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NASB | Mark 9:1 And Jesus was saying to them, "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 9:1 And Jesus said to them, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste (experience) death before they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power." |
Subject: Christ comes in kingdom power at the End |
Bible Note: EdB, I like your distinction between things in heaven and things on earth. These two are brought together by the answer to the Martyrs’s prayer in Rev.6:9. Here we see that the last “brother or fellow-servant who must yet be killed” determines the “day and hour” which only the Father knows. The interaction between heaven and earth begins on the day of the last Martyr! So this is the “condition” you need to consider before the voice comes out of the Temple, from the throne, saying: “It is Done,” meaning that the End has come! (The New Jerusalem Bible). Immediately, the Lamb opens Seal Six to indicate to the entire world that the “DAY of God’s wrath has come.” So Rev.16:17 sets in motion the Lastday’s action that takes place on earth. Since “no one can enter the Temple until all the Martyrs out of the great tribulation sing the song of Moses in which they affirm the seven last plagues had demonstrated that God’s judgments are holy and true,” 15:4,8, and since the wine of “God’s Cup of anger and wrath” will not pour out in the total destruction of earth’s cities and mountains and earth’s inhabitants until the “hour of trial” described in Rev.16:18-21, and because that happens after Christ appears in Rev.19:11-15 (see Luke 21:25-35), the action IN THE TEMPLE must take place between Rev.16:17 and Rev.16:19. Again, the final scene in heaven finds heaven rejoicing that Babylon’s final fall by earthquake has taken place. This is described in Rev.16:18 and Rev.18:21-24. But neither the total destruction of the armies at Armageddon nor the one “who will be taken or left” can take place until Christ appears. So, while Babylon’s final fall can occur before the total destruction of the wicked, the Lamb of God must not only open Seal Six first, but the Temple is declared to be open as of Rev.15:5 for the Three-Act Temple Drama. The Drama in the Temple occurs after the plagues have demonstrated God’s holy and righteous anger (not wrath since the plagues only “complete His anger”; see any Greek text or The New Jerusalem Bible). Therefore, Rev.7:9 to 8:5 and Rev.11:15-19 (for actions in the Temple only) must end as the 7th Trumpet sounds ... for Rev.7:15 shows the Martyrs are in the Temple, the wicked are judged before God in Seal 7's Court Scene and Rev.11:19 states the 7th Trumpet sounds when the Temple was open! It does not sound until “God’s mystery was finished and chronos-time” completes the countdown of 1260 days ... plus up to 3½ more days until the last martyr is killed. Neither the Temple Drama in heaven nor the Cup of Wrath poured out on earth can take place until the last martyr is killed and the last plague proves that God’s anger is exhausted and ready to be “mixed in the cup of His wrath.” Rev.14:10. Therefore the contents of the 7th Plague, emptied “upon the air,” remains suspended until Christ is crowned in the 7th Trumpet and the “hour of trial” comes upon all of earth’s inhabitants. The 7th Plague “completes God’s patient anger” before the 7th Trumpet proclaims two things. One: God’s wrath has come and the appointed time (kairos) to judge and reward the Saints and all those who fear God ... both small and great.” Two: The appointed time has also come to “destroy those who are in the process of destroying the earth.” Rev.11:18. So God’s wrath is first announced, from heaven, at the 7th Trumpet. The Three-Act Temple Drama ends with the 7th Trumpet. Heaven’s final scene follows as heaven rejoices, the Saints prepare for the Lamb’s wedding, Christ descends and, after gathering the Elect from earth to heaven, during the Hour of Trial, wherever there are Twosomes, “one will be taken and one will be left. Whoever is willing to die will be kept alive.” Luke 17:33. Jesus said He will “gather the Elect from earth after the great tribulation and raise every Believer on the last day.” He is not crowned, nor are the Saints rewarded, until the 7th Trumpet sounds. So it must sound after “chronos (time) is no longer and God’s mystery was finished ... on one of the days after the tribulation.” Mark 13:24,27, John 6:38-40. Of course there will be no “day or night in the New Jerusalem,” but all the Martyrs will serve God as “pillars in heaven’s temple for 1000 years” before the New Jerusalem comes down upon the New Earth. Rev.3:12, 7:15, 20:4. Thanks for the interchange. Mel |