99Whoever has ears to hear needs to listen and understand.

    God's believers must be faithful, enduring persecution patiently and remain faithful to the end.

        This is a time when His true followers will be tested.

98Then the beast waged war against God's holy believers and to conquer them. He had authority to rule over every nation, tribe, people and language;and all the people that belong to this world [the unbelievers] worshiped the beast.

    These are those whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world began. This book belongs to Jesus, the Lamb that was slain for the wrong doing of the people.

97Then the beast spoke great insults against God. He would do whatever he pleased for 3 and 1/2 years.

    He spoke vulgar words of blasphemy against God and he slandered God's name and His throne and all God's followers in heaven.

96Then I [John] saw one of the heads of the beast that appeared to be mortally wounded, but the fatal wound was healed.

    The entire world was amazed and they gave their allegiance to the beast.

        Then they worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power and also worshiped the beast. The people said, "Who is as great as the beast? Who could ever fight against him?"

95I [John] saw a beast that came up out the sea. It had seven heads, ten horns and seven crowns coming from his heads and on each head were writings of names that profaned and insulted God.

     The beast looked like a leopard with the mouth of a lion and the feet of a bear.

         That old dragon gave this beast his own power with great authority to his throne.

94The dragon was desperate to drown the woman with a flood but the earth swallowed up the flood that gushed from the dragon's mouth.

     The dragon was so angry that he declared an all-out war on the rest of her children, those that kept God's commandments and kept their testimony for the living Christ.

         Now the dragon took his stand on the shore by the sea.

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93After the dragon had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman [Israel, the Jews] that had brought forth the male child.

    The woman was given the wings of an eagle to fly to the wilderness where there was a place prepared for her. There she would be protected from the dragon for 3 and 1/2 years.

92Rejoice, all of you that are in heaven! For all of heaven is rejoicing. 

    But beware because horror has come to the earth and the sea, the devil has come down with great anger and fury because he knows he has very little time.

91I, John, heard a loud voice that carried across the heavens. "Salvation, power and glory because the Kingdom belongs to our God and to Jesus."

    For the accuser of the brothers and sisters, has been thrown down on the earth, the one that accuses the believers in front of our God night and day. They have defeated satan by the precious blood to the Lamb and by their testimonies. They didn't love their lives too much and were willing to die for His name sake.

90Satan's angelic name was Lucifer, he was a very powerful angel.

     Then he said: I will be like God. Now he and his fallen angels want to see people in hell with them. That's why he, the God of this world, is so cruel to even little innocent children.

          Some misinformed people blame God for everything he does, but we need to know who the real culprit is!

"The thief comes not but for to steal, to kill and to destroy but I [Jesus] come to bring  life and life abundantly" John 10:10

89There was a great war in heaven. Michael and his holy angels did battle with the dragon and his fallen angels. The dragon lost the battle and he and his angels were forced out of heaven.

    The dragon was the old serpent called satan or the devil, the one that is deceiving the whole world.

88The Sun clothed Woman gave birth to a Son who will rule the nations with an iron hand.

    Then the child was taken from the presence  of the dragon and was caught up to the throne of God.

         The Woman fled to the wilderness where God had prepared a place for her to stay for three and half years.

87There was another significant event in heaven. I [John] saw a large red dragon with seven heads and ten horns. He fell from heaven and he convinced one-third of the angels to follow him. The dragon stood in front of the woman as she was about to give birth, prepared to destroy the baby at delivery. 

86I [John], saw a very significant event in heaven; I witnessed a woman that had the moon and the sun at her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

    She was about to have a baby and she cried out in agony from the labor pains, it's believed the woman is Israel and the baby is the Son of God.

85In God's heaven, the Ark of the covenant was opened and lightning flashed, the thunder crashed and roared and there was an earthquake and a dreadful hailstorm.

84Then the twenty-four elders who were sitting on their thrones fell on their faces on the ground and worshipped saying, "We give you thanks Lord God Almighty, the one that is and always was and who is to come and You have assumed your place of dignity and honor to reign by your great power.

    Your enemies [including the god of this world, satan] have filled the nations with their wrath, but now it is time for your wrath to judge the people that died without the Messiah in their hearts.

         You will reward your holy people, servants and prophets and all the people that reverenced your name from the least to the greatest. It has come time to destroy all who have caused chaos and destruction on the earth."

83The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, then there was loud shouting in heaven: "The world has finally become the Kingdom of our Lord and His Christ and He will reign forever and ever."

82After three and one-half years, God will breathe life into the two witnesses, that are lying dead in the street, and they will stand to their feet alive.

    Horror will strike the people staring in disbelief. They will hear a loud voice from heaven calling to the two witnesses, "Come up to heaven" and they rise in a cloud as their enemies watch in amazement.

         Suddenly there is an earthquake that destroys one-tenth of the city and seven thousand people die in that quake and the remaining people are left terrified and they give glory to the God of heaven.

81After the witnesses mission has been completed on God's behalf, the beast will be allowed to come out of the bottomless pit, make war with them and have victory over them and kill them.

     Their bodies will lie in downtown Jerusalem on the street, the city where the Lord was crucified.

         Then for the next 3 and a half days, the people from every country and tribe including all the languages will stare at the bodies and no one will be permitted to bury them.

             Then all the people that belong to this ungodly world will celebrate and rejoice by giving one another gifts because of the deaths of these two prophets that had tormented them.

80I, John, saw the Temple of God and the worshipers in the holy city, for the nations will trample the city for 3 and 1/2 years during the great tribulation.

    But God will send His two prophets clothed in burlap with power and they will be His witnesses and will prophesy for 3 and 1/2 years.

       They will be His two olive trees and if their enemies try to harm them, fire will flash from their mouths and consume them.

           These two prophets will have the power to stop the rain as long as they choose; they will also have the power to turn the oceans and the rivers into blood. They will have the power to strike the earth with every kind of plague as they like.

79Again the voice from heaven spoke to me [John] and said: "Take the open scroll from the angel that is standing on the sea and on the land" and so I went and asked for the small scroll.

    The angel said: "Take it and eat it. It will be sweet like honey in your mouth, but turn sour in your stomach."

         And so I ate the scroll and it was sweet in my mouth but then turned sour in my stomach.

              Then I was instructed to warn all the people and prophecy again over the many nations, languages and leaders, about the things that will soon happen.

78The angel that was standing on the land and the sea, raised his right hand to heaven and spoke to the Lord that lives forever and ever.

     He was the one that created the heavens, the earth and the sea and everything in them.

         After the seventh angel blows his trumpet, God's mysterious plan will happen just as we are standing on this earth.

              It will take place just as God's servants and prophets predicted. Don't be deceived!

77I [John] saw another mighty angel surrounded by a cloud and a rainbow over his head coming down from heaven. His feet were like pillars of fire and his face shone like the sun.

     He was carrying a smaller scroll that had been opened.

         He gave a mighty roar like a lion and he had one foot on the land and the other on the sea. Then seven thunders spoke from heaven and said: "Don't write down what you heard, keep it a secret."

76The people who didn't die from these plagues still wouldn't repent and turn to God.

They refused His ways and continued to worship demons and idols that couldn't hear, see or walk but are made of silver, gold, tin, wood, glass, metals and shiny junk.

And they hated God, but loved witchcraft, fortune tellers, horoscopes, stealing, lying and enjoyed sexual immorality and all kinds of wickedness.

75In my vision, I [John] saw the horses with their riders and they wore armor that was red and dark blue and yellow. 

    The horses' heads looked like lions, fire and smoke and burning sulfur came roaring from their mouths.

         One-third of all the people on this earth were killed by the plagues. The deadly power also came from tails and the heads that were like snakes, having the power to inflict pain on people.

74The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, then a voice came from the gold altar in the presence of God. Then the voice said to the sixth angel, "Release the four angels from the great River Euphrates."

    At this time these angels, who had been prepared, were released for this very year, month, day and hour to kill one-third of the people on the earth.

       Their army was 200 million armed men.

My blogs have had technical difficulties since Nov 20th. The company I am with put up a create a new blog  page and it kept me from getting to my blog dashboard. So I had figured I am out of the blogging business.

There has been a lot of communication between myself and google, blogger.com and webcolleagues in order to get this back online.  I do thank every body for their patience and all those who helped to solve the problem. I am sure I wasn't the only one who was having this problem because there are 100's of thousand of people blogging on these cites.  Thanks again everyone!

73The locusts looked like horses that were going into battle; their heads resembled golden crowns and their faces looked like human faces. Their hair was long and their teeth looked like the teeth of a lion.

     They had armor made of iron and roaring wings that sounded like race car engines. Their tails stung like scorpions and for five months they were given the power to torment people.

           Their leader is that fallen angel, the devil from the bottomless pit of hell; he is the destroyer, our mortal enemy; he hates us and our children and will show us no mercy ever. 

      The first woe is past and two more are on the way.

72Then locust came out of the smoke and descended on the earth and they had power to sting with the power of the scorpion.

   They were instructed not to damage grass, plants or the trees but to sting the people who didn't have the seal of God on their foreheads [the people that refused God's Messiah.]

      These scorpions were instructed not to kill people, but to torture them for five months with the pain of the scorpions stings.

          It will be in these days that people will wish they would die, but death will not come to them.

71The fifth angel sounded his trumpet and the key to the bottomless pit [or hell] was given to him.

     And when he opened the pit, smoke poured out like a huge furnace and the sunlight and the air became dark from the smoke.

70Then I, John, heard an eagle crying very loud as it flew through the air.

     Woe,Woe,Woe to all who are on the earth because of what will happen to them that are left on the earth when the last three angels sound their trumpets.

69The fourth angel sounded his trumpet and one-third of the sun, the moon and the stars became dark.

    One-third of the day became dark and the nights became darker.

68The third angel sounded his trumpet and a star fell from the heavens, burning like a torch. It fell on one-third of the springs and rivers.

       The star's name was Bitterness and one-third of the water became bitter and many people died from drinking the waters.

67The second angel sounded his trumpet and a great mountain was thrown into the sea.

     One-third of the sea became like blood, one-third of the living things in the sea died and one-third of the ships were destroyed.

66The first angle sounded 
his trumpet then hail and 
fire mixed with blood fell 
on the earth.

  One-third of the earth 
was set on fire,
  One-third of the trees and shrubs 
  and the green grass was all burned up.

65The seven angels had seven trumpets and they are ready to blow their mighty blasts.

64The smoke, mixed with the incense, was combined with the prayers of God's holy people [people are made holy by their faith in Jesus, "our faith is counted for righteousness making believers holy"] Romans 1:17-3:28. Then one of the angels took a burner filled with incense and fire and threw it to the earth; with thunder and lightning, it crashed on the earth and caused a horrible earthquake.

63There was another angel with a gold burner of incense that stood at the altar. 

     He had a large amount of incense to mix with the prayers of God's people as an offering to God on the golden altar before the throne.

62Then the Lamb of God broke the seventh seal and there was silence throughout heaven for about 30 minutes.

61The Lamb of God will be in the center of the throne because He is the good shepherd that gave His life for the sheep.

     Christ will lead them to the springs of life-giving water. The God of glory will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

60Our God will be their [the tribulation saints] shelter and protection throughout all eternity because of Jesus the Messiah.

     There will be no more hunger or thirst and no more pain or sorrow because the former things of this life will pass away, but God's Word will never pass away.

59Now we can understand why they [the tribulation saints] stand in front of the throne of God praising and worshiping Him day and night [there is no higher calling in the whole universe].

58One of the twenty-four elders asked me [John] this question.

     "Where did these people come from that are dressed in white robes?"

           And so I replied to him. "Sir, you are the one who really knows."

                Then he responded, "These are the ones that died and came out of the great tribulation. These all have washed their clothing in the blood of the Lamb and their sin was made white as the new driven snow."

57And all the angels, the elders and the four living creatures surrounded the throne and all fell down on their faces as they worshipped God and then they sang, "Let it be! Bless the Lord with glory and wisdom and honor and power and strength and thanksgiving, it all belongs to our Lord God forever and ever, never to end! Amen.

56Then I saw a great crowd, too many to count. They were from every nationality, people, tribe and language.

    They were standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb of God.

        They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches and were all shouting in one voice, "Salvation comes only from our God and from the Lamb."

55Then John saw four angels waiting. They were at the four corners of the earth and they held back the wind so the winds could not blow across the earth or the sea.

     Then another angel came from the east and shouted to the four angels, who had the authority to harm the land and sea. "Wait! Don't damage the earth or the trees or the seas before we place the seal of the Almighty God on the foreheads of His faithful followers from Israel."
       

 They are the ones that received His Son and are born of the Spirit of God. There will be 144,000; 12,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel.

54Then all international leaders, the rulers, the kings, the wealthy and powerful, the famous celebrites, all people to the poorest [and all of the believers who thought they were so cool], ran to the mountains to hide themselves and begged the mountains and rocks to fall on them with the hopes of hiding themselves from the Almighty and from the wrath of the Lamb.

    The great day of His wrath has come; who in the world will be able to survive it?

53John watched as the Lamb of God broke the sixth seal.

    Then there was a great earthquake. 

   

The sun was black as night and the moon was read like blood. The star fell from the sky like ripe apples from a tree in a violent wind storm. The sky peeled away like a scroll rolling back, and the islands and mountains were moved out from their places.

52Now a white robe is given to each one of them; "Now rest, it is just a little longer until all the brothers and sisters, My faithful followers are martyred and they will be joining us."

     Here Jesus puts on quite an affair! It's not a black tie affair but a white robe affair.

51Then the Lamb of God broke the fifth seal.

    Appearing under the altar were the souls of those that had been martyred for God's Word and for being a faithful witness to what the Lord Jesus had done in their lives.

        Then they all shouted before the Lord and said: "You are Sovereign Lord, trustworthy and holy. Will it be much longer before You pour out Your judgment on the people that have chosen to serve the world system and reject You? How long will it be before You avenge our blood for what they have done to us!"

50Then the Lamb of God broke the fourth seal and the fourth living creature said: "Look to see the pale green horse."

     The rider's name was Death and it was accompanied by the Grave and authority was given to over one-quarter of the earth, to take the sword and kill with disease and death, including the wild animals.

49Then the Lamb of God broke the third seal and the third living creature said: "Look to see the black horse."

    The rider had a pair of scales in his hand.

        Then the four living creatures said: "One loaf of bread will cost a whole days pay [because of the food shortage] and don't forget the Spirit of God or His everlasting Word!"

48Then the Lamb of God broke the second seal and the second living creature said: "Look to see the red horse." 

    The rider had a mighty sword and he was also given authority to take peace from the earth.

        Then there was a horrible war with slaughter all over the earth.

47The Lamb of God took the scroll and broke the first seal of the seven seals.

    Then one of the four living creatures exclaimed in a loud voice, sounding like thunder, "look up here" he said and I [John} saw a white horse and its rider was carrying a bow and on His head was a crown. He went out to conquer; but he didn't have arrows. This is a false conqueror. 

46And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang:

“Blessing and honor and glory and power
    belong to the one sitting on the throne
    and to the Lamb forever and ever.”

And the four living beings said, “Amen!” 

And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb.

45Then I [John] looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders. 

And they sang in a mighty chorus:

    “Worthy is the Lamb who was 
    slaughtered—
    to receive power and riches
    and wisdom and strength
    and honor and glory and blessing.”

44 And they sang a new song with these words:

“You are worthy to take the scroll
    and break its seals and open it.
For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God
    from every tribe and language and people and nation.
And you have caused them to become
    a Kingdom of priests for our God.
    And they will reign on the earth.”

43Suddenly there appeared a Lamb that looked

like it had been slaughtered, now He was alive standing between the twenty-four elders, the living beings and the throne.
     
    He had seven horns and seven eyes representing the seven spirits of God that go back and forth throughout the entire earth [looking for believers to display His power through].

        The living Christ took the scroll and the twenty-four elders and the living beings fell down before the Lamb of God. Each one of them had a harp and a golden bowl that was filled with incense which were the prayers of God's people.

42Because no one was found worthy to open the scroll, I [John] began to cry bitterly.

  Then I heard one of the twenty-four elders speak to me: "Stop weeping, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the  heir to the throne of David the Messiah won the victory.

        Christ Jesus is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll.

41Then I [John] saw Jesus sitting on His throne holding a scroll in His right hand. It had writing on the outside and inside of the scroll it had been sealed with seven seals.

     Then a strong angel shouted with a loud voice, "Is there anyone worthy to break the seven seals and to open the scroll?"

          No one was found worthy to open the scroll and read it.

40The twenty-four elders fell down before His throne and worshiped as they gave honor and thanks to the One who never had a beginning nor will ever have and end.
   
They all laid down their crowns before the throne and said: "You are so worthy to receive honor, praise, glory and power. Because you created everything and the reason for creation, it pleased you."

39In front of the throne and the seven torches was a sea of glass and it sparkled like crystal.

     In the middle were four living beings, each had eyes in front and on back, one looking like a lion, one like an ox, one had a human face, one like an eagle in flight; all of them had eyes all over them. All of these creatures worshiped the Almighty saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, the One that is, the One that has always bee and the One that is to come."

38The One sitting on His throne appeared brilliant as precious gemstones and they circled His throne and appeared like all the colors of the rainbow.

                 In front of His throne were seven torches that were burning.

   This is the seven-fold Spirit of God.

       There were twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones surrounding Him and they were all clothed in white and they had gold crowns on their heads.

    Coming from the throne were flashes of lightning and roaring thunder.

37I, John, looked and saw a door opened in heaven, then I heard the same voice that had spoken  to me before, it sounded like a trumpet blast.

    He said: "Come up here so you can see what will happen next" and immediately I was in the spirit and saw heaven's throne and someone was sitting on it.

36If you are victorious, you will sit with Me [Jesus] on My throne just as I was victorious and now sit with My Father on His throne.

     Again, anyone that has ears to hear let him hear and understand what the Spirit of God is saying to His believers.

35Understand that I disciple everyone that I love as a good Father corrects his children so I beg you to turn from your indifference.

 

  I am standing at door and knocking [on the churches that John was writing to and the individuals in them].

        If you can hear My voice and you will open your heart then I personally will come into your life and live. I will give you My heart and it is tender and loving. We can then share our lives together and enjoy on another.

34I [God] advise you to obtain from Me; gold that I have purified. It has been through My fire and it is pure.

     Also, obtain white clothing from Me to cover your nakedness and ointment for your spiritual eyesight so you can see clearly My spiritual principles and values and enjoy My grace.

33If we say we love God, but we are unforgiving, stubborn, rebellious, argumentative and blaming others, self-centered or even if 'our religion' takes importance over Him, that doesn't fly with God.

     There is freedom in forgiveness. This is the strangest secret, 'the power of forgiveness'.

         If we want power, be ready to forgive everyone about everything! Jesus is our example, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do."

32He [Jesus} said, I am aware of all that you do. You are neither hot nor cold. I prefer you were all for Me or all against Me. If you are lukewarm for Me, I will spit you  out of My mouth.

    You claim you are rich; you say that you have everything you need! But I know that you are poor, blind, naked, wretched and miserable and you don't even know it!              

31Write this message to the angel of the other group of believers.

    God is the one that formed you in your mother's womb, the creator of everything everywhere. Everything that was made was made by Him.

        There are millions of galaxies in the universe; our Milky Way galaxy is one of the smallest in the entire universe. If you traveled at the speed of light across it, that is 186,000 mile per second, it would take 100,000 years.

             It is amazing the magnificent God we have! Just think of it!! He loves little 'ole' you and me! Why? We were created for His pleasure!

30I [Jesus] will write on them the name of My Holy Father and they will be fit citizens in the city of the loving God.

    In the New Jerusalem, I will write on them My new name because they have been bought with My blood.

        Anyone with spiritual ears let him hear what I am saying.

29If you teach, preserve and obey My [Jesus] principles, I will protect you when the time of testing comes upon the whole world; this test is for the world and it's worldly minded people.

     I, Jesus, am coming back soon. Hold tightly to what I have given you and let no one steal your crown.

         If you are victorious, you will be rewarded by becoming pillars in the temple of My God and you will never have to leave it.

28I [Jesus] am familiar with all the things you do and I have opened a door for you that no one is able to close.

    Your strength is weak and yet you did not deny Me but obeyed My word.

        Be aware! I will pressure those who belong to satan's crowd; those liars that say they are my fellowers but are not. I will force them to bow down at your feet proving to them that you are the ones I truly love.

27This is a message to the angel of one of your fellowships. The message is from the One who is Holy and True, the One who is alway reliable, the One that has the keys to your future.

    What He opens, no one can close and what He closes, no one can open.

         He is truly awesome!

26There are some among the local believers that have not soiled their spirits with evil actions including complaining, blaming others and being negative [being negative is nothing more than being thankful for everything] but have continued to walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

    All of them that walk victorious will be clothed in white and I will never blot out their names from the Lamb's Book of Life.

        I will declare before My Father and the angels that you belong to Me.

            If you have spiritual ears, listen and understand what the Spirit of God is saying.