THE APOCALYPSE AND THE TEMPLE CODE

4. The angel in a cloud

a. Christ was transfigured in a cloud surrounded by Moses and Elijah (Matt. 17:3-5) b. Christ was taken up in a cloud from the area of Bethany and the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:9) c. Christ will return in the clouds (Luke 21:27) d. Believers are surrounded by a great “cloud of wit nesses” (Heb. 12:1)

Note: In Revelation a cloud is mentioned in six verses (10:1; 11:12; 14:14-16)

5. The rainbow over the angel

a. A rainbow was a sign to Noah that God would never destroy the earth by water again (Gen. 9:13-14) b. God said He would remember His covenant not to destroy the earth (not a total destruction) c. The “roaring Lion” is the Lion of Judah who is preparing to conquer and rule on earth

THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN THUNDERS (Revelation 10:4)

A. God’s voice is co mpared to thunde r

1. God’s voice on Mount Sinai w as as the voice of thunder (Exo. 20:18) 2. God spoke to Christ in the voice of thunder (John 12:29) 3. Job said God spoke through the thunder (Job 40:9)

B. John was told not to write what the seven thunders said

1. In Psalms 29 the voice of the Lord is mentioned:

a. The voice of the Lord thunders upon the waters (v-3) b. The voice of the Lord is full of majesty (v-4) c. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon (v-5) d. The voice of the Lord divides the flames (v-7) e. The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness (v-8) f. The voice of the Lord makes the hinds to calve (v-9) g. The voice of the Lord is heard in His temple (v-9)

Note: Is there any clue as to what the seven thunders were uttering?

Scholars note that the seven thunders are similar to a Coptic text in which seven Greek vowels often function as a mysterious divine name. Sometimes it appears in the form of Alpha and Omega in an abbreviated way of referring to all seven vowels. In the Coptic text it is referred to as the Seven Voices. – Source: World Bible Commentary – Revelation, p. 560

2. Are they uttering a secret name?

a. God’s sacred name was YHVH and Christ ’s name was Yeshua (these names were known) b. In Rev. 19:12 Jesus has a secret name that will be revealed when He becomes King (19:12-16) c. He “has a nam e written that no man knew but H e himself” ( we get a new name and so does he)

Note: At the seventh angel ’ s trump the mystery of God is finished

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