TOPIC: THE BOOK WITH 7 SEALS, PART 2 (Revelations 6 versus Mathew 24)
TEXTS: MATHEW 24:1-9, REVELATIONS 6:1-16
MATHEW 24:1-9 (KJV)
24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the End-of-world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
REVELATIONS 6:1-17
6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
INTRODUCTION
In the part 1 of this teaching, we explored the visions of two great servants of GOD, Prophet Daniel and Apostle John, concerning 'a book' they each saw at two different occasions and times. We further tried to prove that both of them saw the same book, by trying to analyze the similarities between the visions of these two men. However, Daniel made us to understand that the book he saw had to do with Rapture-of-saints/End-of- world and also that the book contained the names of those who would be redeemed at that time. To finally ascertain that the book that John saw was the same book that Daniel saw, we have then to prove that the book that John saw also had to do with Rapture-of- saints/End-of-world and/or contained the names of those that would be redeemed at that time.
To achieve this, let us compare the visions seen by John after the 7 seals of the book he saw were broken in Revelations 6:1-17, with other Rapture-of-saints/end-of-world accounts. For this purpose, let us compare the visions of John with the popular mount Olivetti sermon delivered by Our Lord Jesus Christ concerning Rapture-of-saints/end-of-world in Mathew 24:1-9.
MATCHING JOHN'S VISION WITH CHRIST'S TEACHINGS: REVELATION 6:1-17 VERSUS MATHEW 24:1-9
i THE FIRST SEAL
After the 1st seal was broken in rev 6:1-2, a white horse with a rider who had a bow and a crown on his head was released and he went on to conquer and was conquering.
The question we should ask at this junction is: who is this rider that had a crown on his head and was conquering about? Please, take a minute to solve this puzzle before you continue with the remainder of this teaching. Did you say He was Jesus? I expected you to say He was Jesus. Many Christians might be tempted to say that the rider was Jesus CHRIST, but no, they are wrong.
ALERT/CAUTION/WARNING: Just as you just took this rider to be Jesus because he mimicked Jesus in appearance, the church/body of Christ will also take him to be Jesus when he enters the church. After this teaching, you should be able to identify this rider in case he enters your place of worship. Now we are going to remove the mask from the face of this rider/impostor.
Before we answer this question, let's stress that whatever GOD does, Satan wants to copy GOD and be like GOD. See Isaiah 14:12-14.
Now let us compare Revelations 6:1-2 with Mathew 24:4-5. From the latter, JESUS taught/prophesied that towards HIS coming i.e. Rapture-of-saints/end of world, many people who were not CHRIST would go out and parade themselves falsely as Christ and would conquer many Christians by deception.
So, by extension, the man on the white horse in the former, who would parade himself like the real CHRIST is the false Christ/antichrist who will conquer many churches/Christians and the people of the world by deception.
This was what Paul, The Apostle, was talking about in 2 Thessalonians 2: 3-4 when he said there will be falling away, first, and then the revealing of the antichrist before JESUS will return to rapture the faithful church. JESUS CHRIST himself foresaw the extent of the falling away of the church that HE asked in Luke 18:8 whether HE would find believers in genuine faith when He came back. The falling away of Christians/churches through deceptions, false teachings, false miracles, apostasy, lukewarmness and all such would be engineered by the rider of the white horse of rev 6:1-2, the antichrist, through the spirit of the antichrist.
The spirit of the antichrist would enter the church and pollute the church through false miracles, false gospels, false doctrines, motivation speaking, introduction of witchcraft in church, ecumenism, worldliness, relegating the word of God, and many other bastardisations that we have in the church now. So disheartening, many Christians/body of Christ will call it 'the move of the Holy Spirit'. They will not be able to discern that it is the spirit of the antichrist that has entered the church and shooting the church with his bow and arrow, thereby conquering the church. This spirit will parade himself as prophets, pastors, evangelists, church leaders and other men of God. The church will think they truly represent Jesus and they will make the elect to fall by deception. Jesus hinted us in mathew24:24 in advance but the church still could not recognize because they look so much like true men of God.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets (false pastors inclusive), and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
For our teaching on how to recognize false prophets/pastors, you can send email to raptureglorious@gmail.com or jesuscoming@yahoo.com or visit us on www.jesuscoming1.blogspot.com. The title of the teaching is 'Awareness of False Prophets'.
Finally, to prove that the rider released in revelations 6:1-2 after the first seal was broken was actually not JESUS CHRIST but the false Christ/antichrist that only wanted to mimic/copy the real CHRIST just like Satan the father of the false Christ/antichrist also wants to copy GOD, THE FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST as already seen in Isaiah 14 above, let's read Revelations 19: 11-16 to present the real CHRIST to prove that the rider of revelations 6: 1-2 was the antichrist/false christ that wanted to copy the real CHRIST.
Revelations 19:11-16
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were MANY CROWNS; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Note the differences: The copy-cat, antichrist, had one crown while the real CHRIST, THE KING of kings and LORD of lords has many crowns. Jesus uses sword while the copy-cat uses a bow.
ii THE SECOND SEAL
After the second seal was broken in revelations 6: 3-4, a red horse that had a rider was released. The rider had a sword and was given the task to take away peace on earth and to make people begin to kill themselves.
In Mathew 24: 4-7, the second thing that JESUS prophesied was that there would be wars or absence of peace. By analogy, this prophecy of JESUS matched with the vision of John that peace would be taken and there would be killings after the second seal was broken.
iii THE THIRD SEAL
After the third seal was broken in revelations 6:5-6, a black horse that had a rider was released. The rider was given a balance and he was charged to make sure that food was so scarce and expensive and also to make money so worthless (economic recession and famine). This means famine and economic recession.
In Mathew 24: 4-7, the third thing JESUS prophesied about was famine. By analogy, this prophecy of JESUS matched with the vision of John that food would be scarce and costly after the third seal was broken.
iv THE FOURTH SEAL
After the fourth seal was broken in revelations 6: 7-8, a pale horse that had a rider was released. The rider's name was death and hell accompanied him and they were charged to kill a quarter of the people on earth with different kinds of plagues like hunger, war, diseases, animals, and so on. Another word to summarize all these things is plague or pestilence.
In Mathew 24:4-7, the fourth thing JESUS prophesied about was pestilence and earthquake. Please, note that earthquake is a kind of plague. By analogy, this prophecy of JESUS matched with the vision of John that there would be plagues and pestilences after the fourth seal was broken.
v THE FIFTH SEAL
After the fifth seal was broken in rev 6: 9-11, the souls of servants of GOD that had been slain began to cry for vengeance and they were assured to hold their peace till many more servants were killed.
In Mathew 24:9, the fifth thing JESUS prophesied about was that Christians would be killed and persecuted. By analogy, this prophecy of JESUS matched with the vision of John that many Christians would be killed.
vi THE SIXTH SEAL
After the sixth seal was broken in rev 6: 12-17, there was massive earthquake, the sun became dark, moon turn to red blood, stars fells from the sky and the stage was set for the great tribulation.
Shortly after these, 144,000 children of Israel were sealed on their foreheads (rev7:1-8), and multitudes that could not be numbered, from all nations and tribes, who escaped from the great tribulation (by means of rapture) were seen by John in heaven, (rapture). See revelations 7:9-14.
In Mathew 24:29-31, JESUS prophesied all these things as well and also said that HIS angels would be sent to gather HIS elects (rapture).
SUMMARY
In summary of this Part 2 of 'The Book with 7 Seals', we have proven with all certainties that the vision of 'The Book with 7 Seals' that John saw was also about Rapture-of-saints/End-of-world just like Prophet Daniel's vision of a book was also about Rapture-of-saints/End-of-world as mentioned earlier. This was achieved by comparing John's vision with the end-of-world teachings/prophecies by Our Lord Jesus Christ on the mount of Olive.
Thus with all certainties, the same book that was earlier seen by Prophet Daniel was also the same book later shown to Apostle John and it is the "book of life' that contains the names of the redeemed. Is your name written in this book? If so, congratulations. But, if not, I urge you to get your name written in this all-important book before rapture or before you die.
What then happened after the 7th seal was broken? Since we all know that the purpose of the 7 seals was to hide the contents of the book. Once the 7th seal was broken, nothing would be hidden again about the book and we would have totally unraveled the visions/prophecies contained in the book.
Thus we would end the unraveling of John's vision of 'The Book with 7 seals' here and we begin another series (The 7 Trumpet Judgments) when the 7th seal was broken.
The revelations given to John in the book of revelations, chapter 6, were very chronological. They follow in sequential order until rapture takes place after the breaking of the sixth seal. This is mercy and grace of God not to keep us in total darkness about the happenstance of rapture. Since, the father had not revealed the day nor the hour of rapture to anyone, then this chronological revelations can be taken as a guide to let us know how close we are to the main event, the rapture of the saint.
If we observe closely, we would see that the church has fallen away and is still falling away. There are wars and bloodshed. There is worldwide economic collapse and famine. There are plagues of all types, ranging from incurable diseases to earthquakes, floodings, plane crashes, tsunamis, climating changes among other. Finally, there are high rise of attacks on Christians worshippers in many countries of Africa, Asia and Middle East. Many churches have been bombed in Nigeria, Kenya and many other countries of the world and Christians killed/attacked right inside churches.
All the things prophesied in Mathew, chapter 24, and later given to John in chronological order are now happening. Indeed, the Messiah is coming to rapture the church. Do not wait till the 6th seal become broken till you give your life to Jesus and begin to prepare for His coming. The little time left is still enough to get ready.
ACTIONS
Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,
• Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.
• Be watchful. Pay attention to what is happening around the World and see whether they match what the scriptures say.
• Be filled with the Holy Spirit and be in the Spirit all the time.
• Pray, Fast, consecrate yourself, run away from sin and worldliness.
If your answers are NO? Why not repent today, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and forsake sins so that your name can be written in the book of life. Please, say this prayer genuinely.
Lord, Jesus Christ, please forgive me all my sins. Watch away my sins with your blood and save my soul. I accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the book of life and help me to make rapture and escape the great tribulations. Give me power not to return to sins in Jesus name. Amen.
PRAYERS
• Lord Jesus, please seal my name in the book of life.
• O Lord, do not allow me to fall into the deception of the antichrist.
• Lord Jesus, Let me escape all traps that Satan has set to make me miss the rapture and the kingdom of God.
• Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture and the kingdom of God.
• Fill me with the grace to watch and pray.
• Remove my name from those that will worship the antichrist or be here when he shall reign and write my name in book of the reedemed.
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TO MAKE RAPTURE:
Confess Your Sins To The Lord, JESUS CHRIST And Ask Him To Save You.
Repent Of Your Sins Constantly On Daily Basis And Run Away From Sins.
Be Filled With The Holy Spirit.
Live In Holiness And Righteousness.
Do All Restitutions.
Cut Of All Worldliness.
Forgive All People.
Pray And Fast
Consecrate And Study The Bible
Watch.
JESUScoming.
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