seekeroftruth
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Revelation 11:15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:
“The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
the One who is and who was,
because you have taken your great power
and have begun to reign.
18 The nations were angry,
and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,
and for rewarding your servants the prophets
and your people who revere your name,
both great and small—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
the One who is and who was,
because you have taken your great power
and have begun to reign.
18 The nations were angry,
and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,
and for rewarding your servants the prophets
and your people who revere your name,
both great and small—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.
See... now this is where it says the Jesus is really God. "We give thanks to you Lord God Almighty"..... Jesus is really God. God wasn't hiding in sheep's clothing.... He was out in plain site as a good shepherd!
This is what the easy English site has to say about these verses.
As the seventh trumpet sounded, John was in heaven. There he heard loud voices. They declared that all the earth now belonged to God and to Christ. God had defeated all who were against him. The whole earth was now part of his kingdom. God will rule as king and his government will never end.
They sang a song of thanks to God. God was before all things. He made all things. He will always be. He had no beginning and he will have no end. All power belongs to him.
By his great power, God will begin his rule of the earth. The Lord must still fight the final battles. But the result is sure. God will overcome all who oppose him. The kingdom of earth will belong to God the king.
The nations and their rulers had been angry against God. They had refused to accept him as Lord. They fought against him and they killed his servants.
In heaven, the doors to the temple opened. The box that held the agreement was inside the temple. All that God had promised to do he will do for his people. He will reward all those who believed in him. Even in the times of trouble, God’s people can be confident that he will save them.
Then there was a storm on the earth. There were flashes of lightning and loud thunder. It rained large blocks of ice. The earth trembled because of an earthquake.
This is what I found at the blueletterbible.org site.The nations were angry: They are angry because God comes to rule. The world wants anything but the reign of God. As it says in a parable of Jesus, We will not have this man to reign over us (Luke 19:14).
“Religion is decent, but surrender to God is intolerable to the nations of this world.” (Newell)
By this time... the people left on earth must be like cavemen. There will have been a series of earthquakes and storms that rained boulders on earth. Anyone who will have survived by this time.... is really really really unlucky.... or they are extremely stubborn. If they hide in a cave.... an earthquake will get them.... if they hide out in the open.... one of those boulders or a flying rock of ice will get them. In or out.... out or in.... they will be in peril. To really survive, all they have to do is Believe.... but the more they fight the harder it will be for them to become a Believer. Yesterday I said they must be like a dog that had been hit by a car.... working on instinct.... dangerous.
Up in Heaven though.... Jesus is now known as God. He has control of the situation again. He isn't stuck being a human anymore. He can now say.... :Yep I am God.... but I know exactly how humans feel.... I know exactly how emotions lead them to do stupid things.... but I also know that it is indeed possible to lead a sinless life as a human.... because I did it as a human.... so there is really no excuse. I understand.... but...." Jesus is the King now.
Still, on earth.... in the midst of all the earthquakes. meteors, hail, thunder, lightning, tsunami, and sink holes...... there will be some who think they have chosen the correct side of this battle. They are sure that satan has the right idea. They will be still fighting.... they will be still willing to fight.... they will be fueled by stupidity, ignorance, and hate. They will be insane.... they will be terrified when those two Witnesses get up and jump on a cloud in this chapter. They will be angry that they could not kill the prophets and end all this horror. They will be blaming the wrong guys.... if they will just stop, recognize their ignorance, and Believe.... all this madness will leave them..... but they are stupid humans under the control of satan and they will refuse to do it.
Yesterday I was watching an interesting documentary. Hubby thought I would like it..... it was about the Bible Hunters. They found all kinds of Bibles in different stages of being what we read today. The KJV got some airtime.... but the Bible they were studying were transcribed in Syria about 200 years after the crucifixion. They harped on how in different interpretations... the book of Mark ended after the girls when to the tomb. That interpretation said that the girls didn't know what to do so they didn't tell anyone. In the KJV.... it goes on.... but that one Syrian translation was copied a lot of times....and according to the commentary... it taught people that humans ruined the translations.... or transcriptions of the translations.... so the Bible isn't real anymore. That's what they say.... humans... ignorant humans.... will they change their minds when that first earthquake levels the first mountain? Or will they be fighting on instinct like a dog who has been hit by a car.... dangerous.
These verses are about the seventh trumpet..... a new earthquake is pulsing on earth.... Jesus is finally back to being God again in Heaven.
Jesus is God!
