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Verse by Verse Study of Revelation Chapter 15
This is a VERSE-by-VERSE study of chapter 15 in the Book of Revelation.
This verse-by-verse study on the Book of Revelation is from or with a Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus. In other words, verses like Revelation 1:8 are interpreted in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God and NOT in the TRADITIONAL church interpretation.
To say this another way, it is NOT Jesus who is the one speaking in Revelation 1:8. But rather, it is Almighty God the Father speaking in Revelation 1:8.
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Revelation Chapter 15.
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Revelation 15:1.“And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.”
Revelation 15:2. “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.”
Revelation 15:3. “And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of saints.”
Revelation 15:4. “Who shall not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship before you; for your judgments are made manifest.”
Revelation 15:5. “And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:”
Revelation 15:6. “And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.”
Revelation 15:7. “And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.”
Revelation 15:8. “And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.”
Now that you have an overview, let us go back and take each verse one at a time.
Read Revelation 15:1 again and see what it is saying to us.
Revelation 15:1. “And I saw another sign (Or wonder) in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels (Or seven messengers, which I believe may represent the seven churches) having the seven LAST plagues; for in them (Speaking of the seven LAST plagues) is FILLED UP the WRATH of God.”
Now to ME, I see chapter 15 as being an OVERVIEW of the WRATH of God being poured out AFTER the CHURCH and the 144,000 are safe with Jesus.
In other words, chapter 15 is like summing up what has already been said just before the time of great tribulation, the second coming of Jesus and the wrath of God are being repeated again in chapter 16.
To say this another way the seven vials cover the same three events as the seven trumpets, which cover the same three events as the seven seals.
And these three events are as follows.
#1. The time of great tribulation during the first SIX seals, trumpets, and vials/
#2. The second coming of Jesus to rapture the church BETWEEN the sixth and the seventh.
#3. The wrath of God being poured out in the SEVENTH ONLY, the seventh SEAL, the seventh TRUMPET, and the seventh VIAL.
But some Christians see that ALL of these seven LAST PLAGUES as the WRATH of God where ALL seven vials are the WRATH of God.
However, I myself see the first SIX VIALS taking place DURING the time of GREAT tribulation and ONLY the SEVENTH VIAL actually being the WRATH of God.
I will explain what I mean by this when we get to Revelation chapter 16.
And at the end of this study, I will include ANOTHER INTERPRETATION of chapter 15 and the seven VIALS.
But for now, please understand that just like some of the Old Testament prophecies have TWO fulfillments.
So also does Revelation 14 and 15 have TWO fulfilments, one BEFORE the 1000 year reign of Jesus and one at the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
Again, please read the other interpretation that I have written on chapter 15 and 16 at the end of the book of Revelation after we have gone through all 22 chapters.
But for now, let us continue with the line of reasoning that ONLY the SEVENTH and FINAL VIAL is the WRATH of God and the first SIX VIALS are poured out DURING the time of GREAT tribulation.
I also want to point out that the seven LAST PLAGUES are also called the seven VIALS or the seven BOWLS in some translations of the Bible.
So then, here in verse 1 of chapter 15, we see that these seven LAST PLAGUES are FILLED UP with the WRATH of God.
Now, just reading this verse on the surface, it certainly appears that these seven last plagues are the WRATH of God.
And I myself went back and forth on how I would interpret this passage of scripture for quite some time.
But when I could NOT reconcile Jesus coming yet AGAIN in chapter 16:15,16 after he had ALREADY come at the sounding of the seventh TRUMPET in Revelation 11:11-19.
I then concluded that I was MISSING something here in chapter 15.
This is when the thought came to me to LOOK UP the word “WRATH” in a concordance to see if it could be translated as something different than WRATH. And here is what I found.
There are FOUR Greek words that are TRANSLATED as WRATH in the New Testament.
First, we have the Greek word “PARORGISMOS”, Strong's #(3950) and means “anger”.
And is used one time in the Bible translated as “wrath” in Ephesians 4:26 speaking of the wrath or anger of man not to let the sun go down on our wrath or anger.
Second, we have the Greek word “PARORGIZO”, Strong's #(3949) and means to anger, or to exasperate, and is translated one time as “anger” in Romans 10:19.
And one time as to “provoke to wrath” in Ephesians 2:3 teaching us not to provoke or exasperate our children to anger or wrath.
So then, both of these words do not truly mean THE WRATH of God.
Thirdly, we have the Greek word “THYMOS”, Strong's #(2372) and means anger, fury, wrath, rage and a state of intense displeasure.
The anger of God with the focus of righteous punishment.
This word is translated 14 times as wrath, 2 times as fierceness, 1 time as indignation, and 1 time as wrath in the plural.
And it is THIS word that is used in Revelation chapter 15 verse 1 and verse 7 and Revelation chapter 16 verse 1.
And, in MY OPINION, the “translation” of this word as “the” wrath of God has led some to FALSELY believe that ALL of the seven VIALS are THE WRATH of God.
When in fact, it is actually ONLY the SEVENTH VIAL is the WRATH of God. Again, I will explain this further as we go along.
Fourthly, we have the Greek word “ORGE”, Strong's #(3709) and means wrath, anger, strong displeasure and hostility.
This can range from human anger to the righteous anger of God toward sinful disobedience.
It is translated 31 times as wrath, 3 times as anger, 1 time as indignation, and 1 time as vengeance.
Now out of these 31 times that this Greek word “ORGE” is translated as “WRATH”, all but four are very clear to me that it is speaking of THE WRATH of God without fail.
And out of the 14 times that the Greek word “THYMOS” is translated as “WRATH” it is ONLY in the book of Revelation itself that we see that this Greek word “THYMOS” has the possibility of meaning THE WRATH of God.
But again, of these 8 times in the book of Revelation, I myself see that we should not dogmatically DEMAND that EVERY time we see this Greek word “THYMOS” that it should be translated as THE wrath of Almighty God.
If so, then Revelation 16:19 MUST without fail be translated as “...the WRATH of His WRATH…”, or the “THYMOS” of His “ORGE”.
Let us read this verse in CONTEXT so that you can CLEARLY see that this verse in Revelation 16:19 is definitely speaking of THE WRATH of Almighty God being poured out IN the SEVENTH VIAL.
Please read Revelation 16:15-21, which clearly shows us the SECOND coming of Jesus as a THIEF, the GATHERING TOGETHER of the RIGHTEOUS.
And then, the POURING out of the FIERCENESS of THE WRATH of God, rather than being translated as THE wrath of THE wrath of God.
Revelation 16:15-21.
“Behold, I (Jesus) COME as a THIEF. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they (Speaking of the angels that Jesus send to GATHER TOGETHER his faithful who are without sin) see his shame.
Revelation 16:16. And he (Speaking of Jesus by the means of sending his angels to do this job for him, Jesus) GATHERED them (Speaking of ONLY the FAITHFUL believers IN Jesus, who are without sin) TOGETHER into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (Remember and keep in mind that this SECOND coming of Jesus takes place BETWEEN the pouring out of the SIXTH VIAL and the SEVENTH VIAL.
Here we see the armies gathered together for the battle of ARMAGEDDON, and the pouring out of the SEVENTH VIAL, which you will clearly see as THE WRATH of God)
Revelation 16:17. And the SEVENTH angel poured out his VIAL into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. (Speaking of the rapture or the mystery of God being finished just like we read in Revelation 10:7 when the SEVENTH trumpet begins to sound)
Revelation 16:18. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. (Again, we see the great earthquake taking place at the rapture of the church)
Revelation 16:19. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the FIERCENESS, (THYMOS, which some dogmatically DEMAND to always be translated as WRATH, as in, THE wrath of God, which would then cause this verse to read as THE wrath) of His WRATH (ORGE)
Revelation 16:20. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Revelation 16:21. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.”
So you can see what I mean when I say that this Greek word “THYMOS” does not always mean THE WRATH of God as some DEMAND that it should.
But IF we follow their DEMAND then we need to CHANGE verse 19 to read ...the WRATH (THYMOS) of His WRATH (ORGE), which to ME does not make any sense whatsoever.
We need to keep in mind that MEN have TRANSLATED the original Hebrew and Greek Bible into English and they have made some errors here and there.
Therefore, we need to let the CONTEXT overrule their translation when in doubt and when their translations cause contradictions in the word of God.
With that being said, let us take another look at Revelation 15:1 with the Greek word “THYMOS” translated as “FIERCENESS” rather than the word “WRATH”.
Revelation 15:1. “And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the FIERCENESS of God.”
We will need to do this one more time in Revelation 15:7 when we get to it.
But for now let us continue with Revelation 15:2.
Revelation 15:2. “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the VICTORY OVER the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.”
Here in this verse, as well as in this whole chapter 15, we see an OVERVIEW of the CHURCH and the 144,000 AFTER they have been caught up in the CLOUDS to meet Jesus in the AIR.
Remember in chapter 7 the church stood before the throne of God and in chapter 14 the 144,000 were in VIEW of the throne of God.
But the main point is that both the JEWS and the CHURCH go through the time of great tribulation and the church along with the 144,000 sealed Jews get VICTORY OVER the beast by NOT taking his mark, or being numbered among the Muslims to worship their IMAGE the black stone in the Kaaba in Mecca.
Again, I personally believe that there is more to the REMNANT of the Jews than just the 144,000 sealed Jews.
And also there will be some left alive of the nations who will not have taken the mark of the beast.
Then after chapter 15 and this overview when we begin chapter 16, John will take us back in time again to the time of GREAT tribulation that is BEFORE the SECOND coming of Jesus.
The whole book of Revelation is written in this style of writing of going back and forth from the past to the future and from the future back to the past repeating the same events over and over.
To say this another way and perhaps more precisely, the book of Revelation gives a sequence of events in the order of their taking place.
And then, it REPEATS that same sequence of events in more detail over and over.
And this is why so many people get so confused when trying to interpret what happens and when it happens because some Christians want to read the WHOLE book of Revelation as events happening in chronological ORDER.
However, if one interprets the book of Revelation sequentially from beginning to end then you will have to say that there will be THREE different times that the WRATH of God is poured out.
I hope that you see that there will not be THREE different wraths of God.
But rather, Revelation REPEATS itself giving more detail as it describes the ONE WRATH of God.
Yes, I do see the HOUR of God's wrath being lifted at the second coming of Jesus and the completion of this HOUR of God’s wrath being at the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
This is one of the reasons why I have an alternative interpretation of Revelation 15 and 16 at the end of this verse by verse study of God's word where ALL seven vials are the wrath of God at the END of the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
But even then it appears that history will repeat itself where there is ANOTHER coming of Jesus in Revelation 16:15,16 before the SEVENTH vial is poured out in the AIR in Revelation 16:17- 21.
That is to say, if one decides to go with this alternative interpretation of chapters 15 and 16 being THE WRATH of God and NOT just the seventh vial being the wrath of God.
So, for NOW, I am interpreting Revelation chapter 15 and 16 as being the REPEATING of the three events of the great tribulation, the second coming of Jesus, and the wrath of God BEFORE the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
So, the Greek word “thymos” in chapter 15 should have been translated as fierceness or anger of God being filled up.
Think of chapter 15 as God being pushed to his limit and his anger is being filled up.
Again, we also see that these saints have gotten VICTORY over the beast system by NOT worshiping the beast or his image or taking his mark.
Now, I am not sure what the sea of glass means, but if we take the word “SEA” to mean the WICKED as it sometimes does in the Bible.
And we also take the word “GLASS” as something that is easily broken or as being under the FEET of the saints.
And then, we read the words of Jesus in Revelation 2:26-28.
It is then that we see Jesus gives TO us who OVERCOME and get VICTORY over Satan, the one behind the beast.
In other words, we will be given the honor and power to BREAK in PIECES the wicked like the vessels of a potter.
So then, we can see that the sea of glass could very well be symbolic for the wicked.
And thus, the wicked are under our feet to be crushed like glass under our feet.
Revelation 2:26-28.
“And he that OVERCOMES, and keeps my works unto the end, to HIM (That gets VICTORY over Satan and the beast) will I give POWER over the nations:
Revelation 2:27. And he (Speaking of us the church and the 144,000 along with Jesus) shall RULE them (speaking of the WICKED) with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they (the WICKED) be BROKEN to shivers (like as GLASS is easily broken to shivers): even as I received of my Father.
Revelation 2:28. And I will give him the morning star.”
Many Bible scholars agree that the “morning star” here in this verse is a reference to Satan.
Know you not that WE shall JUDGE the angels, which I believe means the FALLEN angels and Satan who is Lucifer a FALLEN angel.
Now, I am not saying that this is what the saints standing on the sea of glass must mean, in that, it cannot mean anything else
But rather, I am speculating on a POSSIBLE meaning of what the sea of glass means.
So, if you have something else that you believe it means, then please let me know and I will consider your input.
We also see this phrase “sea of glass” in Revelation 4:6.
Revelation 4:6.
“And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal…”
So, it might be just a description of the FLOOR in the throne room of God and nothing more.
Now, when some Christians read Revelation 2:28 above in the King James version, they connect it with Revelation 22:16.
In other words, Jesus calls himself the BRIGHT and MORNING STAR in Revelation 22:16. And thus, some Christians get offended that I would even write something that even suggests that SATAN is the MORNING STAR in Revelation 2:28.
First of all, I am sorry if this has offended you because that was not my intention.
Secondly, please consider what Jesus is saying in verse 28 above.
Jesus is saying that HE himself will GIVE those who OVERCOME Satan the MORNING STAR.
So then, will Jesus GIVE us HIMSELF?
To ME that interpretation does not make sense, so I looked up the Greek words that were TRANSLATED as “MORNING STAR” in both passages of Scripture.
And the Greek words for “MORNING” are two completely DIFFERENT Greek words.
This tells me that John, the same writer of both verses, is showing us that these two DIFFERENT morning stars are NOT speaking of the SAME person.
Again, Revelation 22:16 is most definitely speaking of Jesus.
And Revelation 2:28 appears to ME as referring to Satan, which Jesus himself gives to us who overcame him to judge him.
Let us dig a little deeper by taking a look at Isaiah 14:12.
This is where Lucifer is called the son of the morning. For you see, the Hebrew word translated to the Latin word “LUCIFER” means shining one and morning star.
Isaiah 14:8-16.
“The whole earth is at REST, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. (This is speaking of the 1000-year reign of Jesus when Satan will be BOUND during the 1000 years and the people will no longer learn war during this reign of peace)
Isaiah 14:8. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down (or BOUND), no feller is come up against us. (Or no more war and fighting or stealing or crime of any kind)
Isaiah 14:9. Hell from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. (It appears that those in the grave, speaking of the WICKED or lost, shall be able to see Satan when he is BOUND in the bottomless pit.
I think of those called by conspiracy theorists as the “elite” who are in league with the fallen angels. In other words, they are deceived into believing that the fallen angels are aliens from another solar system.
It appears that Satan is using the elite and governments of the world to help build ships of war to fight against Jesus and his angels at his coming so Satan is deceiving some to prepare for an ALIEN invasion that is coming to HARVEST the earth according to the conspiracy theory.
Again, please read the studies Q-7.WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT UFOS?, and Q-6. THE WAR IN HEAVEN-REVELATION 12!
Please do not write me off as a quack for believing in unidentified flying objects. For you see, the Bible itself has a lot to say about the CHARIOTS of God)
Isaiah 14:10. All they (Those who take the mark of the beast and all the other wicked in hell) shall speak and say unto you, Are you also become weak as we? Are you become like unto us?
Isaiah 14:11. Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and the worms cover you.
Isaiah 14:12. How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! (Remember that the Hebrew word Strong's number 1966 is translated to the Latin word Lucifer here means “MORNING STAR”.
So, the translation could read, How are you fallen from heaven O MORNING STAR, son of the morning...)
Isaiah 14:13. For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isaiah 14:14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Isaiah 14:15. Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Isaiah 14:16. They that see you shall narrowly look upon you (Or look upon you in amazement in wonderment being PUZZLED), and consider you, saying, Is this the man (Or is this puny little thing the one) that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;”
Some may say WOW, if I had KNOWN this before, I would have walked all over Satan rather than cowering down being AFRAID of him.
The TRUTH of the matter is that Satan is UNDER your FEET NOW dear child of God.
So, STAND in your authority in the mighty name of Jesus and tread on that old serpent now in this present world.
RESIST the Devil and he WILL flee from you in the name of Jesus. Let us move on to Revelation 15:3.
Revelation 15:3.“And they (Referring to BOTH the CHURCH AND the 144,000 of ISRAEL, where Israel will) sing the song of Moses the servant of God, AND the song of the Lamb (Will be sung by the CHURCH), saying, Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; (Giving praise to Almighty God the Father) just and true are your ways, you King of saints.”
Giving praise to Jesus the Son of God knows that the Almighty is the GREAT King who highly exalted his SON Jesus to become his King over the kings of the earth.
Remember in chapter 14, the 144,000 will learn a new song which will be the song of the Lamb.
For ME, I always see Almighty God the FATHER as being separate from Jesus His SON all through the New Testament of the Bible.
In other words, Jesus is NOT the Father and Almighty God the FATHER is NOT His SON Jesus.
We must believe in BOTH the SON and the FATHER. When we honor the SON, the LAMB, we honor the Father also.
In this verse, we also see TWO groups of people, the JEWS and the CHRISTIANS, who are the TWO WITNESSES in Revelation chapter 11.
You will see these TWO groups all through the book of Revelation and even hidden in the Old Testament as well if you are looking for them.
For all the verses showing us that the two witnesses are two groups of people rather than two single individual people, please read the study J-13. THE TWO WITNESSES-WHO ARE THEY?
But for now, let us move on to verse 4 of chapter 15.
Revelation 15:4. “Who shall NOT fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship before you; for your judgments are made manifest.”
Here I see that God’s HOUR of JUDGMENT has ALREADY been made KNOWN or have already been MANIFEST.
In other words, God WRATH has ALREADY been poured out and ALL the nations have SEEN the FIERCENESS of his WRATH so this is WHY the statement WHO shall NOT fear you O Lord?
This is written as a question, as in, surely now ALL the nations shall come and WORSHIP before you after suffering your WRATH.
Remember and keep in mind how the book of Revelation keeps jumping around showing us an overview.
Then going back to the beginning, showing us some of the great tribulation in the first SIX.
And then showing us the second coming immediately AFTER the first SIX.
And then showing us the wrath of God being poured out in the SEVENTH.
And then, the book of Revelation starts over again repeating these same three events, back and forth all the way through the entire book of Revelation.
And if you remember, the wicked do NOT repent during the time of great tribulation.
So, to me, this is just a repeating of the WRATH of God AFTER those before the throne of God who overcame during the time of great tribulation.
Remember in the previous chapter 14 we saw a type of example or the RAPTURE of the church followed by the harvest of the wicked being the wrath of God.
Now let us move on and read Revelation 15 verses 5 through 8.
Revelation 15:5. “And after that (This is kind of like starting a new subject talking about something else.
So, after the scene before the throne of God and the wrath that follows the rapture, John is starting over again saying and after that) I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:”
Revelation 15:6. “And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.”
These seven angels or seven messengers could be the same seven angels or seven messengers of the seven churches. The pure white line represents righteousness.
The breast girded reminds me of our being girded with the breastplate of the righteousness of Jesus as our armor.
This is like the seven angels or seven messengers with the seven trumpets PREPARING to sound.
Please keep in mind that the TWO witnesses PROPHESY the plagues during the time of great tribulation and we the church are even prophesying the yet coming WRATH of God upon the world.
We do not prophesy these judgments upon ourselves.
But rather, we preach these judgments to the world warning them what is coming upon them.
God provides protection for his people even now before the great tribulation.
But not all Christians make use of God's protection. Hosea teaches us that God's people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
I am not sure how it will be during the great tribulation.
But I feel quite sure that God will GIVE us POWER to overcome and also provide protection from His judgments if we are OBEYING the gospel to get sin out of our lives.
Revelation 15:7. “And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels SEVEN golden VIALS full of the WRATH of God (Remember the word that is TRANSLATED as wrath here is the Greek word “THYMOS”, which should have been translated as full of the FIERCENESS of God), who lives forever and ever.”
Revelation 15:8. “And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.”
This makes me think of Revelation chapter 11 where NO man was able to HURT the two witnesses UNTIL their testimony was FINISHED.
Please read Revelation 11:4-7.
“And I will GIVE POWER unto my two witnesses, (Notice that it does NOT say, I will SEND down my two witnesses from heaven back to the earth. But rather, it says, I will GIVE POWER to my two witnesses that are already in the earth) and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. (Some prophecy teachers argue that God will SEND two witnesses down from heaven)
Revelation 11:4. These are the two olive trees (Israel is the natural born olive tree and the Christians are the wild olive tree), and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Revelation 11:5. And if any man will HURT them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will HURT them, he must in this manner be killed. (This sure sounds like protection to me at least till we FINISH our testimony and prophecy.
Remember that the judgment of plague is for the Muslims and the ungodly of the world to repent and believe in Jesus the Son of the one true and only Almighty God.
Personally, I do not believe that the fire out of our mouth will be a literal fire.
But rather it will be the word of God like fire in our bones that we must prophesy)
Revelation 11:6. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy. (Like the “spirit” of Elijah) and have power over waters to turn them to blood, (Like the “spirit” of Moses) and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Revelation 11:7. And when they shall have FINISHED their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.”
I myself believe that this war will begin at the abomination of desolation, which will start the clock so to speak on the 3 1/2 years of great tribulation.
And, to me, the abomination that MAKES Jerusalem “desolate” will be the united Caliphate of the radical Islamic armies seeking to wipe the Jews off of the face of the earth, according to Psalm 83:1-18.
Then this war will increase over the course of the 3/12 years to become its fiercest at the end of the 3 1/2 years where most of the killing of the Jews and the Christians will take place.
But I also believe that during these entire 3 1/2 years of great tribulation many Jews and Christians will be killed even more than they are right now in 2000 through 2016 at the time of this update of this study.
Keep in mind ALL the verses that speak of the “bottomless pit”.
For you see, there are TWO ascents out of the bottomless pit.
One ascent is before the second coming of Jesus and one after the 1000 year reign of Jesus. The Holy Spirit just revealed this to me so I have not had time to pray and meditate on this.
Some thoughts I am having right now are two raptures at the second coming, one before the 1000 year reign of Jesus for the church
And another rapture after the 1000 years for the Jews and those left alive of the nations who are faithful to follow Jesus during the Millennial reign of Jesus.
This is like when Jesus spoke of the resurrection, which SEEMED like ONE resurrection.
But when John received more revelation we now see clearly that there are TWO resurrections.
One thing that has puzzled me is the JEWS being given power like the church without being a part of the church.
And if they get saved and are a part of the church, then there would be only ONE witness and not TWO witnesses.
Now if these thoughts that I am having right now are correct, then BEFORE the second coming there will be power given to the church to prophesy.
And then during the little season and the end of the 1000 years, the Jews will be given the power to prophesy.
Again sort of like history repeating itself. The first shall be last and the last shall be first.
God chose the Jews first and when they rejected his great salvation, God turned to the Gentiles who were not his people.
So, we the church who are last shall be raptured first before the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
And the first chosen Jews shall be the last to be raptured at the end of the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
In other words, Revelation chapter 11 of the two witnesses being killed, then resurrected and then raptured or caught up into the clouds before the eyes of their enemies is actually speaking of TWO separate events separated by the 1000 year reign of Jesus.
This brings us to the end of chapter 15 and to the pouring out of the seven VIALS in CHAPTER 16.
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Thanks for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
Once Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even atheists understand the REASON that Yahweh CREATED the Son of MAN, Jesus, was to have DOMINION over the work of Yahweh’s hands.
And after you understand that the REASON that Yahweh did that is to STILL His ENEMIES, Satan and the fallen angels.
Then you can understand that God made His human Son to become “a” Lord, “a” King, and “a” God, under and subject to his God and Father in order to JUDGE Satan and the fallen angels.
For a deeper understanding of this WAR that Lucifer and one third of the angels waged against the throne of Almighty God, please read the studies under the subject category called **Q-0 Why Are We Here? - Is God at WAR? **.
More studies are coming in this SHORTER Biblical Unitarian view of who Jesus is according to the WHOLE word of God.
If you have a PARTICULAR verse of Scripture that you would like to know the sound Biblical Unitarian meaning, then please email me at MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail.com and let me know.
For further and more in-depth studies on this subject of Jesus being created to STILL the enemies of Yahweh, please read the studies called D-25. A NEW LOOK at JOHN 1:1-In the BEGINNING, and D-28. The PRE-ADAMIC LUCIFERIAN FLOOD!
Thanks again for reading, and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
And to me, the truth concerning who Jesus TRULY is, according to the Bible ITSELF, is the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus.
And again, for ALL of the studies on the Biblical Unitarian view of Jesus, please click on the subject heading **D-0 The BIBLICAL UNITARIAN VIEW of Jesus!**
And for the SUBJECT on the true foundation of the church, please click on the subject heading ** C-0 The TRUE FOUNDATION of the Church! **
This way you can just send ONE link to those who you want to share the TRUE sound Biblical FOUNDATIONAL teachings of the church that Jesus and his Apostles taught in the first century church.
Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,
Brother Mark.
My heartfelt prayer is that all Christians RETURN to the TRUE FOUNDATION of the church that is taught by the very Apostles of Jesus in the first century.
So let us all come into the UNITY of the faith and return to what Jesus and his Apostles taught us in SIMPLICITY in the New Testament.
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Also, here is the Table of Contents with links to all of the chapters in Book 8 called Which FAITH is the TRUE Faith?
It is best to read the chapters in the order that they are listed.
But please feel free to skip to chapter 12 if you do not know for sure if you are saved and you feel that you are ready to become a true born-again Christian to be absolutely SURE you will receive eternal life in the world to come when Jesus returns.
Beware of the DECEPTION of Islam, which is the MARK of the Beast!
Below is my new book 8 showing you WHY you must not be deceived by Muslims claiming that their god Allah is the same God of Christians.
B-8 Ch1 Is Islam the TRUE Faith?
B-8 Ch2 What is the Tree of LIFE Spoken of in the Bible?
B-8 Ch3 What Does Jesus Being the Son of God Truly Mean
B-8 Ch4 Deuteronomy 18:18 Is Islam the TRUE Faith?
B-8 Ch5 Deuteronomy 18:15-19 The Prophet LIKE Moses!
B-8 Ch6 Deuteronomy 18:19-22 The FALSE Prophet Muhammad!
B-8 Ch7 Is ALMIGHTY God’s TRUE Name Allah?
B-8 Ch8 Is Allah The ALMIGHTY God in the Bible?
B-8 Ch9 Muslims Say Jesus Will DESTROY the Jews!
B-8 Ch10 Who Exactly is the Mahdi the Muslim Messiah?
B-8 Ch11 HOW Islam Can be the TRUE Faith!
B-8 Ch12 How to be Saved the Bible WAY!
VERSES USED TO TEACH THAT JESUS PREEXISTED!
To me, the best way to know the ONE true God in ONE person is to know who Jesus TRULY is according to the WHOLE word of Almighty God.
So please read ALL of the studies under the heading **N-0. WHO is JESUS ACCORDING to the BIBLE? ** and you will see that the Bible itself teaches us that Jesus was CREATED by his God and Father.
And if you have any questions related to the correct meaning of certain verses of Scripture on this subject of who Jesus is please read all the studies under the two headings **U-0. VERSES used for THE TRINITY! ** and **V-0. VERSES used to TEACH that Jesus PRE-EXISTED! **
These two headings have ALL of the studies that I have on who Jesus truly is according to what the Bible itself teaches us in simplicity.
I compiled these three headings to make it easy for my readers to send just one, two, or three links to those you desire to help understand what the Bible itself teaches concerning who Jesus is in the LIGHT of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to me.
My contact email is MarkatAMatterOfTruth@Gmail.com.
Thanks again for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the truth of the whole word of Almighty God.
Your Brother in our Lord Jesus Christ,
Brother Mark.
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