The Four Storylines in the Book of Revelation

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REVELATION: John’s Final Vision
-In A.D. 95, the last living apostle was exiled to a rocky island in the Aegean Sea.

Revelations 1:3
Amplified Bible
Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and who keep the things which are written in it [heeding them and taking them to heart]; for the time [of fulfillment] is near.

 

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Revelation 5:1-4
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.

4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.


^ Where was the Messiah from the time no one anywhere was found worthy, to the time He appeared? Or what was His state/condition?

Rev. 5:1-7 is a chiasmus.

a) John is being shown a vision of the Father on the throne. (Rev. 5:1)
b) And the angel announced, "Who is worthy? (Rev. 5:2)
c) And in that vision, the angel made John see that no one could open the scroll or look inside (Rev. 5:3)
d) The consequence of that is, John wept. (Rev. 5:4)
c) Then the angel, now called the elder, showed John that someone was indeed worthy. (Rev. 5:5)
b) And John looked and saw the Savior in the midst, having been slain. (Rev. 5:6)
a) And the Savior came and took the book from the hand of the Father. (Rev. 5:7)

It is a beautiful story showing how seriously John takes the vision being shown to him.
And the angel intentionally made him cry.
It shows the closeness of the angel and John, since he knew exactly what buttons to push.
It is absolutely beautiful.

 

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One metaphorical phrase in the BOR is "peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings." (Rev. 10:11).
This metaphorical phrase is occasionally modified, as in the case of Rev. 5:9, where it is stated as "kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation."

Interestingly, Rev. 5:9 provides the meaning for this metaphorical phrase.
"And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;"

With this understanding, then, whenever you come across the metaphorical phrase stated above in the BOR, or a variation thereof, it is referring to the saints of God who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ.

Therefore, Rev. 17:15 is about the saints of God, where it states: "And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues."
Therefore, the waters in Rev. 17:2 are the saints of God, where it states: "And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:"
And this is restated in Rev. 17:15,
15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Since the waters are the saints of God in the BOR, then Rev. 19:6 is saying,
6"And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude,
and as the voice of many waters, (the saints of God)
and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth."

The above metaphorical phrase, as well as the metaphor "waters," means the saints of God and can be found throughout the BOR.

 

[DavidLamb]

Continuing with my response to DL.

17:10And there are seven kings (government leaders): five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

It follows that government leaders are supported by their economies.

Since Chapter 17 shows the judgment upon Babylon is removing her from the back of the beast (Rev. 17:3, Rev. 17:16).
Then the beast in Rev. 17:11 is free of Babylon, and his economy is the mark of the beast (Rev. 13:15-17).

Thanks for your replies. I still don't agree with your interpretation about "he that readeth" referring to readers in 20w26 more than (for example) readers in 1826 or 1026, or of "kings" in Revelation 17:10 being replaced by "economics". Even so, I do thank you for taking the time and trouble to reply.

 

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Thanks for your replies. I still don't agree with your interpretation about "he that readeth" referring to readers in 20w26 more than (for example) readers in 1826 or 1026, or of "kings" in Revelation 17:10 being replaced by "economics". Even so, I do thank you for taking the time and trouble to reply.

Thank you, DL
Great blessings to you and your family.

 

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One of my favorite metaphors in the Book of Revelation (BOR) is "kings of the earth."

And, Rev. 1:5 helps to explain that this metaphor represents the Savior's army of 144,000 (Rev. 7:4-8, Rev. 14:1, Rev. 19:19-21).

1:5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

To help seal this metaphor, John included that the 144,000 kings of the earth fornicate with the whore Babylon.

Rev. 17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Rev. 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

The fornication with Babylon is the interaction with the economic system.

 

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Marriage verses are found in each of the four storylines in the Book of Revelation.

The most obvious marriage verses are in the fourth storyline (Ch. 17-21) at Rev. 19:5-8.
The next most obvious marriage verses are in the first storyline (Ch. 5-8(i)) at Rev. 7:4-12.
The next least obvious marriage verse is in the third storyline (Ch. 12-16) at Rev. 13:9.
The least obvious marriage verses are in the second storyline (Ch. 8(ii)-11) at Rev. 10:3-5.

The marriage Verse 13:9 does not reference the marriage per se, but the gifts of the marriage in Chapters Two and Three.

The marriage Verses 10:3-5 show the reaction of the Savior's army as they are called to serve as judges. These verses are part of a larger chiasmus as follows:

a) 10:1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
b) 2And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
c) 3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices
d) CHIASMUS CENTER 4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
c) 5And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
b) 6And 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:
a) 7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.