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Section 30 Chapter 1 Sequence of events of 12th chapter of the book of Revelation
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Section 30 Chapter 1 Sequence of events of 12th chapter of the book of Revelation

POINT 1. The twelfth chapter takes the important place in a prophecy of the book of Revelation. The events predicted in it, will occur in our days. In the Gospel this final period of time is called simply "the end", Mat.24: 6, 14 but as apostles asked Jesus about "the end of the world" we and will use this fuller name: "the end of the world", Mat.24:3. The End of the world includes time from removal of 5th seal to a trumpet of 3rd Angel inclusive. This final period of existence of Church on the Earth (up to its Catching up) consists of 1335 days. Development of events of 12th chapter of the book of Revelation is lower resulted. Proceeding from Table 2, this chapter is included into a fragment since Rev.11:12 till 13:10. Before the end of the world precede some events. So, prophet Hosea writes: « For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king … and without a sacrifice, without an altar* … Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days », Hos.3:4, 5. But what a sacrifice will want to restore in Israel? Prophet Hosea also informs on it: « They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them. They have dealt treacherously against the Lord », Hos.5:6. According to Jesus follows, that the end of the world will begin with the desolation of Jerusalem (speech about the end hardly comes to an end, Mat.24:13, 14 as Jesus starts to explain about it at first: « When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place », Mat.24:15. The holy place is a place on which once there was Judaic temple (and the city of Jerusalem also is holy, Mat.4:5, Rev.11:2). The note: *quotes according to Russian Bible.

POINT 2. Jews will wish to restore the sacrifices on this place but as it is occupied by a mosque inevitably there will be a war. Jesus warned about it so: «And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh», Luke.21:20. The compassing of Jerusalem with armies will occur very quickly: «The Lord shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue you do not understand», Deut.28:49. And prophet Hosea speaks: « Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law », Hos.8:1. As it is visible from this place, the beginning of military actions will be at one of trumpets, in this case at a trumpet of 6th Angel. So, the events previous the end of the world will be such. The end will begin after removal by the Lord of 5th SEAL. Thus in the life Book will open and become accessible to perusal following words: THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD ARE BECOME THE KINGDOMS OF OUR LORD, AND OF HIS CHRIST; AND HE SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER, Rev.11:15. By the given solemn occasion will sound 6th Angel (that above mentioned already). And further that will be what: the part of that army that has surrounded Jerusalem, will be put on the holy place where earlier there was the sanctuary, that is the Judaic temple (under a pretext« a pacification of belligerent parties ») and will stop at that time already restored daily sacrifice of Jews, Dan.11:31. It will occur in the first of those of 1335 days with which this world terminates; thereby will begin 42 months of the desolation of Jerusalem. After termination half of them (i.e. of 21 months) Jesus will forbid four angels of hell to do harm, until all entering into number 144 of thousand of first-borns will be sealed, Rev.7:3. That under a name of«another Angel» is meant Jesus, point 2 see in Section 23. Further (that is the event at trumpets of 5th and 4th Angels) is already described in section 24, and also in section 23 (point «declaration of seven thunders»). In order to avoid repetitions we will refer also to sections from 14th to 19th and we will notice, that in 19th section full enough list of events of the end of the world is given, see above.

It is possible to tell about the first verse of 12th chapter, that it speaks about several events: first, it informs on occurrence of the Great sign in heaven. This is the sign of the Son of man about which the Christ in the Gospel to Matthew has told, 24:30. The sign of the Son of man is the greatest sign. We cannot name a sign of greater, than it. There will be it after the termination of days of great tribulation, at a trumpet of 3rd Angel. Here again it is necessary to speak about authors of punctuation marks. The matter is that in the Bible text originally there were no punctuation marks that are there were no points, commas, a dash, brackets, inverted commas and other. Further various translators already during the latest time had been put in points after sentences and set of other signs. Breakdown of the text of the Holy Writ on separate chapters was made by Cardinal Hugo in 1240. In 210 years after him, Rabbi Nathan has made division of the text of the Scripture into separate verses. Breakdown of the text of the book of Revelation into separate verses is made by other people, some discrepancies are thus admitted. We will notice what to put points after sentences it was not too difficult, while matter did not concern Revelation book where there were big difficulties. After all neither translators, nor publishers (in general researchers of the Bible) did not know sense of this book; Revelation was the book that is sealed for them, Is.29:11. To put in it points it was not simple, as it was frequent not clearly where speech about one event comes to an end and begins about other. Not clear it was neither interrelation of events of Revelation, nor their chronological sequence. As a result, some signs have been put is inexact. All told concerns and the first verse of 12th chapter of the book of Revelation (in Russian Bible) where after a word "sign" there should be a point. We will in passing notice, that the point should put and in Rev.8:5 after words «of the altar» (both in Russian and in English Bible). We will explain this case in more details:

As already it has been noted above (section 24, point 2 see) at the altar Jesus is visible. Generally speaking, there anybody, except him, cannot stand for to entrust (or hand over) the high priest’s service is impossible of to anybody, 2Chr.26:16-20. Standing at the altar, Jesus as the High priest, carries out the service which has been written down in the book of Leviticus, 16: 12,13,16: « And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil: and he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony (verses 14 and 15 should omit as Jesus has no need as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself, Heb.7:27) … And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins» (all society of Israel). It will be, when the Lord will accept Israel. When prayers of all ever lived saints, in the form of the incense will rise before Jesus, he will accept them; among them there will be many prayers of those who accepted martyr death for the Christ, prayers of the oppressed for faith, prayers of the experienced bonds and a dungeon where devil plunged them. As in this world the devil reigns, tears and grief (and consequently also prayers about it) will be much. Millions of the Christians living all over the world already about 2000 pray to the God, asking him in the prays including for that he «has delivered them from evil » (in Russian Bible – “from evil one” = from the devil). The Lord will comply with this request; in reply to prayers he will plunge the devil into the Earth: « And cast into the earth », we read in Rev.8:5. The underlined words concern the devil and his angels, and at all to a golden censer which Jesus is not going to throw for the earth. By the way, in the book of Leviticus (and in whole Holy Writings) there is no such ceremony or a rule where any high priest, executing the service, should throw a censer on the earth (or to strike by it upon the earth). All told concerns and to Rev.12:1 in Russian Bible where after a word "sign" there SHOULD BE a point. The second part of a verse, thus, it not a sign (and not its description) but is the characteristic of the Woman (i.e. of the people of God) that time in which there will be the sign. This is time of a trumpet of 3rd Angel.

In 12th chapter of the book of Revelation it is mentioned about 15 various events which should occur at the end of the world. However these events are described not in a chronological order. The main task of the given section is to give list of them in that sequence in which they will occur, and, naturally, some explanatory to it. Here the list of these events in chronological order: Table 5.

1. Occurrence of a red beast having 7 heads and 10 horns, Rev.12:3.

2. The dragon stands before the woman for to devour her child, Rev.12:4.

3. Birth travail, Rev.12:2.

4. A birth of the man child, that is of 144 thousand, Rev.12:5.

5. War in heaven, Rev.12:7.

6. Casting out of the Satan and his angels into the Earth, Rev.12:9.

7. A loud voice in heaven, Rev.12: 10.

8. Occurrence of a false sign, Rev.12:3.

9. Prosecution of the woman by the beast after a birth of her the man child, Rev.12:13.

10. Flight of the woman into the wilderness, Rev.12: 6,14.

11. Occurrence of the Great sign in heaven, Rev.12:1.

12. The grown furious dragon went to make war with 2 witnesses Christ's, Rev.12:17.

13. Catching up of 144 thousand (and of the Church too), Rev.12:5.

14. The river out of the beast mouth after the woman, Rev.12:15.

15. The Earth will open her mouth (the great earthquake means), Rev.12:16.

 

Short explanatories to Table 5:

1. As to a red beast (that is the state) - it has already appeared for a long time and exists, details about it see above, in section 22.

2. «To stand before the woman» means «withstand», opposition in war means: armies of a red beast will come to borders of Israel, details in the given 30th section, in point 2 see.

3. About travail in birth the explanatory is given in section 19, see above.

4. To the baby born by the woman (i.e. to 144 thousand) it is devoted section 16, see above.

5. In more details about war in heaven it is told in section 24, see above.

6. Casting out of the Satan and his angels into the Earth is described in sections 23, 24, etc.

7. Loud voices in heaven will announce Accession of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus Accession is predicted for a long time, Luke.1:32, 33; 19:12. After reception of the kingdom Jesus will come back to the earth, Luke.19:15. Jesus accession will be made in some stages, here some of them: when 5th seal will be removed by the Lord, behind it following words will open: The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever, Rev.11:15. But the Satan will not want to reconcile that it any more the prince of this world and will start war in heaven. This period will last about three years during which the Satan still has access onto heaven. B) War in heaven will end with casting out of devil and his angels into the earth then the kingdom and the power of the Christ in heaven will come, Rev.12:10. However on the earth the devil, Rev.12:12 will reign still. This period will last about 4 years. When 42 months of the power of the beast on the earth (Rev.13:5) will end there will be a fight the Armageddon, Rev.16:16, 19:19-21 then the Lord will be the King over whole the Earth, Zech.14:9.

8. His falling from heaven the Satan will pass off as “coming of the Christ”: so that in it should believed and the elect Christians, the Satan will make a false sign in the sun, the moon and stars. However to the real sign remains more than a year.

9. After falling from heaven the Satan will be in great wrath and to the inhibiters of the earth (first of all to Jews and holy Christians) will be woe, Rev.12:12, they will be persecuted, Rev.12:13, Dan.7:25.

10. Details about flight of the woman into wilderness see above, in section 14.

11. The great wonder (or sign, that is the sign of the Son of man) will appear in heaven after the termination of days of Great tribulation, Mat.24: 29, 30.

12. Antichrist will battle to two witnesses Christ's when they will finish their testimony that is when there will pass 1260 days of their testimony, Rev.11:7. Their testimony will begin in 3 months after capture of Jerusalem, and will end practically before the Coming of the Christ. Additional details about the testimony of two prophets see in section 26.

13. Uninitiated people, reading the Revelation book, find in it at once some the resurrections from the dead: so, they claim that separately revive 2 prophets, Rev.11:11; separate resurrection from the dead (during other time) they have for other died in the Lord, 1Thes.4:16. Certainly, there is also a second resurrection from the dead (i.e. the resurrection of damnation), John.5:29, Rev.20:6. Not better is going their case and in line of Catching up, as they have too three Catching up: separately undertake up to heaven 2 revived prophets, Rev.11:12; separately from others the man child born by the woman (i.e. 144 thousand of first-borns), Rev.12:5; they have a separate catching up and for Church, 1Thes.4:17. However Catching up will take place in Coming of the Lord and there will be only one for all. So, about one of two Prophets (about Apostle John) Jesus has told: I wan that he tarry till I come, Jn.21:22, that is the testimony of 2 Prophets will proceed till Coming of the Lord, then they will take part in the general Catching up of Church as, however, and those who entering into number of 144 thousand.

14. The future Departing of the people of God out of the kingdom of red beast reminds the Departing out of Egypt which was under Moses. Then the Pharaoh has pursued the people of God with the army; now the army will send antichrist. The river starts out of a mouth of the dragon, under which is meant not only Satan, but also his kingdom: his kingdom leaves a flood after the Woman. The army is meant as a flood: « When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, says the Lord », Is.59:19, 20. Here is mentioned Coming of the Lord which will occur, when children of Jacob, that is of Israel, will turn from transgression, that is the given place of the Scripture concerns last time, Rom.11:26. It will occur towards the end of the kingdom of antichrist, during God’s judgments, at Great earthquake when « the earth will open her mouth », Rev.12:16 and will swallow up the flood, that is an army of antichrist which will fall in a precipice, cracks and earth failures. The flood out of a mouth of the dragon means also the dirty doctrine of Satan to carry away the people of God and to ruin it. Great earthquake will occur after Catching up when Church on the earth any more will not be. The given explanatory about earthquake concerns point 15, see above.



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