Bible Study Of Revelation Chapter 8

In chapter eight and nine, the demons mention the “trough periods” through which Christians must travel, and plotted to

When will the end come? It is human nature for humans to ask questions. Many of these questions are without answers and there is no possible way to come up with one. A common question that plagues the human race is “When will the world end?” For thousands of years, astrologers and psychics have been trying to come up with clues to when it all will end. There is a source, the Bible, which aids humans, specifically Christians, in trying to come up with some answers. Many places in the Bible such as Revelations, Ezekiel, Matthew, Daniel, and I Corinthians all give some clues to how and when the end of the world will come. Two articles that give some insight on this subject are “Visions or Heaven, Dreams of the End” by

The beginning of Revelation chapter 12 states that a great sign or wonder appeared in heaven. This sign was the image of woman clothed with sun, the moon was under her feet and she had twelve stars on her head. Over the many years since the Apostle John described this sign there has been many false teachings about who this woman is. One of the erroneous teachings is that the woman is the Church. Matthew Poole in his commentary on Revelation chapter 12 stated “I find all valuable interpreters agreeing, that this woman represented the church, well enough compared to a woman.” This interpretation neglects that further down in the chapter that the woman is described as pregnant and at the point of giving birth. The church is described in 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 2 as the chaste virgin beginning presented to Christ not as one who is giving birth to Christ. Another example of false interpretation is applying it to be symbolic of all goddesses in multiple cultural contexts. Tina Pippin proposes such an interpretation in her work Revelation/Apocalypse of John where she states “She has been interpreted as many things: the image of Israel, of Mary, of Ishtar, of Inanna, of Isis, and more recently of Our Lady of Guadalupe (a merger of Mary with the Aztec goddess Coatlaxopeuh). The diversity of this goddess images fits easily into a variety of culture contexts as a symbol of power” One final example of false interpretation of this passage is that the woman is

The book of Hebrews was written by a Christian scholar and not by one of the Gospels. I knew that many authors made up the New Testament but I did not know scholars wrote some books a well. Hebrews writer was someone who linked the Hebrew Bible along with Greek philosophy. The writer never identifies himself but his views on the end times were very strong. He assumes that there is an existence of two parallel worlds: the eternal and the perfect realm of spirits. This is something that I have never heard before. This writer is the only person to speak of Jesus as the mediator between God and humanity. He has so much insight on what was happening or what was to happen but we do not know who this person was. Hebrew is written very differently and some of the

At death, the body ceases to function and decays, but the soul of everyone is immortal and will be judged immediately. The souls of those who are faithful to God will be purified and go to live with God in heaven. However, the soul of anyone who has denied God will spend eternity separated from God in hell. At the end of time, all of the dead will be bodily resurrected and each individual will be judged and either rewarded or punished according to the life that they led.

Israel, as the woman in Revelation 12, gives birth to the Messiah as Satan waits to destroy Him, but God protects the child-Messiah and raptures the Church, while protecting the remnant of Israel in the wilderness for 1,260 days during the Great Tribulation. Under the terms of the old covenant, Israel exists as a woman married to God, “For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called” (Isaiah 54:5-6). Jeremiah describes a similar relationship between Israel and God, “Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you” (Jeremiah 3:14). Hosea 2:16 uses the word “Ishi” which means “my husband” to depict the relationship

Like Dante, the disbelievers are destined for hell where "the angels beat them up on the faces and rear ends" (8:50, 47:27), "order them to evict their souls" (6:93), then "snatch their souls" (79:1). The disbelievers go through two different types of deaths. One is where they see Hell as a nightmare that last forever but really only last until their judgment day. The other death that they have is very similar to Dante’s Hell in the Inferno and the separating of the people comparing to their sins that they have committed. It was said that:

The passage, Revelation 3:14-22 talks about the lukewarm church in Laodicea. The passage explains that the believers, in Laodicea, are spiritually wrecked. The only way that Christ would give them spiritual sight, was for them to repent and be zealous for Him. The church had pushed the Lord outside of it, consequently, was seeking to reenter. The only way for the Lord to reenter, was for them to repent; consequently, for them to know they need God. If anyone hears God’s voice, the believers will open the door to Him; moreover, he will come in . Once they let God into their church, they will see that they have been wrong; consequently, the church will anew with God.

What happens in hell? That is most assuredly one of the most contemplated yet unanswered questions of all time. Although a few people shed light on the possibilities, such as the Book of Revelation in the bible, or Dante’s Divine Comedy. The essay, what happens in hell, by Charles Baxter was most interesting and perhaps, insightful. He brings up a few main ideas which I would like to expound upon.

What happens to believers and unbelievers at death is very different. For believers, death is not a punishment. After a Christian dies, the soul of that person goes into God’s presence, where they wait until Jesus’ second coming to go to heaven. In Heaven, there is no suffering, death, and grief. In heaven, the believers worship and praise God forever, and also partake in meaningful work. After an unbeliever dies, their soul goes to hell. When Jesus returns, they experience the second death, which is eternal torment. Hell is a place of fire and burning, where unbelievers go through weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Revelation, then, does not record the origins of Satan. It is a heinous violation of every context pertaining to Revelation 12 to make it a reference to Satan’s “origin story.” The literary context shows that Revelation is a book of symbols, meaning that any literal interpretation must be carefully tested before accepting it. Both the immediate context of Revelation 12 and the remote context of the entire Bible show that Satan has no detailed origin story outside a few scant details about his character. The true context teaches Christians that they have overcome Satan and his power through their Savior, Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the first and the last, and He is in complete control of everything in between. God verifies this truth in Revelation 1:8 by saying, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” He also proclaimed Himself as the Alpha and Omega in Revelation 21:6 and 22:13.

In chapter 5 of the Book of Revelation, we see Christ enter John’s vision in the form of the slain lamb, a picture of Christ sacrifice (Rev 5:6). In the ‘new song’ of the saints, the lamb is said to have “ransom[ed] for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation’ (5:9) and, later in the chapter, that “…every creature in heaven and on earth…” now sings praise to the lamb (5:13). These verses speak of God’s victory already having been fulfilled in Christ’s sacrifice in a way that leaves the reader with a vision of the eschatological hope of the Christian faith as being both fulfilled, but yet to be completed, a conception which falls within an inaugurated understanding of eschatology. As such, the ‘end of the world’ in Revelation can be considered as having already occurred in Christ’s death as evil was defeated and the New Creation initiated, while simultaneously not complete as the forces of Satan; the beast, the false prophet, and the harlot, still function in the cosmology of the First Creation. This understanding of the eschatological reality is an important aspect of John’s text, as it is through this that he is able to identify the dangers to the Church as well as encourage and strengthen its faith.

To start this off, I don’t know much about the New Testament but I can name a few specifics. For instance, the first four books of the New Testament are all the same story just different perspectives. I know that the book of Revelation is a story of the end of times, written by John. However, Jesus was speaking through John, as he wrote the book. I know that Jesus was born of a virgin, named Mary. Jesus, before his time, had performed his first miracle of turning water into wine. By the age of thirteen, John the Baptist had baptized him. From that moment on, Jesus was now the man he was called to be, our Savior. I know that Jesus traveled through the Middle East, to more place than we know, performing miracles, such as, healing a leper, making

The book of Revelation was written by the apostle John, in an apocalyptic literature style. It consists of a series of prophecies about the end times, when Jesus will return and triumph over all the evil residing in the world. Its purpose is to bring hope and encouragement to Christians so that they will continue watching for the return and victory of Jesus Christ, but it is also a warning of the Final Judgment that nonbelievers will endure. The depiction of the cosmic battle that takes place both in heaven and on earth, symbolic language, and introduction of surreal