Why is Revelation 1:10 key to understanding the book of Revelation?
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The key to understanding the chronology of Revelation is found in Rev.1:19
"Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are now, and the things which will take place after these things."
The letters to the seven churches represent the entire church period, which are the things that are now. When the church has been removed, that will be the end of "what is now" and the "things which must take place later" will begin. Once the church has been removed, then the "what must take place later" will begin, which will be the time of God's wrath, which will be carried out via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments.
If the literal sense makes good sense, then don't seek any other sense.
The proper way to read the book of Revelation is to take it at face value until a symbolic interpretation is obvious. If you just apply symbolism to everything written in Revelation, as many do, it will distort the meanings of what is meant to be interpreted literally.
"Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are now, and the things which will take place after these things."
The letters to the seven churches represent the entire church period, which are the things that are now. When the church has been removed, that will be the end of "what is now" and the "things which must take place later" will begin. Once the church has been removed, then the "what must take place later" will begin, which will be the time of God's wrath, which will be carried out via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments.
If the literal sense makes good sense, then don't seek any other sense.
The proper way to read the book of Revelation is to take it at face value until a symbolic interpretation is obvious. If you just apply symbolism to everything written in Revelation, as many do, it will distort the meanings of what is meant to be interpreted literally.
Many churches stay clear of the Book of Revelation, on a verse by verse study, because they teach; You're going to be gone anyway at that time (false rapture doctrine). They also say, It's not to be understood yet.
This is odd because the very word Revelation means to reveal or unveil something. When you unveil anything, you make it known.
The book of Revelation is a sister book to the book of Daniel in the Old Testament. Both of these books were written to the people who live in the final generation, of the "latter days". Daniel was told to, "shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end:" (Daniel 12:4). He was told by God; "Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand: but the wise shall understand (Daniel 12:10)."
This is odd because the very word Revelation means to reveal or unveil something. When you unveil anything, you make it known.
The book of Revelation is a sister book to the book of Daniel in the Old Testament. Both of these books were written to the people who live in the final generation, of the "latter days". Daniel was told to, "shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end:" (Daniel 12:4). He was told by God; "Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand: but the wise shall understand (Daniel 12:10)."
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Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
This verse is the key to understanding the book of Revelation. Without a clear and full understanding of it, the entire book just will not make sense. The sequence of the order will seem strange.
"I"; this is John speaking and telling us where he was. "I was in the Spirit", not in his flesh body; "on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet".
John is taken forward in time, "in the Spirit", to the day of the Lord. The "Day of the Lord" is not referring to Sunday or Saturday. This is the same "Day of the Lord" Paul speaks about in I Thessalonians 5:2, as "coming as a thief in the night".
Later in II Thessalonians 2:2-3 Paul makes it clear that at the "Day of the Lord" Christ's return will not happen until "after there will be a great falling away first; and "that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition". Satan must be revealed in his role as the Antichrist (instead of Christ in the Greek) first before that seventh trumpet can sound, the last trumpet.
The time, or day, John was taken to was beyond our time frame: however, we are living in the generation that will see it come to pass, and live through what John saw and lived, while in the Spirit. There is only one day that is called "The Day of the Lord" in all the Scriptures.
Isaiah 2:12 "For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low."
This is the day that our Lord returns. This is the day "God's cup of wrath" is poured out upon His enemies. So John was taken in the Spirit to the last day of this earth age, before the start of the age of the Millennium. If you are still in your flesh body, that day hasn't happened yet, and it is still future to us.
Every verse that you read in Revelation from this verse to the end of chapter twenty-two, will be viewed from the Lord's day, either looking backwards or forwards a short period of time. If you don't come to that point of time in your understanding with John, the rest of what he is saying just will not make sense.
This verse is the key to understanding the book of Revelation. Without a clear and full understanding of it, the entire book just will not make sense. The sequence of the order will seem strange.
"I"; this is John speaking and telling us where he was. "I was in the Spirit", not in his flesh body; "on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet".
John is taken forward in time, "in the Spirit", to the day of the Lord. The "Day of the Lord" is not referring to Sunday or Saturday. This is the same "Day of the Lord" Paul speaks about in I Thessalonians 5:2, as "coming as a thief in the night".
Later in II Thessalonians 2:2-3 Paul makes it clear that at the "Day of the Lord" Christ's return will not happen until "after there will be a great falling away first; and "that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition". Satan must be revealed in his role as the Antichrist (instead of Christ in the Greek) first before that seventh trumpet can sound, the last trumpet.
The time, or day, John was taken to was beyond our time frame: however, we are living in the generation that will see it come to pass, and live through what John saw and lived, while in the Spirit. There is only one day that is called "The Day of the Lord" in all the Scriptures.
Isaiah 2:12 "For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low."
This is the day that our Lord returns. This is the day "God's cup of wrath" is poured out upon His enemies. So John was taken in the Spirit to the last day of this earth age, before the start of the age of the Millennium. If you are still in your flesh body, that day hasn't happened yet, and it is still future to us.
Every verse that you read in Revelation from this verse to the end of chapter twenty-two, will be viewed from the Lord's day, either looking backwards or forwards a short period of time. If you don't come to that point of time in your understanding with John, the rest of what he is saying just will not make sense.
The Theme of the Book
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice,
as of a trumpet” (Revelation 1:10).
A single verse thunders to us the theme of this book: the gloomy Day of the Lord.
Yet people stumble over this verse—causing them to misunderstand the entire message!
Many Bible skeptics and churchgoers alike are confused by the word “day” here.
This is not about a particular day of the week, like Saturday or Sunday.
In Bible prophecy, a day sometimes is equal to a year (Ezekiel 4:6).
The “day of the Lord” refers to a year-long punishment that culminates with the return of Christ.
The wrath of the “day of the Lord” is manifested in the seven “trumpet” plagues which are
unleashed consecutively over a period of months, culminating in the Second Coming of Christ.
Revelation 1:10 and over 30 other prophecies mention the terrible
Day of the Lord that will decisively conclude this age!
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice
of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly” (Zephaniah 1:13-14).
“The voice” precedes the arrival of the Day of the Lord,
which is now speeding toward us as fast as a rocket launching into space.
To grasp the entire book of Revelation, we must have a clear understanding of Revelation 1:10.
No More Delay
“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are,
and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein,
that there should be time no longer” (Revelation 10:5-6).
“Time no longer” should be “no more delay.”
A specific event took place that caused world events to speed up rapidly. What was it?
“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him” (Revelation 12:9).
God cast down Satan and confined him to this Earth. Satan and his demons are
no longer free to roam the universe, so they have been creating chaos in this
world like mankind has never seen before!
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice,
as of a trumpet” (Revelation 1:10).
A single verse thunders to us the theme of this book: the gloomy Day of the Lord.
Yet people stumble over this verse—causing them to misunderstand the entire message!
Many Bible skeptics and churchgoers alike are confused by the word “day” here.
This is not about a particular day of the week, like Saturday or Sunday.
In Bible prophecy, a day sometimes is equal to a year (Ezekiel 4:6).
The “day of the Lord” refers to a year-long punishment that culminates with the return of Christ.
The wrath of the “day of the Lord” is manifested in the seven “trumpet” plagues which are
unleashed consecutively over a period of months, culminating in the Second Coming of Christ.
Revelation 1:10 and over 30 other prophecies mention the terrible
Day of the Lord that will decisively conclude this age!
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice
of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly” (Zephaniah 1:13-14).
“The voice” precedes the arrival of the Day of the Lord,
which is now speeding toward us as fast as a rocket launching into space.
To grasp the entire book of Revelation, we must have a clear understanding of Revelation 1:10.
No More Delay
“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are,
and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein,
that there should be time no longer” (Revelation 10:5-6).
“Time no longer” should be “no more delay.”
A specific event took place that caused world events to speed up rapidly. What was it?
“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth,
and his angels were cast out with him” (Revelation 12:9).
God cast down Satan and confined him to this Earth. Satan and his demons are
no longer free to roam the universe, so they have been creating chaos in this
world like mankind has never seen before!
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
- how would you explain then
Revelation 17:3 (KJV)
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon
a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 21:10 (KJV)
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed
me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
The Lords day is known as the millinium and is that one thousand year period. A lot of souls will be redeemed during that period. Although the highest honor was to overcome out of the flesh.
One of the most important things to know about those seven churches of Asia is that Christ only found favor in only two. The church of Symrna and the church of Philadelphia. Christ, the world greatest teacher even praised them for what they taught. He said that they were rich in wisdom and knowledge for knowing and teaching what Christ praised them for. Out of all the good things Christ could have said about the two churches, He praised them for teaching two things. Do you think those two things taught are important? I would hope you would say yes they are extremely important. I would say that they are paramount and must be taught in a church if they want to be pleasing to Christ. The two things that must be taught are, THE KEY OF DAVID and to teach who those people are that say that they are Jews and are not and do lie but are of the synagogue of Satan. This info falls in the catagory of strong meat.
One of the most important things to know about those seven churches of Asia is that Christ only found favor in only two. The church of Symrna and the church of Philadelphia. Christ, the world greatest teacher even praised them for what they taught. He said that they were rich in wisdom and knowledge for knowing and teaching what Christ praised them for. Out of all the good things Christ could have said about the two churches, He praised them for teaching two things. Do you think those two things taught are important? I would hope you would say yes they are extremely important. I would say that they are paramount and must be taught in a church if they want to be pleasing to Christ. The two things that must be taught are, THE KEY OF DAVID and to teach who those people are that say that they are Jews and are not and do lie but are of the synagogue of Satan. This info falls in the catagory of strong meat.
Wrong, read in context John tells us in the previous verse where he was physically....
Revelation 1:9-10
[SUP]9 [/SUP]I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
This false theory that is being presented is an attempt to push all prophecy future forward by "futurists" who believe none of the prophecies in the book of Revelation has even been fulfilled yet, they are dead wrong. The prophecy given to John was past, present and future when he received it as shown in verse 19---->>>>[SUP]19 [/SUP]Write the things which thou hast seen,(past) and the things which are,(present) and the things which shall be hereafter;(future)
Revelation 1:9-10
[SUP]9 [/SUP]I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
This false theory that is being presented is an attempt to push all prophecy future forward by "futurists" who believe none of the prophecies in the book of Revelation has even been fulfilled yet, they are dead wrong. The prophecy given to John was past, present and future when he received it as shown in verse 19---->>>>[SUP]19 [/SUP]Write the things which thou hast seen,(past) and the things which are,(present) and the things which shall be hereafter;(future)