Revelation 19:16 - And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Vesture would be the TZITZIT'S, the prayer shawl that the Jews wear. It will say KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
In Revelation 19:17-18, we have the vision of the supper of God. This is not the supper of the Lamb. This is the supper of God, a little different.
Revelation 19:18 - That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
It's the invitation for the birds to come and feast on dead bodies that will be the result of Christ slaying the nations. In Matthew 24:27-28, Jesus said that wherever the corpse is, the vultures will gather together.
Some have theorized about that for years. Well, here's its fulfillment right here. Jesus said in the end analysis, wherever the vultures are, that's where the dead bodies will be. And that will be the end result of the world and life as we know it.
The vision of the battle of Armageddon is given to us in Verses 19 to 21.
Revelation 19:20 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked miracles (literally signs), before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were taken, literally living, into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
This is the first mention we've had of the lake of fire. This is the place in the bible that is called hell. There are many words that are translated hell in the English. But the lake of fire is the only place that is called hell.
Revelation 20:4 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
So, if you reject the mark of the beast, if you are persuaded by the angelic preaching of the gospel, and the gospel of the 144,000, you will be beheaded, but you'll be with Christ.
Revelation 20:5 - But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
All unbelievers who die still have not been resurrected. They will be resurrected after the thousand years. This is the first resurrection. So, the resurrection of the saints, the collecting of Christ, that we call the rapture, when the dead are raised first, and we are raised with them, that is the first resurrection.
There is a second resurrection, and that is when the unbelieving dead are raised after the thousand-year reign of Christ.
In Luke Chapter 16, where we see the rich man and Lazarus, you remember they both died, Lazarus was a poor man, and the rich man wound up in hell, in torments. I use the word hell because the English text does, but it's different from the lake of fire. That word hell is Hades. Hades means the place of unseen spirits.
Before Christ came, if you were a believer, you went to one compartment in Hades. It's called Abraham's Bosom. People were waiting there for their salvation to come. But there's another compartment in Hades that was called the place of torment.
So, the rich man was in a place of torment. And he looks over and sees Lazarus in the Bosom of Abraham across this chasm. You couldn't cross back and forth. And the rich man calls out to Abraham and says, "Have Lazarus dip his finger in some water, and come over and touch my tongue because I'm tormented in this flame."
After reading this story so many times, you have to think to yourself that if you were in hell and had just one wish, what would you want it to be? "I just want a glass of water." You've got to be kidding! You want your tongue touched because you're in torment? How about a rope to get you out of there. He didn't want out!
The reason he didn't want out was not because of the comparison between hell and heaven. It's because there's only one other place to be other than hell, and that's in the presence of Jesus Christ. And for some people that's hell. They would prefer to be in hell, only comforted. They don't want to be with Christ. They are rejecters. And once a person's heart is a rejecter of Christ, you can't do anything about it.
Even living under perfect conditions, they still go back to serving Satan again.
So, to Him, not much time has passed. But, when God is on the earth, He's subject to earth time and earth measurements as we'll see soon. We're going to measure the city, and it will be the measurement of man. So, they are very quick to tell you that once we get down on the earth and we start dealing with the earth time-space factor, a thousand years down here is a thousand years. If it was up in heaven, it would be as one day.
I hope I am giving a proper and understandable explanation. It's giving us the time difference between heaven and earth. But Christ in on earth for a thousand years. That's earth time, even though to God in His time frame where He dwells now, a thousand years is as one day, and one day is as a thousand years.
So, Satan will be bound for a thousand years. And Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit, the ABUSSO, and shut up, a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more. And after these things, it is necessary for him to be loosed for a short season.
After the thousand years, we leave with Christ. And the people on the earth who are left over from the tribulation, who still are not saved, but they've been given this one-thousand-year opportunity to live under the rule of Christ with Satan bound, when Satan is let loose, we will see that they will go back to Serving Satan again.
And as I have emphasized before, I think it's a tragedy, but we have to understand that when a person is a rejecter of Christ, you could send him to heaven for a thousand years and say, "Look how nice it is here," and when he comes back, he's going to reject it. Nothing's going to impress him to be saved.
Revelation 20:3 - And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
And cast him into the bottomless pit, that ABUSSO where the locusts came out of, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that, literally after these things, he must, and the word must means that it is necessary that he be loosed for a little season.
The debates rage on as to whether these 1,000 years known by many as the millennium, the 1,000-year reign of Christ, after His second coming, after Armageddon takes place, and the millions that are there to fight against Him are killed, He sets up His kingdom upon the earth and He rules for 1,000 years. And Satan is closed up in the pit so that he can have no more influence on people during those thousand years that the Lord reigns upon the earth.
There are many that believe that it will not literally be a thousand years, because in 2 Peter 3:8, Peter said that the reason why it seems that the Lord is taking so long to bring His judgment is because with the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is one day. So, they take that scripture and say "Well, the Lord ruling for a thousand years, that's just symbolic of one day, because one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is one day!"
In order to understand the time element correctly, if you're looking at God and studying Him, and seeing Him from heaven, His time frame would be an example of a thousand years equals one day, one day a thousand years. Right now, it's been a few thousand years that the earth has existed, but with the Lord, where He is, as illustrated, it's only been a week.
Revelation 19:16 - And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Vesture would be the TZITZIT'S, the prayer shawl that the Jews wear. It will say KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
In Revelation 19:17-18, we have the vision of the supper of God. This is not the supper of the Lamb. This is the supper of God, a little different.
Revelation 19:18 - That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
It's the invitation for the birds to come and feast on dead bodies that will be the result of Christ slaying the nations. In Matthew 24:27-28, Jesus said that wherever the corpse is, the vultures will gather together.
Some have theorized about that for years. Well, here's its fulfillment right here. Jesus said in the end analysis, wherever the vultures are, that's where the dead bodies will be. And that will be the end result of the world and life as we know it.
The vision of the battle of Armageddon is given to us in Verses 19 to 21.
Revelation 19:20 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked miracles (literally signs), before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were taken, literally living, into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
This is the first mention we've had of the lake of fire. This is the place in the bible that is called hell. There are many words that are translated hell in the English. But the lake of fire is the only place that is called hell.
Revelation 20:4 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
So, if you reject the mark of the beast, if you are persuaded by the angelic preaching of the gospel, and the gospel of the 144,000, you will be beheaded, but you'll be with Christ.
Revelation 20:5 - But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
All unbelievers who die still have not been resurrected. They will be resurrected after the thousand years. This is the first resurrection. So, the resurrection of the saints, the collecting of Christ, that we call the rapture, when the dead are raised first, and we are raised with them, that is the first resurrection.
There is a second resurrection, and that is when the unbelieving dead are raised after the thousand-year reign of Christ.
I can't turn my back on you!
You have put it in overdrive!!
You'll be done soon! I'm enjoying the ride!
God bless you!
Blessings to you also!
Revelation 20:3 Continued
In Luke Chapter 16, where we see the rich man and Lazarus, you remember they both died, Lazarus was a poor man, and the rich man wound up in hell, in torments. I use the word hell because the English text does, but it's different from the lake of fire. That word hell is Hades. Hades means the place of unseen spirits.
Before Christ came, if you were a believer, you went to one compartment in Hades. It's called Abraham's Bosom. People were waiting there for their salvation to come. But there's another compartment in Hades that was called the place of torment.
So, the rich man was in a place of torment. And he looks over and sees Lazarus in the Bosom of Abraham across this chasm. You couldn't cross back and forth. And the rich man calls out to Abraham and says, "Have Lazarus dip his finger in some water, and come over and touch my tongue because I'm tormented in this flame."
After reading this story so many times, you have to think to yourself that if you were in hell and had just one wish, what would you want it to be? "I just want a glass of water." You've got to be kidding! You want your tongue touched because you're in torment? How about a rope to get you out of there. He didn't want out!
The reason he didn't want out was not because of the comparison between hell and heaven. It's because there's only one other place to be other than hell, and that's in the presence of Jesus Christ. And for some people that's hell. They would prefer to be in hell, only comforted. They don't want to be with Christ. They are rejecters. And once a person's heart is a rejecter of Christ, you can't do anything about it.
Even living under perfect conditions, they still go back to serving Satan again.
Revelation 20:3 Continued
So, to Him, not much time has passed. But, when God is on the earth, He's subject to earth time and earth measurements as we'll see soon. We're going to measure the city, and it will be the measurement of man. So, they are very quick to tell you that once we get down on the earth and we start dealing with the earth time-space factor, a thousand years down here is a thousand years. If it was up in heaven, it would be as one day.
I hope I am giving a proper and understandable explanation. It's giving us the time difference between heaven and earth. But Christ in on earth for a thousand years. That's earth time, even though to God in His time frame where He dwells now, a thousand years is as one day, and one day is as a thousand years.
So, Satan will be bound for a thousand years. And Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit, the ABUSSO, and shut up, a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more. And after these things, it is necessary for him to be loosed for a short season.
After the thousand years, we leave with Christ. And the people on the earth who are left over from the tribulation, who still are not saved, but they've been given this one-thousand-year opportunity to live under the rule of Christ with Satan bound, when Satan is let loose, we will see that they will go back to Serving Satan again.
And as I have emphasized before, I think it's a tragedy, but we have to understand that when a person is a rejecter of Christ, you could send him to heaven for a thousand years and say, "Look how nice it is here," and when he comes back, he's going to reject it. Nothing's going to impress him to be saved.
Revelation 20:3 - And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
And cast him into the bottomless pit, that ABUSSO where the locusts came out of, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that, literally after these things, he must, and the word must means that it is necessary that he be loosed for a little season.
The debates rage on as to whether these 1,000 years known by many as the millennium, the 1,000-year reign of Christ, after His second coming, after Armageddon takes place, and the millions that are there to fight against Him are killed, He sets up His kingdom upon the earth and He rules for 1,000 years. And Satan is closed up in the pit so that he can have no more influence on people during those thousand years that the Lord reigns upon the earth.
There are many that believe that it will not literally be a thousand years, because in 2 Peter 3:8, Peter said that the reason why it seems that the Lord is taking so long to bring His judgment is because with the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is one day. So, they take that scripture and say "Well, the Lord ruling for a thousand years, that's just symbolic of one day, because one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is one day!"
In order to understand the time element correctly, if you're looking at God and studying Him, and seeing Him from heaven, His time frame would be an example of a thousand years equals one day, one day a thousand years. Right now, it's been a few thousand years that the earth has existed, but with the Lord, where He is, as illustrated, it's only been a week.
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