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My thoughts were on the above subject and I wanted to write out my
thoughts/incomplete opinions so I could keep track of them as I learn more
and see if my understanding is correct as I have been led to understand
to date. I am not bound by the traditional teachings of what we are
supposed to believe as passed on from man to man to man since man took
over religion. I am totally bound to Jesus Christ, who died on the cross
to pay our debt, Who is mankinds Savior, and the only hope for salvation,
redemption and eternity. This is the pattern that i saw when
studying these things in the prophecies of the Bible.
When John experienced Revelations he was brought into God's dimension
where there is no time. When he saw the scroll and the seals, he was
seeing the entire story of mankind that Christ is involved with. It was
not just the scroll that represents the end times as is taught by man. As
each seal was broken by Christ (the only one worthy of doing so) that
which it represents came into the world and it stays until Our Lord and
Mighty King commences to return upon the sounding of the 7th trumpet. When
each seal is broken, John gets a glimpse onto a stage (so to speak) where
the entire life of that seal is revealed. That "life" includes all that
occurs from that point of breakage....until Christ establishes His
Millennium Period with mankind....no longer present with man in spirit
only.....but in all His glory and perfection. This view is overlapping.
Seal one is still present and active through to the 7th trumpet, and the
vials of Wrath....because Seal one is Christ. When, for example, the
sixth seal (seal of man) is broken....John sees the events (many he did
not comment on) of mankind that occurred right through to the end of the
Vial period....when God has destroyed all those who looked towards the
dragon for their leadership. Without this knowledge any interpretation of
the Seals and Trumpets and Vials does not fit into a perfect pattern. The
interpretation that has been developing within me......fits all into a
perfect piece with no rough edges. It is possible than, that when viewing
an event that occurs in the 6th seal which seal overlaps the 7th seal and
the trumpets, it is hard to say exactly when that event happens if it has
not already occurred. When looking to our past....it is much easier
to see when events took place and seals were opened.
If THE FIRST SEAL, white horse, represents Christ as Creator of the earthly
realm and the creator of Eden containing Adam and Eve (which I firmly
believe it does as God does not contradict Himself and only uses the white
horse for purity....and the quiver empty of arrows that the rider carries
needs no arrows because Christ is the arrow.)....it represents the
beginning of Christ's involvement with us and the earth. This seal and
Spirit upon creating the earth and all that dwell in it went on to be the
cure for our death sentence and is still with us. After the arrow
accomplished the eventual death of the dragon, and our release from
eternal death, each Believer was able to receive the Spirit within that we
may have discernment, guidance, and be a witness for Christ with His Eye
within us. This seal is also representing the "Alpha".....to come back at
the end of days as the "Omega" also riding a white horse. The Omega is
clearly described in Revelations. The First and the Last.
THE SECOND SEAL represented by a red horse and a rider carrying a sword
stands for the dragon who came unto Adam and Eve and took peace from the
earth, and caused a curse of death and the shedding of mankind's blood to
enter the world....which also involved Cain murdering Abel. The sword
divided mankind from his God.....Apostasy entered the world, as did death,
and the spirit of same still rides the earth today as powers struggle for
dominance over one another.....just as the dragon struggled for dominance
over God. This spirit rides the world until Christ returns (hopefully
with us riding the white horses in His army, as we are transfigured upon
the 7th trumpet's beginning sound.) and ushers in the Millennium period of
perfect teaching, and the binding of the dragon until the end of that
period. During the Perfect Teaching period the dragon's spirit will not
be able to interfere until all in the Millennium have a perfect
understanding direct from the source. Then the dragon is let loose to
test and attract those whose hearts beat in harmony with the
dragon.....not in harmony with what they know about our King.
THE THIRD SEAL, represented by a black horse and a balance scale
represents our getting kicked out of Eden where our food was supplied and
having to work and scratch the dust of the earth for our food, starve,
etc. No longer would man be in a world of plenty and security, having
rejected God's bounty for the false glory of the dragon. This seal was
opened after we lost Eden and the spirit remains in the world today and
will be magnified during the trumpet period that precedes the return of
Christ and the emptying of the vials of Wrath upon the earth. (Thank you
Lord, that we will be transfigured before the Vials are released upon
those who worship all the dragon represents, and knowingly reject the
beauty, knowledge, and glory of Christ.)
THE FORTH SEAL, represented by a pale horse (in Greek "pale" means a very
light green). This is the anti christ spirit which came upon the earth
after Christ fulfilled His Purpose upon the cross....becoming our
Salvation....becoming Jesus Christ. (There cannot be an antichrist until
the first and True Christ comes to earth in flesh, perfect, and dying
without sin on the cross, rising again after revealing Himself for three
days to those in another dimension which held all of those which died
before Christ's sacrifice.) This spirit of the antichrist which came upon
the earth when Christ broke it's seal is still with us, and he has the
power of eternal death to those that chose him. His name is "death" and "hades".
He has power to destroy one forth of the earth by man fighting and killing
man (sword); by hunger, by death (disease?); and by the beasts of the
earth. This process may happen over time, or accumulate during the 7
trumpet period....before the 7th trumpet sounds. (Christ will protect His
people if they are living meekly, humbly, justly and righteously. If they
step outside of these boundaries they will have to rely on their own means
when it comes to protection of their earthly life.)
THE FIFTH SEAL represents the martyrs for Christ. It seems obvious that
to be a martyr....Christ must first have died on the cross and given us
the Truth so that we could stand on it and have the honor to die for it.
This fifth seal was opened soon after Christ departed....entered during
the period of the Apostles and is still with us.....to be magnified during
the end times. Possibly after those who believe on faith have been
transfigured, and may involve those who refuse to worship the dragon after
Christ returns. It could also be those who refuse to lay low and hide for
a brief moment after the dragon returns during the 5th trumpet....which
follows the first four trumpets sounding almost at the same time causing
great destruction occurring to 1/3 part of the earth as seen by John via
an image while he was experiencing Revelation. It is entirely possible
that John's image was of the part of the world that is on the opposite
side of where the USA is. He may well have been seeing 1/3 part of the
middle east being destroyed only....(that was the world John knew) as
apposed to the entire world as we see it now...being a round globe as
apposed to a flat map. This destruction of course would allow the messiah
that Iran is seeking to return. Odd that the Bible states that return
comes during the 5th trumpet, following the destruction caused by the
first four trumpets! The verse (Rev. 6: 9-11) makes it clear that this
seal includes the martyrs that lost their lives via persecution in the
days of the Apostles and that this process continued throughout the times
of Christianity on earth til now and beyond to the return of Christ when
the numbers of those who would be martyred amongst their servants and
brethren would be completed. (There is no doubt in my current belief that
when the dragon returns during the 5th seal that Christians are expected
to lay low and rely totally on the Lord for their safety with prudence
being given to our being warned of this time and being somewhat prepared
to assist. I think that this will be the time when man will seek true
Christians but will not find them in the churches. I think that during
this period of time there will be righteous, kind and just people who have
not accepted the dragon or his ways nor have they accepted Christ (because
of the confusion within religion caused by man, ....supported by the
dragon....which turns many good people away from "religion" of
churches) but they will help the "brethren" as mentioned by Christ in the
New Testament when He was talking about the end times. I think these
people are amongst those that Christ referred to when He said that if you
have helped one of the brethren ("Brethren" would be Christians!) you have
done it unto Me. (Matthew 25: 31-40 See below )
Psalms 17:8 Keep
me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalms 27:5 For
in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret
of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Isaiah
26:20 Come, my people,
enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide
thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be
overpast.
Zephaniah: 2
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before
the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S
anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which
have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness,
seek meekness:
it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Matthew 25: 31-40
(31)When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy
angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
(32)And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall
separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from
the goats: (33)And he shall set the sheep on his right hand,
but the goats on the left.(34)Then shall the King say unto
them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: (35)For
I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me
drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: (36)Naked,
and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and
ye came unto me. (37)Then shall the righteous answer him,
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty,
and gave thee drink?(38)When saw we thee a stranger, and
took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?(39)Or when saw we thee sick,
or in prison, and came unto thee?(40)And the King shall answer and say
unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
When THE SIXTH SEAL was opened, (which I believe is the seal of man
worshipping his own glory, the time when man believes in his own efforts
in making the earth a place of his glory.....a time when mankind turns
away from God's glory....a time of return to Babylon worship of self and
our desires.....a time that is accumulating and coming to a head now.) a
great catastrophe occurs during this seal just before the 7th seal is
opened. Could be something hitting the earth and causing the polarity to
shift, could be volcanic eruptions, ....but I think it will be of natural
origin...not from wars. This catastrophe will enable a human to assume a
powerful role....a role in flesh of the "antichrist", who will point
towards the coming "dragon"....his "messiah". I think that this
antichrist human will take advantage of the fear that erupts in most of
the world's humans, and he may very well claim to be their salvation. It
is during this 6th seal which was opened not long after the fourth and
fifth seals, all three almost at the same time in man's history.....that
the three "beasts" spoken about in the Bible start their "birthing"
process and ultimately make their fully formed appearance during the
latter time of the 6th seal period which overlaps, and continues on into
the trumpet period. The Sea Beast and the Land Beast will be backed by
the Fallen Angels and supernatural powers. The catastrophe that occurs
during this 6th seal enables these beasts to succeed in their endeavors on
earth....mostly during the "trumpet" period......but only until Christ
returns at the sounding of the 7th trumpet. After that sounding the vials
of wrath are released upon these beasts.....we are no longer in our flesh
bodies at this vial period or even during the period of the 7th
trumpet....as we transfigure at the beginning of it's sounding. The Sea
Beast and the Land Beast are destroyed.....but the Red Beast is confined
until released once more during the end of the Millennium Period.
Here is what I wrote about the beasts a couple of years ago( my
opinions at that time).....there are three of them that concern our latter
times and the times we are in now. I write during my studies so that i
can review my understandings and conform them to new understandings upon
further knowledge and study.
The sea beast is the one in Revelations, Chapter 13, and in Rev. 19:
19-20. The land beast is also in Rev. 13: 11-18. The red beast with the
harlot rider is in Revelation Chapter 17: 3-18.
There is no doubt a link between all of these beasts, but we are
also to consider them separately to come to the truth of it.
SEA BEAST LEOPARD
Revelation 13: 1-8, 1--And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and
saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and
ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2--And the
beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and
his feet were as the feet of a bear, and
his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the
dragon gave him his power, and
his seat, and great authority. 3--And I saw one of his heads as it were
wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world
wondered after the beast. 4--And they worshipped the dragon
which gave power unto the beast: and they
worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?
who is able to make war with him? 5--And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto
him to continue forty and two months. 6--And he
opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and
his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7--And it was
given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome
them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and
nations. 8--And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose
names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world
Revelation 19: 19-20 And I saw the
beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered
together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his
army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them
that had received the mark of the beast, and them that
worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire
burning with brimstone.
The above beast is not the Dragon,
because the Dragon is not cast into the lake of fire until
after the Millennium. The beast above
is supported by the dragon, and is probably the anti-christ and the
system of the antichrist. The beast above is perhaps also the
False Messiah, pretending to be the Messiah that the Jews were waiting
for, and the Muslims. (He may be possessed by the Dragon, however, and
the Dragon may leave the body before the doodoo hits the fan, so to
speak! ;-) THE LAND BEAST: Revelations Chapter 13: 11-18 (11)And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. (12)And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast (the one with the Leopards body, above discussed) before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. (13)And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, (14) And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. (15) And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the (first) beast should be killed. (16)And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (17)And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the (first) beast, or the number of his name. (18) Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the (first) beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (The above land beast is the false prophet, that points towards the False Messiah. They will be immitating much of the prophesy that pointed towards Christ. The scripture that states Ellijah will proceed the Christ.)
RED BEAST WITH HARLOT RIDER (When
you read the below it seems evident that the horns are separate from the
beast. The horns being earthly kings. Russia would be considered a
king, not a beast. The red beast ascends out of the bottomless
pit....it is Apollyon....See Rev. 9:11 (And they had a king over them,
which is the angel of the bottomless
pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in
the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.) The Harlot who rides the
beast is Babylon, but the red Beast is an angel, a son of God. My guess
is that it is the Dragon......also represented in the 2nd seal
(red horse) who deceived Adam and Eve in the Garden.
The Red Beast is the dragon, in my opinion, and mankind is facilitated by riding the dragon, moving forth by the dragon's power and support (ie, Babylon (that part of mankind in the past, in the now and in the latter times which does not worship the True God, but worships themselves.) rides the red beast (dragon). Before the 6th seal elapses (remember...in my opinion the 6th seal overlaps the trumpet period) there are many deaths caused in the world by those who are supported by the dragon....to those who will not worship the dragon. Chapter 6 of Revelation ends with the 6th seal being opened. Chapter 7 is below and represents things that occur when the 7th Seal is opened....as does Chapter 8. John sees many of those who have died due to the tribulation of man and the dragon upon the earth, much of which happens during the 6th seal extending in to the 7th seal which includes the trumpet period. THE SEVENTH SEAL is broken open by Christ and it is an intaking of breath so to speak. "Silence in heaven for about half an hour. Rev.7: 1-17 and Rev. 8: 1-6 speak concerning the 7th seal. It is during this seal that God marks the 144,000 Jews that will make it through the trumpet period and/or the vial period and will enter the Millennium Period....having recognized their true God, finally upon His return....if not before. I am inclined to believe that they recognize Christ's role during the time of the Two Witnesses that witness in Jerusalem against the false messiah before the vials occur. It is also possible that due to the witness of the Two Witnesses, that this 144,000 recognize Christ upon His return based on what the Two Witnesses said. I know that there is passages in the Old Testament prophets which state how they mourn as for a loss of a son when they realize what they did with Christ when he first appeared on earth. I think that there is a reason that some are marked from each tribe as established through Israel's12 sons. I am somewhat inclined to believe that these 144,000 are not Jews who converted to Christianity during our time......as at the point when they convert they are part of the brethren of Christians and automatically receive the seal of God on their forehead which is a testimony of their faith. Also...there are many more than 144,000 Jews that have to this date converted over to Christianity. Another reason is after naming those sealed (8) the next verse (9) shows an image that John sees of the much greater unnumbered masses of Christians who came out of the great tribulation. Those Christians still alive at the sounding of the 7th trumpet are transfigured out of and avoid the woe of the Vials and the Vials are no doubt the greatest of tribulation....no tribulation before the Vials can equal the destruction that occurs during the Vials of Wrath. Prior to that many Christians died natural deaths, martyred deaths since the time of Christ......and in some ways we can consider all this life outside of Eden to be a tribulation period.....a death sentence.....a life where the earth has been cursed. So.....I have not formed an opinion to support just exactly what these 144,000's role will be. Revelation 7: 1- 17 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. standing Psa 34:7 four winds Dan 7:2
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the
living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it
was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Hurt not Rev 6:6, Rev 9:4 foreheads Rev 22:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. heard Rev 9:16 sealed Ezek 9:4, Eph 4:30 hundred Rev 14:1 tribes Matt 19:28, Acts 26:7, James 1:1, Rev 21:12 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Aser Luke 2:36 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could
number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes,
and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. Blessing Rev 5:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? white Rev 3:5 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. washed Zech 3:3, Heb 9:14, 1st John 1:7 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. before Matt 25:46, Rev 3:21 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Isa 49:10, Isa 25:8 Isa 49:10 Rev.8: 1-6 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.(prayers Psa 141:2, Rev 5:8 ) And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The first four trumpets sound at the same time.....followed quickly by the
fifth and sixth....which see the dragon's return and the fallen angels.
The trumpet period happens quickly. It is during this period that I
believe we are kept hidden and safe under the wing of our Lord, if we have
the meekness and sense to stay there! The trumpets are the second Woe.
The Seven Thunders which John saw and heard proclaim that the mystery of
God as declared to His prophets would be finished in the days of the
sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound. Being
transfigured and returned to our original state through the glory and
efforts of Jesus Christ would be the ultimate finish to the mystery. At
that time we will inherit full knowledge and understanding complete, along
with our marvelous transfiguration.
After this sounding the third Woe begins.....the greatest Woe of all. The
Vials.
I consider the first Woe the age of mankind riding and supported by the
Red Beast, the dragon....starting with the breaking of the 2nd Seal.
Claudia January 2010
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