April 2020
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(Revelation 21:1-8) Chapters 21 and 22 of the book of Revelation really form one unit although in chapter 22:6 begins in an appendix to the book. What has been demonstrated in most of technical commentaries is that there is a background to most of the elements of the closing section dealing with heaven in Rabbinical…
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“When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released…” (Rev. 20:7-15) It’s future passive which means God’s going to let him loose, and there’s going to be a purpose in it. “…from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations…” – it’s amazing to me that people who have been with Christ…
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Of course ‘a thousand years’ is symbolical in the sense that one thousand is the cube of ten, the number of completeness.
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I must admit Revelation 20 has caused great controversy among many sincere believers, and so i approach this chapter with much prayer. Chapter 20 is obviously related to chapters 19, 21, and 22. I personally see it as being in chronological order although some sections of the book have not been in chronological order. The…
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We often think of the book of the Revelation as all being about the end-time and the 2nd Coming, but really the primary focus of the book of the Revelation is not the the ‘How?’ and ‘When?’ of the 2nd Coming. The book’s primary focus is that God is in control of history, and it’s…
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“Then I saw the heavens thrown open,…” (Rev. 19:11-16) Now this idea of ‘throwing open the heavens’, it’s a perfect passive verb which means God did it. It remains that way, and we’ve seen that back in chapter 4:1; 11:19; 15:5. It may be an Old Testament allusion to Ezekiel 1:1, for much of the…
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(Rev. 19:7-10) In verse 7, it says “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb…” – this is the first time this has been mentioned specifically, and the idea of the ‘marriage of the Lamb’ is a very beautiful concept that goes back to the…
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g. It seems to me it relates to Jesus’ prayer in Matthew 6:10 where ‘God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. God is Creator. He is owner. He is sovereign, and ultimately His will is going to permeate His whole creation.
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And the background of course is the worship of those national gods (beast worship). The businessmen (merchants) of the earth have grown rich from the wealth and luxury; and this seems to be the basic lure of this society.
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(Revelation 17:15-18) Verses 15 through 18 of Revelation chapter 17 is a very specific prophecy about the disunity of the forces of evil, and the certainty of the fulfillment of God’s promises to His persecuted people. Here the ‘waters’ are interpreted as being multitudes peoples over whom she rules. And the ‘wild beast’ has ‘ten…