The Revelation
Chapters 6–11
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Preface
Hopefully, all of the book of The Revelation is, and has been, a great blessing for you. But, this discussion primarily covers only chapters 6-11; i.e. the sealed scroll chapters. It is humbly submitted to aid in your own study. I pray the Glory of Christ Jesus will shine through these rather depressing chapters, and increase your praise of God’s Son and our Savior. Most readers will fine this discussion considerably different than those they might have previously read concerning the last book of the Bible. But, hopefully it will be informative and encouraging.
Earlier, I released a survey of The Revelation containing a summary of all the chapters. It included a detailed discussion of only chapters 15 and 16 (Plugge, 2017.) Those two chapters had given a great many concern and much confusion, as well as being a popular topic for many book publishers. Since then, it’s been suggested I should provide this more detailed discussion of other chapters from that important book of Scripture. So here, I’ve provided some very discussions of chapters 6-11. (I’ll apologize early for these discussions being so wordy, but it’s difficult to cut milk into morsels.) These too are given out of what limited insight has been granted for its preparation. Hopefully, you’ll do your own prayerful studies. A short discussion of chapter 5 was also included to help provide the setting. And, a discussion of the New Jerusalem has been included, because it belongs to the same historic time frame. Several paragraphs of the previous book have also been included to provide introduction and survey material.
No doubt this presentation will be greatly criticized because it insists that both God and the Apostle John consistently used numerology as a means of communication. This text draws on that numeric symbolism, as well as the pre-types, prophetic texts, and the symbolic examples displayed within the Old Testament to aid in clarifying John’s presentation of The Revelation. Since, the validity of Biblical numerology is often questioned; those numeric symbolisms included here have been italicized.
The American King James Version of the Bible has been used. It’s a publication of the Bible within the public domain in Americanized English. It’s been liberally quoted and copied. I was drawing verses from the Deluxe Multimedia Bible; Cosmi Corp.; Carson CA. Portions of the verses inserted here have been freely underlined or emboldened as appropriate for the associated discussions. Also, identities for the pronouns included have often been parenthetically inserted into the verses as shown below:
Ps.27:1 “The LORD (YHWH, Jesus) is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD (YHWH) is the strength of my (David’s) life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
Several of the words associated with Jesus, or God’s presence, have been capitalized, e.g. Church, the universal body of believers who’s Head is Jesus the Christ; and the Temple when God’s Spirit was present.
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Jesus was confronted by the leadership within Jerusalem during the last week of his earthly ministry (Matthew 21–23). He confounded the elders, scribes (teachers), chief priests, Pharisees, and Sadducees. He pronounced eight (8) woes on the scribes and Pharisees and called them a brood of vipers. He told the leaders of Jerusalem that judgment for the righteous bloodshed from all those on earth would be cast upon that last generation in Judea living during the first century AD (Matthew 23:36; 24:34). It would include their killing the Messiah as they filled up the measure of their guilt (Matthew 23:32). Their temple had already been declared desolate (Matthew 23:38). That Great Tribulation was recorded from heaven’s perspective on a scroll (Matthew 24:21). John was allowed to record his view of those scenes for us in chapters 6–11 of The Revelation of Jesus the Christ within Heaven. They’re discussed here. They historically verified Jesus’s pronouncements. The last seven were announced with trumpets to show Jesus used His power from the Throne of God (Revelation 11:17).
About the Author
Mr. Plugge was an Aerospace Engineer for 40 years primarily designing microwave systems and their unique components. He’s now writing Bible studies. He has degrees in Engineering and Divinity. His other books include Daniel’s Five Visions, On Zechariah, and The Revelation, A Summary.