SJR
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SJR
wrote a note on Revelation 3:9 KJV
"To know that I have loved thee" implies that Jews don't already know that God loves the church, so God must show them.
Jan 24
SJR
wrote a note on Revelation 3:3 KJV
Obviously, there are things to watch for or he wouldn't tell us to watch. For instance, there's the abomination of desolation and shortly thereafter the sun and moon being darkened that will happen before "the day of the Lord." See also Mark 13:37. … Expand
Jan 24
SJR
wrote a note on Daniel 12:12 KJV
On a calendar with 30 days per month, 1,335 days is 3.5 years plus 75 days. From what exactly? From the start of the "covenant with many" between Israel and many nations? From the daily sacrifice being taken away? … Expand
Feb 3
SJR
wrote a note on Leviticus 23:27 KJV
Concerning end times prophesy, the trumpet blown at the day of atonement on the 10th day of the 7th month is called the trumpet of Jubilee and is blown once every 50 years. It represents the trumpet of the rapture. … Expand
Jan 23
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wrote a note on Leviticus 23:24 KJV
Calendar years used to begin in the spring with March (approximately) being the first month, which places the first day of the 7th month at the midpoint of the year. The blowing of trumpets represents an alarm sounding. Concerning end time prophesy, Daniel 9:27 says the abomination of desolation occurs at the midpoint of the week, or 3.5 years into the 7 year period. Approximately 500 years after Daniel, Jesus said this same event, as written by Daniel, initiates the Great Tribulation and the Antichrist's war against the saints. So, it makes sense that there might be a blowing of trumpets as an alarm. … Expand
Jan 23
SJR
wrote a note on Revelation 2:10 KJV
This is the third time in Revelation where the word "tribulation" is used to describe a Godly, righteous people going through suffering at the hands of the world. All 5 times "tribulation" is used in Revelation it's talking about God's people going through it: Revelation 1:9, Revelation 2:9, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 2:22, Revelation 7:14. The ten day tribulation might parallel the ten days between the Feast of Trumpets and the Feast of Atonement, see Leviticus 23:24-27. It might be symbolic or literal. … Expand
Jan 23
SJR
wrote a note on Matthew 13:39 KJV
At his first coming, Jesus fulfilled the spring feasts as spelled out in Leviticus 23: Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits and Pentecost. At his second coming, the harvest at the end of the world, Jesus will fulfill the fall feasts: Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles. … Expand
Jan 23
SJR
wrote a note on 1 Thessalonians 2:16 KJV
On the doctrine that Jews, by virtue of their ethnicity, are God's chosen people - even though they believe in another messiah: Paraphrasing one tenet of the doctrine, "if you bless them, God will bless you and if you curse them, God will curse you." But, according to these verses (14-16), God's wrath is on them, not His blessing. See also Revelation 2:9. … Expand
Jan 23
SJR
wrote a note on Revelation 2:9 KJV
"Synagogue of Satan" as those "which say they are Jews, and are not..." Who is / isn't a Jew? Romans 2:28-29, "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart..." On circumcision, Philippians 3:3, "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus..." On Satan, 1 John 2:22, "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son." To deny Jesus is the Christ, you have to believe there IS a Christ but it's not Jesus, which is a tenet of Judaism. Finally, "synagogue" points to religion not race. … Expand
Jan 23
SJR
wrote a note on 2 Corinthians 12:2 KJV
The first heaven being the sky. The second heaven being the universe. The third heaven being paradise, as in 2 Corinthians 12:4.
Jan 23
SJR
wrote a note on Revelation 2:7 KJV
Overcometh is defined in 1 John 5:4-5, "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" … Expand
Jan 23
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wrote a note on Revelation 1:19 KJV
Chapter 1 is "the things which thou hast seen." Chapters 2 and 3 are "the things which are." "The things which shall be hereafter" begin in Revelation 4:1.
Jan 22
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wrote a note on Matthew 13:21 KJV
This is the first time tribulation is used in the New Testament and it's referring to a believer suffering persecution because of the word of God. Tribulation usually refers to the elect suffering because of their faith at the hands of the world. Occasionally, it refers to God causing the tribulation on his own people, though. … Expand
Jan 22
SJR
wrote a note on Revelation 1:9 KJV
The first time that the word tribulation is used in Revelation is to talk about a saved child of God, who's serving God, going through tribulation. See also Matthew 13:21.
Jan 22
SJR
wrote a note on Revelation 6:12 KJV
This is the ONLY time in Revelation that references the sun and moon darkened. THAT MAKES THIS THE SAME EVENT as Matthew 24:29 and Mark 13:24-25. Therefore, the opening of the sixth seal is after the tribulation. Everything before the sixth seal is the tribulation. Everything that comes after the sun and moon being darkened is not the tribulation, it's God pouring out His wrath. The tribulation and the wrath are two different things. The tribulation doesn't go the entire seven years of the main events of Revelation, often called Daniel's seventieth week. The tribulation covers a little more than half of the seven years and the wrath covers the rest. … Expand
Jan 27
SJR
wrote a note on Matthew 24:36 KJV
"That day and hour" means the day when the sun and moon are darkened, the rapture happens, and God begins to pour out His wrath. Matthew 24:29 places this after the Great Tribulation. … Expand
Jan 22
SJR
wrote a note on Matthew 24:34 KJV
The generation that sees the beginning will also see the ending. The fulfillment of these things won't be centuries after the start, for example.
Jan 22
SJR
wrote a note on 1 Thessalonians 5:4 KJV
The elect will be there to be raptured on that day, but it shouldn't overtake them as a thief.
Jan 24
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wrote a note on 1 Thessalonians 5:2 KJV
The timing for "the day of the Lord" is the same as the timing for the rapture. They come one on top of the other, simultaneously. They both come as a thief in the night. Also, the day of the Lord is always characterized with the sun and moon being darkened. See Revelation 1:7. … Expand
Jan 22
SJR
wrote a note on 1 Thessalonians 4:17 KJV
Note the clouds, which are also referenced with this event in Revelation 1:7.
Jan 22