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Seven Visions are Seven Visions.
Seven Spirits is in context with Seven churches.
The same message is sent to the Seven Churches
and the Self-Same Spirit is The Seven Spirits.
Seven are to be viewed as one.
The Interpretation is demanded by the text and would have prevented you from flying off into the air, thinking you knew an alarm clock was available to be set sometime(?), by somebody ( The End Times Bible novices) for something(?) later to happen after the alarm clock rings(?).
Tell me 'The Seven Sections'. What are 'The Seven Sections' we're talking about?
THE SEVEN PARALLEL SECTIONS OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
In each case, the parallel sections consider the time period from the First to the Second Comings of Christ; only the perspective differs. (Revelation 1:1 clearly confirms this First Coming-Second Coming time scale of all that appears within the book).
The parallels are somewhat spiritually progressive, with the seventh and final section even venturing into The New Heavens and the New Earth.
A quick and easy way to see the seven parallels is the fact that the Second Coming of our Lord appears to occur
seven times in this book, something thousands have wondered about.
This is because there are seven parallel sections, covering events from John's day to the parousia.
SECTION ONE.
Christ in the Midst of the Lamps (Rev. 1:1-3:22):
THE AGE OF THE CHURCH.
The lampstands represent the 7 churches; these are typical of all churches throughout this church age. As in all of these sections, the narrative brings us to
Christ's return (3:20-22).
SECTION TWO.
The Vision of Heaven and the Seals (Rev.4:1-7:17):
THE CHURCH WILL BE TRIUMPHANT.
This is a picture of the entire Church triumphant and includes the first mention of the 144,000. Once again, the section closes in chapter seven with
the return of Christ, but since the theme here is the Church triumphant, the focus is almost entirely on the saved.
SECTION THREE.
The Seven Trumpets (Rev. 8:1-11:19):
THE WORLD WILL BE PUNISHED FOR ITS REJECTION OF GOD.
This section describes the affects of the Seven Trumpets on both those who reject God and upon the saved. Dark and fearful things affect the world in chapters eight and nine, whilst chapters ten and eleven focus on the Church. Once again (as in all of the other sections), the narrative brings us to
Christ's return at the seventh trumpet (11:15). The message is clear: terrible things will come upon a God-rejecting world but God's own people will rejoice!
SECTION FOUR.
The Persecuting Dragon (Rev. 12:1-14:20):
THE CHURCH MUST EXPECT PERSECUTION.
The woman and the Man-child are persecuted by the dragon and his helpers. The section starts with a clear reference to the birth of our Saviour (12:5), the dragon threatens to devour the Man-child (Christ), but He is caught up to heaven, so the dragon now persecutes the 'woman' (the Church) through the agencies of the 'beast' and the 'harlot.' This is why Christians must expect persecution. Yet again the section closes with
the Second Coming and with impending judgment (14:14-20).
SECTION FIVE.
The Seven Bowls (Rev. 15:1-16:21):
FINAL JUDGMENT.
These seven sections progressively reveal a little more and now the entire focus is on the final judgment of this world, and Armageddon is mentioned (16:16). Indications are strong (as we will learn later in this article) that the seven bowls and seven trumpets refer to
exactly the same events but from somewhat differing perspectives;
Christ returns at the seventh bowl and seventh trumpet.
SECTION SIX. The Fall of Babylon (Rev. 17:1-19:21):
BABYLON'S CONFUSION FINALLY REMOVED FROM THE WORLD.
The current Babylonian system is why people are currently blinded to spiritual truth and worship money, commerce and various satanic ideologies: Darwinism, Marxism, Pantheism (modern 'environmentalism' is clearly pantheistic), and all the false religions. Babylon said (and currently still says) that people can freely be wealthy and prosperous at the expense of others and that these people can have a religion of their choice to appease their souls; Babylon masked the truth about God and gave people a religion of their minds; Babylon truly offered a self-earned justification, bedecked in deceptive luxury, moreover, it may even be observed in modern evangelicalism. This section shows when Babylon will finally be destroyed for her evil works of deception.
We again find the return of Christ occurring (19:11), these regular returns of Christ confirm that these are parallel sections, not consecutive occurrences!
SECTION SEVEN.
The Great Consummation (Rev. 20:1-22:21):
GOD'S KINGDOM SPREADS FROM HEAVEN TO THE EARTH
AND TO THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!
The final section which reveals such great spiritual truth begins by going back to the start of the Church age to show how Satan has been restricted during this age. We even see the saints in heaven awaiting the resurrection (20:4-5), then we learn more about a final great military battle and the final destruction of the beast, false prophet and Satan himself (20:7-11), next we are presented with an amazing glimpse of the Great White Throne of Judgment when everybody who has ever lived must stand before God! (20:11-15). Yet it does not even finish there: God has even allowed us a symbolic glimpse into the New Jerusalem and the New Heavens and New Earth (chapters 21-22).
"FURTHER CONFIRMATIONS THAT THE ABOVE ARE INDEED PARALLEL SECTIONS:
1. The similarities between Revelation 12 and 20 are very striking and the feeling is strong that the approximate same time period is being covered but from differing perspectives, with a focus on differing events during the period; the former focusing on the persecution which believers must expect, the latter focusing on how God's eternal kingdom will never be thwarted but will finally be established upon the earth (as it currently is in heaven).
2. According to the third period, the period which is being described is one of forty-two months (11:2), or twelve hundred and sixty days (11:3), but we also find this same time period in the fourth parallel section (chapters 12-14), where it is 'twelve hundred and sixty days' (12:6), or, 'a time, and times and half a time' (12:14) - of course, as all serious Bible students will know, these are periods of exactly the same length. This very strongly suggests that the period of the trumpets being blown (section three), is parallel with section four, in which Christ battles the dragon. So up to this point we have strong indications of parallels between Section Three (the Seven Trumpets), Section Four (Christ battles the dragon), and the final Section Seven (the Great consummation).
3. But there is still more: Section Three (the seven trumpets) shows very strong indications of being parallel with Section Five (the bowls of wrath). How so? Because the first trumpet (8:7) affects the earth, so does the first bowl (16:2), the second trumpet affects the sea, so does the second bowl, the third trumpet refers to the rivers, so does the third bowl, the fourth trumpet refers to the sun, so does the fourth bowl, in both cases the fifth refers to the pit of the abyss, the sixth to the Euphrates and the seventh to the Second Coming! Therefore indications are indeed strong - if not pretty much overwhelming - that the seven trumpets and seven bowls refer to
exactly the same events but with different emphases and viewpoints. This again obviously tends to substantiate that these are indeed seven parallel sections.
4. The final defeat of the dragon, the beast out of the sea, the beast out of the earth, and the great harlot are effectively described in two different sections (six and seven), therefore those sections must surely be parallel.
5. The bowls of wrath section (5), ends with a great battle, 'the battle of the great day of God Almighty (16:14), the next section (6), also ends with a great battle (19:19), finally, in Section Seven, one may read, 'to gather them together to battle' (20:8), therefore it would seem reasonable to conclude that those sections are indeed at least roughly parallel and certainly sometimes actually describe the same events.
