Book of Revelation

Antichrist as seen by Daniel Throughout the Bible, passages describe the character of the wicked one known as the Antichrist using both direct prophetic references and types (typology). Within all the verses that allude to him, certain themes are discovered again and again. The composite picture leaves the impression of a fairly simple-minded yet destined individual, driven by an insatiable desire for self-elevation and praise. Like Satan before him, this obsession will eventually cause him to…

Covenant, to create a throne for God and his glory. Another specific type of angel named is the Guardian angel. These angels watch over and protect and are common, “in visions or in apocalyptic literature, thus appearing in Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation”². There are three angels we hear about, about my name, through scripture. Gabriel is “Characterized as the agent of destruction and judgement, sometimes of protection and deliverance, and sometimes the means for providing instructions” . The…

signaling the opening of the seven seals of God, the seals that will judge the nations for their wrongdoing. The white horse with a bow and a crown is seen by some “to represent Christ, mainly because he is associated with white, a color used in Revelation fourteen times to represent purity.” There is not a woe connected with this horseman, and in Rev 19:11-16 Christ rides in on a white horse and defeats his enemies, much like the rider on a white horse. However, many others think this…

interpretation on the timing of the rapture — God’s removal of believers from the earth by a super-natural snatching away. Various theological interpretations regarding the rapture’s particular timing in regards to The Tribulation is beyond the scope of this book. I have always favored a pre-tribulational rapture; the removing of God’s believers before the seven-year time period known as the tribulation. I will make my deductions based on that presupposition and leave it to the reader do…

A topos of righteousness occurs when an author declares the receptor or prolocutor so. By classifying the figure in this manner, the author legitimates his message through cultic or ethical purity as the figure in the narrative becomes impeachable. This term, paired with justice, occurs in Akkadian literature (kittum u mīs̆arum) as an “ethical ideal,” and the same idea existed in Hebraic thought as the base on which Torah worked. For the authors, God was righteous, and His acts conformed to…

removes believers from the earth by a super-natural snatching away of the saints. Again, I don’t want to get bogged down into various theological interpretations having to do with the timing of these things because that is beyond the scope of this book. I have always leaned toward what is called a pre-tribulational rapture;…

Found in many early medieval Irish manuscripts, an Immram is the traditional Old Irish tale of a sea voyage in which a saint travels across various islands in search of the Otherworld of eternal bliss. One of the most well known depictions of the sea voyage is The Voyage of Saint Brendan, which follows Saint Brendan and his brothers as they embark on their journey in search of the Promised Land of the Saints. Throughout their legendary seven-year journey, Brendan and his followers encounter an…

The “open door” in Revelation 4:1, I believe is symbolic to the time of evacuation of the Church before Tribulation. It; it is the door to heaven. I believe in a “rapture” or “translation” of the believer before the tribulation. Jesus will come down from heaven and call up the church. He will then return to His Father’s house, heaven. According to scripture, the rapture will take place prior to the tribulation period, although, the term rapture is not used in scriptural proof. Rapture is the…

In the Book of Revelation, the main purpose of the Tribulation is to bring Israel back to God. Theses bound Seals are part of God’s promise to show Satan’s Beasts before Christ’s return, so He can set up Christ’s rebirth for His believers. As Jesus opens the first seal, a white horse and rider go forth on earth. The breaking of the first seal is imperative, and that the world identifies the first rider as the Antichrist, so they can understand the three False Prophets that follow. The Antichrist…

or the topics people never cared about, or those they just didn’t want to struggle with. The book of Revelations is one of my personal favorites, that and Isaiah, both challenge me to find out who they were and what they thought were important. We know that every author in the scriptures finds Christ and his atonement the most important. The symbolism and the way they drew a picture, I love these books. Like I mentioned earlier my mission was a big part of building my testimony, along with my…