelation 15:8}

(9) God wrath was on men who would repent not to give Him glory {Revelation 16:9}

(10) Great city New Jerusalem comes from heaven having the glory of God {Revelation 21:11}

(11) New city had no sun but the glory of God to light it which is the lamb {Revelation 21:23}

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Revelation 1:7 "Behold, M he M cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see M him M, and they <also> which pierced M him M: and all kindreds of the [ earth ] shall wail because of M him M. Even so, Amen."

Daniel 7:13-14 "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. {14} And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

Matthew 24:30 "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."

Matthew 26:64 "Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven."

Luke 21:27 "And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory."

Acts 1:9-11 "And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. {10} And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; {11} Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."

See my paper: "Multiple Raptures" THE BIBLE SHOWS HOW GOD HAS RAPTURE MANY PEOPLE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END TIMES for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jesus Two Comings As King" GOD IS EARTH'S KING & JESUS IS ISRAEL'S KING IN HIS TWO COMINGS for more information on this subject.

Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for <his> only <son>, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for <his> firstborn."

See my paper: "Israel & Jewish People in God's Plan" JESUS JEWISHNESS, ISRAEL, JERUSALEM, & JEWS IN GOD'S PLAN; JEWS & GENTILE SALVATION for more information on this subject.

WHAT: Jesus is the Alpha & Omega, beginning & ending, the Lord, which is, which was, and which is to come, the Almighty

Revelation 1:8 "M I M am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the M Lord M, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Alpha (first Greek letter) and Omega (last Greek letter) see also Revelation 1:11.

Acts 2:36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ."

See my paper: "Godhead Relationship" HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH MANIFESTATION OF THE GODHEAD FOR FULFILLMENT, NOT ONLY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

Micah 5:2 "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, <though> thou be little among the thousands of Judah, <yet> out of thee shall he come forth unto me <that is> to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth <have been> from of old, from everlasting."

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Jesus is the Alpha & Omega (Greek first & last letters), beginning & the ending, eternal, forever, or everlasting which only God can be.

Revelation 1:9 "I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of M Jesus M T Christ T, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of /\ God /\, and for the testimony of M Jesus M T Christ T."

Matthew 25:34 "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:"

See my paper: "Kingdom of God & Heaven" JESUS CAME TO ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM. WHAT IS HIS KINGDOM? HOW CAN IT BE ENTERED? for more information on this subject.

Revelation 1:10 "I was in the /\ Spirit /\ on the M Lord's M day, and heard behind me a great [ voice ], as of a [ trumpet ],"

I was in the Spirit: In the Spirit used 4 times in Revelation: 1:10, 4:2, 17:3, & 21:10. 1:10 (Past), 4:2 (Present), 17:3 (Religious System on earth) & 21:10 (heavenly realm) Paul also experienced a vision to Paradise.

2 Corinthians 12:4 "How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter"

See my paper: "Holy Spirit Baptism" HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM BENEFITS ARE SHOWN. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM ARE SHOWN for more information on this subject.

Acts 20:7 "And upon the first <day> of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight."

1 Corinthians 16:2 "Upon the first <day> of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as <God> hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come."

See my paper: "Feasts of the Lord" GOD'S ORDAINED HOLIDAYS FOR ISRAEL TO KEEP FOREVER. THEIR SPIRITUAL MEANINGS ARE SHOWN for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Gospel in the Genealogy of Adam" PRESENTED IS GOSPEL IN GENESIS 5 BY THE MEANINGS OF THE PEOPLES NAMES for more information on this subject.

Heard behind me a great voice .. as of a trumpet: Trumpet used to call or announcement.

Exodus 19:16-19 "And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that <was> in the camp trembled. {17} And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. {18} And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. {19} And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice."

1 Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

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(1) I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, {Revelation 1:10}

(2) The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: {Revelation 4:1}

(3) And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. {Revelation 8:2}

(4) And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. {Revelation 8:6}

(5) And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! {Revelation 8:13}

(6) Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. {Revelation 9:14}

(7) And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; {Revelation 18:22}

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Revelation 1:11 "Saying, M I M am M Alpha and Omega M, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send <it> unto the [ seven ] [ churches ] which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea." Seven churches see Revelation 2/3

Isaiah 44:6 "Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I <am> the first, and I <am> the last; and beside me <there is> no God."

Isaiah 48:12 "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I <am> he; I <am> the first, I also <am> the last."

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(1) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. {Revelation 1:8}

(2) I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book. {Revelation 1:11}

(3) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him water, {Revelation 21:6}

(4) I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last to bless. {Revelation 22:13}

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Seven Churches: See Revelation Chapters 2 & 3 for more information on churches

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MISC: CHURCHES {REVELATION 1:4 - 22:16} Churches are only mentioned in Revelation 1-3 then in heaven in Revelation 22 which could show them raptured starting at Revelation 4:1 for the entire tribulation / God’s tribulation and wrath time periods.

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(3) The angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. {Revelation 1:20}

(5) I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. {Revelation 22:16}

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Revelation 1:12 "And I turned to see the [ voice ] that spake with me. And being turned, [ I saw ] [ seven ] golden candlesticks;"

Hebrews 1:14 "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"

Revelation 1:20 "..The seven stars are the angels (pastors; angel = messengers & servants of Christians - Hebrews 1:14) of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks .. are the seven churches."

Revelation 1:13 "And in the midst of the [ seven ] candlesticks <one> like unto the (1) M Son M of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle." Paps = chest

Midst .. seven candlestick .. son of man: The Son of used 88 times & Son used over 100 times in New Testament = last Adam = perfect man.

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(1) And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. {Revelation 1:13}

(2) His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire {Revelation 1:14}

(3) And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. {Revelation 1:15}

(4) And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. {Revelation 1:16}

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Clothed with a garment .. girt about the paps with a golden girdle: Gold is symbolic of royalty = kingly = rich = purity = holiness. Girdle is symbolic of a servant. Paps = chest.

Isaiah 11:5 "And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins." Jesus has righteousness.

Isaiah 22:21 "And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah." Jesus has strength and authority.

See my paper: "Jesus in the Old Testament" MANY OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES SHOWN THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD IS PRE-INCARNATE JESUS CHRIST. for more information on this subject.

WAY: {14} His head and his hairs <were> white like wool, as white as snow; and hiseyes <were> as a flame of fire. {15} And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and him voice as the sound of many waters. {16} And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his M countenance <was> as the sun shineth in his strength.

Revelation 1:14 "M His M (2) head and <M his M> hairs <were> white like wool, as white as snow; and M his M eyes <were> as a flame of fire;"

Head and hair white like wool as snow: White hair is symbolic of wisdom, dignity and maturity. Wool as white is symbolic of purity.

Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

Eyes as a flame of fire: Symbolic of judgment with penetrating insight, to make pure.

Daniel 7:9 "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment <was> white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne <was like> the fiery flame, <and> his wheels <as> burning fire."

1 Corinthians 3:13 "Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is."

Revelation 1:15 "And M his M (3) feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and M his M [ voice ] as the sound of many waters."

Feet like unto fine brass .. burned in a furnace: Brass is improved each time it undergoes the furnace of fire.

Daniel 10:6 "His body also <was> like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude."

Hebrews 5:8 "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;"

Voice as the sound of many waters: Psalms 29 Lord's voice 10 times. Symbolic of authority. Water = people in Revelation 19:6.

Psalms 29:3 "The voice of the LORD <is> upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD <is> upon many waters."

Revelation 19:6 ".. I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Revelation 1:16 "And M he M had in M his M (4) right hand [ seven ] stars: and out of M his M mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and M his M countenance <was> as the sun shineth in M his M strength."

His right hand seven stars: Symbolic of power/control/honor of pastors of churches: seven stars

Ephesians 1:20 "Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set <him> at his own right hand in the heavenly <places>,"

Out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: Sword = truth = word. See Revelation 2:12 (includes many scriptures) & Revelation 19:15.

Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God <is> quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and <is> a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

See my paper: "God's Word/Bible/Scriptures" HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF; WRITTEN AND ORAL; SAFE GUARDS ON HIS WORD. for more information on this subject.

Countenance as the sun shineth in his strength: Symbolic of exposes/make clear/give life.

Revelation 10:1 "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:"

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Revelation 1:17 "And when [ I saw ] M him M, I fell at his feet as dead. And M he M laid M his M right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; M I M am the first and the last:" First & last (Jesus) see Rev. 1:8 (God).

WHY: Jesus is he that lives, & was dead; &, is alive for evermore, Amen; & has the keys of hell & of death.

Revelation 1:18 "M I M <am> M he M that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, M I M am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." See Revelation 3:7 Keys

See my paper: "What is a Born-Again & How to Become One" BORN-AGAIN PRINCIPLES ARE PRESENTED. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE JESUS ARE SHOWN. for more information on this subject.

Keys of hell and of death: The keys symbolic of authority/control over physical death & hell.

Isaiah 22:22 "And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open."

Matthew 16:19 "And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

Matthew 28:18 "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."

Hebrews 2:14 "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;"

Revelation 3:7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;"

Revelation 20:14 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."

See my paper: "Judgments of Believer & Unbeliever" PRESENTED ARE SEVERAL JUDGMENTS FOR THE SAVED AND UN-SAVED for more information on this subject.

THEME: UNVEALING OF THE ETERNAL DIVINE SON OF GOD, JESUS, HIS SECOND COMING, AND THE FUTURE END TIMES EVENTS

Revelation 1:19 "Write the things which thou hast seen (chapter 1/past), and the things which are (chapter 2-3/present), and the things which shall be hereafter (chapter 4-22/future);" Time chart of God's plan.

Revelation 1:19 "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;"

Things which thou hast seen .. things which are .. things hereafter: Key verse showing past, present, & future activities of God's plan.

Revelation 4:1 "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter."

Revelation 1:20 "The [ mystery ] of the [ seven ] stars which thou sawest in M my M right hand, and the [ seven ] golden candlesticks. The [ seven ] stars are the [ angels ] of the [ seven ] [ churches ]: and the [ seven ] candlesticks which thou sawest are the [ seven ] [ churches ]."

Mystery of seven stars .. are the angles of the seven churches: Key to interpretation of chapter 1 - Angels are messengers or servants of God used for His bidding. Also pastors are servants of God and deliver His message to the church. From:

Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

See my paper: "Scripture Numerics" PRESENTED IS THE BIBLE'S USE OF NUMBERS & THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

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(1) And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches {Revelation 1:13}

(2) And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches {Revelation 1:16}

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[ seven ] - (54 times). Symbolically used for completeness, fulfillment, and perfection.

(1) 7 Churches: John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; {Revelation 1:4}

(2) 7 Spirits of God: The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. {Revelation 1:20}

(3) 7 Candlesticks: The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. {Revelation 1:20}

(4) 7 Stars: The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. {Revelation 1:20}

(5) 7 Seals on the scroll: And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. {Revelation 5:1}

(6) 7 Horns & 7 Eyes of the lamb: And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. {Revelation 5:6}

(7) 7 Angels & 7 Trumpets: And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. {Revelation 8:2}

(8) 7 Thunders: And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. {Revelation 10:3}

(9) 7 Headed dragon: And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. {Revelation 12:3}

(10) 7 Headed beast: And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. {Revelation 13:1}

(11) 7 Last Plagues: And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. {Revelation 15:1}

(12) 7 Golden Vials: And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. {Revelation 15:7}

(13) 7 Mountains: And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. {Revelation 17:9}

(14) 7 Kings: And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. {Revelation 17:10}

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II) JESUS CHRIST & THE CHURCH OF THINGS WHICH ARE IN THE PRESENT: {REVELATION 2:1-3:29}

The Overcomers, Man-Child, can't be Jesus since this is in a future period after 90AD when John wrote Revelation. Jesus lived about 33AD. {Revelation 12:1-5, 13}

The End Times people who rule with a rod of iron scripture applies to Jesus and the Overcomers. The Man-Child is fulfilled by the Overcomers who are caught up or raptured (from going through the Tribulation period) to God and His throne & rule together with Jesus for 1,000 years. {Revelation 2:26-27} ; {Revelation 3:21} ; {Revelation 19:13-15}

CHAPTERS 2-3) JESUS CHRIST & THE CHURCH OF THESE THINGS WHICH ARE NOW: {REVELATION 2:1-3:29}

1) Ephesus: {Revelation 2:7} "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."

2) Smyrna: {Revelation 2:11} "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death."

3) Pergamos: {Revelation 2:17} "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."

4) Thyatira: {Revelation 2:26-28} "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: {27} And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. {28} And I will give him the morning star."

5) Sardis: {Revelation 3:5} "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels."

6) Philadelphia: {Revelation 3:12-14} "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name."

7) Laodiceans: {Revelation 3:21} "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."

A) EPHESUS CHURCH: APOSTLE AGE - WORKS VERSUS RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS {REVELATION 2:1-7}

Revelation 2:1 "Unto the [ angel ] of the [ church ] of Ephesus write; These things saith M he M that holdeth the [ seven ] stars in M his M right hand, who walketh in the midst of the [ seven ] golden candlesticks;" Ephesus means moon or reflective light under feet. Shows Jesus work

Isaiah 62:3 "Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God."

Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

Revelation 2:2 "M I M know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:" I know thy works. Jesus all knowledge.

1 Corinthians 1:29-31 "That no flesh should glory in his presence. {30} But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: {31} That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

1 Thessalonians 1:3 "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;"

See my paper: "What Does God Really Want?" WHAT LAWS OF GOD ARE CHRISTIANS TO FOLLOW. SHOWN ARE STEPS TO RECEIVE GOD FORGIVENESS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Questions & Answers on Law, Faith & Liberty" THE PURPOSE OF LAW, FAITH BEFORE THE LAW, FAITH IS GOD'S PLAN & LIBERTY FROM THE LAW. for more information on this subject.

Tried them which say they are apostles, and are not: An Apostle is one sent by God, with power of attorney and authority, to act (with power) in place of sender. He was chosen and ordained to the position to be a witness of what God shows him.

Acts 17:11 "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."

1 Corinthians 14:29 "Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge." Judge against scripture what the apostle says."

2 Corinthians 12:12 "Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds."

See my paper: "Apostle" SHOWN ARE THE NEW TESTAMENT APOSTLES & THEIR MINISTRIES for more information on this subject.

Revelation 2:3 "And hast borne, and hast patience, and for M my M name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted."

Revelation 2:4 "Nevertheless M I M have <somewhat> against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."

Thou hast left thy first love: When we start a relationship with Jesus, this is our first true love. We love others through this first love. Love God with all heart .. mind. Love others as self.

Matthew 24:12 "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold."

John 15:5 "I am the vine, ye <are> the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."

Ephesians 1:15 "Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints," Compare to Revelation 2:4

Philippians 1:9-11 "And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and <in> all judgment; {10} That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; {11} Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God."

See my paper: "Just Who Is God" GOD CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Love" DEFINITION OF LOVE; LOVE IN ACTION IS CHARITY; BIBLE LOVE CHAPTERS; EXAMPLES OF LOVE; LOVE COMMANDS for more information on this subject.

Revelation 2:5 "Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and [ repent ], and do the first works; or else M I M will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou [ repent ]."

Remove thy candlestick: Control & authority as Revelation 2:1. Candlesticks give off light. God removes it, they live in darkness because they are not useful to God anymore.

Matthew 5:14-16 "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. {15} Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. {16} Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

Acts 17:30 "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:"

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(1) Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. {Revelation 2:5}

(2) Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. {Revelation 2:16}

(3) And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. {Revelation 2:21}

(4) Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. {Revelation 2:22}

(5) Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. {Revelation 3:3}

(6) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. {Revelation 3:19}

(7) And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: {Revelation 9:20}

(8) Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. {Revelation 9:21}

(9) And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. {Revelation 16:9}

(10) And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. {Revelation 16:11}

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Revelation 2:6 "But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which M I M also hate." Maybe Nicolas of Acts 6:5.

Sect that leadership (government of church: priesthood over laity) dominated people. Ate food sacrificed to idols. Free love for community of wives. Teaching fornication is not sinful. Only other biblical reference to Nicolaitance in Revelation 2:15.

Proverbs 6:16 "These six <things> doth the LORD hate: yea, seven <are> an abomination unto him:"

Revelation 2:7 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the /\ Spirit /\ saith unto the [ churches ]; To him that overcometh will M I M give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of /\ God /\."

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith: See also Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:29; 3:6, 3:13 & 3:22.

Matthew 13:9-11 "Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. {10} And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? {11} He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."

Matthew 13:15-17 "For this people's heart is waxed gross, and <their> ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with <their> eyes and hear with <their> ears, and should understand with <their> heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. {16} But blessed <are> your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. {17} For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous <men> have desired to see <those things> which ye see, and have not seen <them>; ..."

Acts 28:27 "For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with <their> eyes, and hear with <their> ears, and understand with <their> heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

See my paper: "Is Free Will Biblical?" MANY SCRIPTURES ARE SHOWN FOR PREDESTINATED. OPPOSING FREEWILL VIEWS ARE DISCUSSED for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Godhead Relationship" HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH MANIFESTATION OF THE GODHEAD FOR FULFILLMENT, NOT ONLY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

Him that overcometh: Also Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26, 3:5, 3:12, 3:21 & 21:7.

1 John 5:4 "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, <even> our faith. {5} Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?"

Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

See my paper: "Overcomer" SHOWN IS THE HE, MAN-CHILD, ELECTED (ON FIRED) CHRISTIAN, PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE OVERCOMER for more information on this subject.

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() These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. {John 16:33}

(1) I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. {14} I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. {15} Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. {1 John 2:13-15}

() For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, <even> our faith. {5} Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? {1 John 5:4-5}

(2) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. {Revelation 2:7}

(3) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth <it>. {Revelation 2:17}

(4) And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: {27} And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. {28} And I will give him the morning star. {Revelation 2:26-28}

(5) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. {Revelation 3:5}

(6) Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, <which is> new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and my new name. {Revelation 3:12}

(7) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. {Revelation 3:21}

(8) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. {Revelation 12:11}

(9) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. {Revelation 21:7}

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(1) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. {Revelation 2:7}

(2) Genesis 3:22-23 "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: {23} Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."

(3) Proverbs 3:18 "She <is> a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy <is every one> that retaineth her." Her = wisdom.

(4) Revelation 22:14 "Blessed <are> they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." Tree of life located in heaven.

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Midst of the paradise of God: Paradise could be Abraham's bosom where departed saints went prior to the resurrection of Jesus.

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(2) And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; {Luke 16:22}

(3) And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. {Luke 23:43} Jesus is on the cross. He tells the man on the cross next to him he will be in paradise.

(4) And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) {4} How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. {2 Corinthians 12:3-4} Paul's vision of a heavenly realm (third heaven - verse 2) where God is present.

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Revelation 2:8 "And unto the [ angel ] of the [ church ] in Smyrna write; These things saith the M first and the last M, which was dead, and is alive;" Smyrna means bitter or myrrh which is a sweet smell after crushed. They had no need to repent (true of Philadelphia church also 2:7).

First and the last, which was dead, and is alive: See also Revelation 1:8, 1:11 & 1:17. The God of the Old Testament is Jesus who died and was resurrected. He is alive now forevermore.

Revelation 2:9 "M I M know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and <M I M know> the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but <are> the synagogue of Satan."

2 Thessalonians 1:4-5 "So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: {5} <Which is> a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:"

John 8:39-41 "They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. {40} But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. {41} Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, <even> God."

Romans 2:28-29 "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither <is that> circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: {29} But he <is> a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision <is that> of the heart, in the spirit, <and> not in the letter; whose praise <is> not of men, but of God."

Romans 9:6-8 "Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they <are> not all Israel, which are of Israel: {7} Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, <are they> all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. {8} That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these <are> not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed."

Synagogue of Satan: Synagogue is a place where Jews worship. Satan is controlling this Synagogue. See also Revelation 3:9.

Revelation 2:10 "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast <some> of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and M I M will give thee a crown of life."

Matthew 10:28 "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."

Job 1:12 "And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath <is> in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD."

Luke 21:12-15 "But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute <you>, delivering <you> up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. {13} And it shall turn to you for a testimony. {14} Settle <it> therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: {15} For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist."

Genesis 31:7 "And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me."

See my paper: "Scripture Numerics" PRESENTED IS THE BIBLE'S USE OF NUMBERS & THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

James 1:12 "Blessed <is> the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."

1 Thessalonians 2:19 "For what <is> our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? <Are> not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?"

2 Timothy 4:8 "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."

1 Peter 5:4 "And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away."

Revelation 3:11 "Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown."

Revelation 4:10 "The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,"

Revelation 19:12 "His eyes <were> as a flame of fire, and on his head <were> many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself."

Revelation 2:11 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the /\ Spirit /\ saith unto the [ churches ]; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death." Ear: Revelation 2:7, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22.

Him that overcometh: Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26, 3:5, 3:12, 3:21, 12:11, 21:7.

Overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death: Death is a separation from God not extinction.

Revelation 20:14-15 "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. {15} And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

Revelation 2:12 "And to the [ angel ] of the [ church ] in Pergamos write; These things saith M he M which hath the sharp sword with two edges;" Pergamos means height/most high or citadel (fortress).

He which hath the sharp sword with two edges: See Revelation 1:16. Word of God The Bible.

Isaiah 55:11 "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper whereto I sent it."

Ephesians 6:17 "And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:"

Revelation 19:15 "And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."

See my paper: "Jesus Titles & Characteristics" TITLES FOR JESUS WITH THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

Revelation 2:13 "M I M know thy works and where thou dwellest, <even> where Satan's seat <is>: and thou holdest fast M my M name, and hast not denied M my M faith, even in those days wherein Antipas <was> M my M faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth."

Hold fast my name..hast not denied my faith: Faithful witness of the name of Jesus and faith in God even when Antipas was martyred.

See my paper: "Why Do the Righteous Suffer - Book of Job" BOOK OF JOB SHOWS REASONS FOR EVIL PRESENT & CHRISTIANS SUFFERING for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Faith" FAITH PROMISES PRESENTED FOR EVERY ASPECT OF THE CHRISTIANS LIFE: SALVATION & HEALING. THE CONDITIONS. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 2:14 "But M I M have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication."

Jude 1:11 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core."

Balac cast stumblingblock .. children of Israel .. eat sacrificed things unto idols .. commit fornication: Balac = Balaam

Number 24:1 "And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness."

Numbers 22:7, 12-13, 18, 21-23, 27-28, 31 "And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. {12} And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they <are> blessed. {13} And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. {18} And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. {21} And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. {22} And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants <were> with him. {23} And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. {27} And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. {28} And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? {31} Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face." Balaam made a good confession in verse 18, but God already gave Balaam his word and Balaam should not have asked again. Balaam advised Midianites how to lead Israel astray by inter-marriage to gentiles and take false gods (idols) for money.

Number 31:8,16 "And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; <namely>, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. {16} Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD."

2 Peter 2:15 "Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam <the son> of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;"

Revelation 2:15 "So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing M I M hate."

Nicolaitanes: See Revelation 2:6 for Nicolaitanes doctrines. God hates the Nicolaitanes. The Pergamos church has members whose beliefs God hates. He also does not like the Balaam doctrines.

Revelation 2:16 "[ Repent ]; or else M I M will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of M my M mouth."

Repent .. I come quickly .. fight against them with sword of my mouth: Jesus was the power and control. See Revelation 2:12 for sword, The Bible, Word of God.

Acts 17:31 "Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead."

Revelation 2:17 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the /\ Spirit /\ saith unto the [ churches ]; To him that overcometh will M I M give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth <it>." Ear: Revelation 2:7, 11, 29; 3:6, 13, 22.

Him that overcometh: Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26, 3:5, 3:12, 3:21, 12:11, 21:7.

1 John 5:4-5 "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, <even> our faith. {5} Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?"

Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

I give to eat of the hidden manna: God's gift to Israel in wilderness was food for life to them. It also was food to grow.

Deuteronomy 8:3 "And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every <word> that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live."

John 6:54-58 "Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. {55} For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. {56} He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. {57} As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. {58} This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever."

Give him a white stone .. in .. stone a new name written .. no man knoweth saving he that receiveth <it>: Stones were used in voting in trials such as asking God if Israel should fight someone.

Revelation 3:12 "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, <which is> new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and my new name."

Revelation 19:12-13 "His eyes <were> as a flame of fire, and on his head <were> many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. {13} And he <was> clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."

D) THYATIRA CHURCH: ROMAN CATHOLIC (UNIVERSAL) - COMPROMISING {REVELATION 2:18-29}

Revelation 2:18 "And unto the [ angel ] of the [ church ] in Thyatira write; These things saith the M Son M of /\ God /\, who hath M his M eyes like unto a flame of fire, and M his M feet <are> like fine brass;" Thyatira means daughter.

Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet <are> like fine brass: See Revelation 1:14-15.

Revelation 2:19 "M I M know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last <to be> more than the first."

Thy works, charity, service, faith, thy patience, and thy works: Jesus has all knowledge of their works etc. The works were each better then earlier works.

Revelation 2:20 "Notwithstanding M I M have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that [ woman ] Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce M my M servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols."

See my paper: "Faith" FAITH PROMISES PRESENTED FOR EVERY ASPECT OF THE CHRISTIANS LIFE: SALVATION & HEALING. THE CONDITIONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Love" DEFINITION OF LOVE; LOVE IN ACTION IS CHARITY; BIBLE LOVE CHAPTERS; EXAMPLES OF LOVE; LOVE COMMANDS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "What Does God Really Want?" WHAT LAWS OF GOD ARE CHRISTIANS TO FOLLOW. SHOWN ARE STEPS TO RECEIVE GOD FORGIVENESS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Questions & Answers on Law, Faith & Liberty" THE PURPOSE OF LAW, FAITH BEFORE THE LAW, FAITH IS GOD'S PLAN & LIBERTY FROM THE LAW. for more information on this subject.

Sufferest woman Jezebel .. prophetess .. teach .. seduce my servants .. commit fornication .. eat things sacrificed unto idols: Jezebel was a wick queen of Israel (wife of Rehab). Elijah went against her priest with fire from heaven on their alter. They died. She died and her body was run over & eaten by dogs. This Jezebel type is a false prophetess. God word had them stoned to death. See 1 Kings 16 and 2 Kings 9.

1 Kings 19:2 "Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time."

See my paper: "Unpardonable Sin" PRESENTED IS THE VARIOUS CASES OF UNFORGIVABLE SINS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Apostasy" PRESENTED IS THE DOCTRINE OF APOSTASY WHICH DISCUSSES PEOPLE LEAVING GOD for more information on this subject.

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(1) Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. {Revelation 2:20}

(2) And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: {Revelation 12:1}

(3) And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. {Revelation 12:4}

(4) And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. {Revelation 12:6}

(5) And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. {Revelation 12:13}

(6) And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. {Revelation 12:14}

(7) And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. {Revelation 12:15}

(8) And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. {Revelation 12:16}

(9) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. {Revelation 12:17}

(10) So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. {Revelation 17:3}

(11) And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: {Revelation 17:4}

(12) And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. {Revelation 17:6}

(13) And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
{Revelation 17:7}

(14) And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. {Revelation 17:9}

(15) And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. {Revelation 17:18}

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Revelation 2:21 "And M I M gave her space to [ repent ] of her fornication; and she [ repented ] not."

Romans 2:4-8 "Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? {5} But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; {6} Who will render to every man according to his deeds: {7} To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: {8} But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,"

Revelation 9:20-21 "And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: {21} Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts."

Revelation 2:22 "Behold, M I M will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they [ repent ] of their deeds."

I will cast her into a bed .. they commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds:

2 Corinthians 12:21 "<And> lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and <that> I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed."

See my paper: "Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage" PRESENTED IS MOST SCRIPTURES FOR WHEN TWO ARE MARRIED & GOD'S PERMITTING DIVORCES for more information on this subject.

Revelation 2:23 "And M I M will kill her children with death; and all the [ churches ] shall know that M I M am M he M which searcheth the reins and hearts: and M I M will give unto every one of you according to your works."

I will kill her children with death: Judgment by Jesus (even death to offspring for parents sins). David sinned by killing Uriah. His son by Bathsheba died for David's sins.

2 Samuel 12:13-14 "And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. {14} Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also <that is> born unto thee shall surely die."

2 Samuel 12:19-23 "But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. {20} Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed <himself>, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. {21} Then said his servants unto him, What thing <is> this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, <while it was> alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. {22} And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell <whether> GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? {23} But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."

See my paper: "Judgments of Believer & Unbeliever" PRESENTED ARE SEVERAL JUDGMENTS FOR THE SAVED AND UN-SAVED for more information on this subject.

Revelation 20:12 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is <the book> of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."

See my paper: "Questions & Answers on Law, Faith & Liberty" THE PURPOSE OF LAW, FAITH BEFORE THE LAW, FAITH IS GOD'S PLAN & LIBERTY FROM THE LAW. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 2:24 "But unto you M I M say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; M I M will put upon you none other burden."

Have not this doctrine .. not know .. depths of Satan .. none other burden: Those without Jezebel doctrines, repent. No other burden given.

See my paper: "My Doctrine Beliefs" ALL KEY THEOLOGICAL AREAS WITH MY PAPERS ON EACH SUBJECT for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Bible Books & Topics - Subject Cross Index" SHOWS REFERENCES IN BOTH MY BIBLE & TOPIC PAPERS WHERE A TOPIC SUBJECT INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 2:25 "But that which ye have <already> hold fas't till M I M come."

Matthew 10:22 "And ye shall be hated of all <men> for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved."

Matthew 24:13 "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."

Hebrews 3:6 "But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end."

See my paper: "Forgiveness of Sins" GOD FORGIVES OUR SINS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Jesus Two Comings As King" GOD IS EARTH'S KING & JESUS IS ISRAEL'S KING IN HIS TWO COMINGS for more information on this subject.

Revelation 2:26 "And he that overcometh, and keepeth M my M works unto the end, to him will M I M give power over the [ nations ]:"

Him that overcometh: Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26, 3:5, 3:12, 3:21, 12:11, 21:7.

Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

See my paper: "Sanctify" SANCTIFICATION PROCESS: GOD PREDESTINES THE CHRISTIAN AS SON OF GOD, SANCTIFIES OR SETS HIM APART FOR HIS PURPOSE, BEING MADE HOLY, GOING ON TO THE PERFECTION, MADE IN THE IMAGE OF CHRIST, BECOMES GOD-LIKE, MADE IN THE DIVINE NATURE AS HE MATURES for more information on this subject.

He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

1 Corinthians 6:1-3 "Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? {2} Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? {3} Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?"

Revelation 2:27 "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as M I M received of M my M /\ Father /\."

Revelation 12:5 "And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and <to> his throne."

Vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father:

Psalms 2:9 "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

2 Peter 1:19 "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:"

Revelation 22:16 "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, <and> the bright and morning star."

Revelation 2:29 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the /\ Spirit /\ saith unto the [ churches ]." Ear: Revelation 2:7, 11, 17; 3:6, 13, 22.

Revelation 3:1 "And unto the [ angel ] of the [ church ] in Sardis write; These things saith M he M that hath the [ seven Spirits ] of /\ God /\, and the [ seven ] stars; M I M know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead." Sardis means remnant (like the 7000 in Elijah) or what remains.

For seven spirits: See Revelation 1:4. For seven stars (angels of seven churches) see Revelation 1:20 for keyword Seven. God's unity working together.

John 16:13-14 "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, <that> shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. {14} He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show <it> unto you."

1 Corinthians 8:2 "And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know."

Galatians 6:3-4 "For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. {4} But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another."

Revelation 3:2 "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for M I M have not found thy works perfect before /\ God /\."

Strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die .. I have not found thy works perfect before God:

2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"

See my paper: "Christian Growth" PRESENTED IS THE STEPS A CHRISTIAN COULD GO THROUGH ONTO PERFECTION. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 3:3 "Remember therefore therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and [ repent ]. If therefore thou shalt not watch, M I M will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour M I M will come upon thee."

Galatians 3:2-3 "This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? {3} Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"

Hebrews 3:14 "For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;"

Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour knoweth no <man>, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

1 Thessalonians 5:2 "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."

1 Thessalonians 5:6 "Therefore let us not sleep, as <do> others; but let us watch and be sober."

Revelation 16:15 "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed <is> he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame."

See my paper: "Jesus Two Comings As King" GOD IS EARTH'S KING & JESUS IS ISRAEL'S KING IN HIS TWO COMINGS for more information on this subject.

Revelation 3:4 "Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with M me M in white: for they are worthy."

1 Kings 19:18 "Yet I have left <me> seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him."

Romans 11:4-5 "But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to <the image of> Baal. {5} Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace."

James 5:1-2 "Go to now, <ye> rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon <you>. {2} Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten."

Jude 1:23 "And others save with fear, pulling <them> out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh."

They shall walk with me in white .. they are worthy: White symbolizes purity and perfection.

Luke 20:35 "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:"

Revelation 3:5 "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and M I M will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but M I M will confess his name before M my M /\ Father /\, and before /\ his /\ [ angels ]."

See my paper: "Walk as Jesus Walked" PRESENTED ARE THE WALKS OF THE CHRISTIAN DISCIPLE. for more information on this subject.

Him that overcometh: Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26, 3:5, 3:12, 3:21, 12:11, 21:7

Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

Exodus 32:33 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book."

Luke 10:20 "Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven."

Revelation 13:8 "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

Revelation 20:15 "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

See my paper: "Plan of God" DISCUSSED ARE PREDESTINATION AND RELATED TOPICS WITH THEIR GREEK AND HEBREW DEFINITIONS, SCRIPTURES, AND COMMENTS for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "God Will Receive All the Glory" DISCUSSED IS PREDESTINATION PLAN OF GOD FOR SALVATION, SANCTIFICATION, PERFECTION, AND GLORIFICATION. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Unpardonable Sin" PRESENTED IS THE VARIOUS CASES OF UNFORGIVABLE SINS for more information on this subject.

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(1) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. {Revelation 3:5}

(2) All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (Antichrist), whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. {Revelation 13:8}

(3) They that dwell on the earth shall wonder (about the beast) whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. {Revelation 17:8}

(4) I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. {Revelation 20:12} (These were not in Book of Life, but judged for their works.)

(5) Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. {Revelation 20:15}

(6) They shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. {Revelation 21:27}

(7) And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life. {Revelation 22:19}

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Matthew 10:32-33 "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. {33} But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."

Luke 12:8 "Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:"

1 Timothy 2:5 "For <there is> one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" Jesus talks to God for us.

Hebrews 7:25 "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." Jesus is our High Priest: intercedes to God

See my paper: "Imputed/Reckoned/Counted Righteousness of Jesus" TRANSFER OR THE IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS TO THE CHRISTIAN & CHRISTIAN'S SINS TO JESUS. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 3:6 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the /\ Spirit /\ saith unto the [ churches ]." Ear: Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:13, 22.

Revelation 3:7 "And to the [ angel ] of the [ church ] in Philadelphia write; These things saith M he M that is holy, M he M that is true, M he M that hath the key of David, M he M that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;" Philadelphia means brotherly love. They had no need to repent.

Matthew 20:28 "Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

He that hath the key of David .. Openeth .. no man shutteth: See Revelation 1:18. Symbolic of authority, keys were large & carried over the shoulder.

Isaiah 9:6-7 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. {7} Of the increase of <his> government and peace <there shall be> no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this."

Isaiah 22:22 "And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open."

Revelation 3:8 "M I M know thy works: behold, M I M have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept M my M word, and hast not denied M my M name."

John 17:6 "I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word."

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

2 Timothy 4:7 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished <my> course, I have kept the faith:"

Revelation 3:9 "Behold, M I M will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, M I M will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee." For synagogue .. Satan .. Jews see Rev. 2:9.

Revelation 3:10 "Because thou hast kept the word of M my M patience, M I M also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the [ earth ]."

1 Thessalonians 5:9 "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,"

See my paper: "Multiple Raptures" THE BIBLE SHOWS HOW GOD HAS RAPTURE MANY PEOPLE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END TIMES for more information on this subject.

Revelation 3:11 "Behold, M I M come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." For crown see Revelation 2:10.

Revelation 3:12 "Him that overcometh will M I M make a pillar in the temple of M my M /\ God /\, and he shall go no more out: and M I M will write upon him the name of M my M /\ God /\, and the name of the city of M my M /\ God /\, <which is> new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from M my M /\ God /\: and < M I M will write upon him> M my M new name."

Him that overcometh: Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26, 3:5, 3:12, 3:21, 12:11, 21:7.

Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

I make a pillar in the temple of my God .. He shall go no more out: We as pillar supports the building structure & have place of honor.

Ephesians 2:20-22 "And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner <stone>; {21} In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: {22} In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit."

1 Peter 2:5 "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."

I will write upon him the name of my God .. my new name: New names: Abram->Abraham, Jacob->Israel, Cephas->Peter, Saul->Paul. Jesus new name reflects Lordship: Revelation 19:16; Judgeship: 2 Corinthian 5:10; Ruler: Revelation 2:27 as compared with Savior.

Revelation 21:1-2 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. {2} And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

See my paper: "Jesus Titles & Characteristics" TITLES FOR JESUS WITH THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

Revelation 3:13 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the /\ Spirit /\ saith unto the [ churches ]." Ear: Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 22.

Revelation 3:14 "And unto the [ angel ] of the [ church ] of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of /\ God /\;" Laodiceans means truth or truly. They were an apostate church.

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." Jesus is the creator.

Colossians 1:16 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether <they be> thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:" All things created by/for Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:23-24 "But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. {24} Then <cometh> the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power."Firstfruit: order of new creation.

See my paper: "Triunity: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit" GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT TRIUNE: THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Just Who Is God" GOD CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 3:15 "M I M know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: M I M would thou wert cold or hot." Thy works: God is all knowing.

Revelation 3:16 "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, M I M will spue thee out of my mouth."

Matthew 12:30 "He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad."

Luke 16:13 "No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."

Revelation 3:17 "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:"

Rich .. goods .. need of nothing versus wretched .. miserable .. poor: Compare this prideful church to the Smyrna church in Revelation 2:9.

Revelation 3:18 "M I M counsel thee to buy of M me M gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and <that> the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see."

Revelation 3:19 "As many as M I M love, M I M rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and [ repent ]."

Hebrews 12:6-7 "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. {7} If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?"

See my paper: "Love" DEFINITION OF LOVE; LOVE IN ACTION IS CHARITY; BIBLE LOVE CHAPTERS; EXAMPLES OF LOVE; LOVE COMMANDS for more information on this subject.

WHAT: Jesus stands at the door of our hearts, & knocks: if any man hear my voice, & open the door, Jesus will come in to him, & will start a relationship with him, and he with me

Revelation 3:20 "Behold, M I M stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear M my M [ voice ], and open the door, M I M will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with M me M."

Ezekiel 33:11 "Say unto them, <As> I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"

See my paper: "What is a Born-Again & How to Become One" BORN-AGAIN PRINCIPLES ARE PRESENTED. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE JESUS ARE SHOWN. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 3:21 "To him that overcometh will M I M grant to sit with M me M in my throne, even as M I M also overcame, and am set down with M my M /\ Father /\ in /\ his /\ [ throne ]."

Him that overcometh: Revelation 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:26, 3:5, 3:12, 3:21, 12:11, 21:7.

Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

See my paper: "Overcomer" SHOWN IS THE HE, MAN-CHILD, ELECTED (ON FIRED) CHRISTIAN, PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE OVERCOMER for more information on this subject.

Matthew 19:28 "And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

See my paper: "Entry into the Holy of Holies" 3RD EXPERIENCE WITH THE FATHER, 1ST BORN-AGAIN WITH JESUS & 2ND WITH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM for more information on this subject.

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(1) The overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. {Revelation 3:21}

(2) I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. {Revelation 4:2}

(3) When those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever. {Revelation 4:9}

(4) I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book. {Revelation 5:1}

(5) In the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. {Revelation 5:6-7}

(6) Every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, says blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. {Revelation 5:13}

(7) Hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: {Revelation 6:16}

(8) After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. {Revelation 7:9-17}

(9) She brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. {Revelation 12:5}

(10) And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. {Revelation 19:4}

(11) And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: {Revelation 21:5}

(12) He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. {Revelation 22:1-3}

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Revelation 3:22 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the /\ Spirit /\ saith unto the [ churches ]." Ear: Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13.

III) JESUS CHRIST & KINGDOM AS JOHN IN HEAVEN TO SEE THINGS WHICH SHALL BE HEREAFTER: {REVELATION 4:1-22:21}

A) OVERCOMER CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO HEAVEN STARTS TRIBULATION: {REVELATION 4:1-11} WHICH SHALL BE HEREAFTER {REV 4:1-2 ON 22:21}

END TIME EVENTS HAS A BEGINNING OF SORROWS/1^st - 3 & ½ YEARS TRIBULATION/2^nd - 3 & ½ YEARS GREAT TRIBULATION: {MATTHEW 24:7-34}

Tribulation/Great Tribulation Length: 3&1/2 years; 42 months; 1260 days; Time, Times, Half Times; half week {Daniel 9:27} ; {Revelation 12:6}

1) Beginning of Sorrows {Matthew 24:7-8, 14} War, famines, pestilences, & earthquakes, in divers places is 1^st chronological order of time event.

2) Parable of Fig Tree {Matthew 24:32-34} Israel & Jewish people events show nearness to End Times is 2^nd chronological order of time event.

3) Immediately after the Tribulation the sun, moon, & stars be darken with rapture of John 3:16 Church {Matthew 24:29-31} is 3^rd chronological order of time event.

4) Abomination of desolation in the middle of 7 years End Times starts the second 3 & 1/2 years Great Tribulation period {Matthew 24:15} is 4^th chronological order of time event.

5) Last 3 & 1/2 years is the Great Tribulation worst ever period for God's wrath {Matthew 24:21} is 5^th chronological order of time event.

Revelation 4:1 "[ After this ] [ I looked ], and, behold, a door <was> opened in heaven: and the first [ voice ] which I heard <was> as it were of a [ trumpet ] talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and M I M will show thee things which must be hereafter."

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(1) After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. {Revelation 4:1}

(2) And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. {Revelation 7:1}

(3) After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; {Revelation 7:9}

(4) And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.{Revelation 11:11}

(5) And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. {Revelation 12:15}

(6) And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. {Revelation 13:3}

(7) And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: {Revelation 15:5}

(8) And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. {Revelation 18:1}

(9) And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. {Revelation 18:14}

(10) And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: {Revelation 19:1}

(11) And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. {Revelation 20:3}

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Door opened in heaven .. voice .. like trumpet .. come up .. show hereafter: Verse uses, John = church, to support a pre-tribulation rapture.

Isaiah 26:20-21 "Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. {21} For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain."

Matthew 24:31 "And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."

1 Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: {17} Then we which are alive <and> remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

WHAT: Immediately I was in the spirit; & a throne was set in heaven, & God sat on the throne

Revelation 4:2 "And immediately I was in the /\ spirit /\; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and </\ one /\> sat on the [ throne ]."

Immediately I was in the spirit: See Revelation 1:10. Could be four separation Revelations: 1:10 (Past), 4:2 (Present), 17:3 (Religious system on earth), & 21:10 (Heavenly realm).

2 Corinthians 12:3-4 "And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) {4} How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."

Revelation 4:3 "And /\ he /\ that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and <there was> a rainbow round about the [ throne ], in sight like unto an emerald."

He .. Sat .. like jasper/sardine stone .. rainbow round throne .. like emerald:

Sardine (red color) stone found on High Priest's breastplate was used for first son (Reuben) which means "behold a son". Jasper (clear as crystal: Rev. 21:11) stone was for last son, Benjamin of Israel & means "son of my right hand". Emerald (green color) stone also on breastplate was used for tribe of Judah. Judah, kingly tribe, means praised. Jesus was from the tribe of Judah. This could mean 1st & last (as in son), behold a son/son of my right hand, kingly/praised. Rainbow (all colors) bow has no break in it.

Revelation 4:4 "And round about the throne <were> four and twenty seats: and upon the seats [ I saw ] four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold."

Round throne four & twenty seat/elders .. clothed in white .. head crown: Could be elder of twelve tribes and twelve apostles. The throne is in the center. These seats are positions of honor, status to God. For crowns see Revelation 2:10.

Mnatthew 19:28 "And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

Revelation 4:5 "And out of the throne proceeded [ lightnings ] and [ thunderings ] and [ voices ]: and <there were> [ seven ] lamps of fire burning before the [ throne ], which are the [ seven Spirits ] of /\ God /\."

Out of throne lightnings & thunderings & voices: Symbolic of God's majesty, power, and announcing some important event to follow. For thunder see: Revelation 4:5, 6:1, 8:5, 10:3-4, 11:19, 16:18, & 19:6.

Exodus 19:16-17 "And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that <was> in the camp trembled. {17} And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount."

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(1) And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. {Revelation 4:5}

(2) And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. {Revelation 6:1}

(3) And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. {Revelation 8:5}

(4) And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. {Revelation 10:3}

(5) And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. {Revelation 10:4}

(6) And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. {Revelation 11:19}

(7) And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: {Revelation 14:2}

(8) And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. {Revelation 16:18}

(9) And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. {Revelation 19:6}

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Seven lamps of fire burning before throne are seven Spirits of God: Energy sources: Lamp: light source; Fire: heat source also fire is used to clean, tried & punish; Seven Spirits: see Revelation 1:4.

Isaiah 11:2 "And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD"7 spirit

Revelation 8:5 "And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast <it> into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake."

Revelation 4:6 "And before the [ throne ] <there was> a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the [ throne ], and round about the [ throne ], <were> four [ beasts ] full of eyes before and behind."

Sea of glass like unto crystal: Saints among the peoples of earth. Crystal is symbol of perfection. It's clear as light. See Revelation 21:11

Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, <and> over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

Four beasts full of eyes before and behind: Beasts = living ones. See Revelation 1:4 for eyes and Revelation 5:6. Cherubims or angelic beings keep the way of the tree of life. Two Cherubims on the ark of the covenant with their wings touching.

Genesis 3:24 "So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."

Exodus 25:18-20 "And thou shalt make two cherubims <of> gold, <of> beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. {19} And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: <even> of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. {20} And the cherubims shall stretch forth <their> wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces <shall look> one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be."

Revelation 4:7 "And the first [ beast ] <was> like a lion, and the second [ beast ] like a calf, and the third [ beast ] had a face as a man, and the fourth [ beast ] <was> like a flying eagle."

Ezekiel 10:14 "And every one had four faces: the first face <was> the face of a cherub, and the second face <was> the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle."

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(1) First beast - lion: Tribe of Judah - lion; Matthew's Gospel; denotes power, majesty & dominion.

(2) Second beast - calf: Tribe of Ephraim - ox; Mark's Gospel; denotes suffering servant/sacrifice.

(3) Third beast - face of man: Tribe of Reuben - man; Luke's Gospel; Son of man; Man - God; the highest creation.

(4) Fourth beast - eagle: Tribe of Dan - Eagle; John's Gospel; Son of God; eagle represents divinity; denotes swiftness, far-sighted & elevation.

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WAY: Saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty which was, and is, and is to come

Revelation 4:8 "And the four [ beasts ] had each of them six wings about <him>; and <they were> full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, /\ Lord /\ /\ God /\ Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."

Isaiah 6:2-3 "Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. {3} And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, <is> the LORD of hosts: the whole earth <is> full of his glory."

Four beast rested not saying Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty: Eyes denote seeing all; rest not denotes doings God's work continually; praising God always denotes on fire for the Lord; Seraphim = burning ones.

Exodus 15:11 "Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?"

Revelation 4:9 "And when those [ beasts ] give { glory } and honour and thanks to /\ him /\ that sat on the [ throne ], /\ who /\ liveth for ever and ever," God is eternal. He never had beginning or ending.

Revelation 4:10 "The four and twenty elders fall down before /\ him /\ that sat on the [ throne ], and worship /\ him /\ that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,"

Four & twenty elders fall down and worship .. cast their crowns: All accomplishments & glories belong to Jesus.

Revelation 19:12 "His eyes <were> as a flame of fire, and on his head <were> many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself."

John 15:16 "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and <that> your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you."

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(1) Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. {Revelation 2:10}

() Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. {Revelation 3:11}

() And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. {Revelation 4:4}

() The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, {Revelation 4:10}

() And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. {Revelation 6:2}

() And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. {Revelation 9:7}

() And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: {Revelation 12:1}

() And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. {Revelation 12:3}

() And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. {Revelation 13:1}

() And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. {Revelation 14:14}

() His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. {Revelation 19:12}

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For what <is> our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? <Are> not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming {1 Thessalonians 2:19}

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing {2 Timothy 4:8}

Blessed <is> the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him {James 1:12}

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away {1 Peter 5:4}

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast <some> of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life {Revelation 2:10}

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown {Revelation 3:11}

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying {Revelation 4:10}

His eyes <were> as a flame of fire, and on his head <were> many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself {Revelation 19:12}

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WHY: Lord you are worthy to receive glory, honour, & power: for you have created all things, for your pleasure

Revelation 4:11 "/\ Thou /\ art worthy, O /\ Lord /\, to receive { glory } and honour and power: for /\ thou /\ hast created all things, and for /\ thy /\ pleasure they are and were created."

John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." Jesus is God the creator.

John 10:10 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have <it> more abundantly."

Colossians 1:16-17 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether <they be> thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: {17} And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." He is reason for being. and the purpose of our lives. Live a life of faith, it pleases God.

Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith <it is> impossible to please <him>: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and <that> he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David open the book with seven seals as slain Lamb with seven Spirits of God sent to earth.

Revelation 5:1 "And [ I saw ] in the right hand of him that sat on the [ throne ] a book written within and on the backside, sealed with [ seven ] [ seals ]."

Right hand: Right hand symbolizes authority/control & highest respect/honor.

Daniel 12:4, 8-9 "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. {8} And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? {9 }And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end."

Book written within and on the backside: Denotes fullness or no open area to write more. Could be the same book as Revelation 10:8-11.

Ezekiel 2:8-3:3 "But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. {9} And when I looked, behold, an hand <was> sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book <was> therein; {10} And he spread it before me; and it <was> written within and without: and <there was> written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. {3:1} Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. {2} So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. {3} And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat <it>; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness."

Sealed with seven seals: Seven is number of secured completeness which only Jesus could open (Revelation 5:7-9).

Daniel 12:4 "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, <even> to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."

Daniel 12:9 "And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words <are> closed up and sealed till the time of the end."

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(1) And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. {Revelation 5:1}

(2) And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? {Revelation 5:2}

(3) And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.{Revelation 5:5}

(4) And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; {Revelation 5:9}

(6) And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. {Revelation 6:3}

(7) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.{Revelation 6:5}

(8) And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. {Revelation 6:7}

(9) And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: {Revelation 6:9}

(10) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; {Revelation 6:12}

(11) And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, {Revelation 7:2}

(12) Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. {Revelation 7:3}

(13) And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. {Revelation 7:4}

(14) Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. {Revelation 7:5}

(15) Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.{Revelation 7:6}

(16) Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. {Revelation 7:7}

(17) Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. {Revelation 7:8}

(18) And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. {Revelation 8:1}

(19) And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. {Revelation 9:4}

(20) And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. {Revelation 10:4}

(21) And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. {Revelation 20:3}

(22) And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. {Revelation 22:10}

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Revelation 5:2 "And [ I saw ] a strong [ angel ] proclaiming with a loud [ voice ], Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the [ seals ] thereof?" Who is worthy: Jesus only.

Psalm 103:20 "Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word."

Revelation 5:3 "And (1) no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the [ earth ], was able to open the book, neither to look thereon."

No man was able to open the book neither to look thereon: Sealed from the eyes of all but Jesus.

Isaiah 41:28 "For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word."

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(1) No man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. {Revelation 5:3}

(2) And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. {Revelation 5:4}

(3) Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. {Revelation 5:5}

(4) And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. {Revelation 5:7}

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Revelation 5:4 "And I wept much, because (2) no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon."

WHAT: Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open book

Revelation 5:5 "And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, (3) the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the [ seven ] [ seals ] thereof."

Genesis 49:8-10 "Judah, thou <art he> whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand <shall be> in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. {9} Judah <is> a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? {10} The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him <shall> the gathering of the people <be>."

See my paper: "Messianic Prophecies That Jesus Fulfilled" OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES PROPHECIES & THEIR NEW TESTAMENT FULFILLMENT BY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

Isaiah 11:1, 10 "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: {10} And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious."

Romans 15:12 "And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust." Seed of David (Romans 1:3)

Revelation 5:6 "And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the [ throne ] and of the four [ beasts ], and in the midst of the elders, stood a [ Lamb ] as it had been slain, having [ seven ] horns and [ seven ] eyes, which are the [ seven ] Spirits of /\ God /\ sent forth into all the [ earth ]."

John 1:29 "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." Lamb = emblem of offering.

John 20:27 "Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust <it> into my side: and be not faithless, but believing."

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(1) Lamb as had been slain with the fullness of the Spirit of God {Revelation 5:6}

(2) The heavenly host fell down to worship the Lamb with the prayers of saints {Revelation 5:8}

(3) Every creature in heaven, earth & under earth gave glory, etc. to the Lamb {Revelation 5:13}

(5) Those evil men on earth want to hide from the wrath of the Lamb {Revelation 6:16}

(6) An uncountable number stood before the throne & Lamb & worshipped {Revelation 7:10}

(7) They washed themselves with the blood of the Lamb & were made clean {Revelation 7:14}

(8) The Lamb shall feed them & provide living water to them {Revelation 7:17}

(9) Christians overcame by the blood of the Lamb, their testimony, & death {Revelation 12:11}

(10) All worship antichrist who were not in book of the Lamb from earth start{Revelation 13:8}

(11) Lamb stood with 144,000 in heaven who had Father’s name in head {Revelation 14:1}

(12) The 144,000 are virgin men who are redeemed & follow the Lamb {Revelation 14:4}

(13) The redeemed in heaven sing the song of Moses & the Lamb {Revelation 15:3}

(14) Antichrist make war with Lamb; were overcame for He is Lord & King {Revelation 17:14}

(15) Marriage supper of the Lamb, & His wife has made herself ready {Revelation 19:7}

(16) Walls of the New city had 12 foundations of the 12 apostles of the Lamb {Revelation 21:14}

(17) Lamb is the light for new Jerusalem with no sun needed {Revelation 21:23}

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Lamb .. Seven horns and seven eyes are seven Spirits of God: Revelation 1:4; 3:1, 4:5. Seven horns are symbolic of complete power/authority = horn. Seven eyes are symbolic of complete knowledge as seeing all things.

Habakkuk 3:4 "And <his> brightness was as the light; he had horns <coming> out of his hand: and there <was> the hiding of his power."

See my paper: "Godhead Relationship" HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH MANIFESTATION OF THE GODHEAD FOR FULFILLMENT, NOT ONLY JESUS. for more information on this subject.

WAY: He came & took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne

Revelation 5:7 "And (4) he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the [ throne ]." Jesus took book from God.

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Revelation 5:8 "And when he had taken the book, the four [ beasts ] and four <and> twenty elders fell down before the [ Lamb ], having every one of them harps, and golden [ vials ] full of odours, which are the prayers of saints."

Golden vials full of odours...prayers of saints: Gold symbolic of royalty and tried; Compared with vials of wrath of God in Revelation 15:7

Psalms 141:2 "Let my prayer be set forth before thee <as> incense; <and> the lifting up of my hands <as> the evening sacrifice."

See my paper: "Prayer" PRESENTS PRAYER STEPS. THE LORD'S PRAYER AND OTHER NEW TESTAMENT PRAYER EXAMPLES SHOWN. for more information on this subject.

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(1) And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, {30} By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. {Acts 4:29-30}

(2) Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: {6} That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. {13} Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. {Romans 15:5-6, 13}

(3) That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: {18} The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, {19} And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, {20} Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, {Ephesians 1:17-20}

(4) That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; {17} That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, {18} May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; {19} And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. {Ephesians 3:16-19}

(5) And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; {10} That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; {11} Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. {Philippians 1:9-11}

(6) For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; {10} That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; {11} Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; {12} Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: {13} Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: {14} In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: {Colossians 1:9-14}

(7) Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. {12} And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: {13} To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. {1 Thessalonians 3:11-13}

(8) Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: {12} That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. {2 Thessalonians 1:11-12}

(9) Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, {21} Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. {Hebrews 13:20-21}

(10) But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. {11} To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. {1 Peter 5:10-11}

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(1) And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. {Revelation 5:8}

(2) And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. {Revelation 15:7}

(3) And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. {Revelation 16:1}

(4) And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.{Revelation 16:2}

(5) And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. {Revelation 16:3}

(6) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. {Revelation 16:4}

(7) And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. {Revelation 16:8}

(8) And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, {Revelation 16:10}

(9) And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. {Revelation 16:12}

(10) And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. {Revelation 16:17}

(11) And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: {Revelation 17:1}

(12) And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. {Revelation 21:9}

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WHY: Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood

Revelation 5:9 "And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the [ seals ] thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to /\ God /\ by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and [ nation ];"

Redeemed us..by thy blood out of every kindred, tongue, people: Gospel was preached to all:

Colossians 1:23 "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and <be> not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, <and> which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;"

See my paper: "Walk as Jesus Walked" PRESENTED ARE THE WALKS OF THE CHRISTIAN DISCIPLE. for more information on this subject.

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(1) And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy, thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood. {Revelation 5:9}

(2) I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: {Revelation 6:9}

(3) I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. {Revelation 7:9}

(4) They heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. {Revelation 11:12}

(5) She brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. {Revelation 12:5}

(6) I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. {Revelation 14:1}

(7) I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God. {Revelation 20:4}

(8) God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: {Revelation 21:4}

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Revelation 5:10 "And hast made us unto our /\ God /\ kings and priests: and we shall reign on the [ earth ]."

1 Peter 2:5 "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."

See my paper: "Jesus as Prophet, Priest, & King" SCRIPTURES SHOWS JESUS AS A PROPHET, MELCHISEDEC PRIEST & ETERNAL KING for more information on this subject.

Daniel 7:27 "And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom <is> an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."

Revelation 20:6 "Blessed and holy <is> he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

Revelation 5:11 "And I beheld, and I heard the [ voice ] of many [ angels ] round about the [ throne ] and the [ beasts ] and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;"

Ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands: Undetermined number of people.

See my paper: "Scripture Numerics" PRESENTED IS THE BIBLE'S USE OF NUMBERS & THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

Revelation 5:12 "Saying with a loud [ voice ], Worthy is the [ Lamb ] that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and { glory }, and blessing." All praise to Jesus

Revelation 5:13 "And every creature which is in heaven, and on the [ earth ], and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and { glory }, and power, <be> unto him that sitteth upon the [ throne ], and unto the [ Lamb ] for ever and ever." Equal worship to the Father and Son.

Revelation 5:14 "And the four [ beasts ] said, Amen. And the four <and> twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever."

CHAPTER 6) SEVEN SEALS JUDGMENTS: {REVELATION 6:1-8:6} These plagues are near the beginning of the first 3&1/2 years Tribulation period.

1st Seal {Revelation 6:1-2} Rider on white horse with bow, crown, and conquering.

2nd Seal {Revelation 6:3-4} Rider on red horse removed peace from earth to kill others with great sword.

3rd Seal {Revelation 6:5-6} Rider of black horse with pair of balances measuring wheat and barley.

4th Seal {Revelation 6:7-8} Rider of pale horse name was death & hell followed to kill 1/4 earth with sword.

5th Seal {Revelation 6:9-11} Martyred souls for God's word resting until other believers be martyred for faith.

6th Seal {Revelation 6:12-17} Sun black, moon blood, stars fell with earthquake as man fear Lamb's wrath.

7th Seal Silence in Heaven {Revelation 8:1-6} Altar fire cast to earth with thunder, lightning, & earthquake.

Revelation 6:1 "And [ I saw ] when the [ Lamb ] opened one of the [ seals ], and I heard, as it were the noise of [ thunder ], one of the four [ beasts ] saying, Come and see." Thunder: see Revelation 4:5 notes.

Revelation 10:3 "And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices."

Come and see: Some believe the seals judgment starts the 7 years of God's wrath.

Revelation 6:2 "And [ I saw ], and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." See white horse in Revelation 19:11.

White horse: Imitation Christ as 1000 years of peace did not follow. White is symbolic of victory and purity. For true Christ on white horse see Revelation 19:11, 14.

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(1) 1st Seal - > White Horse -> Rider given Crown & bow to Conquer {Revelation 6:1-2}

(2) 2nd Seal - > Red Horse -> Rider given Power, Sword takes Earth's Peace {Revelation 6:3-4}

(3) 3rd Seal - > Black Horse -> Rider have Measure Balances makes Famine {Revelation 6:5-6}

(4) 4th Seal - > Pale Horse -> Rider Name is Death & Hell to Kill ¼ Earth {Revelation 6:7-8}

(5) 5th Seal - > Soul’s Slain for God’s Word under Alter -> Martyrs Killed {Revelation 6:9-11}

(6) 6th Seal - > Earthquake, Sun black, Moon blood, Stars Fall -> Changes {Revelation 6:12-17}

(7) 7th Seal - > Silence in Heaven for half hour -> 7 Thumpets Judgments {Revelation 8:1-5}

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Psalm 45:3-5 "Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. {4} And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. {5} Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee."

Crown..he went forth to conquer: Crown is victory over masses of people. 4 spirits in 4 horses: white horse = conquest . See Revelation 4:10 for list of crowns in scriptures.

Zechariah 6:11 "Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;"

Revelation 6:3 "And when he had opened the second [ seal ], I heard the second [ beast ] say, Come and see."

Revelation 6:4 "And there went out another horse <that was> red: and <power> was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the [ earth ], and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword." Kill..sword:

Red horse..take peace from earth..kill one another: Spirit of bloodshed, death and war. Given: That God in control.

Job 1:7 "And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."

Zechariah 1:8-11 "I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that <were> in the bottom; and behind him <were there> red horses, speckled, and white. {9} Then said I, O my lord, what <are> these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these <be>. {10} And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These <are they> whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. {11} And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest."

Zechariah 6:1-8 "And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains <were> mountains of brass. {2} In the first chariot <were> red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; {3} And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. {4} Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What <are> these, my lord? {5} And the angel answered and said unto me, These <are> the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. {6} The black horses which <are> therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country. {7} And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. {8} Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country."

John 19:11 "Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power <at all> against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin."

Psalms 17:13 "Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, <which is> thy sword:"

Isaiah 10:5-6 "O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. {6} I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets."

Ezekiel 30:24 "And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded <man>."

Revelation 6:5 "And when he had opened the third [ seal ], I heard the third [ beast ] say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand."

Leviticus 26:26 "<And> when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver <you> your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied."

Ezekiel 4:16 "Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:"

Revelation 6:6 "And I heard a [ voice ] in the midst of the four [ beasts ] say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and <see> thou hurt not the oil and the wine."

Wheat..barley: Day's wage to feed one person; measure wheat; inflated prices.

Matthew 20:2 "And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard."

Hurt not the oil and the wine: Limit to destruction by God until a later chapter.

Revelation 6:7 "And when he had opened the fourth [ seal ], I heard the [ voice ] of the fourth [ beast ] say, Come and see."

Revelation 6:8 "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the [ beasts ] of the [ earth ]." Power see Revelation 6:4 above.

Pale horse: Symbolizes death and hell. Death by many sources. Hades = the place of departed people. Maybe gathering up the dead also. 1/4 people = billion + people. Most will be hell bound.

WHO: Under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held

Revelation 6:9 "And when he had opened the fifth [ seal ], [ I saw ] under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of /\ God /\, and for the testimony which they held:"

Under alter souls slain for the word of God: Martyrs during 7 years. See also Revelation 7:9, 7:14, 12:11, and 20:4.

Matthew 24:9 "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake."

Matthew 24:13 "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."

Revelation 6:10 "And they cried with a loud [ voice ], saying, How long, O /\ Lord /\, holy and true, dost /\ thou /\ not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the [ earth ]?"

WHY: Does thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth

Revelation 6:11 "And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they <were>, should be fulfilled."

Revelation 7:9 "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;"

Revelation 6:12 "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth [ seal ], and, lo, there was a great [ earthquake ]; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;"

Matthew 24:7 "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places."

Exodus 10:21 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness <which> may be felt." One of the plagues

Joel 2:10 "The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:"

Joel 2:30-31 "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. {31} The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come."

Matthew 27:45 "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour." During Jesus' death on the cross

Revelation 6:13 "And the stars of heaven fell unto the [ earth ], even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind."

Mark 13:25-26 "And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. {26} And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory."

Revelation 6:14 "And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places."

Isaiah 34:4 "And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling <fig> from the fig tree."

Jeremiah 4:24 "I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly."

Nahum 1:5-6 "The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. {6} Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him."

Revelation 20:11 "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them."

WHO: The kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man

Revelation 6:15 "And the kings of the [ earth ], and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;"

Revelation 6:16 "And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of /\ him /\ that sitteth on the [ throne ], and from the [ wrath ] of the [ Lamb ]:" Jesus wrath.

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(1) And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: {Revelation 6:16}

(2) For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? {Revelation 6:17}

(3) And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. {Revelation 11:18}

(4) Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. {Revelation 12:12}

(5) And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. {Revelation 14:8}

(6) The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: {Revelation 14:10}

(7) And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. {Revelation 14:19}

(8) And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. {Revelation 15:1}

(9) And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. {Revelation 15:7}

(10) And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. {Revelation 16:1}

(11) And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. {Revelation 16:19}

(11) For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. {Revelation 18:3}

(12) And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. {Revelation 19:15}

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Revelation 6:17 "For the great day of his [ wrath ] is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

Malachi 3:2 "But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he <is> like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:"

Romans 1:18 "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;"

CHAPTER 7} OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION RAPTURE OR MARTYRED SAINTS; 144,000 – 12 TRIBES & RAPTURE: {REVELATION 7} ; {REVELATION 14:1-5}

MARTYRED BELIEVERS IN HEAVEN {REVELATION 7:9-17} They came out of the Great Tribulation by either pre-wrath rapture or by being martyred

Saints killed in Tribulation: Smyrna Church {Revelation 2:10} ; Pre-wrath {Revelation 7:13-17} ; 2 witnesses {Revelation 11:3-12} ; Overcame by Lamb's blood {Revelation 12:11, 17} ; Killed by Anti-Christ {Revelation 13:7} ; Jewish Dead-Blessed {Revelation 14:12-13} ; Babylon the Great kill saints {17:6} ; Babylon Fallen {18:20, 24} ; Beheaded {Revelation 20:4-6}

144,000 on earth {Revelation 7:3-8} Sealed the servants of God in forehead for protection against earth being hurt; Dan is missing & Tribe Manasses is in its place.

After completing their ministry by having God the Father's name in their foreheads, the 144,000 are in Heaven with Jesus {Revelation 14:1-5}. They are virgin man, they only know song, no guile, no fault, & are redeemed or raptured from earth as firstfruits unto God.

Revelation 7:1 "And [ after these ] things [ I saw ] four [ angels ] standing on the four corners of the [ earth ], holding the four winds of the [ earth ], that the wind should not blow on the [ earth ], nor on the sea, nor on any tree."

Revelation 20:8 "And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom <is> as the sand of the sea."

Four winds: Winds = spirits = angels. Winds used by God for destruction. See also Rev. 6:4 notes and Zechariah 6:5 for four spirits. Four angels see Revelation 7:2 below.

Jeremiah 49:36 "And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come."

Revelation 7:2 "And [ I saw ] another [ angel ] ascending from the east, having the [ seal ] of the living /\ God /\: and he cried with a loud [ voice ] to the four [ angels ], to whom it was given to hurt the [ earth ] and the sea," Another angel could be Jesus with seal.

Ephesians 1:13 "In whom ye also <trusted>, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"

WHY: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God

Revelation 7:3 "Saying, Hurt not the [ earth ], neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have [ sealed ] the servants of our /\ God /\ in their foreheads."

Sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads: For protection. These are visible mark like Abraham covenant of circumcision (Romans 4:11), blood on door (exodus 12:3) and mark of beast/666 (Revelation 13:16-18).

Revelation 9:4 "And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads."

Ezekiel 9:4 "And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof."

WHAT: I heard the number of them which were sealed: <and there were> sealed an hundred <and> forty <and> four thousand of all the tribes of Israel

Revelation 7:4 "And I heard the number of them which were [ sealed ]: <and there were> [ sealed ] an hundred <and> forty <and> four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel."

Ephesians 4:30 "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."

144,000 from Jewish tribes: Revelation 14:1-5 - These maybe raptured in mid-tribulation.

Revelation 14:1 "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty <and> four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads."

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(1) The number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. {Revelation 7:4}

(2) IN PLACE OF DAN IS MANASSES: Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. {Revelation 7:6} Manassas, the son of Joseph, replaced the tribe of Dan.

(3) DAN MISSING: Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; {19} And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: {20} The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. {21} And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: {Deuteronomy 29:18-21}

(4) And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. {Judges 18:30}

(5) DAN IS RESTORED: And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: {Revelation 21:12}

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Exodus 23:20-21 "Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. {21} Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name <is> in him."

John 5:43 "I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive."

John 17:11 "And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we <are>."The New International version Bible (NIV) shows this better.

John 17:11 (NIV) "I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name-the name you gave me-so that they may be one as we are one."

See my paper: "Triunity: Father, Son, & Holy Spirit" GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT TRIUNE: THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Just Who Is God" GOD CAN NOT BE DIVIDED. GOD IS A QUALITATIVE ONE TRIUNITY NOT THREE SEPARATE PERSONS. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 7:5 "Of the tribe of Juda <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand."

See my paper: "Scripture Numerics" PRESENTED IS THE BIBLE'S USE OF NUMBERS & THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

Tribe names: Usually scripture has Joseph and Levi omitted. It adds Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. Joseph in verse 8 and Manasseh in verse 6. Levi in verse 7. Dan is also missing.

See my paper: "Twelve Tribes Prophecies" JACOB & MOSES PROPHECIES FOR THE TWELVE TRIBES ARE PRESENTED WITH THEIR MEANINGS for more information on this subject.

Revelation 7:6 "Of the tribe of Aser <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand."

Manasseh listed instead of Dan: Dan missing because of sin of idolatry. However, Dan is promised a spot in new Jerusalem.

Revelation 21:12 "And had a wall great and high, <and> had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are <the names> of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:"

Judges 18:30-31 "And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. {31} And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh."

1 Kings 12:28-30 "Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves <of> gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. {29} And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. {30} And this thing became a sin: for the people went <to worship> before the one, <even> unto Dan."

Deuteronomy 29:18-21 "Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go <and> serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; {19} And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: {20} The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. {21} And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:"

Revelation 7:7 "Of the tribe of Simeon <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand."

Tribe of Levi: Priestly tribe. They did not have land in Israel because they were given an inheritance unto God.

Revelation 7:8 "Of the tribe of Zabulon <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin <were> [ sealed ] twelve thousand."

Tribe of Joseph: Joseph was the father of Manasseh in Rev 7:6. His other son, Ephraim, is not included among this list. Joseph is not usually listed and his two sons fill his and Levi positions.

WHAT: A great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes

Revelation 7:9 "[ After this ] I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all [ nations ], and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the [ throne ], and before the [ Lamb ], clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;" See Revelation 6:9-11

Great multitude..all nations..kindreds..people..tongues: See Revelation 6:9-11. These are Christians killed during 7 years. This result may have been from the 144,000 Jewish missionaries.

See my paper: "What is a Born-Again & How to Become One" BORN-AGAIN PRINCIPLES ARE PRESENTED. THE STEPS TO RECEIVE JESUS ARE SHOWN. for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "Multiple Raptures" THE BIBLE SHOWS HOW GOD HAS RAPTURE MANY PEOPLE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END TIMES for more information on this subject.

Revelation 7:10 "And cried with a loud [ voice ], saying, Salvation to our /\ God /\ which sitteth upon the [ throne ], and unto the [ Lamb ]."

Revelation 7:11 "And all the [ angels ] stood round about the [ throne ], and <about> the elders and the four [ beasts ], and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped /\ God /\,"

Revelation 7:12 "Saying, Amen: Blessing, and { glory }, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, <be> unto our /\ God /\ for ever and ever. Amen." Doxology. Amen = it shall be so.

Revelation 7:13 "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?" White robes for purification and washed clean by lamb.

WAY: These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb

Revelation 7:14 "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the [ Lamb ]."See Revelation 12:11/20:4 - Overcame by the blood of the lamb

Revelation 7:15 "Therefore are they before the throne of /\ God /\, and serve /\ him /\ day and night in /\ his /\ temple: and /\ he /\ that sitteth on the [ throne ] shall dwell among them." Closeness to God and the lamb.

Revelation 7:16 "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun [ light ] on them, nor any heat." Blessed

Revelation 21:23 "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb <is> the light thereof."

WHY: Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, & shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes

Revelation 7:17 "For the [ Lamb ] which is in the midst of the [ throne ] shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and /\ God /\ shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."

Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Revelation 8:1 "And when he had opened the seventh [ seal ], there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." Next wrath

Silence in heaven about the space of half an hour: This is a brief quiet period before the storm. This is a preparation for the next conflict. This could be the start of God's avenging his saints in Revelation 10.

CHAPTERS 8-9) SEVEN TRUMPETS JUDGMENT: {REVELATION 8:1-11:19} These plagues occur during later part of the first 3&1/2 years Tribulation period.

7th Seal Silence in Heaven {Revelation 8:1-6} Altar fire cast to earth thunder, lightning, & earthquake.

TRUMPET JUDGMENTS {REVELATION 8:7-12} ; {REVELATION 9:1-21} ; {REVELATION 11:14-19}

1st Trumpet {Revelation 8:7} Hail with fire & blood burnt 1/3 trees & all grass

2nd Trumpet {Revelation 8:8-9} Fire mountain into sea turn blood killing 1/3 creatures & 1/3 ships destroyed

3rd Trumpet {Revelation 8:10-11} Bitter (Wornwood) star fell into 1/3 rivers & springs killing many men

5th Trumpet 1st Woe {Revelation 9:1-12} Hell's demon scorpion creatures torture man 5 months from dying

6th Trumpet 2nd Woe {Revelation 9:13-21} Euphrates dried for 200M army to kill 1/3 men by fire, smoke, and brimstone

7th Trumpet 3rd Woe {Revelation 11:14-19} This 7th trumpet 3rd woe begins the great tribulation period vial judgments

Revelation 8:2 "And [ I saw ] the [ seven ] [ angels ] which stood before /\ God /\; and to them were given [ seven ] [ trumpets ]."

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Revelation 8:3 "And another [ angel ] came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer <it> with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the [ throne ]."

Romans 8:34 "Who <is> he that condemneth? <It is> Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us."

Hebrews 7:25 "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them."

Another angel..He should offer it with the prayers of all saints: Jesus in His priestly role. See notes Revelation 5:8. God is answering the prayers of his people in 6:10-11.

1 Timothy 2:5 "For <there is> one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;"

See my paper: "Prayer" PRESENTS PRAYER STEPS. THE LORD'S PRAYER AND OTHER NEW TESTAMENT PRAYER EXAMPLES SHOWN. for more information on this subject.

Revelation 8:4 "And the smoke of the incense, <which came> with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before /\ God /\ out of the [ angel’s ] hand."

Luke 1:9-10 "According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. {10} And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense."

Revelation 8:5 "And the [ angel ] took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast <it> into the [ earth ]: and there were [ voices ], and [ thunderings ], and [ lightnings ], and an [ earthquake ]."

Angel..filled it with fire of the altar..cast it into the earth: Fire symbolic of purifying and Holy Spirit and destroying. Filled symbolic of full measure.

Luke 12:49 "I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?"

Voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake: See notes Revelation 4:5. God is announcing some important event.

WHAT: The seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound

Revelation 8:6 "And the seven [ angels ] which had the seven [ trumpets ] prepared themselves to sound."

Revelation 8:7 "The first [ angel ] sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the [ earth ]: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up." Tree symbolic of dignity of man. Green grass = food/common men

See my paper: "Judgments of Believer & Unbeliever" PRESENTED ARE SEVERAL JUDGMENTS FOR THE SAVED AND UN-SAVED for more information on this subject.

Hail and fire mingled with blood..tree burnt and green grass burnt: Very on-usual combination. Same results with Moses.

Exodus 9:23-25 "And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. {24} So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. {25} And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that <was> in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field."

Third part: Also complete number. For other third parts scriptures See Revelation 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:12, 9:15, 9:18, 12:4.

Revelation 8:8 "And the second [ angel ] sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;"

Mountain burning with fire.sea became blood.sea creature die.ship: See Revelation 16:3 also. This could be a meteor.

Revelation 8:9 "And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed."

Revelation 8:10 "And the third [ angel ] sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;"

Revelation 8:11 "And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."

Burning star (wormwood/bitter) fell..water became bitter..men died: See Revelation 9:1 for star as a religious leader fall or an angel falling. His teachings could be bitter or poisonous like apostate.

Revelation 8:12 "And the fourth [ angel ] sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise."

Luke 21:25-26 "And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; {26} Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken."

WHO: The inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels

Revelation 8:13 "And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the [ earth ] by reason of the other [ voices ] of the [ trumpet ] of the three [ angels ], which are yet to sound!"

Revelation 9:1 "And the fifth [ angel ] sounded, and [ I saw ] a star fall from heaven unto the [ earth ]: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit." In Revelation 1:20 star = angel of church

Isaiah 14:12 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! <how> art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!"

Luke 10:18 "And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." Jesus saw Satan fall from heaven.

Revelation 12:7-9 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, {8} And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. {9} And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

Revelation 12:12 "Therefore rejoice, <ye> heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."

Revelation 9:2 "And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit."

Bottomless pit: Revelation 9:1, 9:2, 9:11, 11:7, 12:8, 20:1, 20:3. This is the temporary location for falling angels or demons. See Revelation 20:13-15 for permanent place: the lake of fire.

Luke 8:30-31 "And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. {31} And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep."Jesus deals with demons requesting not to be sent to pit.

Revelation 9:3 "And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the [ earth ] have power."

Came out smoke locusts..given power..scorpions of earth have power: Locusts destroy but scorpions apply pain.

Revelation 9:4 "And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the [ earth ], neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the [ seal ] of /\ God /\ in their foreheads."

Not hurt grass, green thing..only men which have not the seal of God: Some church doctrines have people go through the tribulation sealed & protected as God protected Noah by the ship being above the water

Exodus 10:14-15 "And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous <were they>; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. {15} For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt." Contrast with the locusts who only destroy green grass and trees.

Luke 10:19 "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Contrast with Christian who will overcome by Jesus scorpions and any power of enemy.

WAY: It was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented

Revelation 9:5 "And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment <was> as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man." Five months ???

Revelation 9:6 "And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them."

Luke 23:30 "Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us."

Revelation 9:7 "And the shapes of the locusts <were> like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads <were> as it were crowns like gold, and their faces <were> as the faces of men."

Locusts..horses unto battle..heads..crowns like gold..faces of men: Locusts are slow; horses are fast a symbol of swift torment. Gold crowns are false crowns. Faces of men hiding true demons identity.

Joel 2:4 "The appearance of them <is> as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run."

Nahum 3:17 "Thy crowned <are> as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, <but> when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they <are>."

Revelation 9:8 "And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as <the teeth> of lions."

Hair as woman..teeth of lions: Man compared with lion: nation, devil. Hair of woman is her glory. (Mans face/woman glory). Teeth of lion:

Psalms 57:4 "My soul <is> among lions: <and> I lie <even among> them that are set on fire, <even> the sons of men, whose teeth <are> spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword."

Jeremiah 4:7 "The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; <and> thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant."

Joel 1:6 "For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth <are> the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion."

1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"

Revelation 9:9 "And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings <was> as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle."

Breastplates of iron..wings of chariots..many horses into battle: Breastplate of iron. Israel priests had gold breastplates.

Revelation 9:10 "And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power <was> to hurt men five months."

Revelation 9:11 "And they had a king over them, <which is> the [ angels ] of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue <is> Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath <his> name Apollyon."

King = angel of bottomless pit..Hebrew: Abaddon, Greek: Apollyon: Both names mean destroyer.

Proverbs 30:27 "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;" Contrast with no king.

John 8:44 "Ye are of <your> father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

John 12:31 "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out."

Revelation 9:12 "One woe is past; <and>, behold, there come two woes more hereafter." One of the three woes is past.

Woe: Joel 1:15 to 2:11 portray demonic invasion similar to Revelation's the day of the Lord.

Revelation 9:13 "And the sixth [ angel ] sounded, and I heard a [ voice ] from the four horns of the golden altar which is before /\ God /\,"

Voice from four horns of the golden altar before God: See Revelation 8:3-5 notes. This is Jesus.

Revelation 9:14 "Saying to the sixth [ angel ] which had the [ trumpet ], Loose the four [ angels ] which are bound in the great river Euphrates."

Loose the four angels in Euphrates: These falling angels are bound from fall until the time God loose them & prepared them for end day

Revelation 9:15 "And the four [ angels ] were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." About 1.5 billion people.

Revelation 9:16 "And the number of the army of the horsemen <were> two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them."

200,000,000 horsemen army: Demons. Some churches says they are Chineses armies. The four angels lead the 200 million to be kill.

Psalms 68:17 "The chariots of God <are> twenty thousand, <even> thousands of angels: the Lord <is> among them, <as in> Sinai, in the holy <place>." Contrast God's angels with these demons.

Ezekiel 38:3-5 "And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I <am> against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: {4} And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts <of armour>, <even> a great company <with> bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: {5} Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:"

Revelation 9:17 "And thus [ I saw ] the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses <were> as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone."

Breastplates of fire..jacinth and brimstone..horses head of lions: Lions are cruel and inhumane.

Revelation 9:18 "By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths." Men killed by fire, smoke & brimstone.

Revelation 9:19 "For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails <were> like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt." Kill from mouths and serpent tails.

Revelation 9:20 "And the rest of the men which were not killed by these [ plagues ] yet [ repented ] not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:"

See my paper: "What Does God Really Want?" WHAT LAWS OF GOD ARE CHRISTIANS TO FOLLOW. SHOWN ARE STEPS TO RECEIVE GOD FORGIVENESS for more information on this subject.

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(1) And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: {Revelation 9:20}

(2) These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. {Revelation 11:6}

(3) And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. {Revelation 15:1}

(4) And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. {Revelation 15:6}

(5) And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. {Revelation 15:8}

(6) And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. {Revelation 16:9}

(7) And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. {Revelation 16:21}

(8) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. {Revelation 18:4}

(9) Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. {Revelation 18:8}

(10) And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. {Revelation 21:9}

(11) For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: {Revelation 22:18}

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WHY: The men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold

Revelation 9:21 "Neither [ repented ] they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts."

Revelation 10:1 "And [ I saw ] another mighty [ angel ] come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow <was> upon his head, and his face <was> as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:" This is the glorified Jesus.

Angel clothed cloud: God mention some 150 times with clouds. In Revelation 1:7 - Jesus comes in clouds. In Revelation 14:14, Jesus (Son of man) comes on in a white cloud.

See my paper: "Jesus in the Old Testament" MANY OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES SHOWN THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD IS PRE-INCARNATE JESUS CHRIST. for more information on this subject.

Rainbow upon head: A sign God would not destroy the earth by floods. See Revelation 4:3 notes

Ezekiel 1:28 "As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so <was> the appearance of the brightness round about. This <was> the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw <it>, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake."

Matthew 17:2 "And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light."

Exodus 14:19 "And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:"

Exodus 14:24 "And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,"

Revelation 10:2 "And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and <his> left <foot> on the [ earth ],"

Little book open: Could be the same book as in Revelation 5:1. See notes and Ezekiel 2:8-3.3 scriptures. This is symbolic of earnest reading.

Right foot upon sea and left foot upon earth: This denotes supreme control over both.

Revelation 10:3 "And cried with a loud [ voice ], as <when> a lion roareth: and when he had cried, [ seven ] [ thunders ] uttered their [ voices ]."

Loud voice...lion roareth...seven thunders uttered their voices: See thunder notes in Revelation 4:5. Lion is symbol of the tribe of Judah. This could be Jesus. Lion is also king animal. Loud for voice over others and authority.

Revelation 10:4 "And when the seven [ thunders ] had uttered their [ voices ], I was about to write: and I heard a [ voice ] from heaven saying unto me, [ Seal ] up those things which the [ seven ] [ thunders ] uttered, and write them not." Seven thunders announcing events.

Seal up those things...write them not: Revelation is available when God permits. Compare with revealed information in Revelation 22:10.

Daniel 8:26 "And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told <is> true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it <shall be> for many days."

Daniel 12:4 "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, <even> to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."

Daniel 12:9 "And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words <are> closed up and sealed till the time of the end."

See my paper: "Daniel Inductive Bible Study" TEST/CONFESSION/DELIVERANCE/REWARD OF FAITH (OUTLINE); DANIEL COMPARED TO JOSEPH (INTRODUCTION); ALL DANIEL PROPHECIES (INTRODUCTION); TIMES OF THE GENTILES (INTRODUCTION); NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM DRAWING (2:31); 70 WEEK DRAWING (9:24-27) for more information on this subject.

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I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. {Revelation 10:4}

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Revelation 10:5 "And the [ angel ] which [ I saw ] stand upon the sea and upon the [ earth ] lifted up his hand to heaven,"

Revelation 10:6 "And sware by /\ him /\ that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the [ earth ], and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:"

That there should be time no longer: See end glory of God in Revelation 11:15-18. This was martyrs request in Revelation 6:9-11.

Revelation 10:7 "But in the days of the [ voice ] of the seventh [ angel ], when he shall begin to sound, the [ mystery ] of /\ God /\ should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets."

Mystery of God should be finish: Mystery to overthrow Satan's rule. and establish Kingdom of God in Christ as shown in Revelation 11:15

Romans 11:25 "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in."

Romans 16:25 "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,"

Acts 3:21 "Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began."

Ephesians 3:6 "That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel."

Ephesians 3:8-9 "Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; {9} And to make all <men> see what <is> the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:"

Revelation 10:8 "And the [ voice ] which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go <and> take the little book which is open in the hand of the [ angel ] which standeth upon the sea and upon the [ earth ]."

Revelation 10:9 "And I went unto the [ angel ], and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take <it>, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey."

Little book..eat it..belly bitter..mouth sweet as honey: See Revelation 10:2 above. God's judgment to unbeliever is bitter. Christians would say world is bitter contrast with mouth sweet: God

Psalms 19:10-11 "More to be desired <are they> than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. {11} Moreover by them is thy servant warned: <and> in keeping of them <there is> great reward."

Psalms 119:103 "How sweet are thy words unto my taste! <yea>, <sweeter> than honey to my mouth!"

Jeremiah 15:16 "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts."

Revelation 10:10 "And I took the little book out of the [ angel’s ] hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter."

Revelation 10:11 "And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and [ nations ], and tongues, and kings."

Thou must prophesy again before many people: A promise to John. This would extend to many people/over a long time -> us. See Revelation 1:3 for prophesy.

See my paper: "Jesus as Prophet, Priest, & King" SCRIPTURES SHOWS JESUS AS A PROPHET, MELCHISEDEC PRIEST & ETERNAL KING for more information on this subject.

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(1) He said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. {Revelation 10:11}

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CHAPTER 11) START OF GREAT TRIBULATION, JOHN 3:16 CHURCH RAPTURE; AND TWO WITNESSES: {REVELATION 11:1-2} ; {REVELATION 11:3-12}

Abomination of Desolation {Revelation 11:1-2} Anti-Christ in Jerusalem Temple as a god sacrificing to himself

Rapture of the John 3:16 Church after 3&1/2 years first Tribulation period {Revelation 12:1-6, 13-17}

Two Witnesses {Revelation 11:3-12} Two: Witnesses, Olive Trees, Candlesticks, and Prophets

The two witnesses have been suggested to be Enoch and Elijah because they never died {Genesis 5:24} ; {2 Kings 2:11} ; {Malachi 4:5} ; {Hebrews 11:25}. It is also possible that they are Elijah and Moses {Luke 1:17, 9:19, 9:30} because of their signs and powers of: fire, stopping rain from occurring {James 5:17}, water turned to blood, & smiting the earth with all plagues.

Two Witnesses upon completion of their ministry are killed (in Jerusalem) by the Anti-Christ, after 3&1/2 days are resurrected, and raptured to heaven.

Beginning of Sorrows/1^st - 3 & ½ years Tribulation/2^nd - 3 & ½ years Great Tribulation (3&1/2 years; 42 months; 1260 days; Time, Times, Half Time): {Daniel 9:27} ; {Matthew 24:7-34}

Multiple Raptures/Partial Raptures: Man-Child, Woman, Woman seed {Rev 12:1-6, 13-17} ; Out of Great Tribulation {Rev 7:13-17} ; 2 Witnesses {Rev 11:9-12} ; 144,000 {Rev 14:1-5}

Three Groups of Seven Tribulation & Great Tribulation Judgments: {Revelation 6:1-8:6}; {Revelation 8:1-11:19}; {Revelation 15:1-16:21}

END TIME EVENTS HAS A BEGINNING OF SORROWS/1^st - 3 & ½ YEARS TRIBULATION/2^nd - 3 & ½ YEARS GREAT TRIBULATION: {MATTHEW 24:7-34}

Tribulation/Great Tribulation Length: 3&1/2 years; 42 months; 1260 days; Time, Times, Half Times; half week {Daniel 9:27} ; {Revelation 12:6}

1) Beginning of Sorrows {Matthew 24:7-8, 14} War, famines, pestilences, & earthquakes, in divers places is 1^st chronological order of time event.

2) Parable of Fig Tree {Matthew 24:32-34} Israel & Jewish people events show nearness to End Times is 2^nd chronological order of time event.

3) Immediately after the Tribulation the sun, moon, stars be darkened with rapture of John 3:16 Church {Matthew 24:29-31} is 3^rd chronological order of time event.

4) Abomination of desolation in the middle of 7 years End Times starts the second 3 & 1/2 years Great Tribulation period {Matthew 24:15} is 4^th chronological order of time event.

5) Last 3 & 1/2 years is the Great Tribulation worst ever period for God's wrath {Matthew 24:21} is 5^th chronological order of time event.

Revelation 11:1 "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the [ angel ] stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of /\ God /\, and the altar, and them that worship therein." Are they worthy?

Reed like rod..measure the temple of God..altar..them that worship: Bamboo cane to 20 feet. Temple will be re-built in first half tribulation.

Ezekiel 42:15 "Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect <is> toward the east, and measured it round about." Jesus temple outer

Ezekiel 42:20 "He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred <reeds> long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place."

Zechariah 2:1-2 "I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. {2} Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what <is> the breadth thereof, and what <is> the length thereof." Revelation 21:15 measure city.

Revelation 11:2 "But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty <and> two months."

Court...without temple...measure not...given to gentiles: Jesus temple outer court is in Ezekiel 40:17-20. Leave out pagan teachings and practices.

Forty and two months: 1/2 Daniel's 70th week See Revelation 12:6, 14. 1260 days = time, times & half time = 3 & 1/2 years. Month = 30 days

Daniel 7:25 "And he shall speak <great> words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."

See my paper: "End Times Events - Day of the Lord" ESCHATOLOGY. GOD'S PLAN FOR THE LAST 7 YEARS END DAYS, INCLUDING MANY RAPTURES, & JESUS 2ND COMING for more information on this subject.

Revelation 11:3 "And I will give <power> unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred <and> threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."

Two witnesses prophesy: 2 Olive trees. Olive tree symbolic Israel. These two are Jewish. In verse 5 and 6 they model Moses & Elijah ministries. Some believe these to be the two people in the Bible who never died (Elijah and Enoch).

Two Witnesses {Revelation 11:3-12} Two: Witnesses, Olive Trees, Candlesticks, and Prophets

Two Witnesses upon completion of their ministry are killed (in Jerusalem) by the Anti-Christ, after 3&1/2 days are resurrected, and raptured to heaven.

Matthew 18:16 "But if he will not hear <thee>, <then> take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established."

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(1) And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. {Revelation 11:3}

(2) These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. {Revelation 11:4}

(3) And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. {Revelation 11:5}

(4) These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. {Revelation 11:6}

(5) And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. {Revelation 11:7}

(6) And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. {Revelation 11:8}

(7) And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. {Revelation 11:9}

(8) And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. {Revelation 11:10}

(9) And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. {Revelation 11:11}

(10) And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. {Revelation 11:12}

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Joel 1:13 "Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God."

Jonah 3:5-6 "So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. {6} For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered <him> with sackcloth, and sat in ashes."

Matthew 11:21 "Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes."

Revelation 11:4 "These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the [ earth ]."

Jeremiah 11:16-17 "The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, <and> of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. {17} For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal."

Zechariah 4:11, 14 "Then answered I, and said unto him, What <are> these two olive trees upon the right <side> of the candlestick and upon the left <side> thereof?" {14} "Then said he, These <are> the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth." God of this earth = Jesus

Romans 11:17 "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;"

Isaiah 54:5 "For thy Maker <is> thine husband; the LORD of hosts <is> his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called."

Revelation 11:5 "And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed."

Revelation 11:6 "These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the [ earth ] with all [ plagues ], as often as they will."

2 Kings 1:10 "And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I <be> a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty."

1 Kings 17:1 "And Elijah the Tishbite, <who was> of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, <As> the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."

Luke 4:25 "But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;"

James 5:17 "Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months."

Exodus 7:17-19 "Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I <am> the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that <is> in mine hand upon the waters which <are> in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. {18} And the fish that <is> in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. {19} And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and <that> there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in <vessels of> wood, and in <vessels of> stone."

Revelation 11:7 "And when they shall have finished their testimony, the [ beast ] that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them."

They finish their testimony...beast overcome and kill them: God's timing. He allowed these two to die. They were humans.

Revelation 17:8 "The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."

Beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit: See Revelation Chapters 13 & 17

See my paper: "Antichrist" SHOWN ARE THE TITLES, CHARACTERISTICS, & FUTURE EVENTS OF THIS PERSON for more information on this subject.

Revelation 11:8 "And their dead bodies <shall lie> in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our M Lord M was crucified."

Great city..spiritually Sodom and Egypt..where Jesus was crucified: This is Jerusalem. Egypt = flesh/sin. Sodom = moral corruption.

Revelation 11:9 "And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and [ nations ] shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves."

People (all nations) see dead bodies three & half days and rejoice: Jews bury their dead within one day.

Mark 15:44-45 "And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling <unto him> the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. {45} And when he knew <it> of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph."

Revelation 11:10 "And they that dwell upon the [ earth ] shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the [ earth ]." People do not repent.

Revelation 11:11 "And [ after ] three days and an half the /\ Spirit /\ of life from /\ God /\ entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them."3.5 days short 3.5 yr

Revelation 11:12 "And they heard a great [ voice ] from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them."

Come up hither...they ascended up to heaven in a cloud: up=rapture. Cloud is symbolic of mass numbers of people. See come from Revelation 4:1

See my paper: "Multiple Raptures" THE BIBLE SHOWS HOW GOD HAS RAPTURE MANY PEOPLE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END TIMES for more information on this subject.

Revelation 11:13 "And the same hour was there a great [ earthquake ], and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave { glory } to the /\ God /\ of heaven." 1st time glory to God. Not repent

Revelation 11:14 "The second woe is past; <and>, behold, the third woe cometh quickly." First woe: See Revelation 9:12

Revelation 11:15 "And the seventh [ angel ] sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become <the kingdoms> of our M Lord M, and of /\ his /\ T Christ T; and /\ he /\ shall reign for ever and ever." Some teach: Jesus descends with saints.

Zechariah 14:9 "And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one." Zechariah 14:3-12

Revelation 20:4 "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received <his> mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

See my paper: "Kingdom of God & Heaven" JESUS CAME TO ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM. WHAT IS HIS KINGDOM? HOW CAN IT BE ENTERED? for more information on this subject.

Revelation 11:16 "And the four and twenty elders, which sat before /\ God /\ on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped /\ God /\,"

Revelation 11:17 "Saying, We give thee thanks, O /\ Lord /\ /\ God /\ Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because /\ thou /\ hast taken to /\ thee /\ /\ thy /\ great power, and hast reigned."

Revelation 11:18 "And the [ nations ] were angry, and thy [ wrath ] is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the [ earth ]."

Time of the dead..they should be judged..destroy them that destroy: Give reward unto servants the prophets: Revelation 6:10-11, 20:4-5, 12, 15

See my paper: "Judgments of Believer & Unbeliever" PRESENTED ARE SEVERAL JUDGMENTS FOR THE SAVED AND UN-SAVED for more information on this subject.

Revelation 11:19 "And the temple of /\ God /\ was opened in heaven, and there was seen in /\ his /\ temple the ark of /\ his /\ testament: and there were [ lightnings ], and [ voices ], and [ thunderings ], and an [ earthquake ], and great hail."

Was seen in His temple ark of His testament: Not Old Testament ark. This is a representation of heavenly ark.

Deuteronomy 10:1-2 "At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. {2} And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark."

See my paper: "Entry into the Holy of Holies" 3RD EXPERIENCE WITH THE FATHER, 1ST BORN-AGAIN WITH JESUS & 2ND WITH HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM for more information on this subject.

See my paper: "God's Word/Bible/Scriptures" HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF; WRITTEN AND ORAL; SAFE GUARDS ON HIS WORD. for more information on this subject.

CHAPTER 12) OVERCOMERS & SEVERAL OTHER RAPTURES: {REVELATION 2 & 3} ; {REVELATION 12:1-14:20}

The Overcomers, Man-Child, can't be Jesus since this is in a future period after 90AD when John wrote Revelation. Jesus lived to about 33AD. {Revelation 12:1-5, 13}

The John 3:16 Church is Mid-Tribulation raptured after Satan persecuted her, but this group is protected and supplied by God for 1260 days. Jacob(sun)/Rachel(moon)/eleven stars(brothers) bow down to Joseph {Genesis 37:9} scripture does not match the wording or type symbols in Woman clothed with sun (Jesus source of light)/moon under feet (reflected the light)/on her head crown with 12 stars (Apostle came from Judaism who wrote the Bible). The Church delivered the Elected on fire/Man-child/Overcomers who are Pre-Tribulation raptured.

SEED OF WOMAN: Satan made war with the remnant of the Woman's seed {Revelation 12:17} ; Smyrna Church {Revelation 2:10} ; Overcame by blood {Revelation 12:11} ; Killed by Anti-Christ {Revelation 13:7} ; Jewish Dead-Blessed {Revelation 14:12-13} ; Beheaded {Revelation 20:4-6}

The remnant of the Woman's Seed goes through much of the End Times Events and is the Jewish & Gentile Tribulation Christians being saved through the ministry efforts of the Two Witnesses and 144,000 Jewish believers. This group has some martyred and others raptured by God. See raptures below.

MULTIPLE RAPTURES OR PARTIAL RAPTURES: My belief, since this is only rapture doctrine that supports the use of all the end time scriptures.

1) Pre-Tribulation-Rapture: {Revelation 2-3; 12:1-5; 21:7} {2 Thessalonians 2:1, 6-9} Only Elected Man-Child, He, Overcomers

2) Mid-Tribulation Rapture: {Revelation 12:1-6, 13-17} ; {1 Corinthians 15:51-52} ; {1 Thessalonians 4:13-18} Woman - John 3:16 Church

3) Pre-Wrath-Post-Tribulation Rapture: {Revelation 7:13-17} During the Great Tribulation which is the Wrath of God

4) 144.000 Ministry & Rapture: {Revelation 7:3-8, 14:1-5} During the Great Tribulation

5) 2 witnesses Killed, Resurrected, & Raptured: {Revelation 11:3-12} During the Great Tribulation ; Armageddon War ; Day of the lord - Jacobs troubles ; Jews call on God

6) Post-Great-Tribulation: {Revelation 12:17} ; {Psalms 50:5} ; {Daniel 12:1} ; {Jeremiah 30:7} At Great Tribulation End ; Jesus 2nd Coming with Saints Returning to Save All Israel

Seed of Woman: Satan made war with the remnant of the Woman's seed {Revelation 12:17} ; Overcame by blood {Revelation 12:11} ; Killed by Anti-Christ {Revelation 13:7} ; Jewish Dead-Blessed {Revelation 14:12-13} ; Beheaded { Revelation 20:4-6}

The remnant of the Woman's Seed goes through much of the End Times Events and is the Jewish & Gentile Tribulation Christians being saved through the ministry efforts of the two witnesses and 144,000 Jewish believers. This group has some martyred and others raptured by God.

8) Raptures/Resurrections for Final Judgments: {Revelation 20:11-15} ; {John 5:26-29}

Revelation 12:1 "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a [ woman ] clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:"

Woman clothed with sun..moon under her feet..crown of twelve stars: Some believe this is Israel, others the Church, & others the believers in Israel. Sun symbolizes true light. Moon symbolize reflective light. Crown of twelve stars: Rev 1:20 stars are angels or messengers.

Genesis 37:9-10 "And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. {10} And he told <it> to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What <is> this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?"

Acts 2:19 "And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:"

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(1) And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: {Revelation 12:1} This could be Jewish people (Similar to Genesis 37 except for three groups of Christians are mentioned in Revelation 12. – Woman, Manchild, Seed of Woman)

(2) And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. {Revelation 12:4}

(3) And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. {Revelation 12:5} Since the Woman is present in End Times the Child is also present for a short time there.

(4) And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. {Revelation 12:6} Woman is present during the seven years End Times Events.

(5) And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. {Revelation 12:13}

(6) And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. {Revelation 12:14}

(7) And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. {Revelation 12:16}

(8) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. {Revelation 12:17} Woman has an offspring who are Jewish Christians.

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Revelation 12:2 "And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered."

Isaiah 66:7-9 "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. {8} Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? <or> shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. {9} Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut <the womb>? saith thy God."

Revelation 12:3 "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having [ seven ] heads and ten horns, and [ seven ] crowns upon his heads."

The great dragon, old serpent, called the Devil, & Satan, which deceiveth the whole world {Revelation 12:3-17} ; {Revelation 13:2, 4, 11} ; {Revelation 16:13-14} ; {Revelation 20:1-10}

Anti-Christ, Beast {Revelation 13:1-10} ; {Revelation 16:13-14} ; {Revelation 19:20}

False Prophet, 2nd Beast {Revelation 13:11-18} ; {Revelation 16:13-14} ; {Revelation 19:20}

SATAN: {REVELATION 12:3-17} ; {REVELATION 13:2, 4, 11} ; {REVELATION 16:13-14} ; {REVELATION 20:1-10}

The great dragon, old serpent, called the Devil, & Satan, which deceiveth the whole world {Revelation 12:9} and his demons (angels) are cast out of heaven to earth after losing war with Michael and his angels {Revelation 12:7-13}. He with the Anti-Christ who he gives power, authority, and he is worshipped {Revelation 13:2-4} will fight war with Woman's remnant of her seed {Revelation 12:17}.

ANTI-CHRIST:1st Beast {REVELATION 13:1-10}; {REVELATION 16:13-14}; {REVELATION 17:8, 11-13, 17}; {REVELATION 19:20}; {2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4}; {DANIEL 9:26-27, 11:36} ;

Anti-Christ signs a covenant with Israel to have temple sacrifices, but 3&1/2 years later breaks it to have sacrifices to himself {Daniel 9:27}. He enters the Jerusalem temple performing the abomination of desolation declaring himself to be god {2 Thessalonians 2:4} ; {Daniel 11:31, 36}. He kills the 2 Witnesses as well as many other believers {Revelation 11:7} ; {Revelation 13:7}. He and his kings armies make war at Armageddon killing many Israel and Christians who call to God that brings Jesus 2nd coming {Revelation 16:13-16}.

Anti-Christ other names are: the man of sin, son of perdition {2 Thessalonians 2:3}; The Anti-Christ, False Prophet, and others losing war to Jesus are sent to lake of fire {Revelsation 19:19-20}.

FALSE PROPHET: 2nd Beast; {REVELATION 13:11-18} ; {REVELATION 16:13-14} ; {REVELATION 19:20}

Exercise power to men to worship the first beast by doing great wonders such as fire coming from heaven deceiving men by miracles. He make an image to the beast who will be deadly wounded by a sword and because of Satan lives, also gives life to the image of the beast to speak causing many who would not worship the image of the beast that they should be killed. He requires all to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, that no man might buy or sell that had not the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name 666.

Evil Angels, Demons, 1/3 Stars; Babylon the Great Mother of Harlots; 10 kings and their armies;

Great red dragon..seven heads & ten horns..seven crowns on his head Satan: See Revelation 12:9 Great dragon was cast out...old serpent..called devil. Seven heads: complete earthy power.

Ten horns: 10 nations under one head. Antichrist. Revised Roman empire. Seven crowns upon his head: Complete pride & knowledge.

Revelation 12:4 "And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the [ earth ]: and the dragon stood before the [ woman ] which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."

His tail drew third part of the stars of heaven.cast them to earth: Angels = stars Revelation 1:20 Falling angels. See Revelation 9:1 cost to earth.

1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"

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(1) And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: {Revelation 12:1} Woman = Christians of John 3:16 salvation not into deeper Word.

(2) And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. {Revelation 12:5}

Man Child = Overcoming Chrisitans living the deeper Word of God. (see Rev 2:27)

(3) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. {Revelation 12:17} Remnant of Woman’s seed = Hebrew Christians. (see Revelation 14:12) See: “End Times Events – Day of the Lord” for more details.

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WHAT: She brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God

Revelation 12:5 "And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all [ nations ] with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto /\ God /\, and <to> /\ his /\ [ throne ]."

Man child..rule all nations with rod of iron: See Revelation 2:27 for overcomers. See Revelation 19:15 for Jesus. Could be 144,000 who are caught up during tribulation. See Revelation 14:1, 7:4. Child was caught up unto God and to His throne: Some believe this is Jesus. Others overcomers. Jesus was not caught up during His tribulation. Overcomers could be raptured. See my rapture paper.

See my paper: "Overcomer" SHOWN IS THE HE, MAN-CHILD, ELECTED (ON FIRED) CHRISTIAN, PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE OVERCOMER for more information on this subject.

Revelation 12:6 "And the [ woman ] fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of /\ God /\, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred <and> threescore days."1260 days=3&1/2 years

Hosea 2:14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her."