We find many visions of the Apocalypse tossed about, come more fanciful than others and one must wonder why there are so many variations. After all, the bible only says one thing, yet people are able to extrapolate many different versions from it seemingly because of the symbolism used therein.
So, are we left on our own to understand what is written or does God give us a pattern to use in this?
There is a pattern, one completely overlooked by most people. It is pretty clear actually if you look.
There are two good places to start: Daniel 9 and something that is repeated over and over in Revelation.
In Daniel 9, as we all know, Daniel is praying to God about the 70 years of Tribulation that Jeremiah had prophesied about and which he was currently living through. He reminded God (not that God needed it I am sure) about the fact that only 70 years of captivity were determined upon the people and that time was almost up.
And sure enough, God shows up to comfort him with answers, but puts a twist on it.
Instead of speaking of the 70 year period that Daniel was praying about, Gabriel, whom God sent to speak with Daniel, begins to speak of a future 70 week period as if they were the same thing.
This may not be our first clue, but it is one of the clearest.
God is telling Daniel that what he is going through is going to be repeated in a stronger but shortened version at a later date and that both these times, the 70 years and the 70 weeks are similar.
Now in Revelation, we find that there are 7 angels that repeat a cycle in sequence 4 times, each time being a stronger version of the time before, so we are shown outright that this sequence of events seems to repeat itself. This lends itself to the concept that Daniel 9 shows us, which is that what once happened will happen again.
Not only that, but you then realize that Daniel himself, in the Book of Daniel, speaks of 7 people, or groups of people who are alike, in an ordered sequence. They are:
1. Jehoiakim
2. Daniel himself
3. Daniels three friends
4. Nebuchadnezzer
5. Belshazzar
6. Darius
7. Cyrus
Then when you take a closer look, you can see definite similarities in these 7 with the 7 angels mentioned in Revelation.
The First Angel of Revelation rides a white horse and falls, very similar to Jehoiakim.
The Second Angel is one of only two that God finds to be righteous but is given tribulation for 10 days, just as Daniel was in Daniel 2.
The Third Angel associates with the wicked, even though he himself never denies God, much as Daniels friends did, as shown by their showing up to the dedication of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue (which Daniel did not seem to do) and the fact that it is mentioned that they dress in the same attire as the Babylonians, which shows their assimilation into the culture.
The Fourth Angel is very strong and has many good features but is corrupted by a woman who worships false gods, much like Nebuchadnezzar also followed the false gods of Babylon.
The Fifth Angel is simply referred to as being ‘dead’ by God, having totally corrupted himself and being completely driven by carnal motivations, which is pretty dead on in relation to Belshazzar.
The Sixth Angel is the only other one that God feels is righteous of the 7, however he is said to be weak.Looking at Darius, we can see him being easily influenced by others to the point of being tricked by his counselors, by manipulating him with his own pride, into throwing Daniel into the Lion’s Den.
The Seventh Angel is the richest of all the Angels and is the one who is given the most material goods by God, yet God has to counsel him to buy ‘eye salve’ because he is on a path to complete rejection by God to the point of being the only Angel to be completely thrown out of the Mountain of God. In the Prophecy of Isaiah, Cyrus is spoken of as if he were a Messiah (Isaiah actually calls him a messiah in Isa 45:1 using the same word for Messiah that Daniel does in Dan 9) but then goes on to say “You have not known me” in Isa 45:4.
This is the pattern of the 7 Angels of Revelation and thus the pattern of the Apocalypse.
Combining this with the discovery that the number of days listed in Daniel, (the 2300 days and the 70 weeks) and the days listed in Revelation concerning the 5th – 7th Angels and the days that the 2 Witnesses lie dead are all literal, using the formula that combining the 70 weeks of Daniel with all the days listed in Revelation equals 2300 days as prophesied in Daniel 8, and understanding that the 7 Angels are actually real people, just as the people in Daniel were, the pattern reveals itself.
Also, in Ezekiel 14, God directly mentions that Noah, Daniel and Job, people who existed in vastly different times, will seem to be present in the final Apocalypse. Since men are only appointed to live once on this earth, it must be that what is being told to us is that this is the same method as used in Mal 4:5 and interpreted by Jesus in Matt 17:10-14.
Mal 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
When asked about this Jesus said:
Mat 17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Mat 17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
Mat 17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
Mat 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
It is in this same manner that Noah, Daniel and Job will appear as the first 3 angels of Revelation in that the first three Angels will stand in the room of Noah, Daniel and Job, just at John the Baptist stood in the room of Elijah during the time of Jesus.
Therefore, any interpretation that does not fit this form given to us by God as shown throughout the bible and pinpointed in Daniel and Revelation is a fabrication based on confusion.
So, are we left on our own to understand what is written or does God give us a pattern to use in this?
There is a pattern, one completely overlooked by most people. It is pretty clear actually if you look.
There are two good places to start: Daniel 9 and something that is repeated over and over in Revelation.
In Daniel 9, as we all know, Daniel is praying to God about the 70 years of Tribulation that Jeremiah had prophesied about and which he was currently living through. He reminded God (not that God needed it I am sure) about the fact that only 70 years of captivity were determined upon the people and that time was almost up.
And sure enough, God shows up to comfort him with answers, but puts a twist on it.
Instead of speaking of the 70 year period that Daniel was praying about, Gabriel, whom God sent to speak with Daniel, begins to speak of a future 70 week period as if they were the same thing.
This may not be our first clue, but it is one of the clearest.
God is telling Daniel that what he is going through is going to be repeated in a stronger but shortened version at a later date and that both these times, the 70 years and the 70 weeks are similar.
Now in Revelation, we find that there are 7 angels that repeat a cycle in sequence 4 times, each time being a stronger version of the time before, so we are shown outright that this sequence of events seems to repeat itself. This lends itself to the concept that Daniel 9 shows us, which is that what once happened will happen again.
Not only that, but you then realize that Daniel himself, in the Book of Daniel, speaks of 7 people, or groups of people who are alike, in an ordered sequence. They are:
1. Jehoiakim
2. Daniel himself
3. Daniels three friends
4. Nebuchadnezzer
5. Belshazzar
6. Darius
7. Cyrus
Then when you take a closer look, you can see definite similarities in these 7 with the 7 angels mentioned in Revelation.
The First Angel of Revelation rides a white horse and falls, very similar to Jehoiakim.
The Second Angel is one of only two that God finds to be righteous but is given tribulation for 10 days, just as Daniel was in Daniel 2.
The Third Angel associates with the wicked, even though he himself never denies God, much as Daniels friends did, as shown by their showing up to the dedication of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue (which Daniel did not seem to do) and the fact that it is mentioned that they dress in the same attire as the Babylonians, which shows their assimilation into the culture.
The Fourth Angel is very strong and has many good features but is corrupted by a woman who worships false gods, much like Nebuchadnezzar also followed the false gods of Babylon.
The Fifth Angel is simply referred to as being ‘dead’ by God, having totally corrupted himself and being completely driven by carnal motivations, which is pretty dead on in relation to Belshazzar.
The Sixth Angel is the only other one that God feels is righteous of the 7, however he is said to be weak.Looking at Darius, we can see him being easily influenced by others to the point of being tricked by his counselors, by manipulating him with his own pride, into throwing Daniel into the Lion’s Den.
The Seventh Angel is the richest of all the Angels and is the one who is given the most material goods by God, yet God has to counsel him to buy ‘eye salve’ because he is on a path to complete rejection by God to the point of being the only Angel to be completely thrown out of the Mountain of God. In the Prophecy of Isaiah, Cyrus is spoken of as if he were a Messiah (Isaiah actually calls him a messiah in Isa 45:1 using the same word for Messiah that Daniel does in Dan 9) but then goes on to say “You have not known me” in Isa 45:4.
This is the pattern of the 7 Angels of Revelation and thus the pattern of the Apocalypse.
Combining this with the discovery that the number of days listed in Daniel, (the 2300 days and the 70 weeks) and the days listed in Revelation concerning the 5th – 7th Angels and the days that the 2 Witnesses lie dead are all literal, using the formula that combining the 70 weeks of Daniel with all the days listed in Revelation equals 2300 days as prophesied in Daniel 8, and understanding that the 7 Angels are actually real people, just as the people in Daniel were, the pattern reveals itself.
Also, in Ezekiel 14, God directly mentions that Noah, Daniel and Job, people who existed in vastly different times, will seem to be present in the final Apocalypse. Since men are only appointed to live once on this earth, it must be that what is being told to us is that this is the same method as used in Mal 4:5 and interpreted by Jesus in Matt 17:10-14.
Mal 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
When asked about this Jesus said:
Mat 17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Mat 17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
Mat 17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
Mat 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
It is in this same manner that Noah, Daniel and Job will appear as the first 3 angels of Revelation in that the first three Angels will stand in the room of Noah, Daniel and Job, just at John the Baptist stood in the room of Elijah during the time of Jesus.
Therefore, any interpretation that does not fit this form given to us by God as shown throughout the bible and pinpointed in Daniel and Revelation is a fabrication based on confusion.
