The
seventh angel.
Recap:
The two witnesses: After 42 months of demonstrating the power of a
mighty God, the false prophet has managed to kill them, even though
no one else could.
Dead
for three and one half days in the street they rise to their feet and
are called by God into heaven. The entire tenure of these two has
been witnessed, as well as their death and rising up into heaven. It
would appear that everyone heard the call for them to return. Fear
has permeated the hearts of all who watched because not only did they
arise, something that people tend not to do, but within seconds of
their departure and horrendous earthquake has leveled Jerusalem,
killing 7000 people. Considering the course of events, I do not think
there are a large number of righteous Jews in the city but more than
likely invading armies from surrounding Muslim nations. It does not
take long for their fear to subside. Blinded by the mortal enemy
of the soul, they turn their fear to anger against God once again.
Revelation
11:15 AMP The seventh angel then blew [his]
trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The
dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into
the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ
(the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the
eternities of the eternities)! [Ps. 22:28; Dan. 7:13, 14, 27.]
Although
many use the word “and” at the beginning of the sentence, for me,
it does not lose any meaning at all to read it in this manner.
Notable
things we can find here:
- Seven in scripture lends itself to completion, and that is exactly what this verse tells us.
Seven
- hepta
(G2033), whence Eng. words beginning with "hept"—,corresponds
to the Heb. sheba'
(which is akin to saba',
signifying "to
be full,
abundant"), sometimes used as an expression of fullness, e.g.,
Rth_4:15
: it
generally expresses completeness,
and is used most frequently in the Apocalypse (Revelation) i
What
is the obvious struggle in thinking that this is the end? The fact
that the Revelation continues to give us more, or does it.
- "there were great voices in heaven, saying" KJV. - The Hebrew word for voices is phōnē, and means a sound or a tone from inanimate things. Yes, it could also mean a voice. If not for the fact that the sounds create words we could say that it was the rocks crying out. Did Jesus not say that if the people did not cry out in worship that the rocks would. So it is not that impossible to imagine.
Allow
me to play off this sound from heaven ( great voices) aspect. Our
United States government, through the Haarp program, has been
manipulating not only the weather, but peoples minds as well. Based
on Nicolae Tesla's theories they bonce high energy radio frequencies
off the Ionoshpere causing it to super heat they are then able to
direct the radio waves with precision. Impact can be seen in cloud
accumulations and heard as consistent rumbling or patterned low end
pulsing sounds. The impact, in many cases, has been that the ground
shakes. These noises go on for hours at a time. This might be
considered a fallacy except for the fact that the US and Russia, in
the early 1940's signed agreements that the weather would not be used
as a weapon.
We
read the things that God does, such as speaking to Jesus at his
baptism and all the people hear is a rumbling from the sky. The two
witnesses rise to their feet after laying dead in the street for
three days, and they hear God's voice calling them back home. What do
the people hear? Again, they, as in Jesus day, may have only heard a
rumbling. For if I, under the guise of a world dominating order, were
to attempt to deceive you then maybe what I would do is test things
that I could say that was not God, but our Haarp array, and we can do
what ever we want with it. They might even be able to explain away
the disappearance of the two witnesses.
Another
aspect to this potential for deception is the uproar over alien life
forms. I happen to believe God, and therefore believe that there is
nothing more than what he tells us. Sure there are seemingly
unanswered questions, such as where did dinosaurs come from? There
also, I happen to believe that the answers are there, and all we have
to do is to ask him. He is not afraid of your questions. Are you sure
you want an answer though?
- “The kingdoms of this world..”KJV. This is present tense. The King James version seems to stand alone in making it a plural word, while most everyone else interpreted as “the kingdom of this world.” and that is something entirely different. Scripture tells us that God made the world perfect when he created it.Isaiah 45:18 AMP For thus says the Lord--Who created the heavens, God Himself, Who formed the earth and made it, Who established it and did not create it to be a worthless waste; He formed it to be inhabited--I am the Lord, and there is no one else.
But
if you will recall, after coming off his forty day fast, Jesus was
challenged by Satan. For Satan had offered all the kingdoms of
this world, for they are mine to give. Jesus did not protest that
statement, but merely rebuked him, telling him to worship God alone.
Matthew
4:8-10 AMP Again, the devil took Him up on a very high
mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory
(the splendor, magnificence, preeminence, and excellence) of them.
(9) And he said to Him, These things, all taken together, I will
give You, if You will prostrate Yourself before me and do homage and
worship me. (10) Then Jesus said to him, Begone, Satan! For it has
been written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone
shall you serve. [Deut. 6:13.]
The
Apostle Paul instructed us, when it came to dealing with spiritual
powers that come against us, that we are dealing with principalities
and powers, and spiritual wickedness in high places. Look, if you do
not know, Satan, although he was thrown out of heaven was not alone.
He took one third of the angel population with him. At current count
the bible tells us that those with God are innumerable, so let's just
say that there are a lot of fallen angels. Two of them we have
specific names on, the prince of Persia and the prince of Grecia.
Both of these are specific geographical principalities, so it would
be safe to assume that they are not the only ones. The book of Daniel
describes a rather intense fight between the angel's of God and these
two. While I would not attempt to trifle with them, I would certainly
suggest that you call upon God's angels to protect you; they are
messengers for our benefit.
- “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of ...”
- The statement is once again present tense. Doesn't that put it in the now mode? It was now when John heard it, it is still now 2000+ years later. What do we make of that? And beside that, all that John is describing is a projection into a future time. My Dake's bible notes declare that this fulfillment actually happens three and one half years later. While that may be true it would appear that God does not see it that way. The timing seems to be completely irrelevant because God knows the outcome. God was not kidding when he sent the angels to deliver the message of Christ's birth to a bunch of lowly shepherds.
Luke
2:8-11 AMP And in that vicinity there were shepherds living [out
under the open sky] in the field, watching [in shifts] over their
flock by night. (9) And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them,
and the glory of the Lord flashed and shone all about them, and they
were terribly frightened. (10) But the angel said to them, Do not
be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which
will come to all the people. (11) For to you is born this
day in the town of David a Savior, Who is Christ (the Messiah) the
Lord! [Mic. 5:2.]
- “Of our Lord and of his Christ; ..” - I do not think I can begin to explain this statement except to say they are one and yet not. As the king reigns in opulence so does the son. The difference is that he has made us sons and daughters of the kingdom. That happened when we chose to get on-board through the acceptance of His great sacrifice for us, and Jesus is his name.
I am not sure what to call it.
It never ceases; the incessant blaming of God for every disaster that comes along.
2012
brought it's fair share of calamity, but the super storm Sandy
battered many well to do neighborhoods, wiping them off the map.
While it is true that God made the earth and all that is in it, the
earth was put into the hand's of a man, Adam. Why can I say that,
because the man was given dominion over all of it; he was in control.
When Adam disobeyed God he committed treason and handed it all over
to Satan, making Satan the new owner and effectively controlling
aspect. Again I refer you to the conversation that Satan had with
Jesus, “it is all mine to give.”
Now
here in Revelation eleven it states that God has regained possession,
once again. Why would God have to regain possession unless he had
lost possession at some point. And this is not just the earth but
multiple kingdoms. I am not sure what that entails but we know that
Jesus poured out his own blood as a sacrifice and offering in order
to cleanse the utensils within the heavenly temple. Look, if God
made everything here on earth according to the pattern of things in
heaven, then there is a temple. I would not let that cause your brain
to have a melt down. Just know that a tremendous price was paid to
regain a relationship with a lost family, and we are that family.
Perhaps
we need to rethink where we throw the blame for an earth that is,
temporarily, not in God's hands.
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Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament
Words. W.E. VINE,
MERRILL
F. UNGER, WILLIAM WHITE, JR.
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