DIVINE ORDER IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION - (July 18, 2020 Zoom)

DIVINE ORDER IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION

Seven Seals are opened in Rev 6:1-17

that God has planned to show preliminary information with more revealed in the first six Seals until Rev 7:1-17 before the opening of the 7th Seal in Rev 8:1-5.

By the opening of the Seven Seals, in Rev chapters 6 and 7, God announces certain predictions of His Plan situations and events projected soon to come. In other words, the information revealed in the Seals is anticipatory, not happening right then, but appears to be situations and events forecast to orderly occur from the seven Trumpets to the seven Vials – and to the end of all plagues in the 7-year period. The situations and events can be drawn apart in four major Stages. Stage A)

from 1st Trumpet to 2nd Trumpet, people’s evil, tribulation, God’s Judgment on people, allows illusion, religion and politics in conflict Stage B)

from 3rd Trumpet to 4th Trumpet, Satan is cast down from heaven, Great Tribulation, Antichrist’s manifestation, Christ’s Parousia, our Rapture, Stage C)

from 5th Trumpet to 6th Trumpet, Satan’s and Antichrist’s wrath, Stage D)

from 7th Trumpet to Seven Vials, disaster during the 7 Plagues, God’s wrath. Seal 1: allows a White Horse [signifying Deception, also Victory from the Messengers of God], Rider a situation with Bow, Rev 6:1-2, Seal 2: allows a Red Horse [signifying Insecurity], Rider a situation with Sword, Rev 6:3-4, Seal 3: allows a Black Horse [signifying Insufficiency], Rider with Scale; Limitation: the situation not allowed to hurt the oil, which symbolizes God’s people are saved in spirit and soul, and not hurt the wine, people rejoice with God, in gladness by His Spirit of prophecy, Rev 6:5-6; Seal 4: allows a Green/Pale Horse [signifying humanity as paleness of grass], Personification of Death and Hades, Rev 6:7-8, Seal 5: allows persecution on Saints which missed the Rapture, Rev 6:9-11, Seal 6: Preview of heaven shaking that is scheduled to occur in the area of firmament above the earth,

Rev 6:12, Evil spirits – will fall as stars a metaphor of Satan’s hosts, falling as unripe figs,

Rev 6:13 Preview of Christ’s Sign:

the Day of the Lord, Sun darkened, Moon missing light, Rev 6:12

Rev 8:12 - preview of Christ’s “Parousia,” Resurrection of Saints in sleep, Rapture of living Saints -

Preview of firmament cleansed, Rev 6:14; preview of God’s Wrath, 3rd Woe, Rev 6:15-17

Seal 7: Opens 7 Trumpets Rev 8:1, 3; Rev ch 15]

Revelation 10:1

“I saw 1a mighty angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on His head. His face was like the sun, and His feet like pillars of fire.

2 He had in His hand 2a little open book. 3He set His right foot on the sea, and His left on the land. 3 He cried with a loud voice, as 4a lion roars. When He cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the heaven saying, “Seal up the things [the utterances] which the seven thunders said, and 5do not write them.”

EXPLANATIONS 1a mighty angel – this must be a presentation of the Lord Jesus Christ,

as He 6lifted up His right hand to the heaven, same as in Dan. 12:7

2a little open book – I believe the contents of that book have been already included in the Bible. (There will be a need of the above-mentioned B) to receive God’s revelation to locate the texts and place them in the correct order in our message of the Prophetic Word.

The voice of God has proclaimed the Prophetic Word, but its meaning like a thunder is expected to be heard in the future. Then, “in due season” based on ‘kairos’ [means period, season, the changing times], the truth of the warning message will be given only to the assigned prophets, prophetesses, watchmen, stewards and messengers, who will sound the shofar

3He set His right foot on the sea, and His left on the land – it means the

coming events will take place on the entire world

4as a lion roars – this shows that Jesus Christ is coming as the Lion of Judah; He has come as the Lamb, and now for the Day of the Lord He is about to come as the Lion, the symbol of Royalty. Jesus will be the King who receives the kingdom to reign over the whole earth 5do not write – these, (although have not been written, are needed to be known in the proper time by the above-mentioned B). We will receive God’s revelation on the texts of Scripture that the voice of God has sounded. It will be a future part of warning message, ‘A Timely Word of God’ over the coming situation.

6lifted up His right hand to the heaven – like Dan. 12:7; this text in Rev. 10:5 is connected by a common thread to the Rapture of the holy people nearing our day.

[See C3 ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF THE RAPTURE Daniel 12:7]

Rev 10:10 I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

11 They told me, “You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings” (Rev. 10:8-11).

The Word of Prophecy is sweet in the mouth because it is the truth of God, but also, is bitter, because of the situation that is caused in the world. “You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.…” a command is to us as prophets and prophetesses in these interim times as we approach the start of the 7-year period. God's People will Be Preserved, Later will Receive Salvation

Rev 7:1

After these, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. 2 I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads!"

Rev 7:4 144,000 Sealed

I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel: