Saturday, August 3, 2013

Book of Revelation Outline

In the Book of Daniel, God decreed 70 weeks from the command to restore and to build Jerusalem until the end of this age (see Daniel 9:24-27).  The word “weeks" in the Hebrew means a week of years (1 week = 7 years).  The first 69 weeks started when Nehemiah received the command from Artaxerxes, king of Persia, to rebuild Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 2:5-11) and ended some time before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ (around 33 A.D.).  This leaves the 70th Week of Daniel, a 7 year period, to take place in the future.  God put a gap of time (from 33 A.D. to the present) between the 69th and 70th Weeks of Daniel.  That gap of time is for the salvation of the Gentiles (see Romans 11:11-32).  According to the Book of Daniel, the 70th week will begin with the signing of a peace treaty between Israel and the world dictator, the Antichrist (see Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, and 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).

First 69 Weeks of Daniel (around 450 B.C. to 33 A.D.)
Gap of Time (around 33 A.D. to present)
70th Week of Daniel (a 7 year period from the signing of the Israeli peace treaty to the end of the world)

The Book of Revelation is about the 70th Week of Daniel.  It is a prophecy of symbolically real people, places, and events that will happen in the near future.

Jesus’ Warning to the Seven Churches (chapters 1-3)
Jesus is Worthy to Open the Book with 7 Seals to Commence the 70th Week (chapters 4-5)
The 70th Week of Daniel, a 7 year period (chapters 6-9)
During the Middle of the 70th Week of Daniel (chapters 10-14)
The Wrath of God on the Unrepentant (chapters 15-19)
The Commencement of Eternity Future (chapters 20-22)

Chapter 1
                Greeting to the Seven Churches (verses 1-8)
                The Alpha and Omega (verses 9-11)
                The First and the Last (verses 12-20)

Chapter 2
                The Church in Ephesus (verses 1-7)
                The Church in Smyrna (verses 8-11)
                The Church in Pergamos (verses 12-17)
                The Church in Thyatira (verses 18-29)

Chapter 3
                The Church in Sardis (verses 1-6)
                The Church in Philadelphia (verses 7-13)
                The Church in Laodicea (verses 14-22)

Chapter 4
                The Throne Set in Heaven (verses 1-11)

Chapter 5
                The Book Sealed with Seven Seals (verses 1-10)
                Worthy is the Lamb (verses 11-14)

Chapter 6
                The First Seal Opened (verses 1-2)
                The Second Seal Opened (verses 3-4)
                The Third Seal Opened (verses 5-6)
                The Fourth Seal Opened (verses 7-8)
                The Fifth Seal Opened (verses 9-11)
                The Sixth Seal Opened (verses 12-17)

Chapter 7
                Twelve Thousand Sealed From Each Tribe (verses 1-8)
                A Multitude in White Robes (verses 9-17)

Chapter 8
                The Seventh Seal Opened (verses 1-2)
                An Angel Offers Incense (verses 3-6)
                The First Trumpet (verse 7)
                The Second Trumpet (verses 8-9)
                The Third Trumpet (verses 10-11)
                The Fourth Trumpet (verses 12-13)

Chapter 9
                The Fifth Trumpet (verses 1-12)
                The Sixth Trumpet (verses 13-21)

Chapter 10
                An Angel and Seven Thunders (verses 1-7)
                The Sweet and Bitter Book (verses 8-11)

Chapter 11
                The Prophecy of the Two Witnesses (verses 1-6)
                The Beast of the Bottomless Pit (verses 7-14)
                The Seventh Trumpet (verses 15-19)

Chapter 12
                The Woman with Child (verses 1-6)
                War Against the Dragon (verses 7-12)
                The Dragon’s Persecution of the Woman (verses 13-17)

Chapter 13
                The Beast of the Sea (verses 1-10)
                The Beast of the Earth (verses 11-18)

Chapter 14
                The Redeemed with the Lamb (verses 1-5)
                The Angels’ Messages (verses 6-13)
                The Ripe Harvest (verses 14-20)

Chapter 15
                The Seven Last Plagues (verses 1-4)
                The Tabernacle of the Testimony (verses 4-8)

Chapter 16
                The Seven Vials of God’s Wrath (verse 1)
                The First Vial (verse 2)
                The Second Vial (verse 3)
                The Third Vial (verses 4-7)
                The Fourth Vial (verses 8-9)
                The Fifth Vial (verses 10-11)
                The Sixth Vial (verses 12-16)
                The Seventh Vial (verses 17-21)

Chapter 17
                The Woman and the Scarlet Beast (verses 1-6)
                The Mystery of the Woman and the Beast (verses 7-18)

Chapter 18
                Babylon is Fallen (verses 1-3)
                Babylon’s Iniquities (verses 4-8)
                Babylon’s Destruction (verses 9-20)
                Babylon Will Be Thrown Down (verses 21-24)

Chapter 19
                The Judgment of the Great Whore (verses 1-3)
                The Elders and the Four Beasts (verses 4-8)
                The Marriage Supper of the Lamb (verses 9-10)
                The Righteous Judge (verses 11-18)
                The Capture of the Beast (verses 19-21)

Chapter 20
                Satan Bound for a Thousand Years (verses 1-6)
                The Lake of Fire and Brimstone (verses 7-10)
                The Book of Life (verses 11-15)

Chapter 21
                A New Heaven, a New Earth, and a New Jerusalem (verses 1-5)
                The Fountain of Life (verses 6-14)
                The Golden Reed (verses 15-21)
                The City’s Light and Glory (verses 22-27)

Chapter 22
                The Pure River of Life (verses 1-6)
                Jesus Will Come Quickly (verses 7-11)
                The Bright and Morning Star (verses 12-17)
                Come, Lord Jesus (verses 18-21)

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Someone Just Came Into My Apartment

At 1:49 pm today, someone came into my apartment while I was lying here on the floor asleep.  I heard someone put a key in the door and enter the apartment.  It sounded like a man's voice speaking.  He must have seen me because straight away he locked my door and vanished before I could get up to see who it was.  I called my son on his cell phone to ask him if it was him that doubled back around and he said, "no."  So, I called the management office to report it.  This is the second time someone has entered my apartment with a key besides me or my son.  The first time someone did that it was the maintenance man.  Here is that post: A Man Tried to Come Into My Apartment

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Rejection by Which One

If someone rejects you for having a baby out of wedlock and they reject you for now being celibate then the only thing left to be is in the middle.  But the middle is lukewarm or compromising.  It is neither hot nor cold.  In fact, here is what Jesus had to say about it as he was speaking to the church of Laodicea in the book of Revelation:

Rev 3:15-18  KJV
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.  So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 

That word spue in the Greek means to vomit.  So, you see if I had a choice as to which one I would accept rejection from it would be that someone or that group of people than for me to be rejected by Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  Said another way, I would rather be rejected by you than to be rejected or vomited out by God.  God does not accept people who are in the middle.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

To Hadas Moshe about (I AM)

Exo 3:14  KJV
And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 

The following definition of (I AM) is from the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible:

H1961 
היה
hâyâh
haw-yaw'
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary): - beacon, X altogether, be (-come, accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), continue, do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, X use.

I Googled both words (hayah) and (eheye).  It turns out that both are used depending on which translation you are reading.  Also, there is a footnote in the New Living Translation using either phrase: (I AM WHO I AM) or (I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE).  

I understood His name to mean that He exists.  People have never seen God since He is spirit.  Moses was sent by God to deliver the Jewish people from Egypt.  God would do His wonders through this man.  I am sure that He did not want Moses to take the credit for those miracles.  The people needed to know that there is an invisible God in heaven and not a man performing such wonders.  But, of course this is my understanding.  Perhaps, you are correct in your translation.

Monday, April 1, 2013

To The Outcast in Society

Here is something to encourage those who are feeling like an outcast, alone, and isolated from the rest of the world.  The following verses are from the King James Version (without the apocrypha):

Luke 6:22  
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 

Luke 6:23  
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 

Luke 6:24  
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Same IP Address

A window popped up on my desktop saying that another computer on my network has the same IP Address as my computer.  There was another router on my network.  This is the second time now that this has happened.  This is the information that I found when I looked at it's properties:

Router: RalinkAPS
Manufacturer: Ralink Technology Corp.
Model: Ralink Wireless Access Point
Model Number: RT2860
Serial Number: 12345678
MAC Address: 00:26:f3:69:31:78
Unique Identifier: 28802880-2880-1880-a880-0026f3693178

Thursday, March 14, 2013

How Jesus Christ Saved Me

R. Kelly gave his testimony on how Jesus Christ saved him.  Here is my testimony: 

In 1991, I was unemployed and could not pay my rent.  I had been through so much hardship that it began to take a toll on me.  I woke up that fateful morning and sat down on my couch thinking about my life and the trouble I was in.  I spent the whole day thinking about my troubles and how to get out from under it all.  It was now night.  And the only thing I could think of was to kill myself.  Then I began to think about how to do it.  What would be the best way available to me?  Just as I had decided on how to do it, I began to get anxious and felt a real sense of desperation come over me.  In that moment, I said, "Lord I don't really want to die I just want a way out from my troubles.  If this is all there is to life then I don't want to live it anymore.  I have made a mess of my life and I don't know what to do.  Lord if you don't save me this night I won't live to see tomorrow."  In an instant I felt peace and joy.  I felt alive in a way like never before.  I felt His presence in the room with me.  The thoughts of suicide left me.  I felt all the doom and gloom leave the room.  I turned on the lights and started to dance and sing unto the Lord for what He had done for me.  I gave my life to Him.  I said, "I give you my life, you lead and I will follow.  You take control because I don't know what to do.  Tell me Lord what you want me to do."  And from that moment on I made the choice to spend the rest of my life with Jesus Christ.  I hope you found this encouraging and that you ask the Lord Jesus Christ to save your life.  He will save you and set you free.  May God bless you, your friends, and family in the name of Jesus Christ, amen, amen!  See R. Kelly's testimony by clicking the link below: