This Podcast Episode is focused on Revelation Chapter 22:10. "And he (he is the Angel of the Messiah) said to me; "Do not seal this book, for the time is at hand." This book is the only book in the bible, where God gave the instruction to "not seal" it. In light of this, the contents of the book must contain vitally important information for the human race. Given these points, it shows that God wants to ensure the human race has access to it.
Uniquely, Revelation is so important that punishments are given to anyone who alters the book. Revelation 22:18-19, The Angel said to John; "for I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book; If anyone adds to these things God will add to him the plagues that are written in the book." By the same token, God said that he will take away a person's name from the Book of Life, and from the Holy City if they remove any words from the book.
All things considered, an analysis of all the books in the bible, to include the book of Revelation is needed. Therefore, I started my process by analyzing the following 5 elements:
* The Torah.
* The Prophets
* The Writings
* The Gospels
* The writings of the Apostles
* Revelation
The Torah
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, are the books that are known as Torah. God gave these books to Moses during the 40 days and nights Moses was on Mount Sinai.
The instructions in these books are a guide manual, so to speak. The manual tells us what God requires of our behaviors to become a part of His Kingdom. For example, we needed to learn how to recognize God's appointed days for celebrations. Coupled with understanding the importance of them and why we celebrate them. The manual also teaches us how to celebrate them.
Firstly, the manual explains to us the importance of practicing godly behaviors. Secondly, the manual teaches us how to dress, eat, and conduct our finances and business practices. Equally important, the manual provides instructions on all things that pertains to how to worship God.
The Prophets
Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi are the books of the Prophets. After Moses died, GOD used these men to be his voice to His people. For example,1 Kings tells us, when, why and how God divided the tribes of Israel into two kingdoms through the prophet Ahijah.
In Samuel, King David's nephew, Jonathan killed the giant brother to Goliath. Additionally, in Judges the tribe of BenjamIn savagely raped another man's wife causing her death. This caused war between Benjamin and the eleven tribes of Israel. Resulting in the death of 25,000 men from Benjamin's tribe.
All in all, in these books of the Prophets, future events of the world is foretold. And many of the prophesies manifest into reality hundreds to thousands of years later.
The Writings
The writings consist of the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the Song of Songs (aka Solomon), Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. In these books, we see personal relationships being formed between GOD and man. In them mankind seeks to have a bonding relationship with GOD.
For instance, the relationship between Daniel and GOD. While in Babylon, Daniel prayed three times a day. Daniel asked God to forgive his and his peoples disobedience towards Him. And he asked God to tell him how long they would have to endure captivity in Babylon. In response to Daniel's questions GOD sent his Angel to answer Daniels questions. The Angel of God told Daniel that he was a man dearly beloved by GOD.
Also, in the writings of Ezra and Nehemiah,