Revelation Timeline Decoded Messiah S Apocalyptic Vision Is A War Manual That Uses Symbols And Layers To Hide The Fulfillment

Messiah's apocalyptic vision is a war manual, designed to hide the explanation from those who should not understand it. It uses symbolic words that are defined in the Old Testament to point to a literal fulfillment. If you read Revelation only from a literal perspective, the interpretation is hidden. Understanding the vision is like taking a Biblical final exam. If you've read the whole Word, you will have seen the symbolism that Messiah uses and can apply it to the fulfillment. If you read Revelation as one chronological narrative, the prophecies seem out of sequence. That's because it has four chronological layers, each of which spans from when it was written until Messiah returns. This book explains the prophecies of Revelation on a timeline to help you see how the four chronological layers interact with each other, so that you can comprehend the whole vision. You will learn how to identify who fulfills the role of the son of perdition, the antichrist beast, the false prophet, and the harlot called 'Mystery, Babylon the Great.' You will understand the proper context of the seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments; the little book of Revelation 10, and the two witnesses of Revelation 11. Whether you're a novice at Bible prophecy or someone who has studied it extensively, I provide an explanation that is easy to understand yet has the depth of verse by verse explanations to provide you the evidence you need to prove it out. When the saints can prove the fulfillment of Revelation, they can proclaim to the world the authority of Scripture and the deity of Messiah, to cast down the power of the enemy over people, so that millions are redeemed for the kingdom.

With the skill that has made him a popular speaker and Christian television personality, Pastor Cooper skillfully opens the Word of God and interprets today's headlines in the light of the Revelation. Clearly, he says, history is going somewhere. Some of the things he discusses are: -- doomsday cults -- the coming economic chaos -- the certain and unmistakable rise of the Antichrist -- the Second Coming of Jesus -- the Great Tribulation -- the Mark of the Beast

This book helps the reader find new insights into the Revelation, whose messages often lie hidden by an outer layer of visual imagery. By providing a guide to the symbols used in John's visions, new ways of looking at the Revelation are opened up which lead to a deeper understanding of this complex Biblical book. The allocation of meanings to symbols is based on examination of symbols used elsewhere in the Bible to find useful precedents. This approach shows how the Revelation uses a consistent set of visual images as a symbolic picture language to convey vital messages relevant across all the centuries to the present. This book also warns of the nearness of the apocalyptic events that will herald the return of Christ back to our suffering Earth. In a concluding chapter the Revelation is aligned with earlier prophecies to spell out a series of events that will lead up to the second coming of Christ - a scenario that involves financial catastrophe in the West and a major war in the Middle-East.

Is there truly rapture for Christians? If there is, when will it be? Will all Christians be raptured automatically? If not, who will be raptured? Can I be one of those raptured? This book scrutinizes the incidents and the detailed timeline of the things to come related to the raptures during the final seven years of human history. Authors Johnson, Lee, and Stephen reveal: There will be two raptures; The raptures are related to the feasts of the LORD in the spring; At the first rapture, only the 144,000 "overcomers" will be raptured; At the second rapture, only those ripened will be raptured; The remaining saints will go through the last 3.5 years of the persecution period; Those raptured and those who do not worship the Antichrist will reign with the Christ at the millennial kingdom. Therefore, "Look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28).

As we approach the Millennium, apocalyptic expectations are rising in North America and throughout the world. Beyond the symbolic aura of the millennium, this excitation is fed by currents of unsettling social and cultural change. The millennial myth ingrained in American culture is continually generating new movements, which draw upon the myth and also reshape and reconstruct it. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem examines many types of apocalypticism such as economic, racialist, environmental, feminist, as well as those erupting from established churches. Many of these movements are volatile and potentially explosive. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem brings together scholars of apocalyptic and millennial groups to explore aspects of the contemporary apocalyptic fervor in all orginal contributions. Opening with a discussion of various theories of apocalypticism, the editors then analyze how millennialist movements have gained ground in largely secular societal circles. Section three discusses the links between apocalypticism and established churches, while the final part of the book looks at examples of violence and confrontation, from Waco to Solar Temple to the Aum Shinri Kyo subway disaster in Japan. Contributors: James Aho, Dick Anthony, Robert Balch, Michael Barkun, John Bozeman, David Bromley, Michael Cuneo, John Dimitrovich, John Hall, Massimo Introvigne, Philip Lamy, Ronald Lawson, Martha Lee, Barbara Lynn Mahnke, Vanessa Morrison, Mark Mullins, Ansun Shupe, Susan Palmer, Thomas Robbins, Philip Schuyler and Catherine Wessinger.

Religion. For thousands of years this thing has dictated which people should live and which people should die, what shape our buildings should have or what colors our garments should contain, what food people should eat or what words people should speak. If religion is the opium of the masses, then beliefs about the end of the world are like overdoses. People touched by such beliefs no longer rely on a hidden, personal and intimate god, contemplated upon from the safe distance of the beating human heart. They live with the promise of divine intervention at a grand scale on the current coordinates of space and time. This can be an exceptional motivator and a game changer in terms of civil obedience, both at an individual and collective level. In the name of an immediate and palpable deity people can commit shocking cruelties. However, such belief can also account for some of the most exceptional social developments in human history.