Endtime Persons, Groups
Where do you stand?
1. Jesus Christ
(a) The faithful Witness, the Firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of
the kings of the earth (1:5)
(b) Lion of the tribe of Judah (5:5)
(c) Lamb of God (5:6)
(d) Angel at the altar, with the prayers of the saints and incense (8:3)
(e) Mighty angel descending from heaven (10:1)
(f) The male Son (12:5)
(g) The Son of man on a white cloud (14:14)
(h) The Rider on the white horse (19:11) - The Word of God - King Of
Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
(i) The Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the
End (22:13)
(j) The bright and morning Star (22:16)
2. The Antichrist
(a) The rider of the red horse, taking away peace from the earth (6:3)
(b) King of the locusts, angel of the abyss, Abaddon, Apollyon (9:11)
(c) The political leader of the beast that comes up out of the abyss
(11:7, 17:8)
(d) The political leader of the beast from the sea, with seven heads and
ten horns, on which are ten crowns (13:5)
3. The last world empire, the USA as an imperialistic military entity
(a) The red horse (6:3)
(b) The beast that comes up out of the abyss (11:7, 17:8)
(c) The beast from the sea, with seven heads and ten horns, on which
are ten crowns (13:5)
(d) The eighth out of the seven (17:11)
4. Apostate Israel
(a) The beast from the earth with two horns (13:11)
(b) The false prophet (16:13, 19:20)
5. Satan
(a) Star that has fallen from heaven to earth (9:1)
(b) Great fiery red dragon, with seven heads on which are crowns and
ten horns (12:3)
(c) Serpent and devil, the old serpent (12:9)
(d) Accuser of our brothers (12:10)
6. Mystery Babylon the great, apostate Christianity
(a) The whore on the beast (17:1-3)
(b) The strong and great city (H.18)
7. Babylon the great
(a) That great city (18:10, 16, 18, 19) - the USA as an economic entity
8. The white horseman of the first seal (6:1)
Jesus coming to the rescue of God's holy people, which are under severe attack, leading to the ultimate victory
9. The apocalyptic horsemen 2-4 (6:3-8)
vanguard of the beast, the instruments with which the USA will assume all power in the world.
(a) Red horse - The US-empire igniting worldwar III
(b) Black horse - The US-empire causing famine through control of
supply lines
(c) Pale horse - The US-empire causing death and destruction,
terrorizing the world into submission
10. The earthly rulers
(a) Kings, great men, rulers, rich men, mighty men, free men, slaves
(6:15)
(b) Those who dwell on the earth (11:10)
(c) The kings of the whole world (16:14)
(d) The kings of the earth (17:2)
11. The 144,000, 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel (except Dan)
(a) The sealed ones from the 12 tribes (7:4)
(b) Virgins, followers of the Lamb, firstfruits, blameless (14:4,5)
12. The innumerable multitude,
that comes out of the great tribulation and will enter the kingdom of peace alive
(a) Multitude from every nation and all kindred's, peoples and languages
(7:9)
13. The martyrs because of the Apocalyptic horsemen.
These martyrs will be beheaded at the first two years of the 3.5 years, when the beast will expand its power.
(a) The souls of those who were slain for the word of God and their
testimony (6:9)
(b) The souls of those who were beheaded for Jesus' testimony and the
word of God (20:4)
14. The martyrs of trumpet 6,
at the last 13 months of the 3.5 years, who will be burned with fire, smoke and brimstone because they will not subject themselves to the beast, his image and his mark.
(a) The dead who die in the Lord from now on (14:13)
(b) The victorious ones on the sea of glass mingled with fire (15:2)
(c) Those who had not worshiped the beast and his image (20:4)
(13) + (14) All martyrs of 'the beast',
whether in its imperialistic mode or in its mode of total domination are named:
(a) The saints against whom the beast makes war (13:7)
15. The two prophets in Jerusalem,
that will prophecy all of the 3.5 years and be killed at the end:
(a) "My two witnesses" (11:3)
(b) Two olive trees, two lampstands standing before the Lord of the
earth (11:4)
16. The believing part of God's true people, who dwell in the land
(a) The woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet,
with a crown of 12 stars (12:1)
(b) The woman fleeing into the wilderness - at the start (12:6)
and at the end (12:14) of the 2000-year church age ,
17. De gelovigen van alle voorgaande eeuwen,
vóór de start van de Eindtijd
(a) De overwinnaars van de zeven gemeenten (3:5)
(b) De 24 oudsten (4:4)
(c) Degenen die uitgenodigd waren voor het bruiloftsmaal (19:9)
(d) De legers in de hemel (19:14)
(e) Degenen die op tronen zaten
en aan wie het oordeel werd gegeven (20:4)
(f) De heilige stad Jeruzalem,
die uit de hemel van God neerdaalde (21:10)