SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE BOOK OF REVELATION

THREE OBSERVATIONS AND A QUESTION

I.  The word "church" appears 18 times in Chapters 1-3; zero times in Chapters 4-21; and once in Chapter 22, where John concludes writing of the vision; we read:
Revelation 22:16-17 - "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.  I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star.  And the Spirit and the bride say, Come...."

II.  Based upon its "key verse," the Book of Revelation is divided into three parts:  1) John's observations of the beginning of the vision (his past); 2) the Church Age (his present); and 3) future prophecies:
Revelation 1:19 - "Write the things which thou 1) hast seen, and 2) the things which are, and 3) the things which shall be hereafter...."
     1)  Revelation 1:20 - "The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks.
     2)  The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches."
     3)  Revelation 4:1 - "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven:  and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter."

III.  Based upon the fact that the Church is not mentioned in Chapters 4-21, and the fact that these chapters describe The Tribulation (a.k.a. "Daniel's Seventieth Week" - Daniel 9:24-27, and "The Time of Jacob's Trouble" - Jeremiah 30:7); The Second Coming of Christ with His Church (1 Thessalonians 3:13); The Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 20); and The New Heaven and New Earth (Revelation 21); we have the best argument for the Pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church (John 14:1-3; 1 Corinthians 15:50-54; 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 4:13-18, 5:9; and Revelation 3:10)!

IV.  There is one observation that has me totally baffled!  We are told in Revelation 3:12 that those of the Church of Philadelphia who shall be overcomers, will each be "a pillar in the temple of My God."  And yet, in Revelation 21:22, we read that there will be no Temple there:  the verse reads, "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it."

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