Revelation - The Book (Poem)

The Book of Revelation, what a prodigious mystery.

It's full of unimaginable images and symbols.

Therein are blessings for us who read, hear and keep its words.

Revelation is The Lord’s ‘battle plan’, that is what I see,

 To re-assert His authority Adam gave to devils.

Heads-up:

It accents four ages of history, after the third!

Friends, its seals, trumpets and bowls judgments’ are best understood,

Within the broadest, strategic context possible.

Let’s perceive why The Lord, Who loves us soooo deeply,

Will be soooo wrathful against us, with harsh judgments assured,

Making life all across planet Earth soooo abysmal.

‘Why Revelation?’ Let us review that briefly.

Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden, transferred to satan,

‘Planetary Godship authority’ The Lord gave to him.

The transfer was time-limited, not permanent.

Of the 7 ages The Lord pre-determined for humans,

It’s only in 5 of them, satan would wear this diadem.

Revelation concludes with the two …abeyant.

These two are The Millennial Reign age, and eternity.

The Lord personally reserved these two ages for Himself,

So He'll be known the world over as, ‘The Lord God, Creator!’

Since the Millennial Reign age is the 5^th in history,

There‘s a strategic need to put satan’s kingdom ‘on the shelf’,

To be restored for 'a little while' - he whom humans favor. ¹

Just like any great and wise conqueror,

The Lord’s conquest of Godship authority,

Will be highly strategic, and well-targeted.

It comprises a focus on ‘key Earth factors’:

(1) Folks who will defect and join His great army;

(2) Earth’s environment; and (3) folks satan out-smarted.

Revelation carefully un-cloaks this strategy.

The Lord’s Church is the initial focus.

It then segues to environmental degradation,

By warfare and its cascading results, acutely.

Next are invasion tactics, audacious!

After His reign, satan is released, all life to cheapen. 

The Book then transitions to the dispensation eternal,

Featuring new heavens, and a new Earth, with a scar --

The eternal lake of fire, burning with sulfur.

There, devils, sinners, death, and hades will be cast, terminal

While the righteous live forever, shining like the stars. ²

The contrasts can’t be more stark, though some folks demur. (Do you?)

The Lord promises unspecified blessings,

To us who read, hear and keep what’s written in this book. ³

Just knowing The Lord’s plans for us in this life and afterwards,

Helps us to avoid the trap of blind guessing,

And to recognize trends on which the world becomes hooked.

It helps us to avoid sin, and look forward to His rewards!

Key Judgment Events:

-The 4th seal represents the last days of the 3rd age of history (Church age), which is NoW;

-The 5th seal represents Heaven waiting for 4th age (tribulation) converts whom the anti-Christ will martyr;

-The 6th seal represents the 2nd coming of Jesus with His saints and angels to end the Ezekiel 38, 5-nation attack on Israel, which I refer to as the 1st War of Gog and Magog;

-The 7 trumpets judgments and the first 6 bowl judgments represent Jesus beginning His conquest of Earth; and 

-The 7th bowl represents Jesus completing His conquest of Earth, and starting His Millennial Reign.

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¹ See: Revelation 20:1-3

² All devils and humans in the lake of eternal fire will be forever ALIVE and SENTIENT. I imagine all devils might also be in human form, joining their cohorts who, before the global flood, became humans and married women, per. Genesis 6:1-2, and who were locked away pending their final judgment in the eternal lake of fire, per 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude 6. An angel confirmed to Daniel that we, the righteous in Christ, 'will shine like the stars forever and ever'. John confirmed when we see Jesus, 'we shall be like Him', Him Who shone before 3 disciples on the mount of transfiguration! Are you ready for that??

3 See The Lord’s promises to those who read and keep the prophecies of this book.

(As an introductory summary, this poem is referenced

in my 3 series on Revelation)

Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel

See the Israel series here

The Bible asserts there will be three major attacks in Israel during the 4th and 6th ages of history -- two in the tribulation age (Ezekiel 38 and Revelation 19), and one in the post-Millennial Reign age (Revelation 20). It provides a variety of signals about the timing and purposes of each attack. Historically, past attacks on Jerusalem were motivated by the immense wealth with which it was blessed. The Lord strategically used such wealth to attract invading armies to judge Israel, in the north, and Judah and Jerusalem, in the south. But in the future attacks, His strategic rationales will be redirected to judge the three attacking army coalitions!  

1.1st War of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38 and Zechariah 14)

This attack will be on ‘the mountains of Israel’. The invaders will be five national armies: Persia (Iran), Sudan, Libya, plus Gomer and Togarmah from the far north (of Israel). It appears the plan will be instigated by demon spirits, Gog and Magog, then assigned over the (current) Russian territory. This attack will likely be triggered by the narrow, but critical needs for basic necessities of life during the predicted, 42-month-long apocalypse across the plague-smitten world: ‘silver, gold, livestock, goods, and great plunder.’ This attack might occur when the ‘plagues-stressed’ world realizes Israel will have been relatively protected from the plagues, e.g., similar to how the land of Goshen was protected from the last 7 of The Lord’s 10 pre-exodus plagues on Egypt. (See: First Ukraine; Next Israel's Terrain, Why Would Russia Invade Israel? (Q&A), and The Goshen Effect (Series). Zechariah 14:12 may be how The Lord will dramatically end this attack.)

 

2. Armageddon War (Revelation 19:17-21)

This attempted attack will be ‘in the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon’, also referred to as the valley of Mount Megiddo. Some time after (perhaps in response to) the 1st War of Gog and Magog, the remaining armies across the world will gather to attack The Lord and His massive army of immortal saints, glowing like aliens. The attack will be futile from the start, as The Lord will speak a word that will instantly consume/dissolve this massive army, perhaps also as gruesomely predicted in Zechariah 14:12. His response will signal the end of the apocalypse and of the 4th short age of human history (the tribulation age), and the start of His Millennial Reign, as Earth's Global King.

 

3. 2nd War of Gog and Magog (Revelation 20:7-10)

This attack will occur some time after The Lord's Millennial Reign, what I refer to as the short post-Millennial Reign age. It might likely be an attempt to seize the tremendous amount of wealth that will have accumulated in Jerusalem during Christ’s Millennial Reign, the results of people the world over trying to curry favor from/with Jesus, global King. (See: Isaiah 60) People alive then might likely have forgotten about, or will ignore the history of how the above-two attacks in Israel ended! This failed attempt will signal the end of the post-Millennial Reign age, the end of human history on this current version of Earth, and the start of The Lord's Great White Throne Judgment process. (See: Revelation 20) The Bible is clear this event, mankind's final rebellion against The Lord God, will end human history on this current version on Earth, and will start our two vastly different experiences on His long-promised, and likely already created new, eternal Earth. (See: Earth’s Next Versions (Series))

Revelation - The 6th Seal (Poem, Part 3)

See the series here

See the Israel series here

 

Psst…

Have you noticed what opening the seals trigger?

There is a pattern that is strange and quite unique,

The first 5 spotlight spirits as the main actors.

The 6^th seal event spotlights a ‘cosmic mystique’,

Namely, ‘the sky is rolled up.’ Now that’s peculiar!!!

Unimaginable! Is your interest piqued?? ¹

This is the aspect of that seal that'll makes all sinners quake!

So I asked, ‘Lord, of this event, what are the inferences?

What, in our imaginations, do You intend to shape?’

His reply turned my thoughts to two ages-ending promises:

Earth’s skies to ‘reshape’, then all the cosmos to re-create.

One’s spiritual, one’s physical. That’s His assurances.

‘Fasten your Bible seat belts’ as into this study we dive.

While the basic points of this study are not at all new,

Their links to the 6^th seal must be spiritually derived.

Connecting the dots, it’s The Lord’s strategy we’ll pursue,

And then The Mind of Christ in us we’ll activate or revive.

The magnanimity of His wisdom, we’ll then accrue.

The transition from the 4^th-to-5^th ages will feature,

The Lord rearranging Earth and its atmosphere.

With Jerusalem a ‘high place’, seat of her Redeemer,

Other land(s) might be plains, across both hemispheres.

Earth with one mountain and no islands. That’s not conjecture!

The Lord will also rearrange …Earth’s exosphere! ²

Forty-two months before the great tribulation,

For a few, fleeting moments, Earth’s sky will host,

Third-age saints in our rapture and resurrection,

In glorified, immortal bodies then cloaked.

Like Christ, revealed on a cloud for our ascension,

We’ll trespass satan’s ‘sky dominion’, utmost! ³

‘Sky dominion?! What’s that?!’, I know you are likely asking.

satan dominates Earth and us in a continuum,

That’s geographic and exospheric, devils tasking.

his geographic base shifts. It’s ‘the seat’ of his kingdom.

For 5 ages, his exospheric base will be lasting,

It’ll all suspend when, back to Earth, Jesus and we saints come. ⁴

When into the sky we mortals peer, we can’t see,

What’s going on up there in the second heaven.

Therein spirits dwell to influence you and me,

Good and evil angels, serving their two captains.

Imagine putting devils …under lock and key!!! ⁵

Will you be part of Earth’s …alien invasion??  (I will!) 

For a thousand years of His 5^th age reign,

That’s exactly what The Lord promises to do.

‘Every eye will see when I come again.’ ⁶

That’s what He said one day to His disciple crew.

So might folks see devils being detained??

(If so...)

Imagine the scene when, to them, Earth bids adieu!!! ⁷

To these two ‘sky events’, Scripture predicts a third.

Imagine the impact of this scenario on the sky:

When on Earth, Jesus and all His saints are gathered,

And We jointly decide Our combined GLORY to amplify!

The moon will be disgraced and the sun dishonored,

According to what the prophet, Isaiah, did prophesy. ⁸

But wait…

To these three ‘sky events’, Scripture predicts one more:

Transition from the 6^th-to the-7^th age of history!

That will be after The Lord has ‘settled all scores’. ⁹

He’ll roll-up the cosmos like a scroll, then start eternity.

Please click here to see what, for us, is next in store.

In new bodies, we will know JOY or ANGUISH, exceedingly!

I offer these four, strange sky events for you to consider,

As you ponder possible meanings of the 6^th seal.

From the physical to the spiritual realm, crossover!

Let The Mind of Christ within you, The Lord’s Truth reveal.

I’ll share my perspective as a strategic thinker.

Recall, ‘for us’ in Christ, Truth is hidden, not concealed!

Seal #6 Preview

A GREAT quakes across the Earth and cosmos; the sky is ‘rolled up’; the sun darkens, moon turns bloodish color, stars fall, etc. In Revelation 6:12-17, John signals The Lord might pull back the cloak or curtain that separates the physical and spiritual realms. Allowing all people on Earth to SEE HIM on His Throne might be akin to how He allowed Ezekiel to see Him, as described in Ezekiel 1. John reveals this image will TERRIFY folks across the Earth--most likely sinners who will seek mountain-crushing death as they FLEE that terror! But for us 3rd age saints, I intuit sinners hiding in caves, wishing to die horrible deaths, might allow for our private resurrection/rapture event. The 6th seal judgment might be THE global judgment that (1) closes this current, 3rd age of human history, and (2) how The Lord will 'harvest' His 3rd age elect.

For more, see: Israel. A Model (Part 3), The 6th Seal , Civilization’s Reset? (Series), and The 7th Seal (Series).

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¹ See these confirming verses: Isaiah 34:4, Hebrews 1:12 and Revelation 6:14

² See: Isaiah 40:4-9, Ezekiel 38:18-20, Revelation 6:14 and 16:20. These are all Millennial Reign prophecies. Exosphere is the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere. See Part 1 of this series for the The Lord’s 7 strategic ages of humanity.

³ See: The 6th Seal, Civilization's Reset? (Series), Earth’s Cloaked Satellites (Poem), and Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel 

⁴ See: The Seat of Wickedness (Series). Recall, Jesus will return to Earth with ALL His saints, and ALL His angels -- Heaven emptied onto Earth?? We saints will very likely replace satan's invisible devils on Earth, and angels might replace his invisible devils in the exosphere.

⁵ See: Revelation 20:1-3 and 7-8. For proof that spirits dwell in the heavens, see Revelation 12:7-12 and Daniel 10.

⁶ See: Matthew 24:30, Mark 13:26, Luke 21:27 and  Revelation 1:7, confirmed in the mouths of, not just 2 or 3, but 4 witnesses’! That signals …pay ATTENTION to this!!!!

⁷ Adieu for only for a thousand years. Of course, I do not assert this will be visible to mortals on Earth. But I wonder if ‘the sky receding/being rolled up like a scroll’ might spiritually signify the rolling up of satan’s kingdom in Earth’s exosphere. It most certainly would be awesome if it will be ‘audio-visual’ to mortals on Earth. But guess what? All resurrected/raptured/immortal saints returning with Jesus WILL SEE IT!!! How cool is that?!

⁸ See: Imminent Eminence (Poem). In Matthew 17, Jesus (one man!)  transfigured Himself, at will, on a high mountain, literally GLOWING before three of His disciples. Now imagine this scenario, Jesus PLUS countless millions of His GLOWING saints from across the first four ages of humanity! wOw!! Recall, John affirmed we saints will be like Him! (1 John 3:2)

⁹ In the Great White Throne Judgment process. The prediction that The Lord will consult His Book of [Eternal] Life means not all who rise for The Great White Throne Judgement will be cast into the lake of fire. See: Why the Millennial Reign Age (Part 3) and Still, I’ll Rise (Poem)