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NASB | Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 1:1 This is the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries], which God [the Father] gave to Him to show to His bond-servants (believers) the things which must soon take place [in their entirety]; and He sent and communicated it by His angel (divine messenger) to His bond-servant John, |
Bible Question: when is revelation going to happend? |
Bible Answer: part 2 In Rev. 15:1, the “bowl judgments” are “the seven last plagues”, after the other plagues. The trumpets are also called plagues in Rev. 9:20. The “seven last plagues” must happen after the other plagues. In 17:1 “And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot sitting on the many waters”. John is again taken outside the sequence. Seals, Trumpets, Bowl happen in order. Any interpretation that overlaps or rearranges these is not supported by the text. (i.e. some teach the 6th seal happens at the end of the tribulation, after the trumpets and bowls) An example I recently heard of taking verses out of sequence comes from 14:1 “And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion!”. The teacher stated “This is after the tribulation, because Jesus doesn’t stand on Mount Zion until then.” I just cannot find any place in the Bible that tells us that Jesus does not stand on Mount Zion until later. There are 166 referrences to Mount Zion in the Bible. Many refer to Mount Zion as God’s dwelling place. In Zech. 14, God will stand on the Mount of Olives on the day that He comes to fight against those who have gathered against Jerusalem, but this does not require that He will not be seen on Zion at another time. What is required, and what is prohibited in a scripture? Rev. 4:1 is often used to show the rapture, after the letters to the churches, before the heavenly scene, as John is taken into heaven. This verse does not actually describe the rapture happening, nor does it say that it is representative of the rapture, and therefore should not be used to prove the rapture happening at that point in the sequence of Revelation. It may, but this verse does not require that meaning. It’s better to stay with scriptures that require a specific meaning. With these things in mind, let me ask you: Has every mountain and every island been moved from their places? (Rev. Has the sky rolled up like a scroll? Has there been a period of time (5 months) during recorded history during which people couldn’t die? Has a world ruler caused everyone to receive a mark on the hand or forehead that allows them to buy and sell? Has an amry of 200,000,000 “horsemen” killed one third of the population of the earth? I am not aware of any of these events having already happened, not to mention the many more described, so I would have to conclude that the prophecies of the Revelation have yet to be fulfilled. Before staking your beliefs on a commentary, just read the Bible. The Holy Spirit will teach you. For hundreds of years commentators couldn’t understand how Israel would ever be a nation again, and spiritualized vast amounts of scripture. Before that, “theologians” and commentators wanted to make the Bible more pallatable to the Romans, and allegorized it. I hope this helps... Love in Christ, Mark |