The 7 Plagues in Revelation
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years - Genesis 1:14
To understand the following, first read the letters from Jesus to the seven churches in Revelations 2 and 3. The churches were in physical places at the founding of Christianity, but they have a double meaning. The churches also represent eras of time from Jesus’ ascension to the present day. The time of the end Jesus spoke about spans 2000+ years.
It looks something like this:
Ephesus ascension - 100AD
Smyrna 100 - 313
Pergamum to 538
Thyatira to 1560s
Sardis to 1790s
Philadelphia to 1840s
Laodecia to end
Source: God Cares, Mervyn Maxwell
Now, look at the picture below of the chiasmic structure of Revelations. The two pink boxes explain the link between the 7 trumpets and the 7 plagues.
The 7 trumpets are real celestial and earthly events. The seven plagues are real plagues caused by the celestial and earthly events.
The chiasm in Revelation may not be split exactly in half. The Seven Plagues exist in both the historical and eschatological “halves.”
Six of the seven celestial and earthly events that are directly linked to six of the seven plagues in Revelations may have already happened. These events all occurred within each of the eras denoted by the letters to the seven churches.
We can use this information from the prophecies in Revelations to determine whether we are in the time of the 7th plague.
When you think about it it makes sense that God would keep empires like Rome in check by decimating their most valued resource. All kingdoms need their underclasses from which to exploit wealth, fight their wars, and execute their agendas. The economies of these powers were crippled from the massive losses of their human capital over centuries.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years - Genesis 1:14
To understand the following, first read the letters from Jesus to the seven churches in Revelations 2 and 3. The churches were in physical places at the founding of Christianity, but they have a double meaning. The churches also represent eras of time from Jesus’ ascension to the present day. The time of the end Jesus spoke about spans 2000+ years.
It looks something like this:
Ephesus ascension - 100AD
Smyrna 100 - 313
Pergamum to 538
Thyatira to 1560s
Sardis to 1790s
Philadelphia to 1840s
Laodecia to end
Source: God Cares, Mervyn Maxwell
Now, look at the picture below of the chiasmic structure of Revelations. The two pink boxes explain the link between the 7 trumpets and the 7 plagues.
The 7 trumpets are real celestial and earthly events. The seven plagues are real plagues caused by the celestial and earthly events.
The chiasm in Revelation may not be split exactly in half. The Seven Plagues exist in both the historical and eschatological “halves.”
Six of the seven celestial and earthly events that are directly linked to six of the seven plagues in Revelations may have already happened. These events all occurred within each of the eras denoted by the letters to the seven churches.
We can use this information from the prophecies in Revelations to determine whether we are in the time of the 7th plague.
When you think about it it makes sense that God would keep empires like Rome in check by decimating their most valued resource. All kingdoms need their underclasses from which to exploit wealth, fight their wars, and execute their agendas. The economies of these powers were crippled from the massive losses of their human capital over centuries.
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