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Matthew 24:3As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

4And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. 5“For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. 6“You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8“But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

9“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10“At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. 11“Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. 12“Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. 13“But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. 14“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.  15“Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains

Matthew 24: 29“But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30“And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. 31“And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.”

Revelation 6: 12I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence 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 is able to stand?”

When Jesus says “immediately after the tribulation of those days” in Matthew 24:29, what Tribulation is He referring too?  Is He talking about the end of the entire 7 year Tribulation period when He comes with His Saints (Revelation 19:11)?  Or is Jesus referring to mid-way point of the Tribulation when the Antichrist/Satan commits the Abomination of Desolation in the temple (Matthew 24:15)?  Most people think Jesus is referring to the end of the 7 year Tribulation period when He will appear in the sky and on a white horse with His saints at the battle of Armageddon (Revelation 19:11).  However, I think this appearing of Jesus in Matthew 24:29 occurs in the middle of the Tribulation, at the 3 1/2 year mark, when Satan appears to resurrect the Antichrist from a fatal wound, enters the body of the Antichrist and commits the Abomination of Desolation in the temple (Matthew 24:15; Daniel 9:27).  At this point Satan is cast out of Heaven and God starts to pour out His “great” wrath upon the earth during the last 3 1/2 years (Revelation 12:9). 

There are so many Christians who have attempted to “rightly divide” Matthew 24 and Revelation in order to present a timeline for what will occur in the “Last Days”, the end of the age.  Below is Scotty Clark’s video about the opening of the 6th seal which he thinks occurs at the end of the Tribulation.  Note, Scotty Clark believes in a pre-Tribulation rapture and he was the first person bringing attention to the Revelation 12 sign in the Heavens on 9/23/2017.  I am posting this video because it has a lot of good information in it concerning the scriptures that cross reference the 6th seal and there are a lot of good comments from others at the bottom of the video and Scotty debunks the idea that the 6th seal marks the start of the Tribulation.  At one time I agreed that the 6th seal marks the end of the Tribulation but in this article I weave together scriptures and explain that the 6th seal marks the “middle of the Tribulation“. 

Also here is a video by Tim Foster who thinks that the 6th seal marks the mid-way point of the Tribulation but unlike my dividing of the word, Tim Foster thinks the Church will be on earth during the first 3 1/2 years and the opening of the 6th seal marks the rapture/resurrection of the Church.  However, I don’t agree with his analysis since I think there is a difference between the “Great Trump” which marks the gathering and sealing of the 144,000 elect (Matthew 24:31; Revelation 7:1) which occurs at the “mid-way” point of the Tribulation and the “Last Trump” which marks the rapture of the Church to Heaven that occurs “prior” to the 7 year Tribulation (1 Corinthians 15:52; Revelation 4:1). 

I do not know if I have rightly divided the timeline of the end times … but the understanding that the 6th seal is opened at the mid-way point of the Tribulation makes the most sense to me at this time.  I looked for other commentaries that agree that the 6th seal is the mid-way point of the Tribulation period but could not find any.  Oddly enough, most people who believe in a pre-Tribulation rapture (which I do believe) think that all seven seals are opened all at one at the start of the Tribulation (which I don’t believe).  Therefore they think the 6th seal occurs in conjunction with the Rapture of the Church.  I do think there will be great natural disasters at the time of the Rapture such as earthquakes shaking the earth, volcanoes erupting and perhaps nuclear weapon exploding because the Rapture is the event that kicks off the “Day of the Lord” which is the 7 year period of Spiritual darkness and Tribulation. 

Many people when they interpret Matthew 24 say that Jesus is only giving information that applies to the Jews of His time and He is not addressing the future Church Saints and Tribulation Saints.  Therefore they think the “generation of Jews” that Jesus spoke about ended when the temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD … and they think everything in Matthew 24 was fulfilled at that time.  However, this can’t be right because Jesus didn’t appear in the clouds in 70 AD and stars haven’t ever fallen from the sky!

Please note, I do not have some divine interpretation or vision from God concerning my understanding of Matthew 24 and the book of Revelation.  I am a Berean, a watchman for Jesus who has been studying the Bible and Bible commentary for 25 years and I am writing down my thoughts of what makes sense to me based on my study.  I think Jesus purposefully explains things in a way that leaves us pondering His words, trying to figure it out and ultimately trusting Him to fulfill His promises and progressively revealing Himself to us.

“But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.” – Daniel 12:4

Prophetic knowledge is increasing in the last days as Daniel said it would and many Christians are awakening as “watchman” in the last days.  As we draw closer the Day, God reveals more about His plan to His watchmen.  God is preparing His children for His coming and we need to hold fast, assemble together and encourage one another as we see the day drawing near.  There is only “One” know man, Jesus, the rest of us “are” and “always will be” watchmen.    

Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Here is a study from Church Missler on the comparison of Matthew 24 to Revelation 6.  

I think the first “four” seals will be opened by Jesus at the start of the seven year Tribulation period.  These four seals reveal the four horsemen of the four horseman of the Apocalypse.  Yes, it is true that false Christ, war, famine, death and martyrs have been prevalent in the world ever since Jesus was resurrected and this is why some people think the seals where opened at the time that Jesus was resurrected, at the beginning of the Church Age.  However, these conditions have not been experienced on a “global” scope.  After God scattered the people at the tower of Babel, men have existed as nations somewhat isolated from one another, so the troubles and wars in one nation did not effect “all” nations.  Even in WWII, not all nations fought the war against Germany and Japan.  However, during the Tribulation period a “Global New World Order” lead by the Antichrist will tie all people of the world together economically, to cause famine, persecution against Christians and war and death to those who oppose his rule.

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had 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.”  – Revelation 4:1

I think the scripture of Revelation 4:1, which occurs before the seals are opened describes the “rapture” of the Church.  John is “raptured” to Heaven by a voice and a trumpet!  This sounds very similar to what Paul describes as the rapture of the Church in 1 Thessalonians 4:16.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.  – 1 Thessalonians 4:16.

I think the Church is the “restrainer” of evil on earth during the Church age and when the restrainer is removed the Antichrist appears on the scene and is able to deceive and gain the confidence of people on a global scale.  The Antichrist is the “rider on the white horse” (the first seal) who “enforces or increases” a covenant for seven years.  He makes an existing peace covenant with Israel even better by promising to rebuild a temple and restore Jewish animal sacrifice.  He appeals not only to Israel’s desire for peace and prosperity but to their Zion roots to worship on the Temple Mount.

I think the “5th” seal is opened during the first 3 1/2 years and we see many of the Tribulation Saints who have been martyred, under the altar of God in Heaven and they are told to wait a little while longer for the rest of their group …. perhaps to the end of the 3 1/2 year mark when they get their resurrected bodies (Revelation 7:9-17) or perhaps to the end of the end of the seven-year Tribulation before they get their resurrected bodies.

The main point I am stating in this article is that I think the “6th” seal marks the mid-way point of the Tribulation.  I think the 6th seal is opened as the Antichrist commits the Abomination of Desolation in the temple by declaring himself God.  At this point, the maximum amount of stench of man has been committed on earth and God can’t hold back His wrath any longer.  Note, man’s number is “6” since he was created on the 6th day and “666” is the trinity of man, the Beast/Satan (the false Father), the Antichrist (the False Son) and the False Prophet (the False Holy Spirit).  It is the mark given to those who want to identify with the Beast and be sealed unto eternal damnation with the Beast in the Lake of Fire.

I think the moment the Abomination of Desolation occurs, the two witnesses dead bodies will have laid in the street of Jerusalem for 3 1/2 days and then suddenly they be resurrected to heaven … this is what causes the earthquake in Revelation 6:12.  But to back the story up, the two witnesses are on the scene for the first 3 1/2 years as a thorn in the side of the Antichrist.  At the mid-way point the two witnesses kill the Antichrist with a fatal wound but he comes back to life … embodied by Satan.  Then Satan embodied in the Antichrist slays the two witnesses (or is allowed to slay them by God).  Then three days later Satan enters the temple and declares himself god … and this is what causes the resurrection of the two witnessed and the comic disturbances associated with the 6th seal.  The sun and moon will be darkened, stars (Fallen Angels) will fall from the sky, and the “sign of the Son of Man will appear in the Heavens” and they will see the Lord Himself coming to rapture His two witnesses and bring judgement on the earth (Matthew 24:29-30, Revelation 6:12-13).  Wow!  … could this be the sign of the Son of Man in the Heavens?

Matthew 17: 1Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. 2And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. 3And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

Could it be that the world will see Jesus and the two witnesses (after their resurrection at the 3 1/2 year mark) by His side in the air.  Notice, the disciples saw this Transfiguration after “6 days” … is this a reference to something that will occur again after the 6th seal?  This is a very proactive idea.  The main point I am making is that kings and great men hide in caves (Revelation 6:15) because they see that their Global New World Order government is about to be judged by God!  Jesus appears in the sky in power and glory, as a sign that the Great Tribulation of His wrath has begun for the next 3 1/2 years. 

However, before Jesus starts the Great Tribulation judgment, the 144,000 Jewish witnesses must be sealed.

Revelation 7: 1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. 2And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.” 4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: 

Based on my interpretation of scripture, the two witnesses (Moses and Elijah) preach repentance for the first 3 1/2 years and the 144,000 Jewish witnesses proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ for the last 3 1/2 years.  One again I am at odds with most Bible commentators who teach that the 144,000 are witnessing of the gospel during the first 3 1/2 years.  And there is so much speculation about who the 144,000 that it has even spawned a cult called the Jehovah Witness that corrupt the scripture, thinking that people today are somehow part of this group.  The scripture clearly teaches that the 144,000 are Jewish men that are sealed during the Tribulation period, probably very young men since they have not been with a woman or have any guile in their mouth. 

Since I think the 6th seal occurs at the mid-way point, I think the sealing of the 144,000 will occur at the mid-way point and their ministry will occur over the last 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation.  Could it be that the gathering of the “elect” from the four winds that Jesus spoke about in Matthew 24:31, is the gathering of the 144,000 Jews that occurs at the mid-way point of the Tribulation?  This is a proactive idea that supports the premise that the 6th seal occurs at the mid-way point of the Tribulation and the sealing of the 144,000 follows immediately thereafter, before the Great Tribulation begins.

I don’t think the 144,000 Jews will give their witness during the first 3 1/2 year because I think during this time the Antichrist will be on friendly terms with the Jews, rebuilding the temple and allowing them to sacrifice.  However, I think it’s possible that the 144,000 Jews could be “called out” to a hiding place in the wilderness at the start of the Tribulation (Revelation 12:6).  In other words, I think there is a remnant of Jews that are protected during the first 3 1/2 year (the 144,000) and a remnant of Jews that are protected during the last 3 1/2 year (this is 1/3 of the Jewish population).  But most Jews and Gentiles will think the Antichrist is the Christ until he performs a sacrifice at the temple and declares that he is god.  Of course the two witnesses will be a pain in the side of the Antichrist during the first 3 1/2 years but when they lie dead in the street of Jerusalem this will give the Antichrist his chance and reason to enter the temple and declare that he is God.  This is called the Abomination of Desolation that exposes the identity of Antichrist to the Jews!

Jesus will come with His saints in power and glory at the end of the Tribulation but He will not need to gather His “elect“, since we, the Church, will already be with the Lord at the rapture, which occurs before the Tribulation period.  And the Tribulation Saints will be in Heaven too with resurrected bodies.  I think the term “elect” is a name given to believers on earth, whom God is using to spread His message during a certain Dispensation.  The Jews are “elect” during the Dispensation of the Law, the Church is the “elect” during the Dispensation of Grace and the the two witnesses are the “elect” during the first 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation and the 144,000 Jews are the “elect” during the last 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation.  

Revelation 19: 11And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 13He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white andclean, were following Him on white horses. 

Revelation 19:11 describes the coming of Jesus Christ at the close of the Tribulation period in power!  Jesus is upon a white horse and the “armies” in white linen are with Him, riding on horses.  The “armies” represent different groups of believers through the ages … such as believers before the flood, believers during the time of Abraham, believing Jews from the time of Moses, and believers of the Church Age and the Tribulation Saints.  God loves “unity” in the “diversity” of people (their gender, culture, skin color, personality, talents) but only if that unity is based on the belief that Jesus Christ is the only way, truth and life (John 14:6).  There will be no jealousy or bigotry in Heaven.  We will enjoy our uniqueness of our created identity and the uniqueness of our Spiritual identify and rewards as we celebrate our unity and life in Jesus Christ for all eternity! 

And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. – Revelation 19:19

Note, in Revelation 19, at the close of the Tribulation period, the kings of the earth assemble to battle Christ, in defiance of His judgment that has been poured out on them for 3 1/2 years.  But at the mid-way point, at the “6th” seal, prior to the Great Tribulation, they are “terrified” of the judgment that they know is coming and they try to hide from Jesus.  

Revelation 6: 15Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountain  16and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence 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 is able to stand?”

The “great day of their wrath” is the Great Tribulation period of the last 3 1/2 years.  The terminology “great day” can mean a single day or a period of days, such as the “Day of the Lord”.  At the mid-way point of the Tribulation most people of the world will be convicted of their sin but unable to repent because their love will have grown cold.  A strong delusion will come over the world after the Church is raptured at the beginning of the Tribulation period and by the 3 1/2 year mark most people’s hearts will have been hardened beyond repentance so they cannot be saved.  I’m not sure exactly when the Mark of the Beast occurs during the 7 year Tribulation period but I think those who take the Mark of the Beast will be “sealed unto damnation” in the Lake of Fire.  

Joel 2: 30“I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
            Blood, fire and columns of smoke.

31“The sun will be turned into darkness
            And the moon into blood
 Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

32“And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD
            Will be delivered;
            For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who escape,
            As the LORD has said,
            Even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.

Isaiah 6Wail, for the day of the LORD is near!
            It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

7Therefore all hands will fall limp,
            And every man’s heart will melt.

8They will be terrified,
            Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
            They will writhe like a woman in labor,
            They will look at one another in astonishment,
            Their faces aflame.

9Behold, the day of the LORD is coming,
            Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
            To make the land a desolation;
            And He will exterminate its sinners from it.

10For the stars of heaven and their constellations
            Will not flash forth their light;
            The sun will be dark when it rises
            And the moon will not shed its light.

11Thus I will punish the world for its evil
            And the wicked for their iniquity;
            I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud
            And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.

12I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold
            And mankind than the gold of Ophir.

13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,
            And the earth will be shaken from its place
            At the fury of the LORD of hosts
            In the day of His burning anger.

14And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,
            Or like sheep with none to gather them,
            They will each turn to his own people,
            And each one flee to his own land.

Joel and Isaiah spoke of the time when the sun and moon would be darkened “before“ the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.  Note, when the Abomination of Desolation occurs and the sign of the Son of Man appears in the sky, this is the time for those in the Jews in Jerusalem to escape to the mountains, a place prepared for them to hide for the last 3 1/2 years.  This escape is the warning message that Jesus spoke of when the Antichrist commits the Abomination of Desolation at the mid-way point of the Tribulation.  This is why I think the opening of the 6th seal and the mid-way point of the Tribulation are connected.

Matthew 24: 15“Therefore when you see the Abomination of Desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.17“Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. 18“Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. 19“But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20“But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21“For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

And here’s another reference to Dragon (Satan) and the stars (Angels) falling to earth and the woman (Israel) hiding in protection from the Dragon.  This sign occurs at the mid-way point of the Tribulation when the believing remnant of Israel escapes to the mountains of Petra in Jordan.

Revelation 12:   7And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, 8and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.9And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. 11“And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. 12“For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”     13And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

The first sign of Revelation 12 occurred September 23, 2017, announcing that 7 year Tribulation judgment is nearly here.  Of course, many like myself, believed at that time the Church would be raptured to Heaven… but we are still eagerly watching and waiting.  We are here, till we hear!

Revelation 12: 1A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

Revelation 12 is a very difficult chapter to understand and I still don’t understand it.  It begins with a woman (Israel) who is in labor (the first 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation period).  

Revelation 12: 3Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. 4And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.   5And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. 6Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Then another sign appears, the great red dragon and a male child is born and caught up to Heaven.  This birth, which is the rapture of the Church, occurs as the pains of the Tribulation are approaching, the beginning of sorrows.  The child is “caught up” to Heaven.  This is the same word that Paul uses to describe the rapture of the Church in 1 Thessalonian 4:17.  Is the child the Church who is born and rapture before the Tribulation?  At this time the woman flees into the wilderness for 3 1/2 years.  But note, in Revelation 12, there are “two” accounts of Angles falling to earth (like the twins, Esau and Jacob who fought in the womb of Rebekah) and there are “two” accounts where the woman, Israel, flees and is nourished for 3 1/2 years.  I think the first Revelation 12:3-6 account occurs at the start of the Tribulation and second Revelation 12:7-15 account occurs at the mid-way point of the Tribulation.  The Jews that flee during the last 3 1/2 years are those in Zion who flee to Petra but I don’t understand who are the Jews who flee during the first 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation.  Perhaps they are the Jews who are in the United States or perhaps they are the 144,000 Jews who flee to a training camp by the Lord for 3 1/2 years before they are sealed for witnessing during the last 3 1/2 years.

My purpose of writing this article was to expound upon the idea that the 6th seal in Revelation 6:12 occurs at the mid-way point of the Tribulation.  It is a time when the coming of Jesus will be seen in the Heaven, but this is not when He comes for His Saints at the rapture (for this occurs at the start of the Tribulation) and it is not Christ’s comes with His Saints to set up His Millennium Kingdom (for this occurs at the end of the Tribulation).  It is rather His appearance to the world to tell everyone that He is coming to judge the world for the next 3 1/2 years.

After the 6th seal is opened, the 7th seal is opened and the 6 trumpet judgment occur over the 3 1/2 days while the bodies of the two witnesses lie in the street.  At the 7th Trumpet this marks the “third” woe and the beginning of the last 3 1/2 years of the Great Tribulation, where the 7 bowls of wrath and 7 Thunder judgement occur and the final battle of Armageddon, where the Lord slays all of those who come to battle against Him with the sword from His mouth (Revelation 19:15).

Revelation 1: 1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, 2who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

I hope you have been blessed by this study, as those who are blessed who read the words of prophecy from Revelation.   Maranatha!