Bible Matrix ⑦_103_REV 1:4 – Who is, and who was, and who is to come
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<Revelation> 1:4 - 요한은 아시아에 있는 일곱 교회에 편지하노니 이제도 계시고 전에도 계시고 장차 오실 이와 그 보좌 앞에 일곱 영과(John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne,) (NIV); John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; (KJV); This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia(1). Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit(2) before his throne; / (1)Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey (2)Greek the seven spirits) (NLT)
○ As I mentioned in <Bible Matrix_⑦_97>, the book of <Revelation> is very difficult to understand because its scope covers the past (was)-the present (is)-the future (will be or is to come). The one of reasons why I think that the scope includes the past-present-future is that “who was, and who is, and who is to come” are recorded in <Revelation> 1:4, 1:8, and 4:8. Here, ‘who’ means God the Father.
○ This implies and emphasizes that ‘the seven churches’ were – are – are to come, namely, the seven churches of the past - the present - the future. In other words, this prophesies that (1) the seven churches existed at that time, the Early Churches as the Apostolic Churches: it was from AD 27 to 100, (2) after that, the seven churches exist now from a Christian historical viewpoint: it is from AD 101 to 2,099 when Pisces or The Fish ends (BC 60~2099), and (3) the seven churches that will be or are to come until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ in c.AD 10,740.
○ In my viewpoint, “the one who was, and who is, and who is to come” is very important. Because the Antichrists such as the unrighteous God (Elohim) and the beasts (or Kings) may disguise themselves as this of God the Father. I will explain this step by step in next time, and why I think that “the one who was, and who is, and who is to come” is God the Father, because 'the seven spirits before his throne' appears in next, and Jesus then appears in <Revelation> 1:5.
○ It is God the Father who sits on the throne, and before God the Father are always the seven spirits, the most advanced scientific instruments as the advanced monitoring and communication systems. More details about the seven spirits will be introduced in the next session.
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