Understanding the Book of Revelation

[@alvarovasquezpena6693]

Thanks Mr. Bergsma, greetings from Colombia.

[@lorrainewilson6278]

You are always sharing what you learned and giving your interpretation, I love it. Thank you.

[@giopau6756]

Thank God for you Dr. John for explaining this part of Revelation. It is really challenging to understand Revelation for an ordinary laity like me.

[@mignonnesolomon4604]

Thank you very much Dr. Bergsma for the explanation of the readings for the day.

[@graceramirez5834]

Though Dr Bergsma did not discuss the whole chapter of Revelation , he gave me an eye opener on how to understand this chapter . I have read it twice but still lots of guidance needed and thank you for that . I have to read it the 3rd time applying what he said .God bless !

[@reemsuekar8112]

Amen, for every destruction, there is a restoration, thank you.

[@marcelinajohn5766]

You rock Dr B. God bless you richly. Love your intro, always drawing us to the Almighty🙏

[@Boxed4Y]

Well done Dr. Bergsman. Thank you!

[@carolplan171]

Thank you Dr. Bergsma, I love to listen to your teaching/reflection on our Scripture.

[@aircrew705]

Bergsma is such an inspiration!

[@alwilliams3628]

Thanks for the pearls of wisdom Dr. B. !!

[@j.williford179]

Thank you Dr. Bergsma.

[@cindyyuen9923]

Thank you Dr Bergman for the explanation.

[@TheNarrowGate101]

Amazing !!! May we keep all these things in our hearts that the Lord may find us ready. May the Most Holy, Most Sacred, Most Adorable , Most Incomprehensible and Unutterable Name of God, be always Praised, Blessed, Loved , Adored and Glorified in heaven, on earth and under the earth by all the creatures of God and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen

[@DustinKoffman]

Wonderful. Thank you, brother.

[@gluttonforpunishment7846]

Amen thanks for the truth and encouragement

[@ifhollick]

Little persecution...great tribulation... it doesn’t matter we prepare all the same! Amen Bergsma!

[@mikaelakuria6263]

Thank you Dr for the teaching and for explaining the Book of Revelations, I have a poor relationship with this book which is often used to point out end times. You have made it easier for me to read it. God bless you.

[@theclapaolini4322]

As usual very useful to embrace and get closer to God.

[@SheilaNSLeao]

My heartfelt thanks! God bless you richly 🇧🇷

[@zakomomomo4407]

Thank you so much

[@susannestorm9705]

❤❤❤❤

[@MsHburnett]

Macro temple is the church?

[@rc3088]

Thank you

[@jackd8439]

What about his feet were dark like burnished bronze. Black Israelites are all about that verse. I say it’s speaking symbolically/metaphorically??

[@davidsykes9331]

👍🏼

[@josmathews]

Let us prepare for suffering and persecution.Mother of God pray for us

[@patti3855]

No, Mary is not to be worshipped or prayed to. She was not divine.

[@marynadononeill]

@@patti3855 'Pray FOR us'. Not prayed TO. Learn to read.

[@cynthiadsilva3455]

Dear Bergsma, According to the second-century historian, Julianus Africanus, Joseph's "two fathers" (Jacob and Heli) were half-brothers of the same mother. Heli was the deceased and first husband of Joseph’s mother. Heli died without children, so Jacob married Heli’s wife to raise up children for his brother according to the "Levirate law" (Deut. 25:5-6). And according to the law, the widowed woman’s second husband’s children must bear the name of her first husband. Please confirm if this is correct.

[@ronkebarber6238]

As the name denotes, Revelation is the manifesting or clarifying everything Daniel couldn't understand, which made him have to shut the prophecy. God gave Daniel the end time vision and revelation, and he couldn't understand what he heard and saw. Thus, the bible was shut in Daniel 12:4 because he couldn't comprehend what the angel that talked with him was saying, especially about a Savior who would be cut off- it didn't make any sense, and about the end of the world. He was only praying for God to remember His people in captivity, who are nearing the completion of their 70 years in captivity. It was then the 69th week year, so God sent the angel to let him know that His people were not ready, and they wouldn't be able to return to the promised land- which will reject them, as they were cast out already because of unbelief and disobedience to the law of the land. In His mercy, God was going to play His ultimate card - send His Son to finish the work and restore His people. But, they have to go through the period of the wrath of God, so to spare at least some, God ushered in the dispensation of Grace- whosoever would believe in Him, through the sacrificial death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, His Only Begotten Son, and accept Him as Lord and Savior, will be spared. Thus, he was told to go rest till the time of the end when everything would've come to pass already and would then be easier to understand. The book of Revelation is the revealing or clarification of those things that Daniel couldn't understand at that time, especially that of a suffering Messiah, who will later be glorified (Benoni to Benjamin), now made manifest to him and not to the Apostle John as many thought, to whom was revealed the conclusion of the grace dispensation of the church. Daniel was referred to as "greatly beloved" Daniel 9:23, and the Apostle John often referred to himself as "the desciple whom Jesus loved ", other than that, there's no where in the scriptures where there's any reference whatsoever, to connect him to end time revelations. Thus, Daniel must have been referred to as the man greatly beloved, (like Solomon and Benjamin), rather than by his name in the manuscripts, thus, it was attributed to the Apostle John as the person to whom the vision was revealed. Could it also be possible for Daniel to be the one on the Isle of Patmos since there was a reference of him appearing again at the time of the end in Daniel 12? Jesus, as the Lamb of God, took the book that was sealed Revelation 5, and opened it physically in Luke 4:17-21, after His baptism and anointing, now filled with Holy Ghost and power, as the Messiah, to begin His ministry, as it was written of Him Psalm 40:6-8. He quoted the first part of Isaiah 61:2 because that was what He had come to fulfill. Isaiah 63:4, let us know that the second part would begin after the completion of the first part. The day of the Lord's vengeance is now upon the world. The acceptable year of the Lord is fast closing. Let's endure till the end by His grace. In Jesus' name. Luke 4:17-18, Isaiah 61:2, 63:4, 34:8; 35:4, 33:22. Psalm 91. We have no excuses. The bible will be shut again very soon, as the Holy Spirit that was sent to teach, help us understand, interpret to and lead us until the time of the end would have taken all Believers up and out of this world, thus, the bible returning to how it was in Isaiah 28:11-12; Amos 8:11-12. Everything written and revealed is unfolding. They have started to make sense as the day draws near. The whole counsel of God will be fulfilled, and then the end will come. Daniel actually needed the revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle John, in Revelation chapters 1-4, In order to understand the end-time prophecy God sent the angels to reveal to Him, before continuing from Revelation chapter 5 onwards, till judgment and rewards. Daniel was told not to seal the prophecy at this time, once everything already became clear, and he got the full understanding of past, present, and future events that should begin to unfold from then onwards, which he couldn't understand before, and got the book of prophecy shut until its revelation, hence the name: Revelation. Revelation 22:10. God was ready for the prophecies to begin to unfold. The next is the ushering in of "The Day of Vengeance of our God " after " the acceptable year of the Lord." Luke 4:17-20; Isaiah 61:2; 63:4. We need to be prepared!

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Daniel lived from 620-538BC. The person who wrote Revelation is the Apostle John, who was exiled to Patmos for his faith during the anti-Christian persecution by Roman emperor Domitian. The beloved disciple is John, who leaned on Our Lord’s Heart, and to whom Jesus entrusted His Immaculate Mother, when He was dying on the Cross. There was a first coming of Jesus and there will be a Second Coming, but not three comings. There is no such thing as the Rapture, which I think you are alluding to in your comment. The Book of Revelation is a symbolic record, in the apocalyptic style, of Christ’s victory over evil. It’s a source of hope for Christians, and not intended for fortune-telling or to create fear. It’s an encouragement during persecution and trials, and a warning against heresies and unfaithfulness. But the Church will always triumph provided that the faithful stand firm in their faith and stay united to the Lamb. John identifies the prime enemy of the Church in his own time as the Roman Empire. Indeed, it (Rome = Babylon) was completely overthrown, and the Church triumphed. The future of the Church is even more glorious, depicted by the Wedding Banquet. Come, Lord Jesus! You are right about one thing. We should be ready to meet Jesus at all times. We do not know the day or the hour.

[@rontherrien7392]

The last days are the last days of the old Jewish era, which God judges for their wickedness in the First century. Revelation is Gods judgmts on corrupt Israel and establishing his kingdom in the 1st century. U do get it wrong. Read carefully.

[@SandCube]

The Church must have been losing its marbles after the year 1000 AD (or 1033).

[@JamesRichardWiley]

There is nothing to understand in the Book of Revelation. It's garbage. Throw it away.

[@JMJ.516]

Hmmmm, in that case it’s one of the most beautifully written piece of “garbage.”

[@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk]

Try looking at it as it was intended - an encouragement for Christians during persecutions and trials, reminding them to stand firm in the Faith, a warning against heresies and unfaithfulness, and a reminder that Christ has triumphed and will triumph. It’s not meant for fortune-telling or to instill fear. The early Church was fiercely persecuted by the Roman Empire, and Revelation is meant to give them hope in the midst of these persecutions.