Dec 27, 2011 allusions to the book of dead are common. The plagues against egypt repeat themselves in the. Plagues of egypt and the end time comparison chart. The lake of fire appears in both ancient egyptian and christian religion, as well as in platos gorgias as a place of afterdeath punishment of the wicked. During a recent study through the book of revelation, we noticed an interesting repetition of the same types of plagues mentioned there as well.
No less than 5 of the 9 plagues of egypt are to be repeated during the tribulation period. Egyptian origin of the book of revelation by john h. The gathering of israel at the end of the tribulation will be by similar miraculous power. The origins of life, in the metaphysical sense, began with the creation of the celestial beings. On two occasions, god destroyed 14,700 people and 24,000 people for various acts of disobedience numbers 16. Some of his pyramids are in the valley of the kings in egypt. Although ive been to egypt, last night is the first time ive ever dreamt of a sphinx by the way, it was living. But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. Aug 22, 2016 the revelation of the pyramids takes an indepth look into one of the seven wonders of the world, the great pyramids of egypt. Four times the author identifies himself as john 1. In the book of revelation, the great city usually refers to babylon 14. However, in the book of revelation, babylon is itself a wordpicture for rome see revelation 17. What does the bible say about pandemic diseasessicknesses.
The revelation of the pyramids documentary youtube. So, this morning, i figured i better read your book thankyou so much for your generosity of spirit your kindness is greatly appreciated. In the face of apparently insuperable evil, either from within or from without, all christians are called to trust in jesus promise, behold, i am with you always, until the end of the age mt 28. Each year during passover, as we read through the history of the exodus, we recount the ten plagues that were visited upon egypt. The literalness of these judgments give us the key to the literalness of the book of revelation.
Parallel sequences of scenes include those found in the 2nd to 12th divisions of the book of gates and most of revelations chapters 1521. At the completion of the plagues of egypt, god parted the red sea ex. Visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of revelation by elaine pagels. The bibles scariest book elaine pagels explains that the book of revelation has always been more politics than prophecy. Echoes in the book of revelation order scripture scripture in plague in exodus in revelation reference referenceexodus a third of the sea turned to revelation 8.
First apocalypse of james from the coptic museum in cairo, egypt. He delivered a speech at cairo university in which he characterized the peace process as seeking a new beginning between the united states and muslims egyptians positive on obama speech, bbc news, june 4, 2009. There are some fun new characters, along with those i have grown to love in the previous books. What does the bible say about plaques in revelations.
Are the plagues of israels exodus from egypt mirrored in the book of revelation. The revelations of oriceran soul stone mage book 5 ebook. And i will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. The significance of egypt in prophecy united church of god.
Plagues of egypt compared to those in revelation r1606eg. Then every man of earth will read the words of life in language of his native land, and men will see the light, walk in the light and be the light. Parallel characters include egypt s apophis as revelations satan while situations and activities in scenes include the judgment scene and singers by a lake of fire. Revelation chapter 22 and the egyptian book of the dead. The first four seals represent trends and plagues that have been continuing and intensifying through the years to our day. Queen azure travels to new egypt, the oriceran twin to earths egypt, to find the witches and wizards in new egypt have a little vampire problem. Apr 21, 2020 god also warned his people of the consequences of disobedience, including plagues leviticus 26. Rome was the most powerful city in the world at the. The endtime prophetic events recorded in the book of revelation that will occur before and at the time of christs return to earth are outlined by. Do not passages like this show conclusively that to deny the mystical or allegorical sense of the apocalypse is to keep the husk and cast away the seed. He was a jewish christian prophet, probably belonging to a group of such prophets, and was accepted by the. Cherubim, cherub, and cherubs in ezekiel, revelations and as.
Egyptian wisdom in the revelation of john the divine gerald. Mystery has surrounded these fascinating structures for centuries with. The book of revelation, often called the book of revelations, revelation to john, apocalypse of john, the revelation, or simply revelation, the revelation from jesus christ from its opening words or the apocalypse, is the final book of the new testament, and therefore also the final book of the christian bible. The same natural elements that we see in the plagues against egypt repeat themselves in the judgements against mankind depicted in the book of revelations. Nov 19, 2016 ancient origins articles related to book of revelations in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. This summary of the book of revelation provides information about the title, author s, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of revelation. According to edgar cayces readings of the akashic record, first came the son, the logos, or the word as indicated in johns gospel. They were literal, why not the trumpet and vial judgments. A second reason to doubt that it is one of the plagues of revelation is that we know the source of this virus. And when the world is ready to receive, lo, god will send a messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the messages of purity and love. Dec 08, 2017 the book of revelation read by alexander scourby. Revelations in egypt original christianity and original yoga. On its pages are shown fragments of papyri which joseph smith and others acquired in 1835, along with 4 egyptian mummies, this at a time when there was an explosion of interest in ancient egypt that occurred in early 19th century.
Jan 28, 2020 nothing in the bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of abuse of power or impeachable offense, dershowitz said. The book of revelation asv american standard version. And he sought to downplay the controversy over trumps pressure campaign against kiev. The book of revelation had its origin in a time of crisis, but it remains valid and meaningful for christians of all time. Quid pro quo alone is not a basis for abuse of power, dershowitz added.
Nov 01, 2008 here, cosimo proudly presents book 11 of ancient egypt, in which massey demonstrates how scripture was created from the remains of egyptognostic traditions, with little knowledge of the ancient wisdom upon which it drew, through the specific example of the biblical story of the book of revelation and john the divine. The name revelation comes from the first word of the book in koine greek. In the plagues of egypt a story depicted in the book of exodus god inflicts 10 disasters, or plagues, on the egyptian people as the pharaoh refuses to accept moses demands for the. This is being aired by permission of the holder litchfield associates, all rights. More revelations about egypts mysterious and enigmatic predynastic past the photo above is of one of many core drill holes found at karnak in egypt which were not done in recent times nor during the dynastic period and thus had to have been created by a vastly ancient predynastic people. The new egypt witches are powerful and the vampires are too. As many of the coronaviruses do, it jumped from an animal to a human and spread from there. We thought the parallels were fascinating and worth documenting. Massey had already noted, on page 726 of his ancient egypt, the light of the world, the startling similarity between the language of this ancient text from the book of the dead and the passage in the apocalypse of john the book of revelation included in the new testament canon, chapter 22 and verses 18 and 19. Is coronavirus one of the plagues in the book of revelation. The author names himself as john, but modern scholars consider it unlikely that the author of revelation also wrote the gospel of john. Feb 20, 2020 in the plagues of egypt a story depicted in the book of exodus god inflicts 10 disasters, or plagues, on the egyptian people as the pharaoh refuses to accept moses demands for the. Babylons army caused israels people to suffer greatly at the time of jeremiah. For example the first trumpet causes hail and fire that destroys much of the plant life in the world revelations 8.
The joseph smith papers revelations and translations volume 4 contains the book of abraham and related manuscripts. Elaine pagels on the book of revelation february 24, 2012. Last week my dear friend karyna xxxx recommended your book to me. Exodus plagues mirrored in revelation topical commentary.
The joseph smith papers, revelations and translations, vol. Elaine pagels on the book of revelation february 24. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without selfcontrol, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit. Book of revelation read, study bible verses online. The plagues of egypt and the tribulation commentary a. Johns book of revelation appeals not only to fear but also to hope. The phrase is used in five verses of the book of revelation. From as early as justin martyr in the second century a.
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