Revelation 13:1-10; The focus of chapter 12 was the rebellion of Lucifer/Satan/Dragon and expulsion from heaven. His primary goals is to attack and destroy “the woman” whom we identified as the nation of Israel. To accomplish these dsstructive plans, he empowers a “beast” from the sea who shares the devils power, authority and throne. A […]
Revelation 12:13-17; When the dragon realized he and his group of fallen angels had been hurled from heaven to earth, his anger was immedately directed at “the woman”. We understand this to be a reference to Israel, whom God raised up through Abraham and cared for throughout the scope of the Bible. The “woman” then […]
Revelation 12:7-12; Following the introduction of the woman, dragon and child, John is given a vision of a time of turmoil in heaven. The rebellion of the dragon, who swept a third of the stars from the sky, is detailed as the initiation of a war in heaven. The archangel Michael and holy angels fought […]
Revelation 12:1-6; As John was looking at the heavenly temple and Ark of the covenant, a “great sign” appeared of a pregnant woman about to give birth. Her special appearance points to Genesis 37 and the dream of Joseph to help identify the woman as the nation of Israel. Next appears another “sign”, not a […]
Revelation 11:15-19; Following the second woe, the seventh angel sounded his trumpet to usher in the next series of end times events. There were loud voices in heaven, announcing, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and his Messiah”. Another heavenly worship session then takes place as the twenty four […]
Revelation 11:7-14; When the two wintesses of God finish their 42 month ministry, the “beast that comes from the Abyss” will attack and defeated them. Since their prophesy included manifestaions of power such as plagues and turning water to blood, the earth-dwellers who have suffered through that span of time will be greatly relieved. They […]
Revelation 11:1-6 Following his commissioning as a prophet of the Lord, John is given a measuring rod to measure the temple, altar and worshippers. Only the inner court was to be assessed, as the Gentiles had taken control of the outer court to “trample on the holy city for 42 months”. This 3.5 year period […]
Revelation 10:8-11; John’s encounter with the mighty angel continues, as the voice from heaven who instructed him to seal up the word of the seven thunders, instructs him to take the scroll in the angel’s hand. When John requests the scroll, the mighty angel tells him to take and eat it. This somewhat odd sounding […]
Revelation 10:1-7; Following the horrendous suffering and carnage of trumpets 5 and 6, John exxperiences another interlued that will usher in the sounding of trumpet 7. The aged apostle sees a mighty angel descend from heaven with a small scroll in his hand. His loud shout like a lion triggers the seven thunders, but John […]
Revelation 9:20-21; Following the horrific torture of the demonic locusts of the 5th trumpet and the four fallen angels released from the Ephrates river to bring about the deaths of 1/3 of the remaining population, John observes a very stark reality. Despite the warming from the Lord to those who have rejected His offer of […]