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The Paradigm
The Paradigm:
The key to understanding the chronology of the Book of Revelation is found in the first chapter, verse nineteen:
"Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter" (Rev. 1:19 KJV)
Chapter one contains the vision of the resurrected Christ as presented to John in his present time, the things which he had witnessed up to that verse. Chapters two and three represent messages which would be delivered to the seven historical churches in the near future. The things which will take place hereafter are prophetic future events and begin in chapter four when John is ecstatically enraptured to heaven by the sound of the prophetic rapture trumpet (cf: 1Thess 4:16): "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter." (Rev. 4:1 KJV)
The scripture in verse 1:19 is restated in 4:1 in order to eliminate any confusion as to the timing of this event (1Cor. 14:33).
The Final Seven Years of Secular History:
In chapters four and five, John is shown the heavenly scene as a prelude to the terrible judgments about to fall upon the earth. Chapters six through nineteen encompass the "shabua" of God's judgment (shabua in Hebrew is a period of seven), and the preparation for God's people to receive their Messiah. The primary purpose of the final week of secular history is to fulfill God's plan for the Jewish people; it is not about Christians nor about Muslims. Daniel's vision 9:24-27 is a timetable for the completion of God's prophetic promises to Daniel's people, the Hebrews. Without understanding this perspective, it is impossible to understand the prophetic unveiling as Christ himself verifies in Matthew 24:15 “when ye see...spoken of by Daniel: "Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place." (Dan. 9:24; weeks = shabuas - which means a period of 7s, in the case weeks
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By John C. Bartee, M.Div.
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The Paradigm:
The key to understanding the chronology of the Book of Revelation is found in the first chapter, verse nineteen:
"Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter" (Rev. 1:19 KJV)
Chapter one contains the vision of the resurrected Christ as presented to John in his present time, the things which he had witnessed up to that verse. Chapters two and three represent messages which would be delivered to the seven historical churches in the near future. The things which will take place hereafter are prophetic future events and begin in chapter four when John is ecstatically enraptured to heaven by the sound of the prophetic rapture trumpet (cf: 1Thess 4:16): "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter." (Rev. 4:1 KJV)
The scripture in verse 1:19 is restated in 4:1 in order to eliminate any confusion as to the timing of this event (1Cor. 14:33).
The Final Seven Years of Secular History:
In chapters four and five, John is shown the heavenly scene as a prelude to the terrible judgments about to fall upon the earth. Chapters six through nineteen encompass the "shabua" of God's judgment (shabua in Hebrew is a period of seven), and the preparation for God's people to receive their Messiah. The primary purpose of the final week of secular history is to fulfill God's plan for the Jewish people; it is not about Christians nor about Muslims. Daniel's vision 9:24-27 is a timetable for the completion of God's prophetic promises to Daniel's people, the Hebrews. Without understanding this perspective, it is impossible to understand the prophetic unveiling as Christ himself verifies in Matthew 24:15 “when ye see...spoken of by Daniel: "Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place." (Dan. 9:24; weeks = shabuas - which means a period of 7s, in the case weeks