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Fulfilment of the Revelation

 

If the prophecies are not proclaimed, then who will know this truth?
Even if the prophecies are fulfilled, who will know? 
If one does not testify to what has been fulfilled,
people will continue to wait until the prophecies finish fulfilling.
They will remain unaware of the fact that the promises
that were prophesied have already fulfilled.

 

Main reference: Rv 1 ~ 22

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If the prophecies are not proclaimed,
then who will know this truth?
Even if the prophecies are fulfilled, who will know?

The book of Revelation is a book of prophecies that John, Jesus’ disciple, recorded about 2,000 years ago based on what he had seen and heard from a revelation while he was in the island of Patmos.

At the First Coming, Jesus took the sealed scroll that no one knew about and ate it (Is 29:9-13) as prophesied in Ezekiel chapter 3. He testified the revealed word to the Israelites, and that event was the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Old Testament that fulfilled 600 to 700 years after the prophecies were first recorded (time needed to proclaim the prophecies). God fulfilled all the prophecies of the Old Testament after He came down upon Jesus (Jn 19:30).

The New Testament contains the prophecies that Jesus, who fulfilled the Old Testament, made known to his disciple John.  These prophecies will be fulfilled in the future. When God fulfills these prophecies (Rv 1-22), He fulfills them exactly as how they were written. Therefore, no one is able enter heaven if he adds or omits words from these prophecies.  Instead, he will receive curses (plagues) (Rv 22:18-19).

The event that marks the starting point of the fulfillment of Revelation is in Rv 1:9. At that time Jesus chooses one person, a pastor like the past John.  For the sake of classification, we will call him the new John.  Before the new John is chosen, the messengers of the seven golden lampstands (seven stars) are appointed and shortly after, Satan’s Nicolaitans invade the tabernacle of the seven messengers. The Nicolaitans make the people of the tabernacle eat food sacrificed to idols, in other words, their teachings, and entice them to commit adultery. The seven stars are called a mystery (Rv 1:20). The new John saw the physical fulfillment of Revelation chapters 1-3 from Jesus and sent the letters to the seven messengers according to Jesus’ command.

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If one does not testify to what has been fulfilled,
people will continue to wait until the prophecies finish fulfilling.

We can figure out from these letters what exactly happened at the tabernacle of the seven messengers who prepared the way.  An event similar to the one at the First Coming happened inside this tabernacle. The Nicolaitans were not Jews, but they were the pastors of Satan through whom the identity of Satan was revealed.  He was found at the tabernacle of the seven stars who prepared the way (refer to Jer 50:24). The tabernacle in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 is the same tabernacle in Revelation chapter 13. Likewise, the group of Satan that appears in chapters 2 and 3 is the group of the dragon also in chapter 13.  By their actions we are able to recognize these entities that appear according to Revelation chapters 2, 3, and 13.  Just as we are able to know from their actions that the Pharisees, the pastors of Jerusalem, were Satan’s pastors at the First Coming (refer to Mt 23), this is how we know the identity of Satan at the Second Coming.

The book of Revelation speaks of the event involving these three entities: the betrayers, the destroyers, and the savior.  The betrayers will carry out the work of betrayal according to what is written in the book (Revelation), the destroyers will carry out the work of destruction as written in the book, and the savior will fulfill the work of salvation also as it is recorded in the book. The salvation group is able to carry out such work because they have seen what the betrayers and destroyers have done.

Jesus first prophesies then he proclaims them.  Next, he fulfills them.  The purpose of a prophecy is to have someone believe when it fulfills (Jn 14:29). Faith is believing in what has fulfilled according to the prophecies. The savior testifies because he had seen the things that fulfilled according to the prophecies.  If he does not testify to what had seen, he will be punished by God. However, when he testifies to the reality of the betrayers and destroyers, would those entities remain silent? Testifying to the fulfillment according to what one sees and hears calls for the readiness to sacrifice oneself. The prophets of the Old and New Testament and Jesus were sacrificed because they testified to the truth.



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They will remain unaware of the fact that the promises
that were prophesied have already fulfilled.

If the prophecies are not proclaimed, then who will know this truth? Even if the prophecies are fulfilled, who will know? If one does not testify to what has been fulfilled, people will continue to wait until the prophecies finish fulfilling. 
They will remain unaware of the fact that the promises that were prophesied have already fulfilled.

At the time of Moses, God fulfilled all the prophecies that He had made with Abraham. No one will not know that the prophecies have fulfilled if there is no record of it.  Jesus came and fulfilled all the prophecies that God had made through the Old Testament prophets.  No one will not know that the prophecies fulfilled if those who have seen and heard the fulfillment do not proclaim it. Just as the Old Testament fulfilled at Jesus’ first coming (Jn 19:30), the book of Revelation of the New Testament have fulfilled (Rv 21:6) and has already been testified (Rv 22:16). Believing in this fulfillment is having the revealed faith. Anyone who believes in the revelation (revealed word) will become the children of God and His heirs (Gal 3:23-29).

The Fulfillment of the Book of Revelation in the New Testament

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