The Book of Revelations Explained




you can not read the Book of Revelations like a novel, from start to finish.  It is a book within a book within a book.  It starts and then starts again and again with more and more detail.  The outline below shows how it is written and this is not a long explaination, but meant to help you with your study of the Book of Revelation.


Revelations outline

Ch 1. Jesus introduces Himself as God

Ch 2-3 the 7 church ages 

Ch 4-5 starts with the rapture and ends with it all done. The bride, the foolish virgins, and the 144,000 are all there. 

Ch 6 starts with the 1st church age and ends with the great tribulation 

Ch 7 the 144,000 sealed and the foolish virgins are purged during the great tribulation. 

Ch 8. Open of the 7th seal. End of everything. End of time

And then it goes back to the great tribulation and the wrath that will be poured out on the earth. 

Ch 9. More wrath

Ch 10 period before the rapture and before the great tribulation Jesus has the 7 sealed book open and His Elijah Prophet will take it around the world. All those that receive it into their hearts, time will stop for them, not in the natural, but in their spirit they will have went into the eighth day. 

Ch 11. During the great tribulation the 2 witnesses will preach to Israel for the 144,000. 

Ch 12. A star chart of Jesus Bride, his body being born and being caught up to their Lord in the air and then satan being kicked out of heaven and bringing on the destruction of the earth. 

Ch 13 speaks of 2 beasts. Out of the sea RCC. And out of the earth USA. 

Ch 14-17 Takes place during the great tribulation period

CH 18. Mystery Babylon is destroyed during great tribulation

CH 19. Christ coming with His Bride battle of Armageddon 

CH 20. 1000 years of peace and then satan loosed and deceives most, then God destroys them and the white throne judgement follows

CH 21 beautiful new heaven and new earth and the New Jerusalem. 

Ch 22 bless is he that keeps what is said here.  For the end is near. 

 

 

 

Ch 1. Jesus introduces Himself as God

 

The Salutation, v4 and 8 tell us who He is,  Which is, which was and which is to come, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, the ALMIGHTY.

 

(He (Which is) the Son, JESUS), (He (Which was) the Father, LORD), (He (Which is to come), the Holy Spirit, CHRIST).  He is GOD, the ALMIGHTY, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, He is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

 

He is not three persons, which would make three gods, He is One Person, manifested in three different ways.

 

1 Tim 3:16 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. 

 It says, That God was manifest in the flesh, NOT a god or a person of God, but the  Spirit of God, which is Holy, for God is Holy.  So at one point, God spoke and His speaking created the WORD, which was God’s own spoken Word.

 

The simple truth is that GOD came in three different major ways.  In the beginning, He was the Father, untouchable and then later, He became the Son, and in this last day He is the Holy Spirit with most and in some.  He is with all those that ever ask Him to help them and He is in some by the baptism of the Holy Ghost, which is those that He has accepted their faith.

 

Jesus was the fullness of the Godhead bodily, yet He still couldn’t contain all of the Spirit of God.  Jesus was fully human and fully God.

 

When Jesus was Crucified, in order for Him to Die, God’s Holy Spirit left Him.  After Jesus raised from the dead, Paul met Him on the road and when Jesus called to him.  Paul said, who are you, the voice said it was Jesus.  And the light from Him, blinded Paul, He had went back to the same pillar of fire that Moses seen in the burning bush. 

 

Jesus is a 3 fold person, on earth, He was the Prophet, in heaven He is the Priest and when He returns, He will be the King.  Prophet, Priest, King, He which was, which is and is to come.  God had many titles, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are but three of them.

Chapter 1 also speaks of Jesus being in the middle of the 7 lamps v13,  in v20 we are told that the 7 lamps are the 7 churches and the 7 stars in His Right, (POWER),  hand are the angel messengers of those churches.

Some say that this only represents the seven churches in Asia, there was only one messenger to all those 7 churches, which was Paul.  But this shows that there are 7 messengers.  So No, the 7 churches represent the 7 church ages of the times of the Gentiles.  And we are now in the 7th and final church age today.

 

Ch 2-3 the 7 church ages 


The 7 church ages represent the total period of time from the starting of the church at Pentecost until the very last Bride has come in the end of the 7th church age. God chose a man to preach these 7 church ages and after he finished preaching them, God came down and drew out on the wall before 100s of people the moons showing the darkness and the light of God for every age, just like this prophet had done for the people. The moon drawing below is a reflection of the Son.





7-Moons


Each of these 7 ages had a period of time and a messenger (angel) that spread the revelation that God gave him to the people.

As you can see, the light, truth was very strong in the beginning and got less and less through Thyatira.  It was almost put out completely by the darkness, then the light, Truth started returning a little, until this last age.

The drawing above shows a little light left in the last age, but when God drew it on the wall, He showed no light at all.  This is showing that the Bride would be gone before this age ended.  For the Bride is the only light left upon the earth, when she goes in the rapture, all light will be gone and only darkness will take over the earth.

In this last age, everyone thinks they know the truth that they have been taught and they close their ears to anything that is outside of that truth, and it doesn’t matter if it is based on fact or fiction.  The sad thing is that most of it is based on fiction.

Rev 3:17 says it all.  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

 

Let this sink in, we think we know, yet Jesus says we are poor, blind, naked, wretched and miserable and WE DON’T EVEN KNOW IT. In other words, satan has deceived us, we must wake up before it is to late.

 

Ch 4-5 starts with the rapture and ends with it all done. The bride, the foolish virgins, and the 144,000 are all there. 

 

The rapture of the church takes place in verse one and two.  John was now in heaven and he saw only one on the throne, not two or three.  He saw 4 beasts, these are the same beasts that speak in the 1st 4 seals of chapter 6.  God put their type of spirit on the true believers of each period of time of the 1st four seals of chapter 6.  This is how God would counter what satan was doing in each of the same periods.

 

Since 10,000 times 10,000 and 1,000s times 1,000s are mentioned, I believe that the foolish virgins that came through the great tribulation and the bride are here.  And since both these groups are here, then it stands to reason that the 144,000 must be here also, but there is no way to know for sure if they are.

 

The 7 sealed book was in the hand of God on the throne.  Now John didn’t see this bloody lamb and he wept and cried. So after a bit, the Lamb came out of the throne and then John saw Him.  And the Lamb was able to take the book because He was the only one worthy.

 

Ch 6 starts with the 1st church age and ends with the great tribulation 

 

Now the Lamb was able to open the seals, but John was only allowed to write the symbols that were on the outside.  He was not allowed to write what was inside, for that would be revealed latter.  Rev 10:4

 

The 1st seal, white horse, satan was just a deceiver and the spirit power that God released to His people was the 1st beast type of power (Lion) which was none other than the lion of the tribe of Juda. This power went on until about 170AD and satan had succeeded in deceiving a lot of top Christian leaders.

 

The 2nd seal, red horse, satan was now able to make war with the saints and torture and kill them.  And God released the spirit that the 2nd beast type, the calf or ox, a spirit of self-sacrifice. These saints were tortured and killed in the most gruesome ways that you could imagine, but God had raised up a standard to fight back. They were able to give their lives for their testimony.

 

The 3nd seal, black horse, satan had found another way to enslave the people, he started charging for salvation or anything to do with salvation.  He used his great whore church the Roman Catholic Church to do this. This is in Chapter 17 of Revelations, she is the only church that sets on seven hills and has a man that says that he is god to the people on earth. The standard that God raised up was the man.  He gave them the Spirit of wisdom and they started fighting back.  Luther, Westley, Calvin,  Knox and many others God raised up during this period of time.

 

The 4th seal, pale horse, satan had found that man needed very little encouragement to kill each other, so he started wars and man killed and killed and killed.  He is now known as death.  God’s Standard to fight him here is an eagle, which represents the prophet spoke of in Rev 10:7, Mat 17:11, Mal 4:5.  Which will be the 7th church age messenger, this prophet will have thus saith the Lord.  He will come against main stream religion and will tell the self-proclaimed church to get back to the Word or perish.  The doctrines that he brings from God will be so different then the people had been taught for almost 2000 years that most people will reject his message.  And sadly by rejecting his message they are rejecting the headship of God.  He will say get back to the book of Acts and he will preach Paul’s message with power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost. 

 

He will show the truth and God will vindicate it over and over, yet most of the people will continue without the true revelation of the Godhead, the 1st sin, and so many other things that have been taken by satan and hidden from the churches.  They will continue to be a daughter harlot of the great whore of Rev 17.

 

And during this time the True Bride will be raptured to be with their Lord and Savior forever, this will happen before the 7th church age ends.  And when the Bride is raptured, satan will be kicked out of heaven and will no longer go before God to condemn the saints.

 

The 5th seal is about the martyred Jews through the ages, they must wait until the redemption of Israel.

 

The 6th seal is during the Great Tribulation period.

 

Ch 7 the 144,000 sealed and the foolish virgins are purged during the Great Tribulation. 

 

This chapter is during the great tribulation and it is the sealing of the 144,000 Jews and the foolish virgins. Both of these groups will have to give their lives in the great tribulation in order to receive eternal life.

 

After 6 of the 7 seals are spoken of in Chapter 6 and the 7th seal is in chapter 8, but right between the 6th and 7th seal comes the sealing of the 144,000 and the purging of the foolish virgins.  The Bride was raptured in chapter 4 and with the 4th seal.  The 6th seal is the Great Tribulation period and that is why these are the 144,000 Jews and the Foolish Virgins.  They are not the Bride.

 

Ch 8. Open of the 7th seal. End of everything. End of time

And then it goes back to the Great Tribulation and the wrath that will be pour out on the earth. 

 

The 8th chapter opens with the 7th seal being opened and there is silence in heaven for ½ hour.  The end time Elijah sent said that this was the end of everything, including the End of Time.

 

After this is stated, the rest of the chapter goes back into the great tribulation and the wrath that will be poured out on the earth.

 

Ch 9. More wrath

 

 

Ch 10 is the period before the rapture and before the great tribulation Jesus has the 7 sealed book open and His Elijah Prophet will take it around the world. All those that receive it into their hearts, time will stop for them, not in the natural, but in their spirit they will have went into the eighth day. 

 

Chapter 10 starts off with Jesus having the book and it is open.  Then He revealed the seven seals to the End Time Prophet and at the end of revealing, He says that time will be no more.  This is just what happens when the 7th seal is opened.

 

The voice of the 7th Angel is the Elijah Prophet that Jesus spoke of to come and restore all things Mat17:16 and Mal 4:5 and Rev 10:7

 

This prophet will preach the world over and be rejected by the majority of the so called Christian Church. Yet this prophet will be vindicated by God more than any other Prophet ever in the bible.

 

Ch 11. During the great tribulation the 2 witnesses will preach to Israel for the 144,000.

 

This is during the great tribulation and the 2 witnesses will be preaching 3 ½ years to Israel for the 144,000 that will be saved during that time.  When they finish their ministry then the end will come and Daniels 70 weeks will have been completed. These 2 witnesses will cause so much trouble for the people left in the world that the whole world will rejoice upon their being killed.   

 

Ch 12. A star chart of Jesus Bride, his body being born and satan being kicked out of heaven and bringing on the destruction of the earth. 

 

I believe this to be a star chart of the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ, (His Body) being born and satan being kicked out of heaven and then he will bring about the destruction of the earth and all the people left on it.  This happened in the sky in 2017 and it didn’t happen anytime around the birth of Jesus (the Head).

 

Ch 13 speaks of 2 beasts. Out of the sea RCC. And out of the earth USA. 

 

The Beast out of the sea, Roman Catholic Church, meaning a multitude of people, she sets of seven hills, her leadership believes they are to take the place of the Son of God on earth. she has brought forth her pagan doctrines of the trinity of three person in one God, paying for salvation, worshiping the pope and others as father, praying to dead saints, water baptism in three titles and so many other FALSE DOCTRINES.

 

The Beast out of the earth is none other than the USA.  She came into being with very few people and was very meek, but now she speaks like a dragon.  She was founded with the number 13 (13 stars and 13 stripes) and she is found in the 13th chapter of Revelations.

 

 

Ch 14 The 144,000 have come out of the Great Tribulation

 

The 144,000 have been sealed and the foolish virgins must believe and not bow even unto death in order to be redeemed.  

 

Ch 15-16 More detail about the Great Tribulation

 

Some of the very bad things that will happen during the great tribulation, the wrath of God being poured out upon the earth. This is a period in which the foolish virgins will be purged of all unrighteous.

 

CH 17-18  Mystery Babylon is destroyed during great tribulation

 

Mystery Babylon is none other than the Roman Catholic Church, with its Pope as the beast that was, and is not, was and is not, was and is not.  One dies and another takes his place.  He sits in the temple of God and says that he speaks for and takes the place of God on earth.  She is a whore because she makes her own word and teaches that over the Word of God.  She also has daughters that follow some of her teachings over the Word of God, which are protestant churches that have bought into some of her lies and they are harlots.

 

CH 19. Christ coming with His Bride battle of Armageddon 

 

This is the scene in heaven before His return and His return for the great battle of Armageddon.

 

 

CH 20. 1000 years of peace and then satan loosed and deceives most  God destroys them and the white throne judgement follows

 

satan is bound in a manner to keep him from deceiving the people for a 1000 years of peace with our Lord.

His Bride is with Jesus, their God and the mortared Jews are also there.  All the rest of the dead miss out on this 1000 years of peace.

 

After the 1000 years, satan is loosed a little season to go out and deceive the nations.  He is able again to deceive most of the people and he gathers them for a great battle,  Gog and Magog. They surround the saints and God sends fire from heaven and devours them.

 

And then the Great White Throne judgement is setup and all the people of the earth come before God to be judged, this is where the foolish virgins will come up for judgement and those that held their faith and didn’t take the mark of the beast will inherit eternal life.

 

This will be a works based judgement, how they treated their fellow man, how they treated the Bride of Jesus.

 

 

CH 21 beautiful new heaven and new earth and the New Jerusalem. 

 

New heaven, new earth and NO CURSE. 

 

Ch 22 bless is he that keeps what is said here.  For the end is near. 

 

 

 Jesus is the Light of the World.



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