Revelation 11, 13-16
The
Day Of The LORD!
Chapters 8:7-9:21 (6 trumpets), chapter 11:1-14 (two Witnesses) and chapter 13
(satan, anti-christ, false prophet) are the last three and a half years of the
Great Tribulation. There will be no more peace as the anti-christ takes total
control of the world government and sets himself up as GOD in Jerusalem.
Chapter 11 The two witnesses and
the seventh trumpet:
:1-2 John is told to measure the
temple but if he did it is not recorded. “but leave out the court which is outside the Temple and do
not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles; and they will tread the
Holy City (Jerusalem) underfoot for forty two months (3 ½ years).
:3-12 The two witnesses of GOD: “I
Will give Power to My two Witnesses and they will prophesy one thousand two
hundred and sixty days (3 ½ years), clothed in sackcloth…if anyone wants to
harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies…These have
Power to shut heaven so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and
they have Power over water to turn them to blood and to strike the earth will
all plagues, as often as they desire…When they finish their testimony, the
beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit (the devil) will make war against
them, over power them and kill them. And their dead bodies will lay in the
street of the great city which Spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where
also our LORD was crucified….Now after the three and a half days The Breath of
Life from GOD entered them and they stood on their feet and great fear fell on
those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from Heaven saying to them,
‘Come up here!’ And they ascended to Heaven in a cloud and their enemies saw
them.”
:13-14 “In the same hour there was
a great earthquake and a tenth of the city fell; in the earthquake seven
thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave Glory to GOD in
Heaven (finally). The second woe is past; Behold! The third woe is coming
quickly!”
Chapter 13 The anti-christ: John
sees the rise of the beast (satan, verses 1-2, 4) and the anti-christ (one of
the heads of the beast – that had a deadly head wound, verses 3-8), then the
false prophet (their religious leader who has no power of his own, verses 11-17).
:9-10 “If anyone has an ear, let
him hear.” (Mark 4:23-25; Revelation 2:7) How you lived is how you will be
judged. “Here is the Patience of the Saints!” (Revelation 14:12)
:18 “Here is wisdom, let him who
has Understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a
man (6): his number is 666.
Chapter 11:15-18 The seventh
trumpet: Loud voices in Heaven proclaiming, “The kingdoms of this world have
become the kingdoms of our LORD and his CHRIST and He shall Reign
Forever and Ever!” The twenty four elders worship GOD, saying: “We give You
thanks JEHOVAH GOD Almighty! The One Who is and Who was and Who is to come!
Because You have taken Your Great Power and Reigned! The nations were angry and
Your Wrath has come! And the time of the dead that they should be Judged
and You should Reward Your Servants the Prophets and the Saints and those who
Fear Your Name, small and great (that is all Believers!)! And should destroy
those who destroy the earth (this whole statement is fulfilled in chapters 14-19).”
:19 Then The Temple of GOD was
opened in Heaven (The seventh trumpet sounded and GOD’s Temple is revealed to
all the earth; everything that happens from this point on is seen by every
human on the earth as it happens!)
Chapter 14:14-16 The Rapture:
JESUS reaps the Harvest of the
earth, all the dead and living Saints (1 Corinthians 15:50-58; 1 John 3:1-3)
:17-20 The vine of the earth is
reaped and thrown into the winepress of GOD’s wrath (Isaiah 63:1-6)
Chapter 15 The Prelude:
:1 “Then I see another sign in Heaven, Great and Marvelous:
seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them The wrath of GOD is
complete! And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire and
those who have the Victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and
over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of GOD.
They sing the song of Moses the Servant of GOD, and The Song of The Lamb,
saying,
‘Great
and Marvelous are Your Works, JEHOVAH GOD Almighty!
Just
and True are Your Ways, King of The Saints!
Who
shall not Fear You JEHOVAH and Glorify Your Name?
For
You Alone are Holy!
For
all nations shall come and Worship before You!
For
Your Judgments have been manifested!’
After these things I looked and
The Temple of The Tabernacle of The Testimony in Heaven was opened. And out of The
Temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright
linen and having their chests girded with golden bands. Then one of the four
living beings (Revelation 4:6-9) gave to the seven angels seven bowls full of
the wrath of GOD Who Lives Forever and Ever. The Temple was filled with smoke
from the Glory of GOD and from His Power and no one was able to enter the
Temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels was completed.”
Chapter 16 The Wrath of GOD:
:2 First bowl – foal and loathsome
sores.
:3 Second bowl – the sea became blood,
as of a dean man, everything in the sea died.
:4-7 Third bowl – the rivers and
springs became blood and the angel of the waters said: “You are Righteous
JEHOVAH, The One Who is and Who was and Who is to be; because You have Judged
these things; for they have shed the blood of saints and Prophets and You have
given them blood to drink, for it is their just due!’ And I heard the altar saying, ‘Even so,
JEHOVAH GOD Almighty, True and Righteous are Your Judgments!’”
:8-9 Fourth bowl – the sun
scorches people and they blaspheme The Name of GOD Who has Power over the
plagues, they do not repent and give Him Glory.
:10-11 Fifth bowl – the kingdom of
the anti-christ is plunged into darkness and they gnaw their tongues because of
the pain. They blaspheme GOD because of their sores and pains and they do not
repent of their deeds.
:12-16 Sixth bowl – the river
Euphrates dries up to prepare the way for the kings of the east. John sees demons,
like frogs, come out of the mouth of satan, the anti-christ and the false
prophet; that go out to the rulers of the east to call them to the battle of the
Great Day of GOD Almighty, at the place called Armageddon.
:15 “Behold! I Am coming as a
thief. Blessed is ho who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walks naked
and they see his shame.” JESUS’ warning to us! Do not be caught by surprise because
of your sin (nakedness).
:17 Seventh bowl – a loud voice
out of the Temple of Heaven, from The Throne, “It is done!” (John 19:30, JESUS
on the cross, “It is finished!”)
18-21 there were noises,
thunderings and lightnings. A great mighty and earthquake as had never happened
in the earth since men were on the earth. Jerusalem was divided into three
parts and the cities of the nations fell! GOD remembered the Great Babylon (one
world government), to give her the Cup of the wine of the fierceness of His
Wrath.
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