To The World Religions Map to the Book of Revelation
In Chapters Two and Three - The Seven Angels first appear in the same order as the Manifestations of the seven major religions of the world appeared in their historical order. The accomplishment and shortcoming of each of the Seven Religions is listed.
In Chapter Six and Seven- the Seals of the Seven Religions are opened and the first events regarding each of the religions in the last days are revealed.
Thread Three
Chapter 11, while in Part IV, overlaps into the Third Thread beause the 7th religion is needed to complete the thread - but the whole of Part IV is devoted to the 7th religion.
Thread Four
Thread Five
Thread Six Some may wonder if just one event is being described repeatedly or whether these are different events being described and the answer is that both concepts are true - which is sometimes difficult for a limited mind to comprehend. But let us look at some analogies. Events happen in cycles. They repeat themselves. Spring, summer, fall, winter come year after year. To describe any one season is to describe something that will repeat itself. To describe any one year is to describe seasons that have occurred before and that will occur again. We often observe a recursive theme in a musical composition. The melody reappears, although in variations, throughout a sonata. A very modern example is that of a hologram. One can look at a hologram from many sides and most amazing of all, if one breaks off a piece of a holographic crystal they will still see in that piece, although not so distinctly, the whole image. This is the nature of the Book of Revelation. The whole image is about 'the time of the end' - the fulfillment of all the religions of God, but if one is to look at any one of the religions individually one sees that each have gone through their seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter and that each has a part of the image of the whole in that each has had to contend with the vials of plagues that have attacked the others. Each of our lives, and the lives of religions, are different, but each of us goes through birth, childhood, puberty, adulthood, and perhaps parenthood and old age before we pass on. So, in the Book of Revelation we see the seven stages applied to each of the seven major religions of the world. Because of the time at which it was written, (prior to Isl�m which would be next religion to appear - and in preparation of the 'end of the age' which would then follow that) the Book of Revelation deals in large part with Isl�m and the end of the age. The Six Parts of the Book of Revelation While the Book of Revelation is divided into six parts and each part contains one of the six threads, there is often more to a part than just thread, and this is contained within adjacent chapters in that part. These six parts are not apparent until one is aware of the recursiveness of the archetype theme regarding the Seven Churches, Seven Angels and Seven so forth.
Seven Major Religions Chapters 1-3 contain the history of the Worlds Seven Major Religions and then chapters 4-5 introduces how they will be unified into one religion and the announcement of two religions for the Time of the End which will make up the Nine United Religions.
Spiritual Challenges for The Seven Major Religions in Chapter 6 and 7 describes the spiritual challenges that occur for each religion and how these must be resolved.
Spiritual Challenges applied to The Individual Major Religions Chapters 8 and 9 explains how these will apply in particular to the first six of the Seven Prophetic Religions at the Time of the End and the Special Spiritual Challenge for Isl�m describes the special spiritual challenges of Isl�m beginning with recognition of the B�b� Faith in Chapter 10.
Seven vials applied to Islam and the Most Clear Proof Chapters 11-14 particularly applies the vials of the Seven Angels to Isl�m presenting Muhammad and Ali as an archetype for the B�b� and Bah�'� religions of fulfillment. This latter concept is further explored in the appendix on "The Most Conclusive Proof".
Catastrophes at The Time of The End Chapter 15 deals further with end time catastrophes Chapter 16 focuses on the role that Isl�m plays once again using Isl�m as an archetype for the vials and plagues that will befall Babylon
Thousand Year Fulfillment Chapter 17-18 is World Catastrophe and Chapters 19-22, is then about the concluding fulfillment of the Promised Eighth and Ninth Religions to unite all the religions in one universal religion for mankind and to establish peace and harmony on the earth for One Thousand Years. are all to be found in the Verse Matrix which follows this map (description). While the six threads about what happens to each of the churches, at the particular time associated with each thread, is the primary layout of the book as it were revealed by Jesus, there are also other threads that many will find of considerable interest. Indeed, the links on the left of the matrix table may prove to be the most interesting for many people as they look up about their own or another religion. The Islam Thread Islam, being the first religion to follow Christianity, has a large and prominent role in the Book of Revelation. It is dealt with in its own threads and even has one of the Five Parts of this book devoted to it. The Babylon The Great Thread Another important thread is the thread about Babylon the Great which is emphasized in Chapters 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19 along with special supplementary chapters from Daniel 11 (Appendix to Chapter 15 Afterword), Isaiah 47 (Appendix to Chapter 16 Afterword), Jeremiah 50 (Appendix to Chapter 17 Afterword), and Jeremiah 51 (Appendix to Chapter 18 Afterword). The Four Good Beasts Thread Still another important thread is the Four Good Beast Thread found in Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 19, with supplementary material from Daniel 7 (appended to Chapter 4 Afterword), and Ezekiel 1 (discussed in Chapter 4 Afterword), and especially Rev 4:7 as discussed in the Afterword. Great care is taken in this book to disclose, demonstrate, highlight and explain the patterns of archetypes, recursiveness, and structure in the Book of Revelation. Charts and Tables In addition to the threads of verses as described above there are also a number of charts that simplify matters:
in the Afterword of Chapter 02.
2. The Seven Churches Threads and Babi and Baha'i Threads
3. The Chart of the Four Good Beasts
4. The demonstration of The Most Conclusive Proof 5. The Table of Contents is particularly organized and annotated to guide a variety of searches that one may wish to undertake. If one takes the few minutes required to examine each of these five tools, so that they know what each of them will do for them - they will have no problem in finding their way around the Book of Revelation, which is an amazing accomplishment, because throughout all the two thousand years since its Revelation, until now, none have been able to comprehend it. But the Book is NOW open for those who wish to understand. |
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