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Apocalypse 4 – Tribulation begins – The End Revealed
For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.
Gospel of Mark 13:19 NKJV

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY..

Looking for the coming of the Kingdom of all Righteousness?

1:15 אֲהָהּ לַיּוֹם כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם יְהוָה וּכְשֹׁד מִשַׁדַּי יָבֽוֹא׃
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, And it will come as destruction from Shaddai.
Joel 1:15 Masoretic text, Hebrew Names Version

Like the Prophets before, Jesus also warned that it will come;

but do not hope for it as a solution to your own woes.

Almighty God is so HOLY and separated from the earth, even above the heavens as we observe — that mankind can hardly visualize John’s revelation through Jesus Christ, the risen Lamb of God and also the Lion of Judah!

Jesus, Son of Man and Son of the Father had warned disciples of those who would make false claims after His Sacrifice for sins on the Cross. Yet John, the Apostles and many more disciples had witnessed the truth of His resurrection and obeyed the Lord’s instructions to faithfulness until He will come again.

Mark 13:

22 “For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect..

32 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.

Apocalypse + The Risen Jesus Reveals The End

We have introduced the mystery of Revelation and the Apocalypse the Lord reveals through John. Today John takes us UP into the scene of Heaven before the Throne of GOD!

“Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God, Shaddai,
who was and who is and who is to come!”
Revelation 4:8 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Revelation 5:

And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,

“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”

But no one in heaven, on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it…

..behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

.. And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”
Revelation 5:13b NASB

scene ii – at the Throne

Man, born of dust in the image of Almighty God

and given the spirit of life from Him,

cannot comprehend that from which creation is separated.

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

Revelation 6:

The First Seal + Rider on a White Horse

Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals;

and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder,

“Come and see.”

And I looked, and behold, a white horse.

He who sat on it had a bow;

and a crown was given to him,

and he went out conquering and to conquer.

conquering and to conquer…

So you believe in a gentle Jesus do you?

Jesus was a good teacher who would never harm anyone, would He?

Yet that was the Lamb before His Sacrifice — the Lamb crucified on a Cross. The Son of Man now IS a conquering Lion who has defeated death!

This is just the first seal ..

revealing the Good News.

Six more seals will begin to reveal THE END.
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To be continued...
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February 8, 2021
Apocalypse 3 – the Gospel Proclaimed from Heaven to Earth
What Apocalypse?

Or you might ask, ‘What revelation?’

We defined these last time in Apocalypse 2 – Good News Unsealed from the original Greek of this Scripture – ἀποκάλυψις.

apokalypsis of THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

Do you see it behind this graphic?

I began by pointing toward an apocalypse from heaven as bad news for some yet Good News for others.

Then the kings of the earth and the eminent people.. and the wealthy and the strong.. hid themselves…
Revelation 6:15 excerpt NASB

More about revealing the Good News from heaven to earth in a moment, but first let’s once again define our terms by narrowing what most readers already know about the Gospel.
What is the Gospel?

εὐαγγέλιον

euangelion

a reward for good tidings

{Don’t forget this primary definition about our reward for faith in the Lord.}

good tidings

{The message of good news itself}
We recognize the four books of Scripture known as the Gospels; however note these contextual uses in the New Testament including Acts, the Epistles and one in Revelation with which we will close.

From Strong’s G2098 – euangelion {with thanks to BlueletterBible.org} The KJV translates Strong’s G2098 in the following manner:
1. gospel (46x)
2. gospel of the Kingdom (3x)
3. miscellaneous (10x)
4. gospel of God (7x)
5. gospel of Christ (11x)
If you are looking for a more complete definition of the Gospel you can view it here from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.

Gospel GOOD NEWS: not exclusively about Jesus, but as revealed of eternal life, accessible to sinful man ONLY through Him.
Roger @ talk of Jesus {dot}.com

Gospel – 77x as a noun

But wait, Gospel is also a verb of action.

Here will be where we must understand distinctions between recognizing Good News, its messengers (be they angels of heaven or saints of the earth), recipients of the Good Message and actions of response.

εὐαγγελίζω – euangelizō – verb – (55x)

– from G2095 and G32; to announce good news (“evangelize”) especially the gospel:—declare, bring (declare, show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel).
- used in the OT of any kind of good news
- in NT primarily:
1. preach (23x),
2. preach the Gospel (22x)
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord…

And he began to say unto them, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” – Luke 4:18,21 KJV

The Gospel of the End!

Why should we pay attention to Jesus concerning the apocalypse?
- The Gospel is not just the four books Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
- It is not only a noun we can describe
- or is it all preaching and door-to-door evangelism.
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Don't be misled by christian claimants hitting you over the head with a Jesus sign or hateful christian morality; for they may be members of the synagogue of Satan or white-cloaked followers of false prophets.
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The Lord has revealed to John, the Apostles and those with ears to hear Who He IS!

Α ἄλφα & ō Ω

Revealing the Ending First

Before we move on to the opening of the seals which reveal the apocalypse, let’s not miss what Jesus says to John about Himself.

Jesus states (4x) in Revelation:

I am Alpha and Omega..

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

apokalypsis of Good News

omega revealing the end

The Revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:8 KJV

The Book of Revelation opens with this apokalypsis of WHO JESUS IS! Twice in the beginning of the apocalypse the LORD says HE IS:

the Α ἄλφα & the ō Ω.

Jesus instructs John to write to the seven churches with pointed exhortation of encouragement for some and warning for others. We see symbolism of the Holy of holies in heaven!

John uncovers the place of the churches in the Most Holy Place in Heaven — IF the saints of the church will abide by the teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Members of the 21st century churches would do well to heed Christ’s warnings to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3 in these last days. I cannot take time to reinforce these teachings from Revelation which I have preached previously.

Peeking at THE END

NEXT: We will open the seals hiding the omega of time from us. (I cannot unfold the entire apocalypse before its time.) Yet consider briefly and glance ahead to a Scripture near the ending of the Book.

And He who sits on the throne said,
“Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”
Then He said to me, “It is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end..
Revelation 21:5-6a NASB
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February 5, 2021
Apocalypse 2 – Good News Unsealed
ἀποκάλυψις

apokalypsis or apocalypse

We often associate apocalypse with the dramatic catastrophic events of the Book of Revelation from the Bible. To begin with a definition, note that an apocalypse is not necessarily an unseen disaster (although it may be for some).
1. laying bare, making naked
2. a disclosure of truth, instruction
3. manifestation, appearance
In this case: ‘the revelation‘ or disclosure of Truth, instruction by the Lord Jesus, various appearances of awe-filled scenes taking place in heaven — ALL lay bare to the eyes of mankind the wrath of the Judgement to come upon all the Creation of Almighty GOD!

Revelation

Apocalypse is also the hopeful good word used in the Gospel of Luke by a first century prophet at the Temple of the Jews revealing the child Jesus as their Messiah or the Christ.

A LIGHT FOR REVELATION TO THE GENTILES,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Luke 2:32 – prophesy of Simeon about Jesus

Christians and unbelievers alike are familiar with it as the title of the last book of the Holy Bible. From the Latin of ancient Rome:

apocalypsis Iesu Christi

Other versions or translations from Greek:

Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
- The Revelation of Jesus Christ
- The Revelation from Jesus Christ
- The Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah
So whatever section of Revelation you read remember this:

Revelation is NOT bad news about the end of Creation, but Gospel GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ the Lord and Savior sent in the flesh to a world of sinners.
Roger Harned + talk of Jesus {dot}.com

The Apostle John, who witnessed many miracles of the Lord God, falls prostrate is AWE before these visions laid bare to his mortal eyes. John subsequently obediently begins Christ’s disclosure to the saints of the churches, seven specific first century churches & faithful worshipers of this 21st century day:

Revelation 1:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw.

apokalypsis of THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it; for the time is near.
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February 3, 2021