Revelation 1:19
Write the things which thou hast seen; and the things which are; and the things which shall [G3195 mellei] come to be [G1996 genesthai] hereafter [G3326 meta G3777 tauta].
Revelation 4:1
After this [G3326 meta G3777 tauta] I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter [G3326 meta G3777 tauta]..
Laodicea
The city of Laodicea, mentioned by Jesus in the Revelation, was a prosperous city by AD95 (when it is widely believed the Revelation was written), which it would not have been were the Revelation written before AD70, having been struck by an earthquake in AD60. However the city had fully recovered from that earthquake by AD95.
The promise that Jesus makes to those in Laodicea who overcome is the 7th of seven times in the first three chapters of the Revelation that He makes a promise to those in His churches who overcome (once to each church).
After this, Jesus is not quoted by John as talking directly again UNTIL the time of the 6th bowl of wrath (Armageddon), where Jesus interjects and says,
"Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." (Revelation 16:15).
To the church in Laodicea Jesus had said, "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see." (Revelation 3:18).
This exhortation to the church in Laodicea | us to be clothed so that the shame of (their | our) nakedness does not appear, is therefore linked to Jesus's message to His churches both the 7th time He makes a promise to those who overcome, and at the time of the sixth bowl of wrath - the days immediately preceding His return.
The 8th and last time in the Revelation that Jesus makes a promise to those who overcome, is when He says:
"It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." (Revelation 21:6-7).
Chapter 4 introduces us to:
- four beasts.
- 24 elders.
- a sea of glass.
When the seven seals are introduced in ch. 5, there are 4 beasts and 24 twenty elders, whom John saw falling down before the Lamb, "having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints";
John wrote that they "sang a new song", saying, "Thou art worthy to take the scroll, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." (Revelation 5:8-10).
The above are also mentioned in chapter 15:
In chapter 15, those who had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, are seen standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God (Revelation 15:2). *
* In chapter 4 the twenty-four elders are clothed in white raiment & have crowns [stephanos] of gold on their heads (Revelation 4:4).
* In chapter 20, those who had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, are seen seated on thrones, and they are alive [zao], and reigning with Christ (Revelation 20:4-6), where John is told that this is the first resurrection of the body [anastasis].
* In Jesus's message to the Laodicean church He promises those among them who overcome that He will "grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." (Revelation 3:21).
* In chapter 4, the 24 elders are seated on thrones (Revelaton 4:4). They are also seen seated on thrones in Revelation 11:16 (the sounding of the seventh trumpet). (They are clothed in white raiment & have crowns [stephanos] of gold on their heads in chapter 4).
We have been told in the New Testament that:
(i) Jesus will be seen coming in the clouds of heaven and will send out His angels to gather His elect (Matthew 24:29-31); and
(ii) The elect will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
In Revelation 19:11-21 Christ is coming WITH HIS ARMY who are clothed in white clothing - and He is returning for the defeat of the beast and false prophet at the time of the battle of that Great Day - Armageddon:
Write the things which thou hast seen; and the things which are; and the things which shall [G3195 mellei] come to be [G1996 genesthai] hereafter [G3326 meta G3777 tauta].
Revelation 4:1
After this [G3326 meta G3777 tauta] I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter [G3326 meta G3777 tauta]..
Laodicea
The city of Laodicea, mentioned by Jesus in the Revelation, was a prosperous city by AD95 (when it is widely believed the Revelation was written), which it would not have been were the Revelation written before AD70, having been struck by an earthquake in AD60. However the city had fully recovered from that earthquake by AD95.
The promise that Jesus makes to those in Laodicea who overcome is the 7th of seven times in the first three chapters of the Revelation that He makes a promise to those in His churches who overcome (once to each church).
After this, Jesus is not quoted by John as talking directly again UNTIL the time of the 6th bowl of wrath (Armageddon), where Jesus interjects and says,
"Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." (Revelation 16:15).
To the church in Laodicea Jesus had said, "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see." (Revelation 3:18).
This exhortation to the church in Laodicea | us to be clothed so that the shame of (their | our) nakedness does not appear, is therefore linked to Jesus's message to His churches both the 7th time He makes a promise to those who overcome, and at the time of the sixth bowl of wrath - the days immediately preceding His return.
The 8th and last time in the Revelation that Jesus makes a promise to those who overcome, is when He says:
"It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." (Revelation 21:6-7).
Chapter 4 introduces us to:
- four beasts.
- 24 elders.
- a sea of glass.
When the seven seals are introduced in ch. 5, there are 4 beasts and 24 twenty elders, whom John saw falling down before the Lamb, "having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints";
John wrote that they "sang a new song", saying, "Thou art worthy to take the scroll, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." (Revelation 5:8-10).
The above are also mentioned in chapter 15:
In chapter 15, those who had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, are seen standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God (Revelation 15:2). *
* In chapter 4 the twenty-four elders are clothed in white raiment & have crowns [stephanos] of gold on their heads (Revelation 4:4).
* In chapter 20, those who had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, are seen seated on thrones, and they are alive [zao], and reigning with Christ (Revelation 20:4-6), where John is told that this is the first resurrection of the body [anastasis].
* In Jesus's message to the Laodicean church He promises those among them who overcome that He will "grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne." (Revelation 3:21).
* In chapter 4, the 24 elders are seated on thrones (Revelaton 4:4). They are also seen seated on thrones in Revelation 11:16 (the sounding of the seventh trumpet). (They are clothed in white raiment & have crowns [stephanos] of gold on their heads in chapter 4).
We have been told in the New Testament that:
(i) Jesus will be seen coming in the clouds of heaven and will send out His angels to gather His elect (Matthew 24:29-31); and
(ii) The elect will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
In Revelation 19:11-21 Christ is coming WITH HIS ARMY who are clothed in white clothing - and He is returning for the defeat of the beast and false prophet at the time of the battle of that Great Day - Armageddon:
"Behold, I am coming as a thief.
Blessed is the one who watches and keeps his garments,
lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
--- And he gathered them into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air. ---
And a great voice came out of the temple of Heaven, from the throne, saying,
--- It is done! "---
(Revelation 16:15-17)
Blessed is the one who watches and keeps his garments,
lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
--- And he gathered them into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air. ---
And a great voice came out of the temple of Heaven, from the throne, saying,
--- It is done! "---
(Revelation 16:15-17)
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