begin of Revelation
in the New Testament
- Main reference: Mal 3:1
I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.
Revelation in the New Testament begins to be fulfilled as the messengers of the seven lampstands appear. At the first coming, John the Baptist, who prepared the way, appeared and later, in the same temple, the promised pastor, Jesus in the Bible(Mal 3:1), also appeared in the temple of John the Baptist. This took place according to the prophecy in Malachi 3.
Likewise, the messengers of the seven lampstands who prepare the way must appear first at the time of Revelation in the Bible(Rev 1:20). And then the Nicolaitans, Satan’s pastors, invade their tabernacle.
At that time, the promised pastor (the one who overcomes) appears in the temple of the tabernacle that prepares the way. This is the beginning of the fulfillment of Revelation chapters 1, 2, and 3.
The messengers of the seven golden lampstands that prepare the way at the second coming are the pastors who represent Spiritual Israel at the end times.
The pastors and the prophecy of the New Testament are only proclaimed until the seven stars (messengers) which prepare the way appear. Therefore, the betrayal of these representative seven messengers indicates the betrayal of the Spiritual Israelites. Furthermore, serpents, the Nicolaitans, who are similar to the snake-like Pharisees at the first coming (Mt 23:33), are the destroyers at the time of the New Testament’s fulfillment. On the other hand, a person who sends the letters asking for repentance to the seven messengers who prepare the way is the promised pastor (the one who overcomes) and the savior.
The events of Revelation record the events of these three entities. God’s people who prepare the way are the seven messengers, while the pastors of the dragon (Satan) are the seven heads and the beast with ten horns (seven pastors and ten elders, who are equivalent to the priests and the elders at the first coming). In addition, the savior begins with the twelve disciples, that is, the twelve tribes, just like at the first coming(Mt 19:28).
