In the grand tradition of John
Bunyan's "Pilgrims Progress" and Hannah
Hurnard's "Hinds' Feet On High Places"; Kedesh,
City of Refuge follows the central character "Adam"
through an adventure that pits him against diabolical adversaries
and introduces the reader to characters such as Discipler,
Wisdom, the Truants at the Gate and many more interesting
characters. A unique Spirit-Filled story line focusing on
Christian warfare and fidelity sets Kedesh, City of Refuge apart
from other classical allegories that have entertained readers for
centuries.
"Apocalypse, The Unveiling" Maps a blueprint for
understanding the visions contained in the Revelation. This
framework is constructed of Seven Seals, Seven Trumpet Warnings
and Seven Bowl Plagues. All parenthetical passages are
explained at the locations where they are encountered in the
text. The authors' viewpoint also resolves the conflict
between the pre-tribulation camps and mid-tribulation camps.
This unique viewpoint is summed up by utilizing the
framework mentioned above and realizing that there are three
groups of Christians seen in heaven in three different locations
and at three different times.
Group one (Revelation 7:9-12) What we commonly call the
Rapture
Group two (Revelation 14:1-5) Consists of the 144,000 Jewish
witnesses seen standing on the heavenly Mt. Zion.
Group three (Revelation 15:2) next to the glassy sea mixed
with fire at the mid-point of the Tribulation after they had been
martyred.
See this study online at,
http://www.apocalypsetheunveiling.com
The book of Revelation is
possibly the most well known of the prophetic books found in the
Bible and conversely the most misunderstood. The metaphor
and illustrative language leads the reader through a maze of
apparently random occurrences. To the casual reader there seems
to be no rhyme or reason to the book and many people come away
with a head full of random facts with not even a clue about how
to put these facts together. What is the Beast from the sea and
how is it different from the beast from the land and the beast on
which Mystery Babylon rides? Why is there such a division in the
body of Christ as to whether Christians go to be with Jesus
before the great tribulation or in the middle of it? What is the
difference between the battle of Armageddon and the battle of Gog
and Magog? Where in the book of Revelation do you find the term
Antichrist or even Rapture? Let me give you a hint, these terms
are not even found in the book of Revelation.
The Holy Spirit revealed to me
right away, in a flash of insight, that there is a chronological
order to the events found in the book of Revelation and that the
sequence in which God gave the Revelation is the key to the
correct understanding of the prophecies written therein. All of
the other apocalyptic passages found in the Bible fit into the
pattern given in the book of Revelation.
The primary contention that I
have with a lot of the present-day teachings concerning the book
of Revelation is not in the in the interpretation of the meanings
of the visions that John saw. My contention is in the sequence of
events that many teachers use, or rather that many teachers would
take items out of the sequence that God gave them in order to
forward their own pet doctrines.
The book of Revelation is very
specific in its outline and the key to this outline is found in
Revelation 1:19, "Write the things which thou hast seen, and
the things which are, and the things which shall be
hereafter;" First of all you have the things which have
happened up to the point that John received the Revelation or
"The things which thou hast seen". Then the book of
Revelation talks about the current events of John's time.
"The things which are". And finally the book of
Revelation records future events. "The things which shall be
hereafter".
Many teachers would believe that
there is an unknowable space of time between the "Things
which are" and "The things which must be
hereafter". This space of time also corresponds to the time
between Daniel's 69th seven and 70th seven. See the free
online study. They teach that the seven seals are actually
part of the great tribulation. Allow me to give you some reasons
why I believe this is not true.
Jesus took the scroll from the
hand of the Father at the time that he arrived in heaven and he
immediately started opening the seals. When did this happen? It
happened after John was taken to heaven to stand before the
emerald throne. A voice told John that he was to see the things
which must be "hereafter". Let's split the word
"hereafter" into it's two principle parts.
"Here" means from this point and "after"
means forward in time. This indicates that John was going to see
the things which would happen starting in his days and moving
forward in time. God never indicates to John that there will be a
space of time not covered by the Revelation.
Since it is Jesus who opens the
seals it cannot be part of the great tribulation. During the
great tribulation God empowers angels to exercise His warnings
and judgement on the world. Seven angels blow seven trumpet
warnings and seven angels pour out the seven bowl plagues. The
reasons Jesus opens the seals are because he only was found
worthy and that they represent the happenings during the age of
the Church.
The Tribulation is spoken of by
Daniel as having two parts that equal seven
years.
Daniel 9:27, "And he shall
confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of
the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,
and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it
desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall
be poured upon the desolate."
The beast will sign a seven year
covenant with Israel. For three and a half years that the beast
is benevolent towards Israel during which time the seven trumpets
are being blown. Then after three and a half years the beast from
the sea breaks his covenant with Israel and the plagues are
delivered upon the beast and his kingdom. The word
"desolate" at the end of the above mentioned verse is
also the word in the Greek for Desolator. The
"Desolator" of course would be the beast from the
sea.
If the seven seals were to be
included in the great tribulation then the great tribulation
would have three equal parts, not two.
The sequence of events contained
in this web site follow the sequence of events as recorded in the
book of Revelation. As you page forward in this web site you also
page forward in the book of Revelation.
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Group one (Revelation 7:9-12) What we commonly call the
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