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(Restoring the Original Author's Judaic Perspective of Revelation / The Apocalypse)
רעננה, ישראל
Ra'anana, Israel
Cover Photo: Statue of Liberty gazes sightlessly as smoke billows from Manhattan after the Muslim Jihadist terrorist attack of 9/11.
The cover graphically demonstrates "a" scene that satisfies the prophecy literally, not necessarily "the" Bavel of chapter 18 of The Unveiling. (See endnote in chapter 18.) Still, America's complicity in Christian Displacement Theology authored by Rome cannot be ignored. Nor can America's conspicuous consumption at the expense of the rest of the world.
Cover Design & Text: Yi•rᵊmᵊyâhꞋu Bën-Dâ•widꞋ
With love to my wife, Karen, who has worked tirelessly for many years to make the studies and writing of this book possible; and to our daughter, Yael, who daily sacrifices time with Abba so he can work on the computer to provide this information to many.
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The consensus of eminent historians has long recognized that the earliest extant Church historian, Eusebius (ca. 260-340 C.E.), like other gentile Christians, was both foreign to 1st century C.E. Jews, and too far removed from 1st century C.E. events, to be able to distinguish among a handful of various proto-Christian sects of Jews, which to them were virtually indistinguishable, awash in a sea of developing gentile sects of early Christianity.
Confusing and blurring the several pre-Christian Jewish sects, generally as "Ebionites," Eusebius documented (Eccl. Hist. III.xxvii.4) that "They thought that the letters of the Apostle (Paul) ought to be wholly rejected and called him an apostate from the Tor•âhꞋ. They used only their own Hebrew The (Nᵊtzârim Reconstruction of) Hebrew Matitᵊyâhu (NHM, in English)
and made little account of the rest [which is today called the 'Διαθηκη Καινη (NT)']."
While Eusebius clearly included the apostate proto-Christian Hellenist Jewish sects generalized as Ebionites, it would clearly have been far more true of the original Nᵊtzârim, who were Pᵊrushim.
It is, therefore, documented that the Nᵊtzârim accepted only Torah and Tan"kh (the Hebrew Jewish Bible) as authoritative Scripture and only NHM as a legitimate account of the life and teachings of Ribi Yᵊhoshua and the Nᵊtzârim. The rest, the 'NT,' is "wholly rejected" as Scriptural authority; pseudo-Nᵊtzârim literature. Legitimate followers of Ribi Yᵊhoshua today can be no different.
Like the Pseudepigrapha, Josephus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Eusebius, et al., the pseudo-Nᵊtzârim literature can sometimes be useful in filling in lucanae that provide historical insight. But one must never cite pseudo-Nᵊtzârim literature as more than that; particularly not for doctrinal authority.
The earliest Christian Church historian, Eusebius (ca. 260-340 C.E.), documented that the original Jewish followers of Ribi Yᵊhoshua, the Nᵊtzârim (Hellenized to 'Nazarene' Jews), accepted only their own Hebrew Matityâhu as a legitimate account of the life and teachings of Ribi Yᵊhoshua, rejecting the NT and declaring Paul an apostate (Eccl. Hist. III.xxvii,2-6). The original Jewish followers of Ribi Yᵊhoshua accepted only the Jewish Bible as Bible.
Nevertheless, though extensive redactions to agree with syncretizing Christian doctrines subsequent to 135 C.E. must be taken into account ("Text, NT" The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 2nd edition, Abingdon, 1962), the NT is an historical document. The earliest extant copies date from the 3rd and 4th centuries C.E. The Nᵊtzârim consider the NT (NT) as similar to Eusebius or the Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, Qumrân writings (Dead Sea Scrolls) and other similar documents of the period. Thus, Apocalypse offers some early Hellenist-Judaic interpretations of the ancient Jewish prophets of the Bible (by which we mean the Jewish Bible). Like other scholars, we cite all of these sources for their historical value. While Apocalypse provides a glimpse into historical Judaic thinking, it isn't Bible and doesn't qualify as authority to decide Judaic doctrines.
A crucial point to keep in mind is that these are interpretations of passages in Dâniyeil amplified in Yᵊkhëzqeil (corrupted to "Ezek.") and other Nᵊviyim (prophets). Being based in the Nᵊviyim, the inherent basis is true. Therefore, there is a great deal of truth is inherent in The Unveiling even though the interpretations by the author of the Apocalypse cannot be assumed. The interpretations must be evaluated on their logical merit that, in some cases may be interesting while, in other cases, passages may either be inherently illogical or, worse, the product of the well documented (in this work) and extensive Christianizing and miso-Judaic redactions. In some cases, passages are blatantly incompatible with what is historically known (e.g. from 4Q MMT) about the purported author of Apocalypse who was a first-century religious Jew. Passages that inject Christian doctrines not germaine to the topic under discussion, conspicuously injected andor blatantly incompatible with the historical evidence of the first century religious Jewish community are noted, assumed to be later Christian redactions, and relegated to the notes or an appendix.
ההתגלות (ha-hit·ja·l·ut′ ; hah-heet-jah-LOOT, the unrolling or unfurling, as of a scroll) was first Hellenized to αποκαλυψις (apocalupsis; unveiling, uncovering – "apocalypse") and then anglicized to Revelation. Hebrew is read right to left. The initial ה (hei), here pronounced hah, means "the." התגלות (hit·jal·ut′ ) is an unfurling. Relative to a scroll, it also means revealing. Most sects of Judaism would pronounce this hah-heet-gah-LOOT. But the most pristine sect of Judaism, the Yemenite Jews, pronounce the gim′ ël da·geish′ – "dotted g" – as a "j."
Though hit·jal·ut′ is the authentic title, an English translation that best communicates the meaning of hit·jal·ut′ is essential for the English speaking public. "Apocalypse" wrongly suggests a Greek and Hellenist original. "Revelation" implies a vision rather than the central theme of the book – unrolling a scroll, seal by seal. Probably the most accurate title to communicate this as best it can be done in English is "The Unveiling" (Unv.).
hit·jal·ut′ – The Unveiling (Unv.) – provides insights into ancient religious-Jewish interpretations of Dâniyeil and Yᵊkhëzqeil">Yᵊkhëzqeil. While these aren't authoritative, they are, nevertheless, worth contemplating. The reason the prophetic images are sometimes so on-target is because these are interpretations derived from Dâniyeil and Yᵊkhëzqeil. Where reasoning found herein may be valid, its premises in Dâniyeil and Yᵊkhëzqeil are reliable. Moreover, the source (in this case the uncertain author of hit·jal·ut′ ) has no bearing on the validity of logic. Sages are fallible and "pagans" can sometimes have logical thoughts. There's no logical reason to regard the largely pre-Christianized earliest extant source texts that underlie the NT as any less (or more) credible than, say, the parts of the Pseudepigrapha that date to the C.E. Yet, the Pseudepigrapha, inter alia, often offers an insight into the thinking of religious Jews of that time, particularly in the areas of esoterica, messianism and eschatology.
Because The Unveiling was written in the proto-Christian era, and the sole earliest extant complete ms. (א) at least partly redacted (i.e. Christianized), doctrines having no precedent in earlier Judaism or sound basis in logic are certainly Hellenist (or other pagan) syncretisms.
Before one can grasp The Unveiling, one must first understand the symbolism employed. To communicate this is not an easy task, as gentiles have totally lost touch with Judaism of any era, to the point that it's become entirely alien to them. Consequently, there is a great deal of historical familiarization required in order to understand The Unveiling – hit·jal·ut′ – in its original perspective. Working familiarity with the religious, political, and esoteric thought of that day is imperative.
Much of this must be left for the reader to acquire from texts such as a good encyclopedia, The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue (James Parkes) , The Church from the Circumcision (Bagatti) , Galilee from Alexander the Great to Hadrian (Sean Freyne, Univ. of Notre Dame Press) , A Social and Religious History of the Jews, Vols. I & II (Baron, Jewish Publ. Soc.) , Josephus, the Apocrypha, the Pseudipigrapha (Charles, Oxford Univ. Press and Charlesworth, Doubleday) and the Talmud (Soncino Press).
Medieval mysticism (e.g. the Zohar and Qabalah) is anachronistic and, therefore, irrelevant to these far earlier periods.
(Unv. 12:3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 16,17; 13:2, 4, 11; 16:13; and 20:12)
This is patterned after the serpent of the, Gan Eiden ("Garden of Eden"), called the Impugner, Polemicist, and Arch-adversary (i.e. Unv. 12:9 & 20:2). In the Pseudipigrapha, he is called by the name S*a*m*a*ei*l, , the angel of death, and the angel of Rome! His Biblical name, however, is הילל.
In the Seipher Khasidim (under his alias S*a*m*a*ei*l) he is also the king of the demons. It is הילל who leads the whole Roman Empire astray (12:9) and gives power and authority to the Wild-Beast out of the Sea (Unv. 13:1). He has 7 heads (see explanations which follow), 10 קרנות, and 7 diadems; and a following of ? of the celestial phenomena (Unv. 12:3 and Yeshayahu [corrupted to "Isa."] 14:12). Lucifer is yet a further corruption (either Latin or a corruption of the Greek).
קרנות refer to the kings or leaders of individual nations (Unv. 17:12). קרנות are mentioned in connection with the Dragon—הילל—in Unv. 12:3; with the Wild-Beast out of the Sea in Unv. 13:1-4 and 17:12; and with the subsequent, offspring, Wild-Beast out of the Land in Unv. 13:11.
Diadems refer to the individual nations themselves, as crowns or realms (Dan. 7:21-25 with note Unv. 17:8) , used in connection with הילל in Unv. 12:3 and with the Wild-Beast out of the Sea in Unv. 13:1-4.
Heads are imbued with a dual symbolism in connection with the Wild-Beast out of the Sea: 1. ) As the seven hills (probably Rome; Unv. 17: 9 with 17: 18) , and 2.) As the kings or leaders of world power empires of nations (Unv. 17:10-12 with Unv. 13:1-4 and 17:8-9 with notes).
First, the Wild-Beast is given dual attributes which can be quite perplexing until this duality is recognized. In Unv. 17:8, 11, and 13:1-4, this Wild-Beast is declared to be:
In the past relative to the author of The Unveiling, But not his present!!! (17.8, 11), Yet, to be revived again in his future (17.8, 11; 13.1-4).
In Unv. 17:11, the future entity is identified as the eighth link in a chain of world powers (see also 17.10. Both aspects are stated to have in common "Seven Mountains" (a famous and unique attribute of Rome; Unv. 17:9).
What about Rome could the author of The Unveiling have said "was and is not" circa 95 C.E. when he wrote this? To answer this question, the reader must learn a bit about the history of the birth of Christianity, the Judaic environment of the first century B.C.E. and forward and the gentile environment of the Roman Empire.
When The Unveiling was being written, Rome's domain was administered as an hedonistic-humanist empire under the Caesars, and is properly called the Roman Empire. Prior to the first Caesar (Julius Caesar, "Augustus"), however, the Roman domain was administered as an hedonistic-humanist democratic republic, though it was strongly dominated by the hedonistic-humanist aristocratic patricians with only limited participation by the plebeians.
So the power that "was and is not" was the hedonistic-humanist democratic republic. Humanism, as well as hedonism, are incompatible with ha-Sheim.
The Roman Empire proper was succeeded by the gentile Hellenist-Christian "Holy" Roman Empire.
Any good encyclopedia offers more details.
From an historical perspective, then, what "was and is not" to the author of The Unveiling was the humanist-hedonism centered Hellenist gentile democratic republic. Ergo, when author of The Unveiling declares it would be mortally wounded by the sword (Unv. 13:3), yet would be revived (Unv. 17:8, II, and 13:4), this refers to the takeover of the hedonistic-humanist Roman Republic by the Caesar, wherein the Roman Republic "died by the sword." Yet, this same interpretation suggests that a hedonism-centered democratic republic, patterned after Rome (Unv. 17:9), would arise as a world power in a time that, to the author of The Unveiling, was in the future. This is corroborated in Unv. 17:10 where The Unveiling refers to seven kings: five which, identified by a wide consensus of scholars, were in the past at the time The Unveiling was being written:
The world power which was present at the time The Unveiling was being written was #6 – the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire split into two empires in 395 C.E. (the second, or eastern empire, being known as the Byzantine Empire, headquartered in Constantinople – modern-day Istanbul, Turkey). The First "Holy" Roman Empire itself came to an end in 476 C.E.
The seventh empire integrally involving Rome was the Second "Holy" Roman Empire, which was inaugurated in 962 C.E., incorporating the Roman Catholic Church into the empire. This empire continued officially until Aug. 6, 1806.
An unsuccessful attempt was made by the kaisers to implement a third Holy Roman Empire, and then finally, another unsuccessful attempt was made to ressurect the "Thousand Year Reign" of the Third Holy Roman Empire (Reich) by Hitler. Neither of these two actually achieved world dominance, to be classified as an empire.
Thus, the stage remains set for the eighth world power (Unv. 17:10-11) , the future entity ("that is to come"; Unv. 13:1- 4) identified as "the Wild-Beast out of the Land."
Before examining this Wild-Beast, however, there are still a few things that should be noted about "the Wild-Beast out of the Sea." The very description as being out of the sea can easily be related to two interpretations: (1) the sea of humanity or (2) the European perspective of Columbus' discovery.
In Unv. 13:2, we find that this Wild-Beast is to have the body of a leopard, feet like a bear, and the mouth of a lion. Comparison with Dan. 7:1-7 reveals the symbolism of these three animals. The leopard in Dan. 7 refers to the empire of Greece, or Hellenism – anti-Torâh-ism (antinomianism).
The bear in Dan. 7 referred to the Media-Persian Empire; what is today Iran – the crux of Islamic Fundamentalism.
The lion in Dan. 7 referred to the Roman Empire.
So then, the Wild-Beast out of the Sea was to be principally comprised of a people (body) of Hellenistic anti-Torahists; it was to be supported or controlled by the middle east-based Islamic and speak the tenets (mouth) of the Roman Empire (or Republic), which, by the time of the writing of The Unveiling, was already recognizable as Displacement Theology (the doctrine that gentile Christians had displaced Jews as the people of the Biblical covenant, prime cause of misojudaism).
Protestants (protest-ants) are simply a branch that spun off from the Roman Catholic Church.
It could be said that Rome is the religious headquarters of this democratic republic. Further, though America was actually discovered by Scandinavians, it was not really born until the Romans (Italians) discovered it in Columbus. Additionally, America is even named after the Roman (Italian) Amerigo Vespucci, and is in this sense also an offspring of the Roman Empire.
A spokesman (mouth, Unv. 13:5-6) is given to this Wild-Beast to slander the Name, His Tabernacle, and His holy ones – as being slaves to the "law of sin and death," as being servants of Sâ•tân′ ; misrepresenting and slandering the Mâ•shi′ akh as being, lᵊ-havdil, Christ – a teacher of doctrines contrary to Ëlohim and His Tor•âh′ , and to perpetrate the Inquisition, the Holocaust, etc.).
The eighth link in this succession of world powers, the Wild-Beast out of the land, will be integrally related to Rome, the Dragon / Wild-Beast out of the sea.
The Unveiling prophesies that this Wild-Beast out of the land will follow sequentially after the other seven world powers (Unv. 17:11) and be a phoenix (Unv. 13:3, 12, & 14) of the previous ancient Roman Republic (Unv. 13:14) patterned after Rome (Unv. 17:9 & 18), i.e. probably the Holy Roman Empire – the first-order Displacement Theology. A priori, Islam is the second order Displacement Theology.
For the first time since the Roman Republic, a democratic republic is a world power. Simply having a style of government based upon the Roman Republic would provide enough complicity with Rome to satisfy the prophetic criteria. Yet, as can be seen in the explanation of the Wild-Beast out of the Sea, there is much more. This people is anti-Torâh, their voice is that of Rome (Displacement Theology), they are becoming dependent for support on, and constrained by, the Islamic middle east. As a second order Displacement Theology, Muslims are religiously complicit with Rome's Displacement Theology blasphemies and slanders.
The prophecy about this Wild-Beast being given its life and authority by the Wild-Beast out of the sea (Unv. 13.13 & 15) certainly relates to the power and authority of arising out of their Displacement Theology, invented by the Roman Empire, producing satellite nations mirroring its own image.
This world power is prophesied to coerce other nations to conform to the Displacement Theology invented by the Roman Empire (Unv. 13.14), demonstrating its force of missiles (Unv. 13.13), and eventually makes refusal to pledge allegiance to Islam a capital offense like treason (Unv. 13.15). This world power will acknowledge two קרנות (powers), both fashioned after the Messiah (קרנות like a lamb, Unv. 13:11) but speaking like הילל (the Dragon, cf. also Unv. 13.11). These two קרנות of Islam, are J*esus of Christian Displacement Theology (whom Islam recognizes as a prophet) and Mohammed of Islamic Displacement Theology.
As a world power, Islam will incorporate a mark (on the hand, or forehead for amputees, perhaps some coding not visible to the naked eye) – the engraving of Unv. 13.16-17. This mark will be required for secret transactions by which Muslims covertly transfer funds for their activities outside of banking and computer systems, thereby making their money flow untraceable by means of computers.
Those who accept this mark/engraving on their hand or forehead are doomed spiritually (Unv. 14.9-12).
In Unv. 13.18, we find the number 666 in Jewish gematria (cf. note Unv. 13.18). Solutions based on the Greek alphabet are nonsense; in English, even more ludicrous. The suggestion of Nero Caesar (reigned from 54-68 C.E.) isn't acceptable since Nero Caesar was in the past relative to the year scholars date the writing of The Unveiling – 95 C.E. Therefore, the author of The Unveiling wouldn't have written of Nero's – past – reign as a future world power.
This will be the spokesperson of Middle-East Islam, i.e. Mohammed. It is he who will bring the kings together to the battle of the great day of ha-Sheim (Unv. 16.13; 19.20; & 20.10).
The Unveiling explicitly defines the Promiscuous Woman as the great city of Rome (Unv. 17.18 and 17.9), i.e. Christianity, which is supported / carried / borne by her world power, the Holy Roman Empire (Unv. 17.7 & 9) , and by her people (Unv. 17.15) , and by her Displacement Theology (Unv. 17.3 & 8). She – the Christian world and church – is a very rich world power (Unv. 17.4). Rome is the mother (the child being Islam as a second order Displacement Theology) of the apostasy of Displacement Theology = promiscuity as used in the spiritual sense: unfaithfulness and adultery of the Bride (the Jews) toward Ëlohim (Unv. 17.5). See also Unv.
| 1st Vision | 2nd Vision | 3rd Vision | 4th Vision | 5th Vision |
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| Door in Heavens (Ch.4-11) |
Woman = Yo·seiph′ (12.1—14.5) |
Another מלאך (14.6—15.5) |
7 מלאכים w/Whipstrokes (15.6—19.10) |
Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, Marriage of the Lamb (19.11—22.5) |
| 1. The כסא (Ch. 4-5) | ||||
| a. Scroll of 7 Seals (Ch. 6-11) | ||||
| Mâshiakh Bën-Yoseiph | ||||
| (1) Seal #1: White Horse: Mâshiakh, Conquers Iniquity (6.1-2) |
1. Son: Mâ·shi′ akh Bën-Yo·seiph′ (12.1-5) |
1. Seal #1: White Horse (Mâshiakh Bën-Yo·seiph′ ) A. Leads Israel To Overcome Temptations To Transgress Torâh (19.11-13) |
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| (2) Seal #2: Sorrel Horse Bloodshed (6.3-4) |
2. Fiery Dragon Child Wrested Away from Israel: Displacement Theology (12.5-6) |
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| (3) Seal #3: Black horse Iniquity (6.5-6) | 3. Battle in the heavens הילל Cast Down To Earth (12.7-8) |
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| (4) Seal #4: Dapple Horse Decay & Death (6.7-8) |
4. Hellenist Apostasy (12.9-17) |
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| 1. מלאך #1 Announces: Good News (14.6-7) |
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| 5. Wild-Beast out of the Sea: Hellenist Roman Displacement-Theology (13.1-10) |
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| 6. Wild-Beast out of the Land 10⇒8 Nation Alliance, patterned after Roman Displacement-Theology; Sets the stage for Ya·aqov's Trouble (Holocaust; 13.11-13) |
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| a. Icon: The False Prophet, Muhammed (13.14-15) | ||||
| b.The Mark (13.16-17) |
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| c.666 Meaning Revealed (13.18) |
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| 2. מלאך #2 Announces: Bavël Doomed (14.8) |
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| 3. מלאך #3 Announces: Warning Against Mark (14.9-12) |
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| 4. מלאך #4 Announces: אשרי are those who die in ha-Sheim henceforth (14.13) |
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| (5) Seal #5: נפשות of Martyrs Thru 70 C.E. Must Wait Under מזבח Until Joined by Martyrs of Ya·aqov's Trouble— חללי שואה | ||||
| Shoâh′ & Birth of Yis·râ·eil′ | ||||
| (6) Seal #6: WMDs Missiles, Chemical & Nuclear Warfare (6.12-17) |
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| — (Ch. 7: Redaction, Seal 144,000 Jews relegated to martyrdom) |
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| (7) Seal #7: Hush, מלאך With Censer & 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) |
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| (a) ½ hr. Hush (8.1-2) |
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| (b) מלאך w/Censer = תפילות of Holy Ones, Earthquake (8.3-6) |
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| (c) מלאך w/Shophâr Blast #1 Artillery Assault, Chemical & Biological shells (8.7) |
1. מלאך #1 w/Whipstroke #1 Sores on those w/mark (15.6—16.2) |
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| (d) מלאך w/Shophâr Blast #2 Naval missiles (8.8-9) |
2. מלאך #2 w/Whipstroke #2 Sea becomes blood-red (16.3) |
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| (e) מלאך w/Shophar Blast #3: Chemical, Biological or Nuclear Shells or Warheads Contaminate Rivers (8.10-11) |
3. מלאך #3 w/Whipstroke #3 Rivers & Springs become blood (16.4-7) |
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| (f) מלאך w/Shophar Blast #4: Chemical / Biological Weapons Poison Cloud Obscures Sun and Moon (8.12) |
4. מלאך #4 w/Whipstroke #4 Sun scorches mankind (16.8-9) |
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| דיה (NHM note 24.28.3); Announces 3 "oys"(8.3) |
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| (g) מלאך w/Shophar Blast #5 = "Oy" #1: Aircraft assault causes smoke to darken sky (9.1-12) |
5. מלאך #5 w/Whipstroke #5 Darkness On Kingdom Of Wild-Beast Out Of The Land (16.10-11) |
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| (h) מלאך w/Shophar Blast #6 = "Oy" #2: (9.13 – 11.14) |
6. מלאך #6 w/Whipstroke #6 Inexorable Slide Toward Battle of הר מגידו |
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| a. River Pᵊrât Recedes , Clearing Way For Kings of Rising Sun To Lay Siege Against Israel (16.12) |
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| b. Satanic-Demonic Forces Marshall Together For Battle of הר מגידו (16.13-14) |
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| (aa) Tank Assault (9.13-21) |
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| (bb) Little Scroll Revealed (10.1-11) |
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| (cc) Two Witnesses of Fresh Olive-oil (11.1-12) |
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| Mâshiakh Bën-Dâwid | ||||
| (dd) Two Witnesses: Taken into the heavens (11.11-12) |
7. LambArrives On Har Tziyon Leading צבאות of 144,000 on White Horses (14.1-5) * * * End 2nd Vision |
c. "Look, I come" (16.15) |
B. Ribi Yehoshua Arrives w/Armies (19.14-16) |
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| 5. מלאך #5 = מלאך w/Sickle #1: Harvest #1 = The Vine (14.14-16) |
d. Battle of הר מגידו (16.16) |
2. Battle: Kings of Land vs Armies of Rider of White Horse (19.17-19) |
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| (ee) Great Earthquake: 1/10th of Yᵊrushalayim Falls, 7,000 Killed (11.13-14) |
6. מלאך #6 = מלאך w/Sickle #2: Harvest #2 (14.17-20) |
7. מלאך #7 w/Whipstroke #7 Cataclysmic Explosion, Missile Shower; Babylon Falls (16.17-21) |
3. Wild-Beast Out of the Land with False Prophet Thrown Into Lake of Fire, Remainder Killed by Sword (19.20-21) |
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| 8. Vision of משפט On הקדשה הגדולה (Chapters 17—18) a. Cannister-מלאך (17.1) (1) Reviews Vision of Dâ·ni·eil′ 7 (17.1-8) |
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| (2) Explains Symbolism (17.9-18) |
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| b. Another מלאך with Great Authority (18.1) (1) Reads משפט On הקדשה הגדולה (18.1-3) |
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| (2) Another Sound from כסא In Heavens Issues Warning Concerning הקדשה הגדולה (18.4-20) |
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| c. Strong מלאך from כסא In Heavens Adjudicates משפט On הקדשה הגדולה (18.21-22) |
4. הילל Bound in Abyss 1,000 Years (20.1-3) |
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| (i) מלאך w/Shophar Blast #7 = "Oy" #3: Reign of משיח, Opening of בית המקדש in Heavens (11.15-19) * * * End 1st Vision |
7. Heavenly כסא: Singing & בית המקדש in Heavens Opened (15.1-5) * * * End 3rd Vision |
9. Victory Celebration: Around Heavenly Throne (19.1-10) |
5. First Resurrection: Thrones To Martyrs fm Yaaqov's Trouble (Holocaust) Reign 1,000 Years (20.4-6; see also Yᵊsha·yâh′ u 11; 2.4; & Yᵊkhëz·qeil′ 46-48) |
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| a. הללויה #1 (19.1-2) |
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| b. הללויה #2 (19.3) |
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| c. הללויה #3 (19.4) |
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| c. הללויה #4 (19.5) |
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| c. הללויה #5 (19.6-10) * * * End 4th Vision |
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| 6. הילל Temporarily Loosed After 1,000 Years For the Final Battle: גוג ארץ המגוג (20.7-8) |
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| 7. Forces of הילל—גוג ארץ המגוג—Destroyed by Fire out of Heavens (20.8-9) |
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| 8. הילל Sent to Join Living Misojudaics Of Displacement Theology into Lake of Fire. (20.8-9) |
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| 9. The Great White כסא: The Second Resurrection – Of The Doomed, and Adjudication of Their משפט (20.11-13) |
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| 10. Death & שאול: All Remaining Dead Resurrected—Not Registered In Scroll of Life And Thrown into Lake of Fire (20.14-15) |
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| 12. Bride (Israel): nᵊphâsh·ot′ Comprising New (Non-Dimensional) Yᵊru·shâ·la′ yim Out of the Heavens (21.9 – 22.5) |
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1The unrolling of the scroll that is by יהושע the משיח, which אלהים gave him to show His servants what things must quickly become, and He signified this, having sent it forth through His מלאך to His servant, יוחנן, 2 who testified to the Saying of אלהים and the testimony of יהושע the משיח in whatever he saw.
3 אשרי who reads, and they who hear the saying of this prophecy and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is near.
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8 'I am the אלף and the ת, the Prime and the Last' says י--ה, אל, 'Who is, Who was and Who is to come: אלהי צבאות."
9 I, יוחנן, your brother, and fellow-sharer in the troubles, [of the] Realm and [of the] perseverance in יהושע, became in the island that is called Patmos because of the Saying of אלהים and because of the testimony of יהושע.
10 In the רוח, I became in the day of י--ה, and I heard a great sound behind me as of a שופר, 11 saying, "Write what you behold in a מגילה and send it to the seven congregations in [the Diaspora of] Soke, [Turkey]; Izmir, [Turkey]; Bergama, [Turkey]; Akhisar, [Turkey]; Salihli, [Turkey]; Alasehir, [Turkey] and Buldan,[Turkey]."
12 Then I turned around to behold the sound that was speaking with me, and having turned around, I saw a golden seven-branched מנורה 13 and centered before the seven-branched מנורה was someone like a בן-אדם who had put on [a garment that] reached to His feet, and he was suited-up at the chest with a golden belt. 14 and His head and hair were white—as white wool, as snow—and His eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 and his feet were like refined brass, as if they were glowing hot in a furnace, and his sound was as the sound, of many waters, 16 and having in his right hand seven stars (P*leiades), and proceeding out of his mouth a sharp double-edged sword, and his face was as the sun appears in its capacity. 17 and when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he put his right upon me saying, "Don't be afraid, I am the Prime and the Last, 18 and the living; and I became dead and, see, I am alive to the ages of ages and have the keys to שאול and death.
II. The Command to Write (v. 19)19 Therefore, write the things that you have seen, the things that are and the things that impend to become after these things.
A. The Past (relative to ca. 95 C.E.)20 The esoterica of the seven stars (P*leiades) that you saw on my right hand and the golden seven-branched מנורה the seven stars (P*leiades) are the מלאכים of the seven congregations [of the Diaspora].
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B. The Present (ca. 95 C.E.) 1. The Diaspora Community in Hellenist Soke, Turkey2To the מלאך of the congregation in [the Diaspora in] Soke, [Turkey] write:
"These things say he who takes hold of the seven stars (P*leiades) in his right hand, who goes about in the center of the seven-branched מנורה
2 I see your מעשה and laborious toil, and your perseverance; and that you aren't able to bear those who are harmful; and that you tested those who say that they themselves are emissaries but aren't, and found them to be frauds; 3 and you have borne it and persevered for the sake of my name and didn't weary.
4 Yet, on the other hand, I have [this] against you: that you expelled your first love. 5 Therefore, remember from where you have fallen into disorder, make תשובה and do the first מעשה. And if not, I am coming to you and I will move your מנורה out of its place unless you make תשובה.
6 On the other hand, you have this: that you eschew the מעשה of the Nicolaitans, whom I also eschew.
7 He that has an ear let him hear what the רוח says to the congregations. To him who conquers I will give of the Tree of Life (which is in the גן עדן of אלהים) to eat.
2. The Diaspora Community in Hellenist Izmir, Turkey8 And to the מלאך of the congregations [in the Diaspora] in Izmir, Turkey, write:
These things say the First and the Last, 9 I see your מעשה and troubles and poverty, but you are rich, and the blasphemy out of those who say they are יהודים but aren't are, rather, a συναγωγη of שטן.
10 Don't fear at all the things that you impend to suffer. See, שטן impends to place some of you under guard so that you may be tested; and you will have ten days of trouble. Become trustworthy to the death and I will give you the chaplet of life.
11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the רוח says to the congregations, He that conquers shall in no way be done an injustice by the second death.
3. The Diaspora Community in Hellenist Bergama, Turkey12 And to the מלאך of the congregations [in the Diaspora] in Bergama, Turkey write:
These things say He Who has the sharp double-edged sword. 13 I know where you live—where the כסא of שטן is; and you take hold of my name and you didn't deny my trustworthy witness; who was killed among you where שטן lives.
14 On the other hand, I have a few things against you because you have there those who take of the teaching of Bilam, who taught Balaq to throw a stumblingblock before the sons of Israel—for them to eat idol-blessed food and to be intimate-with-idolatry. 15 So you have also taken hold of the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner. 16 Make תשובה, and, if not, I am coming to you quickly and will battle with them with the sword of my mouth.
17 He that has an ear, let him hear what the רוח says to the congregations. To him who conquers I will give from the hidden מן, and I will give a white voting-pebble for him, and on the voting-pebble a new name will be written that no one sees except he who takes it.
4. The Diaspora Community in Hellenist Akhisar, Turkey18 And to the מלאך of the congregation in Akhisar, Turkey write:
These things say the son of אלהים, he who has eyes as a flame of fire and feet like fine brass; 19 I see your מעשה and love and perseverance; your latest מעשה are more than your first מעשה.
20 But I have many [things] against you: that you let the woman, איזבל, go [on]; she who says she is a prophetess, and teaches and leads My servants astray, to be intimate-with-idolatry and to eat idol-blessed food. 21 And I gave her time so that she might make תשובה from her intimacy-with-idolatry. 22 See, I throw her onto a cot, and those who commit adultery with her into a great trouble unless they shall make תשובה from her מעשה.
23 And I will kill her children with death, and all of the congregationshall know that I am he who searches the feelings and hearts; and I will give to each of you according to our מעשה.
24 And I say to the remainder of you who are in Akhisar, as many as don't have her teaching, who haven't known the depths of שטן as they say, I won't throw any other burden upon you. 25 Only take hold of what you have until I arrive.
26 And he that conquers, and he that keeps my מעשה until the completion, I will give him authority over the גוים. 27 And he shall shepherd them with an iron staff, as utensils of pottery that are smashed; as I have also taken it from my Father, 28 And I will give to Him the twilight star. 29 He that has an ear, let him hearffff what the Spiritffff says to the communities. He that has an ear, let him hear what the רוח says to the congregations.
5. The Diaspora Community in Hellenist Salihli, Turkey3And to the מלאך of the congregation in Salihli, Turkey write:
These things says He Who has the seven רוחות of אלהים and the seven stars (P*leiades). I see your מעשה, that you have a reputation that you live, but you are dead. 2 Become alert and solidify the remainder of the things that were impending to die-off, for I haven't found your מעשה to be filled in the sight of my אלהים. 3 Therefore remember how you have taken and heard, and keep it; and make תשובה. Therefore, if you don't stay alert, I will arrive upon you like a thief, and there is no way you will know in what hour I will arrive upon you. 4 However, you do have a few names in Salihli that haven't contaminated their טלית, and they shall go around with me in white because they are worthy. 5 He that conquers thusly shall be outfitted in a white טלית and there is no way that I will blot his name out of the Scroll of Life, and I will attest to his name in the sight of my Father and before his מלאכים. 6 He that has an ear let him hear what the רוח says to the congregations.
6. The Diaspora Community in Hellenist Alasehir, Turkey7 And to the מלאך of the congregation in Alasehir, Turkey write:
These things says הקדוש, ברוך הוא, and True; He Who has the key of בית] דוד], who [Yᵊshayâhu 22.22] "shall open and none shall shut; and He shall shut and none shall open." 8 I see your מעשה. See, I have given an opened door in sight of you that no one is able to lock up, because you have a little ability and have kept my saying, and haven't denied my name. 9 See, I have given you some of those who say they are Jews but aren't (and are falsifying), [who are] out of the συναγωγη of שטן. See, I will make them so that they shall arrive and pay homage in sight of your feet, and he might know that I loved you. 10 Because you kept the saying of my perseverance I will also will keep you out of the hour of testing that impends to come upon the developed world, to test those who dwell upon the land.
11 I come quickly. Take hold of what you have so that no one takes your chaplet. 12 He that conquers I will make a pillar in the naos of my אלהים, and he shall not come out anymore at all; and I will write the Name of my אלהים upon him, and the name of the city of my אלהים, the new ירושלים that goes down out of the heavens from my אלהים, and my new name. 13 He that has an ear let him hear what the רוח says to the congregations.
7. The Diaspora Community in Hellenist Buldan, Turkey14 And to the מלאך of the congregations [in the Diaspora] in Buldan, Turkey write:
These things say the אמן, the Trustworthy and True Witness, the Primacy of the creation of אלהים:
15 I see in your מעשה, that you are neither cold nor hot. You are indebted to me to be either cold or hot. 16 Thus, because you are tepid and neither cold nor hot, I am impending to spit you out of my mouth 17 because you say "I am rich, and have become rich, and have need of nothing," and [you] don't see that it is you who are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and half-naked. 18 I counsel together with you to buy from me gold that is glowing hot out of the fire, so that you may become rich, and a white טלית so that you may be outfitted and the shame of your being half-naked may not become apparent, and eye-salve to anoint your eyes so that you may behold.
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4 And encircling the כסא were twenty-four כסאות and on these כסאות I saw twenty-four זקנים sitting, each outfitted in a white טלית and a gold chaplet on their head.
5 Out of the כסא emanates flashings and thunders and sounds; and seven oil-fed torches of fire burning in sight of the כסא, which are the seven רוחות of אלהים.
6 In front of the כסא is as a crystal-clear sea. Centered in sight of the כסא and encircling the כסא, are four כרובים laden with eyes fore and aft. 7 The first כרוב is like a lion, the second כרוב like a calf, the third has the face of a human and the fourth כרוב is like a flying דיה. 8 The four כרובים, every one, have six wings, respectively, encircling them and within they are laden with eyes; and they didn't rest day or night, saying (Yᵊsha·yâh′ u 6.3):
קדוש; קדוש; קדוש ה' צבאות; מלא כל-הארץ כבודו:
9 When the four כרובים give כבוד and thanks to Him Who sits on the כסא, Who lives to the ages of ages. 10 The twenty-four זקנים shall fall down in sight of Him Who sits on the כסא and they shall pay homage to Him Who lives to the ages of ages, and throw their chaplets in sight of the כסא saying, 11 You are worthy, י--ה, י--ה our אלהים to take the כבוד and the ability because You created all things and they were for, and created for, Your will.
b. Scroll of Seven Seals (ch. 5-11)
5Then on the right of Him who sits on the כסא I saw a scroll with writing both inside and on the back, which had been sealed with seven seals.
2 Then I saw a strong מלאך proclaiming in a great sounds: "Who is worthy to open the scroll and undo the seals of it?" 3 And no one in the heavens nor on the land nor under the land was able to open the scroll, nor to behold it. 4 And I was wailing greatly in sorrow because no one was found worthy to open the scroll, nor to behold it.
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9 and they sing a new song saying, "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals because you were slaughtered-according-to-כשרות and bought us for אלהים in your דם, out of every tribe and tongue and kindred and גר, 10 And you made them a ממלכה to our אלהים and כהנים, and they shall reign upon the land."
11 Then I saw, and heard [something] like the sound of many מלאכים and of the כרובים and of the זקנים encircling the כסא. The number of them was [in the] hundreds of thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a great sound,"The Lamb that has been slaughtered-according-to-כשרות is worthy to take the power, and riches, and intellectuality, and strength, and value, and endorsement and blessing."
13 Then I also heard every creation that is in the heavens and on the land and under the land and on the sea, and all of the things in them I also heard saying, "Blessing, value, כבוד and power be to Him Who sits on the כסא and to the Lamb to the ages of ages." ,14 Then the four כרובים said "אמן," and the זקנים fell down and paid homage.
1) Seal #1: White Horse (6.1-2) The Mâ·shi′ akh Quells Tor·âh′ -transgressors, Conquering Death & the Spiritual Realm
6Then when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, I saw and heard one of the four כרובים like the sound of thunder saying, "Come and see!" 2 Then I saw, and see, a white horse and he who was sitting on it having a bow; and a chaplet was given to him and he came out conquering, and so that he might conquer.
2) Seal #2: Sorrel HorseBloodshed & Wars
3 When he opened the second seals I heard the second כרוב saying, "Come and see!" 4 Then another horse, a sorrel, came out; and to him who was sitting on it was given [power] to take peace out of the land, so that they should slaughter one another; and a great sword was given to him.
3) Seal #3: Black HorseTorâh-transgressor in Human World-affairs Mirroring a Battle in the Heavens
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5) Seal #5: נפשות of Martyrs Thru 70 C.E.Must Wait Under מזבח Until Joined by Martyrs of Ya·aqov's Trouble—חללי שואה? (6.9-11).
9 Then when he opened the fifth seal I saw, down beside the מזבח, the נפשות of those who were slaughtered because of the Oral Law of אלהים and because of the testimony that they had; 10 Then they cried out in a great sound saying, "Until when, True and הקדוש י--ה, are You not adjudicating-משפט and vindicating our דם from those who dwell on the land?"
11 Then a stately white-linen tunic was given to each of them, and it was spoken to them so that they should rest a little while until those impending to be killed as they also were, both their fellow-servants and brothers, may have filled it.
6) Seal #6: WMDs?(6.12-17) –Missiles, Chemical Weapons & Nuclear Warfare. Cf. also Yo·eil′ 2.1-11; 3.1-5 and Yᵊsha·yâh′ u 34.4.
12 Then I saw when he opened the sixth seal and there became a great earthquake, and the sun became [dark as] sack-cloth [made of] hair, and the whole moon became blood-color. 13 Then the star of the heavens fell onto the land like over-ripe figs falling from a fig tree in a windstorm. 14 Then the heavens rolled-away like a scroll being rolled-up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 Then the kings of the land, the VIPs, the rich, the colonels, the strong, every slave [along with] the emancipated [all] hid themselves in dens and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 Then they called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us! Hide us from the face of Him Who sits on the Throne, and from the anger of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their anger has come, and who is able to stand it?"
Redaction (all of Ch. 7)
(7) Seal #7: (a) Hush, (b) מלאך With Censer & (c-i) 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) (a) ½ Hour Hush(8.1-2)
8Then when he opened the seventh seal there became a hush in the heavens for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven מלאכים who stand in sight of אלהים , and seven שופרות were given to them.
(7) Seal #7: (a) Hush, (b) מלאך With Censer & (c-i) 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) (b) מלאך with Censer(8.3-6)
3 Then another מלאך having a gold censer came and stood at the מזבח and a lot of incense was given to him so that he shall give it with the תפילות of all of the קדושים upon the gold מזבח that is in sight of the כסא. 4 And the smoke of the incense went up in sight of אלהים from out of the hand of the מלאך with the תפילות of the קדושים 5 Then the מלאך took the censer and filled it out of the fire of the מזבח and threw it upon the land. Then there became noises and thunderings and flashings and an earthquake.
6 Then the seven מלאכים having the seven שופרות readied themselves so that they might sound their שופרות.
(7) Seal #7: (a) Hush, (b) מלאך With Censer & (c-i) 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) (c) מלאך with שופר Blast #1Artillery Assault, Chemical & Biological shells (8.7)
7 Then the first sounded the שופר and there became a hail of fire mixed in דם. It was thrown upon the land and a third of the land was burned up, and the third of the trees were burned up and all of the green grass was burned up.
(7) Seal #7: (a) Hush, (b) מלאך With Censer & (c-i) 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) (d) מלאך with שופר Blast #2Naval missiles (8.8-9)
8 Then the second מלאך sounded the שופר and it was like a great mountain of burning fire had been thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became דם 9 and a third of the creations that were in the sea that have a נפש died-off, and a third of the ships were utterly degenerated.
(7) Seal #7: (a) Hush, (b) מלאך With Censer & (c-i) 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) (e) מלאך with שופר Blast #3Artillery with Chemical, Biological or Nuclear Shells or Warheads Contaminate Rivers (8.10-11)
10 Then the third מלאך sounded the שופר and a great star fell out of the heavens burning like an oil-fed torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of the waters, 11 and the name of the star is called לענה and a third of the waters became לענה and many of the humans died-off from the waters because they were made לענה.
(7) Seal #7: (a) Hush, (b) מלאך With Censer & (c-i) 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) (f) מלאך with שופר Blast #4Chemical / Biological Weapons Poison Cloud Obscures Sun and Moon (8.12)
12 Then the fourth מלאך sounded the שופר and a third of the sun was marked by a Whipstroke, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened and the daylight didn't appear for a third of it, and the night likewise.
(7) Seal #7: (a) Hush, (b) מלאך With Censer & (c-i) 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) מלאך = דיה Announces 3 "Oy"s = מלאכים with שופרות Blasts #5-7(8.13)
13 Then I saw and heard one דיה flying in the sky saying in a great sound, "Oy, oy, oy; for those who dwell on the land, from the remaining sounds of the שופרות of the three מלאכים who impend to sound their שופרות."
(7) Seal #7: (a) Hush, (b) מלאך With Censer & (c-i) 7 שופר Blasts (Ch. 8-11) (g) מלאך with שופר Blast #5 = {1} "Oy" #1(9.1-12)
9Then the fifth מלאך sounded the שופר and I saw a star fallen to the land out of the heavens, and the key to the well of the abyss was given to him.
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4 These are the two olive trees and the two מנורות standing in the sight of the אדון of the land,
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10) מלאך #6 with Whipstroke #6: River Perat Recedes, Clearing Way For Kings Of Rising Sun To Lay Siege Against Israel (16.12) d. Battle of הר מגידו (16.16)16 Then he brought them together into the place that is called in Hebrew הר מגידו.
3 Then, in the רוח, the מלאך carried me away into the מדבר, and I saw a woman sitting on a crimson wild-beast [out of the sea] having seven heads and ten horns, laden with names of slander. 4 And the woman was outfitted in royal purple and crimson, and gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden chalice in her hand laden with תועבות and the contaminations of her intimacy-with-idolatry. 5 And a name was written on her forehead, a secret-of-initiation:
6 Then I saw the woman drunk from the דם of the קדושים and from the דם of the witnesses of ]ריבי] יהושע And having seen her, I was greatly amazed.
7 Then the מלאך said to me, "Why were you amazed? I will tell you the secret-of-initiationof the woman and of the wild-beast that bears her that has seven heads and the ten horns; 8 The wild-beast that you saw was, but isn't now, yet impends to go up out of the abyssand to go innocuously into destruction; and they who dwell on the land, whose names aren't written, from the conceiving of the world-order, upon the Scroll of Life shall be amazed beholding the wild-beast—that it was, but isn't now, yet shall be present again.
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)8. Vision of משפט On הקדשה הגדולה a. Cannister-מלאך (17.1) (2) Explains Symbolism (17.9-18)9 Here is the comprehension that has intellectuality: The seven heads are seven mountains and the woman sits on them; 10 and there are seven kings; five are fallen, the one is, and the other isn't yet come. He must stay a little while. 11 Then the wild-beast that was but isn't, he is also the eighth and is from out of the seven and goes innocuously into destruction.
12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet taken a domain. Rather, they take authority as kings with the wild-beast for one hour. 13 These are of one dogma and they give their ability and authority to the wild-beast. 14 These will battle the lamb but the lamb will conquer them.
15 Then the מלאך said to me, "The waters that you saw where the [woman who is] intimate-with-idolatry sits are kindreds and masses and גוים and tongues. 16 And the ten horns that you saw and the wild-beast [out of the sea], these shall one day eschew the [woman who is] intimate-with-idolatry and shall make her desolate and half-naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her down with fire 17 (for אלהים had allowed their hearts to produce its dogmaand to give their domain to the wild-beast only until the Sayings of אלהים shall be completed 18 and the woman whom you saw is the great city that has a domain over the kings of the land."
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)8. Vision of משפט On הקדשה הגדולה b. Another מלאך with Great Authority (18.1) (1) Reads משפט On הקדשה הגדולה (18.1-3)18After these things I saw another מלאך going down out of the heavens having great authority; and the land was brought Light out of his glory. 2 And he cried out with a strong sound saying,
"It is fallen! Bavël the Great is fallen, and is become a home of demons and a guardian of every contaminating spirit and a guardian of every contaminating and eschewed bird, 3 because all of the goyim have drunk from the wine of her outrageous intimacy-with-idolatry, because the kings of the land were intimate-with-idolatry with her and because the businessmen of the land got rich through her capacity for conspicuous consumption."
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)8. Vision of משפט On הקדשה הגדולה b. Another מלאך with Great Authority (18.1) (2) Another Sound from כסא In Heavens Issues Warning Concerning הקדשה הגדולה (18.4-20)4 Then I heard another sound out of the heavens saying, "Come out of her, My kinsmen, so that you don't share in her missteppings; and so that you don't partake of her whipstrokes. 5 Because her missteppings have stuck to her even to the heavens, and אלהים has remembered her injustices. 6 Render to her even as she has rendered, then quadruple it according to her מעשה! In the cup in which she blended you blend double to her. 7 To the extent that she glorified herself and lived in conspicuous consumption allow her an ordeal-like-scraping-against-a-touchstone and mourning to the same extent because she says in her heart, "Since I sit as queen, and I am not a widow, there's no way I may even see mourning."
8 On account of this, her whipstrokes death, mourning and famine shall arrive in one day, and she shall be burned up in fire because י--ה אל, Who adjudicates-משפט in a בית-דין upon her, is strong.
9 Then the kings of the land, who were intimate-with-idolatry with her, living in conspicuous consumption, shall wail in sorrow and beat their fists in mourning when they behold the smoke of her fiery-embers. 10 Standing afar off an account of fear of her saying, "Oy, Oy; the great city, Bavël the strong city, because in one hour your משפט has come." 11 And the businessmen of the land wail in sorrow and mourn for her because no one is buying their cargo anymore; 12 cargo of gold, and silver, precious stones, pearls, find linen, purple-cloth, silk, crimson-cloth and all African-cedar wood, and every utensil of ivory, and every utensil of precious wood, copper, iron and marble; 13 and cinnamon, black cardamom, incense, cologne, and frankincense, and wine, olive-oil, finest flour, wheat, and cattle, sheep, horses and armored tanks and the bodies and נפשות of passengers; 14 and the autumn-crop of the cravings of your נפשות are gone from you, and all buttery delicacies and shining things are destroyed from you, and there is no way you should find them anymore.
15 The businessmen of these products, who got rich from her, shall stand from afar-off because of the fear of her ordeal-like-scraping-against-a-touchstone wailing in sorrow and mourning, 16 , "Oy, Oy; the great city, which was outfitted in fine linen, and purple-cloth, and crimson-cloth, and gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, 17 for in one hour such great riches were desolated."
Then every CEO and everyone who sails anyplace, with the sailors, and as many as work the seas stood apart 18 and cried out seeing the smoke of her fiery-embers saying, "What is like the great city?" 19 Then they threw dust upon their heads and cried out, wailing in sorrow and mourning saying, "Oy, Oy; the great city in which all who had ships in the sea got rich from her economy. For in one hour she was desolated."
20 Be merry over her, O heavens, and you קדושים and you emissaries and you נביאים because אלהים has absolutely adjudicated your משפט from her.
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)8. Vision of משפט On הקדשה הגדולה c. Strong מלאך from כסא In Heavens Adjudicates משפט On הקדשה הגדולה (18.21-22)21 Then one strong מלאך picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea saying, "With such a sudden violent motion shall the great city, Bavël, be thrown down, and may no longer be found at all.
22 Then the sound of zither-players and muses and flutists and trumpeters may no longer be heard in you at all, nor may the sound of a millstone be heard in you any longer, 23 and no longer may the light of a lamp appear in you at all, nor may the sound of a groom and bride be heard in you at all any longer; because the VIPs of the land were your businessmen, because in your drug-induced occultisms all of the גוים were led astray, 23 and the blood of נביאים and קדושים and of all of the slaughtered on the land was found in her.
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)9. Victory Celebration: Around Heavenly Throne (19.1-10)a. הללויה #1 (19.1-2)19After these things I heard something like a great sound of a large crowd in the heavens saying,
2 Because His משפט are true and just, because He has adjudicated-משפט upon the great [woman who is] intimate-with-idolatry, who caused the degeneration of the land in her intimacy-with-idolatry and He vindicated the blood of His servants out of her hand.
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)9. Victory Celebration: Around Heavenly Throne (19.1-10)b. הללויה #2 (19.3)3 Then a second time they said,
הללויה
and her smoke goes up to the ages of ages.
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)9. Victory Celebration: Around Heavenly Throne (19.1-10)c. הללויה #3 (19.4)4 Then the 24 זקנים and the four כרובים prostrated and bowed to אלהים, Who sits on the כסא saying,
אמן הללויה
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)9. Victory Celebration: Around Heavenly Throne (19.1-10)d. הללויה #4 (19.5)5 Then a sound came from the כסא saying,
הללו יה, הללו עבדי י--ה; יברך יראי י--ה הקטנים עם-הגדלים
4. Fourth Vision: 7 מלאכים with Whipstrokes (15.6 – 19.10)9. Victory Celebration: Around Heavenly Throne (19.1-10)e. הללויה #5 (19.6-10)6 Then I heard something like the sound of a large crowd, or the sound of a great waterfall, or the sound of strong thunders saying,
הללויה,
7
לכו
נרננה
לי--ה;
נריעה,
לצור
יעשנו:
נקדמה
פניו
בתודה;
בזמרות,
נריע
לו:
כי
אל
גדול
י--ה;
ומלך
גדול,
על-כל-אלהים:
for the הלולא of the lamb is come, and His woman has readied herself; 8 and it was given to her that she should be outfitted in purged shining fine linen (for the fine linen is the חוקים of the קדושים.
9 Then the sound said to me, "Write 'Happy are they who are invited to the הלולא of the lamb.'" And the sound said to me, "These are the true sayings of אלהים."
10 So I prostrated before his feet to bow to him. But he said to me, "You don't understand. I'm a fellow-servant with you, and of your brothers who have the testimony of יהושע. Bow to אלהים , for the Spirit of נבואה is the testimony of Yᵊhoshua.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 1. Seal #1: White Horse Mâ·shi′ akh Bën-Yo·seiph′ ) (19.11-16) A. Mâ·shi′ akh Bën-Yo·seiph′ ) Leads Israel To Overcome Temptations To Transgress Tor·âh′ (19.11-13)11 Then I saw the heavens opened and look! A white horse, and he who sits on it is called אמונה and אמת; and in צדק he adjudicates-משפט and wages battles. 12 And his eyes were a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns, each having a name written on it that no one but himself sees. 13 And he was outfitted in a טלית spattered with דם and his name is called תורה שבעל פה;
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 1. Seal #1: White Horse Mâ·shi′ akh Bën-Yo·seiph′ ) (19.11-16) B. Rib′ i Yᵊho·shu′ a Arrives w/Armies (19.14-16) Winepress at Neot Qedumim in Israel. Terrace (center) is where the grapes were placed and trampled. The juice ran down through the crevice into earthen jars or (kâ·sheir′ ) animal skins placed in the rectangular hole in foreground. |
14 and the armies in the heavens were following him on white horses, having put on fine linen, white and purged, 15 and a sharp sword proceeds out of his mouth so that he might strike the גוים with it, and he shall shepherd them with an iron fist; and he walks the winepress of the wine of the anger of the outrage of אלהי צבאות 16 and he has a name written on his טלית and on his thigh, [the Name of]:
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 2. Battle: Kings of Land vs Armies of Rider of White Horse (19.17-19)17 Then I saw one מלאך standing in the sun and he cried out with a great sound saying to all of the birds that fly in the sky: "Over here! Flock to the great feast of אלהים 17 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of colonels, the flesh of the strong, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all, whether freemen or servant, whether small or great.
19 Then I saw the wild-beast [out of the land] with the kings of the land and with their armies, gathered to do battle with him who sits on the horse.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 3. Wild-Beast Out of the Land with False Prophet Thrown Into Lake of Fire, Remainder Killed by Sword (19.20-21)20 Then the wild-beast was seized, and with it the false prophet that produced the signs in its sight, in which it led astray those who accepted the engraving of the wild-beast, and those who bow to its icon.
The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns in sulfur. 21 Then the rest were killed by the sword that came forth out of the mouth of him who sits on the horse. Then all of the birds were full of their flesh.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 4. הילל Bound in Abyss 1,000 Years (20.1-3)20Then I saw a מלאך descending, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain in his hand, 2 and he took hold of the Dragon, the primary serpent that is שטן and bound him a thousand years 3 and threw him into the abyss and locked it and sealed it over him so that he might not lead the גוים astrayanymore, until the thousand years were completed. After these things, it's necessary that he be loosed for a little time.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 5. First Resurrection: Thrones To Martyrs fm Ya·a·qov′ 's Trouble (Holocaust) Reign 1,000 Years (20.4-6; see also Yᵊsha·yâh′ u 11; 2.4; & Yᵊkhëz·qeil′ 46-48)4 Then I saw כסאות and they who sat on them, and adjudication of משפט was given to them and to the נפשות of those who had been hacked with an axe on account of the testimony of יהושע, and on account of the Oral-Law of אלהים , and those who didn't bow to the wild-beast or the icon, and didn't accept the engraving on their forehead or on their arm. And they lived and reigned with the משיח for 1,000 years.
5 This is the first resurrection. 6 אשרי and קדוש is he who has part in the first resurrection. The second death has no authority over these. Rather, they shall be כהנים of אלהים and of the משיח, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 6. הילל Temporarily Loosed After 1,000 Years For the Final Battle: גוג ארץ המגוג (20.7-8)7 Then, when the thousand years has been completed, שטן will be released from under guard.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 7. Forces of הילל, viz. גוג ארץ המגוג, Destroyed by Fire out of Heavens (20.8-9)8 Then גוג ארץ המגוג will come out to lead astray the גוים , of whom the number of them is as the sand of the sea, who are in the four extremities of the land, to gather them together into the battle. 9 And they went up over the breadth of the land and encircled the camp of the קדושים and the city of ישרון. Then fire went down out of the heavens and consumed them.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 8. הילל Sent to Join Living Misojudaics Of Displacement Theology, The Middle East Financiers Of The Alliance And The Chief Exec Of The Alliance Into The Lake Of Fire. (20.8-9)10 Then שטן, who leads them astray was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the wild-beast and the false prophet already are. Then they shall be tortured day and night into the age of ages.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 9. The Great White כסא: The Second Resurrection—Of The Doomed—and Adjudication of Their משפט (20.11-13)11 Then I saw a Great White כסא and Him Who sits on it, from the Face of Whom the land and the heavens fled; but no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing in sight of the כסא; and the scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was opened, which is the יוחסין of Life. Then משפט was adjudicated upon the dead according to their מעשה—from the things written in the other scrolls, 13 and the sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and שאול gave up the dead who were in them and משפט was adjudicated upon each according to their מעשה.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 10. Death & שאול: All Remaining Dead Resurrected—None Registered In Scroll of Life; Thrown into Lake of Fire (20.14-15)14 Then death and שאול were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone wasn't found to be written in the Scroll of Life he was thrown into the lake of fire.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 11. New (Non-Dimensional) Heavens & Land (21.1-8)21Then I saw a new heavens and a new land, for the first heavens and the first land had passed, even the sea is no longer. 2 And I saw עיר הקודש – ירושלים – descending from אלהים out of the heavens, readied as a bride arrayed for her man.
3 Then I heard a great sound from the כסא saying, "Look, the of אלהים is with mankind, and He shall erect His with them and they shall be His kinsmen. And אלהים Himself shall be with them. 4 Then He shall blot away every tear out of their eyes and death shall no longer be; nor mourning, nor outcry; nor shall there be pain any longer because the prior things have gone by."
5 Then He Who sits on the כסא said, "Look, I make all things new." Then He said to me, "Write, because these Sayings are trustworthy and true." 6 Then He said to me, "I am become. I am the אלף and the ת the Prime Cause and the completion. To him who thirsts I will unilaterally give out of the spring-fed well of מים חיים. 7 He that conquers shall inherit these things and I will be אלהים to him and he shall be a son to Me.
8 But to the cowardly, the untrustworthy, the abominable, the murderers, those intimate-with-idolatry, the drug-induced occultists, those who revere deity-images, and all imposters, theirs is the lake that burns with fire and sulphur—which is the second death."
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 12. Bride (Israel): nᵊphâsh·ot′ Comprising New (Non-Dimensional) Yᵊru·shâ·la′ yim Out of the Heavens (21.9 – 22.5)9 Then one of the seven מלאכים who had the seven cannisters that were laden with the seven last whipstrokes came and spoke with me saying, "Over here! I will show you the bride, the woman. 10 And, in the Spirit, he carried me away onto a great and high mountain and showed me עיר הקודש, ירושלים, descending out of the heavens from אלהים 11 having the glory of אלהים. Her light-source was like a precious gem, like a crystal gem. 12 [The city] had a great high wall having twelve citadel-gates, and over the citadel-gates twelve מלאכים, with names inscribed that are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
13 On the east are three citadel-gates, and on the north three citadel-gates, and on the south three citadel-gates, and on the west three citadel-gates.
14 And the wall of the city has twelve foundation-layers, and upon them twelve names of the twelve emissaries. 15 Then he who was standing with me had a golden measuring stick so that he might measure the city and its citadel-gates and its wall. 16 And the city is laid-out square, its length equal to its breadth. Then he measured the city with the stick: 1945 km per side; the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 Then he measured the wall, 144 elbow-to-fingertip-lengths, which is a human measure, the מלאך's measure. 18 And the construction of its wall was of ruby, and the city was of refined gold, like refined crystal. 19-20 And the foundations of the wall of the city were arrayed with every precious gem:
| Foundation Stone | Foundation Layer | Unveiling Greek | LXX Greek | Masoretic Hebrew | Josephus Greek | English | Tribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Top | αμεθυστος (amethustos) | αμεθυστος (amethustos) | אחלמה akh·lâm·âh′ | αμεθυστος (amethustos) | amethyst | יששכר Yi·sâs·khâr′ |
 | 11 | υακινθος (uakinthos) | ανθραξ (anthrax) | נפך no′ phëkh | ανθρακα (anthraka) | garnet | יהודה Yᵊhud·âh′ |
 | 10 | χρυσοπρασος (khrusoprasos) | λιγυριον (ligurion) | לשם lësh′ ëm | λιγυρος (liguros) | turquoise | גד God (Gâd) |
 | 9 | τοπαζιον (topazion) | τοπαζιον (topazion) | פטדה pi·tᵊd·âh′ | τοπαζος (topazos) | topaz | שמעון Shim·on′ |
 | 8 | Βηρυλλος (bærullos) | Βηρυλλος (bærullos) | ישפה yâ·shᵊp·eih′ | Βηρυλλος (bærullos) | aquamarine | בנימין Bin·yâ·min′ |
 | 7 | χρυσολιθος (khrusolithos) | χρυσολιθος (khrusolithos) | תרשיש tar·shish′ | χρυσολιθος (khrusolithos) | peridot | זבולון Zᵊvul·un′ |
 60x51.jpg "sard") | 6 | σαρδιον (sardion) | σαρδιον (sardion) | אדם o′ dëm | σαρδονυξ (sardonux) | sard | ראובן Ru·vein′ |
 | 5 | σαρδονυξ (sardonux) | ονυξιον (onuxion) | שהם sho′ ham | ονυξ (onux) | sardonyx | יוסף Yo·seiph′ |
 | 4 | σμαραγδος (smaragdos) | σμαραγδος (smaragdos) | ברקת bâ·rëq′ ët | σμαραγδος (smaragdos) | malachite | לווי Lei·wi′ |
 | 3 | χαλκεδων (khalkedōn) | αγατης (agatæs) | שבו shᵊvo′ | αγατης (agatæs) | agate | אשר Â′ sheir |
 | 2 | σαπφειρος (sapfeiros) | σαπφειρος (sapfeiros) | ספיר sa·pir′ | σαπφειρος (sapfeiros) | lapis lazuli | דן Dân |
 | Lowest | ιασπις (iaspis) | ιασπις (iaspis) | יהלום ya·ha·lom′ | ιασπιν (iaspin) | ruby | נפתלי Naph·tâl·i′ |
21 And the twelve citadel-gates were twelve pearls, each one of the citadel-gates, respectively, was one pearl; and the street of the city was refined gold like a diaphanous crystal.
22 But I saw no naos in the city, for י--ה אלהי צבאות is its naos. 23 And the city has no need of the sun nor the moon, that they should appear for it, for the כבוד of אלהים illuminates it. 24 and the גוים shall go about by means of the Light of it. And the kings of the land bring their כבוד into it. 25 And its citadel-gates shall not be locked up at all by day (there isn't any night there). 26 And the kings shall bring the כבוד and treasure of the גוים into it. 27 and in no case may anything חל come into it, nor he who does that which is an תועבה or a falsehood; but only those who are written in the Scroll of Life.
22Then he showed me a river of living waters, shining like crystal, proceeding out of the כסא of אלהים. 2 In the middle of the street, and on this side and that side of the river, the Tree of Lifewas producing twelve fruits, rendering its fruit each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the care of the גוים. 3 And there shall no longer be any curse. The כסא of אלהים and of the lamb shall be in the City, and His servants shall be in His employ. 4 And they shall seek His Face and His Name is on their foreheads.
5 There shall no longer be night, for they have no need for light—for a lamp or for light from the sun—because י--ה, your אלהים, shall shed Light upon them and they shall reign into the ages of ages.
5. Fifth Vision: Millenial & Post-Millenial Realm, הלולא of the Lamb (19.11 – 22.5) 13. Conclusion & Warning (22.6-21)6 Then he said to me, "These Sayings are אמת ויציב, and י--ה, your אלהים of the spirits of the נביאים sent forth His מלאך to show His servants the things that must become quickly, 7 and look, I am coming quickly. אשרי is he who keeps the Sayings of the prophecy of this scroll."
8 Then I, יוחנן, was he who was beholding and hearing these things. And when I heard and beheld, I prostrated myself before the feet of the מלאך who was showing me these things. 9 Then he said to me, "You don't understand. I'm a fellow-servant with you, and of your brothers the נביאים and those who keep the Sayings of this Scroll to bow to אלהים."
10 Then he said to me, "Don't seal the Sayings of the prophecy of this scroll, for the time is near. 11 To him who perverts justice—pervert justice still! To him who is contaminated—be contaminated still! To him who is a צדיק—be צדיק! To him who is קדוש—be קדוש!
12 Look, I'm coming quickly and My wages are with Me to render to each according to his מעשה.
13 I am the אלף and the ת, the Prime Cause and the completion.
14 אשרי are they who launder their stately tunics so that their authority shall be over the Tree of Life and they should go into the City by the citadel-gates.
15 The dogs, and the practitioners of drug-induced occultisms, and those intimate-with-idolatry, and the murderers, and those who revere deity-images and everyond having affection for, and making, a falsehood are out.
16 I, Yᵊhoshua, sent my מלאך to testify of these things to you over the convocations. I am the root and the family of דוד the twilight shining star."
17 Then the Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!" And he who hears is to say, "Come!" Then he who hears is to come! He who wishes is to unilaterally take the water of life!
18 I testify to everyone who hears the Sayings of this prophecy of this scroll: If anyone would put something on these same things, אלהים shall put upon him the whipstrokes that are written in this scroll. 19 and if anyone would remove anything from the sayings of the scroll of this prophecy, אלהים shall remove his part from the Tree of Life and out of the holy city of those who are written in this scroll.
20 He who testifies says these things. Yes, I am coming quickly. Amein.
Come, אדון יהושע! 21 The graciousness of אדון יהושע be with the קדושים.
Appendix: Redaction (Ch. 7)7Then after this, I saw four מלאכים standing on the four corners of הארץ taking hold of the four רוחות of the land so that no רוח might blow upon הארץ, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree. 2 Then I saw another מלאך going up from the rising of the sun having the seal of the Living אלהים. Then he cried out with a great voice to the four מלאכים who were allowed to do injustice to the land and the sea, 3 saying, "Do no injustice to the land, nor the sea, nor the trees until we may seal the servants of our אלהים upon their foreheads."
4 Then I heard the number of the sealed: one hundred forty-four thousand sealed, from every tribe of בני-ישראל. 5 Out of the tribe of יהודה, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of ראובן, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of גד, twelve thousand; 6 out of the tribe of אשר, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of נפתלי, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of דן, twelve thousand; 7 out of the tribe of שמעון, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of לוי, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of יששכר, twelve thousand; 8 out of the tribe of זבלון, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of יוסף, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of בנימין, twelve thousand sealed.
9 After these things, I saw, and see—a great crowd that no one was able to number out of all of the גוים, and [every] tribe, and kinsman and language, standing in the sight of the כסא outfitted in stately white robes with לולבים in their hands. 10 And they cry out with a great voice saying, "Salvation is by our אלהים, by Him Who sits on the כסא and by the lamb, unto the ages of ages. אמן.
11 Then all of the מלאכים stood encircling the כסא along with the זקנים and the four כרובים and they fell down in sight of the כסא upon their faces and paid homage to אלהים 12 saying, "אמן, Blessing, כבוד, and intellectuality, thanksgiving, evaluation, ability and strength be to our אלהים to the ages of ages. אמן.
13 Then one of the זקנים replied to me saying, "These who are outfitted in stately white robes, who are they and where did they come from?" 14 And I replied to him, "אדני, you see." Then he said to me, "These are they who come out of the great trouble; and they laundered their stately robes and made them white in the דם of the Lamb. 15 Because of this they are in the sight of the כסא of אלהים and serve him day and night in his naos and he who sits on the כסא shall erect his over them. 16 They shall not hunger anymore, neither shall they thirst anymore, nor shall the sun beat down on them anymore, nor any scorching; 17 because the lamb that is in the midst of the כסא will shepherd them and will guide them to fountains of waters of life; and אלהים will blot away every tear from their eyes."
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