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He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. Revelation 5:7
His Authority to Judge

In these last days – The Revelation of Jesus Christ

to John.

– IS HE TALKING TO US?

– How does CHRIST’s Revelation written to seven first century churches apply to you + millennia later in the 21st century of the Common Era?

What should we expect any DAY now?

– Do YOU have the boldness to SHARE the revealed ending [apocalypses] to your SOCIAL friends?

Take a glimpse and tell us what you think about the apocalypse revealed by the risen Christ Jesus to the Apostle John. THEN SHARE God’s WARNINGS with a comment added to Talk of JESUS .com

  • Apocalypse 7 – Death & Hell follows him

    Apocalypse 7 – Death & Hell follows him

    When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!”

    Revelation 6:7

    Four Living Creatures: “Come!”

    Note the description of this fourth beast and the other living creatures who have summoned John to the apocalypse of the Book (scroll).

    Recalling that the four living creatures worship the LORD day and night and that they reside even closer to the Throne than the thrones of the Elders of Heaven, image how in awe of these you would be as a mere mortal.

    • The first living creature was like a lion;
    • the second living creature was like an ox;
    • the third living creature had a face like a man
    • and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

    And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

    Revelation 4:8 KJV

    The Fourth Seal:

    Death and Hades

    Revelation 6:

    8 I looked, and behold, an ashen horse..

    Describing ashes, a very symbol of repentance or death — some versions translate the colorless look of the fourth horse as ‘pale.’ Look on the ashen or pale horse as you might view the face of one close to death.

    .. and the one who sat on it had the name Death..

    Little surprise here as the three riders before had carried a bow, a sword and scales to weigh the scarcity of famine. In fact, after mention of hell, the remainder of the prophesy refers to the judgment given to them all!

    and Hades was following with him.

    Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, and famine, and plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

    What the Hades?

    • How many of us have faced death?

    If you have, perhaps then the prospect of heaven or hell became more pressing in your consideration of the Lord God and Jesus Christ.

    This apocalypse of Jesus Christ to John seems far from the Good News of the pristine amusement parklike picture of heaven many of us hope for after the inevitable end of our mortal life.

    • Do you have a ‘happily ever after’ view of heaven?
    • Isn’t Hell just a threat to everyone else but ME?
      • (For surely I don’t deserve punishment, because Jesus wants everyone in my church to be with Him.)
    • I believe in God and Heaven and Jesus,
      • BUT I don’t really think Hades or Hell exists — does it?
    • Can’t the evil lives of others just end so we won’t have to put up with THEM anymore?
    ᾅδης – Hades

    What hidden (and perhaps dreaded) truth is being revealed here in this awful ἀποκάλυψις apocalyptic appearance to John?

    The KJV translates Strong’s G86 in the following manner: hell (10x), grave (1x).

    Jesus spoke of it in His teachings. The rebuke of the Lord was for those of His own home town, churchgoers (synagogue šabāṯ–keepers) where the māšîaḥ preached to those who denied that He IS the Son of God.

    “And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; or if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

    Matthew 11:23 NASB

    Yes, Capernaum was destroyed — and it did not take until the end of all days of the heavens and the earth.

    So it will be for most mortals who must face death.

    You will face death: you may die in suffering or war of even in peace — but the judgment of all flesh will come at the end of these last days.

    • Will it be heaven for you (even as those in Capernaum believed)?

    Or Hell, the same Hades of which Christ Jesus cautions Capernaum?

    Hell on earth!

    NO, it will not be only on earth — but from beneath it and into the depths of the seas the vengeance of Almighty God will finally punish the wicked and sinners.

    And let’s not forget that we ALL have sinned!

    As it is now we see in Revelation that even the saints suffer; but in the judgment of the end, only the saints of the Lord have Good News.

    And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

    And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

    Revelation 6:8 KJV

    Death… and Hell always follows.

    After warnings to the seven churches, the Apocalypse began its Revelation of unseen Truth near to the Throne of Heaven.

    From there the seals removed by the Lamb have revealed the voice of what is to come — spoken in Heaven.

    We have seen the terrible messengers sent to the four corners of the earth in a time that is yet to come. Now note the extent of death on the earth.

    If the Vision was for today

    And I make not any claim that it is; but look at the numbers:

    Source: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ 

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    • Does this mean that after war and famine on the earth — that one fourth of mankind will suffer death?
    Lincoln penny 2020

    We have already seen a frightful vision [Revelation 6:6] of the time when a day’s wages of a denarius (comparable to a penny) might only feed one man or small family for just one day — AND that assumes that a man could find work in an economy devastated by war.

    See what that could look like in these last days in the year of our Lord, 2021.

    A.D. 2021 – counting what counts

    We easily get lost in today’s HEADLINE numbers of bad NEWS, but let’s begin with a couple of everyday numbers from which we can weigh what happens on a daily basis AND and give context to the foreboding projections of Revelation.

    Current World Population

    7,845,681,871 >TODAY

    More than 7 BILLION, 800 MILLION

    • Deaths this year >7 MILLION
    • Deaths today >92,600

    Deaths of 25% of Mankind

    > 1 BILLION, 961 MILLION

    MORE THAN the TOTAL POPULATIONS of Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, (including the U.S.) and Oceania.

    One fourth of ALL mankind destroyed by God’s wrath!

    Now see TODAY’S HEADLINES in light of the apocalypse of THE END.

    A closer look at A.D. 2021 population:

    • China > 1.4 BILLION — Deaths of 25% > 360.7 MILLION
    • India < 1.4 BILLION — Deaths of 25% > 347.1 MILLION
    • U.S. < 0.3 BILLION — Deaths of 25% > 83 THOUSAND
      • * US> 332,221,081

    Compare today’s HEADLINES:

    • CORONAVIRUS DEATHS = 2,411,000
    • COVID deaths per million of population = 0,000,309.3
    • Abortions this year > 5.2 million
    • Communicable disease deaths < 1.6 million
    • Cancer deaths this year > 1.0 million

    Death Toll: 1/4 of the earth!

    And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

    And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,

    to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

    Revelation 6:8 – apocalypse of the fourth seal

    AS OF TODAY …

    https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

    more than 7 BILLION, 8 million souls …

    MORE THAN 1 BILLION, 961 million lives would end in death!

    Math of the fourth seal of Revelation applied to AD 2021

    Do you indeed speak righteousness?

    (WLC 58:11) יִשְׂמַח צַדִּיק כִּי־חָזָה נָקָם פְּעָמָיו יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָֽׁע׃

    The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
    He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked

    So that men will say,
    “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
    Surely He is God who judges in the earth.”

    excerpt from Psalm 58: NKJV

    NEXT: The fifth seal + the saints cry out...

  • Apocalypse 6 – the Face of Justice

    If I sharpen My flashing sword,
    And My hand takes hold on justice,
    I will render vengeance on My adversaries,
    And I will repay those who hate Me.

    Deuteronomy 32:41 NASB


    What is already begun

    And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

    Revelation 6:4 KJV

    A second horseman who wields a great sword is sent out to take peace from the earth. Men will kill one another and his horse is blood red.

    • The first living creature was like a lion;
    • the second living creature was like an ox;
    • the third living creature had a face like a man..
    • A creature like a lion sends out a rider with a bow
    • a second living creature like an ox gives a powerful sword to his rider.

    Now another living creature not a man, for like the others it has six wings and is full of eyes — a living creature with the face of a man — a terrible face like one never seen by any man created in God’s image — the third living creature hands the one who sat on a black horse a pair of scales.

    He will weigh what is to be given to men of the earth. 

    The Terrible Face of Justice

    A lion has roared! Who will not fear?
    The Lord God has spoken! Who can do anything but prophesy? – Amos 3:8 NASB

    Amos – Not immune from judgment
    We are NOT IMMUNE to the #pandemic of sin!
    Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speech

    In March of A.D. 2020, I interrupted introduction to the Gospel of John with prophesy of Amos (linked above).

    “But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream.” – quoting Amos 6:24

    Now, just eleven months later, I maintain the appropriateness of these parallels to US.

    Pictures of JUSTICE & JUDGMENT!

    What YOU think about Justice or about God or even about Jesus may turn out to be just POLITICS.

    The JUSTICE of the LORD GOD will weigh the events of these last days differently than the blind Judgment of mankind.

    Contemplation of Justice and Authority of Law

    Even the US Supreme Court entrance displays the imagery of contemplation of justice.

    A book of laws supports
    her left arm and a figure of blindfolded Justice is
    in her right hand.

    Once the victorious and worthy Lamb of God takes the Throne and opens the BOOK of the LAW, a heavenly HIGH COURT now shows imagery to the Apostle John. One with scales in hand will equally weigh what remains for the PEOPLE after the ravages of war. It is a dreadful sight!

    The Third Seal

    Scarcity on Earth

    Revelation 6:

    5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.”

    Remember, the awesome creature with the face of a man?

    So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

    Revelation 6:5b NKJV

    Now remember that the four living creatures surround the Throne day and night worshiping the Lamb.

    6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying,

    “A measure of wheat for a denarius, and three measures of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”

    Famine & Scarcity

    The available food is being measured on the scales equally for ALL, because there is hardly enough for ANY.

    The denarius was a penny — and yet it was one man’s wages for one day!

    The poor will be starving for lack of the “necessities” while those in powerful control will be enjoying “luxuries.”

    John Brown :: Revelation 6:3-6 – source: BlueLetter Bible
    Additional Commentary of John Brown – Excerpts on the Third Seal

    1. This time the horseman carries no weapons. This time it’s a pair of scales!

    a) At the onset of war there is always the promise of a “better world” and a better economy but famine always follows war!!!

    (1) It has been the case in China, North Korea, East Germany, Cuba, and Vietnam.

    (2) The scales as well as the black horse speaks of a time great death upon the earth!

    (a) Lamentations 5:10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. (KJV)

    (b) Beating the plowshares into swords doesn’t leave much time for farming!

    (c) There are already, in many countries, long lines for simple things like bread and butter and milk.

    (d) Men, women and children are starving to death all over the world and it has become “common” and accepted!

    What Next?

    As if this were not fearful enough, we know that only three of the four living creatures have called John to come and see the apocalypse of this certain future.

    Even if much is symbolic rather than literal, the remaining four seals of the book yet to be revealed bring all creatures in God’s image to contemplate the very justice of Almighty God.

    To be continued...
  • Apocalypse 5 – the Beginning of The End

    Apocalypse 5 – the Beginning of The End

    AWE of things unseen uncovered, creatures of Heaven hardly imagined and devastations of earth unimaginable! This is what the Lord Jesus Christ reveals [ἀποκάλυψις – apokalypsis] to the Apostle John.

    Excepts from Revelation 4: 

    The Throne Room of Heaven

    .. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here …

    .. and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.

    .. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones..

    And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices:

    Revelation 4:5a KJV

    6 and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

    ! ! ! ! Living Creatures

    The first living creature was like a lion.. each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within..

    “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”

    Revelation 4:8b NASB

    And when the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,

    the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and they will worship Him who lives forever and ever..

    scroll with seven seals

    5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”

    .. 6 And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slaughtered..

    8 When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb..

    “Worthy are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slaughtered, and You purchased people for God with Your blood from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

    Revelation 5:9b NASB

    .. 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders..

    “Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered to receive power, wealth, wisdom, might, honor, glory, and blessing.”

    Revelation 5:12 NASB – the loud praise of thousands of angels

    .. 14 And the four living creatures were saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

    Come and see!

    Last time in Apocalypse 4 – Tribulation begins – The End Revealed, after the LAMB opened the first seal we heard the loud voice of the first creature near to the Throne say, “Come.”

    Then we saw a rider with a bow on a white horse.

    He went out conquering and in order to conquer.

    He shall strike down the wicked from afar

    With inescapable arrows from the string of his bow

    The Face of the Lion whose wrath did slay them

    His enemies will never know

    Roger @talk of Jesus {dot}.com

    The Second Seal:

    War on Earth

    • Have you fully fallen in fear and awe before the One on the Throne as the Lamb opened the scroll?
    • Did the ἀποκάλυψις
      • ‘disclosure of truth concerning things before unknown’
      • convict your sinful soul as if you were dead before Him?
    • Could you face any of the four living creatures ever-vigilant in holiness surrounding the Throne of the One Creator and eternal LORD?

    Before we observe the opening of the second seal, returning to The Throne Room of Heaven, let’s look once more upon this scene with the second living creature.

    Revelation 4-5 excerpt:

    .. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne..

    .. and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind..

    .. the second living creature was like an ox..

    .. Each of the four living creatures had six wings; they were covered with eyes around and inside..

    I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders..

    saying with a loud voice:

    “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
    To receive power…

    .. Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!”

    Revelation 6:

    3 When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”

    Notice that the second living creature, which the KJV translates, ‘beast‘ also speaks with authority; for these four are nearest worshipers of the Lord God!

    The four living beasts serve the Throne of the LORD — they are His messengers, all similar in power and fearful appearance, and yet different as personalities of man are both alike yet individual. The four horsemen also sent (by the living messengers of the Throne) also differ in appearance as do their horses and the judgments for which each is sent out to all the earth.

    4 Another horse, fiery red, went out.

    And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another;

    and there was given to him a great sword.

    From the unsealed judgment read from the scroll, two have gone out

    – one with a bow to conquer from afar and now

    • a rider who will spill the blood of war by the hand of a mighty rider of the horse red as fire!
    To be continued...