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Bible Matrix ⑦_200_REV 2:26~27 – He will rule them with an iron rod and smash them like pottery
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Bible Matrix ⑦: Historical & Scientific Views on Daniel and Revelation
Part 2. Revelation
Revelation 2:18~29 - To the Church in Thyatira, adhered to the truth, but where false prophetess was active
Revelation 2:26~27 – I will give him authority over the nations, and he will rule them with an iron rod and smash them like pottery
☞ Revelation 2:26 – To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations--(NIV); And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:(KJV); To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end, To them I will give authority over all the nations.(NLT); I will give power [authority] over the nations to everyone who ·wins the victory [overcomes; conquers] and ·continues to be obedient to me [or keeps working for me; keeps/obeys my works] until the end. (EXB)
2:27 - 'He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'--just as I have received authority from my Father.(NIV); And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.(KJV); They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots(1). They will have the same authority I received from my Father. / (1)Ps 2.8-9 (Greek Version) (NLT); You [he; the one who overcomes] will ·rule over [shepherd] them with an iron rod [or scepter], as when pottery is broken into pieces [or and will break them into pieces like pottery; Ps. 2:9]. This is the same ·power [authority] I received from my Father. (EXB)
○ First, the verse, “He will rule them with an iron scepter, and he will dash them to pieces like pottery”, is a quote from <Psalms> 2:9. In order to understand <Psalms> 2:9, you need to understand <Psalms> 2:1~9 as follows.
Pls read - The nations are gathering to plot treason. The kings and rulers of the world band together against God the Father and the Anointed One, Jesus Christ. At this, God the Father, who sits on the throne of heaven, was angry and said, “I will make you my Son as King and set you up on the holy mountain Zion, and you will inherit all the nations and possess them to the ends of the earth. You will rule (or break) them with a rod of iron (or an iron of scepter). You will dash them to pieces like pottery.“
<Psalms> 2:9 - You will rule them with a rod of iron (or an iron of scepter); you will dash them to pieces like pottery (NIV); Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. (KJV); You will break them with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots. (NLT).
○ Here, ‘rule’ means ‘to break or dash or smash’. Also, 'them' means 'nations’. And Jesus Christ, the King of this earth, will break down all the nations with an iron rod or an iron scepter, in other words, Jesus will destroy all the nations.
○ The situation and meaning of <Psalms> 2:9 are the same as those of <Revelation> 12:5 and 19:15, which prophesy, “Jesus will rule all the nations with an iron scepter”. As I will explain in detail later, there will be three major kingdoms and nations appeared in <Revelation>. Based on the first to the fourth kingdom in the chapter 7 of <Daniel> and the seven heads as the seven kingdoms in <Revelation> 17:9~10, they will be the fifth kingdom of the sea with 10 nations (Revelation 13:1), the sixth kingdom of the earth with two nations (Revelation 13:11), and the seventh kingdom under the earth (or Abyss) with ten nations (Revelation 11:7, 17:3, 17:12).
☞ The nations are gathering to Armageddon - These 5th to 7th kingdoms will unite and band together as described in <Psalms> 2:1~9 and will make war against Jesus Christ who just returns in the air over the earth, but Jesus will break them with an iron rod and destroy them. Among these three kingdoms, the kingdom that will last to the end will be the kingdom of this earth, and they will gather the kings of all nations to the place of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16) to make the final battle against the Army of Jesus, that is, ‘the battle on the great day of God Almighty’ (Revelation 16:14). Accordingly, Jesus will be coming down to the earth from the air and strike down the nations with the sharp sword that comes out of his mouth, and He will break and destroy them with an iron rod or scepter (Revelation 19:11~21).
<Revelation> 12:5 - She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. (NIV); And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. (KJV); She gave birth to a son who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her child was snatched away from the dragon and was caught up to God and to his throne. (NLT)
19:15 - Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. (NIV); And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. (KJV); From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress. (NLT)
○ In this way, as Jesus has received authority (or power) from God the Father (John 5:22, 5:27, Matthew 28:18) to judge or destroy all the nations with an iron rod, and thus Jesus will give the same authority to him who overcomes and keeps His works to the end. ‘Giving’ means that ‘those who overcome and keep His works to the end’ shall be organized into the Army of Jesus and break down all the nations with the same power (or authority) as Jesus.
○ As I mentioned above, when Jesus destroys all the nations with ‘those who overcome and keep His works to the end', it will be (1) after He returns in the air over the earth (Revelation 10:7, 11:15, 11:19) and (2) after He comes down to the earth from the air (Revelation 19:11~14). If so, it becomes clear who will be ‘those who overcome and keep His works to the end’.
☞ They will be the first resurrected. They shall participate in the first resurrection (Revelation 20:4~6), and then they will meet Jesus Christ in the air over the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:16~17, Revelation 14:1~5, 15:2), and then they will be organized into the Army of Jesus and break down and destroy all the nations with Jesus Christ.
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