What, When, Where, Why and What this mean to you! Author: Michael J. Young, Sr.
Episode 1 Introduction Overview and video Episode 2 An Overview A Biblical Chronology explained and defined Episode 3 Important Details Where it all began, and Why Episode 4 Revelation Chapter 1 Message to the Seven Churches Episode 5 Revelation Chapter 2 & 3 Messages to the Seven Churches, continued in detail Episode 6 Revelation Chapter 4 The Scene in Heaven, The Worship Episode 7 Revelation Chapter 5 The Scrolls with the Seals Episode 8 Revelation Chapter 6 The Seven Seals of the Scrolls Episode 9 Revelation Chapter 7 The Day of The Lord, the 144,000, The Great Multitude Episode 10 Revelation Chapter 8 The Trumpet Judgements Episode 11 Revelation Chapter 9 The FIFTH & SIXTH Trumpets Episode 12 Revelation Chapter 10 The Angel and The Little Scroll Episode 13 Revelation Chapter 11 The Two Witnesses, The SEVENTH Trumpet Episode 14 Revelation Chapter 12 The Woman Israel, The Dragon, The Child, Angel Michael Episode 15 Revelation Chapter 13 The Beast From the Sea, The Beast From the Earth Episode 16 Revelation Chapter 14 The Lamb, The 144,000, Doom & The Harvest Episode 17 Revelation Chapter 15 A Scene in Heaven Episode 18 Revelation Chapter 16 The 6 Bowls of Wrath, Armageddon, The 7 the Bowl Episode 19 Revelation Chapter 17 The Doom of Babylon, The Victory of The Lamb Episode 20 Revelation Chapter 18 Babylon is Fallen, The Devine Sentence of Babylon Episode 21 Revelation Chapter 19 4 Hallelujahs, Marriage of the Lamb, Christ the Conqueror Episode 22 Revelation Chapter 20 Satan Bound, Millennial Reign, The Final Judgement Episode 23 Revelation Chapter 21 The New Heaven and Earth, The New Jerusalem Episode 24 Revelation Chapter 22 The River and The Tree of Life & The Final Message 2
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(Please note: to open audio link in a separate window while reading page text, right click audio link and select ‘open in a new tab’.) THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST EPISODE ONE (Presented In a Way So Even You and I Can Understand and Apply Its Truth. These Episodes are not meant to ask and answer just the question "What", but they are meant to answer the question, "SO WHAT?") The interest, and yes, even the demand for teaching on the Book of The Revelation is on the rise. It has always been a wildly popular subject, especially among Christians. The problem associated with teaching and learning about this Book is its complexity, and the odd and even weird hard-to-understand imagery, and that it cannot be studied and fully understood without references to scores of other scriptures throughout the Bible. The Book of The Revelation explains and foretells the history of all creation, from the beginning to its end. Its scarlet threads can be found woven throughout the prophet books of Daniel, Zechariah, Isaiah, Joel, Amos, Psalms, Zephaniah, and Ezekiel. 4
completed or they finish the study with more questions than when they began – and with very little idea of what to do with what they have read and heard. This task not only seems monumental – it is monumental! It can be likened to the quote and answer, “How do you eat an elephant? One small bite at a time!” The Book of the Revelation – The Run-up A study of the Book of the Revelation cannot and should not be studied as a standalone book. Most studies of this Book normally begin with Revelation chapter 1 and verse 1, and will conclude with Revelation chapter 22 and verse 21. Naturally, there are references and cross-references to other books of the Bible which must be made. However, such a study should be done within the longer narrative of the entire Bible, its historicity, through the lens of eschatology. Otherwise it can be interminably confusing and bewildering, and subject to wide speculation. As a standalone study, the reader or student can get the main points about God’s Judgements, humankind suffering, salvation and the ultimate destruction of evil. You would read about astronomical and physical cataclysms, great military conflicts, political intrigue, wars and rumors of wars. You can read to experience God supernatural intervention into the affairs of humankind, complete with unintelligible symbolism and imagery. If, however, it is studied as part of the total narrative of God’s Complete Plan for His creation, from Genesis to the Revelation, you get a more complete understanding of God’s Plan, Purpose, Methods and Reason for the End of Days, God’s Judgements by way of The Great Tribulation, The Great and Terrible Day of the Lord and The Wrath of the Lamb. All of which includes affects you, the reader, directly – as well as all the earth and its inhabitants, the heavens, and the entire cosmos. The details and the purpose of the book of the Revelation will become clearer if taken in ‘small bites’ – even with the wild imagery, metaphors and the allegories used by an ancient people to describe futuristic technology and events. So, at the risk of losing readers and students to these videos, I will start with an overview, (small bites), a 12-minute video on this exciting book. This is a 12-minute video, covering chapters one through eleven. A second video, found later in another episode, is also about 12 minutes long and 5
following Episodes). 'Small Bite' Video #1, An overview of The Book of The Revelation, chapter 1 through chapter 11. Click image for video Your Brother and Friend, Mike Young 6
THE COMPLETED VIEW OF THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION EPISODE TWO This presentation is focused on the Book of Revelation but will begin by drawing content and information the Book of Genesis. It is meant to give the reader a simplified chronology and to abbreviate the highlight the events of the Last Days to provide an easier-to-understand study on what is coming to planet earth. I will be using the NASB and the Amplified versions of the Bible for descriptive clarity and I will add commentary when useful. I will also be using italics and bold lettering for emphasis. Furthermore, I will not go into the detail of symbolism, the historicity or cultural, political, social, economic backgrounds or traditions, however, I am supplying Text Links to serve those purposes. They are important, and I strongly encourage you to use them). The literary genres of the book of Revelation are apocalyptic and prophetic, and it is an Epistle (a Letter). The Apostle John, who followed Jesus Christ as His disciple (and earned the title of “the disciple whom Jesus loved”), witnessed His crucifixion, authored the Book of the Revelation between A.D. 90 and A.D. 95. The immediate background for John and his exile to the Greek island of Patmos, is that Roman authorities were beginning to enforce emperor worship, and Christians who held that Christ, not 7
prisoner on the Island of Patmos, approximately 85-95 A.D., the site of a Roman penal colony) for his activities as a Christian missionary (see Revelation chapter 1 verse 9). Now, John is writing to the believers at Smyrna warning against coming opposition. Some within the church are advocating a policy of compromise, which has to be corrected before its subtle influence can undermine the determination of believers to stand fast in the perilous days that lie ahead. (see Revelation chapter 2 verses 14, 15 and 20) John is writing to encourage the Christian faithful to resist the demands of emperor worship. He informs Believers that the final showdown between God and Satan will soon take place. Satan will increase his persecution of believers, and they must stand fast, even to death. John informs them that they are sealed against spiritual harm and will be vindicated when Christ returns. John’s purpose is to give hope to all Christians and to encourage them to watch for the triumphant return of the Jesus Christ and to warn of the Final Judgments of nonbelievers in the Last Days. “Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near” (Revelation 1, verse 3). Then, in Revelation chapter 1 verse 9, John makes a statement that should be shaking the modern church to its foundations, but it has been and is being ignored, overlooked or has been misrepresented by most Bible teachers - for decades. Read as John says, “I, John, your brother and fellow participant in the tribulation…” NOTE: Most Bible teachers in our postmodern age who will address this verse and these specific words of John will insist or imply that John is, in a manner of speaking, confused. They will say that because John has witnessed the martyrdom of his fellow Apostles, the severe persecution of fellow Believers, because of his advanced age and his isolation on Patmos, John is disoriented or bewildered, causing him to misinterpret the events and signs he is witnessing and the age in which he is living as being the Last Days and the tribulation. 8
John’s perception, is more than a mistake by Bible teachers and theologians. It is more than just an error in their judgment. It is an egregious and arrogant judgment on the Holy Scriptures. Furthermore, it is the blight of denominationalism to say that John, the bond-servant chosen by God, is confused, mistaken or insane. That is tantamount to accusing the Bible of error. To which I say, nonsense and shame! Here is what the Bible says: God chose John, His bond-servant, “to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw.” (see Revelation 1 verses 1 and 2), John’s remarks and testimony are true, accurate and without any error. John is saying, and if fact is repeating what Jesus and the Apostles Paul, Peter and Timothy have been saying as early as A.D. 30, that these “are the Last Days” and the “birth pains” of the “tribulation” as represented by the breaking (or opening) of the first 5 tribulation Seals which will be followed by the Great Tribulation, also known as the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord and the Wrath of the Lamb, which will commence with the breaking of the 6th Tribulation Seal.. Please See and read: Acts 2:14-17, (the Apostle Peter), saying, “let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: ‘And in the last days it shall be…’ 1 Peter 1:20, (the Apostle Peter), saying,“ He, (Jesus), was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you.” 1 Peter 4:7, (the Apostle Peter), saying, “The end of all things is at hand.” 2 Peter 3:3. (the Apostle Peter), saying, “knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days.” 9
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