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- Dictionaryrev·e·la·tion/ˌrevəˈlāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way: "revelations about his personal life" Similar
- 2. the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world: "an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation"
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Overview of the book of Revelation Introduction. —Revelation 1: 1-9. Messages from Jesus to the seven congregations. —Revelation 1:10– 3: 22. A vision of God on his throne in heaven. —Revelation 4:1- 11. A series of visions, each one leading into the next: Seven seals. —Revelation 5:1– 8:6.
(Revelation 13: 1, 17, 18) This beast is a symbol of the worldwide political system, which rules over “every tribe and people and tongue and nation.” ( Revelation 13:7 ) The name 666 identifies the political system as a gross failure in God’s sight.
A prophecy is a message inspired by God, a divine revelation. The Bible says that prophets “spoke from God as they were moved by holy spirit.” (2 Peter 1: 20, 21) So a prophet is one who receives God’s message and transmits it to others. —Acts 3: 18.
That shows her to be a religious organization. —Revelation 18:23. Babylon the Great cannot be a political entity, because “the kings of the earth” mourn her destruction. (Revelation 17: 1, 2; 18:9) Neither is she a commercial power, because the Bible distinguishes her from “the merchants of the earth.” —Revelation 18:11, 15.
—Revelation 13:1; Isaiah 17:12, 13. The Bible says that the number, or name, of the beast —666 —is “a man’s number.” (Revelation 13:17, 18) That expression indicates that the beast of Revelation chapter 13 is a human entity, not a spirit or demon entity.
(Revelation 19:20; 20:10, 14, 15; 21:8) The following are cast into the lake of fire: The Devil. (Revelation 20:10) As a spirit creature, the Devil cannot be harmed by literal fire. —Exodus 3:2; Judges 13:20. Death. (Revelation 20:14) This is not a literal entity but represents a state of inactivity, the absence of life.
(Revelation 3: 12; 21: 2, 10, 12) Also, the city’s great size proves that it could not be on earth. It is a cube measuring “12,000 stadia,” or “furlongs,” around. a (Revelation 21:16; King James Version) Its sides would thus be almost 560 kilometers (350 mi) high, extending into space.
The word “Armageddon” occurs only once in the Bible, at Revelation 16:16. Prophetically, Revelation shows that at “the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon,” “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” will be gathered “together to the war of the great day of God the Almighty.” —Revelation 16:14.
(Revelation 16:14, 16; Isaiah 13:9; 2 Peter 3: 12) Those judged adversely by Christ will be destroyed. (Zephaniah 1: 18; 2 Thessalonians 1: 6- 10) This will include the destruction of the worldwide political system, pictured in the Bible by a seven-headed wild beast. —Revelation 19:19- 21. Events after the great tribulation
A Revelation to John 20:1-15 20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven with the key of the abyss + and a great chain in his hand. 2 He seized the dragon, + the original serpent, + who is the Devil + and Satan, + and bound him for 1,000 years. 3 And he hurled him into the abyss + and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not mislead the nations anymore until the 1,000 years ...
