you on a chapter by chapter verse by verse study of God's letter to you the Bible and now here is pastor Arnold Murray good data you god bless you say welcome to the shepherd's chapel welcome to this family Bible study our revelation one more time we're going to go through and you know I think we will start revelation with a word of wisdom from our Father in Yeshua's name by understanding what the word means it seems that many ministers will say you don't have to understand the book of Revelation you're going to be gone or some will say it isn't meant to be understood and I want to tell you why that's a joke really I mean you know it just shows the height of biblical illiteracy when you see the Greek name for Revelation so unless if we may let's just have that on the screen this is from your Strong's it's the word 602 and it's apocalypse apocalypse okay and it comes from the prime 601 its disclosure that means to make known to appear the coming the lightening the manna lightening making meaning to open to truth the manifestation be revealed at revelation that's what the word means now let's go to 601 which is that prime for it and this lets you know the base meaning up oh of course means to take away in couple UPS apocalypse tow it comes from the word apple and that's which is twenty five seventy to take off the cover to disclose to reveal so the very word revelation means to take off the cover so you can see so that you can understand and what a simplistic way for Christ to tell you I'm going to take the cover off of Prophecy to show you what's going to happen the first three chapters of the book of revelation basically tell you how to test your teacher and your church that's quite frankly that's it we'll cover setting it up but it basically chapters two and three tells you how you can tell now number one if someone tells you you're going to find when you see the simplicity of it when someone when some individual tells you you don't have to understand revelation you're going to be gone that means he's saying to you I know more than God does because God intends to reveal this to the Christian to the servant of Christ so I don't know do you listen to men or do you listen to your father because men will lead you to hell many of them well especially if they presume themselves to be mightier than God as far as knowledge are teaching this concern what would I hate to be in their boots those that would say you don't have to understand God's Word I'll take care of you it's your own family your own father and you would let some outsider come into your family and tell you separate you from your father's word I think not that should help you judge teachers considerably right there or hey if you want to go with them have a good trip the book of Revelation probably to the I have no doubt was written approximately 95 96 ad it was written from the Isle of Patmos naturally written from God utilizing John who had plenty of time because he was in prison basically at the second persecution on that Isle of Patmos and that about sizes it up this would be the same old John the one that Jesus loved so it's no wonder that he picked him to bring also this uncovering this unveiling this to be made no one to you or by you could understand our fathers word with that having been said chapter one and verse one and it reads the revelation or the uncovering of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to show to uncover it so that he could show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass I will explain this when we get to the tenth verse about the shortly come to pass and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John to witness to it now first of all what did it say here to show unto his servants if you're not a servant forget it you're probably gonna be one of those yo-yos that'll say you know it had to understand the book of Revelation because they're not servants of Christ a servant is one that works at it that serves Christ not that tries to get a free ticket not to tries to get a free ride okay it just doesn't happen for him okay now verse two who bare record of the word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ who it's not John's word the testimony of Jesus Christ and of all things that he saw that means he not only saw but he understood and as he observed it verse 3 blessed are happy is he that readeth and they that hear the words of this prophecy this prophecy documenting that it is yet future and keep those things which are written therein for the time is at hand and again I will explain that saying in the tenth verse verse for John to the seven churches which are in Asia grace be unto you and peace for him from him which is that means he exists now and which was he was still our Father in the first earth age and which is to come and he is that one that it will yet come and from the seven spirits which are before his throne now this is to the seven churches this is so that you can judge your own church many yoyos will tell you that the book of Revelation doesn't pertain to the church basically that's what it's about how to choose the right Church the word Church even is repeated in the the last chapter of the book so don't let some yo-yo tell you the church is already gone it isn't it's about the church are you in the right one well if you care to learn listen from the revealing the unveiling the opening verse five and from Jesus Christ who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the Dead and the Prince of the kings of the earth unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood he paid the price at the crucifixion as it is written in Hebrews chapter 2 verse 14 he died on that cross whereby in doing so he experienced death as each of us must but in so doing in as much as it was Satan that ultimately brought about his death through the can I then he now has the right to destroy death which is to say Satan Hebrews 2:14 why did it say he's the first begotten of the Dead there was a knock he knock was transfigured from the you know right in the body and what about elijah elijah you know he was transfigured number one they weren't begotten christ was i only throw that in because son he'd think it totally true he did it because he asked us to do it that is to say live in the flesh and to die in the flesh and to either overcome or go to hell it's that simple it certainly is not his wish that you go to hell but his love for you is magnificent and it is this letter that helps you avoid the trip six four six and had made us kings and priests unto God and his father to him be glory and Dominion for ever and ever amen made us kings well priests and kings it's future it's part of the prophecy you will read in the twentieth chapter when we get there that God's election our priest with Christ for a thousand year period and you will read of the kings and queens if you would of the ethnos which is to say the nation's that are in the Eternity that come to Jerusalem to worship so God no kings got no priests yet of that order but they're coming and are many of you today as servants that will befall you if you have eyes to see and ears to hear verse seven behold he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him there won't be any mystery when the true Christ returns and they also which pierced him and all Kindred's of the earth shall wail because of him even so amen what when is that at the seventh Trump when he returns naturally this means that all will be living spiritually at that time that twinkle that change of a blink of an eye when all are changed into a spiritual body and flesh is put to the side verse 8 I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end ending saith the LORD which is and which was he is now he was in the first Earth Age and which is to come the Almighty that is to say dejure at the end of the millennium the full Godhead Christ through the millennium verse 9 I John who also am your brother a fellow servant okay and companion your partner in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ do you have that patience was in the isle that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ from A to Z that's the Alpha and the Omega that is the first and the last letter of the Greek alphabet alpha being the numerical value 1 and Omega being 800 I believe it is don't hold me hard and pass to that but for those that dev into the numerix I'm the beginning in the end I'm as we would say in the English a twosie I am everything I am all in in taled in your life and from me all blessings flow and all things are directed so really why would someone wish to look for another now we come to verse 10 you will either understand verse 10 or the study in the book of Revelation will be very short for you because if you don't understand the tenth verse you will not understand the rest of the entire book so this is a very very important verse let's cover it verse 10 chapter 1 I was in the spirit on the Lord's Day and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet now listen to me this is not talking about some everyday Sabbath this is talking about the Lord's Day the Lord's Day well what is that well it's the first day of the millennium john was taken past where even we are now do you understand that he was taken to the very sound of the seventh Trump on that at the very sunrise of Lord's Day by that I mean the first hour whereby he would see these things that would happen just before the millennium and in and during the Millennium you know if you don't understand that and then you could understand why it's just going to be for a short time why I said I will explain when we get to the tenth verse also it is important that we go to the great book of Peter and let's learn a little more about the Lord's Day so that everyone is up to speed here and we truly understand what the Lord's Day is now second Peter chapter three speaks of the three earth ages and the three heavenly ages it's the same old earth and it's the same heaven but it's in three different ages all right when Peter Paul would say he was taken to the third heaven he meant he was taken to the same place that John was into the millennium age as Christ showed him thing that is the third heavenly age so this has to do with time and ages so that you understand now let's pick it up if we may in verse eight of this third chapter of second Peter the subject being let us understand the Lord's Day so verse eight reads in this third chapter but beloved be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day in other words a thousand of man's years is one day with the Lord so how long is a day with the Lord a thousand years well what's a thousand years it's a millennium so when we talk about the Lord's Day we speak of the entire millennium dispensation period time that is the Lord's Day why that's when the final judgment the great white throne will be set up let's continue on verse 9 the Lord is not slack concerning his promise in other words every promise he made in the scripture is going to come to pass as some men count slackness but is long-suffering to us-ward that means he's got more patience with us hoping more will come to salvation not willing that any should perish just to go to hell but that all should come to repentance that they would repent of their sins realize they're not perfect and come to the Lord to come to their true father verse 10 and we'll complete our study here in this third chapter knowing very well what the Lord's Day is verse 10 reads but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night very few are going to be expecting it because many will think he's already here in the form of instead of Christ in the which the heavens shall pass away that's to say the second heaven age with a great noise and the elements that is to say the rudiments not the not the material things of the earth but the evilness of Satan and man shall melt with fervent heat the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up that is to say the rudiments that's to say all that that is evil goes into the pit so there you have it and that is why that we spend that much time so that you clearly understand John was taken to the Lord's Day that's where he was that's the time where was he in the millennium age therefore understanding that he will look backward and he will look forward but that will give you an understanding of the scripture knowing which day it was reckoned from back to chapter one the great book of the uncovering verse 11 and it reads I'm remember also to me a great voice as of a trumpet well it was at the seventh Trump also but now the voice sounds as a trumpet 11 saying I am Alpha and Omega that's it from A to Z the first and the last and what thou seest write in a book that's this book and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia now these churches were in a circle which stands to this day two and could be all inclusive of all churches you pick the one you're in I hope you're in the right one he will make that very clear through the third chapter it's real easy to test this is called test your church test your teacher unto Ephesus and unto Smyrna and unto promise unto Thyatira to Sardis and unto Philadelphia and unto Laodicea now these names mean nothing to you well the way you identify your church is the content that is there in that meaning what is taught by them and by their actions which Christ will go into detail whereby you can recognize where it is you're supposed to be verse 12 and I turned to see the voice that spake with me and being turned I saw seven golden candlesticks now this is interesting a great deal of symbology is utilized in the great book of Revelation and this is why it snows a lot of your so-called preachers and I can't handle symbology well let's see how difficult Christ makes it for an intelligent being okay for even a child stick with me but seven candlestick Wow thirteen and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man that's Christ clothed with a garment down to the foot and Girt about the paps with the golden girdle golden wine because the Shekinah glory is shining all over him has had 14 his head in his hairs were white like wool west purity as white as snow and his eyes were a flame of fire that being the Shekinah glory the presence of the very God himself remember the shining glory that was on the face of Moses simply for having been in the presence you're looking at the presence don't make something evil out of it it's beautiful all right 15 and his feet like unto fine brass as if they burned in a furnace and his voice as the sound of many waters many people's okay even the voice of Pentecost day if you would be that as it may for the deeper scholar water symbolize people you'll document that in the 17th chapter moving on 16 and he had in his right hand seven stars whoa seven candlesticks seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as the Sun Shine ahthe in his strength now many people that would they really like to whoa this is really really something a short too rigid sword coming out of his mouth this must really be what what actually comes out of the mouth of Christ we already know who it is his word and we know from Hebrews chapter four that his word is quick meaning it's alive and it can cut asunder soul and spirit it can cut asunder the morrow from the bone that is to say the Word of God and it is a two-edged sword meaning it cuts both ways lies won't stand up in front of it so don't you dare listen to lies when you repeat the Word of God and that's all this is telling you then you make certain that with clarity and understanding your understanding of this that was written in the simplicity which I will document in a moment that a five-year-old child can understand when someone would tell we're not meant to understand this book I'll sleep on sweet Charlotte how blissful ignorance so it's simply the Shekinah glory over the Lord Jesus Christ with the seventh Trump have encountered on the Lord's Day and he has returned and he's teaching understand this is a vision given in the year 96 but never never forget the Word of God and the day you're taken to so that you can better understand what he's about to say and what he will request that those do so here we have him now God's elect will also have that double-edged sword because God's truth will cut both ways it will offend people it will cut people but they'll always heal up a lot stronger for it a lot better for it for his word though it cuts and though it cuts like a sword it always strengthens and turns lives around for as we read in that third chapter in 2nd Peter in the ninth verse he is long-suffering light loves his children he's very patient that's why he lets the years and years go by that they will see his truth in his word and not go to hell not perish for it is he himself the consuming fire as we will learn in the 20th chapter that is that that brings about the perishing not it's not a good thing for him he doesn't like it doesn't wish it but it is his will that all would come they want as we will find out but God's word being sharper then that two-edged sword and though it cuts don't you ever fall back from it a servant and it is only a servant as you learn from verse 1 that's going to understand these scriptures if you're not going to serve him forget it you know you're probably going to waste your time but if you wish to serve Him that means to plant seeds and to be alert whereby you can even serve in the kingdom then they will fall in place for you and you will allow that two-edged sword which is to say the Word of God to come into your life and put solidity there to give you a foundation in Christ that your life will amount to something you be somebody you'll be a child of the Living God so when we talk about two-edged swords and things of this nature don't lose your cool it's only symbology just simply as you would take a child to school and you want to teach them the number three so you say take three apples little darlin well I'm one apple two apples and three apples how many apples now you know there's three yep third teacher well that makes it easier they can actually do to visualize the number three is difficult well but to see three objects to put an object lesson before their eyes then God utilizes that same simplicity of teaching whereby you can see the voice of God that it cuts both ways but it cuts good clean and thorough okay so never be anxious at symbology stick around he always explains it now let's move on to the next verse if we may verse 17 and when I saw him I fell that his feet is dead won't and he laid his right hand upon me saying unto me fear not I am the first and the last I am that I am that's what he's saying yah yah verse 18 I am he that liveth and was dead this is Christ he died on that cross the first begotten of the Dead and behold I am Alive for evermore amen and have the keys of hell and of death I don't know do you want to know them he's got the key that means the key that will unlock the doors whereby you can bypass all that malarkey now one of the best ways for you to end up in hell is to listen to some revolving Rev that would tell you you don't have to understand this a revelation that's one of the quickest ways because you're never going to have a key to get out of hell but he's got the key he's going to give you the knowledge that will go into the lock and unlock those doors of bondage and set yourself free the truth sets you free I don't know how you fixed for blades for in do you see anything negative about the keys of course not as a matter of fact the key of David opens doors and no man can shut them truth is true verse 19 write the things which thou has seen and the things which are and the things which shall be Hereafter well what does that mean he's on the Lord's Day and unless you recognize the fact that he's on the Lord's Day you write the things which are you tell them the way it is right now and you write the things which will be after that first day and furthermore there will even be some before all ages but it comes from the Lord's Day verse 20 I want to show you how kind he is here's where a five-year-old child can interpret the entire first chapter now look how simple it is when you let it flow over the buds of your mind and listen carefully the mystery of the seven stars while there they are of its seven of them which thou sawest in my right hand and the Seven golden candlesticks well we got a bunch of stuff there huh the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches do you know what an angel it's a messenger the seven stars simply are the seven people I'm going to sin to seven churches well that's not complicated of course it isn't but we're not true and the seven candlesticks oh here it goes mystery mystery mystery the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches now isn't that difficult a child can understand it why would some imbecile tell you that this wasn't meant to be understood when the very word revelation itself means the uncovering the unveiling the making no one and when Christ died on the cross he ripped the veil of the Holy of Holies from top to bottom and allows anyone to go in to the altar of God the Holy of Holies to learn these wonderful truths that will befall our people in the end times so you see symbology simplifies God's Word don't don't let it frighten you it's God's Way of teaching like he was teaching a bunch of little children and and you know after all are we not little children in his sight I'm sure that it takes much he must be long-suffering the way we do in but here we see after all this thing that all we've seen here is Jesus Christ himself on the Lord's Day with that voice coming forth as many waters people's a very authoritative voice and we see that that voice cuts both ways and I'm going to tell you something if you're following a so-called man or woman of God that their voice is not off and of that same voice you are in deep stuff I don't care if you do call it Church it had better be and that's how you test your teachers it's whether they teach you the Word of God or whether they confused you with it I don't think they would do it purposely I guess they just don't know any better they just hanky panky round with it I like that saying so you see there was nothing difficult about that like I stated a child can understand it what is it the seven stars are simply the seven angels he's about to send them out of those churches so that you know which ones are teaching properly and which are not okay it's that simple and the candlestick she saw so you can get the picture or simply the churches they're gonna go to and he's gonna lay it on them he's gonna tell them whether they're doing good now whether they're doing bad and again the name doesn't mean so much that's what they're teaching are they teaching the Word of God or they have they allowed themselves to become entangled in church systems whereby they're not even teaching God's Word any longer that's not a church it's certainly not one that's gonna make it so you see this is really important to you telling you how to pick your church and some might say well are you judging them heavens I hope you wouldn't say that God's Word is going to tell you and it's such a simple way a child couldn't understand it I'm sure you'll be able to so there we have it the first chapter from the mysterious book of Revelation the unveiling that that makes truth no one or by you can understand the simplicity in which Christ teaches don't ever let man snow you get into the Word of God you'll be a lot better off don't miss any of these lectures through this great book of the uncovering so that you know what tomorrow brings and that when man only fears the unknown as Jesus would say to him fear not you're okay hey I'm the guy that's got the keys to everything I'm going to show you I'll take care of you that's what he's saying to you so that's what the power of the word does man fears the unknown and and you can almost see it now some character well there's seven golden candlesticks and seven golden stars in a man with his feet on fire burning with his golden paps all wrapped about what a fear fight a dragon's sword coming out of his mouth cutting both ways at everybody well I'm sure you've had a yo-yo that's tried it well you stick to the truth and let God's Word heal your mind as to the actual events that will transpire in this end generation you think about it don't miss it all right bless your heart Judas in a moment won't you please