Revelation 19 17-21

 WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

      By Necessity Slightly 

             Paraphrased      

17 - Then I (John) saw an angel, radiant, as though standing in the sun. And with a loud voice he called to the birds of midheaven (to the high flying, predator birds, calling them to armageddon battle; the calling to the birds is metaphor for the literal armageddon battle about to be portrayed) saying, “Come, gather for the great supper of God!” {He actually takes responsibility! Having “subjected and consigned all to disobedience” Romans 11:32. Supersized the option to stray in Eden so “all of heaven and of earth” take this unavoidable journey through this all important contrast, all together at once.} 18 “Come to eat the flesh of kings, of captains, of mighty men, of horses and their riders, and of all, both free and slave, both small and great.” {The final war is totally mankind done. It is the last war between human empires, Isaiah 24:20, Rev.10:4, ten, four, end of the Act, over and out. “All the world is a stage” - Shakespeare.}

     19 And then I saw the beast and the kings of earth, with their armies, gathered to make war against he who was sitting on the (white) horse and against his army of heaven (the two third faithful angels). {Aka against all knowledge of the one true God. Against national Israel and the grafted in, spiritual Israel, which by then includes many of ethnic Israel.} 20 And the {many headed, geopolitical} beast was taken, and with it the {of the world} false prophet who in its presence had done the signs [sémeion - miracles, signs, marks, tokens] {modern wonders and “miracles to mislead”} by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and who worshiped/were in allegiance to its image. [Mark is from the word - charagma- which is a “mark, stamp, sign, engraving, from charassō - meaning to engrave or stamp, the term charagma means a mark or stamp often used to denote ownership or authenticity]. These two were thrown alive {active, as they are not individuals} into the lake of fire {armageddon battle, with global chain reaction} that burns with sulfur {Jude 1:7!} {Both that ‘miracle’ and the “strong delusion” that “seats man/anthropos in the temple as God”/highest power, is from the “false prophet” (Rev.12:15?)

     21 And the rest were slain by the sWord {truth, the iron rod/unbreakable measure} that came from the mouth of he who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged. {Symbolic imagery, aka, build a house on Truth, it endures. Build using unTruth (or guile) and like being built on sand, there’s crashing and fiery apocalypse. It’s what dog eat dog/every self first, does. There are two things that can simply never (ever) work, (1) straying from God who iS Life - logic, yes? To stray from Life, not good. And he “is perfect, so (2) imperfection, logically, is the opposite of Life. And history has - already - proven that (straying and) imperfect is an “abyss” of potential. And logically is entropy, the “worm that doesn’t quit” and the “fire”/slow burn/slow fade/slow gehenna “that cannot be put out” - entropy does not reverse. But you think we humans are inherently immortal? Death is nothing more than another form of life and living? Well that idea/myth was needed for the - extremely ancient - crowd controlling spiritual propaganda myth of afterlife torment.. We will “put on immortality” at one of TWO vivifications - because - we will “put on perfection/incorruptibility”. Clue, the second vivification is not simultaneous with its partner “resurrection”.}

                         ~*~

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Logic of things allowed to run their course..

Revelation 17:1-10

 WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

      By Necessity Slightly 

             Paraphrased      

1 - Then one of the seven angels who had the seven (concurrent?) bowls came and said to me, “Come, I’ll show you the {meanwhile} judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of earth have committed fornication.” {I.e, powers and politicians are in bed with her.} “And the dwellers upon Earth, have become drunk with the wine of her indecencies.” 3 And then he carried me (John) away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of insulting slanders, and it had seven heads and ten horns. {A many headed geopolitical beast, Dan.7:7,19.} 4 The woman {riding the beast} was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold, jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup (to drink) full of abominations and impurities. {Drinking her effects and side effects.} 5 And on her forehead was written a name, “Mystery Babylon the Great, Mother of Prostitution/Sex Slavery [porné - probably from pernémi - to export for sale] and of all Earth's Abominations [bdélygma - from bdelýssō, derived from bdēō, to reek {stink to high heaven ..as the saying goes} abhorrent, detestable]”. {$ity Babylon with it’s bright but garish streets and dark alleys, with a forehead/psyche/mind of ‘mystery babble’ - all confusion. Beast & $ity, Socialism & Capitalism both gone extreme. Oligarchy, but which ends up going all armageddon at each other(? in the valley when assembled against Israel? Just a recurring question. Yet verses 12 and 16 for sure.}

     6 And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of saints, and of martyrs, and of Jesus.” And when I saw her I wondered greatly. 7 But the angel said, “Why do you wonder? ..I’ll tell you the mystery of the woman ($ity) and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 8 The beast you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the abyss” {of potential, which imperfect is} “and goes to destruction.” {History repeats, first was the Roman Empire later ‘Holy’ Roman Empire; then a modern last days “was, wasn’t then was again” after the 13:13 event. Which event was carried out by an oFFice.} And those upon earth whose names are not {yet} written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder, seeing the beast that was, and is not, and will be {and will become biG, finally given breath”/life/authority especially when one from the 13:13 office lawlessly steps in}. 9 This all calls for a mind with wisdom.

     The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated. {Empires?} 10 They are also seven kings, five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.”

     {Note - Prophecy repeats -> ‘smaller’ scope to —> full scope at culmination of history. Spiritually Babel Tower restored, all hell breaks loose, but slowly from our point of view, at least until the ‘cresting’ and culmination? Jn.15:4,5 “I am the vine, ye are the branches, abide in Me.”}

                         ~*~

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Logic of things allowed to run their course..

€XpLoR!n9 ReVeLaTion 7 1-17

      WeeKly BooK oF Revelation

                paraphrased study

In chapter six we saw six of seven seals broken from off the scroll of the vision. And as each seal was broken, we saw more of the vision as the scroll was unrolled. Now here is a serious topic, which few, I think, are aware of. Though I did read an excellent article a few years back, which I’ll mention a little more in a minute. The seals, I think are veiled by a truly simple technique! Now think of the horses - the notorious “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”, their rides continue throughout the latter age, the years of our Lord a.d./CE-is that a changing of times? A.D. to C.E.? I’m not saying it hasn’t happened before. And I would imagine the rides of the horses become gallops at the last hours?

     It’s been commonly thought the seals occur during the last seven years of man’s rule (and of imperfection’s rule). Perhaps the galloping occurs then.. well in the last 3.5 years somewhat(?) slowly escalating that is. (Considering as always, Dn.12:11-12 with Lk.19:41,44 and 1Cor.3:16. Now I ask you, in all seriousness, isn’t the answer to that math problem 45? With perhaps the last “ten days” - Rev.2:10 - escalating into the most critical?) The “seven years” - two 3.5 periods - is a treaty. And a league. Or so says the original Hebrew word. A famous, much lauded treaty (Dn.12:11). But alas it will only last seven years, and be broken in the middle. But we were talking about the seals. How they are veiled. Have you noticed it? They are described, at the beginning of the vision, as their full and entire effects - first to very last - from the breaking open to the very last of its gallop. This veils the seals, skews the whole vision, and no wonder everyone thinks they’re crowded into seven years.. The 6th one is something really big. Bigger than the others.

     Hang onto our seats? Literally. The article I mentioned, explained thermonuclear activity in the revelation vision. Rumbling.. thundering.. thermonuclear lightning,.. sky rolls.. hail. The higher and faster moisture rises, the greater the hail. The arc is seen split in heaven.. Stars ‘fall’ like figs blown by a great wind..

     I think it is the mysterious “seven thunders”, and the so called wrath of God (cause and effect) and I think it concludes, at and as, Is.24:20 & Zech.14:4.

     So in last weeks study we just saw that seal six had been opened.. men hid in caves (i.e. built bomb shelters.. There were drills, children told to hide under their desks.😳)

     This Weeks Verses, Rev. 7:1 - After this I [John] saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, they were holding back the four winds of earth, that the wind would not blow on earth or sea or against any tree. 2 Then, I saw another angel having ascended from the rising of the sun, he had the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” (Mind, thoughts, psyche, clarity.) 4 And I heard the count and number of those to seal, 144,000 from every tribe of the sons of Israel, 5 - 8 — 12,000 from each tribe - of Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. 9 And after this I looked and behold! A great crowd which no one was able to number from every nation, and all tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb and they were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out as one, in a roaring voice saying, “Salvation/safety/well-being belongs to our God who sits on the throne! And to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings and they fell before the throne and worshiped. 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory! Wisdom, and thanksgiving! Honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen!”

     13 Then one of the elders said to me, “Who are these, having been clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said, [the following is word for word translation) “These are the coming/going out of the tribulation the great and washed/to wash (I don’t know how to read the tenses) the robes (of) them and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 “Therefore they are before the very throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple. And - he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. (They are mentioned again, during the fifth trumpet.) 16 They will not hunger nor thirst anymore. The sun will not strike them, nor shall fall upon them the sun nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will shepherd them, and will lead them to springs of living water.

     And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

                         ~*~

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Intro - This Year’s Revelation Study

About The Vision: Ladies and gentlemen take your seats..

     And hold on to your seats! We are about to take the journey of all journeys. It’s the journey into Truth. Not many may care about Truth.. Let the blind lead the blind.. It “aLL” comes out in the wash best and pure in the end! [Greek word tel, telos, the end-aim. We are zooming toward the target. In the spirit of the translators, all things come out best and pure in the ‘end’. In the spirit of the Spirit/Presence of God - All come out best and pure.. Greek pas - all.]

     Life as we presently know it, is the sieve. The crucible and laver. It’s the ‘parable’ of the decomposing ‘apple’ and its worm that simply cannot quit. God (surely?) is Life. And he “is perfect” Mt.5:48, and 100% unfettered Genius.

     And if there had been no option to stray in Eden??

     In spirit this is where our story begins..

     The man of lawlessness / the anthropoi of lawlessness / the mankind of lawlessness iS “seated (as) in the temple as god”/highest power. “Christendom haS “fallen away”. The world iS following a “false prophet” and yes this one has a prophecy. On the wing (pinnacle) of desolations of course will come the infamous and notorious triple six. But that’s down the road a ways.

This a weekly study. This blog has daily studies from the gospels and letters, so the Revelation study may be more easily found on my other blog - bible prophecy for today, linked below.

€XpLa!ning ReVeLaTion

         Some KEYS to get us started..

🍃 [#1] - the vision (scroll) is the ride and victory (Ps.2) of the white horse rider, the gospel 6:1-2 

[#2] - the vision is told 3 times — 6:1-2 to 11:19 - ch.12 a stand alone history and insert (but vs 17 needs Mt.23:39) - and 13:1 to 19:11. All 3 meet again at the seventh trumpet.

[#3] - the seals are described - at their first occurrence (ch.6) as their fuLL effects on planet Earth, first to very last, veiling what, especially seal 6 is and why Rev.7:1,3 (9,4)

[#4] - the Rev.13:13 event pinpoints an office, not (yet?) a person

[#5] - The “false prophet” is not the 13:13 office but enabled the event/seal. Its “strong delusion” of “seating man in the temple as God”/highest power (man/anthropos, this too not yet? a man) caused western culture to “fall away”. It has modern wonders, “miracles to mislead” and of course a prophecy.

Next posts:

Rev.1:1-8

Revelation & DanieL- It looks like the study of the prophecies of Daniel will be progressing during the study of the letters to the churches..

 https://bibleprophecy4today.blogspot.com/

W𝕖𝕖𝕜𝕝𝕪 B𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕠𝕗 R𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 16 17-21

17 When the seventh angel poured his bowl out upon the air, I (John) heard a loud voice from inside the (heavenly) temple, from God’s Throne, saying “It’s done!” 18 And there was lightning flashes, sounds, thunders, and an earthquaking greater than there has ever been since man has been upon Earth. So great and large was the earthquake 19 the ‘great’ city ($ity that spread to 7 continents) split into three parts, and all the cities of Earth fell. Yet Babylon had not yet drank all of the cup of God’s wrath. (A cup, Babylon holds in its hands, the cup of dissolution, cup of cause and effect, called God’s cup of wrath and fury, because it is He who created a cause and effect universe. And it is he who is letting it all run its course - ‘parable’ of the decomposing ‘apple’ and its worm that does not, can not quit? So he takes responsibility, saying “I, the LORD created light and dark, good and evil” [calamity](when he endowed thinking ability) ..”And I have put/subjected all to disobedience, that I may have mercy upon all”.. That none may boast? Saying “I will. I will ascend!” God’s will is the perfect, 100% Genius Will, there can be no other will that is not in union with that, because God is Life, surely?! And he “is perfect” Mt.5:48 — So what happens when one strays, from Him, becoming imperfect? Opposite of Life, and on the way to it is the inner outside of the light darkness, the shaft to an abyss of potential.. An abyss already proven by history. But it sounds like it’s not over yet.

     Isaiah 24:20 - “The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard and sways and totters like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls..” 2 Pet.3:10 - “But will come the day of the LORD, like a thief, in which the heavens with a roar [rhoizédon - with a rushing sound] the elements burning with heat are dissolved and earth’s works are no longer found” ..“everything upon earth revealed and laid bare” Lk.12:2.)

     20 And every Island fled away and the mountains could not be found. 21 And a great hail fell upon man (huge hail occurs, the faster and higher moisture rises, the larger and greater the hail). And they blasphemed God because the  plague of hail was so extreme.

                        ~*~

🌽💫𝒲𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈.. ℓιѕтєη  𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔..

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

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