Secrets of the Bible

THE REVELATION

Chapter 1

John to the seven churches that are in Asia; Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the 7 Spirits who are before His throne; and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the King of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us, and released us from our sins by His blood, and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Even so. Amen. I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. I, John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance, which are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos, because of the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit of the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the 7 churches; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.

And I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw 7 golden lamp stands; and in the middle of the lamp stands one like a Son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His breast with a golden girdle. And His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire; and His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been caused to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. And in His right hand He held 7 stars; and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength. And when I saw Him, I felt at His feet as a dead man. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

Write therefore the things, which you have seen, and the things, which are, and the things, which shall take place after these things. As for the mystery of the 7 stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 7 golden lamp stands; the 7 stars are the 7 angels of the churches, and the 7 lamp stands are the 7 churches.

As John writes, he was exiled in the Greek island Patmos. On the seventh day of the week he came in holy ecstasy, and heard from behind a voice that was sound as a trump that said.

I Am the Alpha and the Ωmega, the first and the last.

From this point starts the last part of the prophecies that proclaim the terrible disasters and wounds that will demolish the state of the enemy, and at last, the Light of the world will shine in the suffocating darkness, and will dominate forever and ever, Amen. And Lord said, let the Light be born, and as God gave Birth to the Light of the creation, the time will come for the absolute domination of the Light. Lord appeared by symbolic appearance among 7 lamp stands, and holding in His hand 7 stars. Lord speaks mostly by symbols and says; I Am the Alpha and the Omega, the On and the In, and the Coming the Almighty. So the Lord Jesus is the first and the last, and the Coming the Almighty.

When He was on earth as Human, His disciples asked Him to show the Father, and Lord said to them; I Am so long with you, and yet to recognize Me? Whoever saw Me, also saw the Father, while the Father and Me, we are One. So the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit, is God, is the Supreme Mind. There is no explanation, and there is no answer to the question; what is the meaning of three who are one? This is God, the internal of God, the unique and unlimited God, and we have not ability nor authority to search God Himself, for He Himself never becomes a subject of human's research.

We are free to search and understand the creation in land, sea, universe, but not the Creator Himself. Our knowledge or search about Him is very limited. Simply, the Lord Christ is God, is the Light or the Word of God, and when He was born as Human, was called the Son of God, and of course, not a Son by the known way, not as usual by natural father and mother. And while was born as a Man, for our salvation from Devil's authority, He called Himself Son of Man, Son of the symbolic Adam by various meanings.

He belongs to every human, regardless of race and nation. He is not a Jew, nor Greek, German or whatever, while the Lord is also a Jew, as well He is a Greek, German, Black, White, Chinese, Aboriginal, Maori and whatever. He belongs to every human regardless of colour, race, nation; Lord never holds any nationalist flag, though we often see some people, servants of the Lord holding flags even inside the churches!!

The Lord appeared among 7 stand lamps that symbolize the churches of the faithful people, and holding 7 stars that symbolize the earthly shepherds. The stars symbolize also divine lights on earth, as divine laws, prophecies, His teaching. The kind of His dress rather passes the message saying; the shepherds and the faithful must be clothed in dignified dresses, without provoking scandals. The white hair as snow I think symbolizes real wisdom and prudence, and His feet like burnished bronze in a furnace, mean that every faithful one must be ready to walk even in fire, if it is required by the circumstances to do so, and also must transfer wherever goes the holy fire of God.

The sword in His mouth symbolizes crisis and judgment that will come at the end, but the Lord appeared by His sword to warn the churches and the corrupted and lukewarm shepherds, and anyone who finds various ways to ignore His teaching or try to adapt the divine laws and messages to their passions. I think the golden girdle across His breast says; the real treasure of the faithful is the treasure of God, which is near the heart, it is in the divine feelings of love for God and for the other people.

By the way, crisis according to my understanding, does not necessary mean judgment or at least not only judgment. Except some analogous judgment and atonement, or salvation in Lord, alas to the one who has debts to Devil, alas to whom the Devil claims, also crisis means understanding God, it means, at last I will hear the whole truth about God, I will comprehend everything or more about God, and so, hopefully not too late, I will reject all misunderstandings and lies that I knew as true about God.

The gold is not of course the known and valuable metal that satisfies the vanity, and often provokes conflicts and wars, crimes and sins, driving people into corruption, neither the one that decorates corrupted authorities and becomes the power of dynasts who exploit and oppress the people. The gold symbolizes the spiritual and true treasures of God, and this treasure must be the one of every faithful man's heart. This is the gold for which the faithful is looking for, and the Christian walks dressed in this gold. This is the real treasure that really makes people rich by offering plenty of Joy making human thrilled, delighted.

The Lord said to John; don't be afraid, I Am the first and the last, and the living One; I was dead, and behold I Am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and Hades. Lord didn't become dead only on the cross, rather the opposite happen, He was liberated from the pain and temporary death. According to my understanding what the Lord meant by these words, was not exactly the death of His material Body, rather He meant that went away from the glory of His Highest Father to live as Man, and this separation was a temporary death.

Chapter 2

To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; The One who holds the 7 stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the 7 golden lamp stands, say this; I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot endure evil men, and you put to them test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found to be false; and you have perseverance and have endured for My name's sake, and have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you, and will remove your lamp stand out of its place?unless you repent. Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the Paradise of God.

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this; I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not fear what you are about to suffer, behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tasted, and you will have tribulation ten days, be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches, he who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death. And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write; The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this; I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith, even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit acts of prostitution. Thus you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Repent therefore; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write; The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this; I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bondservants astray, so that they commit acts of prostitution and eat things sacrificed to idols. And I gave her time to repent; and she does not want to repent of her immorality. Behold, I will cast her upon a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and the hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them?I place no other burden on you, nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come. And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father; and I will give him the morning star, he who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

As I believe The first epistle applies to the church of Ephesus, (Ephesus was a Greek city closed of Izmir, Turkey) but as all the epistles apply to every church of all the historical times, while the same admonitions and warnings apply diachronically to all the churches. The 7 churches or more, which means His One split Church remain until our time by many forms and different names. He recognize them all, not because they fully express His Will, but because He loves and wants to save the people regardless their doctrine.

In the first epistle to Ephesus says. He who walks among the lamp stands (among the churches), and holds in His hand the seven stars, (the bishops/leaders, not the "fathers") says; I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance. Maybe you work hard and you have patient and have suffered, but be careful, because the foundation of the Christian is the love. You left your first love, and without love is impossible to be part of Christian's society.

At that time there was a Christian heresy in Pergamum (Pergamum was a great Greek city in western Asia Minor, which came under Roman control in 133 B. C.) the members of which called themselves Nicolaits. They were living in sexual debauchery, "supporting the theory", in which they said, no more no less, that faithful people could get closer to God by satisfying even their sexual distortions. Of course it was not only in Pergamum. The existence of this kind of heresies does not justify its existence in Christianity, while the Law that was given to Moses and the teaching of the Lord defines clearly, and let no margins for misunderstandings. But even so, always there are various hypocrites around, who always try to match the unmatched, trying to adapt the Lord's teaching into their pleasures and interests. So the Lord didn't mean only the Nicolaits, while the Nicolaits exist everywhere, and every time. It is a warning that applies diachronically to every Christian, and of course to every priest.

The problem of sex that often falls in very immoral levels it is a real problem, it is like that fire, which more you blow it off, it seems more it lights up. We are all less or more guilty of this sin, but we should repent and struggle to beat it, not ending up saying, by been enslaved to the flesh, and madly amorous, we are closer to God! The power of spirit must rule over the power of flesh, and the expansion and satisfaction of sex must be under control, and should be for satisfaction and joy in the limits, which are determined by the Law, and by the teaching of our Lord. It is true, it is difficult to control the desires of flesh, but if we struggle, we can do it! Whoever has ears must hear what the Spirit says to the churches, and whoever is victorious I will allow him to eat from the Wood of Life, which is in the centre of the Paradise of God, the Lord says.

We are reminded here about the wood of eternal life for which the ancient people imagined, and this belief was modified by the inspired Prophet in order to symbolize the true Wood of Life. The Body and the Blood of our Lord. It is not in an earthly paradise, never was in the material world, but as the Lord said, it exists in the centre of the Paradise of God. We also may say here, that the Lord fixed by these words the mistaken ideas of the ancient people. The Lord said; the Wood of Life is in the centre of God's Kingdom. And the Centre of God's Kingdom is Lord Jesus! But we eat symbolic this Wood of Life before we go there, which means we declare our faith to Him, and accept Him as our Saviour, while the Kingdom of God (the Lord) must be established and rule first in our soul.

God doesn't change His plans and decisions, people were those who in all historic times feel the Presence of God, trying to interpret His plans and decisions. So it was natural to make mistakes, but of course, the pure wish of the human to live is not a sin at all, and the Lord of life didn't disappoint the human. In their ignorance were talking about the wood of life, for which were not allowed to eat and become immortal, and indeed, the Son of God gave to the human the true Wood of Life, and opened the door of immortality that leads into the true Paradise.

Similar admonitions apply to all the churches, which (churches) are of course the Christians. The Lord is warning us that the spirit must rule, and we must obey the laws and His teaching; not to be enslaved to the passions of the flesh. The Lord mentioned also the story of Balaam and Balak that it is written in the book of Numbers. But this doesn't mean at all that this story took place in the desert and was related to Moses. These books mostly were written in posterior times, centuries after the death of Moses. The writers were confused by the traditions and the various fames, and so very wrongly they attached a lot of happenings to Moses. But as we realize, many of these writings are not matching to Moses, or to the circumstances of the desert. The story of Balaam rather belongs to some other posterior time, and rather belongs to time of Judges.

The epistle to church of Thyatira applies to a concrete problem of that time. But again it was not only at that time. The false prophets men and women exist everywhere, and continuously try by various cunnings and sophistries to deceive the faithful people. The Lord of course punishes any guilty by the measure of the absolute justice, and certainly the children of the woman false prophet Jezebel, and Jezebel herself, were not only prostitutes but they also used to deceive the other people as well. She appeared as a prophet, and as we know, people are from their nature easily captured of the prostitution, so how worsen could be if someone appears as if brings God's messages telling people that to be a prostitute doesn't constitute a sin! Mentioning about the death threat, we also understand that God is the Master of life, and therefore He can take it any time He wants.

We shouldn't forget also that the Lord uses various ways to save the human soul, which we don't fully understand. But even so, the Lord said that He Himself would kill her children, and of course He would never say; you go and kill them. The Lord never said something like this. Only the paranoiacs and charlatans speak about "holy wars". In the epistle to the church of Philadelphia Lord says. Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie, I will make them to come and bow down (to worship in front of your feet) and to know that I have loved you.

To worship in front of his feet doesn't mean at all to worship the bishop himself, but to worship God in front of his feet. Meaning will make them to go and confess their sins and ask from God to forgive their sins in front of the bishop. As I believe these words might constitute a reference to confession as well. Perhaps the Lord says; the confessor priest or bishop must stand at the level of that bishop of Philadelphia; a man like him is the best confessor who can hear the confession of the faithful. However, the confession is not of course a mystery, it is simply the confession of the sins of the faithful, who must confess his/her sins in front of a worthy confessor or in front of God alone. If we have no confessor, we can talk to God confessing our sins. God is the best Confessor!

At the chapter 3 Lord speaks about the New Jerusalem; the name of the city of My God, which comes down from heaven from My God, and My new name. It sounds strange, because the Lord said, whoever saw Me, also saw My Father, and Father and I are One. But it is not strange, because when the Lord says, "God, My God" He rather means; by His Sacrifice of becoming a Man, in some way He keeps until the end of the human's period and the human hypostases. So only as Man says "God, My God". Not as an Angel as very wrongly believe those who call themselves Jehovah Witnesses. The Lord said; I Am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the On and the In and the Coming the Almighty.

And of course, the On and the In and the Coming the Almighty is not an Angel. But these people because obviously did not interpret the Bible correctly, they confuse the Archangel Michael who is to come before the end of the world. The Word of God, the Father and the Holy Spirit are the Supreme Mind. But the Word became Man in order to save the man, and although He is Creator, He also became a part of the creation. Behold, how and before Lord suffered and been crucified, He was in some way separated from God, from His Father. And this separation was a kind of death. That is why Lord said; behold I became dead and now I Am alive. He certainly didn't mean the death of the material body.

Chapter 3. And to the angel of the church of Sardis write; He, who has the 7 Spirits of God, and the 7 stars, says this; I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. Remember therefore what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent, if therefore you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come upon you. But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white; for they are worthy. He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels.

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this; I know your deeds, behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie?behold, I will make them to come and bow down your feet, and to know that I have loved you. Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell upon the earth. I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, in order that no one takes your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it any more; and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write; The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God, says this; I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I would that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. Because you say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich, and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and nock; if any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and I will dine with him, and he with Me. He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. He, who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.

Chapter 4 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice I heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things. Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. And around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads. And from the throne proceed flames of lighting and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were 7 lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the 7 Spirits of God; and before the throne there was, as it were, a sea of glass like crystal; and in the centre and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, full of eyes around and within; and day and night they don't cease to say. Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and is to come. And when the living creatures give glory and honour and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their throne, saying. Worthy art Thou, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honour and power; for Thou didst create all things, and because of Thy will they existed, and were created.

As I believe John saw in some way the heavens opened, and was called by the Lord to come up. I will show you, the Lord said, what must happen after these things. John writes; I came in ecstasy, and then I saw a throne in heaven and Someone was sitting on the throne. He couldn't face the View of Him who was sitting on the throne! Well certainly he couldn't face the Supreme Mind. The only thing he could write was, he had the impression that the View of the Father was like jasper stone and as sardius in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. He couldn't face the Creator, but only saw a resplendent View, and understood that the Highest appeared in this View, and appeared to a man of flesh and blood. Someone was sitting, he said, but he couldn't describe His View, while couldn't face the Highest Mind.

The Prophet Ezekiel also in his visions spoke about the same View of Him who was sitting on the throne. Ezekiel 1: 26,28. See also Isaiah 6: 1. But no one could describe the View of the Highest Mind, while no human with flesh could look the Face of the Creator. Around the throne were another 24 thrones, on which 24 elders were sitting. They were clothed in white, and golden crowns were on their heads. Who are those 24 elders? Rather are the Prophets and the pious ascenders, starting from Abraham until John the Baptist. From the throne proceed flashes of lightings and sounds and peals and thunder. We should notice, that the sounds and thunders were not coming from Him who is sitting on the throne, but from the throne itself. I believe it symbolizes and reflects the war on the earth, which is a non stopping war against the domination of the Lord. The throne symbolizes also the domination of the Lord, and as we saw in Daniel's prophecies, it is written very representative and symbolic, after the crushing of the last beast, the Ancient of the days sat on His throne! It is a joyful and symbolic language indeed!

In front of the throne were lighten 7 large candles. The 7 candles symbolize the 7 Spirits of God that sent on the whole earth. Without the vivifying Spirits the life would be destroyed in a little time. Life without God is impossible to exist. In front of the throne there was a symbolic sea of glass like crystal. The sea usually symbolizes people and nations and languages, and as I think, this sea of crystal rather symbolizes the innumerable people of God expiated by the Blood of the Lamb.

There were also 4 living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. The one was like a lion the second like a calf, the third had the face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. What do the four creatures symbolize? I don't know, but I believe they represent in some way, some kind of original life. In the chapter 5: 13 it is written that all the creatures of the earth were glorified the Creator. Is it is possible some animals to have also ability and by some unknown way for us, they might feel somehow the presence of the Creator, and maybe they might have some way to give thanks to God? We don't know, but rather it is possible!

By these words of verse 13 rather say also, the whole creation will be submitted to the Creator. As we will see also and in the chapter 12, in the nature, kingdom of animals, there exist and prevail mostly the elements of the Darkness. The nature and generally the creation in its whole entire, does not represent the Creator. But as it is written, all creatures will glorify God; the whole creation will be submitted to the Holy Creator.

Let us see as a quick parenthesis the visions of the Prophet Ezekiel that also speak about the four creatures. But in those visions the creatures appeared differently and with very strange symbols.

It is written in Ezekiel's prophecies at chapter 1 form verse 5 to 14.

And within it there were figures resembling four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had human form. Each of them had four faces and four wings. And their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf's hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straightforward. As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man, all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.

And each went straightforward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lighting was flashing from the fire. And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning. Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four of them. The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if one wheel were within another. Wherever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions, without turning as they moved. As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and their rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about. And whenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. And whenever the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. Now over the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, extended over their heads.

And under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering their bodies on the one side and on the other. I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man. Then I noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something like glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him. As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord

As I believe The appearance of the four living beings by so many complicated symbols to the Prophet Ezekiel is a great and complicated mystery indeed. Most likely (supposed) the four living beings symbolize some in general original beings of the creation of life. This is only fantasy of course, but certainly the intention of the Lord using this symbolic appearance of strange beings was to pass some complicated messages, which as I believe, their entire and complete meanings will be elucidated, when the time will come for all the revelations. Obviously I don't know these complicated meanings, so I will see the beings hypothetically and only as symbols of the human. This doesn't mean of course that my interpretation is absolutely correct and completed.

As 4 symbolic faces that belong to the same being, I suppose symbolize the contradictive nature of the human. It is a nature that certainly is not according the divine Spirit of the creation. The psychical composition of the human in its entirety, distinguished by positive good and divine components and the various evil interpositions that siphon from the Devil, doesn't match, and doesn't represent the Creator. In other words, from the beginning the human, except his divine spirit, includes and the elements of reptilian mind. Devil's interpositions/elements, or Devil's nature exist everywhere in the creation. I suppose that the 4 faces mean, the human behaves in the same wild and destructive way as the lion, human is also indifferent as the ox, and flying rapacious like the eagle.

The human has somewhere the nature and the behaviour of the lion. We have destructive and selfish instincts elements of the Devil's nature. As the lion indifferently snatches, tears apart and eats, causing death pain and suffering, similarly the human often copies it (especially in wars) and acts by similar way. The human acts also like the lazy ox, which is looking only for material things, and as an ox is indifferent for the divine spiritual gifts, (interpositions of the Devil, so to make the human be indifferent about God), while the only thing the ox wants is to eat its grass, to make sex, to be lazy and have a rest all the time. Many people do exactly the same thing; eat, drink, make sex, go to toilet and lying down, indifferent for any thing else. Often they make sex like bulls, they strike sexual at any opportunity and go away.

They don't want to have responsibilities, they live in their world; in the world of insensibility and stupefaction. The human looks like also as the rapacious eagle, (elements of the Devil's nature),by its wings to fly high, (a gift of God), but instead of flying at high spiritual levels, remains rapacious, a great eater and indifferent of the Spirit, and also indifferent of the suffering of the other people. He uses his spiritual wings to fall very low in cunning interests, instead of flying in high spiritual levels that approach God.

And out of those three darkening sides of the human and diabolical nature, could emerge the holy man, could emerge victorious the strong human, who chooses to be obedient to God, and chooses to walk straight on the way that was given from the Highest. He chooses to obey the divine Law, and the divine teaching, and so siphons certainty from the conceivable View of the Lord who is sitting on the throne. He can see in his life the One who sits on the throne, he can see the Lord in a spiritual view, meaning not with the materialist eyes.

Then can beat the darkening nature, ruling on the nature and so raise himself high to the throne of the Highest. The Lord was standing over high sitting symbolic on His throne. I Am here, the Lord says, if you want, you can see Me, and you can live with Me forever, and be forever happy. The choice, or rather the struggle has to be yours, nothing is so easy, but your will and struggle constitutes the necessary presupposition, in order to beat the reptilian nature and so be justified in front of the Highest.

You must struggle, so your divine spirit go straight in the way that matches to you, and so your spirit will beat the corrupted nature. In your struggle ask for help, and you will have help. Now of course all these are correct, and certainly the interpositions of the symbolic snake exist in the complicated human nature. But the four living beings may broadcast more messages of the Lord as well, which now is very difficult to comprehend. As for example the wheel might symbolize time, and the wheel in the wheel, might symbolize the limited time of everyone's life. By the many eyes might also pass the message, that invisible eyes watch your deeds and your behaviour, etc.

Chapter 5. And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed with 7 seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals? And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look it. And I began to weep greatly, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look into it; and one of the elders said to me, stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its 7 seals. And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having 7 horns and 7 eyes, which are the 7 Spirits of God, sent out onto all the earth. And He came, and He took it out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. And when He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying. Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to break its seals; for Thou was slain, and didst purchase for God with Thy Blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. And Thou hast made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.

And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with loud voice. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing. And every created thing, which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying. To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honour and glory and dominion forever and ever. And the four living creatures kept saying, amen, and the elders fell down and worshiped.

As I believe John saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book that was written inside and back, and was sealed up by 7 seals. No one could see them nor read them. Obviously, the symbolic book of the 7 seals is also a reference of the human history, started from the time of the Lord until the end of the earthly world. But of course no man would know there were seals, meaning no one would know what was going to happen in the journey of history. No one knew about the disasters and wars that were coming in the world. Therefore no one could open the seals and read them, while no one knew what would happen. But it seems before the Revelation, not even the Angels knew what would happen in the human's journey until the end.

So history is pre-determined, but what that supposed to mean? Perhaps it means that God had pre-organized all those wars, slaughters, unjust, sufferings, starvations and so many other crimes that happened, especially in the 20^th century? Of course the answer is No. Alas, if we believe something like this. All these are Devil's and human's acts, which through our passions and ambitions submit to the Devil. But the Highest Mind, is holding the book with the seals, meaning He is the only one who knows what the men submitted to prince of destruction will do.

Chapter 6. ¹I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" ²I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
³When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" ⁴Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword. ⁵When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart^[1] of wheat for a day's wages,^[2] and three quarts of barley for a day's wages,^[3] and do not damage the oil and the wine!" ⁷When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" ⁸I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. ⁹When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. ¹⁰They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" ¹¹Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.
¹²I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, ¹³and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. ¹⁴The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
¹⁵Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! ¹⁷For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?

As I believe John saw between the elders, a Lamb, who looked as slain. As we understand, God never asked about sacrifices of people or animals, while no one is worthy, nor powerful, neither so sinless, who could forgive sins, and atone people by making them worthy of God. And of course the blood of animals could not make people worthy. So how was it possible, that God would ask something false? Ancient people that been confused by their traditional gods, thinking very wrongly that even God asked for sacrifices! The only sacrifice that God asked from a Son of man was the sacrifice of the only Sinless One. And the Sinless One is the Word of God, who was born as Man, an was called the Son of God, He is our beloved Lord Jesus Christ. Only God Himself is the life of man, and only God can save the man. No body else.

So that slain Lamb among the elders, is the Word of God, and because He became a Man, He keeps in some way and the human's form until the End. He looks like a slain Lamb, while He was sacrificed as an atonement victim, as the Jews used to slay some lamb for their atonement. He was not descended of David, only His earthly Mother was, and so only as Man was known as descended of David. That was what people wrongly thought, while He is not a descender of human, but the Creator of human, He is the Word, the Son of God and the Lord of king David. So, the slain Lamb is the King of David, and the King of kings.

The Lamb had 7 horns and 7 eyes that symbolize the 7 Spirits of God. The Spirits of God are the indispensable means of human's life, that come into the world by the Word of God. The horns symbolize power and domination, meaning; the Lamb will be the only Ruler. The Domination of the Highest will come after the 7 bowls of His anger, which will destroy the domination of 666. When the Lamb opened the first seal, John heard the voice of the one creature, saying. Come and see. John saw a white horse and He who sat on the horse was holding a bow, and He went out conquering, and to conquer. Keep conquering now and at any time, and the complete conquest will come in the end. And conquering of the Lord means salvation of people.

First, and according to my belief, the horses symbolize the time on which the riders gallop. The galloping goes on until the end of the time. What do the white horse, and the Rider symbolize? Some interpreters think they symbolize the Gospels. But not of course, the Gospels, although the Good News write the teaching of our Lord, it does not change the fact, they are books, and therefore have no power by themselves. However, the white horse itself that gallops, meaning the hopefully meaning that is transferred in time, certainly symbolize the Gospels. But the power of Good News is the Alive Word of God, He is the living Gospel that speaks living in the hearts of the people. So the Rider is the Word of God, and the white horse symbolize the time in which transfers the Good News of the Rider.

This is also confirmed by chapter 19, in which again the Rider went out, not by a bow, but by the sword of His mouth. Because at the end He will come to dominate and bring crisis. The sword of His mouth symbolizes crisis, but by the bow achieving the target; His intention is to gather His faithful people. At His first symbolic appearance Lord had the sword of His mouth, intending to warn and advice the churches, otherwise His absolute justice will judge their acts and behaviours.

Well, He went out conquering and to conquer, and of course He does. As we know through history and until now, the war against Him, and against the faithful Christians has never stopped, although the Word didn't stop to conquer more and more people bringing them to the salvation. And at the end, His holy sovereignty will be complete. But against the Word went also out all the other powers of Satan, as the unequal economic situations, which make a lot of people suffering, the natural death, and the death by starvation and by the predators of earth as well, which often devour a lot of people, especially in the wars.

So at the second seal, the horse was red, and the rider symbolizes the wars. The wars never stopped, and as the prophecy reveals, the terrible red horse, which symbolizes the time of wars, unfortunately will gallop until the end of the pre-determined time. We all know how the wars start, what kind of interests and ambitions they serve. And so, by serving interests and ambitions, clearly serving also the Devil. We know that the main characteristic of the wars is hate, destructiveness, to destroy the others. The hate originated from the Devil, and he always want to destroy people, while this is his nature. And of course, the so terrible condition that exist in the wars, make people turning against God, because the wars cause a lot of pain, sufferings, disasters. It is also the problem of ignorance, while the dynasts often maintain that their war is "God's blessed" and so the ignorance ends up into confusion and unfaithfulness. So the wars are against God's domination.

However, the wars bring also a lot of people close to God, while at the last moment in which the death threats directly every one, the only thing that remains is the hope and the returning to God. In conditions of peace, how many people are interested in what the Word says, and how many people are faithful and obedient to God? So the wars have two results relating to the Word. A lot of people turn against Him, and a lot of people wake up and get saved. Therefore the Word of God is also conquering in the wars as well.

At the third seal the horse was black, and the rider symbolizes the unequal economic situation, which again the terrible black horse, unfortunately will gallop also until the end of the pre-determined time. "A quarts of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and don't harm the oil and the wine." The great unequal economy rules our world, and as we know the big human predators snatch the big portion of the lion. The big unequal economic conditions cause a lot of serious sufferings for a lot of people, but people always have the Oil and the Wine. We are reminded here of the parable of our Lord.

The 5 virgins were wise enough to have oil as they were waiting for the Lord. The oil symbolizes the preparation of the soul to meet the Highest Father, and the wine symbolizes the Holly Communion, it symbolizes the Blood of our Lord. So, nobody could take away the Oil and the Wine. No matter how poor someone can be, and as much he suffers from the economic suffering, which is caused by the human predators, the preparation and the atonement of their soul nobody would take away from them. Yes. There are economic problems, there is poverty and misery, but there is also the Oil and Wine that leads to the salvation, and so to the real life.

At the 4^th seal the horse was ashen. The rider of the ashen horse symbolizes the natural death, and the death at the wars, from starvation, and from the predators of the earth. The horse was ashen, and the name of he who sat on the horse, was Death, and Hades was following him. And authority was given to them over the fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, and by famine and by pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. The horses symbolize the time, and the ashen horse of death, will gallop also until the end of the pre-determined time. But it seems that in the most horrible war of Armageddon, perhaps will be killed the one fourth of the earth's population. Now of course the Death is always around, and dead people follow Hades. Hades and Death were "gods" of the Greek mythology. And not only Greek.

Hades according the Greek mythology was the son of Crones (god and goddess) and Rea, and the Death (Thanatos) was the personification of death. The ancient Greeks believed he was also the brother of Sleep. (Hypnos) Now what relation could be between the Greek mythology and the Bible, and why do we find this mythology in the book of Revelation? Why are these names used, which come direct from mythology? Well, the mythologies of the ancient people are not to put into the rubbish bin. The Greek mythology is wise, the same also the others, and indirectly pass information from prehistoric eras.

All the tribes in their ignorance including the Israelites, started their endeavour to understand the Creator from mythologies, and of course, in Bible also are a lot of writings that express and reflect mythological perceptions. We also realize that many of those mythologies served God's plans by various ways. Moses used traditional "gods", and mythological traditions and modified them in order to pass God's messages and converted them into symbols, as the 10 Tribal-leaders, for example, which became codes, though had been worshipped as gods. For the primitive tribes it was very natural to start by mythologies, as it was very natural to believe in false gods, and those people were more innocent and pure than a lot of Christians.

The sin is narrow related with knowledge, which presupposes the existent of Law, but the primitive tribes had not knowledge and law, and therefore their simple belief in false gods was innocent and irreproachable. So the Hades and Death of the Greek mythology have been used as symbols of the death, and to that unknown place, in which the souls go for unknown time, but in time, how long??, no one would know, when there is hopefully atonement.

The 5^th seal refer about the patient and forbearance of God, and His patient and forbearance continues until the 7^th seal. The 7^th seal applies to the last 7 years, which starts by the 7 trumpets following by the 7 bowls. We see here, the humans as witnesses of the Word and all the others who been slain for their faith and testimony, appeared protesting at the 5^th seal, and say; "How long O Lord Holy and true wilt Thou refrain from judgment and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth? Of course, the intention of every written is to pass some message, and again the message was not applying of course to the elders or to the Angels.

Further more, it doesn't really mean that the dead saints are asking for revenge, but asking or not for revenge, their blood is the one that cries to God, and demands punishment. (We are reminded here the blood of Abel, of every Abel that cries to God seeking for justice.) So the message applies to us, saying; You have patience, as God has patience and forbearance, and His judgment will come at the right time, and until then, many more people must be saved from the day of crisis, which means will not come in the day of crisis, and so, the Devil will not have at all any authorities on them.

They gave them white cloths to dress, telling them to have a rest for little longer time, until many more brothers and sisters come to the Lord, and many of them are going to be killed also. So the white clothes mean that the Blood of the Lamb washed them, they are cleansed and white, and the dead people should have some rest, and the alive must have patience until the end of pre-determinate time comes. As the prophecy says, many more will suffer, and many more will be killed for their faith. And indeed, this never stopped 2000 years after the Lord. Many Christians have suffered a lot, and many were killed in various countries, especially in Islamic countries, and in countries that ruled by narrow-minded communists and other dictators.

As I believe The 6^th Seal. And looked when He broke the 6^th seal, there was a great earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of the heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. We should read the continuation of the chapter.

The opening of the 6^th seal, is the domination of the last beast, the terrible beast of Daniel's prophecies. It is the domination of the capitalist economic system, which of course started before the 20^th century, but in the 20^th century it standed strongly on its metal feet, and as it became stronger, and developed the war machine, it showed to the world its terrible nails and teeth. The beast's domination almost started by the two great terrible wars, in which the sun really became black, and it will be more black, and the light of the moon shined on top of lakes of blood.

Those two wars, and especially the second had overcome in hate and crime every previous war, and indeed the blood was jolt up in the air, and indeed was making lakes, and the reflection of the moon's light had the colour of blood. It is enough only to be reminded of the first great battle between Germans and Russians, which was called Barbarossa. The Germans had gathered in the area, up to three millions soldiers, armed with their great and horrible war machine. Only on this battle been killed only from the Russian side, up to five hundred thousand soldiers in two days. Five hundred thousand people killed in forty-eight hours.

In that war only, as it is known, were killed up to 60 million people. It is impossible to describe the terrible crimes, the endless sufferings and desolations. What can we say, not only about the killings of so many millions of people, but what about the concentrated camps, about Dachau and Auschwitz, about the terrible tortures that millions of people suffered? The history is known, and people who survived have a lot of horrible stories to say.

Only in Auschwitz were killed up to 4 million people, and most of them were Jews. But only if one imagines naked people, hungry and miserable, imagine pregnant women, children and old, to be hungry and naked, in the terrible freezing conditions in Poland and Germany, it is enough to understand the size of disaster, of pain and desolation. It was heard that when the Russians conquered Auschwitz they faced a terrible shudder, which made young soldiers hair turn to grey. Not even the corruption of the Roman Empire, or any other previous war in the distant past could be compared with the savage, the barbarity, the hardness and the hate of the people of the 20^th century.

An Ukrainian said after the war; The Germans were wicked, very wicked; (but it was not only the Germans, and of course not all the Germans), they killed a lot of innocent people in my country, and burnt a lot of villages. In a village, near the capital city, that was levelled to the ground, they were throwing live children into great fires. The whole world was terrified, kings and rich, workers, soldiers and generals were terrified in front of this diabolical hatred, which was driven into an uncontrolled horrible war-storm, and a lot of people thought it was the end of the world. They thought it was the curse of the Highest, and a lot of them used to hide themselves in caves, and other ones who were fighting on the mountain were trying to hide themselves behind rocks, and in caves, hoping to hide from the horrible storm of slaughter, in which they thought the anger of God wanted to destroy them, and bring the end of the world.

In all the caves lived desperate and terrified people, and many were crying and shouting out. Mercy, O' my God. And others who had no place to hide were shouting out; where can we go to hide and save ourselves from the anger of God? There is no place to hide. As it is written. And the residents of the islands went out to the war, and the mountains where heroes fought desperate battles, many bombs dropped and many cannons fired. And the islands also received horrible attacks, and the peaceful blue vault of the sky symbolical was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, as registering the terrible battles in the air, registering the flashes of fire, the explosions, the huge clouds of smoke that darkened the sky and the light of sun, and registered symbolically the hate that ruined a lot of people.

The sun that shines in the clear sky symbolizes also peace, but the sky was black. It was black, not because of the clouds of vivifying rain, but because of the clouds of hatred and desolation. The atomic bombs also in Japan, indeed darkened the sky, and especially on those places, the sun became black, and looked like as sackcloth made of hair. The prophecy also says, the islands and the mountains moved out of their places, and indeed that terrible war used to enforce the people of the islands to move away, and they used to fight on the mountains, and many killed on the mountains. We understand of course that the prophecies speak in words of spirit and wisdom, and mostly speak about people, while the people departed away from their islands and fought on the mountains.

The people were those who moved away from the mountains and islands, and killed. The stars, which means divine lights, had fallen on the earth, while people were stepping on the divine laws and teachings, and a lot of desperate people in their suffering, called God for help, and when their hopes were fallen, they insulted God, saying He didn't exist. The divine lights, as the laws don't kill etc, the hope and faith in God, and generally all the divine messages are symbolized by stars of heaven, and the circumstances of the war threw them on the earth, while they ignored and disobey all the divine laws and messages, considering as useless, and many people lost their hope and faith.

We shouldn't also forget, that the 6^th seal goes on (as well the others), until the end, while the last beast which dominates on the 6^th seal, will be destroyed by the 7^th seal, with the wounds of the 7 trumpets and 7 bowls of God's anger. And as the Lord said, before the End, "there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth dismay among the nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things, which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken". Which means, that the sun will really become and literal black as sackcloth made of hair.

So that was about the great and horrible spectacular appearance of the last and terrible beast, but people forget that the Almighty Creator is the Master of life. There is no beast, there is no power that could take away the life from God's hands. They don't understand, the domination of the Devil must be smashed fairly in its hatred, by its own destructiveness, and mostly by its own tools. The sins of the evil domination will hip up like mountains and castles, which in the end will collapse fairly to squash Devil's domination. The Holy One, who is the Master of life, saved the millions of the literal and symbolic Auschwitz, who suffered the most horrible sufferings, and at the same time they also became witnesses for the judgment of the beast.

After this, and before the opening of the 7^th seal, John saw 4 Angels who stood symbolic on the 4 corners of the earth, holding the 4 winds of the earth, not to blow wind on the earth, nor to the sea, or on the trees. After the second World War, a relative quietness prevailed in the domination of the beast. The terrible racist hatred against the people of Israel, contributed also decisive to make them return in the old country fields. So the prophecies that spoke about the scattering of the Israel people on the 4 corners of the earth, and their returning in the old country fields fulfilled. God's plans served even from those who hated the Jews and wanted to destroy them by genocide. The Devil couldn't win, and did not.

But unfortunately, all the Jews were not worthy. The most worthy 144000 were chosen, those who always follow the Lamb, and are the most blessed. Of course this doesn't mean that only those 144000 were saved, simply are the most chosen. Before the opening of the 7^th seal, John saw a lot of people of all the nations of the earth, so many that no one could count them, and they stood in front of the throne, and in front of the Lamb, and were given white robes to dress. They hold palm tree branches in their hands and cried out in a loud of voice saying. Salvation is from our God who sits on the throne, and from the Lamb.

One of the elders asked John; who are they? And John said; you know. And he said; all these people come from the great grief, and they washed their cloths with the Blood of the Lamb, making them white, so they stand in front of God. For what great grief he spoke about? He meant the great grief of the last 7 years. In those last years, the abomination of desolation will appear, the Antichrist, and he will be the representative of the beast, which is the servant of the Devil, and there is going to be great corruption, disgusting, and grief. Every honest man will disgust the world, in which will live.

Chapter Seventh. After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. ²Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: ³"Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God." ⁴Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.

⁵From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,
   from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,
   from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
   ⁶from the tribe of Asher 12,000,
   from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,
   from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
   ⁷from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,
   from the tribe of Levi 12,000,
   from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
   ⁸from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,
   from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,
   from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.

The Great Multitude in White Robes

⁹After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰And they cried out in a loud voice:   "Salvation belongs to our God,  who sits on the throne,    and to the Lamb." ¹¹All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying: "Amen!  Praise and glory   and wisdom and thanks and honor   and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever.   Amen!" ¹³Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes--who are they, and where did they come from?" ¹⁴I answered, "Sir, you know." ¹⁵And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, "they are before the throne of God   and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. ¹⁶Never again will they hunger never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.¹⁷For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
²And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
³Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. ⁴The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel's hand. ⁵Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Chapter 8 ⁶Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. ⁷The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
⁸The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, ⁹a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
¹⁰The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-- ¹¹the name of the star is Wormwood.^[1] A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
¹²The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
¹³As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: "Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!"

As I believe When the Lamb opened the 7^th seal, an absolute silence prevailed in heavens for half an hour. No noise could be heard. The 7^th seal will be opened, and this seal will bring the End. It is the last seal. John saw the Angels who stood in front of God, and some others gave them 7 trumpets. Before they start trumpeting, another Angel stood in front of the altar, holding a golden censer. Some others gave him a lot of "censers" to offer in front of the altar, together with the prayers of the Saints. And the smoke of the censes and of the prayers of the Saints went up to God, and then the Angel took the censer and fill it up from the fire of the altar, to throw the fire on the earth, and peals of thunder followed and sounds and flashes of lighting and an earthquake occurred. Then the Angels started to trump.

The altar has nothing of course to do, with those known altars on which they used to sacrifice animals for atonement. This altar is only symbolic, it symbolizes the Sacrifice of God with all the contents, including His patient in front of the blasphemies and insults against the Most High, and as we know yet to stop 2000 years after the Lord. It is also His mercy, the suspension of His justice, to give every opportunity for repentance, avoiding to judge people before the limits of the pre-determined time is over.

The "many censers" symbolizes all those sacrifices, agonies, sufferings and tortures of the faithful people, who have been slain in order to help, so the scale of justice might turn against the domination of the beast; against the domination of the Darkness. The Angel put them together with the prayers of the Saints, for forbearance and for the salvation of the people. The Angel put all these together in the golden censer, while the golden censer is the spiritual treasure of the Saints of God, and this is the power of the Saints as well, while by spiritual power they came out victorious against the enemy, and this power will contribute for the lighting of the fire that will burn the state of the evil.

So the conclusion that comes out of this symbolic representation is; the Altar of God became full at the predetermined time, which now is over, and so there is no more margins for patients and for forbearance. The glass is full up. The end is near. The Altar became full of fire, which is the fire of judgment, and the Angel will throw the fire on the earth, because all the sacrifices occurred for the humans, but finished. So as the sacrifices finished, all the others are also finished, and the sufferings and prayers of the Saints and faithful must be finished as well. And so the "Day" of crisis must come, which is also the "Day" of Alleviation, that also presupposes the crushing of Devil's domination.

The first Angel sounds the trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood and will throw to the earth. Now what do these wounds of the trumpets symbolize? When the time comes, then the people will know better. At the moment we can only imagine how they might look like. Of course it is not possible to know what exactly means, where they will strike, and what size of disasters will cause. I think we might interpret the first one, as a disaster of the ecologic system, probably by some nuclear explosion.

But we should understand clearly, that the wounds of the trumpets will not come from God. The Angels only sound their trumpets; do not cause the disasters, they only determine the time, in which the wounds will strike. In the bowls of anger, the Angels empty the bowls, (but again, the bowls were not full up by some God's "oddity"; in other words, God did not full the bowls, the people and the Devil did it), while about the trumpets, they only sound the time. As we will see, only on the 7^th trumpet, the Angel says; on this trumpet will be finished the mystery of God, as the Lord revealed to the Prophets. The 6 wounds of the trumpets will be the result of the beast's domination, of the human activities, resulting of the known contrasts and conflicts. A nuclear explosion will cause a great disaster, and certainly will be like fire mixed with a hail of objects and mixed up with blood.

The second one rather will come shortly after the first, and in the same conflict. It seems it will strike in some sea, very close to some cities. The third one rather means some other nuclear explosion or by using of very dangerous chemical, which will be thrown into some rivers and lakes, and as the prophecy says, many people die because of the waters, as the waters became bitter, meaning