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John, Yohan, Yohanan
John in English; Ianns in Gk, which is transliteration of Hebrew Yohanan. For the sake of
distinguishing several people with this common name, IRENT renders it as follows.
(1) John only in the title of the Gospel, the Epistles and the Revelation; prob. same one author.
[Not to be taken same as the Apostle.]
(2) Yohan only for the Apostle. This name of him appears the Synotic Gopsels, NOT in the
text of G-Jn, three Epistles of John, (and Revelation)! [a disciple (Apostle) of Yeshua. A
Zebedees son and a brother of Yaakob (x: James).
(3) Yohanan for all others including Yohanan the Baptizer and also within the Revelation.

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Contents

Revelation to Yohanan

Contents
Part I (Ch. 1 3)
Part II (Ch. 4 16)
Part III (Ch. 17 22)

All the introductory material

A Publication Notice
How to read the pages of IRENT
Overview/Outlines/Acrostic Bible
Essential Vocabulary

Revelation to Yohanan (John)

THE REVELATION
from Yeshua Mashiah
TO YOHANAN
Book I
(Rev 1)
PROLOGUE (1:1-8)

Introduction revelation from Yeshua Mashiah

1:1

Revelation

from Yeshua Mashiah b

which The Elohim bestowed upon him

to show to his servants
the things which must speedily take place:
Yes, Yeshua presented it in signs,
having sent it through his messenger c,
to his servant, Yohanan d;
1:2

[This is what Yohanan] testifies [Jn 21:24 etc.] to the Word of Elohim
yes, with the testimony on Yeshua Mashiah, [1:9; (6:9)]
{indeed} [by telling] everything he saw:
1:3

Blessed is the one who reads it out [aloud to the congregation]

and those who, in hearing the words of this prophecy,
attend to what is written in it [22:7] [cf. Jm 1:22]
for indeed, the due time is near.[22:10]

1:1 Revelation (apokalupsis) [unveiling, not prediction of future prophecy means speaking out what is
received from God.]; /x: the Revelation; [= That which is from Yeshua (Cf. Yeshua was revealed 1Pe 1:7, 13).]
b 1:1 from Yeshua Mashiah [ (genitive); Cf. in the oldest complete mss of GNT, Codex
Sianiticus, has it in nomina sacra (
).]; /of Jesus Christ; /x: about Jesus Christ;
c 1:1 messenger (also in 1:20; 2:1 3:14); /> angel
d 1:1 Yohanan />> John; [Note: Possibly the author himself; also for G-John and Johns three Epistles he does
not hint or call himself as apostle or elder (2Jn and 3Jn). Not to be taken as the Apostle Yohan (> John), a disciple
of Yeshua.] [He is called John the Seer (of Patmos); Cf. *prophet.]
a

Greetings to the Seven Churches

Yohanan sends this to the seven congregations a

1:4

1:5

1:5b

1:6

which are in [the Province] ASIA [in the Roman Empire]:

Grace to yo all! And shalom! b
from <The One Who Is [existing] { Exo 3:14 LXX}
And Who Was And Who Is Coming> c,[1:8; cf. 4:8]
and from the Seven Spirits [4:5; 5:6; = seven stars 1:20]
that are before His throne, [Cf. 3:21]
and from Yeshua Mashiah, who is the Faithful Witness,
the Firstborn from the dead ones {/mss}d [Col 1:18]
and the Ruler over the kings of the earth.
To this very Yeshua Mashiah, the One who is loving us
and has freed{/mss} us from our sins
by his own blood;
and made us people of a kingdom of kohanim{/mss}[5:10]
to his Elohim and Father
to him be the glory and the dominion
forever and ever. Amen! e
Listen, he-is-coming [22:7]
with the storm-clouds [of His Glory] [in Judgment]; f [Mt 24:30b]
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced g him with a spear,
and all the Tribes of the Land [of Yisrael] [7:4]
will grieve [over what waits for them]
in fear of him.[ Mt 24:30] [Zec 12:12]
Yes! Amen!
1:7

1:8

I, I am the Alpha and the Omega! h

thus says YHWH Elohim i
the One who is, and the One who was, { Exo 3:14 LXX}
yes, the One who is coming [1:4; 4:8] the Almighty. j
1:6 congregations [+] [+ of the Apostolic Mashian Community]; /x: Churches (- anachronistic);
1:6 shalom [Heb. more than peace. More than saying hello] />> peace most;
c 1:6 <the One Who Is and Who Was and Who Is Coming> [i.e. the Being beyond time and space]
d 1:6 from the dead {/mss} {/of the dead KJV}; 1:6 freed{/mss} {/washed}
e 1:6, 7 Amen [So shall it be]
f 1:7 He is coming [This serves as the principal theme of the whole book of Revelation, placed at
the beginning here and at the closing (22:7, 12, 20).]
g 1:7 pierced [ekkente (also in Jn 19:34). Cf. nuss (Jn 19:37; Mt 27:49 v.l.).]
h 1:8 Alpha Omega [Cf. 22:13 for the risen Yeshua] [ and first and last of Greek letters the two in the
middle of Gods name YHWH in Gk -- the first and last form , abbreviation of the name Yeusha in Gk
]; {+mss Beginning and End} /x: the beginning and the ending KJV;
i 1:8 *YHWH Elohim (Gk. kurios ho theos - also 18:8; 22:6); /the Lord God most; [YHWH Yahuweh >
Yahweh; /Jehovah]; />>{/mss} the Lord KJV++; /[IRENT translates Gk the God as Elohim 10x in Revelation].
j 1:8 the Almighty [See 11:17 YHWH El Shaddai][Cf. Gk. despota - Gen 15:2 LXX. in the sense of the
Supereme.] [= the One who bestowed the revelation upon Yeshua - 1:1a] [Elohim the Almighty El Shaddai (=
YHWH). Cf. mighty god el gibbowr Isa 9:6]
a

Part I.

The things which you have seen 1:9-20

Vision of a Son of Man

1:9

I Yohanan, yor brother and the one who shares with yo

in the tribulation a and in the kingdom and in patient endurance
that are of {/mss} Yeshua {Mashiah}
found myself [in exile] in the island called PATMOS,
because of [proclaiming] the Word of Elohim and
because of the testimony on Yeshua {Mashiah} [they had kept].[1:2; (6:9)]

1:10

1:11

I found myself caught up in [the power of] spirit b

on the Lord's day c
and I heard [from] behind me a powerful voice,
like that of a shofar blare,
saying
{+mss}d What you are going to see,
write it on a scroll
and send it to the {seven} congregations of Mashian Community
{in the Province ASIA} e:
to Ephesus and
to Smyrna and
to Pergamum and
to Thyatira and
to Sardis and
to Philadelphia and
to Laodicea.

1:10 tribulation [syn. Persecution] [not Gods wrath (11:17 etc.)]

1:10 caught up in the power of spirit (also in 4:2; 17:3; 21:10) /x: in the Spirit;
c 1:10 the Lords day [not a first day of the lunar week, nor Sunday (of Gregorian calendar), neither Sabbath day.
Unrelated to the (judgment) Day of the LORD (YHWH).]
d 1:10 {+mss} I, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last; and} - KJV
e 1:10 Asia [Roman Province of Asia, in the western part of modern Turkey.]
a

1:12

1:13

1:14

1:15

1:16

1:17

1:18

And I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me.

And upon having turned
I saw seven golden menorahs standing;[4:5] {Zec 4:2}
and in the midst of these surrounding menorahs
saw a figure resembling a son of man a, [=14:14] {Dan 7:13; Ezk 1:26}
clothed with long-robe reaching the foot
and girded around the chest with a golden girdle. b
And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow,
and His eyes were like a flame of fire;
and His feet like burnished-bronze
as had been fired in a furnace,
and His sound c of voice like the sound of many waters.
And He had in His right hand seven stars
and from His mouth a sharp two-edged sword coming out
and His appearance was as the sun shining in its might
And when I saw Him, I fell down at His feet as if I were dead.
And He laid His right hand upon me, saying
Do not be afraid;

I, I am the First, and the Last, d [2:8; 22:13] {Isa 44:2, 12}
and the Living One
yes, I was dead e,[2:8]
but, look, Im now the living One into the ages of the ages
and Im holding [in my hand] the keys
to the Death and of the Hades.[Mt 16:18]

1:19

So then, write down what you have seen

the things which are now
and those things which are about to take place afterwards.

1:20

((The hidden meaning f of the seven stars [cf. seven sprits 1:4; 4:5]
which you saw upon my right hand
and the seven golden menorahs is this:
The seven stars stand for
the messengers [to be sent] to the seven congregations
and the seven lamps [on the menorah] stand for
these seven congregations.)) [1:4]

a 1:13 a figure resembling a son of man (= 14:14) [son of human being - someone resembling a human being.
The Aramaic phrase in Dan 7:13 referring to a messianic figure. Cf. the son of the man(*Son-of-man - IRENT; the
Son of man - KJV), self-designation by Yeshua in the Gospels and Acts.]
b 1:13 clothed ~ girded [high-pristly and royal.]
c 1:15 sound of voice ~ sound (phn); /voice ~ sound most;
d 1:17 the First and the Last (= Yeshua, of the new creation, cf. Col 1:18) (First Cause, not First of
Creation) [Cf. Isa 44:6; 48:12 = YHWH Elohim.]
e 1:18 was dead (egenomn nekros) /died - ESV; /x: became dead; [died on the Cross. God the Son dies?!]
f 1:20 hidden meaning [musterion - 10:7 hidden plan]; /> secret meaning; /xx: mystery; /x: secret;

Part II.

Things which are: Prophetic Messages: (2:1 3:22)

Letters to Seven Congregations

(Rev 2)
TO: 1 EPHESUS
2:1
Write to the messenger a of the congregation
in

Ephesus

These-things says the One b

who is holding the seven stars in His right hand
and who is walking
in the midst of the seven-branched golden menorah:
2:2

2:3

2:4

2:5

2:6

2:7

<I know of your works c the toil and your patient endurance,
and how you cannot tolerate evil ones,
and have tested those
who claim to be apostles (but they are not)
and you found them out to be deceivers;
and you have patient endurance
and did bear for my names sake
and have not become-weary.
Nevertheless, there is this I hold against yo:
that you have let go the love
which once you had alive at first.
Remember, then, from where you have fallen
and repent and do the works you had been doing at first; d
or else Im coming to you {swiftly}
and will move your lamp-stand out of its place,
unless you repent e and turn from your sins
But there is this to be said in your favor,
that you hate the evil deeds of the Nicolaitans, [Act 6:5]
the deeds I myself also hate.>
Let the one who has an ear
listen to what the Spirit [of Elohim] says to the congregations:
<To the one who comes off victorious [1Jn 5:4]
I will grant to eat from the Tree of the Life [22:14, 19],
which is in the middle of the Paradise of Elohim.> {Gen 2:9}

2:1 - 3:14 messenger />> angel;

2:1 the One [= 1:10-17 Son of Man]; />> he KJV; /
c 2:5 works /> deeds NIV;
d 2:5 the works ~ at first [= reaching out people who want to know truth not to know anything among them
except Yeshua the Mashiah, crucified and risen, the Gospel.] /x: the things NIV; [not the first love]
e 2:5ff repent and turn from your sins [not remorse, regret, or repair.]
a

TO: 2 SMYRNA
2:8
And write to the messenger of the congregation
in Smyrna
These things says the First and the Last [1:17; 22:13]
who was dead and then lived again: [1:17]
2:9

2:10

<I know of your {deeds and} affliction and poverty

but in truth you are rich
and also know of the slander heaped upon you by those
who claim themselves to be Yehudim, a
while in fact they are not,
but belong to a synagogue of the satan. [3:9]
Do not be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer:
((Behold, the devil is about to have some of yo
thrown into prison,
there to be put to test
and to endure tribulation for ten days.)){Dan 1:12, 14}
Be you remaining faithful, even to the point of death
and I shall bestow upon you the Laurel of Life.>

2:11

Let the one who has an ear

listen to what the Spirit [of Elohim] says to the congregations:
<The one who comes off victorious will not be harmed
by the Second Death[20:6, 14].>

TO: 3 PERGAMUS
2:12
And write to the messenger of the congregation
in Pergamum
These things says the One
who has the sharp double-edged long sword:
2:13

<I know {of yours deeds and} where you dwell;

it is in the place where the satan has its throne; b [cf. 12:9]
but there you are holding fast to my name
and have not denied your faith in me,
even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,
who was put to death right there beside yo
in the city where the satan dwells

a
2:9ff Yehudim [in the sense of Judaic people or people of the Tribe of Yudah 5:5 etc.] [Cf. Jn 4:22;
cf. Judeans Jn 4:9] ; /x: Judaic people; /x: *Jews most ( - anachronistic; anti-Semitic nuance);
b
2:13 the throne of the satan (Cf. 13:2); [cf. (1) Temple of Zeus and (2) Temple for Caesar Augustus
(AD 29); (3) Temple of Aesculapius (physician)]

2:14

2:15

2:16

2:17

<But I have a few things against you,

because you have some there
who hold the teaching of Balaam [the prophet],
who taught Balak a to put a stumbling block
before the children of Israel enticing them
to eat food offered to pagan carved idols of false gods,
thus to commit fornication b.[2:20]
So you have also some who hold
the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise{/mss}c.
{
Therefore,} repent to turn from your sins;
or else Ill come to you swiftly
and with the long sword from my mouth
Ill fight against those people.>
Let the one who has an ear
listen to what the Spirit [of Elohim] says to the congregations:
<To the one who comes off victorious
Ill give to him the manna that has been kept safely hidden[Cf. Exo 16:32]
and Ill give him a white pebble d
and upon the pebble is a new name[3:12] written,
which no one knows except the one who receives it.>

TO: 4 THYATIRA
2:18
And write to the messenger of the congregation
in Thyatira
These things says the Son of the Elohim
who has His eyes like a flame of fire
and His feet are like polished bronze:
2:19

<I know of your deeds your love, faithfulness,

and service and patient-endurance.
In fact, what you are doing now
is greater than what you did at first.

2:20

But I have {a few things} against you that you tolerate {/mss}
the very woman {of yours}, Jezebel, {1Ki 16:31 ff}

who calls herself a prophetess

to let her teach and deceive my servants
to commit fornication, [2:14]
eating food sacrificed to pagan idols of false gods.
a
b
c
d

2:14 Balak [Baal-worshiping king of the Moabites]

2:15ff fornication [Throughout the Book, this is figurative for idolatry]
2:15 likewise{/mss} {/which I hate}
2:17 white pebble [to give a white pebble an idiom of giving ones approbation for virtue Gill/Barnes];

2:21

2:22

2:23

2:24

2:25

2:29

2:26

And I gave time a to her so that

she should repent to turn from her fornication,
but she did not change{/mss}.
Behold, I will throw her onto a coffin
and as for those who commit adultery with her
I will throw them into great affliction,
unless they repent from their {her} works,
and I will strike her children down with deadly-plague.
And thus all the congregations will know
that I surely am the One
who is searching the minds and hearts
and Ill repay each one of yo
according to what yo have done.
But to the rest of yo in Thyatira,
who do not hold this teaching,
who have not come to know the so-called deep secrets of the satan,
to you, I say, Im not placing on yo any other burden
beyond that yo should hold fast what yo have until I come.>
Let the one who has an ear
listen to what the Spirit [of Elohim] says to the congregations:
<And the one who comes off victorious,
and, that is, the one who keeps my works to the end:
To him Ill give authority over the nations

2:27

And he shall rule them with an iron rod,

like the earthen vessels are{/mss} broken in pieces

2:28
2:28
2:29

a
b

as I also have received the same authority from my Father:

I will also give this person the morning star b.>
[transposed after v. 25]

2:21 time (chronos; Cf. kairos 12:14); /x: space KJV; /

2:28 the morining star [= the planet Venus] (the bright morning star 22:16)

(Rev 3)
TO: 5 SARDIS
3:1
And write to the messenger of the congregation
of Meshian community in in

Sardis

These things says the One who has

the {seven} spirits of Elohim{Cf. Isa 11:2} and the seven stars:

3:2

3:3

3:4

3:6

3:5

<I know of your deeds

there, you are supposed to be alive
but in reality you are dead!
Become watchful and strengthen what remains,
which are about to die:
And indeed, what I have found is that,
in the eyes of {my} Elohim,
none of what you do have perfection.
Call to mind, then, how the message came to you and you listen to
obey it and repent to turn from your sins.
{Thus,} unless you do not watch, Im going to come [suddenly]
just as a [roaring] bandit would come upon by surprise [16:15]
and you will never know what hour I will come upon yo.
But you have a few names in Sardis
who did not defile their garments
and they will walk with me clothed in white;
because they are worthy and deserving.>
Let this one who has an ear
listen to what the Spirit [of Elohim] says to the congregations:
<The one who comes off victorious
will thus clothe himself in white garments,
and I will never blot his name
from the scroll of the life
and I will acknowledge a his name
before my Father and before His messengers.>

3:5 acknowledge /declare; /confess; /

TO: 6 PHILADELPHIA
3:7
And write to the messenger of the congregation
of Meshian community in

Philadelphia

These things says the One

the holy One, the true One,
the One having the key of Dawid a;
the One who opens [a gate][v.8] ((and no one will shut)) and
the One who shuts ((and no one opens)) : {Isa 22:22}
3:8

<I know of your deeds

Look I have given before you
a door having been opened, which no one can shut
that you have a little power
and kept my word and did not deny my name.

3:9

See how I deal with those belonging to the synagogue of the satan![2:9]
they claim they are Yehudim;
no, they are not, but in fact they are lying
Watch how Im going to make them
to come and prostrate b before your feet;
and they will come to know that I surely have loved yo.
Because you have kept my word [of admonition]
to endure patiently,
I also will keep you from the hour of trial in hardship and persecution,
that hour which is about to come upon the whole world,
to put them on test [of their faithfulness]
those who dwell upon the land.
{Listen,} Im coming swiftly!
hold fast what you have so that no one takes your crown.>

3:10

3:11

3:13

Let this one who has an ear

listen to what the Spirit [of Elohim] says to the congregations:

3:12

<The one who comes off victorious!

Ill make him a pillar in the Mishkan c of my Elohim
and he shall never depart from there. [Cf. Jn 14:3]
and Ill inscribe upon him the name of my Elohim
and the name of the City of my Elohim
that of the New Yerusalem d which comes down
out of the heaven from my Elohim
and Ill inscribe upon him {my} own new name as well.

3:7 key of Dawid [Isa 22:22 key of the house of Dawid]

3:9 prostrate [that is, an act of worship]

c 3:12ff Mishkan (- Heb.; Gk. naos); (also 7:15; 11:1, 19; 14:15; 15:5, 6, 8; 16:1, 17; 21:22); /> temple
sanctuary; /Temple Geneva; /x: temple KJV and most;
d 3:13ff Yerusalem /Jerusalem; /Heb. Yerushalayim
b

TO: 7 LAODICEA
3:14
And write to the messenger of the congregation
of Meshian community in

Laodicea [Col 2:1]

These things says the Amen,

the Faithful and True Witness, {Psa 89:37}
the Beginning a of the [new] Creation b work of Elohim: {cf. Pr 8:22}[Cf. Col 1:15]
3:15

3:16

3:17

3:18

3:19

3:20

3:22

<I know of your deeds:

how you are neither cold nor hot:
I wish-that you were either cold or hot.
So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold
Im about to spew you out of my mouth.
Because you say
<How rich Im! I have become wealthy, {Hos 12:9}
and dont need nothing>, [Lk 18:9-14; Prov 18:11]
but you, with your own eyes, cannot see
how wretched and pitiful you are
poor, blind, and naked,
here is my advice to you:
you are to buy from me gold refined by fire,
so that you may become genuinely rich,
that you are to buy white garments
so that you may clothe yourself
to hide your disgraceful nakedness,
and {that you are to buy} ointment to appry on your eyes
so that you may become able to see properly.
As for myself, I do reprove and discipline{Pr 3:12}
all those I keep in my affection;
So get committed;
yes, come to change your thinking to turn!
Here, I have come standing at the door waiting . . . [cf. Jam 5:9]
and now [gently] keep knocking on!
If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door to me [cf. Lk 12:36]
Ill come in to be with them+.[cf. Lk 19:9]
Yes, Ill have a meal [to enjoy] with them+
and shall they+ with me.> [cf. Jn14:23]
Let this one who has an ear
listen to what the Spirit [of Elohim] says to congregations:

3:14 Beginning [Jn 1:1] [= Cause of all things, not first of created things (that which was begun)]
[See 22:13 Beginning ~ End];
b 3:14 new creation [Not Genesis creation, but creation of a new heaven and a new earth 21:1.]
a

3:21

<The one who comes off victorious

I shall grant it to you to take your place
beside me on my throne,
just as I too have come off victorious
and have taken my place with the Father of me
on His throne.>[cf. 1:4-5]

Part III.

The Things Which Are About To Take Place (4:1 22:5)

Section A.
(Rev 4)
THE THRONE IN THE HEAVEN
4:1

After these things I saw

and, behold, a door standing-open in the heaven!
And the first voice which I heard
was like that of a shofar blowing
speaking to me, saying
Come up here!
And I will show you the things
which must happen after these things.

4:2

4:3

4:4

4:5

4:6a

4:6b

At once I came to be caught up

in [the power of] spirit [1:10] [to see a vision]
and behold!
a throne was in place in the heaven
and on that throne someone has seated on it;
this throne{/mss} {was} like in appearance
to a stone jasper and carnelian;
And there was a rainbow encircling the main throne,
like an emerald in appearance.
And encircling the main throne
{were twenty four thrones}
and seated on their thrones I saw twenty four elders, a [11:16; cf. 20:4]
dressed in white garments,
and {they had} on their heads golden victors wreath.
And flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunders
came out from the main throne.
And there were seven lighted lamps ablaze in front of the main throne,
which are the seven spirits [1:4; 5:6; Cf. seven stars 1:20] of Elohim;
and before the main throne,
there was as it were a sea of glass like a crystal.
And in the center of the throne area
and encircling the main throne were four living-creatures
full of eyes, in front and back:

4:4 twenty four [Note: 24 courses of kohanim; 24 books of Hebrew Scripture (O.T.)];

4:7

4:8

4:9

4:10

4:11

And the first living creature was [having a face] like a lion
and the second living creature [having a face] like an ox
and the third living creature having a face of human
and the fourth living creature [having a face] like a flying eagle.
And these four living creatures,
each one having six wings,
are full of eyes around and under, {Isa 6:2 - seraphim; Ezk 1:18}
and, day and night, they do not cease, saying
Holy, holy, holy
is YHWH b El Shaddai c,{Isa 6:3; Amo 3:13. 4:13}
the One who was and who is [existing],
yes, the One coming.[cf. 1:4, 8] {Ex 3:14}
And when the living-creatures will give glory and honor and thanks
to the One seated on the throne;
He is the One living forever and ever,
the twenty four elders will fall prostrate before
and {will} worship the One seated on the throne,
and {will} lay down their wreath of victory before His throne,
saying
Worthy are you, YHWH our Elohim,{/mss}d
to have ascribed to you
all the glory and the honor and the power
because you yourself created all things
and on account of your will they came to be existing
yes, they were thus created.[5: 9-10]

THE SCROLL AND THE LAMB

(Rev 5)
5:1

5:2

5:3

5:4

5:5

b
c
d

And I saw in the right hand of the One seated on the throne
a scroll-book written inside and on the reserve side,
having been sealed up with seven seals.
And I saw a mighty messenger announcing with a loud voice,
Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?
And no one in the heaven or on the earth or under the earth,
was able to open the scroll or to look at it.
((And I myself was weeping a lot,
because no one was found worthy
to open and to read-aloud the scroll
or to look at it.
And one from the elders says to me,

4:8 YHWH /Yahueh; /Jehovah; /the Lord most; /

4:8 El Shaddai (Heb.) /God Almighty most;
4:11 YHWH our Elohim {/mss} /our Lord and God; {/O Lord} KJV;

Do not weep;
behold,
the LION that is from the tribe of Yehudah e,
the ROOT of DAVID f [22:16; Mt 1:1, 23; Rm 1:3]
has come off victorious
to open the scroll and its seven seals.))
5:6

5:7

5:8

5:9

5:10

5:11

5:12

e
f

And I saw in the center of the throne area [7:17]

encircled by the four living creatures [4:6] and the elders,
a LAMB standing, [Jn 1:29, 36]
as one having [just] been slaughtered,
having seven horns and seven eyes
the eyes are the {seven} Spirits of Elohim [4:5; 1:4]
sent out to the whole earth.
And He came and He takes {the scroll}
out of the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
And when He had taken the scroll,
the four living creatures and the twenty four elders
fell down before the Lamb,
each one having a harp and golden bowls full of incense,
which are [full of] the prayers of those consecrated to God.
And they sing a new song, saying,
Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals:
because you were slaughtered
and you bought {us} for Elohim with your blood
persons from out of every tribe and language
and people and nation,
and made them{/mss} to be to our Elohim
a kingdom{/mss} and kohanim,[1:6]
and they{/mss} shall reign [20:6] over the earth as kings.
And I saw and I heard a voice of many messengers
around the Throne
and around the living-creatures and the elders;
Myriads upon myriads, thousands of thousands
{
they were in number},
saying with a mighty voice,
Worthy is the Lamb
who has been slaughtered
to have ascribed the power and wealth
and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and praise.

5:5ff Yehudah /> Yudah; />> Judah - most; /x: Juda KJV; /[See BW Judah Jew Judas]
5:5 Root of Dawid [Root, Dawid is from + Root from Dawid][Cf. Isa 11:1, 10 Root of Jesse.]

5:13

And every creature

which is in the heaven and on the earth
and under the earth and on the sea
yes, those from everwhere
I heard, all these together saying
To the One seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb,
Be the blessing and the honor
and the glory and the sovereign power,
forever and ever.

5:14

And the four living creatures said,

Amen.
And the elders fell down and worshiped
{the One living into the ages of the ages}.

(Rev 6)
SEVEN SEALS AND SEVEN SHOFARS

THE SEVEN SEALS 1st to 6th SEALS

Four Horsemen (Zc 6:1-5; 1:8)[// Mt 24:3-8]
6:1

And I saw
that{/mss} the Lamb broke open first of the seven seals
and I heard one of the four living creatures
saying with a voice like a sound of thunder,
Go!{/mss}

6:2

And I saw and, look,

a white horse! a {Zc 6:3}
And the one seated upon it had a bow,
and a victors wreath was given to him
and he was riding out, conquering, yes, to conquer out.

6:3

And when he broke open the second seal,

I heard the second living creature, saying
Go!

6:4

And another horse came forth, a fiery-red horse!

And to the one who sat on it was granted permission
to take peace away from the land,
people turning to slay one another;
yes, there was given to him a large sword [for slaughter].

6:5

And when he broke open the third seal,

heard the third living creature, saying
Go!
And I saw, look, a black horse!
And the one who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

6:6

And I heard what sounded like a voice there

in the midst of where the four living creatures encircled,[4:6]
saying
Two pounds of wheat
for a denarius [a days wage]!
and six pounds of barley
for a denarius!
As for the olive tree and the vine,
youre to keep them spared [from destruction].

6:2 white horse [Here the rider is an anti-Messiah, in contrast to the one in 19:11 where the rider is
the Messiah.]

6:7

And when he broke open the fourth seal,

I heard the voice of the fourth living creature, saying
Go.

6:8

And I saw and, look, a pale livid green horse!

And as to the one who sat on it,
his name was Death
with Hades following behind.

6:8b

And there was given to them

authority over the fourth part of the earth,
to kill with sword and with famine and with deadly-plague
and by the wild-beasts [11:7; 13:1ff] of the earth.

6:9

And when he broke open the fifth seal, this is what I saw:
[+ On earth down hear] beneath the altar [of scacrifice]

6:10

there were the very persons b [20:4]

who had been slain because of the Word ofElohim
and for their bearing the testimony {on the Lamb}:
and they shouted with a great voice, saying[cf. Lk 18:7-8; 2Th 1:6-10]
How long, O Sovereign Master, {Zec 1:12; Psa 79:5}
the Holy and True One, is it to be
before you bring judgment and grant justice for our blood
against those who dwell on the earth c?

6:11

And a white robe was given to them and they were told
that they should be patient a little while longer [cf 10:6]
[to see their vindication][20:4-6],
until the full number should be filled [7:9, 13-14, 15]
of both their fellow servants and their brothers
those who were going to be killed
as they themselves had been killed [for the testimony of Yeshua][1:9].

6:12

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal

6:13

and a great earthquake occurred,

and the sun turned black d like black sackcloth made of goat hair
and the {full} moon turned red as blood; e
and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth

6:9 persons /souls most [misleading renderning, which would give a wrong picture of dismembered
souls/spirits. See EE.]
c
6:10 on the earth /?: upon the land; [cf. Mt 23:35]
d
6:12 sun ~ dark [taking LXX Joel 2:31 skotos] Gk. melas - /black most; [i.e. solar eclipse.]
e
6:12 moon ~ like blood [blood moon, i.e. lunar eclipse.]
b

6:14

6:15

6:16

6:17

like a fig tree sheds its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind.
And the sky receded like a scroll
that is being rolled up,
and every mountain and every island were moved
out of their places. [cf. 16:20]
And the rulers of the land and the great men and the chief-captains
and the rich and the strong and every servant and {every} free man,
hid themselves in the caves
and in the rocks of the mountains;
and they are saying to the mountains and to the rocks,
Fall on over us and hide us
from the face of the One seated on the throne
and from the wrath of the Lamb
because the great day of the wrath on them {/mss} has come,
and who is able to stand?

(Rev 7)
Winds held until Gods servants sealed:
7:1

7:2

7:3

After this I saw four messengers standing

at the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth,
so that no wind should blow on the land
or on the sea or upon any tree.
And I saw another messenger ascend from the east,
carrying a living Gods seal.
And he shouted with a great voice to the four messengers
to whom [power] was given to harm the land and the sea,
saying
Do not harm the land,
nor the sea, nor the trees,
until we will have marked with seal [against the fury to come]
the servants of our God on their foreheads.
Yohanan heard 144,000 Gods servants were marked:

7:4

7:5

And I heard the number of those servants having been marked with seal
[as] 144 {/mss} a thousand,[14:1,3]
marked with seal from out of each tribe b of the sons of Israel:
Out of the tribe of Yehudah
out of the tribe of Reuben

twelve thousand marked with seal;

twelve thousand {+mss}c;

7:4 144 {/hundred and forty four}; > {/140}; [Note: 144,000 = 12 x 12 x 1000]
7:4 tribe [Note that Yosef is included along with Lewi, while Dan and Ephraim are not in the tribal
list both introduced idols into the family of Yisrael.] [Ezk 48:32 the name Yosef replaces that of
Ephraim.][Cf. the 12 tribes - Reuben, Shimon, Lewi (Mosheh, Aaron, Yohanan the Baptizer, BarNabas)
Yehudah (Cf. Dawid, Solomon, Kaleb,Yeshua), Yissaskar, Zebulun, Benyamin (cf. King Saul,
Mordecai, Paulos), Dan (Cf. Samson), Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim (Cf. Yoshua, Samuel) and
Menashsheh 12 tribes 1 (Lewi) 1 (Yosef) + 1 (Ephraim) + 1 (Menashsheh) = 12 tribes]
c
7:5-8 {+mss} {marked with seal KJV+}
a

7:6

7:7

7:8

out of the tribe of Gad

twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Asher
twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Naphtali
twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Menashsheh twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Shimon
twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Lewi
twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Yissaskar
twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Zebulun
twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Yosef
twelve thousand {+mss};
out of the tribe of Benyamin
twelve thousand
were marked with seal [against the fury to come].
Vision of Myriads Redeemed & Vindicated (v 14)

7:9

After these things I saw and, look!

a great crowd6:9],
which no one was able to number,
from out of every nation and tribes
and peoples and languages,
standing before the throne
and before the Lamb,
having clothed in white robes [6:11]
and with palm fronds d in their hands. {Lev 23:40}[cf. Jn 12:13]

7:10

And they were shouting with a great voice, saying

Salvation to our Elohim,
the One seated on the throne,
yes, to the Lamb.

7:11

And all the messengers were standing around the throne

and around the elders and the four living-creatures, [5:11-14]
and they fell before the throne on their faces
and worshiped the Elohim,
saying
Amen: Blessing and glory
and wisdom and thanksgiving
and honor and power and strength
be to our Elohim forever and ever.
Amen.

7:12

7:13

((And one of the elders addressed me, saying

These clothed in white robes
do you know who they are and from where they have come?

7:14

And I said to him,

Sir! You, you know [the answer]. [Ez 37:3]

7:9 palm fronds /> palm branches; [it was a motive in the Festival of Sukkoth (such as in Jn 7:2) ]

Then he said to me,

These are those who come out of the great tribulation{.Rev 14:15, 1213}
and they washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb.
7:15

That is why they are before the throne of Elohim,

and they are serving Him day and night in His Mishkan;
And the One seated on the Throne
will spread His presence e over them.
They will hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;

7:16

the sun will not beat down on them, nor will any burning heat: {Isa 49:10}
7:17

because the Lamb who is in the center of the throne[5:6]

will shepherd them

and will guide them
to the fountains of living waters {/mss}{Isa 49:9-10}
and the Elohim f will wipe away
every tear from their eyes. {Isa 25:8}))

(Rev 8)

And when the Lamb broke open the seventh seal,

8:1

there was a silence in the heaven about half an hour.

THE SEVEN SEALS 7th SEAL

Then I saw the seven messengers, who stand in sight of Elohim,

8:2

and seven shofars were given to them.

8:3

8:4

8:5

((And another messenger [of high priestly one] came

and, having with him a golden censer,
took his stand at the Altar.
And a large amount of incense was given to him
to add to the prayers of all those consecrated to God,
to be laid upon the golden Altar
which was before the Throne.
There, the smoke of the incense was wafting up
along with the prayers of the saints
from the hand of the messenger standing in sight of Elohim
Then the messenger took the censer to fill it
with some of the fire taken from the altar
and hurled it down to the earth
There came peals of thunders and rumbling and flashes of lightning

e
7:9 spread His presence [i.e. His shekhinah] [same verb 12:12; 13:6; 21:3; also in Jn 1:14 put his
place/presence]
f
7:17 Elohim (Heb.) /God most; [IRENT renders as Elohim instead of God in O.T. quotation or
in O.T. setting].

and an earthquake.))

seven shofars First 4 shofars

8:6

And the seven messengers who had the seven

made themselves ready to blow them.

shofars

8:7

And the first messenger blew his shofar

and there became hail and fire, mingled with blood
and they were thrown upon the land
{and the third of the land was burnt up}
and the third of the trees was burnt up
and all the green grass was burnt up.

8:8

8:9

8:10

8:11

8:12

And the second messenger blew his shofar

and as it was a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea
and the third of the sea became blood;
and the third of the created things died which were in the sea
yes, those living things [died].
and the third of the ships was destroyed.

And the third messenger blew his shofar

and a great star fell out of the heaven, burning like a torch
and it fell upon the third of the rivers
and upon the springs of the waters;
and the name of the star is called Wormwood
and the third of the waters became wormwood,
and many men died from the waters,
because they were made bitter.

And the fourth messenger blew his shofar

and the third of the sun and the third of the moon
and the third part of the stars was struck;
in order that the third of them should be darkened
and the day should not shine for the third of it and the night likewise.

8:13

And I saw and I heard one eagle {/messenger},

flying in mid-heaven directly overhead,
saying with a great voice,
How terrible, how terrible, how terrible!
for those who dwell on the earth,
because of the remaining shofar blare
from the three messengers [ 5th, 6th, and 7th ]
who are about to blow their shofars!

(Rev 9)

1st Catastrophe = 5th Shofar

And the fifth messenger blew his shofar

9:1

9:2

9:3

9:4

9:5

9:6

9:7

9:8

9:9

9:10

9:11

9:12

a
b

and I saw a star [cf. messenger 20:1] out of the heaven that had fallen to the earth
and the key to the pit of the abyss was given to him - the star.
And he opened the pit of the abyss,
and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace,
and the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit.
And locusts came forth, out of the smoke upon the earth,
and power was given to them,
like the scorpions of the earth have.
And they were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth,
neither any green thing, neither any tree,
but only those who do not have the seal of Elohim
on their foreheads.
And it was given to them that they should not kill them,
but that they should be tormented five months
and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion,
when it stings a man.
And in those days men will seek death and will never find it,
and they will desire to die and death will flee from them.
And in appearance, the locusts were like horses prepared for battle,
and upon their heads as it was golden wreath
and their faces were like human faces.
And they had hair like the hair of women
and their teeth were like teeth of lions.
And they had breastplates, like iron breastplates,
and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots,
of many horses rushing to war.
And they have tails like scorpions, also stings,
and they have power to injure hmen with their tails for five months.
They have the agent from the abyss as king over them;
its name in Hebrew is Abaddon a
and in Greek it has the name Apollyon b

The first catastrophe has past.

Behold! still coming are two more catastrophes
2nd (=sixth shofar) and 3rd (=seventh shofar) after these things.

9:11 Abaddon [Heb. destruction]

9:11 Apollyon [Gk. destruction; not destroyer GNB, JUB, Bishops]

2nd Catastrophe = 6th Shofar

9:13

9:14

And the sixth messenger blew his shofar

and I heard a voice one from the {four} horns
of the golden altar the one in sight of Elohim,
one saying to the sixth messenger the one having the shofar,
Release the four messengers
who are bound at the great river Euphrates.

9:15

And the four messengers were loosed,

that had been prepared for this very hour,
yes, {for } [the period of] day and month and year,
to destroy the third of mankind.

9:16

((And the soldiers on horseback[Ezk 38:4] numbered

{two} myriads of myriads! as I heard their number.))

9:17

And thus came into my vision were the horses

and those who sat on them, having breastplates
of fiery red and of hyacinth blue and of brimstone yellow;
The horses had their heads like those of lions,
and fire and smoke and brimstone came out from their mouths.
The third part of men was killed off
by these three plagues
that is to say, the fire and the smoke and the brimstone,
which came out from their mouths.
for | the power of the horses resides in their mouth
and even in their tails:
in fact, their tails resemble serpents with heads,
yes, with these, they inflict injuries.

9:18

9:19

9:20

And the rest of hmen, who were not killed by these plagues,
even then did not repent of the things
which they have made with their own hands,
so as to turn away from worshiping demonic spirits
and worshiping the carved idols of false gods,
made of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood,
which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:

9:21

moreover, they did not repent of their murders,

nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their stealing.

Narrative Interlude 10:1-11: 12

Narrative Interlude
10:1 11:12
(Rev 10)
The Little-Scroll
10:1

10:2

10:3

And I saw
another mighty heavenly messenger
coming down out of the heaven, wrapped with a cloud,
and the rainbow was upon his head
and his face was like the sun
and down to his feet like pillars of fire;
and having in his hand a little-scroll opened-up
and he placed his right foot upon the sea
and his left upon the land;
and he cried with a great voice, like a lion that roars
and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

10:4

And when the seven thunders uttered their voices,

I was about to write them down
but [just then] I heard a voice out of the heaven, saying
Hold! seal up what the seven thunders uttered;
yes, do not write them down.

10:5

And this messenger whom I saw there standing

with his feet both on the sea and on the land [v.1]
lifted up his right hand toward the heaven, {Detu 32:40; Dan 12:7}
and swore by the One who lives forever and ever,

10:6

who created the heaven and all the things in them

and the earth and all the things in it
and the sea and all the things in it: {Neh 9:6; als Exo 20:11; Psa 146:6}
this is what he thundered down:
[Soon] there shall be not much time left any more a
[to the final judgment].[cf 6:11]
10:7

a
b

No, when the time comes for the voice of the seventh messenger
to be heard when he shall be blowing his shofar, [11:15]
then shall the hidden plan b of Elohim have been accomplished,
which He announced in good news to His servants,
{yes,} the prophets.

10:6 time left any more /x: time no longer KJV; /x: delay most, ASV; /x: waiting - ERV;
10:7 hidden plan /x: hidded purpose; /xx: mystery; /x: secret;

Eating The Little-Scroll (Commissioning God message to proclaim Ezk 2 & 3)

10:8

And the voice which I heard out of the heaven,

I heard it again speaking with me and saying
Go! Take the scroll
which is open in the hand of the messenger
who is standing upon the sea and upon the land.

10:9

And I went to the messenger, saying to him to give me the little-scroll.

And he says to me,
Take it and eat it up, and it will make your belly bitter,
but in your mouth it will be sweet like honey.

10:10

And I took the little-scroll out of the messenger's hand and ate it up,
and it was in my mouth sweet like honey
and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter.[Ezk 2:8; 3:1-3]

10:11

And they speak to me,

You must to utter prophecy again over many peoples
and nations and languages and kings. [Jer 1:10; 25:30; Dn 3:4; 7:14]

SEVEN PLAGUES AND HOUR OF POWER

(Rev 11)

Measuring The Temple

11:1

11:2

Thus, there was given to me a measuring rod like a staff,

and {an messenger stood}, saying
Rise and measure off the Mishkan of Elohim
and the Altar [of Incense]
and those who worship in it.
And as to the courtyard, which is outside the Mishkan,
leave that out and do not measure it;
because it has been given to the nations
and they will trample a on the Holy City b [Cf. Lk 21:24]
forty two months. [=1260 d = 3 yr]

Two Witnesses
11:3

And I shall give a task c to my two witnesses d,[ 11:7, 11]

and theyll prophecy
one thousand two hundred and sixty days[=42 mo = 3 yr]
clothed in sackcloth. [cf. Act 1:8]

11:2 will trample the Holy City [points to coming Fall of Yerusalem to shortly occur in CE 70.]

11:2 Holy City [= Holy City 11:2 = points to Yerusalem] [ 17:18]

11:3 give a task /orders BBE; /x: power - KJV; /x: grant authority ESV, NET; /x: allow
GW; /xx: send GNB; /
d
11:3 two witnesses [Cf. Olive tree = Yisrael (Rm 11:17 etc.); Menorah = Ekklesia of Mashiah
(Rev 1:20)] [See EE for various fanciful, fictive, and fallacious interpretations.]
b
c

11:4

((These are [symobized by] the two olive-trees [Cf. Jer 11:16][Cf. Rm 11:17]
and also by the two menorahs, [Cf. 1:20]
standing in the presence of the Lord of the earth. [Zec 4:11,14]

11:5

11:6

11:7

11:8a

c
b

11:9

11:10

11:11

11:12

a
b
c
d

Indeed if anyone wants to harm them,

fire comes forth from their mouth and devours their enemies,
and if anyone wants to harm them,
he must be killed in this manner.
These have the power to shut the gates of the heaven,
that rain ceasing to fall [1Kg 17:1 Eliyahu]
during the days they are prophesying
and they have power over the waters to turn into blood
as well as to strike the earth [Exo 7:17, 19f Mosheh]
with every kind of plague, whenever they want.))
Hower, when the time comes for these two
to have completed their witnessing,
the wild-beast[6:8; 13:1ff] that comes up out of the abyss
will attack them to defeat and put them to death.
And their dead bodies shall lie
alongside the Broadway of the Great City a, [17:18]
the very place where also their Lord was crucified.
((It is in a spirital sense b called Sodom,
even [Pharaohs] Egypt c))
And those from among the peoples and tribes
and languages and nations
{will} look at their dead bodies three and a half years[=42 mo]
as they {will} not allow their dead bodies
to be put in a tomb.
And those dwelling on the land will gloat over them,
call for celebration and congratulate one another with gifts;
because these two Prophets [when alive] had tormented
those who dwell on the land.
But after the three and a half years
spirit of life from Elohim entered into them
and they rose to their feet;
and great fear fell upon those who saw them.
Then a great voice out of the heaven came down to them{/mss}d
saying <Come up here!>.
And they went up into heaven in a cloud[10:1]
as their enemies looking on.

11:8 Great City [= Holy City 11:2 = points to Yerusalem] [ 17:18]

11:8 in a spirital sense /> spiritually; [not literally, but more than figuratively]
11:8 [Pharaohs] Egypt [Heb. Mitsrayim]
11:12 them{/mss} {they-heard} vs. {/I-heard}

11:13

And in that hour there became a great earthquake,

the tenth part of the City falling to the ground,
and there were killed in the earthquake
seven thousand persons
and the rest became terrified
and gave due honor to the Elohim of the heaven.

11:14

The second catastrophe is past:

look, the third catastrophe is coming quickly: [11:15; 15:1ff]]

3rd Catastrophe = 7th Shofar

11:15

And then the seventh messenger blew his shofar,[10:7]

and there became great voices in the heaven and they said,
The kingdom{/mss} of the world now has become overtaken
by our Adonai and of His Mashiah.
and Hegx will reign into the ages of the ages [on this earth].

11:16

And the twenty four elders,

who sit in sight of Elohim on their thrones, [4:4; cf. 20:4]
fell upon their faces and worshiped the Elohim,
saying
We give you thanks, O YHWH El Shaddai a
the One who is and the One who was
{and the One who is coming},
because you have taken your great power and reigned.
And the nations were angered,[ Psa 2:1]
yes, now has Your wrath come!
and the time has come for the dead to be judged
and the time to give their reward
to your servants the prophets,
indeed, to all the consecrated to you,
and to those who fear your name,
from both low and high alike
It is also the time to destroy
those b who are destroying the land!

11:17

11:18

11:19

And the Mishkan of Elohim, which is in the heaven,

was opened, [Eph 3:12]
and the ark of His covenant was seen in His Mishkan,
and there became lightning and rumbling and thunders[ Ex 9:16]
and an earthquake and a heavy hailstorm. [ Ex 9:24]

11:17 O YHWH El Shaddai [kurie vocative][El Shaddai God Almighty also in 15:3; 16:7];
[See EE for details]; /O Lord God Almighty most;
b
11:18 those ~ destroying [=the dragon and the beasts]
a

(Main theme continues to Ch. 15:1ff)

Book II
DRAGON, BEAST, AND IMAGE OF BEAST

((Rev 12))

THE LADY AND THE DRAGON (Signs #1 & #2) 12:1-12:18

IN HEAVEN - LADY, CHILD, and DRAGON,
12:1

12:2

12:3

12:4

12:5

12:6

And a spectacular sign appeared in the heaven:

There a Lady a clothed with the sun!
The moon was under her feet
and upon her head a wreath made up of twelve stars;{Gen 37:9-10}
and she was pregnant and was crying out,
being in labor and in pain of giving birth.
And another sign was seen in the heaven:
And look, a great fiery-red Dragon , b [= satan v.9]
having seven heads and ten horns
and upon each head was a diadem-crown.
And with its tail the dragon swept away
the third part of the stars of the heaven,
dragging them down to the earth. [Dan 8:10]
And the Dragon took up its stand before that Lady
who was about to give birth,
so that, as soon as she would be giving birth to her child,
it may devour it.
And she gave birth to a son, c a male child [Isa 66:7,8][Cf. v.17]
who is about to rule all the nations with an iron rod{Psa 2:9}
and her child was caught up to the Elohim and to His throne.
And the Lady fled into the desert-wilderness,
where she has a place prepared by Elohim,
that there they may is cared for safely
a thousand two hundred and sixty days. [v. 6 v. 14]

a 12:1, 4, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Lady /> Woman; [In IRENT Gk. gun is rendered Lady (in Ch. 12) vs. Woman
(in Ch. 17), differently to help differentiate them.] [Cf. Lady representing Israel. Cf. Gen 3:15.]
b 12:3, 7, 9, 13, 17; 13:2, 4 Dragon [masc. taking pronoun he, his, him]
c 12:5 a son [representing the Mashiah]

HEAVEN TO EARTH: MICHAEL AND DRAGON

12:7

12:8

12:9

12:10

12:11

12:12

((And there broke out a battle in the heaven,

Michael [the archangel] a and the angles with him
battling against the Dragon.
The Dragon and its agents b, for their part,
fought back.
But they did not prevail;
there was no longer a place found for them any more in the heaven.
And the great Dragon was thrown down
the Serpent, the primeval one,
which is called Devil c [slanderer],
yes, the Satan [adversary],
the deceiver of the whole world d
it was thrown down to the earth [Lk 10:18; Jn 12:31; 1Jn 3:8][cf.Jn 16:11]
and its agents were thrown down with it.)) [20:2-3]
And I heard a great voice in the heaven, saying
Now [at last] have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our Elohim and the authority of His Mashiah,
because the accuser e of our fellow brethren
has been thrown down,
which accuses them in sight of Elohim day and night.
And they conquered it
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their soul clinging to life,
not even to death.
Rejoice, then, O the heavens,
and all yo who dwell in them.
But how terrible to {the ones inhabiting} the land and to the sea:
because the devil has come down to yo
in fierce anger,
knowing well that he has but a short time remaining.

ON EARTH: DRAGON, LADY AND HER CHILD (Dragon Persecuting the Lady)
12:13

And when the Dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth,
he began to persecute the Lady
who had given birth to the male child: [ v.5]

12:7 Michael [Michael - In N.T. only here and Jude] [the *archangel Michael Jud 9; Cf. a chief prince in Dan
10:13] [Cf. Gabriel Lk 1:19, 26 as well as Dan 8:16; 9:21.] [Not Jesus]

b
c
d
e

12:7 agents />> angels most;

12:9 Devil [IRENT capitalized in NT only here (title) and in 20:2 as in the phrase Devil, yes, the Satan]
12:9 the whole world [including us and religions of Judaism and Christian religions]
12:10 the accuser [i.e. Devil slanderer v. 9.]

12:14

((Indeed, [as if] the two wings of the great eagle

had-been given to the Lady,
to fly out [to flee] into the desert-wilderness to her place,
where she is cared for safely

for a time and times and half a time

away from the face of the serpent.))

12:15

12:16

12:17

[12:18]

[=3 years]

[v. 14v. 6]

And look the Serpent spewed water out of his mouth, like a river,
after the Lady
in attempt to make her swept-away-by-a-river.
And-but the earth [came to] help the Lady,
opened its mouth to swallow up the river
which the Dragon spewed out of his mouth.
And the Dragon flew into rage with the Lady
and went off to wage war against the rest of her seed, a [ v.5]
those keeping the commandments of Elohim
and holding to the testimony about Yeshua,
and took his stand {/mss} on the shore b of the sea.

((Rev 13)) 13:1-18 Two Beasts

THE SEA-BEAST: (Sign #3) 13:1-13:10
The ten-horned Sea-Beast (looked like Leopard-Bear-Lion)

I saw was this:

13:1

The next thing

13:2

a beast coming-up out of the sea c,[6:8; 11:7; 13:2ff]

having ten horns and seven heads:
and on the horns ten diadem-crowns
and upon each head a blasphemous name{/mss} [13:7; 17:3].
And this sea beast that I saw was like a leopard,
And its feet like those of a bear,
and its mouth like the mouth of a lion.
((And to it the Dragon[ 12:17] gave his own power and his throne,
and conferred great authority.))

13:3

13:4

And I saw one of its heads as though it had received deadly blow,
but its fatal wound was healed;
and the whole earth followed after this sea beast
with admiration;
and they worshiped the Dragon
who gave his authority to this sea beast,
and they also worshiped the sea beast,
exclaiming Who is equal to the sea beast
and has power to wage war against it?

a 12:17 the rest of her seed [= children of Israel who keep the commandments and have faith in Yeshua.] /the
remnant of ~ - KJV; /
b 12:18 shore [Gk. sand]
c 13:1ff; 14:9ff; 15:2ff Sea Beast [sea metaphoric for humanity] [Cf. beast 6:8; 11:7; 16:2ff; 17:3ff; 19:19ff;
20:4ff.]

13:5

And the sea beast was given a mouth

uttering pompous-things and blasphemous words;
and was allowed to exercise ruling authority this way forty two months. [42 mo]

13:6

And it opened its mouth for blasphemies against Elohim

to blaspheme His name {and His dwelling place a},
even{/mss} {those who dwell in the heaven.
{
And it was allowed to make war on those consecrated to God
{and to conquer them}}.{Dan 7:21}
And authority was given to it
over every tribe {and people} and language and nation.
And all who dwell1 on the earth will worship it;
None of them have their names stand written
since the worlds founding [17:8]
in the scroll of the life belonging to the Lamb[cf. Jn 1:29]
who had been slaughtered.

13:7

13:8 a
b
d
c

13:9
13:10

((If anyone has an ear, let him listen:

If anyone leads people into captivity{/mss},
[wait!] into captivity he is to go:
If anyone kills{/mss} people with the sword,
[wait!] with the sword he must be killed. [cf. Mt 26:52] {? Jr 15:2}
Here comes the patient-endurance
and the faith-fullness of those consecrated to God.))

THE LAND-BEAST: (Sign #4) 13:11-13:18

Two-Horned Land-Beast (like a lamb) [19:20; 20:10]
13:11

13:12

13:13

13:14

And I saw another beast coming up out of the land: [ the False Prophet 16 :13]
And it had a pair of horns like a lamb
and it spoke like a dragon;
and exercised all the ruling authority
of the first Beast, the one from the sea
before its very eyes;
and it made the earth and those who dwell on it
to worship the first Beast from the sea
the one whose fatal wound had now healed;
and it performs great signs, even making fire
come down out of the heaven
upon the earth in the sight of everyone.
And this Land Beast deceived those who dwell on the land
by these signs he was permitted to perform
before the very eyes of the Sea Beast,

13:6 dwelling place (skn) = 21:3, (Tent) 15:5; /x: tabernacle KJV;

13:15

13:16

telling those who dwell on the earth,

to make an image of the Sea Beast
who had been [fatally] wounded by the sword but still lived;
and it was granted to him to put breath
into the image of the Sea Beast{/mss} enabling it to speak;
and make anyone who refuse to worship it be put to death.
And the Land Beast forced everyone
both small and great, both rich and poor,
both free men and slaves
to get branded a mark [cf. Gods mark Ezk 9:4-6] [14:9; cf. 14:1]

upon their right hand or their forehead; a

13:17

[vv. 14-16 20:4c] {Deu 16:8}

so that no one can buy or sell,

except those bearing this mark,
which is the [blasphemous] name b belonging to the Sea Beast[13:1]
or the number belonging to its name.

13:18

((Here comes the wisdom [17:9] [one needs]:

As for the one who has insight, let him figure out
[the meaning of] that number belonging to the Sea Beast;
one should know
it is [actually] a number belonging to [something of] human

{yes,} its number is this: 6 6 6 c)).[15:2]

((Rev 14))
INTERLUDE: The Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5) (cf. 7:4)
14:1

14:2

14:3

And I saw, look

{the} Lamb standing on the Mount Zion[7:4] and with Him {a number,}
a hundred and forty four thousand, (144,000=12x12x1000)
having {His name [Yeshua] and} the name of His Father [YHWH]
written on their foreheads.[cf. 14:9]
And I heard a sound [coming down] out of the heaven,
like the sound of many waters
and like the sound of a loud thunder.
And the sound that I heard was
like that by harpists playing on their harps:
and they sing {as it were} a new song before the Throne
and before the four living-creatures and the elders
and no one could learn the song,
except the hundred and forty four {/141} thousand,
who had been bought out of the earth.

13:16 forehead ~ hand (20:4) [figurative (forehead mind, thoughts; hand action). Cf. phylactery]
13:17 name /title [i.e. one of the names on the seven heads of the First Wild-beast 13:1];
c
13:18 6 6 6 [state of mind lacking Gods shalom (shabbat rest)] [Note: futile attempts to identify a
particular historical person, using gematria.] {/616}
a

14:4

14:5

{These are those who have not defiled themselves with women;
indeed, they are pure and chaste as virgins.}
These are those who follow the Lamb
wherever He goes [as martyrs and soldiers].
These were bought {by Yeshua} from among people,
as a first-fruits{/mss} to the Elohim and to the Lamb.
And no lie{/mss} was found in their mouth
{for} | they are unblemished {before the throne of Elohim}.

The Messages of the Three Messengers: (Signs 5) (14:6-13)

14:6

14:7

14:8

And

I saw an{/mss} messenger flying in mid-heaven,

having a message of good news eternal in scope to announce

to those who dwell on the land
and to every nation and tribe and language and people,
saying [it] with a great voice:
Fear the Elohim{/mss} a and give Him glory;
because the hour of His judgment has come.
And worship Him who made the heaven and the earth,
and sea and springs of waters.
And another messenger, who followed him, saying

Fallen! Fallen is Babel b the great, [= 18:2, 21; Isa 21:9; Cf. Jer 51:8]
who has made all the nations to drink
from the wine of Gods fury c on her fornication. [Jer 51:7] [17:2; 18:3]
14:9

14:10

And a third messenger, followed them, saying with a great voice,

If anyone is worshiping the wild-beast and its image d

and receiving to carry a mark
upon ones forehead [cf. 14:1] or upon ones hand, e
then they+ shall indeed drink of the wine of the fury of Elohim.
[from Gods pure justice manifesting]
which is poured, now unmixed [with mercy any more],
into the vessel of Gods wrath [Isa 51:17; Psa 75:8; Jr 25:15]

to be tormented with fire and brimstone

in the presence of the holy messengers
and in the presence f of the Lamb.
14:11

a
b
c
d
e
f

And the smoke of the fire that tormented them is going up

forever and ever;
and day and night [Isa 34:10]
they have no rest [+till their destruction]

14:6 Elohim {/mss} {arthrous kurios; cf. YHWH for anarthrous kurios};
14:8ff Babel /Babylon most;
14:8 fury on her fornication /x: wrath of her fornication most;
14:9 (beast) with its image [the first wild-beast]; /and its image; /or its image Cass; /x: ~ statue;
14:9 forehead ~ hand (13:16; 20:4) [figurative (forehead = mind = thoughts; hand = action)]
14:10 in the presence /before; (Gk enpion) [cf. 2Th 1:9 apo prosopon from the presence of]

for those who worship the wild-beast and his image

and whoever receives and carries the mark bearing its name.
14:12

((Here comes in the patient endurance

on the part of those consecrated to God,
those who keep the commandments a of Elohim
and hold to their faith in Yeshua)).

14:13

And I heard the voice out of the heaven, saying

Write this:
<Blessed be the dead ones
those who die in the Lord>
From now on, {yes indeed }, says the Spirit [of Elohim],
let them rest from their labors,
for what they have done will follow them.

THE LAST HARVEST OF THE EARTH: (Signs 6) (14:14-20)

14:14

And I saw
and look there was a white cloud!
and seated on the cloud was
a figure resembling a son of hman b

[=1:13] {Dn 7:13;10:16}

having on His head a golden wreath of victory

and in His hand a sharp sickle.
14:15

And another messenger came out from the Mishkan,

shouting with a great voice to the one who sat on the cloud,
Thrust in your sickle and gather up:
as the time to gather up has come; ,[Joel 3:13]
now that the crop on the earth is ripe!
14:16

And the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth,
and the earth was harvested.

14:17

Another messenger came out from the Mishkan

which is in the heaven,

and he also had a sharp sickle.
14:18

And another messenger came out from the Altar,

one having authority over the fire,

and called with a great outcry
to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying
Thrust in your sharp sickle out [Joel 3:13]
nd gather in the clusters of grapes
{from the vineyard} of the earth;
because its grapes are now ripe.
14:12 commandments [= Torah instructions and teachings; not law ordinances precepts]
14:14 a figure resembling a son of man [i.e. someone resembling a human being a Messianic figure in Dan
7:13. See fn in 1:13. Cf. the *Son-of-man as Yeshuas circumlocution for I.]

14:19

And the other messenger then thrust his sickle over the earth
and gathered up from the vineyard of the earth
and tossed it into the wine-press
the great winepress, of the anger of Elohim.
And the winepress was stomped on outside the City[Joel 3:13; Isa 63:3]
and there came out blood from the winepress,
as deep as reaching the horses bridles
for a distance of almost two hundred miles.

14:20

(conituous from 11:19)

(Rev 15)

THE SEVEN PLAGUES: (Sign 7) (15:1-16:21)

15:1

And I saw another sign in the heaven,

great and astounding:
seven messengers having in their charge seven plagues[Lev 26:21]
these [soon to be poured out] are the final ones
((they are final because it is with them that
[the expression of] the wrath of Elohim is going to be completed up)).

15:2

15:3

15:4

And I saw something like a glassy sea

mingled with fire,
and there those who had come off victorious
over the 1st wild-beast
yes, over its image,
over [the one who has] the number representing its name.[13:18]
they were standing by this glassy sea,
holding in their hands harps received from Elohim.
And they are singing the song of Moshe, the servant of Elohim, [Ex 15:1; Jos 14:7]
and the song of the Lamb,
saying
Great and marvelous are things You have done,
O YHWH El Shaddai
Righteous and true are Your ways,
O the King of the ages {/mss}!
Who shall not stand in awe of You, O YHWH {Jer 10:7a}
and glorify Your name? { Psa 86:9b}
For You alone are loyal {/mss}!
And indeed, all the nations will come
and worship before You; { Psa 86:9a}

seeing that Your righteousness has been revealed.

15:5

And after these things I looked,

and the Mishkan, ((this is, the Tent a of the Testimony))
was opened up in the heaven:

15:5 Tent (skn dwelling place Rev 21:3); /x: tabernacle KJV;

15:6

15:7

15:8

and there came out from the Mishkan

the seven messengers who had the seven plagues,
clothed with pure {and} bright linen{/mss}
and girded around their chests with golden belts.
And one of the four living-creatures gave to the seven messengers
seven golden bowls full of the anger of Elohim,
who lives forever and ever.
And the Mishkan filled with smoke
from the glory of Elohim and from His power
thus no one could enter the Mishkan,
until the seven plagues from the seven messengers were completed.

(Rev 16)

Seven Bowls of Gods wrath poured down

And I heard a great voice out of the Mishkan, { Isa 66:6}

16:1

saying to the seven messengers,

Yo go and pour out onto the land
the seven bowls of the anger of Elohim.{ Psa 69:24; Jn 10:15; Zp 3:8}
16:2

And the first messenger

went and poured out his bowl down to the land:
And there became a terrible and virulent sore { Deu 28:35; Ex 9:10ff}
upon those men who bore the mark of the beast a
and were worshippers of its image.

16:3

And the second {messenger}

poured out his bowl down to the sea,
And it turned into blood like that from a dead body,
every living creature b in the sea being killed.

16:4

And the third {messenger}

poured out his bowl down to the rivers
and the springs of the waters,
And they turned into blood.
16:5
And I heard the messenger having power over the waters, saying
Righteous are You!
the One who is and who was,
{and} the Holy One{/mss},
because You have passed this judgment:
16:6
Because they the people have shed the blood
of those consecrated to you and of the prophets
and You have given them blood to drink up
[just as] they deserve!

a 16:2 mark of the beast (19:20; cf. 13:17) [mark from/belonging-to the beast]
/> living soul KJV; />> living thing - NIV; /x: life HCSB; /xxx: everything MSG;
b 16:3 living creature /> living soul KJV; />> living thing - NIV; /x: life HCSB;

16:7

16:8

16:9

16:10

16:11

16:12

16:13

16:14

16:15

16:16

16:17

And I heard a voice {of another messenger} from the Altar, saying
Yes, O YHWH El Shaddai! a
True and righteous are Your judgments.

And the fourth messenger

poured out his bowl upon the sun,
and it was given to it to scorch men with fire:
And men were scorched with great heat
and the men blasphemed the name of Elohim
who has the authority over these plagues,
and they did not repent turning from their sins to give Him glory.
And the fifth messenger
poured out his bowl upon the throne of the wild-beast:
And his kingdom became darkened,
and they gnawed their tongues out of pain,
and they blasphemed the Elohim of the heaven
from out of their pains and out of their sores,
and they did not repent of their works. [cf. Gen 6:5]
And the sixth messenger
poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates:
And its water was dried up, so that the way might be made free
for the coming of kings from the suns rising.
And what I saw in my vision was this: there came forth
out of the mouth of the Dragon [=12:9 satan; 20:10 into Lake of Fire]
and out of the mouth of the First Beast [13:1ff]
and out of the mouth of the False Prophet b [ 19:20 into Lake of Fire; 20:10]
three unclean spirits [that looked] like frogs;
indeed, theyre spirits of demons working signs
which goes forth to the rulers {of the land and} of the whole world,
to gather them up for the battle
of that{/mss} Great Day of the Elohim, the Almighty.
((This is how it will be: I shall be coming
[suddenly] just as a bandit would come upon by surprise. [3:3]
Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his outer garments,
so that he wont be walking around naked
to be put publicly to shame.))
And now they these demonic spirits gathered the kings up in the place
which is called Har Megiddo c in Hebrew. [20:8]

And finally the seventh messenger

poured out his bowl down upon the air.

16:7 O YHWH El Shaddai [as vocative of Heb. YHWH God Almighty] [= 11:17]
16:13 the False Prophet [ the Beast from the Land 13:11-15.]
c 16:16 Har Meggido [in Hebrew (meaning Mount of Meggido), man-made, about 70 feet high.] [Gk.
harmaged[d]n (Armageddon/Armagedon in English)] [See Appendix 16:16 Armageddon]
a

And there came a great voice out of the Mishkan{/mss},

coming from the throne, exclaiming,
It is done!
16:18

And there became lightning

and roaring and thunderclaps,
and there became a great earthquake,
such as has not occurred since humans have been upon the land,
so mighty an earthquake so great!

16:19

And the great city became split into three parts

and the cities of the nations fell;
yes, the great Babel was remembered in the sight of Elohim,
and He gave her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath.
And every island fled away
and no mountains were to be found. [cf. 6:14; Zec 14:4,9]
And great hail, each weighing as much as a hundred pounds,
comes down upon men from the sky
and men blasphemed Elohim due to the plague of the hail,
so terrible a plague it was.

16:20

16:21

(Rev 17)
(=Parenthetical explanatory material)

The Great Idolatress the Harlot and the Wild-Beast:

Judgment on Babel I
17:1

17:2

17:3

((And one of the seven messengers who had the seven bowls [16:1]
came and spoke to me, saying
Come up here, I will show you the judgment of
the Harlot[Hos 5:3; 9:1; Ezk 16] a, the idolatress par excellence
who has her place near many waters; [Jer 51:13]
by whom the rulers of the land committed fornication[Isa 23:17]
and those who dwell in the land were made drunk
with the wine of her fornication.[Jer 51:7] [14:8; 18:3]
So he carried me away in [the power of] spirit [21:10]
into a desert-wilderness
and this is what I saw there: an idolatrous Woman
mounted on a wild-beast, which was scarlet color.
The beast was covered all over with blasphemous titles[13:1],
having seven heads and ten horns.

17:1, 5 harlot (s) [alludes to the harlot in Hosea, apostate Yisrael. Also the allegory of two sisters
Ezk 23:4-10 (Oholah) & 11-35 (Oholibah); Gods unfaithful bride Ezk 16] />> whore; />> prostitute;

17:4

17:5

And the Woman was dressed in purple and scarlet

and arrayed with gold and precious stone and pearls,
having in her hand a golden cup
full of abominations and
the unclean things of her fornication of the land,
and upon her forehead was written a name, a mystery a:
<BABEL THE GREAT,
The Mother of the Harlots b,
and of the Abominations of the Land>:

17:6

And I saw that the Woman was drunk

drunk from the blood of those consecrated to God,
yes, from the blood of the martyrs for Yeshua.
And when I saw her,
I was astonished with great astonishment.

17:7

And the messenger said to me,

Why are you astonished? Im going to tell you and explain
[the meaning of] this mystery
that is, the Woman and the wild-beast that carries her
the one as you saw with the seven heads and the ten horns.

17:8

The wild-beast which you saw on which she was riding

was [once alive], but is no longer [alive],
and is about to come up out of the abyss
and to head for destruction.
Those who dwell on the land
whose names have not been written
in the scroll of the life
since the worlds founding [13:8] [Eph 1:4; Mt 25:34; cf. 1Pe 1:20]

they will be astonished when they see

how this -beast was [once alive],

but is no longer,
and yet is to be present again{/mss}.
17:9

17:10

a
b
c

((Here the mind that has wisdom[13:18] comes in.

Grasp this:))
The seven heads stand for seven hills c,
on which the Woman is sitting:
also they stand for seven kings;
the five have fallen,
the [sixth] one is [currently ruling],
the other, [seventh], has not yet come

17:10 a name, a mystery [i.e. a title with a cryptic meaning]

17:10 Harlots [metaphoric for idolatresses, worshiping other than Elohim the Most High.]
17:10 seven hills [= Seven Hills of Rome. See Overview: Maps]; /x: seven mountains most;

but when this one comes,

only for a brief time he must remain.
17:11

And as for the wild-beast that was [once alive] but is no longer,
it is also itself an eighth king a
yet it springs from out of the seven,
and it heads for destruction.

17:12

And the ten horns that you saw stand for ten kings,
who have not yet received royal power;
but they are to receive authority to rule,
for one [brief] hour,
sharing that authority with the wild-beast.

17:13

These have one single thought[cf. v. 17]

and what power and authority they have,
they confer{/mss} to the wild-beast.
These shall make war against the Lamb
and the Lamb will defeat them,
because he is Lord of lords and King of kings,
and [to share in victory] along with him [and on his side] are
those who are called and chosen and faithful.

17:14

17:15

17:16

17:17

17:18

a
b

And he says to me,

The waters which you saw
where the harlot has taken up her residence represent
peoples and populations, and nations and languages.
And the ten horns which you saw
yes, the wild-beast, will come to hate the harlot.
They will make her desolate and strip her naked [Ezk 16:37, 39 etc]
and will devour up her flesh
and will burn her up with fire.
In fact, what has happened is that the Elohim has put it
into the hearts of the ten horns
so that they should carry out the plan of His own,
that is, they themselves should have but one purpose
and bestow their royal power upon the wild-beast,[cf. v. 13]
until the words of Elohim should have found fulfilled.
And the Woman whom you saw stands for that Great City b [11:8],
which has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.))

17:11 king [= kingdom]

17:18 Great City [11:8 = Holy City 11:2 = points to Yerusalem]

(Rev 18)
ARMAGEDDON AND MARRIAGE OF LAMB
Babel judged - II
18:1

18:2

18:3

18:4

18:5

18:6

18:7

After these things I saw another messenger

coming down out of the heaven, having great authority,
and the earth was illuminated from his glory.
And he cried with a great voice, saying
Fallen! Babel the Great [City] has fallen!
And she has become a dwelling for demon-gods
and a guarded place for every spirit unclean
and a guarded place for every bird unclean
{and a guarded place for every beast unclean} and detested.
Because out of the wine of the wrath of her fornication [14:8; 17:2]
all the nations have fallen,
and the rulers of the land committed fornication with her
and the merchants of the land have become rich
from the power of wealth in her luxury.
And I heard another voice out of the heaven, saying
Come out of her, my people, [Jer 51:6,45]
so that yo will have no part in her sins
and come out of her plagues so that yo do not share{/mss}:
because her sins have reached even to the heaven
and the Elohim has remembered her wrong-doing.
Treat her as she has treated {yo}
and pay her back double for what she has done.
Mix her a double portion
from her own cup.
Give her as much torment and misery
as she exalted herself and lived sensual luxury,
because she says to herself,
<I sit enthroned as a queen
and am not a widow;
and will never suffer grief.>

18:8

That is why in one single day her plagues will come

along with deadly disease and miserly and famine.
And she will be utterly burned down with fire;
because mighty is YHWH Elohim a who judges her.

18:9

And the rulers of the land,

who committed fornication and lived-wantonly with her,

18:8 YHWH Elohim [Heb. = LORD God] (also 1:8; 22:6);

18:10

18:11

18:12

18:13

will weep and grieve over her [fate], [Ezk 26:16, 17]
when they look upon the smoke as she burns.
They will stand afar off in fear of her torment,
and will say,
<How terrible!
How terrible it is for you,
O the Great City, Babel,
the mighty City!
Because in a single hour
the judgment on you has come.>
And the merchants of the land weep and mourn over her,
because no one is buying their cargo any more
cargo of gold, silver, precious stone, pearls,
fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth;
and all kinds of aromatic-wood;
and all kinds of articles of ivory;
and all kinds of articles
[made] of costly wood and of brass and iron and marble;
and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense;
and wine and oil
and fine flour and wheat;
and cattle and sheep;
and cargo of horses and of carriages
and cargo of slave bodies yes, human lives a.

18:14

And the fruit of pleasure which your soul has lusted after
are gone from you!
and all your luxuries and splendor are lost from you,
never to be found again!

18:15

The merchants of these things, who were enriched by her,

will stand afar off
because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning.
They are saying
<How terrible,
how terrible it is for the Great City,
she who was dressed in fine-linen, and purple and scarlet
and arrayed with gold, precious stone and pearls!
Because in a single hour
so great wealth is made desolate.>

18:16

18:17a

18:17b

18:18

And every ship-master and everyone who sails any place

and mariners and as many as gain work by the sea, stood afar off,
and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying

18:13 human lives /x: souls of men KJV;

<What city is like the Great City?>

18:19

And they threw dust on their heads and cried,

weeping and mourning, saying
<How terrible!
How terrible it is for the Great City
where all who had their ships in the sea
became rich from her wealth
because in a single hour she is laid waste in ruin!> [Ezk 27:30-34]

18:20

((Rejoice over her fate, [Jer 51:48; Ezk 27:30-34] O heaven,

and also all yo the consecrated{/mss} apostles and the prophets;
for | the Elohim has pronounced judgment on her for yor sakes.))

18:21

And one mighty messenger took up a stone like a great millstone

and threw it into the sea, saying
In this way, with a swift violent stroke

Babel the Great City will be thrown down

and will never be found again. [Jer 51:63,64]
And the sound of harpists, singers, flutists and shofar-blowers
will be heard no more at all in you,
and no craftsman of any craft,
will be found any more in you again,
and the noise of a mill
will be heard no more in you again;
and the light of a lamp
will shine no more in you again,
and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride
will be heard no more in you again.

18:22

18:23

For | your merchants

were the magnates of the land;
For | all the nations
were deceived by your practice of spiritism.
And indeed, it is in her that there was to be found
the blood of prophets and of those consecrated to God
and, in fact, the blood of all those
who have been slain on the land. {Jr 51:49}

18:24

(Rev 19)
Rejoice over Babels fall
19:1

After these things, I heard

what sounded like a mighty roar of a vast throng in the heaven,
Saying
Praise Yah a!

19:1, 3, 4, 6 Praise Yah [*Yah = A short form of *YHWH, the name of Elohim)]; /x: Praise Jah NWT;
/HalleluYah; /Hallelujah - most; /> Alleluia KJV, etc.; / [alllouia - Gk transliterate of the Hebrew (e.g. Psa 116:19) only occurs here in the N.T. See O.T. quoted in Rm 15:11.]

19:2

19:3

Salvation and glory and power belong to our Elohim a:

because true and just are
His judgments; [Psa 104:35]
because He has judged the great harlot,
who corrupted the land with her fornication
and He has taken vengeance on her
for the blood of His servants shed at her hand. [Deut. 32:43]
And a second time they said,
Praise Yah!
And the smoke from her burning ruins
billows up forever and ever.

19:4

And the twenty four elders and the four living-creatures fell down
and worshiped the Elohim the One seated on the throne,
saying,
Amen! Hallelu Yah!

19:5

Then, a voice came forth from the throne area, saying

Give praise to our Elohim,
all of yo [who are] His servants,
small and great,
all yo who have reverence for Him,

Marriage feast of the Lamb

Marriage feast of the Lamb

19:6

And I heard as it was the voice of a great crowd

and like the voice of many waters
and like the voice of mighty thunders,
saying
Praise Yah!

19:7

19:8

because YHWH El Shaddai b reigns.

Let us rejoice and be glad

and let us give Him the glory: [Psa 104:35. etc.]

for | the marriage-feast of the Lamb has come
and His bride has made herself ready. [21:2]
And it was given to her that she might dress herself
in fine-linen, bright and pure.
((What is siginified here by the fine-linen is
the righteous deeds of those who consecrated to God.))

19:9

And the angle says to me,

Write this down: Blessed are those
who are invited to the supper at marriage-feast of the Lamb!

19:1 our Elohim {/mss Adonai our Elohim - with anarthrous kurios; /> Lord our God};

19:6 YHWH El Shaddai {/mss} /LORD God Almighty; \ (= 21:22 with the
articular thurios); /the Lord God Almighty most;.{/mss our God ~}

And he says to me,

These are true words a of Elohim.
19:10

And I fell down at his feet

[to prostrate about] in homage before him.
And he says to me,
Look be careful! you must not do this!
Only a fellow-servant Im with you and your fellow brethren
all those holding to the testimony about Yeshua b:
It is only the Elohim whom you should render worship!
((Indeed, as to this testimony about Yeshua,
it is the very spirit which underlies all prophesying.))

Second Coming of the Mashiah

(Second) Coming of the Mashiah

19:11

19:12

19:13

19:14

19:15

19:16

a
b
c
d
e
f

And I saw the heaven opened,

and look!
A white horse c and the One who seated on it;
He is called Faithful and True,
For | He is righteous in His judgment and in war.
And His eyes are a flame of fire
and upon His head are many diadem-crowns,
((He has a name written [v. 16] [on His head]
the name no one except He Himself knows.))
And He is dressed in a garment dipped with blood
and His name is called the Word of Elohim. d [Jn 1:1; 1Jn 5:7b v.l.]
And the armies that are in the heaven,
clothed in fine-linen, white and pure,
were following Him, riding also on white horses.
And out of His mouth proceeds a sharp sword,
so that He may strike the nations with it
and He will shepherd them with an iron rod
and He tramples on the winepress
of the furious wrath of Elohim the Almighty.
And He has a title put embroidered on the robe, [1:13]
yes, on it over His thigh [level], e
which reads,
<KING OF KINGS> f
and <LORD OF LORDS>.

19:9 words of Elohim (logoi) [cf. v. 13 the Word (logos) of Elohim (> the Word of God)]
19:11 the testimony about Yeshua [Or, what Yeshua testifies]
19:11 white horse [not same as the one in 6:2 where the rider is an anti-Mashiah]
19:13 the Word of Elohim (logos); > the Word of God
19:16 yes, on it over His thigh level /x: and on His thigh - most;
19:16 KING OF KINGS [in the sense of King over kings, not King among kings.]

19:17

And I saw one messenger standing in the sun light,

and he cried with a great voice,
saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven,

19:18

19:19

19:20

19:21

Come and be gathered together to the great supper a of Elohim;

that yo may eat the flesh of rulers
and the flesh of chief captains
and the flesh of mighty men
and the flesh of horses and of those who sit upon them
and the flesh of all
of both freemen and slaves
and of both small and great.
And I saw the Beast and the rulers of the land and their armies,
gathered together to wage the war
with the One who seated on the horse and with His army.
And the Beast[13:1 vs. 13:11] was captured
and so was the False Prophet. [16:13]
((The false prophet performed the signs
in the presence of the wild-beast
thus leading astray those who had received the mark of the wild-beast b
and who were worshippers of its image.))
While still alive, the two were thrown into the Lake of the Fire, [cf. Mt 25:41]
which is burning with brimstone. [20:10]
And the rest kings and armies were killed
by the sword of the One seated on the horse,
the sword which came forth out of His mouth
and all the birds gorged themselves the flesh of those killed.

(Rev 20) a thousand year reign

A Thousand Year Reign; Satan in Chain
AThousand-year Reign; Satan in chain
20:1

20:2

20:3

And I saw an messenger [cf. star 9:1] coming down out of the heaven,
having the key to the abyss
and a huge chain in the hand.
And this angle seized the Dragon
the Old Serpent, which is Devil c, yes, the Satan, [12:9]
{the one deceiving the whole inhabited earth}
to bound it a thousand year;
and threw it into the abyss
and shut it and put a seal on it,
so that it could not deceive the nations any more,

19:17 the great suffer of Elohim /x: the suffer of the great God KJV;
19:20 mark of the beast (16:2; cf. 13:17) [mark from/belonging-to the beast]
/> living soul KJV; />> living thing - NIV; /x: life HCSB; /xxx: everything MSG;
c
20:2 Devil [Capitalized in quotation - in NT only here and in 12:9 for the fixed phrase Devil + Satan]
a

until that thousand year should come to end.[20:4c]

((After these things it shall be let loose for a little time. [v. 7ff]))


First group of resurrection & the thousand-year reign

First group of resurrection

20:4a

Coming into my vision,

thrones were the next thing appeared to me

[The scene is closing on up:]
there taking seats on them were those
to whom [function to give out] unveiling of judgment had been granted:
b

yes, I saw these [martyred] persons a,

those who had been beheaded6:9-11]
for their bearing the testimony on Yeshua
and for their proclaiming the Word of Elohim
indeed, whosover had not worshiped the wild-beast
nor its image
and had refused to let the mark of seal put
on their forehead or on their hand b

20:5a

20:5b

20:6

{Ezk 9:4} [13:14-16]

Indeed, it was they who had come to Life c, and [now on thrones]
reigned with the Mashiah for a thousand years d [cf. 20:2, 3],
{
while, the rest of the dead did not come to Life{/mss}e
until the thousand years should be ended.}[ 20:12ff]
This is what represents
the first [group of] resurrection:
Blessed and consecrated to God is
the one who takes part in such first [group of] resurrection!
Over these [blessed people] the Second Death has no power;
no, they shall be kohanim[cf. 1:6; 5:10] of the Elohim
and of the Mashiah
and they are going to reign [5:10] with the Mashiah [v.11]
for {that} thousand years.

20:4 persons [Here and also in 6:9, it is important to avoid rendering it as souls as in KJV, which
gives a wrong picture of immortal soul or dismembered soul/spirit.] [See EE, GG]
b
20:4 forehead ~ hand [figurative (forehead = mind = thoughts; hand = action. Cf. phylactery)]
c
20:4 Life [i.e. resurrection life with immortality (not immortal soul)]
d
20:4, 5, 6, 7 thousand years (of Mashiahs reign; cf. 20:2, 3 Satans imprisonment) [ ]
[From Latin mille anni comes our English word millennium] [See GG]
e
20:5a came to life {/mss} /lived; {/lived again KJV};
a


After the Thousand Year Reign;
Released Satan hurled into the Fierly Lake; The Second Death
After the thousand year reign
20:7

20:8

[v. 3]

And whenever these thousand years are ended,

the satan shall be let loose from out of its imprisonment,
and shall go out to deceive the nations
which are in the four corners of the land
[the enterprise of] Gog [the prince] and {his} Magog
and gather them up for a battle{/mss}; [16:16 Har Maggido]
their numbers countless as the grains of sand at the seashore.

20:9

And they advanced up over the broad-plain of the land

laying siege to the place
where those who consecrated to God have their encamptment#1,
yes, the City of His love.
However, fire came down {from Elohim} out of the heaven
and consumed them up utterly!

20:10

And the devil deceiving them was hurled

into the Lake of the Fire of burning brimstone [// Mt 25:41 eternal fire]
where {both} a the Beast[13:1] and the False Prophet [13:11; 19:20] were b
already hurled in [19:20]
and they {+ the Evil trio} will be tormented there

day and night forever and ever.

Scroll of the life & the Second Death

Scroll of the life and the Second Death

20:11

And I saw a great white throne[v. 6]

and the One seated on it;
from whose face [all the powers of] the earth and the heaven
had fled away,[12:1] [2Pe 3:10-12][Cf. Mt 24:35; //Mk 13;32; //Lk 21:33]
and not a place was found any longer for them [to stand].

20:12

And I saw [the rest of] the dead ones, [those who were not part
of the first group of resurrection] [20:5][cf. Jn 5:29],
the great and the small ones,
standing there before the throne{/mss}.
And there,
scrolls [of the Scripture] were opened.[Cf. Dan 7:10]
Also opened [alongside] was another scroll,

which is the scroll of the life.[20:15]

a
b

20:10 both - NWT, Darby; /x: also - /~~ too NET; /{/mss} omit ASV, KJV, ESV;
20:10 were already /are ASV; /are KJV; /

And these dead ones [v.15] given judgment sentence

following what was recorded
in these opened scrolls

20:13

in accordance with what theyve done in their life.[//v. 13b]

Yes, [it is that] the sea[21:1] gave out

the dead ones who were in it,
and the Death, yes, its Hades, gave out the dead
who were in their keeping.
And these dead ones were given judgment sentence, [Mt 25:31; 2Co 5:10]
each one
in accordance with what theyve done in their life.[//v.12c]

20:14

And, as for the Death, yes, its Hades [1Co 15:26, 54]
they were hurled into the Lake of the Fire.
This is the Second Death.[cf. Isa 25:7-8; 1Co 15:26] [21:8]

20:15

Then, if anyone has not found[20:12b] [among those] as having

their names written in the scroll of the life[3:5][cf. Dan 12:1]

they were hurled into the Lake of the Fire[cf. Jn 5:29; Mal 4:1-3; cf. Mt 25:41]

HOLY CITY

(Rev 21) a new heaven and a new earth

21:1

21:2

21:3

And I saw a new heaven

and a new earth a.{Isa 65:17; 66:22} [2Pe 3:5-7, 10, 13]
Indeed, gone were the former heaven
and the former earth, b [20:11] [cf. Lk 16:17; Mt 5:18]
and the sea[20:13] is no longer present.
And I saw the Holy City New Yerusalem [//Isa 52:1]
coming down out of the heaven from Elohim,
made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. [19:7]
And I heard a great voice from out of the throne [area] {/mss}c [cf. 5:6]
saying
Look The dwelling place d of Elohim is among mankind

And He will dwell with them

And they will be His own peoples
And the very Elohim Himself, He will be right with them [Ezk 37:27, etc.]
{ yes, their Elohim}!

21:1 a new heaven and a new earth [the new order of things of Gods regin in the Renewed
Covenant. Cf. Heb 8:13]
b 21:1 the former heaven and the former earth [of the former Old Covenant] [not literal physical world
of heaven, sky, cosmos, earth.]
c 21:3 the throne [area]{/mss} {/heaven}
d 21:3 dwelling place (skn); /x: tabernacle KJV;
a

21:4

And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,

And death will be no more; [21:4a///Isa 25:7-8]
Neither mourning in grief, nor crying in anguish,
nor pain in suffering will be there anymore;
{because} the former things [of the old order]
are past and gone. [v.4 //Isa 65:19; 35:10]

21:5

And the One seated on the throne said,

Look, Im making all things new.
And He says,
Write it down because these words are trustworthy and true.
And He said to me,
These are done!{/mss}
I, I {am} the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning a and the end.
To the one who is thirsty,
I myself will give water as free
from the fountain of the Living Water.
The one who has comes off victorious
shall receive b these things {/mss} as promised,
And Ill be to them+ as Elohim c
and they+ surely shall be to me as sons+.[2Sm 7:14 he = Dawid]

21:6

21:7

21:8

((But as for the cowards and unbelieving {and sinners}

and abominable and murderers and those sexually immoral
and those engaged in spiritism
and idolaters and all the deceivers, [cf. 21:27; 22:15]
the portion allotted to them shall be
in the Lake that is aflame with fire and brimstone
that is the Second Death[20:14].))

New Jersalem and her destiny

New Yerusalem and Her Destiny

21:9

And there came one of the seven messengers

who had the seven bowls full of the last seven plagues
and spoke with me, saying
Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

21:10

And he carried me away [the power of] in spirit [17:3]

to a mountain, great and high,[Ezk 40:2]
and showed me the Holy City, Yerusalem, [Isa 52:1] [the New One],
coming down out of the heaven from Elohim,
having the glory of Elohim:
the brilliance of light of the City was like a stone most precious,
as a jasper stone shining crystal clear:

21:11

a
b
c

21:7 beginning [No beginning exists of Elohim, who holds beginning+end of creation work. Jn 1:1]
21:7 receive ~ as promised /x: inherit; /
21:7 be to them+ as Elohim (Heb); /> be his God;

21:12

having a great and high wall with twelve gates,[Ezk 48:31ff etc.]
and there was twelve messengers at the gates
which had names inscribed upon them,
the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

21:13

There were three gates on the east

and three gates on the north,
and three gates on the south,
and three gates on the west.

21:14

And the wall of the City had twelve foundations

and inscribed on them were
the {twelve} names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

21:15

And this messenger who spoke with me

had a golden measuring rod like a stick,
to measure off the City and its gates and its wall:
And the City is laid out as a square
and the length is same as the width;
and he measured the City with the reed
it came to twelve thousand {and twelve} stadia, a
the length and the width and its height being equal. b

21:16

21:17

And he measured [the thickness of] its wall itself

it was a hundred and forty four cubits thick,
[144=12x12]
according to the measure of a man, that is, also, of an messenger.

21:18

And the structure of its wall was jasper

and the City was of pure gold, bright as crystal-clear glass.

21:19

The foundation-stones of the wall of the City were adorned

with every sort of precious stones:
The foundation-stone was
the first one, jasper;
the second, sapphire;
the third,
chalcedony;
the fourth,
emerald;
the fifth,
sardonyx;
the sixth,
carnelian;
the seventh, chrysolite;
the eighth,
beryl;
the ninth,
topaz;
the tenth,
chrysoprase;
the eleventh, hyacinth;
the twelfth, amethyst.

21:20

21:21

a
b

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls;

each one of the gates was made of one pearl.
And the street of the City was of pure gold like transparent glass.

21:16 stadia [here, prob. in circumference] [stadion (furlong - KJV) 800 ft (185 m)]
21:16 L x W x H being equal [i.e. a cube having 12 edges]

21:22

21:23

21:24

And I saw no Mishkan in the City:

indeed, the very YHWH El Shaddai a is the Mishkan;
and so is the Lamb.
And the City has no need of the sun, neither of the moon,
to shine upon it:
indeed, the glory of Elohim illuminated it
and its lamp is the Lamb. [v. 23 //Isa 60:19]
And the nations {of the ones being saved}
will walk by its light

21:25

21:26

21:27

and the rulers of the land bring their glory

{and honor {of the nations}} into it. [v. 24 //Isa 60:3]
And its gates will never be shut all day;
((indeed, there will be no night there)):
and they will bring the glory
and the honor of the nations into it: [v. 25-26 //Isa 60:11]
And no, nothing profane
shall have entered into it:
and no one who is doing things abominable or deceitful ways
shall enter. [cf. 21:8; 22:15]
No one shall be there except those who have been inscribed
in the scroll of the life belonging to the Lamb
shall have entered into it:
only those shall enter who have been written
in the scroll of the life belonging to the Lamb.

(Rev 22)
22:1

And this messenger showed me

a river of the Water of Life, clear like crystal,

22:2a

flowing out {Zc 14:8}

from the throne of Elohim and of the Lamb, {Jr 3:17}
down in the middle of its broad-way.

22:2b

And on this side of the river and on that side {Ezk 47:1-12}
there stand living trees,{Pro 3:18} [cf. 22:14, 19]
producing twelve different fruits,
bearing its fruit every month
and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

22:3

And nothing accursed will be any more. {Zec 14:11}

And the [one] throne of Elohim and of the Lamb will be in the City.
And the servants of Elohim b will be serving c Him;

a
b
c

21:22 YHWH El Shaddai Heb. /LORD God Almighty; [=19:6 arthrous kurios]; /the ~ most;
21:3 of Elohim [Gk. his]
21:3 serve (latreu) [Cf. latreia sacred service > worship Rm 12:1] - KJV, etc.; /offer sacred

service NWT; />> worship; /

22:4

22:5

and they shall see His face,

and shall have His name inscribed upon their foreheads a.
And there will be no more night, [v. 5///Isa 60:20-21a]
and they need no light of a lamp, no light of the sun; {Isa 60:19; Psa 139:12}
because YHWH Elohim will shine upon them.

And they will reign as kings forever and ever. {Dn 7:18, 27}

PART V. EPILOGUE (22:6-20)

The Lords last warning and the apostles last prayer
Imminent Expectation: Prophetic exhortation & interpretation
22:6
And he said to me,

These words are trustworthy and true

and YHWH Elohim b of the prophets spirits has sent His messenger
to show to His servants the things
which must happen shortly.
22:7

And Yes Im

coming[1:7] speedily.[3:11; 22: 12, 20]

((Blessed is the one who gives heed to the words

of the prophecy of this scroll.))
22:8

And I, Yohanan, am the one who heard and saw these things.
And when I heard and saw,
I fell down at his feet [to prostrate about] in homage before him
who was showing me these things.

22:9

And he says to me,

Careful! No, not this to me!
Im just a fellow-servant with you
and with your brothers who are the prophets
and with those who give heed to the words in this scroll.
Only to the Elohim you give your worship!

22:10

Then, he says to me,

Do not seal up the words of the prophecy in this scroll
for | the due time is near[1:3]. {Cf. Dan 12:4 do seal up}

22:11

a
b
c

((The one who is doing unrighteousness c,

let him still do unrighteousness.
And the one who is {making} filthy,
let him still be {making} filthy.
And the one who is righteous,
let him still do righteousness.
And the one who is sanctified,
let him still be sanctified.))

22:4 upon their foreheads (epi tn metpn autn) (> on ~; /x: in ~) [fig. in their minds] [Cf. phylactery]
22:6 YHWH Elohim (Heb.) = LORD God / (also 1:8; 18:8)
22:11 doing unrighteousness /x: evildoer ESV, NET; /

22:12

Im coming speedily, [3:11; 22:7, 20]

Yes,

and bringing my reward with me,

to repay each one for what he has done.
22:13

I, I am the Alpha and the Omega, [Cf. 1:8 for Y H W H]

the First and the Last, [1:17; 2:8]

the Beginning [=3:14] and the End. a

Blessed are the ones living out His commandments{/mss}b

22:14

that their privilege will be over the Tree of the Life[2:7; 22:19; cf. 22:2; Gen 2:9]
to come-to and eat

and they may enter into the City by the gates.

((But shut out [of the City] are the dogs and the sorcerers
and the fornicators and the murderers and the idolaters
yes, everyone who has fondness of falsehood to live out deception.
[+ those whose fate was of their own choice, yeah, the second Death].)) [21:8]

22:15

Prophetic authentication

I,

22:16

Yeshua, have sent my messenger

to testify to yo all about these things

for the [seven] congregations.
I, I am the Root of Dawid c [5:5] and the Seed of Dawid [Rm 1:3; 2Ti 2:8]
the bright morning star. d
22:17

And the Spirit [of Elohim] and the bride say, Come, Lord
And everyone hearing this should also say, <Come>
And come, whoever is thirsty, take water of Life free,
whoever wants it.

22:18

do bear witness to{/mss}e everyone who hears

the words of the prophecy in this scroll [as it is read aloud]:
<If anyone bringing in any addition to these words [they hear]
the Elohim will bring upon them+ the plagues
the plagues which are written in this scroll

22:13 <verse> Trifold Hebrew parallel expressions [* for YHWH]

Alpha ~ Omega Rev 1:8*; 21:6*; 22:13. (1:11 v.l.)
the Beginning Rev 21:6*; 22:13 [= The First Priniciple - Cause of all things(that who has all begun), not that
which was begun]; the End [= The Last Principle Goal of all things, not that which will end]
the First and the Last [Here, of the new creation in Yeshua. In Isa 44:6; 48:12 it is self-designation by YHWH.]
b 22:14 living out His commandments{/mss} (poie) {/washing their robes clean}
c 22:16 Root of Dawid (rhiza); [= 5:5] [Root, Dawid is from + Root from Dawid][Cf. Isa 11:1, 10 Root of
Yishai (> Jesse)]
d 22:16 the bright morning star [Here refers to the Mashiah.] [Cf. Num 24:17 a star shall come out of Yaakob (>
Jacob) Cf. star Mt 2:2, 9][Cf. Isa 14:12 bright morning star; /x: Lucifer KJV, Vulg. refers to King
Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. Many misinterpret it as Satan.] [Cf. the morning star 2:28]
e 22:18 I do bear witness to{/mss} {/I do bear-witness-together with}
a

22:19

22:20

And if anyone takes away the words a in the scroll

of this prophecy, [Deu 4:1-2; 12:32]
the Elohim will take away from them+ all the share
in the Tree of the Life b [2:7; 22:14; Gen 2:9] and out of the Holy City
the share which are written about in this scroll c.>
[Yeshua,] the One who testifies to these things, says,

Yes! Im coming speedily. [3:11; 22:7, 12]

Amen! Come, Lord Yeshua!
Epistolatory Closing
22:21
The grace of {our} Lord Yeshua {Mashiah}
be with all {yo}{/mss}d. {Amen!} e

The End of Text

a
b
c

d
e

22:19 words ~ of this prophecy [not words in the commandments]]

22:19 Tree (of Life) [mss variant: incorrect reading Book (of Life) is in KJV, etc. See EE]

22:19 in this scroll /in this book; [not in the scripture];

22:18 {yo} {/mss} {/the saints}

22:21 Amen [Heb. = so shall it be]

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Overview
A short introduction
The Book was written to provide an answer with hope and consolation to the audience in
the first century being severely persecuted under the Roman Emperor not for our
modren people living in the future thounsands year from thereon to satisfy the
inquisitive mindset about the so-called End of the World, as shown in plethora of
prophecy-mongers and prophecy-freaks in the history down to this day.
The Messianic Community of Revelation is characterized as (1) the persecuted
community; (2) the worshipping community prostrating before the throne (= Gods
sovereingnity over the creation) the throne being focus of their living and their
worshipping a) God is in control fe history of humanty (b) and worshipping from the
faith that God is in control of our life and living.

About the date of its composition:

From Kenneth Gentry (1989), Before Jerusalem Fell: (pp. 130-1)
Book of Revelation, it would seem, served as Johns disposition of the Olivet
Discourse which all the Gospels contain but for G-John; or, it may be seen as getting its
framework from the apocalyptic sections of the Sypontic Gospels.
[Revelation] bears the same relation to the last discourse in St. Matthew, which the
Epistles bear to the last discourse in St. John. . . . (Bernard, Progress of Doctrine, p.
201)

Outline (1)
Russell p. 877

1
2

3
4
5
6
7

Book of Revelation
Prologue
Vision of the Seven Churches
Vision of the Seven Seals
Vision of the Seven Shofars
Vision of the Seven Mystic Figures@
Vision of the Seven Bowls
Vision of the Great Harlot
Vision of the Bride
Epilogue

Ch 1:1-8
Ch. 1; 2; 3
Ch. 4; 5; 6; 7;
Ch. 8; 9; 10; 11
Ch. 12; 13; 14
Ch. 15; 16
Ch. 17; 18; 19; 20
Ch. 21; 22:1-5
Ch. 22:8-21

@ Ch. 12, 13, 14: The vision of the seven mystic figures > Vision of Sun-clad Lady (after
Russell p. 448)
(1) The Lady clothed with the sun the persecuted apostolic church of Judea;
(2) The great red dragon;
(3) The male Child;
(4) The wild-beast from the sea;
(5) The wild-beast from the land;
(6) The Lamb on the Mount Sion;
(7) The Son-of-man on the cloud.

Outline (2)
Adapted from (1) WJ Harrington, Revelation (Sacra Pagina vol. 16) (Liturgical Press
1993) pp.22-23; and from (2) JR Michaels, Revelation (IVP NT Commentary Series)
(IVP 1997) pp.30-32;42-44, the latter esp. for the first column of the table. See Appendix
in this file for a detailed version.

I. Yohanan in spirt
in the Lords Day
(1:9 3:22)

II. Yohanan Caught

up in spirit
to Heaven
(4:1 16:21)

1:1-8

Prologue
(4-8 Epistolatory Introduction)

1:9-20

Yohanans call; Vision of One Like a Son-of-man

Chs. 2-3

Prophetic Messages to the Seven Congregations

Chs. 4-5

The Scroll Vision

6:1 8:5

The Seven Seals

8:6 11:19
@
Ch. 12

The Seven Shofars (= 7th seal 7 final plagues)

Ch. 13
Ch. 14

III. Yohanan Taken

in spirit to the
Desert-Wilderness

(17:1- 21:8)
IV. Yohanan Taken
in spirit to a
Mountain
(21:9 22:5)

Two Great Signs in Heaven: (signs 1 & 2)

The Lady and the Dragon
The Two Wild-Beasts (signs 3 & 4)
Salvation and Jugdment (signs 5 & 6)

Chs. 15-16

Another Sign in Heaven: (sign 7)

The Final Plagues on the Seven Bowls

Ch. 17

The Harlot and the Beast

18:1 19:10

The End of Babel

19:11 20:15

The End of Evil

21:1 8
21:9-22:5

The New Heaven and Earth

The New Yerusalem

Epilogue
22:6-20
Epistlatory closing
22:21
7th seal = seven shofars = seven final plagues in (seven) bowls (/x: final seven plagues);
plague 5, 6, 7 = catastrophes (woes) 1, 2, 3 (11:20ff).
7 churches (= the Church in seven phases)
@ Ch. 12, 13, 14: The vision of the seven mystic figures (after Russell p. 448)

Outline (3)
PART I: SEVEN MESSAGES OF THE APOCALYPSE
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Message to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatria
Chapter 3
Message to Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea
Further Analogy of the Seven Churches
PART II: THE THRONE SCENE
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
PART III: SEVEN SEALS AND SEVEN SHOFARS
Chapter 6
Seals First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Seventh Seal
Shofars First, Second, Third, Fourth
Chapter 9
Shofars Fifth, Sixth
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Seventh Shofar
(Chart: Prophetic Time Parallels)
PART IV: DRAGON, BEAST, AND IMAGE OF BEAST
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
(Chart: Revelation Overview)
PART V: SEVEN PLAGUES AND HOUR OF POWER
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Plagues First, Second, Third
Plagues Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh
Chapter 17
PART VI: ARMAGEDDON AND MARRIAGE OF LAMB
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Binding of Satan
Little Season
PART VII: HOLY CITY
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Hymn: Song of Faith

Outline (4) modified from REC

Prologue (Introuction the revelation of Christ and the testimony of Jesus) 1:1-8
I.
The things which you have seen 1:9-20
II.
The thing which are the seven local churches 2:1 3:22
III.
The things which are about to take place 4:1 22:5
A. The firstsection, giving a general view of the things to come,
from Christs ascension to eternity future 4:1 11:19
1.The scene around the htroune in the heavens only the Lion-Lamb (the victorious and
redeeming Christ) being worthy to open the myster of Gods economy 4:1 5:14
2.The seven seals the mystery of Gods economy 6:1 -8:5
3.The seven shofars the execuction of Gods economy 8:6 11:19
B. The second section, giving details of the important things
and the crucial matters covered in the first section 12:1 22:5
1. Lady who brings froth a man-child, and a great red dragon-Satan 12:1-18
2. Two beasts 13:1-18
3. Three harvestings 14:1-20
4. The outpouring of the seven bowls 15:1 -16:21
5. Babel the Great and her destruction 17:1 19:4
6. The marrage of the Lamb 19:5-10
7. The war at Armageddon 19:11-21
8. The imprisonment of Satan 20:1-3
9. The millennial kingdom 20:4-6
10. The Last rebellion 20:7-10
11. The judgment of the great whice throne 20:11-15
12. The new heaven and the new earth 21:1-8
13. New Yerusalem 21:9-27
14. The river of water of life and the tree of life 22:1-2
15. The bellings of Gods redeemed in eternity 22:3-5
Epilogue (Conclusion the Lords last warning and the apostles last prayer) 22:6-21

Diagrams and Maps

Mishkan Miqdash (Temple; tabernacle; sanctuary)

Map: Aegean Sea and Patmos Island

Map: The Seven Churches:

[Source: ESV study Bible] (Impovement needed to move the label for Thyatira to the right of
its place marker.)

The seven city names in the text Ch. 2 & 3 (Ephesus; Smyrna; Pergamum;
Thyatira; Sardis; Philadelphia; Laodicea) appear counterclockwise from Ephesus
on the map.
Island Patmos in Rev 1:9 (It belongs to the modern Greece); 35 miles from Asia
Minor; 40 miles SWW of Ephesus.

1. All seven of them are admonished to repent, hold steadfast, or remain faithful.
2. Only two of them, Smyrna and Philadelphia, receive strong commendations and no listing of
their sins and other shortcomings.
3. Two of them, Pergamos and Thyatira, receive a lesser commendation and fairly strong
rebukes for sexual immorality and allowing deceivers into the congregation.
4. Two of them, Sardis and Laodicea, receive strong rebukes and no commendations.
5. Ephesus receives a strong rebuke and a strong commendation.

Map: The traditional seven hills of Rome

(Cf. Rev 17:9 seven hills; Rev 17:3 wild-beasts with seven heads)
(See 666 associated with Nero)

Cf. Vatican Hill (Mons Vaticanus in Latin) lying northwest of the River Tiber
is not counted amoung them

Acrostic Bible
01. Patmos vision of Yohanan
02. Rebuke of four churches
03. Other three churches rebuked
04. Picture of God's throne
05. Holy Lamb is worshiped
06. Each seal is broken
07. Crowd coming from tribulation
08. Yoke of four shofars

09. Abyss releases more shofars

10. Book eaten by Yohanan
11. Opposition to two witnesses
12. Unrelenting opposition of dragon
13. Tattoo of world ruler

14. Time ripe for harvest

15. Harps played for God
16. Emptying of the bowls

17. Future destruction of harlot

18. Utter desolation of Babel
19. Triumphant feast of the Lamb
20. Ultimate resurrection and judgment
21. Revelation of New Yerusalem
22. Eternal city and words
Special thanks to Barry Huddleston, the author of The Acrostic Bible (1978)

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