Corey, when the piece fit together correctly - the picture is a timeline.
Gog/Magog - followed by the 7 years - ended by Jesus's return.
Douggg Scripture is the pieces. Not our beliefs, or what we think. Would you agree?
Jesus is offering you this piece.
It is Jesus who gives the Revelation to John, and it is John who says, "
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants - things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified
it by His angel to His servant John,"
Remember, I had nothing to do with this.
This is entirely God's doing. He - through Jesus - through an angel of Jesus, tells John these things.
We only need to accept them, and fit them where we are told they belong.
So, I am merely fitting it, where Jesus, through his angel says this piece belongs.
I know that to do otherwise, is no benefit to me. True, I might hold my pride, and my ego might be intact, but these are of no value in the sight of God, so I don't see a need for these.
The angel related these things to John, and John obediently wrote them.
The enlarged font is to emphasize the main points.
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. Revelation 1:3
Revelation 1:
9 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, 11 saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
When John was exiled on the Island of Patmos, he received a Revelation, and he was instructed to write it, to the congregations.
John came to be in the spirit, on the Lord's day. He was to write the things that would shortly take place, and which time was near.
John was also instructed to write the things he sees.
He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. 19 Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this Revelation 1:17-19
All the things John writes down to the congregations.
After Jesus' counsel is given to the congregations, what did John see?
- Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. The voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” Revelation 4:1
- Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. There was writing on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals. Revelation 5:1
- As I watched, the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals on the scroll. Then I heard one of the four living beings say with a voice like thunder, “Come!” Revelation 6:1
- Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds so they did not blow on the earth or the sea, or even on any tree. Revelation 7:1
- Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire. Revelation 10:1
- Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God. Revelation 13:1
- Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. Revelation 14:1
- Then I saw in heaven another marvelous event of great significance. Seven angels were holding the seven last plagues, which would bring God’s wrath to completion. Revelation 15:1
- After all this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor. Revelation 18:1
- Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. Revelation 20:1
- Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Revelation 20:4
I missed one, sorry.
- Then I witnessed in heaven an event of great significance. I saw a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head. revelation 12:1
That's important, because this event is followed by Satan being evicted from heaven.
John sees all of this, and writes it down. Thus, we are able to read all about it, today, in this thrilling book - Revelation.
John, does not only see Satan being cast out of heaven, but he sees the binding of Satan, before the thousand year rule of Christ begins.
- Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. Revelation 20:1
John sees quite a lot, in that Chapter.
John also sees a very thrilling promise.
- Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. Revelation 21:1
John is told to write this, too. Revelation 21:5, because it is trustworthy.
The angel concludes with these words :
6 ...These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.
7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
John chimes in :
8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
This piece of the puzzle fits the Lord's day. “By inspiration I came to be in the Lord’s day.” Revelation 1:10
I don't know when you think the Lord's day is, but if you think it is when Jesus walked the earth, then everything John saw has already happened.
In other words, the entire book of Revelation, is messed up, and becomes meaningless, since it's no longer prophetic. However, we know this is not the case. It's the belief of men who try to understand things in light of their ideas, that's messed up.
We have Jesus' approval, when we accept his direction. It's our choice, as we know.
