If you're going to be studying a book of the Bible it's a good idea to know what the name of the book of the Bible actually is.....
There is no book of RevelationS.
It's Book of Revelation. Singular.
Also when you're reading that book that was written almost 2,000 years ago right before the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, try to think like a Jew or Christian in that time, not someone living right now.
Context matters.
If you were living in that time for example and spoke Hebrew you would understand that 666 was clearly Nero Caesar. Because Hebrew letters also equal numbers and Nero Caesar written in Hebrew adds up to 666.
You would understand that a beast with seven heads and 10 horns was clearly Rome which had seven hills with 10 governors.
Also remember that Jesus said this generation shall not pass to all these things take place.
Roman armies surrounded Jerusalem and laid siege to it in 70 AD completely destroying the city and the temple.
The only survivors of that were the Christians that understood "when you see the abomination of desolation surrounding the holiest of holies fleet of the mountains" And they did. Historically from secular accounts we know that Rome's armies surrounded Jerusalem and started the siege and then something happened and they had to leave for a few days. During that time the Christians fled the city and then the Roman armies came back and finished the job.
Book of Revelation was about the upcoming destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. That had already happened.
Jesus came on the clouds in judgment exactly when he said he would on that city.
The only thing left is final judgment.
Not a single Christian in that time believed in a rapture. That eschatological position frequently called either darbyism or premillennial dispensationalism only game to popularity about 200 years ago with the publication of the Schofield reference Bible, the first Bible with eschatological notes and really the first study Bible with footnotes of any kind. It pushed an absolute fringe belief. Unfortunately it was widely adopted by pastors and seminaries because it was such a groundbreaking Bible in other ways.
God's favorite Bible verse is "sit at my right hand while let me call your enemies your footstool" speaking to Jesus. That verse appears in Scripture more times than any other.
God said to Jesus "Ask of me and I will give you all the nations as your inheritance" do you think that Jesus forgot to ask? No.
Jesus is putting all of his enemies under his footstool as we speak and ask the gospel goes forth throughout the world. God wins isn't just a slogan here, it's the theme of the Bible.
When Adam and Eve took something off of a tree sin, death and decay entered into the world. When Jesus, the perfect Adam was put up onto a tree, the gospel entered the world and slowly but surely started to grow and will continue to grow until the world is restored back to the garden.
In the last days it will be like the days of Noah. We all know the arc is symbolic of Christ with one door and those within were saved. Well ask yourself who was swept off the Earth in the days of Noah? Was it those in the ark / Christ? No. It was those that were not.
When final judgment comes it will be the wicked that are burned up like tares amongst the wheat.
If you're going to be studying a book of the Bible it's a good idea to know what the name of the book of the Bible actually is.....
There is no book of RevelationS.
It's Book of Revelation. Singular.
Also when you're reading that book that was written almost 2,000 years ago right before the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, try to think like a Jew or Christian in that time, not someone living right now.
Context matters.
If you were living in that time for example and spoke Hebrew you would understand that 666 was clearly Nero Caesar. Because Hebrew letters also equal numbers and Nero Caesar written in Hebrew adds up to 666.
You would understand that a beast with seven heads and 10 horns was clearly Rome which had seven hills with 10 governors.
Also remember that Jesus said this generation shall not pass to all these things take place.
Roman armies surrounded Jerusalem and laid siege to it in 70 AD completely destroying the city and the temple.
The only survivors of that were the Christians that understood "when you see the abomination of desolation surrounding the holiest of holies fleet of the mountains" And they did. Historically from secular accounts we know that Rome's armies surrounded Jerusalem and started the siege and then something happened and they had to leave for a few days. During that time the Christians fled the city and then the Roman armies came back and finished the job.
Book of Revelation was about the upcoming destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. That had already happened.
Jesus came on the clouds in judgment exactly when he said he would on that city.
The only thing left is final judgment.
Not a single Christian in that time believed in a rapture. That eschatological position frequently called either darbyism or premillennial dispensationalism only game to popularity about 200 years ago with the publication of the Schofield reference Bible, the first Bible with eschatological notes and really the first study Bible with footnotes of any kind. It pushed an absolute fringe belief. Unfortunately it was widely adopted by pastors and seminaries because it was such a groundbreaking Bible in other ways.
God's favorite Bible verse is "sit at my right hand while let me call your enemies your footstool" speaking to Jesus. That verse appears in Scripture more times than any other.
God said to Jesus "Ask of me and I will give you all the nations as your inheritance" do you think that Jesus forgot to ask? No.
Jesus is putting all of his enemies under his footstool as we speak and ask the gospel goes forth throughout the world. God wins isn't just a slogan here, it's the theme of the Bible.
When Adam and Eve took something off of a tree sin, death and decay entered into the world. When Jesus, the perfect Adam was put up onto a tree, the gospel entered the world and slowly but surely started to grow and will continue to grow until the world is restored back to the garden.
In the last days it will be like the days of Noah. We all know the arc is symbolic of Christ with one door and those within were saved. Well ask yourself who was swept off the Earth in the days of Noah? Was it those in the ark / Christ? No. It was those that were not.
When final judgment comes it will be the wicked that are burned up like tares amongst the wheat.