The revelation of jesus christ, which god gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass. The book of revelation, a prophecy of warning and hope. The book of revelation is addressed to believers, his servants, of the churches in seven cities of the roman province of asia. Jesus as holy warrior in the book of revelation jesus. Seven prophecies that must be fulfilled before jesus. The book of revelation outlines the final showdown between god himself and his adversary satan, in the final days of mankind. A commentary on the book of revelation chapter 12 the. There is no specific timeframe for when this battle. The wars of the end times tribulation lamb and lion. Johns apocalypse looms especially large in putting together the entire canonical portrait of holy war because some christian scholars defend the complete rightness, goodness, and ethical purity of. In ezekiel 3839 the bible warns this coming war between iran persia and israel will take place sometime after israel has been regathered into her land as a nation which was fulfilled on may 14, 1948. At some point, the book of revelation indicates that the conventional war will morph into a nuclear holocaust, resulting in the deaths of another onethird of mankind, or another 1.
The book of revelation often called the revelation to john, apocalypse of john, the revelation from jesus christ from its opening words, the apocalypse, the revelation, or simply revelation is the final book of the new testament, and consequently is also the final book of the christian bible. The book is also written to all believers everywhere. Scot mcknight on jesus as holy warrior in the book of. Those churches were in ephesus, smyrna, pergamum, thyatira, sardis, philadephia, and laodicea. The book of revelation speaks of a raging war in the heavens, wrought by a sevenheaded red dragon and a woman clothed in sun. This is being aired by permission of the holder litchfield associates, all rights. If jesus is a holy warrior in the book of revelation, can we just stop worrying about god as warrior and holy war in the old testament. The way the book of revelation is actually written is as a series of kind of unfolding revelations, each one of which gets to something deeper in the story. They will also make war with the lamb jesus christ, and the lamb will overcome them, for he is lord of lords and king of kings revelation 17.
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