REVELATION

D6 15:1-8. The Sixth Vision "In Heaven".

(Alternation).

D6  A  15:1. The seven angels.
     B  2-4. Worship offered.
    A  5-7. The seven angels.
     B  8. Worship no longer possible.

15)

 1: And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the last seven plagues (this is a replay of 7th trump in more detail); for in them is filled up the wrath of God. (God's wrath is complete)

 2: And I saw as it were a glassy sea (=purity) mingled with fire: And them that had gotten the victory over the beast (see 2:7), and over the image, and over the number of his name, standing on the glassy sea, having the harps of God. (They and only they. Its time for for the music)
 3: And they sing the song of Moses (Deut. 32.) the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, (Two songs are specified in this verse. In connection with the "song of the Lamb" cp. Ps.86:9-12. Isa.66:15,16,23. Zeph.2:11. Zech.14:15,16 &c. "Great...made manifest" [v.3,4]. These are the words of the song of the Lamb; distinct from, but the compliment of, the song of Moses.), saying, "Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God the Almighty; just and true are Your ways,You King of saints (the text reads "nations").
 4: Who shall revere You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? for You only are holy: for all the nations shall come and worship before You, for Your righteous sentence were made manifest." (He is just and fair. He gives out rewards and punishments. See 19:6-9)

 5: And after that I saw, and, the Temple of the tabernacle of the testimony (=the evidence) in heaven was opened:
 6: And the seven angels came out of the Temple, having the seven plagues, clothed with precious stones (see 2:17) pure and bright, and girt about their breast with golden girdles.
 7: And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God (God's answer to prayers on enemy. There is no wrath for God's children, only His enemies.), Who lives for ever and ever.

 8: And the Temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power; and no one was able to enter into the Temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. (The door to heaven is shut at this time. No "rapture". But don't worry, IF your not His enemy He will protect you right were you are at. Remember and go to the story of the three Hebrew children, Shadrach, Mechach, and Abednego, in the Book of Daniel)

16)

 1: And I heard a great voice out of the Temple saying to the seven angels, “Go forth, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God into the earth.”
 2: And he first went forth, and poured out his vial into the earth; and there fell (lit. came or became) a noisome and grievous ulcer (the disease of the ages) upon the people which had the mark of the beast (you can wear that mark in your forehead today, see 13:16), and upon those worshiping his image (= the one world system, both religious and political).
 3: And the second poured out his vial into the sea (= the peoples of the world, see 17:15); and it became as blood of a dead man (= spiritual death for those that have the mark of the beast, not a physical death): and every living creature died in the sea (=sea of humanity).
4: And the third poured out his vial into the rivers and fountains of waters (all the waters=peoples of the world as in v.3); and they became blood (=spiritual death, not physical death).
 5: And I heard the angel of the waters say, “You are righteous, Which is, and was, You Holy One, because You have judged thus.
 6: For they shed the blood of the saints (see Acts 9:13) and the prophets (they = Kenites = the sons of Cain. See Matt.23:31-35), and You have given them blood to drink; they are worthy.” (=they deserve it.)
 7: And I heard the angel of the altar, “Even so, O Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.”
 8: And the fourth poured out his vial upon the sun (= light); and it was given to him to scorch people with fire (=the Holy Spirit. See 11:5)
 9: And people were scorched with great heat (=the Truth of God's Word), and blasphemed the name of God, Which has the power over the plagues: and they repented not to give Him glory. (because they think God is already here, they are worshiping anti-Christ = Satan the great deceiver)
 10: And the fifth poured out his vial into the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; (= absence of truth) and they gnawed their tongues for pain.
 11: And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and because of their sores, and repented not of their deeds. (see v. 9)
 12: (Here we have the beginning of completion of the 666 of 13:18) And the sixth poured out his vial into the great river Euphrates (see 9:14); and the water thereof was dried up, in order that the way of the kings that came of the east (lit. the rising of the sun) might be prepared.
 13: And I saw three unclean spirits (here we have the unholy trinity) as it were frogs (a very unclean animal) come out of the mouth of the dragon (= Satan), and out of the mouth of the beast (= the political system), and out of the mouth of the false prophet (= the religious system, i.e. the "rapture" theory).
 14: For they are spirits of demons, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to do battle of the great day of God the Almighty. (which was shown to John)
 15: (This verse forms a parenthesis) Behold, I come as a thief (i.e. not expected if they think Jesus is already here and they are worshiping the false thinking it is Him, and then the real Jesus comes). Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garment (= the Gospel armor & righteous acts. He wants workers that can make a stand.), in order that he not walk naked, and they see his shame.
 16: And he (i.e. Satan. At this time he is sitting in the temple pretending to be God) gathered them together into the place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (= the mount of Megiddo. Therefore in Palestine, not Europe. Megiddo translated means the gathering place of the crowd)
 17: And the seventh poured out his vial into the air (= the spiritual, breath of life body which we turn into at Christ's return, not the atmosphere. Air is a bad translation. See also 1 Thess.4:17 where it also should be translated spiritual body also, and clouds there = a large gathering); and there came a great voice out of the Temple, from the throne saying, "It is done."
 18: And there was (lit. came to be) lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and the was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, or so great. (See entire chapter of Zech.14)
 19: And the great city became divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and great Babylon was remembered before God (see Dan.4:30), to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. (Christ Himself pours this out, see 14:10 & Isa.51:17. This is the cup that He asked of God to pass before his crucifixion. Christ was and is not weak.)
 20: And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. (mountains =nations.)
 21: And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent (= 120-180 lbs. hail stones): and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail; for the pague thereof is very great.

17

 1: And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying, “Come to this place; I will show to you the judgments of the great whore that sits upon many waters: (waters=peoples, see v.15)
 2: With whom the kings of the earth committed fornication (=idolatry, a condition of the mind), and they that inhabit the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.” (=intoxicated with a lot of lies)
 3: And he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman (i.e. "that great city" of v.18) sitting upon a scarlet colored beast (=royalty, one world order), full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (= new world order, see v.10)
 4: And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and girded with gold and precious stone and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations (=the uncleanness practiced in the worship) and having the unclean things of her fornication: (=idolatry)
 5: And upon her forehead she had a name written, a secret symbol, BABYLON (=confusion, the mark of the beast, those lies that are in your forehead. it is NOT some outward mark) THE GREAT, the mother of the harlots (Jezebel's) and of the abominations of the earth. (Babylon is the fountain-head of all idolatry and systems of false worship. This is the "mystery of iniquity" [2 Thess.2:7] seen in all the great "religions" of the world. All alike substitute another god for the God of the Bible; a god made either by the hands or with imagination, but equally made; a religion consisting of human merit and endeavor. The "Reunion of the Churches" of Christiandom and the "League of Nation" = "The United Nations" are two of the most arresting signs of the times.)
 6: And I saw the woman (i.e. the one world system) drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus (See 11:7,8): and when I saw her, I wondered with great astonishment.
 7: And the angel said to me, “Why did you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which have the seven heads and ten horns.
 8: The beast that you saw was, and is not (because Christ told him to "get behind Me, Satan [Matt.4:10]); and is about to ascend out of the pit of the abyss (=a state of mind & spirit), and go into perdition (thus Satan is called the son of perdition = falling away to perish. See 2 Thess.2:3. He is the only one [entity] called this and the only one judged to death at this time [i.e. since Ezek. 28]): and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose name is not written in the book of life from the foundations of the world (see 13:8), when they behold the beast because it was, and is not, and shall be present. (He looks just like you think Jesus looks like, i.e. an artist's rendition. Remember he is a great deceiver, a copycat, this is one of his many things that are in his bag of tricks)
 9: Here is the mind (=understanding) which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains (=nations/sections, of the whole world), on which the woman sits. (= the one world system)
 10: And they are seven kings (=Satan's different roles at different times): five fell, the one is (i.e. at this stage of this vision), the seventh is not yet come; and when he shall have come, he must continue a short space. (i.e. the hour of temptation)
11: And the beast that was, and is not, even he himself is the eighth, and is the seven, and goes into perdition. (See v.8)
 12: And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings (or rulers), which have received not yet a kingdom; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. (The hour of temptation, i.e. the one and the same hour. Confusion results from substituting "kingdoms" for "kings" in the connection. The Holy Spirit says kings; who and what they are will be known at the time of their association with the beast, the one world system)
 13: These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast (here it is the false messiah = Satan)
 14: These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: For He is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with Him are called (see Matt.20:16), and chosen (see also Matt.20:16), and faithful.” (see 2 Cor.1:18)
15: And he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
 16: And the ten horns which you saw and the beast, these will hate the whore, and make her desolate and naked (i.e. the city. Cp. Jer.50:32), and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. (this is the sting of the scorpion of 9:10)
 17: For God has put in their hearts (= gave, allowed them in their minds) to fulfill His will, and to carry out (=do one purpose), and give their kingdom to the beast, until the Words of God shall be fulfilled.
 18: And that woman which you saw is the great city (=Jerusalem), which reigns (lit. having a kingdom, or sovereignty) over the kings of the earth.” (Those who are so called in 16:14, and in v.2 in this chapter)

E6  8:1-24. The Judgment Of The Great City.

(Alternation)

E6  F¹  m¹  1,2. Babylon's Judgment. Announcement of it.
         n¹ 3. Babylon's associates. Their sin.
          G¹  4. God's people. Call to "come out of her".
    F²  m²  5-8. Babylon's judgment. Reasons for it.
         n²  9-19. Babylons inhabitants. Their lamination.
          G²  20. God's people. Call to "rejoice over her".
    F³  m³  21. Babylon's judgment. Manner of it.
         n³  22,23. Babylon's inhabitants. Their silence.
          G³  24. God's people. Their blood "found in her"

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 1: After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven (not the speaker of ch.17, but one invested with great authority and glory), having great power (=authority); and the earth was lightened with his glory.
 2: And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen (see 14:8. Isa.21:9. Jer.51:8), and is become a habitation of demons, and the cage of every unclean spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

 3: For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath (=furious wine) of her fornications (=idolatry), and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her (=worshiped the one world system), and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the abundance (Gr. dunamis = dynamite, explosive, powerful tricks) of her delicacies.” (This identifies the city with that of Ch.17. In addition, it is here implies that Babylon [=confusion] will become the head-quarters of Spiritism, the habitation of demons, and the hold of every unclean spirit. Jer. 50 and 51 should be carefully studied in connection with these two Chapters [17,18] as many of the things predicted will await fulfillment in the coming evil days.)

 4: And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come forth out of her, My People (see Jer.50:4-9, and cp. Isa.10:20,24.), in order that you all not be partakers of her sins, and in order that you all receive not of her plagues. (Come into God's Word, not man's)

 5: For her sins built together up to heaven, And God remembered her iniquities.
 6: Render her even as she rendered others (Cp. Mark 12:17 and Jer.51:2), and double her double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
 7: How much she glorified herself (looks so religious), and lived deliciously (see v.3), so, much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen (A queen who is not a widow, implies a king-consort. She is not a virgin, she's in bed [spiritually speaking] with anti-Christ=Satan, she didn't wait for the True King, the oil ran out of her lamp [i.e. the truth]), and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.’ (See Isaiah 47:8)
 8: For this cause shall her plagues come in one day (i.e. suddenly, on the Lord's Day, the 7th trump. See 2 Pet.3:10), death (spiritual death), and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire (i.e. the Truth of the Holy Spirit): for mighty is the Lord God Who judged her. (The suddenness and completeness of Babylon's judgment and disappearance from the face of the earth is the prominent feature of this prophecy, proving that that judgment has not yet taken place in this day that we live in. Isa.13:20. Jer.50:13,39,40; 51:29,37,43: &c., await fulfillment)

 9: And the kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived deliciously with her (=idolatry), shall bewail her, and lament over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning.
 10: Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city Babylon, the mighty city! for in one hour (see v.8) is your judgment come. (These "kings of the earth" are those of 17:2. The ten kings are never seen by John apart from the beast, and the "kings of the earth" are always seen in connection with Babylon)
 11: And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her; for no one buys their merchandise no longer.
 12: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thymine wood (so sweet and religious), and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
 13: And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots (Gr. rheda, a Gaelic word for a four-wheeled coach or vehicle, a sign of luxury), and slaves (lit.bodies), persons of men.(all of the above are of v.3)
 14: And the fruits of your souls desire are departed from you (i.e. the ripe fruit which falls off the tree out of season, see Zech. 5), and all things which were dainty and goodly are perished from you, and your men shall never more at all find them.
 15: The merchants of these things which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, (poor me baby's - biblicaly illiterate)
 16: Saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purpe, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stone, and pearls! (That great "Church". Man's church, religiosity. Its not God's Church)
 17: For in one hour (i.e. the 7th trump, see v.8) so great riches is come to naught.’ (see v.19). And every shipmaster (how's you Christian boat doing my friend?), and everyone that sails any where (indicating travelers of all kinds), and sailors, and as many as trade by sea (lit work the sea, i.e. for a living), stood far of, (Remember the seas represent the peoples of the world, and it is these false teachers, always begging for money, who mislead the fishes [i.e. Christians], teaching their traditions, and not teaching the True Word of God)
 18: And cried as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What city is like the great city!" (i.e. the one world system. Answer to this question. Our Father's City)
 19: And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which were made rich and had all the ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour (see v.8, and cp. Isa.47:11. Jer.50:26. Jer.51:8. Ancient Babylon, after its capture by Cyrus, gradually diminished. Here she [i.e. the one world system & confusion will be eliminated almost immediately) was she made desolate.’

 20: Rejoice over her, you heaven, and all you saints and apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her. (i.e. has fully avenged you. Now has come the time of avenging, see Luke 18:7,8.)

 21: And a mighty angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone (remember the story of David and Goliath), and cast it into the sea (the one world system, Satan's kingdom), saying, “Thus with a furious rush shall the great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. (This system is stripped away from Satan forever. Cp. Jer.51:64. Ezek.26:21)

 22: And the voice of the harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be hard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found no more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you; (totally silent and vacant)
 23: And the light of lamp shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of bridegroom and of bride shall be heard no more in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorcery (see 9:21) were all the nations deceived.” (Cp. Isa.47:9)

 24 And in her (i.e. sister Babylon) was found the blood of the prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.