Jesus Christ
Revelation 22:1-21 God’s Last Message to Humankind
Revelation 22:1-5
And he showed me a pure river of water of life , clear as crystal river , flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb . 2 In the middle of the city street , and on either side of the river stood the tree of life , bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations . 3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it , and His servants shall serve him: 4 And they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there , and did not need the light of a lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light : and they shall reign for ever and ever .
Old things are in the past , the old earth and the old heaven too, sin is totally eradicated by the great judgment of God. Now his people enjoy every blessing , peace , harmony , brotherhood , and they are all each and everyone called by new names specially given by the Lord , they will live where there will be no more night because the Lord will illuminate , and reign for eternity. The picture of eternal life in these verses indicates that we will be busy serving God for all eternity. We will both serve Him (v. 3) and reign with Him (v.5). Since He is an infinite God, we can be sure He will have infinite things for us to do as we reign there forever. The phrase, “they shall see his face,” means that, as believers, we will be granted an audience with the King on a regular basis.What a beautiful promise of Jesus and what a beautiful place to live till eternity, don’t you think !!!
The coming of Christ is near
(Revelation 22:6)
6 And he said to me, These sayings are faithful and true. And the Lord , the God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place . 7 Behold , I come quickly ! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.
The Lord clearly tells John ” I’m coming soon! and He says it as a warning, because He is warning us to take care not to sin no more.
” Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” The Lord clearly wants us to take care not to lose our salvation our entrance to the eternal life. He does not want any of us not even one to perish in the day of judgment . The Lord wants to save us all from the torment of eternal hell , which is the purpose of his human sacrifice by dying on the cross, and therefore , reason why He also ask John to write this last prophecy as for a last call which we have read and studied in the chapters of Revelation 1 through 22 . When Jesus repeated “I am coming soon ! He meant that after all the events that are yet to happen happened, for sure He will come ! He never mentions date neither the day nor the hour but He gives us many signs and road map as instructions of what would take place before the end of time , He sure has explained in details all the events that will soon take palce on earth and He wants us to be ready for the big day .
John was asked not to seal the prophecy of this book :
(Revelations 22:8-10)
I , John, am the one who heard and saw these things . And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things . 9 And he said to me, See thou do it not because I am a fellow servant of thy brethren the prophets , and of them which keep the sayings of this book . Worship God . 10 And said unto me , Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is near .
The prophet Daniel as we read on 12:4 is asked to seal the book, while John was told not to do it ! And he tells us why: BECAUSE THE TIME IS NEAR ! The prophecies of Daniel looked very distant while John’s nearby.
(Revelation 22:11)
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous , let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still .
Here the Lord clearly is asking us to STOP and not to continue to practice sin , He predicts the fate of sinners , while He says that by practicing justice, holiness, faithfulness will bring us to this holy city . He alerts us but does not prohibit us anything, we still have free will and if sin is what your heart wants to radicate on, then you’ll know the consequences which are as we all know ” the wages of sin is death “, while the practice of justice is eternal life .
(Revelation 22:12-14)
12 Behold, I am coming quickly , and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work .
We will be rewarded according to our works , so Christ said it and so will ! We again see that “I am coming soon ! The Lord is with us alerting and warning us emputo of what is about to happen and wants all be prepared to not have to suffer in the final judgment of God. Blessed be Jesus Christ our Redeemer !13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life , and may enter through the gates into the city.
As we have read before, the Alpha and Omega is the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet , also we know that Christ is the first and the last , the beginning and the end , He was before the creation in eternity past , and will be present in eternity future. He is the author and finisher of all things , because Jesus Christ is the first and the last , is the one who created all things, He is in control of all things , He is upholding all things , He is LIKE NO OTHER , HE IS EVERYTHING !
And with a God like him, we do not need anything else, because no one else is better than him. If you have Jesus Christ IN YOUR HEART you have for sure eternal life, if you do not have Jesus Christ in heart , for what awaits you is an eternity burning in hell for all the wickedness, and addition to that , if do not have Jesus Christ as your king and savior your missing everything !
Jesus shed His precious blood to wash away the sins of all who trust in Him as Savior. Those who have received Christ as Savior , have washed their clothes in the blood of Christ . That is why the Lord says: “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life , and to enter the gates of the city. ” Blessed be the Lord ”
The wages of sin :
(Revelation 22:15- 17)
15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie . 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches . I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star . 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come . And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him who thirsts come and whoever wishes , let him take the water of life freely .
Please pay close attention to these almost last words of this book, because here we read very clear and specifically how the Lord Jesus Christ describes who will be left outside of the promised city , and these will be
1. “dogs ” The dogs are impure and malicious people or someone with a low character. The first time blatantly impure sinners were called dogs is in Deut. 23: verse 18. This is where male homosexual prostitutes were in view)
2. Sorcerers: Sorcerers are those who practice occult or witchcraft. Greek Pharmakos is the root of the English word pharmacy which often accompanies those practices.
3. Sexually immoral :Whoremongers are those who practice all kinds of sexual immorality. Greek pornos is the root of the English word pornography.
4. Murderers: Murderers: means pre-meditated murder. This has nothing to do with accidental killing or killing in war. They are included in the list given in Rev. 21 v.8: “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
5. Idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie .Idolaters are just those who put anything ahead of God which includes manna (money) or the love of everything which takes one’s attention off serving God. Someone once said: Show me someone’s calendar and checkbook and I’ll tell you where their heart lies. Think about that. Idolaters are also those who worship false gods or worship the true God in an unacceptable matter
Read very careful and stop, meditate for as long as it may take you to understand these words of the Lord, then look deep within your heart, try to find if there is any of these sins in you , and if they exist and they are in your life and still wish eternal life rapidly janked them out of your soul mind and spirit, cleanse your internal “body, soul and spirit ” through the shed blood of Jesus. If you find existence of any of these prohibited actions and personal behaviors not allowed in the holy city then repent , don’t hestitate , right there, right now where you at, ask God forgiveness, repent and ask the Lord to come into your life and cleanse you with his precious blood , tell him that you wish to make him your King and savior and I promise you He will hear your cry , he will heal you and cleanse you from all your sins and then and only then your name will be written in the book of Life.
The Lord Jesus testify :
(Revelation 22:18-22)
18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book . 19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life , from the holy city and from the things which are written in this libro.20 He who testifies to these things says : surely I come quickly. Amen , come, Lord Jesus.21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen .
The Lord Jesus Christ is the one who testifies to these things and who says , “Surely I come quickly .” How beautiful this prayer of the Spirit ” Amen , yeah, come, Lord Jesus.
Apocalipsis 22:1-21
Apocalipsis 22:1-5
Después me mostró un río limpio de agua de vida, resplandeciente como cristal, que salía del trono de Dios y del Cordero. 2 En medio de la calle de la ciudad, y a uno y otro lado del río, estaba el árbol de la vida, que produce doce frutos, dando cada mes su fruto; y las hojas del árbol eran para la sanidad de las naciones. 3 Y no habrá más maldición; y el trono de Dios y del Cordero estará en ella, y sus siervos le servirán, 4 y verán su rostro, y su nombre estará en sus frentes. 5 No habrá allí más noche; y no tienen necesidad de luz de lámpara, ni de luz del sol, porque Dios el Señor los iluminará; y reinarán por los siglos de los siglos.
Las viejas cosas ya pasaron, la vieja tierra y el viejo cielo también, el pecado es erradicado totalmente atra vez del gran juicio de Dios. Ahora su pueblo disfruta de toda bendición, de paz, de armonía, de hermandad, todos tendrán nuevos nombres, no habrá mas noche porque el Señor los iluminara, y reinaran por la eternidad.
La venida de Cristo está cerca
(Apocalipsis 22:6-7)
6 Y me dijo: Estas palabras son fieles y verdaderas. Y el Señor, el Dios de los espíritus de los profetas, ha enviado su ángel, para mostrar a sus siervos las cosas que deben suceder pronto. 7 He aquí, vengo pronto! Bienaventurado el que guarda las palabras de la profecía de este libro.
El Señor muy claramente le dice a Juan que viene pronto! y con advertencia nos dice “Bienaventurado el que guarda las palabras de la profecía de este libro”. Aquí Cristo nos dice , cuiden de no pecar, cuiden de no perder la salvación para que no perezcan en el día del juicio. El Señor desea salvarnos a todos del tormento del infierno eterno, por eso es el propósito de su sacrificio humano al morir en el madero, y por eso se escribe también este ultimo llamado el cual hemos leído y estudiado en los capítulos de Apocalipsis del 1 al 22. Cuando el Señor nos repite Vengo pronto !!! significa que después que todos los acontecimientos que están aún por suceder ocurran , por seguro El vendrá ! Cristo jamás dijo la fecha ni el día ni la hora pero nos dejo muchas señales y señas de lo que acontecerá al final de los tiempos, El desea que estemos listo para ese gran día.
A Juan se le pide no sellar las profecía de este libro:
(Apocalipsis 22:8-10 )
8 Yo Juan soy el que oyó y vio estas cosas. Y después que las hube oído y visto, me postré para adorar a los pies del ángel que me mostraba estas cosas. 9 Pero él me dijo: Mira, no lo hagas; porque yo soy consiervo tuyo, de tus hermanos los profetas, y de los que guardan las palabras de este libro. Adora a Dios. 10 Y me dijo: No selles las palabras de la profecía de este libro, porque el tiempo está cerca.
Al profeta Daniel 12:4 se le pide que selle el libro; mientras que a Juan se le dijo que no lo hiciera! Y nos dice el porqué: PORQUE EL TIEMPO ESTA CERCA !! Las profecías de Daniel se veían muy lejanas mientras que las de Juan muy cerca.
(Apocalipsis 22:11 )
11 El que es injusto, sea injusto todavía; y el que es inmundo, sea inmundo todavía; y el que es justo, practique la justicia todavía; y el que es santo, santifíquese todavía.
Aquí el Señor nos dice claramente que continuar practicando el pecado predice el destino del pecador, mientras que el justo el que practica la justicia, el santo, el fiel, santifíquese todavía. El nos pone sobre aviso pero no nos impone a nada, si el pecado es lo que desea tu corazón hacer , entonces sabrás las consecuencias y la paga del pecado la cual ya sabemos es la muerte, mientras que la práctica de justicia es la vida eterna.
( Apocalipsis 22:12)
12 He aquí yo vengo pronto, y mi galardón conmigo, para recompensar a cada uno según sea su obra.
Seremos recompensados según nuestras obras, así Cristo lo dijo y así será!! Volvemos a ver el que “Yo vengo pronto! El Señor nos está alertándonos y avisándonos con la certeza de lo que está a punto de suceder , Y SU DESEO es que estemos preparados para que no tengamos que padecer en el juicio final de Dios . Bendito sea nuestro redentor Cristo Jesus !
(Apocalipsis 22:13-14 )
13 Yo soy el Alfa y la Omega, el principio y el fin, el primero y el último. 14 Bienaventurados los que lavan sus ropas, para tener derecho al árbol de la vida, y para entrar por las puertas en la ciudad.
Como hemos leído anteriormente el Alfa y el Omega es la primera y última letra del abecedario griego , o sea Cristo es el primero y el ultimo, el principio y el fin , El estaba antes de la creación en la eternidad pasada , y estará presente en la eternidad futura. El es el autor y consumador de todas las cosas, por cuanto Jesucristo el primero y el ultimo, El es quien creó todas las cosas, El es quien controla todas las cosas, El es quien sustenta todas las cosas y NO HAY OTRO COMO EL, EL LO ES TODO !!
Y con un Dios así como él, no nos hace falta nada más, porque no hay nadie más que sea mejor que él. Si usted tiene a Jesucristo tiene la vida eterna ganada mas lo tiene todo, si usted no tiene a Jesucristo, pues lo que le espera es una eternidad quemándose en el infierno por todas sus maldades, al tener a Jesucristo como su rey y salvador no le falta nada !!
Jesús derramó su preciosa sangre para lavar el pecado de todos aquellos que confían en él como Salvador. Los que hemos recibido a Cristo como Salvador, hemos lavado nuestra ropa en la sangre de Cristo. Por eso es que El Señor dice : “Bienaventurados los que lavan sus ropas, para tener derecho al árbol de la vida, y para entrar en las puertas de la cuidad.
La paga del pecado:
(Apocalispsis 22:15-17)
15 Mas los perros estarán fuera, y los hechiceros, los fornicarios, los homicidas, los idólatras, y todo aquel que ama y hace mentira. 16 Yo Jesús he enviado mi ángel para daros testimonio de estas cosas en las iglesias. Yo soy la raíz y el linaje de David, la estrella resplandeciente de la mañana. 17 Y el Espíritu y la Esposa dicen: Ven. Y el que oye, diga: Ven. Y el que tiene sed, venga; y el que quiera, tome del agua de la vida gratuitamente.
Prestemos mucha atención a estas casi últimas palabras de este libro pues aquí muy claro y específicamente El Señor Jesucristo específico quienes serán los que quedaran fuera de la cuidad prometida, y estos serán “los perros”, los hechiceros, los fornicarios, los homicidas, los idolatras, y todo aquel que ama y hace mentira.
1 . “Perros” Los perros son los impuros y maliciosos es todo aquel con un carácter bajo . La primera vez que abiertamente fueron llamados “perros” pecadores impuros es en Deut. 23 : el versículo 18 . (Aquí es donde las prostitutas homosexuales masculinas estaban a la vista )
2 . “Los brujos” Los brujos son los que practican el ocultismo o brujería. Griego pharmakos es la raíz de la farmacia palabra Inglés que a menudo acompaña a esas prácticas.
3 .” Fornicarios ” fornicarios son los que practican todo tipo de inmoralidad sexual. Pornos griego es la raíz de la palabra pornografía Inglés .
4. “Asesinos ” significa un asesinato premeditado . Esto no tiene nada que ver con la muerte accidental o muerte en la guerra. Están incluidos en la lista que figura en Rev. 21 v.8 : ” Pero los cobardes e incrédulos , los abominables , los asesinos, los fornicarios y hechiceros, los idólatras y todos los mentirosos tendrán su parte en el lago que arde con fuego y azufre, que es la muerte segunda . ”
5 . “Los idólatras “y todo aquel que ama y hace mentira. Los idólatras son sólo aquellos que ponen todo delante de Dios, lo cual incluye el maná (dinero) o el amor de todo lo que quita la atención de servir a Dios. Alguien dijo una vez : Muéstrame calendario y libreta de cheques de alguien y te diré dónde está su corazón. Piensa en eso . Los idólatras son también los que adoran dioses falsos o adoran al verdadero Dios en una cuestión inaceptable.
Lea con mucho cuidado y medite durante un tiempo para entender estas palabras del Señor , y luego mire en lo profundo de su corazón, trate de encontrarse asi mismo , mire dentro de usted y busque si hay alguno de estos pecados en vosotros, y si es que existen y que estan en su vida y aún desean la vida eterna les sugiero que rapidamente arranquen de raiz fuera de su mente el alma y el espíritu y limpien su interior “su cuerpo y su y corazon ” y esto podra hacerlo a través de la sangre derramada de Jesús. Si usted encuentra la existencia de cualquiera de estas acciones prohibidas y conductas personales no permitidos en la ciudad santa, arrepientase, no dude en volver alla donde su corazon pecaba. Ahi mismo donde usted esta en este momento pida a Dios perdón , arrepientase y pidale al Señor que venga a su vida y lo limpie con su sangre preciosa , dile que desea hacerle su rey y salvador y te prometo que él oirá tu clamor , él te sanará y te limpiara de todos tus pecados y entonces y sólo entonces su nombre será inscrito en el libro de la Vida.
(Apocalipsis 22:18-21)
18 Yo testifico a todo aquel que oye las palabras de la profecía de este libro: Si alguno añadiere a estas cosas, Dios traerá sobre él las plagas que están escritas en este libro. 19 Y si alguno quitare de las palabras del libro de esta profecía, Dios quitará su parte del libro de la vida, y de la santa ciudad y de las cosas que están escritas en este libro.20 El que da testimonio de estas cosas dice: Ciertamente vengo en breve. Amén; sí, ven, Señor Jesús.21 La gracia de nuestro Señor Jesucristo sea con todos vosotros. Amén.
El Señor Jesucristo es el que da testimonio de estas cosas y es el que dice: “Ciertamente vengo en breve” . Linda esta oración del Espíritu “Amen , si, ven, Señor Jesús .
Revelation 21:1-27
In these two last chapters of the book of Revelation is very clear to us at ( verse 5) ” Behold , I make all things new .” Here we see that these new things will be part of the eternal home of the believer.
New heaven and a new earth
Revelation ( 21:1-8 )
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth passed away , and the sea was no more . 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God , prepared as a bride adorned for her marido.3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying , Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men , and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.4 wipe every tear from their eyes , and death shall be no , nor will there be mourning , nor crying, nor pain ; for the former things pasaron.5 And he that sat upon the throne said , Behold , I make all things new . He said to me , Write: for these words are trustworthy and verdaderas.6 And he said, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega , the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring water life.7 who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be my son 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving , abominable, murderers , sexually immoral, sorcerers , idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death .
” God will remove all sin and destructive behavior from the old earth . ” And this does not tend the least doubt as well is that this chapter begins .
The fiery trial through which all things are judged produce this renewal of the old earth and the old heaven . The sea will exist no more , we do not know exactly how will the new water system be, if we would have rivers , seas, for sure God has already prepared the perfect new system for feeding plants and fill the seas if we’ll ever have them. This wonderful new place that God has prepared for us , death no longer exist and God will wipe away every tear from our eyes, no more tears or pain, the old way has passed !! But the best of all and even more glorious is that we will dwell with the Lord and be His people , we will be his children and He our father. This same word that God says ” It is made” is the same as our Jesus said at the time of his death when he said “It is finished .” He is the Alpha and the Omega being this ( the first and last word of the Greek alphabet ) . In ( verse 8) states that we can not all get into this new creation of God, for those who would not believe in Christ, who never turned away from sin never will be able to see this wonderful beautiful and glorious place.
The new Jerusalem
Revelation ( 21:9-14 )
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues , and talked with me , saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God , 11 Having the glory of God. And its light was like a precious stone, like a jasper , clear as crystal . 12 And had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon , which are of the twelve tribe of the children of Israel : 13 On the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates on the west three gates . 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb .
If we pay close attention to ( verse 2) we see that the new Jerusalem comes down from heaven , it is a suggestion as to describe a heavenly city with new people of God which will be a city on standing on air on the land , and this will be for over a thousand years called the “Millennium ” it is obvious that the new Jerusalem unites peoples from the OT and NT. The twelve tribe mentioned here with the names of each of them recorded in each of the twelve gates are the chosen twelve tribes of God.
Dimensions of the new city of Jerusalem
Revelation ( 21:15-23 )
15 And he that talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its wall. 16 And the city lieth foursquare , and the length is as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs : the length , height and width are equal. 17 And he measured its wall , one hundred forty-four cubits , the measure of man , which is of an angel. 18 The construction of its wall was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass 19 and the foundations of the city wall were adorned with every precious stone . The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz , the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth, amatiste.21 the twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl . And the street of the city was pure gold like transparent glass . 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty is its temple , and the Lamb . 23 The city had no need of sun or moon to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it , and the Lamb is its lamp.
Here we are given the exact measurements and dimensions of this glorious city , which surpasses all human imagination. ” And the city lieth foursquare, (meaning that this city will be the same for all angles ) and has a length equal to the breadth : and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs : the length , the height and width are equal. ” Any measure gives us to understand that is a perfect cube shiny ” holy place ” with the glory of God that is illuminating to this perfect and holy city .
The new heavenly nation
Revelation ( 21:24-27 )
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it . 25 Its gates will never be shut by day: for there shall be no night . 26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it . 27 not enter into it anything that defiles , or causes an abomination and a lie: but they which are written in the book of life of the Lamb .
Only the light of God will exist in this city , there will be no more darkness, for is the night significance of sadness, crying , death, pain , and as no longer exists darkness in this glorious city but only in the light of the glory of God wll be enough to be in port . Doors will no longer be closed, not ever , no longer there will be any fear cause all devil minded has disappeared and all evil has already been defeated . And this renewed glory city will be inhabited by many nations and millions of people will be living it , worshiping forever and ever the only true God.
Revelation 19:1-21
Revelation 19:1- 8
After these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying : Alleluia ! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 because his judgments are true and righteous because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand of it.3 again they said : Alleluia ! And her smoke rose up for ever and siglos.4 and the elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God that sat on the throne, saying : Amen ! ! Hallelujah 5 Then a voice came from the throne , saying, Praise our God, all his servants, and ye that fear him , both small and grandes.6 And I heard as the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying : Alleluia , for the Lord God Omnipotent reigns ! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, because they have the marriage of the Lamb, and his wife has prepared . 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen clean and white : for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
This is the final Jesus will give earthly armies. Here in these verses we can see the great victory of his heavenly army. We see a great multitude in heaven saying, Hallelujah ! this worship is given with the return of Jesus Christ to earth . Hallelujah means the highest praise to Jehovah, and Hallelujah is also an expression that indicates joy , especially because something has happened that is expected or wanted for some time.
As we read in chapter 18 sin has finally been judged, we have read the fall of Babylon and the merchants of the earth mourned , but here we see the heavens rejoice .
The main source of all confusion and religious lies was Babylon with his love for God but their worship was apostate rather false idols, this also caused the death of multitudes of God’s saints , but have seen their destruction. in verses 5-6 we see all the voices that have joined praising God because He is God and that is on the throne. Worthy is The all praise and glory to the Lord God Omnipotent reigns ! . Now, in verse 7 we see the bride as the wife . Interestingly we see, that the marriage of the Lamb is not depicted as the King , giving us to understand that even being King , He will be the Lamb until eternity. Here , we see how the master and the high price he paid for us. The wife was ready , meaning that we must prepare to get to the wedding of the Lamb . And this happens at the tribunal of Christ , when every stain and wrinkle I taken off the bride before becoming the wife. The wife gets to heaven by the grace of God not by works or deeds , but although every believer will reach to heaven we will be judged by the tribunal of Christ by our earth faithfulness . Fine linen was given for the bride to get dressed , serious sparkling clean for her obedience and righteousness of all the saints.
The marriage supper of the Lamb
9 And he saith unto me , Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are true words of God.10 I fell at his feet to worship him . And he said to me , do not : I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus . Worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on His head many diadems, having a name written that no one knew except Himself . 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven , clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations , and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God . 16 On his robe and on his thigh a name written : KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS .
” Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of God”
In verse 11 , the heavens opened, and behold a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. Here we see the white horse and whose riding comes with justice and fight, fight with whom ? He first comes with his heavenly army , all of whom are dressed in fine linen, white and very clean which followed him with white horses. So, finally you have exited the Lamb to judge and make the final war on earth. We no longer see the lamb riding a donkey but riding humble but fierce a white horse . He no longer carries the crown of thorns , but a crown of gold, and his eyes are no longer filled with tears but they were like flames of fire, and flames of fire comes out of His mouth, and words of grace was not what he said but justice and victory! . Christ is coming to the great battle of Armageddon .
The announcement of judgment on the earth
17 And I saw an angel standing in standing in the sun , and cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven , Come and congregate for the great supper of God, 18 that you may eat the flesh of kings and captains , and the flesh of mighty men, of horses and their riders , and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great. 19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken , and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone . 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of the rider on the horse , and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
We already saw the wedding , we saw his bride dressed and ready for the big wedding of the Lamb , but in this chapter we see the great day of Armageddon too.
The battle will not be long for Christ comes out of heaven with every victory and comes to destroy their enemies in an instant. ( 2Th 1). See ( ver 18) where it says park eat meat , man is only flesh and never will win over the power of God which for eternity flesh has also been condemned and never will please God.
The hosts of this land is the European federation which are the ten kingdoms of Europe, these kingdoms that have risen against Christ. , Such as the East, Egypt and Russia. And it is in the Mount ” Megiddo ” which is also knows as the ” Armageddon” where they meet in the battlefield which is the largest in the world. Christ destroys only by his word which is the sword that comes out of his mouth. ( Heb 4:12). Every man who refused to listen to his word will die and by his own word, all will fall dead. All followers of the beast which allowed to be marked with the number of the beast are all sealed for that terrible judgment day . Not only Christ will destroy the beast and his army but also the false prophet and launched into hell itself . And Satan will be apprehended and thrown into the abyss. For this we will read it in Chapter ( 20:1-3 )
Revelation 18:1-24
The fall of Babylon
The voice of the fall of Babylon trial
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great , and is become the habitation of devils , and the hold of every foul spirit , and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird . 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication , and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her , and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Commercial Babylon represents the late global system . We have religious Babylon which is the ( apostate church) which play a large role in the economic nations area. The collapse of this religious system , will be the beginning of the end of total empire of “the beast ” . However this global new system will have three more years and means reigning over the earth.
In this chapter four different voices are heard and by each of them we will learn how the results of these last days will end .
This first angel announces 1. the fall of Babylon fall 2. by fulfilling prophecies ( 14:8 , 16:19) the meaning of the two times the Angel says has fallen , has fallen! is due to a double a. is the commercial and d. the religious . Finally the new religious and economic world system receives the wrath and God’s hand .
II , The voice separation ( 18:4-8 )
4 And I heard another voice from heaven , saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and receive of her plagues, 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven , and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double paid according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double . 7 How much she has glorified and lived deliciously, so much give her of torment and mourning : for she saith in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow 8 Therefore in one day shall her plagues , death and mourning and famine, and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her .
The other voice from heaven announces God’s people leaving, warning them for two reasons ( 1) because he knows that the city will be completely destroyed and God wants to save his chosen ones and for ( 2) the city is satanic , and God does not want His people to contaminate . it is why the angel says out! In this world when you live without God you only live for worldly pleasures, while the Christian lives for the pleasures of Christ. Let’s take a look at look ( verse 7 ) ” How much she hath glorified herself , and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give , or whether this satanic city will receive double portion for their wickedness. We see in ( verse 8) says so in one day her plagues will come , death and mourning and famine , and will be with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her .
III . The voice of lament ( 18:9-19 )
9 And the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and she lived in luxury that will weep and lament for her , when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying ! Woe , Woe that great city Babylon , that mighty city : for in one hour is thy judgment come 11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her because no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 merchandise of gold , silver , precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple , silk and scarlet, 13 beasts and cinnamon, spice , incense , myrrh, frankincense , wine, oil , fine flour , wheat , all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory , all articles of costly wood, bronze , iron and marble , sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 14 The fruit you longed for is gone from you , and all your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered . 15 The merchants of these things , which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, Woe , woe, the great city, that was clothed in linen thin, purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls ! 17 For in one hour such great riches . And every shipmaster , and all the company in ships , and sailors, and as many as trade by sea , stood afar off, 18 and saw the smoke of her burning , they cried out , saying, What city is like unto this great city? 19 And they cast dust on their heads , and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe , woe, the great city , where all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth , for in one hour she made desolate !
Here are two groups who lament the fall of Babylon 1. The kings of the Earth 2 . and the merchants of the earth. This collapse of Babylon will bring much regret , pain and tears to the land and they will see the true God they reject with adultery with Babylon, worshiping false idols and love for money more than anything else . They thought their luxurious life would last for ever , but now is over , observe the woe , woe ! lament in the city , just in a day is judged and in one hour has collapsed .
Their merchandise faltered disaster and ruin in that fallen earth and all its riches are over. By this time the enslavement of man has increased, in the last days Satan as he always wanted to have men slaved in spirit and in body. The wealth of the rich will doubled , while the poor impoverished. The destruction will come for both of great wealth also for the poor who have challenged God. All marine ad shipping industry will be destroyed and ruined. The world depends on these merchants but in these last days it all disappear.
IV. The voice of rejoicing ( 18:20-24 )
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven , and ye holy apostles and prophets, for God hath avenged you on her. 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone , and cast it into the sea , saying, Thus with violence will Babylon be thrown down , that great city , and never be found again. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians , and of pipers , and trumpeters, shall be heard no more in thee: and no craftsman of any craft shall be found in you, and the sound of a millstone shall be heard in you . 23 Light lamp will never shine in you, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth , for by your sorceries were all nations deceived . 24 And in her blood of prophets and saints was found , and all that were slain upon the earth.
Now there is rejoicing in heaven because God has judged her. At last God avenged the blood of martyrs. The Babylonian system and for all it has done since the beginning has always been to kill steal and murder God’s people faith . All souls under the altar of God asked ” How much longer ? ” well now they can see the answer to your prayers. God has avenged his blood. And earth laments the dead.
This stone that was thrown indicates the speed of God’s judgment upon total beast empire . Many think that this millstone may be the return of Christ to earth. according to Daniel 2:34-35 , 44-45 this is the “Rock” who hurt .
God says “not ever again ! man can do nothing for the desist . Read Jeremiah 51 .
Then Christ has destroyed the rule of religious and the economic beast , but still there is a destruction of the army still to be defeated and for this we need to read chapter 19.
Revelation 16:1-21
We will be reviewing this chapter which is chapter 16 1:21 very careful because of the magnitude of the signs and symbols it contains, so we all need to pay close attention to what they all mean.
The tops of the Wrath of God
The seven angels bowls of wrath
I. First Cup
I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God. 2 So the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth, and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image.
It should be noted here in this great chapter that there is similarity with the eighth chapter . As we remember the similarity of the trumpet judgments and the glasses or the bowls of the wrath of God are very tight even though it appears that the judgment of the glasses are more severe than many of trumpets , but in fact the two judgments affect the same things.
It says here that a great voice , who do you think who’s this voice is ? of course we all imagine the ( voice of Christ) He tells the seven angels to pour on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God. These bowls full of the wrath of God brought malignant ulcer and pestilence upon men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These cups seems that these sores greatly afflicted men, but still will not surrender to God, nor humble themselves and repent .
II . second cup
3 The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea , and it became blood as of a dead man: and every living thing died that was in the sea.
The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea making the sea all its water in blood . The similarity of this passage we can see it in chapter 8:8 where we see the second angel when playing second trumpet and as a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea . , And look what it says ” the third part of the sea became blood “. At this time we see only the third part of it turned into blood while the second shed vial upon the sea which became all blood, and every living thing died that was in the sea.
Third Cup
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters , and they became blood .
This verse clearly shows us that even more blood was to be shed because it got the rivers and the fountains of waters which the third cup took place. In other words it’s like all the waters of the earth were to become blood. I believe because of much blood that has been shed on earth is the reason why man on earth will drink blood himself. Likewise commanded by Pharaoh to drown all Hebrew children is why all his army drowned in the sea. Another example is that as we read the story of Esther, we see that Haman built a gallows to hang Mordecai and we all know how Haman and his sons finished hanged with his own rope . This is called the righteous judgment of God .
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say , Thou art righteous , O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus things .6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.7 and I heard another voice out of the altar say, Even so , Lord God Almighty , your judgments are true and just .
We see here in verse seven souls under the altar are now satisfied because God avenge their blood.
III . fourth Cup
8 And the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not neither gave him glory.
In these next two trials of verse eight and nine is where we see the fourth and fifth heavenly angel involving with the order that was given. When the fourth Angel poured out his vial upon the sun, he makes heaven fire and there was given unto him to scorch men with fire. Once again we see the similarity there in chapter 8:12 where part of the sun is obscured. So , we see that the sun will burned men because God will allowed this to be so .
Fifth Cup
10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast , and his kingdom was full of darkness , and they gnawed their tongues for pain , 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores , and repented not of their works.
This fifth Angel brings darkness to the land , but we do not know for sure if this darkness goes throughout the world, or only covers the land in darkness where the kingdom or the throne of the beast is at . We’re not sure of this darkness on how would covered the earth, but what we do know is that Satan is the prince of darkness, which we believe is the reason and cause of this darkness invading his kingdom.
IV. sixth Cup
12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east . 13 And I saw from the dragon’s mouth , and the mouth of the beast , and the mouth of the false prophet , three unclean spirits like frogs ; 14 For they are the spirits of devils , working miracles, which go forth unto the kings land around the world , to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
These have a huge similarity on the book of Exodus when God dried the Red Sea to save his nation from the Egyptians. And now we see that the new dry waters of the great river Euphrates will allows armies battle at Armageddon. ” The mountain of Menguido ” is what the word of Armageddon means . This large dry river is one of the largest fields in the world battle and is precisely here where the battle between Christ and the anti – Christ was fought .
On verses 12-16 it well describes the three unclean spirits that come out of the mouth of the “dragon” of the “beast ” and ” false prophet” a it says they are like frogs , this does not mean they are literal frogs. Frogs which in shown here are actually demonic spirits that Satan will use to deal with a large army , large numerous army most likely largest in the history of the world and this will take place to combat the Lord. Read (1 Kings 22:20-28 , Ex 8:5-7 , 1 Tim 4:1). But no matter, the outcome of this great battle is in chapter 19 : 11-21 . Read : Zephaniah 3:8 Joel 3; 9-14, Zachary Isaiah 24:1-8 12 e .
Promise to the saints on earth at this time :
15 Behold , I come as a thief . Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Christ asks us to keep us from the world and satanic system contamination . ( Rev. 18: 4) as also tells us to keep our ( 2 Cor 7:1 ) clean clothes
V. Mystery of God given
16 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. 17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven , from the throne , saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices and thunders and lightnings and a great earthquake , such a great earthquake, such as had never been since men were upon the earth. 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away and the mountains were not found. 21 And from heaven fell upon men a great hail, like a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail , since that plague was exceedingly great.
If we go back to chapter 10:6 -7 God promised that ” the mystery of God ” would end when the seventh angel emptied the cup, and now here we see this fulfilled . So far we have seen judgments touching nature and humanity, but not the ” mastermind ” behind all the evil who is Satan himself. But now we see that from here on it and own Christ fights the religious, political and financial system and the Armageddon Satan .
When bowls were all emptied, the throne in heaven came together to say ” Is all Made ! the mystery is over, and now the souls under the altar would not ask again ” how much longer ”
We see a major earthquake “great” earthquake which divides into three parts the land of Israel . read ( 11:8 ) so we read in Zechariah 14:4 , this will not be the only city destroyed because other great cities fall as the great Babylon comes to its end trial. This is the apostate church of the last days of Babylon (Rev 18) which is the new political-economic system of the beast.
Now we also see hail with grains of 125 lb , this was what was a talent of silver in the NT. In the same way we see in Lev 24:6 that the blasphemer is stoned to death and also apply for the judgment day of the hailstones .
Estudio Biblico Libro Apocalipsis 14:1-20
Apocalipsis 14:1-5
El cántico de los 144 mil
Después miré, y he aquí el Cordero estaba en pie sobre el monte de Sion, y con él ciento cuarenta y cuatro mil, que tenían el nombre de él y el de su Padre escrito en la frente.2 Y oí una voz del cielo como estruendo de muchas aguas, y como sonido de un gran trueno; y la voz que oí era como de arpistas que tocaban sus arpas. 3 Y cantaban un cántico nuevo delante del trono, y delante de los cuatro seres vivientes, y de los ancianos; y nadie podía aprender el cántico sino aquellos ciento cuarenta y cuatro mil que fueron redimidos de entre los de la tierra.4 Estos son los que no se contaminaron con mujeres, pues son vírgenes. Estos son los que siguen al Cordero por dondequiera que va. Estos fueron redimidos de entre los hombres como primicias para Dios y para el Cordero;5 y en sus bocas no fue hallada mentira, pues son sin mancha delante del trono de Dios.
Juan dice: Después miré. ¿Hacia donde está mirando Juan ? Hacia el cielo o hacia la tierra.
Pues, siendo que Juan está viendo a Jesucristo, el Cordero, tiene que ser en el cielo, porque a estas alturas de los eventos en la tribulación, Jesucristo no habrá venido por segunda vez a la tierra. Su segunda venida ocurrirá al final de la tribulación, tal cual como está relatada en Apocalipsis capítulo 19. El monte Sión del cual habla el texto leído, entonces es una referencia al cielo. El Cordero está de pie en el cielo. Pero, incluso si esta escena es en cielo, entonces está mirando de antemano al reino venidero en la tierra. También , observamos que no esta solo, el texto dice que con él estaban 144.000. Estos 144.000 son los mismos que fueron sellados por Dios en Apocalipsis capítulo 7, pero ahora no están ya en la tierra sino en el cielo. La Biblia no nos provee de información acerca de cómo llegaron al cielo. Las probabilidades son que perecieron en la persecución del Anticristo y murieron como mártires o murieron de muerte natural, o hasta quizás fueron trasladados al cielo sin pasar por la muerte.
Ahora se describe el carácter de los 144.000. El hecho que los describe como “no se contaminaron con mujeres “ y eran “ vírgenes “ no se refiere en lo físico , sino en lo espiritual. Los que moran en la tierra en aquel dia serán llenos del pecado de fornicación espiritual., y aparentemente estos 144.000 sellados no serán contaminados. Serán marcados con el nombre de su padre y no el de la bestia.
El mensaje de los tres ángeles 
Apo 14:6-13
6 Vi volar por en medio del cielo a otro ángel, que tenía el evangelio eterno para predicarlo a los moradores de la tierra, a toda nación, tribu, lengua y pueblo, 7 diciendo a gran voz: Temed a Dios, y dadle gloria, porque la hora de su juicio ha llegado; y adorad a aquel que hizo el cielo y la tierra, el mar y las fuentes de las aguas.8 Otro ángel le siguió, diciendo: Ha caído, ha caído Babilonia, la gran ciudad, porque ha hecho beber a todas las naciones del vino del furor de su fornicación. 9 Y el tercer ángel los siguió, diciendo a gran voz: Si alguno adora a la bestia y a su imagen, y recibe la marca en su frente o en su mano,10 él también beberá del vino de la ira de Dios, que ha sido vaciado puro en el cáliz de su ira; y será atormentado con fuego y azufre delante de los santos ángeles y del Cordero;11 y el humo de su tormento sube por los siglos de los siglos. Y no tienen reposo de día ni de noche los que adoran a la bestia y a su imagen, ni nadie que reciba la marca de su nombre.12 Aquí está la paciencia de los santos, los que guardan los mandamientos de Dios y la fe de Jesús.13 Oí una voz que desde el cielo me decía: Escribe: Bienaventurados de aquí en adelante los muertos que mueren en el Señor. Sí, dice el Espíritu, descansarán de sus trabajos, porque sus obras con ellos siguen.
Cada ángel tiene un anuncio diferente, Dios aun usa personas para dar mensajes y en los últimos tiempos, tiempos del juicio de Dios usara a los ángeles. “El Evangelio Eterno “presenta a Dios como el creador, Salvador, y advierte que el juicio viene pronto. Anuncia el temor a Dios, les dicen que den gloria a Dios y no a la bestia ni a Satanás. También, advierten el llamado final para todo aquel que adora a la bestia y su imagen, y aquel que ha recibido la marca de su nombre . (Ro 1:25) . Anuncian también la caída de Babilonia cual es el sistema apostata político religioso que encabeza la bestia mundialmente. Leer (Jer 50:14,15,38 y 51:7,8)
Vemos las siete copas de juicio que es el derramamiento de la ira de Dios (Ap 15-18) Ya no habrá ni gracia ni misericordia mesclada con su ira. El ángel bien que advierte a los que llevan la marca de la bestia que sufrirán tormentos eternos sin descanso ni alivio. A diferencia a los seguidores del Cordero pues ellos descansaran de sus labores y serán benditos. Los creyentes deben tener paciencia como nos dice la palabra en (Lucas 21:19) .
La tierra es segada
Apo 14: 14-20
14 Miré, y he aquí una nube blanca; y sobre la nube uno sentado semejante al Hijo del Hombre, que tenía en la cabeza una corona de oro, y en la mano una hoz aguda.15 Y del templo salió otro ángel, clamando a gran voz al que estaba sentado sobre la nube: Mete tu hoz, y siega; porque la hora de segar ha llegado, pues la mies de la tierra está madura.16 Y el que estaba sentado sobre la nube metió su hoz en la tierra, y la tierra fue segada.17 Salió otro ángel del templo que está en el cielo, teniendo también una hoz aguda.18 Y salió del altar otro ángel, que tenía poder sobre el fuego, y llamó a gran voz al que tenía la hoz aguda, diciendo: Mete tu hoz aguda, y vendimia los racimos de la tierra, porque sus uvas están maduras.19 Y el ángel arrojó su hoz en la tierra, y vendimió la viña de la tierra, y echó las uvas en el gran lagar de la ira de Dios.20 Y fue pisado el lagar fuera de la ciudad, y del lagar salió sangre hasta los frenos de los caballos, por mil seiscientos estadios.
Aquí leemos como Juan vio a Cristo en una nube blanca, con una corona de oro y con una hoz aguda a la tierra para recoger la cosecha . La primera vez que Cristo vino a la tierra vino como sembrador de la semilla, para en la segunda venida viene como el segador, trayendo juicio al mundo . “La mies de la tierra está madura “ . Esto muestra que Dios sabe exactamente cuándo y a quien juzgar . Por siglos y siglos y con toda paciencia a estado Dios esperando a que las semillas de iniquidad rindan fruto (Stg 1:14-15) .
Entonces ya vemos la gran guerra del Armagedón
- La bestia atacara a Israel.
- Dios derroto a Rusia
- La bestia derroto a Egipto
- Ambos enemigos se retiran derrotados
- La bestia se establece como gobernante y deidad mundial
- La bestia reina hasta en Jerusalen
- Los ejércitos avanzaran hacia Palestina, luchan contra la bestia
- El hijo del Hombre aparecerá en ese tiempo y los ejércitos se unirán para luchar contra Cristo
En los versículos 17-18 describe a un hombre que corta racimos de uvas de la vid. Es ahora que el nuevo sistema mundial impío son “ los racimos de la tierra”. Y Cristo es la vid verdadera. Aunque Israel fue sembrado para ser la vid santa de Dios, desgraciadamente y triste en decirlo pero produjo frutos amargos. No tan solo fueron desobedientes y fueron contra la palabra de Dios pero también rechazaron al verdadero Mesías y aceptaron el falso Cristo, razón por la cual han tenido que sufrir amargas consecuencias.
Llegamos al versículo 20 donde da escalofríos leer como la sangre correrá hasta larga distancia, por 320 km fuera de la cuidad de Jerusalén y será profunda como los la distancia de los frenos de los caballos hasta el cuelo! . Ah es donde se derramara la ira de Dios.
No cabe dudas que todo aquel que rechazo la verdad y el evangelio de Dios sufrirá terriblemente juicio en ese terrible y desbastador día de la ira de Dios.
Cada día nos acercamos más a este fin “Armagedón” el cual nos habla Juan en este capítulo, pues ya está el surgimiento de Europa y Egipto, incluyendo las naciones de Asia, añadiendo la federación Europea. De lo que debemos estar seguros y confiados de la derrota final que llevara Satanás y sus aliados.
Pues Dios da palabra cierta y verdadera que en la guerra final El acabara por siempre con Satanás sus demonios y con todos sus seguidores.
Apocalipsis 13:1-18
Apocalipsis 13:1-18
Me paré sobre la arena del mar, y vi subir del mar una bestia que tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos; y en sus cuernos diez diademas; y sobre sus cabezas, un nombre blasfemo. 2 Y la bestia que vi era semejante a un leopardo, y sus pies como de oso, y su boca como boca de león. Y el dragón le dio su poder y su trono, y grande autoridad. 3 Vi una de sus cabezas como herida de muerte, pero su herida mortal fue sanada; y se maravilló toda la tierra en pos de la bestia, 4 y adoraron al dragón que había dado autoridad a la bestia, y adoraron a la bestia, diciendo: ¿Quién como la bestia, y quién podrá luchar contra ella? 5 También se le dio boca que hablaba grandes cosas y blasfemias; y se le dio autoridad para actuar cuarenta y dos meses. 6 Y abrió su boca en blasfemias contra Dios, para blasfemar de su nombre, de su tabernáculo, y de los que moran en el cielo. 7 Y se le permitió hacer guerra contra los santos, y vencerlos. También se le dio autoridad sobre toda tribu, pueblo, lengua y nación. 8 Y la adoraron todos los moradores de la tierra cuyos nombres no estaban escritos en el libro de la vida del Cordero que fue inmolado desde el principio del mundo.
Estas dos bestias cuales son presentadas en este capítulo no son animales sino personas que actúan como animal. Aquí vemos y aprendemos aun mas de la trinidad satánica, 1. Satanás, 2. La bestia (el anticristo) y 3. El falso profeta.
Esta bestia que tiene siete cabezas y diez cuernos que vio Juan subir del mar es el mismo Satanás y el mar en este caso simboliza a las naciones. Entonces vemos que ya para este tiempo Satanás revela su verdadero carácter al mundo. Como ya hemos leído, el anticristo por un tiempo operara pacíficamente y engañara a Israel por los primeros tres anos y medios., les hará promesas de protegerlos de la federación europea que es la que controla. Pero eso no será así después de los primeros tres anos y medios, pues ya el verdadero carácter satánico del anticristo será revelado al mundo. (Leer Ap 17: 10-12 para poder comprender sobre las cabezas, cuernos y diademas).
En la profecía del libro de Daniel en el capitulo 7 podemos leer la semejanza con estas bestias.
Daniel 7:1- 7 dijo: Miraba yo en mi visión de noche, y he aquí que los cuatro vientos del cielo combatían en el gran mar.3 Y cuatro bestias grandes, diferentes la una de la otra, subían del mar.4 La primera era como león, y tenía alas de águila. Yo estaba mirando hasta que sus alas fueron arrancadas, y fue levantada del suelo y se puso enhiesta sobre los pies a manera de hombre, y le fue dado corazón de hombre.5 Y he aquí otra segunda bestia, semejante a un oso, la cual se alzaba de un costado más que del otro, y tenía en su boca tres costillas entre los dientes; y le fue dicho así: Levántate, devora mucha carne.6 Después de esto miré, y he aquí otra, semejante a un leopardo, con cuatro alas de ave en sus espaldas; tenía también esta bestia cuatro cabezas; y le fue dado dominio.7 Después de esto miraba yo en las visiones de la noche, y he aquí la cuarta bestia, espantosa y terrible y en gran manera fuerte, la cual tenía unos dientes grandes de hierro; devoraba y desmenuzaba, y las sobras hollaba con sus pies, y era muy diferente de todas las bestias que vi antes de ella, y tenía diez cuernos.
Las cuatro bestias ilustran cuatro imperios, : el león (Babilonico), el oso (medo-persa), el leopardo (griego) la terrible cuarta bestia espantosa (el reino del anticristo). Ahora vemos en Daniel 7:8 que el cuerno pequeño es la bestia de la cual habla Apocalipsis 13 que es el anticristo. El reino de la bestia será el seguimiento de estos mismos reinos, que muy claro nos queda será un resurgimiento el Imperio Romano.
Como ya hemos leído y aprendido en este ultimo capitulo las bestia no son animales son personas o gobiernos. Hasta este momento conocemos que la bestia es la cabeza de la federación europea que conjunto trabaja muy íntimamente con la cooperación de la Iglesia mundial. (Ap 17). Este sistema apostata religioso pretenderá ser obediente, pero es solo para alcanzar su conquista mundial. Pero Egipto y Rusia como ya hemos aprendido y estudiado en capítulos anteriores de este mismo libro de Apocalipsis invadirá a Palestina, leer ( Eze 37-38 ) entonces es cuando la bestia se ve obligada a proteger a Israel. Pero aun así Dios destruirá a Rusia, y es ahí donde vuelve a conquistar a Israel, destruirá a la gran ramera (Apo17) y gobernara como dios del mundo.
Parte II
El falso profeta y la bestia de la tierra (13:11-18
9 Si alguno tiene oído, oiga. 10 Si alguno lleva en cautividad, va en cautividad; si alguno mata a espada, a espada debe ser muerto. Aquí está la paciencia y la fe de los santos. 11 Después vi otra bestia que subía de la tierra; y tenía dos cuernos semejantes a los de un cordero, pero hablaba como dragón. 12 Y ejerce toda la autoridad de la primera bestia en presencia de ella, y hace que la tierra y los moradores de ella adoren a la primera bestia, cuya herida mortal fue sanada. 13 También hace grandes señales, de tal manera que aun hace descender fuego del cielo a la tierra delante de los hombres. 14 Y engaña a los moradores de la tierra con las señales que se le ha permitido hacer en presencia de la bestia, mandando a los moradores de la tierra que le hagan imagen a la bestia que tiene la herida de espada, y vivió. 15 Y se le permitió infundir aliento a la imagen de la bestia, para que la imagen hablase e hiciese matar a todo el que no la adorase. 16 Y hacía que a todos, pequeños y grandes, ricos y pobres, libres y esclavos, se les pusiese una marca en la mano derecha, o en la frente; 17 y que ninguno pudiese comprar ni vender, sino el que tuviese la marca o el nombre de la bestia, o el número de su nombre. 18 Aquí hay sabiduría. El que tiene entendimiento, cuente el número de la bestia, pues es número de hombre. Y su número es seiscientos sesenta y seis.
Si leemos en 2 Tesalonicenses ahí nos indica la palabra que Dios permitirá que venga sobre el mundo incrédulo un fuerte engaño, donde no aceptaran a Jesucristo pero si al anticristo. La mentira de la cual habla la palabra es toda blasfemia que la bestia dirá contra la Iglesia en el cielo y perseguirá al remanente judío creyente en la tierra. Satanás tiene mucha habilidad para engañar aun hasta los escogidos. Cristo nos dice en Juan 8;44 que cuando habla mentira, de suyo habla; porque es mentiroso, y padre de mentira.
En su loco afán por imitar la trinidad divina, Satanás ha fabricado una trilogía satánica. Satanás, el Anticristo y el Falso Profeta. Satanás imitará al Padre, el Anticristo imitará al Hijo y el Falso Profeta imitará al Espíritu Santo. Ya hemos visto el accionar de Satanás, en Apocalipsis capítulo 12 y del Anticristo en la primera parte de Apocalipsis capítulo 13. Así como la función del Espíritu Santo es glorificar al Hijo, el Señor Jesucristo, la función del Falso Profeta es glorificar al Anticristo quien surgirá de los pueblos, muchedumbres, naciones y lenguas. Es decir que su origen es gentil. En cambio la bestia que Juan está viendo ahora, sube de la tierra. La tierra simboliza a la nación Hebrea y al pueblo escogido de Dios. Por tanto, el Falso Profeta será de origen judío, no gentil. Como la primera bestia, el Anticristo, tenía diez cuernos con diademas, esta tiene solo dos cuernos y no tiene diademas. Esto significa que el Falso Profeta no tendrá el mismo poder que el Anticristo y además, la ausencia de diademas en los cuernos del Falso Profeta indica que el poder del Falso Profeta no será político sino religioso. Esto último se desprende del hecho que los dos cuernos del Falso Profeta eran como cuernos de cordero. El Falso Profeta tendrá apariencia de piedad, pero por dentro será todo lo contrario. Es un lobo vestido de cordero. Esto lo sabemos porque hablaba como dragón.
El hablar del Falso Profeta revelará su verdadero carácter. Ese carácter es idéntico al del dragón o Satanás. Oír al Falso Profeta es como oír a Satanás. Y las obras del Falso Profeta es muy extensa.
1. El Falso Profeta hará exactamente la voluntad del Anticristo.
2. promoverá la adoración al Anticristo. Así como el Espíritu Santo promueve la adoración a Jesucristo, el Falso Profeta promoverá adoración al Anticristo, como si fuera Dios. El argumento para hacer que el mundo adore al Anticristo será que el Anticristo debe ser dios porque esa herida mortal que tenía fue sanada. En realidad venderá la idea que el Anticristo ha resucitado de los muertos.
3. engañará a los moradores de la tierra con señales milagrosas. El Falso Profeta será un consumado realizador de milagros.
Su repertorio incluirá el hacer descender fuego del cielo, al puro estilo de Elías en el Monte Carmelo ante la estupefacta mirada de los profetas de Baal. La gente estará fascinada con él. Muchos enloquecerán por el anticristo pensando que es el dios y el Falso Profeta su vocero poderoso. Asi de esa misma manera es que hoy en día muchos acuden a los falsos sacerdotes de religiones paganas y enloquecen al ver los milagros que ellos puede realizar, pero como acabamos de leer Satanás puede también otorgar poderes sobrenaturales a los que son suyos para hacer grandes señales.
En el pasado lo hizo con los magos en Egipto quienes imitaron una buena parte de los milagros realizados por Moisés, y en el futuro lo hará con el Falso Profeta. El propósito será siempre el mismo: Engañar a la gente. Así que no de por sentado que todo lo milagroso proviene de Dios. Pruebe los espíritus si son de Dios. Es el consejo de Dios en 1 Juan 4:1. La palabra de Dios es la regla o la medida para probar los espíritus si son de Dios.
4. organizará una campaña para adorar a la imagen del Anticristo. El Falso Profeta se constituirá en el líder de una campaña a escala mundial para erigir una imagen del Anticristo. Propondrá como modelo una figura del Anticristo en la cual se aprecie claramente la herida de espada, a causa de la cual el Anticristo estuvo al borde de la muerte. Los moradores de la tierra aceptarán gustosos participar en la edificación de la imagen. Una vez construida la imagen, será colocada en un lugar de privilegio en el templo de Jerusalén que estará en pie en la tribulación. 2 Tesalonicenses 2:4, hablando del Anticristo dice: “el cual se opone y se levanta contra todo lo que se llama Dios o es objeto de culto; tanto que se sienta en el templo de Dios como Dios, haciéndose pasar por Dios”
El Falso Profeta hará uso de su poder sobrenatural para infundir aliento a la imagen, al punto que la imagen podrá hablar y ordenará que todo aquel que no le rinda adoración sea asesinado. Es así como el Anticristo hará guerra contra los santos y los vencerá conforme estudiamos en Apocalipsis 13:7.
5. hará que todos los habitantes de la tierra reciban una marca. El Falso Profeta obedecerá a la perfección las órdenes del Anticristo y saldrá a marcar a todo el mundo. No respetará condición social, pequeña y grande. No respetará condición económica, ricos y pobres. No respetará ocupación, libres y esclavos. Todos recibirán la marca bien sea en la mano derecha o en la frente. Los que se resistan a recibir la marca, tendrán que atenerse a las consecuencias. Las consecuencias serán ser proscritos de la humanidad. No podrán comprar ni vender. Esto significa esperar una muerte lenta pero segura.
Son los mártires de la tribulación. La marca era el nombre de la bestia, o el número de su nombre. Luego el apóstol Juan afirma que en lo que va a decir hay sabiduría. El que tiene entendimiento, cuente el número de la bestia, pues es número de hombre. Y su número es seiscientos sesenta y seis. (666).
Mejor es armarse de sabiduría y reconocer que el famoso 666 representa la plenitud del hombre. El número 6 en la Biblia es el número del hombre. La triple repetición del número 6 indica que el Anticristo.