What Does Revelation 11: 8 Mean

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 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

While banished to the island of Patmos John received an apocalyptic visions from an angle of God. In this vision he was told by Jesus to “write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things” (Revelation1:19).

This essay will argue that the eschatology of the Book of Revelation forms an integral part of John’s attempt within the pages of his book to form a literary world in which the forms, figures, and forces of the earthly realm are critiqued and unmasked through the re-focalization of existence from the perspective of heaven. It will attempt to show that, in response to the social, political, religious, and economic circumstances of his readers, the Book of Revelation forms a counter imaginative reality. Through drawing upon an inaugurated sense of eschatology and evocative imagery, John is able to pull the reader in and show them the true face of the imperial world and consequences of its ideology, forcing the reader allegiance to fall

The Lake of Fire has been a theological topic of great controversy. Several cults reject the doctrine of eternal punishment in the Lake of Fire, instead they assert that the place is purely symbolic in nature, and are adamant that one should not take this teaching literally. However, any good student of the Bible knows that although there is much figurative language throughout the Scriptures, he should always interpret the Bible in the literal sense. Therefore, the believer of God’s Word should consider the Lake of Fire a literal place of torment. The Bible is clear that a place of torment does exist, and that it is a place where many real people will meet their final fate. Moreover, the Bible is clear on who will go to the Lake of

Sodom has become a name of infamy for all generations; and its awful doom stands forth as a perpetual sign that God 's patience with sin has a bound beyond which it will not go. God does not judge every

Many of us fine ourselves in a state of being "battle weary."  I know I have.  It begins with a good thing and a God thing to refute our enemies. Because of fear, lack of knowledge and misapplication of spiritual warfare strategies, we take on the war ourselves with an over zealous and presumptuous approach towards demonic spirits.  What has happened is learned about all these spiritual warfare strategies, but we engaged in it without being prepared in our hearts.  We claimed our righteousness of God in Christ. We hurled the blood of Jesus in the devils face without first applying the blood of Jesus to our own hearts and lives through confession and repentance.

A prime example of victory in defeat is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. During Jesus’ human childhood, most Jews eagerly anticipated the coming of the prophesied Messiah or King. They expected the Son of God to come riding on the clouds with an army of angels behind him, to destroy the hated Romans and free his chosen people. When Jesus first began his ministry on Earth, few recognized him for his true holy nature; mostly because the Jews were expecting something very different. The Zealots called to the people to throw off the chains of oppression and rebel against the pagan Romans. But Jesus offered a drastically different

“Church of Laodicea” An Exegetical Paper on Revelation 3:14-19 by Abigail Klima submitted to Professor Matthew Jones in partial fulfillment of the requirements for BIB 230 Interpreting the Bible December 12, 2014 Survey: 4-7 sentences, brief statement of content (what is happening in the passage), provide a clear and concise thesis statement based off of your interrelated observations and research, be mindful of authorial intent and audience reception In Revelation 3:14-19, Jesus inspires a letter through John Contextual: historical context: in what historical, sociopolitical, and cultural situation was the passage written? What are the key facts and issues related to this passage that will help me interpret it? who are the people? where does the event happen?

Revelation 16:1-21, one of the most prominent passages in Revelation, is about god unleashing his fury upon the earth in the form of seven bowls. Each bowl contains a specific plague which one of the seven angels frees upon the earth. After the sounding of the seven trumps, cueing the end of the world, these angels release these plagues onto all sinners and followers of the antichrist. The most obvious symbols are the symbolic numbers that are apparent through the passage specifically the number seven. Seven is used a lot (54 times) in Revelation due to its symbolic meaning of completeness and perfection.

In his first letter to Timothy, Paul instructs Timothy to “fight the good fight of faith.” The verb means to “keep on fighting.” In last week’s combined Sunday school class, Roger Gannam provided a powerful presentation about Nehemiah and the rebuilding of the wall at Jerusalem. As the families began to rebuild their section of the wall, their enemies began to ridicule and criticize them. When this did not have the appropriate response, their enemies began to threaten warfare against them. Like Nehemiah of old, Christians today need to have a trowel in one hand for building and a sword in the other hand for battling. As in every battle, it’s important to know who our enemy is. We must remember our fight is not with other believers but “against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,

intensity of their commenting, and so forth, went. It was a sin for them to choose to do so without being sure if it was a sin or not, in the first place. We are now moving on to a Bible study of Revelation Chapter 8. I did the thirteen verses study with Jesus, yet some of the holy angels were listening, and besides those holy chief princes, all the demons were listening also on the 16th and 17th of June in 2011. At any rate, I later found out more stuff over the years, and now Jesus is having me update the study a bit.

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

But God restored us to himself through his love and mercy and saved us with his grace (v. 4-7).

Meanwhile with non-character-name words, the country where all the men die is call Moaz, and life is brought back in Bethlehem. Also, the word glean meaning ‘to pick up after the reapers’ and references to wheat frequently show up midway through the Book (especially chapter 3). And there are also phrases such as ‘uncover his feet’ (a potential implication of sexual intercourse) and ‘take off the sandal and give it to the other’ (for sale/rights exchanges) which can shape our understanding past the structure of the text.