And after these things I heard a great voice of much
people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and
glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God.
(Revelations 19:1)
The faithful giving praise to the one who redeemed
them. They didn’t cling to their lives nor their possessions, but instead, they hung on to the truth that they would be
redeemed. Jesus promised these people that he wouldn’t
abandon them in times of trouble, and he didn’t.
Every material possession was taken from them. All hope
of material life on earth was ripped out of their lives, yet
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they didn’t flinch and believed that Jesus would come and
rescue them.
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath
judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth
with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of
his servants at her hand. (Revelations 19:2)
This whore who is named “Mystery Babylon” whom we have
decided is the city of Rome, the counterfeit church, and the false economic system, slew many saints during her time period.
She corrupted the leaders of the world by going to bed with
them. She declared who was to be the leaders of the countries who were in allegiance with her. She was truly the one world government who ruled all nations with an iron fist and those saints who didn’t bow down to her tyranny were murdered.
And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up
for ever and ever. (Revelations 19:3)
Those saints looking down from heaven on the site of the
city who took their lives from them because they wouldn’t
bow down to her giving praise because that city is no more
to be found. It’s merely ashes now with smoke rising up from her forever.
And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts
fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne,
saying, Amen; Alleluia. (Revelations 19:4)
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The four beasts that surround the throne, the Lion, Lamb,
Man, and Eagle, along with the twenty-four elders giving
praise as well.
The Lion, the genealogy of Christ. The Lamb, the sacrifice
of Christ. The Man, the testimony of Christ, and the Eagle,
the resurrection of Christ. It’s my belief that the four beasts that surround the throne are the four stages of Jesus.
As far as the twenty-four elders, this is merely a guess,
but I would venture to believe that twelve are from the Old
Testament and twelve are from the New.
The twelve from the New Testament would be an easy
guess. Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Thomas, James the Just, Simon the Zealot, Jude,
and Paul who replaced Judas. The twelve apostles chosen by
God to be with Jesus during his testimony.
The twelve from the Old Testament would be a bit more
difficult to determine. I’m sure three of them would be
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses would have to be included.
What about the kings, David and Solomon? If they are, then
that is six. No list would be complete without the greatest
prophet, Elijah, so now we have seven. Are we to leave out
the prophet Samuel? I doubt it so now our list is up to eight.
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel would complete our
list, but that leaves out many deserving prophets of old like Zachariah, Job, Joshua, Jonah, Malachi, and others.
Now what I am about to say is my opinion and mine only.
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I believe that the New Testament apostles are reincarnated
from the prophets of old. I base this theory on the fact that the prophet Elijah and John the Baptist are the same being. Jesus declared it in the eleventh chapter in the gospel of Matthew when speaking of John the Baptist. “And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, which was to come.” Two different bodies but the same spirit that gives life to that body. In other words, the same spirit, mind, and personality. The same soul. The prophet Elijah and John the Baptist are the same being and they will come again in the bodies of the two witnesses that we spoke
of in the eleventh chapter of this book of Revelations.
God chose twelve men to preach the gospel of his son
to the whole world. Twelve apostles chosen from twelve
prophets of yesteryear. Every one of them volunteered for this important mission with an agreement between the Father
and these men.
This is just my opinion.
And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our
God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both
small and great. And I heard as it were the voice of a
great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and
as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia:
for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad
and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage
of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself
ready. (Revelations 19:5–7)
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This event has been planned from the foundation of
the earth.
In the twenty-second chapter of Matthew, it is written
from the King James Version beginning with verse 2:
The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain king,
which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his
servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding;
and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other
servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold,
I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings
are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the
marriage. But they made light of it, and went their
ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. And
the remnant took his servants, and entreated them
spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard
thereof, he was wroth: and sent forth his armies, and
destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready,
but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye
therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall
find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out
into the highways, and gathered together all as many
as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding
was furnished with guests.
These here are those who showed up to the wedding.
At first, the king invites just the remnant or the elect.
After they slew his servants, the prophets, then he invites
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everyone to the marriage supper between Jesus, the groom,
and his bride, the church.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed
in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints. (Revelations 19:8)
Here we see the bride of Christ, arrayed in white, the color of purity. The saints, by the blood of Jesus, have overcome the world and are now ready for the marriage between themselves
and the Lord.
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And
he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
(Revelations 19:9)
Everything is prepared and ready for the greatest marriage
of all time. Blessed are those which are in attendance to
this ceremony.
There won’t be any major news networks here as there
was during the ceremonies of the royal families. You won’t
find this broadcast on earth. Those in attendance will be
the groom Jesus, the bride his church, God the father, and
his holy angels in heaven. It will be the greatest event of all time as God marries the bride to his son with the angels as
witnesses. I’m sure God will be one proud papa.
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And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said
unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant,
and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:
worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophecy. (Revelations 19:10)
John throws himself to the ground of the angel giving
him this message. This is a natural tendency for those who’ve witnessed these glorious beings of light. Angels are the most magnificent-looking creatures in God’s kingdom, emitting
rays of light in all directions. They literally are beings of light, energy, and power. Trust me, if you ever witness one, the
first thing you’ll want to do is to throw yourself down and
worship it.
John is told not to, that we are equal with the angels and
they are not to be worshipped. We are both equal because we
both worship the same being, Jesus. This is why Lucifer and
his gang rebelled, because they would not bow down to Jesus
as these angels do. Lucifer wanted the throne for himself and made a play for it, but failed miserably.
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse;
and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
(Revelations 19:11)
Faithful and true to the Father, who sent him. God himself
became flesh and the flesh swore to him that created that flesh
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and declared themselves to be one through the Holy Spirit.
It’s not that difficult to conceive as some would make it. The Soul (who is the Father) created through the Mind and the
Spirit (which is the Holy Spirit), the Body (which is Jesus).
Then the Body by elevating himself to the level of Christ
consciousness attained the level of the Soul and became one
with the Soul. “The Father and I are one.”
The firstborn child of God, but not the only one, just the
first to achieve this level of consciousness and an example for the rest of us to follow. Once Jesus marries the bride, they too will become one with the father. What a glorious thought
that is!
Notice he rides a white horse. This isn’t the same as the
first of the four horsemen who also rides a white horse. The first of the four horsemen who rides a white horse tells us that he will try to portray himself as the true Christ by riding a white horse. This will be a counterfeit white horse.
The true Christ will ride the true white horse of truth and
power given him from the Father, not the counterfeit given
from Lucifer.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were
many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man
knew, but he himself. (Revelations 19:12)
Pure energy coming out of his eyes. All-seeing flames of
fire that pierce through any man whom he looks at.
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Many crowns on his head since one of the labels given
him is “Lord of Lords and King of Kings.” The Father created the Son to rule over all things.
Now we have ourselves another mystery. The name Jesus
was the name used while he was on the earth but this is not
his real name. Only he knows his real name, but for purposes of this book, we shall call him by the name used when he was alive here with us. A clue to his real name is in the next verse.
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood:
and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelations
19:13)
In the first chapter of the Gospel of John it is written:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God. The same was in
the beginning with God. All things were made by
him; and without him was not anything made that
was made. In him was life; and the life was the light
of men. And the light shineth in darkness, and the
darkness comprehended it not. (John 1:1–5)
The name of Jesus is “the word of God.”
His vesture or his clothing is dipped in blood from the
cross at cavalry where the victory over Lucifer was won.
And the armies which were in heaven followed him
upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and
clean. (Revelations 19:14)
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The blood that is on Jesus’s garment allows those here to
wear the white robes of truth and power. Their robes were
dirty, but they have been washed by the blood of the lamb.
Now that we have had the marriage between Jesus and his
bride, we have the faithful bride here following her groom.
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with
it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (Revelations
19:15)
This is that double-edged sharp sword of truth we saw in
the beginning part of this vision. It is with this sword which comes out of his mouth that he will destroy the enemy with.
The “word of God” will use the sword out of the word’s mouth to lay low all those who oppose him. For all those tribulation saints who are in the valley of decision, keep this image in mind when they are testing you. Always remember and never
forget that the victory belongs to our Lord.
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name
written, KING OF KINGS, AND Lord OF LordS.
(Revelations 19:16)
Capital letters used here by John for emphasis that Jesus
is lord of all.
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And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried
with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the
midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together
unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh
of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them
that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and
bond, both small and great. (Revelations 19:17–18)
Here we have the King of kings and Lord of lords with
his army, the angels of heaven, and the bride of Christ on
one side getting ready for battle, when one of these angels, more than likely the Archangel Michael shouting out to the
vultures to be ready for they are about to partake in a great feast. This is the angel taunting the enemy, telling them that it is of no use to oppose what is coming, they will be annihilated.
The greatest massacre of all time is about to happen, and the vultures are gathered for a great feast.
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and
their armies, gathered together to make war against
him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
(Revelations 19:19)
On the other side of the battlefield, we have the Antichrist and his leaders of the world and all their armies getting ready for battle. This is that great battle of Armageddon, the mother
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of all battles. Michael has told the vultures and scavenger
birds of the air to get ready, they are in for a treat.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with
which he deceived them that had received the mark of
the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These
both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with
brimstone. (Revelations 19:20)
Brimstone means sulfur.
Sulfur is a chemical element whose symbol is S and atomic
number is 16. Sulfur when burned melts to a blood red liquid and emits a blue flame with a suffocating odor.
Sulfur can be found near hot springs and volcanic regions
here on earth especially along the Pacific Ring of Fire region.
It’s spoken here that the beast and the false prophet are
taken alive and thrown into a lake of fire burning with sulfur.
So what are we to make of this? Is this a literal hell here on earth that these two are thrown into? Or is this the great
earthquake that causes volcanic activity and swallows these
two up? My guess is the latter of these two.
Revelations 16:18 is the pouring of the final vial which
describe the massive earthquake unprecedented in human
history. This is the same event here. It’s my belief that the army of the beast will be destroyed by that great earthquake which is the final conclusion of the shifting of the poles which destroy the beast and his false prophet. Massive volcanoes
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will spur forth brimstone (sulfur) and annihilate those which oppose the Lord and his armies.
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him
that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out
of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their
flesh. (Revelations 19:21)
The battle is finished and won by the Lord and his mighty
army, the bride of Christ, and the Heavenly Host of Angels.
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The abyss