€XpLa!ning ReVeLaTion 20-11 - 21-3

        WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

                paraphrased study

11 - Then I saw a great white throne and he who was seated upon it. And from his face flees heaven and Earth, and no place/opportunity is found for them. 12 And I (John) saw the dead, the great and the small, standing [histémi - to make to stand, placed, set up, established, appointed] before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged (🤔 Jn.5:22 - “the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son.” And  Jn.12:47 - “And if any one hears my words, and doesn’t believe, I do not judge them. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.” He came [and comes?] not to judge but to save. So who will judge? Logically, what is the most effective judgment and concluding discernment?) according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead in it, and death and hades/sheol/the grave [Eccles.9:5,10] gave up the dead in them, and - each person - was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then (after completion) death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. (First being the one that is “in Adam” so the second one is the death of death, and all its shadow.) 15 [Word for word translation] - And if [ei - if] anyone not was found in the book of life having been written, they were cast into the lake of fire. 21:1 (For) then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth” [2Pet.3:12-13 - “the elements melted in a furious heat”] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea (separating).

     2 And I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband (radiant). 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with mankind, and He will tabernacle with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be among them as their God.”

                         ~*~

📜 🗞️ The revelation vision is told 3 times: 6:1-2 to 11:19; chap.12 w/ Mt.23:39; and 13:1 to 19:11.

Jesus’ brief first advent perfectly fulfilled the ancient Spring Holy Days, more perfectly than is easily seen. So logically his long second advent will fulfill the Autumn Holy Days, their names and pattern:

  TRUMPETS (of Rev, return at 7th during the concurrent bowls) - 10days/1000yrs - to ‘DAY’ oF ATONEMENT - 5days/500yrs - to TABERNACLES — a fiery regenesis, “All new.. God will now tabernacle with mankind” Rev.21:1-5.

Rev/Apoc Cast of Characters & Events ~ is pinned📌 in the side column.

🗝️ He Has the Keys

 🗝️(Mt.13:33 - The kingdom is like leaven being worked into 3 batches). “But each in order: (1)Christ the firstfruits (barley) then (2)at his coming those who belong to him (the wheat; 1st vivification). 24 Then comes (3)the end (grape harvest; 2nd vivification) when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying ..death ..so God may be all in all.” (1Cor.15:22-24,28)

     Why would God’s program of correction be any different for those HE has chosen be corrected during ‘day’ of judgment/discernment?

    🗝️If lake of fire is prophecy - and prophecy is earthly - that makes the Lord’s long second advent, logically a wider, longer version of his brief first one. But with helpers serving, called reigning, for surely to do his works is to reign?

   The 3 mentions of lake of fire are at very large fiery events - (1)armageddon, Rev.16:13-16, Mt.13:30(!🗝️), 2Thes.1:7,8 — (2)at the fiery final defeat of the adversary, rev.20:(5)7-10. And (3)at the fiery universal regenesis that is the death of death, rev.21:1, 2Pet.3:12-13, Is.11:7

..fiery ‘bookends’ of the Lord’s long second advent, 2Pet.3:10 and 12-13

05/25 𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔪 Mt.27, 2Pet.3

 𝔼𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝔻𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕤

     Gospel Verses 📬⭐️🍇

         Matthew 27:1-10

1 - Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the leaders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 2 So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor. 3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the leaders. 4 “I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.” “What do we care?” they retorted. “That’s your problem!” 5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

     9 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, 10 and used the money to buy the potter's field, as the Lord had commanded me/Jeremiah" [as a portrayal].

                   

           🌙☀️🌲🪐🕊️💫

From New Testament Letters

          (In Order Written)

          Peter’s Second Letter

           ~ 2 Peter 3:8-18 ~

8 But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away [parerchomai - to pass by - from pará - an emphatic "from," means from close beside, alongside; and erchomai - to come, go] with a great noise, and elements will be dissolved, burning with heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought we to be? We should serve and honor God by the way we live. 12 As you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (I think these verses, 10 through 13 are like huge fiery bookends of the Lord’s long second advent, namely the world’s “judgment” at fiery Armageddon battle, when it sounds to me like there’s enough chain reaction from it to make the “earth shake to and fro” [Is.24:20]. And the Lord returns “lest all flesh perish.. and for the elects’ sake” [Mt.24:22] beginning that advent. Then the advent concludes with the fiery regenesis of a “new heavens and earth”, thus outlining the “day of the LORD”.)

     14 And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight. 15 And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved. This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him, 16 speaking of these things in all of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted his letters to mean something quite different, just as they do with other parts of Scripture. (And still is done.) And this will result in their ruin. 17 You already know these things, dear friends. So be on guard; then you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. [The - spiritual - formula for success Jesus gave on the eve of his execution - the spiritual 🍞+🍷]

     18 Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.

     (“A thousand years is like a day to the LORD” - 2 notes, there’s a regenesis [fiery] coming, I doubt it will take Him 6OOO years, lol. And the Lord’s long second advent will span two ‘days’. JN.7:37, Lev.23:36, Rev.20:7-13.]

                          ~*~

🗝️ - 𝕃𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕓𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕙𝕦𝕓 𝕕𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞’𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕣.  𝕌𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 [  ]’𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 (  )’𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘.

PRA¥ER - pleαѕe ғαтнer leт yoυr ɢrαce мαĸe υѕ wнαт yoυ wαɴт υѕ тo вe.. нeαrт αɴd мιɴd..

Tomorrow's Verses:

𝒥𝑜𝒽𝓃 18:28-40

2𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝓎 1:1-9

What Is The Kingdom Jesus Preached?

     This present world of imperfection is teaching us just how impossible - what a disaster - imperfection is. God (surely?) is both life, itself, and he “is perfect”. So imperfection is the opposite of life. And! It’s an abyss of possibilities and potentials. Just look around us and at history.

     But just how are you going to create fully able to think and reason beings, aNd, keep paradise/perfection intact?

     I think it’s not what God created but what He’s creating. And in order to have open eyes and understang of Life from nonlife, etc, we are all experiencing a world and reality of imperfection first hand. I think it’s unavoidable and that God Himself takes responsibility! And! I think those reconciled during “the Judgment” will go through the very same process we are now.. and “we shall” all “be like Christ” - “the lion will eat straw like the ox, the bear will graze with the cow.. every one under their own vine and fig/fruit tree(s) and no one will make them afraid.” (Is.11:7; Mic.4:4)

     The ReGenesis that follows the Judgment (age) is the fiery, purifying “putting on immortality” of the rest of God’s children not reconciled during this brief lifetime. I think this end result is the Kingdom Jesus preached.

Revelation In No Box Or Boxes

Timeline and Outline of the Book of Revelation - meant to be used while reading Revelation - the book is not in strict order:

⁃ [ch.6] 1st horseman went forth - THE GOSPEL (from its beginning) - conquering and openly victorious over powers & principalities; a sWord, not peace.

⁃ Followed shortly by war, which is rider (and Seal) 2, which (eventually) is given a long/great sword/weapon (“wars are decreed to the end” Dan.9:26) and by the companions of war - rider 3 - inequity, shortage and - rider 4 - plague, which during its ride/progression includes (logically) manufactured plague, chemical and biological - the grave follows this rider (including the mass grave) and its FULL effects and progression are summarized.

⁃ And martyrdom - Seal 5 - continues, the blood crying out to God like that of Abel’s had.

⁃ In 1945, the “long sword” given to war/rider 2 (Rev.6:4) is unleashed - as Seal 6 on the scroll - it is described as its FULL effects from first to last, when it is first broken open, veiling what it is.

⁃ [ch.7] Then four angels are holding those Seal 6 winds in check until the foreheads of the servants of God are sealed, 144,000 of Israel (and another group at the time having been sealed “too many to count or number, of every tribe, nation & ethnicity”)

- [ch.8] When the 7th seal is broken open, 7 angels with trumpets prepare to sound and there is silence in heaven for what seemed to John like a half an hour, then another angel takes fire from the altar, mixes it with the prayers of God’s people and throws it on the Earth. There are thunders, lightnings, and earthquake (thermonuclear lightning?)

⁃ The seven angels sound their trumpets - the 1st trumpet sounds, there is hail, fire, blood - and 1/3 of trees and grass are burnt (hail forms by moisture rising so fast it freezes, the higher it rises, the bigger the hail) - at the 2nd sounding, something like a fiery mountain into the sea and waters turn red, 1/3 creatures in the sea and 1/3 trade by sea dies - 3rd, a star blazing like a torch, called wormwood, falls on the rivers and streams making the waters bitter - 4th, the sun and moon’s light decrease by a third, and for a third of the time - [ch.9] 5th trumpet sounds (key “out of the smoke”) a star (Rev.1:20 “the stars are angels”) fallen from heaven opens an abyss and out of the smoke comes what looked to John like loud locusts which can sting from their head and tail by which they torment mankind for five months, but they are commanded not to harm any trees, or grass, etc. - 6th, troops on horses resembling (to John) lions cross the dried Euphrates and 1/3 of people are killed with fire, smoke and brimstone from their mouth, but man does not repent of their thefts, murders, idols or sorcery (pharmakos) and the two witnesses of God are killed and ppl celebrate but after 3 days they rise and there is a great earthquake “the nations were angry” it’s time to judge and reward - 7th and last trumpet is sounded, there are lightnings, noises, an earthquake, and great hail.

 MEANWHILE [ch.13-16] - Rev.13:13 was the first Seal 6 event of 1945, which event pinpoints an office, not an individual.

[Rev.12 is an insert & stand alone history - vs 17 needs Mt.23:39.]

Rev.13:1-10 w/ Dan.7:7,19 - the day’s many headed geopolitical beast with ten horns - man’s last great idol to replace God Most High - ‘steps up’ [when the 7:1 holding back of the winds of Seal 6 is interrupted] along with the smaller beast of 13:13, who is given power by the wonders (modern miracles?) he is granted by, logically, the “false prophet” - of the day - and he, 2nd beast of Rev.13, causes mankind to build an image to the larger beast which was, then wasn’t, then was again, and he’s granted power (capability?) to give breath to the image that it should speak and cause all to worship it or be killed (which escalates from?) cannot buy or sell without its identifying(?) mark on forehead or right hand.

[ch.14] The Lamb and 144,000 having the Father’s name on their forehead stand atop Mt.Zion - an angel in midheaven cries out “fear God and give glory to Him for the hour of judgment has come..” - another angel follows saying “Babylon is fallen! is fallen, that great $ity that made all nations drink the wine (intoxication) of her immoralities” - and another angel “if anyone worships the beast & its image and receives its mark he himself will drink the wine of His wrath/the results and consequences.. fire and brimstone” for tares (Mt.13:30 - when?!) “And the smoke of it shall rise forever” (in all memories? Gen.2:17) - after these proclamations - two harvests, the fruits are ripe! The wheat; and the tares/grapes of wrath gathered to the winepress outside the city.

[ch.15,16] Seven angels have the seven last plagues in bowls/pitchers to be poured out (which are in the sounding of the 7th trumpet) - 1st bowl, the mark of the beast causes painful boils - 2nd, is poured on the sea and every creature of it dies - 3rd, on the rivers and streams and they become blood (shed) - 4th, the sun(?) scorches men and they curse God - 5th, the throne/kingdom of the beast is in darkness - 6th, River Euphrates is dried and troops from the East cross.. and John saw three spirits like frogs which come from the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet (who enabled 13:13 and seats man, via its strong delusion, as in the temple of God, as god/highest power) - these draw the kings/politicians to the last great battle at Amageddon Valley - 3 in 1 spirits? - atheism-> socialism -> totalitarianism - behold He comes as a thief - 7th bowl poured upon air, noises, thunderings, great hail, and an earthquake greater than any other, the cities of the nations fall.

[ch.17,18] Meanwhile Babylon the Great which made the merchants wealthy - her beguilements having sold their long list of luxuries and products, including the bodies and lives of humans - the kings/politicians of earth were in bed with her, and her forehead is Mystery Babble (all confusion) which is “responsible for all slain on Earth” - ‘she’ who ruled over the kings of earth is fallen - THE TEN horns/toes(Dan.2:32-45)/kings (“last hour” divisions?) having consumed/depleted her and razed her with fire because that was God’s will concerning her. She rode the huge beast, but when it rides her?

[ch.19] It is finished, the ride of the rider on the white horse - the huge beast and the false prophet perish in the Armageddon lake of fire.

[ch.22,21] The dragon is locked into the abyss, during “the thousand years” the first part of the Lord’s long second advent. After which there is a final battle with the dragon who then perishes in a great fire (fiery lake?) - after which “the rest of the dead” rise upon Judgment ‘Day’ - at the close of which is a fiery Regenesis, 2Pet.3:12-13, when the “elements melt in furious heat” and “God will now tabernacle/tent/dwell with mankind” upon Earth made anew.

[Ch.22] has in it narrative from outside of the vision.

Diablo Ruling

 “The great dragon was thrown-down - the ancient serpent, the one being called the devil (greek diablo/accuser) and Satan/opposer, the one deceiving the whole world - he was thrown-down to the earth. And his angels were thrown-down with him.

     And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying — Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of Messiah has come, because the accuser of our brothers/sisters was thrown down, the one accusing them before our God by day and by night.” - Rev.12:9-10.

      So why is diablo/the devil still allowed to raise havoc upon Earth??

     In Eden God included a visible option of straying/imperfection - which was a true possibility once He endowed thinking and reasoning ability. And I guess why do that if you don’t let it run its course!

     Obviously He is creating beings “of heaven and earth” - where “He will TABERNACLE with mankind upon Earth made anew” (i.e. Re-Genesis, Rev.21:1-5; 2Pet.3:12-13; Eph.1:10; Col.1:20). But! The whole has to understand good from evil, which is also blessing from curse, or that is, blessing from a virtual abyss of possibilities. And which is also Life from death, because God Most High iS Life, and “is perfect” (Mt.5:48) so straying/imperfection can only ever result in trouble (tribulation), ruin (apocalypse, both individual and collective) and death (not being). So straying/imperfection is really only utterly futile, and this sometimes sad, and even perilous, journey/lesson is unavoidable.

     And, there’s this - because God is Life, He lives through, and experiences, all sufferings and sorrows that ever occur. Along with every battle of every war.. every horror ..every murder.. every affront. Why would He put Himself through all that!? So we (angel and man/woman) can have genuine thinking, reasoning, pondering and dreaming ability..?