The man child is Jesus Christ, who was born of the seed of David, was born under the law in the fullness of time (Romans 1:3; Gal. 4:4) to redeem those under the law. He would rule the nations with a rod of iron (Ps. 19:15), subduing them (cf. Dan. 2:40). His kingdom would have…
I will offer a review of these verses before introducing the details of the verses. John envisions the unseen epic battle between God and the Devil. He sees the increase and multiplication of the Word of God in the presence of persecution. Christians flee Jerusalem (Acts 8:1-3) and “into the wilderness” (Rev. 12:6). Satan is…
When the Revelation of Jesus Christ was written in the first half of the century, it depicts two scenes or contexts of spiritual warfare. One is on the earth with the admonishing of individual repentance and victory (Rev. 2-3). The other is in heaven where the Lamb is depicted as having already won His victory…
At last, the seventh trumpet sounds and there follows great voices (or sounds) in heaven, saying, “THE KINGDOM OF THE WORLD IS BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD, AND OF HIS CHRIST (ANOINTED): AND HE SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER.” Daniel had prophesied of this event in Daniel 2:44 and in 7:9-14. Most students…
After finishing their testimony, John of Gishala, the beast that comes out of the Abyss (cf. 13:1), kills them. Their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city, which is spiritually Sodom and Egypt, (where also their Lord was crucified) and are left unburied for 3 1/2 days (v. 8- 9). Josephus…
John was told to measure the city and temple. We are introduced to two witnesses whom we have identified as the two high priests in Jerusalem during the siege — Ananus and Jesus. After finishing their testimony, the beast that comes out of the Abyss, which is the same as the one coming out of…
The significance of two witnesses is to confirm the accuracy of whatever is claimed as being true. According to the Law of Moses, no accusation should be accepted on the testimony of only one witness (Deut. 17:6; 19:15; Num. 35:30). We see this reappear in other contexts of Scripture for the same reason (Matthew 18:16;…
Asshur is the Hebrew word for Assyria, which produced on the greatest world empires of the past along with Babylon and Egypt. Without exception, every time the words Assyria or Assyrian appear in the Old Testament, it is translated from the word Asshur. Asshur was also the name of the major god of the Assyrians….
As noted in our last blog, the trodding of the holy city for forty-two months represents the profanation of the temple by the seditious Jews and zealots who were led by John of Gishala during the Roman siege. However, a different prophecy is given by Jesus in Luke 21:24. Here He says, …
John was given a reed like a rod and was told to get up and measure the temple, the altar, and them that worship in it. Men used different standards to measure their activities to justify themselves. One common approach is to measure ourselves and compare ourselves to others that are like us or worse…