Tag: Revelation

Revelation 20 – 21 Who sat upon the thrones to judge? It is plural so this isn’t speaking of Christ. I suspect it is the for and twenty elders that have been repeatedly referenced. The gates of the glorified Jerusalem are named for the twelve tribes of Israel but the foundations are named for the…

Revelation 19 If the great whore of the earth who shall be destroyed for killing the saints is the Catholic church then it will be a punishment that is likely much more due to her early years than due to her current failings – unless he current failings are much deeper than I am aware…

Revelation 17 – 18 Who is the mother of abominations. Is she an established organization or just a representation of all the evil actors who take advantage of whatever organizations they are connected with (making the mother of abominations an  amalgamation rather than an organization)? What I’d clear is that she was nurtured by Rome.…

Revelation 15 – 16 “No man was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues were fulfilled”? I could imagine that happening at Jerusalem. In fact, that may mean that the temple won’t be rebuilt there until the plagues are fulfilled. The fourth angel is going to have an easy time afflicting those who…

Revelation 13 – 14 There was a time when it wasn’t uncommon for people in the church to believe that the catholic church was the wrote of all the earth that Nephi spoke of and that the anti-Christ would be the leader of the catholic church (aka the Pope but not necessarily the current Pope).…

Revelation 11 – 12 The gentiles shall control all of Jerusalem except the temple for the and a half years and for all but about two weeks of that the two prophets of the Lord shall prophesy there in sackcloth. The two of them shall be as powerful as any mortal prophet ever was, with…

Revelation 9 – 10 The power of the locusts from the bottomless pit sounds like chemical warfare (tormenting men for five months such that they wish they could die); perhaps a nerve agent. An army of 200 million could easily destroy 1/3 of the population if earth with our weapons. Coming from the Euphrates suggests…

Revelation 7 – 8 Twelve thousand will be sealed from each tribe. It will be interesting to see how they are distributed throughout the earth and even throughout history. Joseph is one tribe, not two in this numeration. The 144,000 do not include the countless multitudes from all the earth that are there praising God.…

Revelation 5 – 6 None being able to open the seals on the book sounds like the origins of the sword in the stone fable. The number singing praises to the savior is 100 million plus millions more. I’m sure that is meant to indicate a number beyond counting (ten thousand times ten thousand likely…

Revelation 3 – 4 The church at Sardis sound like it is in dire spiritual straights. there are some good people remaining but many are dying spiritually. The church at Philadelphia is holding fast but the church at Laodicea is tepid. They aren’t actively sinning but they aren’t being a light either. They are quirky…