Written by Yahusha's Student John ...
1 This is the Revelation of YAHUSHA MESSIAH, which Yahuah gave Him to show His servants what is about to happen. JOHN (AND PAUL) ACTUALLY BELIEVED THEY WERE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS, EXPECTING TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY WERE WRITING ABOUT.
YAHUSHA expressed this Revelation to His Angel who then delivered it to His servant John, 2 the one who witnessed with his own eyes the Living Words of Alahim and the life of YAHUSHA MESSIAH.
JOHN WAS A TRUE WITNESS OF THE FACT THAT YAHUSHA IS ALAHIM (YAHUAH METAMORPHED INTO A NEW CREATION) ... THE LIVING WORD/TORAH MADE FLESH, WHO DIED, ROSE, CONQUERED DEATH AND SATAN - AND NOW RULES EVERYTHING (BOTH DIMENSIONS) ... JOHN KNEW AND SAW THIS!
3 Blessed are you who reads and hears (AND FOLLOWS) the words of this prophecy and guards what’s written in it, for time’s nearly up.
4 From John, to the Seven Assemblies that are in Asia: Favour to you and peace from Him Who is and Who was and Who is coming ...
(`ALLUDING' TO YAHUAH - ALMIGHTY ANCIENT OF DAYS WHO LEFT HIS THRONE TO BECOME YAHUSHA).
... and from the seven spirits that are before His Throne, 5 and from YAHUSHA MESSIAH, the trustworthy witness, the Firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the Kings of the Earth. To Him Who loved us and washed us clean from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us a Kingdom of Priests to Alahim the Father, to Him be esteem and rule forever and ever.
PRIESTS WERE ESTABLISHED TO SERVICE YAHUAH’S TABERNACLE/TEMPLE PORTAL AND THE REQUIRED BEHAVIOURS SURROUNDING IT (NOW OUR BODIES).
7 LOOK! He's is coming on the clouds, and every eye shall see Him... ('ALLUDING' TO DANIEL.7 WHERE ALAHIM’S RETURN & APPEARANCE IS DESCRIBED THE EXACT SAME WAY) ...and even those who pierced Him and all the Tribes of the Earth shall mourn because of Him. Yes! So be it!
ONLY A SMALL FEW OF THE 12 TRIBES (PAST OR PRESENT) HAVE ACCEPTED THEIR OWN MESSIAH AND DELIVERER - INFACT THEY DESPISE HIM (HENCE THEIR DIVORCE). SO THE MOURNING WILL BE BECAUSE THEY NOW REALISE THE ENORMITY OF THEIR ERROR.
8"I am the Alef and the Tau, the Beginning and End,” says YAHUSHA, “Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty.”
(JOHN IS `ALLUDING' TO THE ALMIGHTY AL SHADDAI - THE STRONG-SUFFICIENT ALAHIM OF THE MOUNTAIN OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC & JACOB'S ERA - AS THE ONE TRUE AUTHOR OF THIS VISION - THE LIVING WORD & CREATOR FROM `IN THE BEGINNING’ - YAHUSHA).
9 I, John, both your brother and co-sharer in sufferings and pressure and in the reign and endurance of YAHUSHA MESSIAH, came to be on the island that is called Patmos for the Living Words (LIVING INSTRUCTIONS) of Alahim and for witnessing the life of YAHUSHA MESSIAH. 10 Then suddenly through the Spirit (SUPERNATURAL ABSTRACT) I saw the Day of YAHUSHA...
(JOHN WAS TEMPORARILY TAKEN OUT OF THIS DIMENSION AND SHOWN GLIMPSES OF THE FUTURE “DAY OF YAHUSHA” IN ORDER TO SEE EVENTS AND REPORT TO US WHAT THIS WHOLE PROPHETIC BOOK IS ABOUT: YAHUSHA'S RETURN).
... and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a rams horn, 11 saying, “I am the Alef and the Tau, the First and the Last,” and, “Write in a scroll what you see and send it to the seven Assemblies of Asia – to Ephesus, Smurna, Pergamus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodoceia.”
12 And I turned to see the voice which spoke with me. And having turned, I saw seven Gold Lampstands (MENORAH) 13 and in the midst of the seven Lampstands someone who looked like the Son of Man (OLD PROPHETIC CODEWORD FOR 'HUMAN BEING') dressed in a robe down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 14 His head and hair were white like wool as white as snow. His eyes were like flames of fire. 15 His feet were like brass that glows hot in a furnace. His voice was like the noise of rushing waters. 16 And in His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword (YAHUSHA’S WORD: "I DON'T BRING PEACE BUT A SWORD") and His face was as the glare of the sun shining in its strength.
17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead PETRIFIED AT SUCH DIVINITY and He placed His right hand on me AUTHORITY, POWER AND FAVOUR.
(THIS WAS NOT A WARM & FUZZY EXPERIENCE FOR JOHN - HE WAS FACE FIRST ON THE GROUND, FROZEN AND YAHUSHA REACHES OUT TO HIM - LIKE MOSES ON THE MOUNTAIN!)
18 “Don't be afraid, for I'm the first and the last, the Living One. 'ALLUDING' TO YAHUAH THE CREATOR, FOR NO WHERE IN THE GOSPELS DOES YAHUSHA CALL HIMSELF THIS ... SEE THE IMAGES?
Yes I died, but see, I’m alive forever and ever. And I possess the keys of the grave and of death. BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY YAHUSHA - THE FATHER TRANSFORMED INTO FLESH AND DIED FOR US!
19 So write what you've seen, both now and what'll happen real soon.
20 And the secret of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven gold Lampstands is this: The seven stars are Messengers (LEADERS) of the seven Assemblies and the seven Lampstands which you saw are the seven Assemblies themselves".
THE SEVEN FELLOWSHIPS / ASSEMBLIES ARE ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY WOULD BE PHYSICALLY COURIERED.
SO IN JUST THESE OPENING STATEMENTS WE HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE WE NEED THAT YAHUAH AND YAHUSHA ARE ONE AND THE SAME BEING - AND THERE’S PLENTY OF OTHER EVIDENCE TOO. HOW BLESSED ARE WE TO NOT HAVE THE CONFUSION OF WHO IT IS WHO’S TALKING TO US AND LIVES WITHIN US! THERE’S NOT TWO OR THREE OR MULTIPLE BEING ... JUST ONE ... YAHUAH DITCHED HIS OLD NAME, BRIDE (YISHARAL) AND HIDEOUS SITUATION, LEFT HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN ... CAME TO EARTH AS A NEW SPECIAL FIRST-FRUIT CREATION CALLED YAHUSHA AND CONQUERED SIN AND DEATH - RAISING UP A NEW BLOOD-COVENANT BASED ON MUCH BETTER PROMISES AND HE SUMMARISED ALL THE OLD TORAH & PROPHETS BY GIVING 2 NEW COMMANDS: “LOVE ALAHIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART, MIND AND BEING AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF”.
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