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"...even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs..."

Alan Gross

Well-Known Member
LET GOD

REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU,

in an ORDERLY FASHION.



THE WAY HE ORDERED

THE BOOK of REVELATION
WRITTEN &
SIGNIFIED”.

...

THE ENTIRE

BOOK of REVELATION

is Rooted in the

DIVINELY REVEALED

Soil of the Old TESTAMENT.

...

REVELATION

ISN'T THE FIRST BOOK

GOD HAS WRITTEN.

...

There is a degree of progress.



The closer we approach

the End of the Book of REVELATION,

the more our attention is directed

to The Final Judgment

and the ETERNITY

and

The HEREAFTER

which lies

Beyond The Final Judgment



Adapted from:
More than Conquerors:
an Interpretation of
The Book of Revelation

Author: William Hendriksen


The First Section concerns

"Christ in the Midst

of the Lamp-stands"

( in REVELATION 1:1 - 3:22).

...

The Second Section concerns

"The Vision of Heaven

and the Seals"

( in REVELATION 4:1 - 7:17).

...

The Third Section concerns

"The Seven Trumpets"

( in REVELATION 8:1 – 11:19).

...

The Fourth Section concerns

"The Persecuting Dragon"

( in REVELATION 12:1 - 14:20).

...

The Fifth Section concerns

"The Seven Bowls"

( in REVELATION 15:1 - 16:21).

...

The Sixth Section concerns

"The Fall of Babylon"

( in REVELATION 17:1 – 19:21).

...

The Seventh Section concerns

"The Great Consummation"

( in REVELATION 20:1 - 22:21).



AND NOT ONLY
DO EACH of THESE
Seven Sections:


COVER the ENTIRE
SAME TIME PERIOD,


from:

The Ascension
of JESUS CHRIST
Back to Heaven,


until:

The Second Coming
of JESUS CHRIST
IN JUDGMENT;



THESE SEVEN
PARALLEL SECTIONS
in THE REVELATION


Are Arranged by God,

in an Ascending,
Climatic Order,


as THE DECREE of INSIGHT
that GOD REVEALS to us


PROGRESSIVELY INCREASES,

from the

First Section

to the Second Section,

then,

MORE IS REVEALED

in the Third Section, etc., etc.



The Book of REVELATION

Reveals a Gradual Progress

in Eschatological emphasis,

or “END TIMES TEACHINGS”.

(Hendriksen, p.35)



We may first recognize

this Gradual Progress

in THE DECREE of INSIGHT

that GOD REVEALS to us of His

END TIMES TEACHINGS”,

by viewing the

The TWO MAJOR DIVISIONS

of THE ENTIRE

BOOK of REVELATION.

...

THE FIRST HALF
of THE ENTIRE
BOOK of REVELATION


is From Chapter 1

to Chapter 11,

and covers

The First Three Sections,

which are:

The First Section with

"Christ in the Midst

of the Lamp-stands"

in REVELATION 1:1 – 3:22

&

The Second Section concerning

"The Vision of Heaven

and the Seals"

in REVELATION 4:1 – 7:17

&

The Third Section concerning

"The Seven Trumpets"

in REVELATION 8:1 – 11:19.

...

THESE FIRST

3 Sections, then, covered in

THE FIRST HALF
of THE ENTIRE BOOK
of REVELATION,


Contain Announcements

and

Introductions ( Only )

regarding The Final Judgment.



In the First Section

( of three Sections )

contained in

THE FIRST HALF
of THE ENTIRE BOOK
of REVELATION


regarding,

"Jesus Christ in the Midst
of the Lamp-stands"


in REVELATION 1:1 – 3:22 ),

we only have

a mere mention

of Coming Judgment

without any description,

in REVELATION 1:7;

...

Behold, He Comes with clouds;

and every eye will see Him

and

they also which Pierced Him:

and all people of the Earth

will wail because of Him.

Even so, Amen.”



GOD'S PROGRESSION

in The Extent
of His Revelation to us


INCREASES

in the Second Section
( of the three Sections )


of The First Half
of The Revelation,


concerning

"The Vision of Heaven
and the Seals"


in REVELATION 4:1 - 7:17.

...

In this Second Section

of The First
Major Division” Half
of The Revelation


in “The Vision of Heaven
and the Seals”,


The Final Judgment

is not just mentioned,

but,

God's REVELATION to us,
of The Final Judgment


is now

Definitely Introduced
( to a further extent
than just being “mentioned”),


and

we begin to actually see

The HORROR


of

The FINAL JUDGMENT;

in REVELATION 6:12-17;



And I beheld,

when He

had Opened The Sixth Seal

and lo,

there was A Great Earthquake;

and The Sun became black

as sackcloth of hair

and

The Moon became as blood;



And the Stars of Heaven

fell to The Earth,

even as a fig tree

casts her untimely figs,

when she is shaken

of a mighty wind,



And the Heaven

Departed as a scroll

when it is rolled together;

and

every mountain and island

were Moved out of their places.



And

the kings of the Earth

and

the great men

and

the rich men

and

the chief captains

and

the mighty men

and

every bondman

and

every free man,

hid themselves in the dens

and

in the rocks of the mountains;



And said

to the mountains and rocks,

Fall on us

and

hide us from

The Face of Him

that Sits on The Throne

and from

The Wrath of The Lamb;



Because

The Great Day of His Wrath

has Come;

and

who will be able to stand ?”

...

More than Conquerors:
an Interpretation of
The Book of Revelation

Author: William Hendriksen
 
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