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Rev 10,1-11

(50i) Judgment >> Sequence of Revelations >> Second half of the tribulation >> The seventh seal - trumpets of God's judgment >> Heavenly ceremony prior to the First Resurrection – During the “17th-century American Puritan father and son Increase and Cotton Mather” were the first to re-discover the concept of a Rapture that would happen to the Church in the last days (according to Wikipedia). Prior to that the Rapture was lost knowledge, though it clearly exists in Scripture. Chapter 10 of Revelation occurs in the timeframe between the sixth and seventh trumpets; another book comes forth, a little book, and its contents is not divulged. The seventh trumpet is about to sound; it is the last trumpet, and we all know what that means, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet… the dead will be raised” (1Cor 15-52). Dan 12-4 speaks of a book that was concealed, and later revealed to be the book of seals that Jesus opened in Revelation chapter five, but it appears the new covenant has a sealed book too. John did not write what the seven peals of thunder said, concealing its contents; why did God refuse to tell us the contents of this little book? Its missing knowledge pertains to the timing of the First Resurrection/Rapture, which is the very next thing to happen! This missing knowledge has raised such a ruckus in the Church, effectively dividing it since the 17th century when the Mather (father and son) first posited their concept of a Rapture. God wanted to hide the Rapture's sequence in endtime events, because he knew there would be a controversy over it and the majority would settle on an early rapture that promised to deliver them from the trials of the last days, and in fact deliver them from preparing their heart for those days. God's attitude is that if people want to believe in falsehood, then He will let them; in fact He will help them. The timing of the Rapture holds many secrets to God’s character and His overall plan for the Church. This little book is still open, suggesting that it is still possible to know its contents as John did, further suggesting that He is not averse to revealing it to those who seek Him, but to those who do not seek Him it remains concealed. That is to say, there will be two kinds of Christians in the last days, those who seek God and those who don’t, just like the parable of the ten virgins revealed two kinds of Christians, those who were wise and those who were foolish. See also: Ten virgins; Rev 10,4-10; 99aa / Rapture; 108i / Preparing for His return; Lk 12,35-46; 237d

(108i) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Revelation of Jesus Christ >> Revelation of the mysteries of God – Chapter ten of Revelation speaks of a little book that tastes good but gave John a stomachache when he ate it. The words were sweet but their implications were bitter. The angel told John not to divulge its contents. This is exactly what happened in Daniel 12-4, whose secret book was disclosed in breaking the seals of God's judgment in chapter five, but what secret remains hidden in the little book that john ate that was sweet to the taste but was indigestible? It was about the time of the Rapture, about the apostasy and about the false brethren riddled in churches throughout the world, who call themselves Christians, who are duped in the false teachings of easy-believism, who would never believe the truth even if it were described to them. The Rapture is about to take place at the seventh trumpet, and they refuse to believe it to their own peril. There is one other thing that was contained in the little book, the knowledge of a Great Endtime Revival, starting shortly after the seals and continuing throughout the trumpet judgments. This is another truth that the false brethren will never believe; hence, they will not join this revival but will call it a trick of the devil. See also: Great Endtime Revival; Rev 11,1-6; 50h / Bitter/sweet; Rev 10,4-10; 99aa

(111j) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Spirit and the word >> Word and the judgment of God

(172a) Works of the devil >> Manifestations of the devil >> Tares among the wheat >> Devils among the saints >> False brethren among the people of God >> Antichrists among Christians – Between the ninth chapter and the eleventh chapter is obviously the tenth chapter, which often receives sparse attention in endtime prophecy Bible studies, since most people don’t know the relevance of it. The tenth chapter displays God’s foreknowledge in that He knew the Church would wax into apostasy in the last days through the teachings of easy-believism, specifically those who believe in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture as the very first thing to happen in the fulfillment of endtime prophecy. This is one of the most beguiling deceptions Satan has ever devised. It has led countless millions who call themselves Christians to feel there is no need to prepare for the last days, since they won't be here. Meanwhile the Rapture is not scheduled to occur until just before the bowls of God fierce wrath, which is two-thirds of the way through endtime prophecy. The Church will have to go though both the Seals and the Trumpets before the Rapture finally occurs at the Last Trumpet. God didn’t want to tell us when the Rapture would occur, except that He did. He knew that the Church would be so steeped in blinding heretical apostasy that they would not believe the truth even if He told them, and it didn't help the blind to see. He said that the Rapture would occur at the last trumpet (1Cor 15-52), and almost nobody believes it. See also: Rapture; Rev 10,4-10; 99aa / Literal manifestations; Rev 10,5-7; 215c

Rev 10,1-7

(15i) Servant >> Angels execute Judgment >> For the sake of the Church

Rev 10-1

(112b) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Light >> Jesus’ light overcomes darkness >> The light of His power

(113a) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> The anointing >> Heaven’s clothes >> Protection >> Covering

(221k) Kingdom of God >> The elusive Kingdom of Heaven >> Kingdom hidden behind the veil from the world >> God hides from sin >> He hides behind unbelief

Rev 10-3,4

(106h) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Hearing from God >> Means of hearing from God >> Through His Son -- These verses go with verses 8&9

(246e) Kingdom of God >> Spirit realm imposed on the natural realm >> Literal manifestations >> The literal mystery of godliness

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Rev 10,4-10

(99aa) Thy kingdom come >> Endurance (Thorn in the flesh) >> Enduring the will of God >> Enduring the word of God >> Endure Hearing the word of God – There were seven peals of thunder, suggesting there were seven pages to the little book. When John ate its contents, it was sweet to the taste but gave him a stomachache; that is, the truth was bittersweet. What information did the book contain, introduced just before the last trumpet? Any student of the Bible immediately recognizes the phrase "last trumpet" as something the Apostle Paul said in First Corinthians chapter 15, "The last trumpet... will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable" (v52). Revelation chapter ten is a mixture of sorrow and sweet joy, because of so many people who have fallen away from the faith before the seventh trumpet is blown to become the Church's worst enemies. The false brethren will be plentiful according to the parable of the ten virgins that depicts half the Church will be foolish at the time of the end. The true saints know their flesh is lying to them, who know the truth by the Spirit of God who dwells in them, but the false brethren don't have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them, because they allowed their flame to die. See also: Bitter/sweet; Rev 10-7; 237b / Ten virgins; Rev 10,1-11; 50i / Rapture; Rev 10-4; 230j

Rev 10-4

(132d) Temple >> Your body is the temple of God >> Holy Spirit is in God’s people >> God gives his spirit as a pledge >> His Spirit is a seal

(230j) Kingdom of God >> God’s kingdom is a living organism >> Mystery of godliness >> Mystery of the trinity >> Word of God is the mystery godliness – Something very similar was written in Daniel 12-4, “But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end.” Daniel was not allowed to write, but kept it a mystery what the angel said to him. However, when the new covenant came and the book of Revelation was written, all the mysteries of Daniel were revealed in the book of Revelation, yet in chapter 10 we see another prophecy that was kept from us, and this mystery won't be revealed until the events take place at the end of the age. At the end of chapter 11 and at the seventh and final trumpet there was near silence, accounting for the mystery of chapter 10. Six trumpets were blown; each judgment was more severe than the one before it, making the seventh trumpet the most severe of them all, as it was written after the fourth trumpet, "Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!" (Rev 8-13). Yet, when the seventh trumpet sounded, nothing much happened. The narrative merely flips to a scene in heaven, and there was lightning, thunder an earthquake and a hailstorm that also happened in Rev 8-5, nothing special compared to the previous trumpets with two hundred million demons emerging from the earth to torment and kill mankind. The Last Trumpet must have been the judgment that God commanded John not to write, and what did Paul say about the last trumpet? “Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed” (1Cor 15-51,52). So the Rapture occurs at the Seventh Trumpet! Some would say, 'That can't be right, because it says no one knows the day or the hour.' God could tell them the day and the hour, and they still wouldn't know; plus, God didn't say we won't know the year, month and week! As the judgments grow more severe with each trumpet, it makes the Rapture the worst judgment of all to those who will not partake of it, though it is the glory of the Church. Now God’s full fury is ready to be unleashed on the inhabitants of the earth in the bowls of His mighty wrath. God did not allow John to write about the Rapture, giving opportunity for charlatans to devise teachings and doctrines instructing people that God will come before anyone suffers. Martyrdom has always accompanied faith in Jesus Christ; what makes us think we will escape persecution in the last days, especially when the Bible promises it will be more prevalent than ever? 1The 5-9 says, “God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” God will not subject the Church to His judgments, but He will allow us to suffer under Satan’s wrath, which will test and strengthen the true saints and chase away the false brethren, allowing the Church to finally unify, which is a prerequisite to the second coming of Christ (Eph 5-27). In order to attract people to their churches, scoundrels have introduced doctrines of easy-believism, such as the Pre-Tribulation Rapture hoax, Eternal Security and grace minus the need to obey, and those with itching ears have clambered to them, so when Christ doesn’t come when they expect and they begin to suffer from the evils of the world, they will curse God and abandon the faith. See also: Rapture; Rev 10-7; 231f

Rev 10,5-7

(215c) Sovereignty >> God controls time >> God’s timing >> Fulfillment of God’s time >> The moment we have all been waiting for – People have been waiting for God for millennia, ever since Jesus promised to return. He said that He would delay His return, and when God says He will delay, we can be sure it will be a long time. Two thousand years might be a mere delay for someone who lives in the realm of eternity, but for we mortals it is an eternity in itself. With God, time is relative. He has existed from eternity past and will live forever in the future. He has so much time, we can spend our entire lives waiting for Him and when He returns, He didn’t consider Himself late. For this angel (Christ) to say that there should be delay no longer, He was referring to the manifestation of God’s kingdom on the earth, and He meant there should be delay no longer even from a human standpoint! See also: Literal manifestations; Rev 11,3-7; 131g

Rev 10-6

(151j) Witness >> Validity of the Father >> Witnesses of the father >> Creation is evidence of God >> Living things reflect the nature of God

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Rev 10-7

(44a) Judgment >> Satan destroyed >> Complete >> It is finished >> Fulfill God’s will

(231f) Kingdom of God >> God’s kingdom is a living organism >> Mystery of godliness >> Revelation of Jesus is the mystery of the kingdom >> Jesus reveals the mystery of the kingdom – The mystery of God is the Church Age. Eph 3,2-6 says, “If indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you; that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.” Paul just said that “the mystery of Christ” is the Church, so in this verse when it says, "the mystery of God is finished," it is referring to the end of the Church age, which is concluded by the First Resurrection/Rapture. When the seventh angel sounds his trumpet it will mark the end of the Church in the world. God will resurrect His people and gather them to Himself, marking the beginning of Christ's eternal kingdom with the commencement of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. See also: Rapture; 237b

(237b) Kingdom of God >> Pursuing the kingdom >> Transferring the kingdom >> The Church is transferred to the kingdom >> The rapture >> Last trumpet – In verse four of this chapter we read that God does not allow John to reveal the knowledge that he learned from the seven peals of thunder. There is another account of this in Daniel 12-4 that says, “Seal up the book until the end of time.” There is a popular saying, “The Old Testament is the New concealed, and the New Testament is the Old revealed.” By that we understand Daniel sealed up the book so nobody would understand endtime prophecy until the new covenant was written, but if the point of Revelation is to reveal the Old Testament, why was John not permitted to reveal the seven peals of thunder (Vs1-4)? When John took the little book that the angel instructed him to eat, warning him that it would be bitter/sweet, tasting like honey in his mouth but turned his stomach bitter because of what it said, he was prohibited to write that the Rapture would occur at the seventh trumpet. Had he been allowed to write, it would have cleared up a lot of confusion and prevented charlatans from inventing doctrines of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture that brought people into their churches and made them popular and wealthy, but if people wanted to believe a lie, who was God to stand in their way? Paul specifically mentioned the last trumpet in connection with the Rapture, but it hasn’t seemed to help most people in the Church understand the sequence of endtime events. “Then the seventh angel sounded.” People refuse to believe that Paul’s “last trumpet” (1Cor 15-52) is Revelation's seventh trumpet (In Rev 11-15), because it conflicts with their beloved Pre-Tribulation Rapture theory. See also: Bitter/sweet; Rev 10-9,10; 63a / Rapture; Rev 10,8-11; 40g

Rev 10,8-11

(40g) Judgment >> Judgment of Christ >> God’s word judges the world >> It does not believe in Him – Most Christians these days make the assumption that the Rapture occurs in chapter four when God told John, “Come up here.” They say that the Church is never mentioned again, and of course what they mean is that the word “Church” is never mentioned again. However, in later chapters it speaks about a multitude that cannot be counted that suddenly appears in heaven, but they say, ‘That’s got nothing to do with it.’ Their doctrines are contrived based on what they want to believe and what they don’t want to believe, but if they are going to read the Bible that way, they will never arrive at the truth. God knew the Church would gravitate toward this Pre-Tribulation Rapture hoax, simply because it appeals to the flesh. They want God to Rapture them from the world’s problems that they helped cause by their omission of righteousness. They fail to remember that millions of God’s people throughout the centuries have suffered at the hands of their persecutors, and God did not insulate them from suffering, because God does not view suffering as evil, but we equate suffering with evil as though there were a direct connection between the two. Evil people certainly cause others to suffer, yet to think suffering is evil is like comparing apples to oranges. God has every intension of protecting the Church from judgment that He intends for the world, but He doesn’t have to Rapture us to do that. God has a plan, but the Church is not interested in God’s plan. Those who know and love the truth will enjoy heaven, because Jesus is there, and He is the truth, but those who resist the truth will never see heaven. See also: Rapture; Rev 10-9,10; 36a / Suffering and evil (temptation of Christ); 1Cor 10,1-6; 105la

(49b) Judgment >> Nations are destroyed >> God judges the nations through the Church

Rev 10,8-10

(69k) Authority >> Righteous judgment (outcome of discernment) >> Executing God’s judgment by His authority – John didn’t see the one who was speaking; he only heard the voice tell him to take the book from the angel’s hand. So he received the book by the authority of Christ, knowing the angel would oblige him. Communicating in heaven flows without a ripple in a hierarchy of authority, where everyone knows his place.

(123b) Thy kingdom come >> Manifestations of faith >> Being bold in the position God has given you

Rev 10-8,9

(106h) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Hearing from God >> Means of hearing from God >> Through His Son -- These verses go with verses 3&4

(245k) Kingdom of God >> Spirit realm imposed on the natural realm >> Literal manifestations >> Manifestations of the devil >> Manifestation of sin

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Rev 10-9,10

(26f) Sin >> Consequences of sin >> Death is the fruit of the world

(63a) Paradox >> Anomalies >> Righteous deception >> God deceives His people – The little book tasted sweet as honey because it was about the Rapture and the salvation of God's people, but it made his stomach bitter because the truth involved many Pre-Tribulation Rapture believers who fell away from the faith waiting for the Rapture to deliver them from their misery. John was the only person in the Church who knew what the angel said, yet individuals can seek God to learn what was written in the little book, because it remains open. The original teachings of the apostles have been maligned over the centuries by people seeking an advantage and creating opportunities to become rich and famous off the backs of church goers, who have introduced "destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves" (2Pet 2-1). The gospel was skewed through various doctrines that people have come to believe, though the truth is still plainly written in the Bible for anyone to read. The Church’s main focus is on the grace of God, which sounds like a good thing, but they have taken it to an extreme and made the Bible say that a person can live any way he wants and still be saved, so long as he believes in certain doctrines. This is not the gospel according to Scripture. See also: Bitter/sweet; Rev 10,1-11; 108i / Rapture; Rev 11,3-14; 148b

(218e) Sovereignty >> God overrides the will of man >> God’s will over man >> Reaping the harvest >> We choose our actions, not their consequences >> Reaping the harvest of our works

Rev 10-11

(149i) Witness >> Validity of Jesus Christ >> Works of the Church bear witness to Jesus >> Evangelism >> Authority of the rhema given to evangelism >> Receiving authority from God personally

(152kb) Witness >> Validity of the Father >> Witnesses of the father >> The Church holds the position of a prophet >> True prophets >> Prophesying the future – Chapter ten ends on the note that prophesying is not complete, that is, evangelism is not complete, but “many peoples and nations and tongues and kings” must hear the word of the Lord by the mouth of the 144,000 witnesses, and then chapter eleven begins regarding the Two Witnesses. They will prophecy to the entire world with media coverage. They will remain in Jerusalem, and their ministry is to protect the 144,000, who have fled into the wilderness, whose ministry is to the gentile nations.

Rev 11,1-6

(28c) Gift of God >> God is our advocate >> God protects the Church from the world – Apart from those who would wage war against the lamb, there will be a remnant that migrated to Jerusalem for refuge from the world and from its antichrist, who repented of their unbelief and did not take the Mark of the Beast. Ironically, Jerusalem will be the safest place on earth for them, though it is the place where all its enemies will gather for the Great War against God with intensions of leveling the holy city and destroying its inhabitants. When it says to measure the temple but not the outer court, the outer court refers to the natural realm, whereas the temple itself refers to a spiritual place, not located in Jerusalem but in wilderness places spotted around the globe, where God will hide His people from the wrath of the dragon, and to measure the temple means to count the people who dwell there. See also: Remnant will migrate to Jerusalem; Rev 11,3-14; 148b / Those left behind who have not taken the mark will migrate to Jerusalem between the trumpets and the bowls; Rev 20-4; 144b

(50ha) Judgment >> Sequence of Revelations >> Second half of the tribulation >> Two witnesses - adjudicators of God's judgment – The whole point of miracles is to get people’s attention to hear the word of God; miracles always accompany revivals orchestrated from heaven. Revival is coming to this world, and signs and wonders will return as a divine means of ratifying the word of God and positively identifying the bearers of truth. During genuine revival we know who is telling the truth based on those performing miracles; just follow the miracles to the source and we will find the truth. The devil may try to mimic God and perform lying wonders, but those kind of miracles are more in line with magic arts, whereas the miracles that God performs are things that nobody else can do, not even the devil can replicate them, nor would he care to try. Jesus used miracles of healing and went around doing good, because it is not something the devil wanted to imitate, works that oppose the will of Satan. If the devil had the power to perform miracles, he would not use it to heal anyone but to steal, kill and destroy. The darker the world gets, the less people look for revival, yet the purpose of revival is to dispel the darkness, which can get so thick that people begin to question the existence of God, yet sure as there is a God revival is coming. See also: Great Endtime Revival; Rev 11-1,2; 210i / Great Endtime Revival (Spiritual ascension); Eph 1,18-23; 237h

Rev 11-1,2

(140b) Temple >> Temple made without hands >> Hiding place >> Worshipping God in His temple -- These verses go with verse 16. John was told to measure the temple of God and the altar and those who dwell in it but not to measure the outer court, “for it has been given to the nations, and they will tread underfoot the holy city for forty-two months.” The courtyard of the temple represents Jerusalem. To measure something is to give attention to certain features, but the outer court does not get this attention. The outer court of the temple consists of a gated fence surrounding the temple. This fence was originally made of porpoise skin, a durable material intended to symbolize our own skin, which the apostle Paul coined "the flesh". This suggests that anyone who walks in the flesh, will be trampled underfoot by the antichrist and his cohorts, but those who walk in the spirit will become as it were invisible to their enemies. This is Jerusalem, and during the days of the Two Witnesses whatever happens there will happen throughout the world through the trumpets of God's judgments. The gentiles will tread the inhabitants of Jerusalem underfoot for 42 months, during the period of the trumpets, because it refuses to enter the temple but remains in the courtyard, which is the domain of the antichrist, suggesting that a more spiritual form of worship will be required to protect us from the evil that is coming, but those who refuse to worship God in Spirit and truth, who are content to loiter outside the temple in the courtyard will be subject to the devil’s hoof. Rev 3,8-10 says, "Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie -I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth." God will protect His people who enter this higher realm of worship that He offers, but those who prefer to walk in the flesh will be trodden underfoot by men. He will protect His people in the last days using the Two Witnesses, who light the way to a Holy Place with God. These are "the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth." Within the temple there was a Holy Place where the lampstands light the table of showbread on the way to the golden altar of perpetual incense representing prayer, which led the way into the Holy of Holies, where we fellowship with God. See also: Temple; Rev 11,7-10; 199h

(210i) Salvation >> Jews and gentiles are being saved >> Salvation is from the Jews >> Jews are believers >> Gospel belongs to the Jew first – God will provide a way of escape (1Cor 10-13) by offering His people a doorway that leads to a spiritual place, like the the Most Holy Place in the old covenant temple of worship. The Two Witnesses will call to those who are idly standing in the courtyard and beckon them to enter the holy chambers of God’s presence. Rev 2-17 says, "To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna;" and Heb 9-3,4 says, "Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna." Shortly into the Seals God will call the Two Witnesses into a ministry of restoration of the Jews who in turn will restore the Church to the true doctrines of the faith, and they will conduct a benevolent evangelism campaign prior to the seven angels sounding their trumpets and lead the gentiles into the greatest spiritual revival the world has ever known, starting in Jerusalem. However, immediately after the First Trumpet the Two Witnesses will switch from benevolent ministers to flaming adjudicators of God's judgment, and the 144,000 will flee into the wilderness, establishing camps (how many is unknown) throughout the earth in wilderness places in third-world countries. There the gentiles will come to them by the millions, leaving the cities and joining these camps. They will be saved, and God will nourish and protect them. Jerusalem will be trodden underfoot during the seals, until the ministry of justice begins with the Two Witnesses. God will give them authority to call down fire on their enemies, attracting attention of the whole world, as a duck would steer predators away from her chicks. Whatever judgments they inflict on their enemies to protect Jerusalem God will do the same to the whole world to protect His people in the wilderness in the trumpet judgments. The fact that the two witnesses were clothed in sackcloth is iconic to the 144,000 (the woman) with the gentile Church (her children), who have fled into the wilderness for a 42-month period of prayer and fasting during the days of their prophesying (Revelation chapter 12). See also: Great Endtime Revival; Rev 11,3-14; 148b

(237e) Kingdom of God >> Pursuing the kingdom >> Transferring the kingdom >> The Church is transferred to the kingdom >> The rapture >> Selective rapture

Rev 11-2,3

(214k) Sovereignty >> God controls time >> God’s timing >> God Has Good Timing >> God synchronizes events in His time -- These verses go with verse 7