An MBA graduate's thoughts from a place of prayer, study and waiting on God…
1 Thessalonians 5:21-21 The book is a revelation of Jesus Christ (Rev 1:1) and His wonderful plan of salvation since the beginning of time. God wants all (Christians and otherwise) to read, understand and keep what the book says, for the time is at hand and He has promised to bless all who do this … Continue reading Top 5 things I learnt from studying Revelation this quarter 🤓🙏🏾😇
Revelation 20:1-6, 12 The 1,000 years (or millennium) begins with the second coming of Christ. At this time, Satan and his fallen angels are chained. Read Revelation 20:1–3 along with Jeremiah 4:23–26. During the millennium, what is the state of the earth? In what way is Satan bound by chains? The chaining of Satan is … Continue reading What happens during and after “the Millennium”? 🙌🏾
Matthew 22:11-14; Revelation 19:6-9 Two thousand years ago, Christ left His heavenly home to invite His followers to a wedding supper ( Matt. 22:1–14) that will take place after His marriage to His bride. “The marriage represents the reception by Christ of His kingdom. The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, . . . is called … Continue reading The Wedding Supper of the Lamb 😁😇🍽
Revelation 17:9-11 The angel explains that the seven heads are seven mountains. Some translators think that these mountains allude to the seven hills upon which the city of Rome is situated, and for this reason, they translate the Greek word oroi (“mountains”) as “hills.” There are seven kings, too, who are symbolized by the seven … Continue reading The Seven Heads of the Scarlet Beast 👿👹
Revelation 17:3-4; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 17:11 Revelation 17:3 describes the scarlet beast in terms similar to the sea beast of Revelation 13, which made war with and overcame God’s people ( Rev. 13:5–7). It was this earlier period of persecution that caused the pure woman to flee into the wilderness during the prophetic period of … Continue reading Identifying the Scarlet Beast of Rev 17 👿
Revelation 17:3-6 In Revelation 17:3, one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues offers to show John the judgment of the harlot who sat on many waters. When John sees her, she is riding the scarlet beast. As John is carried in vision into the wilderness, he … Continue reading The Harlot Riding on the Scarlet Beast
Revelation 14:8; 17:1-2; 18:2-3; Jeremiah 51:61-64 Revelation 17:1. Jeremiah 51:13 shows that the “many waters” upon which ancient Babylon sits are the river Euphrates. Revelation 17:15 tells us what the many waters prophetic Babylon sits on symbolizes - peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues (i.e. languages). A woman in the Bible is a symbol for God’s … Continue reading Harlot Babylon and who she deceives 👄👿☠️🍷
Revelation 16:16 The deceptive demonic miracles will achieve worldwide success. 👿💀 In having spurned Bible teachings, people will believe a lie that will be accompanied by deceptive miracles (see 2 Thess. 2:9–12). They will unite together in purpose, symbolized by their gathering to a “place,” which is in Hebrew called Armageddon, meaning “the mountain of … Continue reading Armageddon – Gathering for the Final Battle 🙅🏾♂️
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12; Revelation 16:12-14 Revelation 16:12 tells us that the purpose of the drying up of the Euphrates is to prepare the way for “the kings from the east”. In the Old Testament, “the kings from the east” were Cyrus and his forces coming down from the north, then approaching Babylon from the east … Continue reading The Kings of the East 🤴🏾 and Satan’s Last Great Deception
Revelation 16:12; Revelation 17:1-2, 15-18 In the Old Testament, the Euphrates was a critical means of support for Israel’s enemies, Assyria and Babylon. The river flowed through Babylon and was important to the city because it nourished crops and provided water for people. Babylon could not survive without the Euphrates Revelation 17:1 describes end-time Babylon … Continue reading Understanding the 6th plague: Drying up of the Euphrates River 🤓
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