REVELATION STUDY
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Christ spoke of the rapture and John was there plus he would have known Paul and his teaching about it.
It's different with the horns. The beast doesn't lose any of it's ten horns. The horns are intact when the beast is destroyed. There Daniels prophecies do not match up with John's. I think God made some changes after the new covenant was in place.
Another difference is in Daniel, there are 4 beasts, and the 4th is destroyed but he writes the other beasts had their lives prolonged. That doesn't happen in Revelation. There is only one kingdom beast and when it is destroyed, there are no previous beasts that continue to exist. People do the strangest things to try to harmonize Daniels prophecies with what John wrote but it's not possible because the differences are too vast.
3 beasts live past the 4th beasts destruction.
3 horns are not removed from the 7 headed beast in Revelation.
These are the only differences I know of so far.
I have a review of history theory aligning with events in Revelations which I believe show we are experiencing the end times over centuries. And we are in them now.
Kaiser Wilhelm II was White Horseman, Stalin was the Red Horseman, the Black horseman was Hitler, and the Ashen horseman was Mao Zedong. Revelations 9 indicates the end of WWII and some extension of time after WWII expressed in 9:20 and 9:21 depicted what we have done since.
Revelation 10 speaks of global trade and adds another extension of time with the 7 thunders speaking but not written what was said and of the change to sugary processed foods making us obese.
Are we in the 1260 days of Revelations 11 where Trump and Netanyahu are the Prophets and the USA and Israel are the 2 lampstands and the 2 Olive branches? Did the 1260 days begin on Oct 7th 2023? 1260 days ends on March 20 2027 - Spring equinox. 1266 days from Oct 7 2023 is Good Friday March 26 2026.
Or did the 1260 days begin on Trump becoming Potus? From Jan 20th 2025, 1260 days ends on July 3rd 2028. Or from Trump's election day on Nov 5th 2024 1260 days ends on April 18th 2028. 2 days after Easter Sunday.
IN any case we see the events unfolding and as war in the ME region is ongoing, it may be more than my personal confirmation bias leading me into these connections.
Kaiser Wilhelm II was White Horseman, Stalin was the Red Horseman, the Black horseman was Hitler, and the Ashen horseman was Mao Zedong. Revelations 9 indicates the end of WWII and some extension of time after WWII expressed in 9:20 and 9:21 depicted what we have done since.
Revelation 10 speaks of global trade and adds another extension of time with the 7 thunders speaking but not written what was said and of the change to sugary processed foods making us obese.
Are we in the 1260 days of Revelations 11 where Trump and Netanyahu are the Prophets and the USA and Israel are the 2 lampstands and the 2 Olive branches? Did the 1260 days begin on Oct 7th 2023? 1260 days ends on March 20 2027 - Spring equinox. 1266 days from Oct 7 2023 is Good Friday March 26 2026.
Or did the 1260 days begin on Trump becoming Potus? From Jan 20th 2025, 1260 days ends on July 3rd 2028. Or from Trump's election day on Nov 5th 2024 1260 days ends on April 18th 2028. 2 days after Easter Sunday.
IN any case we see the events unfolding and as war in the ME region is ongoing, it may be more than my personal confirmation bias leading me into these connections.
The Book of Revelations moves very quickly, but it spans for generations until it doesn't. it is compressed yet detailed in what we need to take away from it. Especially the Seven Churches. So, for me, I believe it's important to 1) know beyond a shadow of doubt which church the Lord sees me in, and 2) avoid doing anything that will cause my name to be dabbed out of the Book of Life, which tells me that once saved IS NOT always saved, and I don't want to get to the end with this being my learning curve.
I don't know if you are still following this thread, since your post was back in September but here is something that might be helpful to you.
Your reference to having your name blotted out, no doubt comes from your reading of Revelation 3:5 -- He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
It seems to have shaken your belief in "Once Saved Always Saved", and yet, it should not. If one has the proper understanding of this verse, then you know that the one "overcoming" is overcoming because he is "in" Christ, not because of any human work or effort. The white garments spoken of here, are the Saints being clothed with the "Righteousness" of Jesus Christ. Therefore, when the Lord speaks of blotting the name out of the Book of Life, He is not saying He can or will do this, rather, it is an absolute promise that He will not strike a name already written in the Book of Life.
Here is what John Gill had to say on the subject:
And I will not blot out his name out of the book of life; by which is meant the choice of persons to everlasting life and salvation; and this being signified by a book, and by writing names in it, shows the exact knowledge God has of his elect, the value he has for them, his remembrance of them, his love to them, and care for them; and that this election is of particular persons by name, and is sure and certain; for those whose names are written in it shall never be blotted out, they will always remain in the number of God's elect, and can never become reprobates, or shall ever perish; because of the unchangeableness of the nature and love of God, the firmness of his purposes, the omnipotence of his arm, the death and intercession of Christ for them, their union to him, and being in him, the impossibility of their seduction by false teachers, and the security of their persons, grace, and glory in Christ, and in whose keeping this book of life is; which respects not this temporal life, that belongs to the book of providence, but a spiritual and eternal life, from whence it has its name,
It should since it proves the concept that someone could be blotted out from the BOL and if that isn't a loss of salvation then what would be?
Also this:
Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Heb. 6:4-6 and 10:26-39 explains what would cause erasure: intentionally repudiating saving faith in Jesus as Lord.
No, my belief is solid, and my statement was my careful observance to God's word that I'm taking care to walk within His guidelines. There is no confusion on my part. And, again, thank you again for the scriptures you shared in a previous post.
Biden not a beast but part of the battle for the ideals of man, he was/is a part of the turning away from God? The increased attacks on Christians and Christianity in Africa. Allowing Iran to have funding and pardoned many criminals, no one spoke of? Biden removed Military presence and programs that were keeping the extremists terror from perpetuating in Africa and now look at the death growing across. The beast that rises up from the abyss could indicate terrorism and the assaults of innocents we are witnessing now.