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The ABCs Of Revelation

(Three Hours That Will Change the World)

By John C. Bartee, M.Div.

Copyright 2021 John C. Bartee

Published by John C. Bartee

Table of Contents

Author’s Preface

Introduction: The ABCs of Revelation

Chapter 1: Point A: Rapture/WWIII

Chapter 2: Point B: The 3rd Temple & The Fourth Reich (666)

Chapter 3: Point C: Armageddon & The 2nd Coming

Chapter 4: Point D: The 4th Temple & The Millennial Reign

Chapter 5: Point E: Great White Throne & Eternity

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Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let the one having understanding compute the mathematical sequence implemented by the Beast: for it is the identification number given to every individual; and that numeric identifier is 6-6-6 digits in dimension. (author’s translation)

". . . I also will keep you out of the hour of trial that shall come upon the earth" – JESUS (Revelation 3:10 author’s translation)

Author’s Preface

St. John saw, heard, and experienced a Vision, and was told to tell this Vision by writing it in a scroll. We call this book, The Apocalypse, The Unveiling. He was told to disseminate this Vision (containing the last words of Jesus) to the local churches of Asia Minor, and it became part of the Holy Canon. As Christ predicted, John would live to see the Second Coming, and The Elder did see it that day from his island-prison cave. He was taken by the Spirit and into the future by a Divine Time Machine where he was immersed in the events that would be fulfilled at the End of Days. John wrote down what he saw in terms and images familiar to his culture, guided by the Holy Spirit, but the mystery would remain for almost two thousand years – the greatest enigma of all time.

This work reveals the true meaning of the Book of Revelation. As you read through the various chapters, you will be presented for the first time with the answers to some key questions on Bible prophecy and the understanding of this mystery:

What are the future wars of Israel?

Will the 5th war of Modern Israel occur soon?

Does the Rapture occur at WWIII?

Why is WWIII not Armageddon?

What are the powers that will soon be changed forever?

Why is the United States not a power after WWIII?

Why is Islam not a factor during the Tribulation?

Why is the Antichrist not the Mahdi?

What is 666, the number of the Beast?

What are Daniel's ten toes and ten horns, and what do they really mean?

Why do Daniel's extra 75 days follow the Tribulation (Dan. 12)?

What are the signs that proceed Christ's coming?

INTRODUCTION

The ABCs of Revelation

Seal up the book until the time of the end . . . the wise shall understand

(Dan. 12:4-10)

The Wise Shall Understand:

Jesus taught ultimate truth that even the greatest philosophers and theologians marvel at, and He did it in a way that was accessible to even a little child. Much has been written concerning the symbols and times set forth in the vision given to St. John on the Isle of Patmos at the end of the first century. Many elaborate charts have been created by ingenious students of prophesy in an attempt to understand the seemingly complicated and bizarre depiction of John's experience. The Word of God is line-upon-line, precept-upon-precept, and careful study and the anointing of the Holy Spirit brings understanding and clarity to Biblical prophecy and what God wants to convey to His people.

In the realm of science, technology evidences this principle of higher-level simplicity. An emerging technology always initially appears as a variation of the contemporary applied scientific state. However, as the new technology advances, it becomes increasingly complex and takes on its own character, e.g. the motorized kite at Kitty Hawk evolved into the Red Baron's bi-plane and onward to the multi-pistoned marvels of World War II. At a certain point, the system takes a quantum leap via a paradigm shift, and we see simplicity at an entirely new level, e.g. the introduction of the jet engine at the end of WWII.

The framework of the study of God's prophetic word is similar to that process - the simpler and more meaningful interpretation is to be preferred. Only the Holy Spirit can usher in the quantum leap that brings us into a new way of viewing the prophetic Word as the time draws near for its fulfillment. Each new generation of prophetic scholars stands on the shoulders of giants and must never take credit for that which only the Holy Spirit can reveal. As the prophet Daniel foretold:

I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, My lord, what will the outcome of all this be? He replied, go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand. (Dan 12:8-10 NIV)

I always wondered how the Antichrist Reich could recover and rebuild after each plague bombarded the world system into oblivion. Not much gets done when the world is constantly cleaning up from judgements and rebuilding from disasters. Another enigma was how the 7th Seal becomes the first Trumpet Judgement, and the 7th Trumpet becomes the first Bowl Judgement, and how the three woes fit into the judgments of the two witnesses: Moses and Elijah (the representatives of the Law and the Prophets).

The Paradigm:

The key to understanding the chronology of the Book of Revelation is found in the first chapter, verse nineteen:

Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter (Rev. 1:19 KJV)

Chapter one contains the vision of the resurrected Christ as presented to John in his present time, the things which he had witnessed up to that verse. Chapters two and three represent messages which would be delivered to the seven historical churches in the near future. The things which will take place hereafter are prophetic future events and begin in chapter four when John is ecstatically enraptured to heaven by the sound of the prophetic rapture trumpet (cf: 1Thess 4:16):

After this 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. (Rev. 4:1 KJV)

The scripture in verse 1:19 is restated in 4:1 in order to eliminate any confusion as to the timing of this event (1Cor. 14:33).

The Final Seven Years of Secular History:

In chapters four and five, John is shown the heavenly scene as a prelude to the terrible judgments about to fall upon the earth. Chapters six through nineteen encompass the shabua of God's judgment (shabua in Hebrew is a period of seven), and the preparation for God's people to receive their Messiah. The primary purpose of the final week of secular history is to fulfill God's plan for the Jewish people; it is not about Christians nor about Muslims. Daniel's vision 9:24-27 is a timetable for the completion of God's prophetic promises to Daniel's people, the Hebrews. Without understanding this perspective, it is impossible to understand the prophetic unveiling as Christ himself verifies in Matthew 24:15 when ye see...spoken of by Daniel:

Seventy weeks of years are decreed concerning your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. (Dan. 9:24 RSV) Emphasis mine, weeks = shabuas.

The Rosetta Principle:

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