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The Book of Revelation:
~~ Was written during the closing years of the 1st century AD, circa AD 95, i.e., the 1st century of this current, 3rd age of human history;
~~ Spans events during the final 5 of our 7, predicted historical ages; (Rev. 2-22)
~~ Has a major focus on the final 4, relatively short ages, with a considerable amount of predictive details about the transition from the 4th-to the-5th ages, i.e., from the tribulation age, to The Millennial Reign ages; (Rev. chapters 4-19)
~~ Culminates with mind-blowing previews of the last (7th) age, namely eternity on a new, eternal Earth, promised in Isaiah 65:17 and 66:24; (Rev. chapters 21-22) and lastly
~~ Iteratively shifts the scenes between a ‘Heaven-centric’ focus, and an ‘Earth-centric’ focus, until the two foci are merged onto the MASSIVE, new, eternal Earth, indicatively comprising 3 geographic zones:
1. The New Jerusalem, (Rev. 21 & 22:1-5)
2. Surrounding nations of immortal saints, (Rev. 21:24-26) and
3. A brimstone-lit lake of fire into which every unrepentant sinner from across the 6 ages on this version of Earth (resurrected and made immortal), every devil (rebellious, fallen angels, possibly transformed as immortal humans), plus death and hell, will be cast. (Rev. 20:11-15)
The Book of Revelation promises unspecified blessings for us who read, hear and keep the prophecies written therein, with a double emphasis on 'keeping' them (See: Part 1, footnote 2)
What blessings??
Knowing The Lord, there likely are many blessings, including some too wonderful for us to comprehend as mortal beings. In Part 1, I summarize them as follows:
Revelation tells us how to miss the worst, and enjoy the best to come!
As an aid to help you to qualify for The Lord’s promised blessings, following is a dramatized, audio version of The Book of Revelation, The Bible Experience. FYI, audio versions of other books in this outstanding compendium, are available on YouTube.com, and are available for purchase on the Internet.
Prayerful blessings as you
‘hear’ with both your natural and spiritual ears…
(New International Version, NIV)
