Revelation Summary The Opening of the Scroll with Seven Seals Part 1

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The Revelation of the Mystery of the Seven Stars and Seven Lamp stands

The Church in Heaven, Revelation 4:1-11

The Rapture (Snatching Away of the Church Has Happened, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17

1 Thessalonians 4:15–17 ESV

For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

The Reward Seat for the Church Has Happened, 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

1 Corinthians 3:10–15 ESV

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

The Church Has Been Presented to the Father, 1 Thessalonians 3:13

1 Thessalonians 3:13 ESV

so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

The Dispensation of Grace Has Ended, Ephesians 3:2

Ephesians 3:2 (ESV)

assuming that you have heard of the stewardship (dispensation - οἰκονομίαν) of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

The Timeline in Daniel Continues, Daniel 9:26

Daniel 9:26 ESV

And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed.

The Twenty-Four Elders, Revelation 4:4

Revelation 4:4

And circling the throne, twenty-four thrones. And upon the twenty-four thrones elders were seated, clothed with white garments and golden victor’s wreaths upon their heads

The Church is Serving as Priests, Revelation 4:8-11

Revelation 4:8–11

And the four living creatures, one against one having each six wings, out from encircled and within being full of eyes. And not having rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord the God, the Almighty, Who continually was, and Who is and Who is to come.” And whenever the living creatures gave glory and honor and thanks to the One seated upon the throne, the One living into the ages of the ages, the twenty-four elders fell down before the One seated upon the throne and worshiped the One who lives into the ages of the ages, and cast their victor’s wreaths before the throne saying, “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the inherent ability because You created all things and through Your desirous will they are and were created.”

The Scroll with Seven Seals, Revelation 5:1-14

Seeking the One Worthy to Open the Scroll, Revelation 5:1-2

Revelation 5:1–2

And I discerned upon the right hand of the One sitting upon the throne a scroll written on [the] inside and out, having been sealed with seven seals. And I discerned a strong messenger proclaiming in a great voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to release its seals?”

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah is the Only One Worthy to Open the Scroll, Revelation 5:3-5

Revelation 5:3–5

And no one had the inherent ability in the heaven above nor upon the earth nor under the earth to open the scroll nor to glance at it. And I wept much because no one was found to be worthy to open the scroll nor to glance at it. And one out from the elders said to me, “Stop weeping, behold, the lion, the one out from the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered to open the scroll and its seven seals”.

Praise Given to the Lamb by All, Revelation 5:13-14

Revelation 5:13–14

And every creature which was in the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth and upon the sea and the things in them, all I heard saying to the One sitting upon the throne and to the little Lamb, “The eulogy and the honor and the glory and the might into the ages of the ages, Amen.” And the four living creatures said, “Amen.” and the elders praised and worshiped.

The Seven Seals, Revelation 6:1-8:2

The Seven Seals Describe Conditions Coming Upon the Earth

The Beginning of the Tribulation Period, Revelation 6:1-2

Revelation 6:1–2

And I discerned when the Lamb opened one out from the seven seals and I heard one out from the four living creatures saying, as a voice of thunder, “Come and see!” And behold, a white horse and the one sitting upon it having a bow and a victor’s crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and in order that he should conquer

The Man of Lawlessness Has Risen to Power, Revelation 17:12

Revelation 17:12 ESV

And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.

The Rise of These Ten Kings Does Not Happen Until the Church is Removed from the Earth

The Man of Lawlessness Will Not Be Revealed While the Church is on Earth, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-3

1 Thessalonians 2:1–3 ESV

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive,

When the Church is Removed, Strong Delusion is Allowed to Come Upon Those Who Rejected the Truth, 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

2 Thessalonians 2:11–12 ESV

Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Israel is Called Back Into Her Land, Jeremiah 29:14

Jeremiah 29:14 ESV

I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

The Man of Lawlessness Makes a Seven Year Peace Treaty with Israel, Daniel 9:27

Daniel 9:27 ESV

And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

This Begins the Tribulation Period

Approximately 3 months after the rapture of the Church

No events today impact or point to the beginning of the Tribulation period