In order to understand the Book of Revelation, the reader must recognize that it contains 7 parallel visions covering the same time period but with a different perspective and new information. This parallel reading is essential and the only logical reading as it harmonizes the various harvest/rapture scenes as well as judgements.
The book is divided into 9 sections as follows:
Introduction) Chapters 1,2, and 3. The 7 letters are the key to understanding the structure of the visions.
7 visions:
1) 4 - 8:1
2) 8:2 - 11
3) 12 - 14
4) 15, 16
5) 17, 18
6) 19
7) 20
Epilogue) 21, 22. These are a final vision of Heaven after judgement.
Using this method you can understand why Jesus describes the sixth seal, then the Second Coming as the end, but Revelation continues after the sixth seal in Chapter 7: this is because 8:2 begins a new vision covering the same time period from a different POV. Then Chapter 12 begins a new vision again, only this time looking at the Church history--the woman.
It is imperative to understand that when a new vision begins it goes back to the beginning of the time period.
The time period in question is the time between two Advents, approximately 2000 years. This is the Church or Gospel Age, and it is symbolized by the numbers 42, 1260, 3 1/2, or "time, times, and half a time". All of these numbers mean the same thing: the entire time between Jesus' first coming and His second.
All of these numbers are half of 7. If 3 1/2 represents the "second half" of the human era, then 7 represents the full human era--similar to the "week" of creation.
What you have is: 3 1/2-Jesus Christ-3 1/2. This is similar to our current designation of : B.C.-Jesus Christ-A.D., and it is mirrored again in Daniel's 70th week as 3 1/2-crucifixion-3 1/2.
You will notice that 1260 is used twice in the context of the Church, and 42 is used twice in the context of the Beast or persecution. Same, but different.
The implications of this are profound:
1) The tribulation is approximately 2000 years long, ongoing now. This makes much more sense considering the church history and even what happens in many countries today; it is also in harmony with Matthew 24 and the understanding that Revelation was written for all Christians at all times.
2) There is no 7 year period known as "The Great Tribulation."
3) There is no pre-tribulation rapture.
4) Satan will not be released 1000 years after His Second Coming. Satan is already deceiving the nations; this is irrefutable
5) The "little" beast, the false prophet, and the harlot are all the same entity: the apostate church.
Scriptural support for a parallel reading? Yes: Genesis 41, Pharoah's dreams are one.
Test this view, then accept its simplicity; all other readings wither and weep under the shadow of its logic.
More to follow, I suspect.
The book is divided into 9 sections as follows:
Introduction) Chapters 1,2, and 3. The 7 letters are the key to understanding the structure of the visions.
7 visions:
1) 4 - 8:1
2) 8:2 - 11
3) 12 - 14
4) 15, 16
5) 17, 18
6) 19
7) 20
Epilogue) 21, 22. These are a final vision of Heaven after judgement.
Using this method you can understand why Jesus describes the sixth seal, then the Second Coming as the end, but Revelation continues after the sixth seal in Chapter 7: this is because 8:2 begins a new vision covering the same time period from a different POV. Then Chapter 12 begins a new vision again, only this time looking at the Church history--the woman.
It is imperative to understand that when a new vision begins it goes back to the beginning of the time period.
The time period in question is the time between two Advents, approximately 2000 years. This is the Church or Gospel Age, and it is symbolized by the numbers 42, 1260, 3 1/2, or "time, times, and half a time". All of these numbers mean the same thing: the entire time between Jesus' first coming and His second.
All of these numbers are half of 7. If 3 1/2 represents the "second half" of the human era, then 7 represents the full human era--similar to the "week" of creation.
What you have is: 3 1/2-Jesus Christ-3 1/2. This is similar to our current designation of : B.C.-Jesus Christ-A.D., and it is mirrored again in Daniel's 70th week as 3 1/2-crucifixion-3 1/2.
You will notice that 1260 is used twice in the context of the Church, and 42 is used twice in the context of the Beast or persecution. Same, but different.
The implications of this are profound:
1) The tribulation is approximately 2000 years long, ongoing now. This makes much more sense considering the church history and even what happens in many countries today; it is also in harmony with Matthew 24 and the understanding that Revelation was written for all Christians at all times.
2) There is no 7 year period known as "The Great Tribulation."
3) There is no pre-tribulation rapture.
4) Satan will not be released 1000 years after His Second Coming. Satan is already deceiving the nations; this is irrefutable
5) The "little" beast, the false prophet, and the harlot are all the same entity: the apostate church.
Scriptural support for a parallel reading? Yes: Genesis 41, Pharoah's dreams are one.
Test this view, then accept its simplicity; all other readings wither and weep under the shadow of its logic.
More to follow, I suspect.
