1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer (Rev.6:1,2)
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Lay-out of Revelation
Working from the inside out
On September 23, 2017 a great sign was seen in the heavens, the sign of Revelation 12. This sign forms the very center of the book of Revelation. The center is the place from which God's builds everything, plants, trees, flowers, animals, humans. The center of Revelation 12, seen in the sky of September 2017 is where and when the Endtime started. From there all other events have taken place or will take place. The sign concerned 'a woman, clothed with the sun, with the moon at her feet and with a crown of twelve stars. She is with child and is in labor pains. A second sign consists of an enormous red dragon with 7 crowned heads and ten horns, standing before the woman in order to devour her child, once it will be born.
In order to understand the Biblical meaning of both signs, one has to start reading at the end of chapter 11, from verse 19, where we find a significant object, that played a key role in the history of Israel, God's chosen people, that brought forth his Messiah. In God's temple in heaven the ark of God's covenant with his people is seen. Until the first destruction of Jerusalem around 600 BC, the ark of the covenant had been in the temple. But after centuries of intense disobedience by Israel, Ezekiel describes how the glory of God departed from the temple in the years before Jerusalem's fall. God's glory left the temple and moved to the mount of Olives (Ezek.10:18, 11:23). Centuries later, Jesus resided on this mountain when He visited Jerusalem (Luke 21:37). It was from this mountain of Olives, that Christ ascended to heaven (, Acts 1:9-12), back to where He came from (John 16:28). Since then God's glory also returned to heaven. Since the destruction of the temple around 600 BC by the armies of Nebuchadnezzar, nobody knows where the ark resides. According to revelation 11:19, it resides in heaven, together with God's glory, in his heavenly temple. This situation is not in accordance with God's holy will. Therefore flashes of lightning, are mentioned, together with rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm. At the return of Jesus, the forced separation between God and his people will be brought to an end. However it will be accompanied by severe judgments. These are the judgment of the Endtime, which for a large part concerns God's people of Israel. The book of Jeremiah therefore calls the Endtime 'Jacob's trouble' (Jer.30:7).
