The Second Resurrection and the Second Death

Posted by on Aug 21, 2022 in The Revelation from YHVH

The scriptures speak of “first resurrection” and “second death”, but not of “first death” and “second resurrection”. While the first death is most naturally understood to be the death in this world, yet the scriptures also speak of two resurrections separated by a thousand years. What exactly are the second death and the second resurrection? We will try to show that this question is far from ordinary and hope to provide more...

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The Two Prophets in Revelation

Posted by on Nov 6, 2019 in The Revelation from YHVH

It is an acknowledged belief that Mosheh (Moses) and Eliyahu (Elijah) are the two prophets in Revelation. That idea that Mosheh and Eliyahu are the two witnesses of the last days is probably taken by the comparison of their extraordinary lives as recorded in the Scripture. And indeed, the life of Eliyahu, the restorer of the kingdom of Elohim, resembles in many ways the life of Mosheh, the founder of the nation of Israel: both prophets were zealous for the purity of the...

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The New Jerusalem—the Throne of YHVH

Posted by on Jan 5, 2019 in The Revelation from YHVH

With this article The New Jerusalem—the Throne of YHVH, we are coming to the end of Revelation, if it is lawful to say that, as if the Revelation is not the beginning of a new world that is yet to come. The first articles of the series The Revelation of YHVH are dedicated to the seven letters to the seven churches, letters few want to read. Then is the article “The Greatest Prophecy Ever Told, Few Can Hear” concerning the end of the world as we know it and the...

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The New Jerusalem – the Glory of YHVH

Posted by on Dec 18, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

How will the New Jerusalem – the Glory of YHVH look like? Actually, the Bible refers to two cities in the future: the millennial Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem in Revelation 21 will be the subject of this article – the continuation of the series The Revelation from YHVH. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea is no more. (Rev 21:1)  Also see Isa 65:17 and Isa 66:22. Here is a vision...

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The Time of Reckoning for the Church

Posted by on Jul 22, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

Who is meant in the seven letters to the seven churches and why are they given exactly before the events that will transpire in the following chapters in Revelation? These are the questions whose answer we will try to find in this article. But before we begin, the present author has to admit that it was very challenging and difficult for him to come to any decisive conclusions over the years. The concise language in the short letters to the seven churches in Revelation made...

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The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia

Posted by on Jul 5, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

This is the last article in the series The Seven Letters to the Seven Churches in Revelation. In the letter to Philadelphia we will find a peculiar congregation of believers in the Messiah that will be saved from the hour of trial. Who are they? Let us keep on reading. The heading of the letter to Philadelphia begins thus, And to the messenger of the assembly in Philadelphia write, ‘He who is set-apart, He who is true, He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one...

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The Letter to the Church in Smyrna

Posted by on Jun 24, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

The letter to Smyrna is the shortest letter of the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation. Nevertheless, it is a complete and meaningful letter from YHVH to the faithful believers in Him and in His Son Yeshua the Messiah. So far, we studied five out of seven letters to the assemblies in Asia Minor: the letter to the church of Ephesus, to the churches in Pergamos, Thyatira, and Sardis, and the letter to the Laodiceans. And in the last article we studied as to why...

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The Letter to the Church of the Laodiceans

Posted by on Jun 17, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

With the letter to the church of the Laodiceans we will finish up studying those letters to churches God severely rebuked: the churches in Ephesus, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, and Laodicea. The Church of men, not of the Messiah The heading And to the messenger of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘The Amein, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of Elohim, says this: (Rev 3:14) In the very opening of the letter to the church of the Laodiceans we...

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The Letter to the Church in Sardis

Posted by on Jun 10, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

The letter to the church in Sardis, one of the seven letters to the seven churches Yeshua wrote, was a letter to a dead church. Did anyone hear it then and will anyone hear it today? is the subject of this article. The heading of the letter to the church in Sardis And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write, ‘He who has the seven Spirits of Elohim and the seven stars, says this, (Rev 3:1) (for the Seven Spirits of Elohim see Isa 11:2) See also Rev 1:4, Rev 4:5, and...

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The Letter to the Church in Thyatira

Posted by on Jun 3, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

Thyatira is an inland city some eighty kilometers southeast from Pergamos. To this city is the next letter Yeshua wrote: the letter to the church in Thyatira. The warning in the letter to the church in Thyatira The heading And to the messenger of the assembly in Thyatira write, ‘This says the Son of Elohim, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like burnished bronze: (Rev 2:18) (see also Dan 10:5-6) “Bronze” is used in the Scripture as the symbol of...

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The Letter to the Church in Pergamos

Posted by on May 26, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

What was the message Yeshua delivered in the letter to the church in Pergamos? He commended them for having held fast to His Name and not having denied the faith in Him, but what did He criticize them for?  The heading And to the messenger of the assembly in Pergamos write, ‘He who has the sharp two-edged sword, says this: (Rev 2:12) The warning in the letter to the church in Pergamos The message I know your works, and where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is. And you...

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The Letter to the Church of Ephesus

Posted by on May 20, 2018 in The Revelation from YHVH

In a series of articles we will study the seven letters to the seven churches in the Book of Revelation. But, first, who is the author of Revelation (aka the Apocalypse), the most prophetic book in the Bible and who wrote the seven letters to the seven churches and most importantly why? We will start with the letter to the church of Ephesus. The Revelation being the most prophetic book in the Scripture reveals to the readers the last three and half years of the world as we...

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