Unveiling Jesus Christ

[§122] Rev 9:17: The Horses and Horsemen of Armageddon

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 07:00:09 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the horses and horsemen that John describes in Revelation 9:16. The horsemen are evil spirits loosed on earth at the start of Armageddon during the Second Woe. They will have significant power, control, and influence over the horses that represent the mortal armies engaged in this final battle leading up to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

[§142] The Saints Are Given Dominion at Adam-ondi-Ahman

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 06:00:30 GMT

This podcast explains how the kingdom of God shall be given the saints of the most High during the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman as described in Daniel 7:18, 22 and 27. At this gathering, the saints from all seven gospel dispensations will stand before Adam (the Ancient of Days) and Christ will be coronated King of kings and Lord of lords. The saints of the most High shall be the kings over whom Christ is King and lords over whom Christ is Lord. Those crowned as kings and queens, and priests and priestesses, are those that enter the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood through the temple sealing ordinance of celestial marriage and are worthy of their temple covenants. They will begin to inherit and possess the earth as of the gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman when the redemption of Zion shall also commence. The saints of the most High shall also sit upon thrones and rule with Christ during the millennium and throughout eternity in the kingdom of God that shall be both an ecclesiastical kingdom and a political kingdom of God known as the Church of the Firstborn.

[§141] Christ Takes Earthly Dominion at Adam-ondi-Ahman

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 06:00:09 GMT

This podcast explains the future coronation of Jesus Christ as King of kings during the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman as described in Daniel 7:13-14. At this gathering, the seven heads of the gospel dispensations will stand before Adam (the Ancient of Days) to account for their earthly stewardship and they will return to Adam their priesthood keys. These keys will in turn be returned to Christ who will commence his earthly reign. As Christ begins to take dominion on earth, the kingdom of Satan will begin to fall. This will mark the spiritual fall of Modern Babylon to be followed by the physical fall of Babylon at the Second Coming. At this future gathering, the ecclesiastical kingdom of God (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) will also begin to merge with the political kingdom of God to become the Church of the Firstborn which will be the government of God throughout the millennium.

[§140] The Ancient of Days Will Judge His Righteous Posterity

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:00:12 GMT

This podcast explains who attends the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman, including celestial worthy people who are mortals, resurrected people, translated people, and the spirits of just men made perfect, all of who come from the seven gospel dispensations and held priesthood keys. This podcast also explains what will occur at Adam-ondi-Ahman as the Ancient of Days (Adam) appears in resurrected glory to judge his righteous posterity symbolized by the "ten thousand ten thousands" (100 million) that will come before his fiery throne, and the thousand thousand (1 million) that will minister to him.

[§139] The Date for the Gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 06:00:11 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the phrase "time and times and the dividing of time" found in Daniel 7:25 to describe the timing of the great gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman. This prophetic phrase means 3 ½ years, and it means that the gathering of saints will occur 3 ½ years before the Second Coming, which corresponds to the midpoint of Armageddon and the Second Woe. This is the point tin time when the little horn of Satan's latter-day power and dominion will peak and begin to recede from the earth as Christ begins to assert his power on earth.

[§138] The Little Horn: Satan’s Dominion since 1830 AD

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 06:00:17 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism of the one little horn that emerges from the midst of the ten horns on the head of the fourth dreadful beast in Daniel 7:8. The ten horns represent Satan's power in the modern nations of the world and the one little horn represents the re-emergence of Satan's power in the modern nations after the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. The emergence of this little horn coincides in time with the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in 1830. The little horn of Satan's latter-day power and dominion grows in power as the gospel grows and spreads in th world as the small stone that was cut from the mountain without hands from the dream of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2. The little horn wars against the saints as recorded in Daniel 7:21, and he is personified as a man with eyes like a man and a mouth that speaks blasphemies against God. The personification of the little horn corresponds to the Second Beast described by John the Revelator in Revelation 13, which he also describes as the False Prophet in Revelation 16. The little horn, the Second Beast, and the False Prophet represent the Antichrist of the last days. The disembodied spirit of Judas Iscariot--the ultimate apostate--stands as the spiritual head of the antichristian movement in the last days.

[§143] Ecclesiastical and Political Kingdoms Merge

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 06:30:12 GMT

This podcast explains the image of the leopard with hour wings and four heads that is given dominion by God in Daniel 7:6. This symbolism represents Satan's power in the ancient kingdom of the Greek Empire, which began with the conquests of Alexander the Great. Alexander's small army moved with incredible speed to conquer the Medo-Persian empire in approximately 330 BC represented by the four wings on the body of the leopard. After Alexander died in 323 AD his empire passed to his four generals represented by the four heads of the leopard. The power of Satan in the Greek Empire grew through the Hellenization process whereby conquered nations, including the Jews, adopted the customs, religious philosophies and lax moral standards of the Greeks. At the same time Satan's power grew in the Greek empire, the way was also paved for the establishment and growth of Christianity in a Greek-speaking world after the death of Jesus Christ.

[§134] The Bear: Dominion in the Medo-Persian Empire

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:59:19 GMT

This podcast explains the image of the bear in Daniel 7:5 to describe Satan's power in the ancient kingdom of Medo-Persia. Cyrus the Great was king of this combined kingdom and defeated he Babylonian kingdom in 538 BC. A brief history of the Median and Persian empires is included together with a correlation of that history to the characteristics of the bear that has three ribs in its teeth, and one side raised above the other.

[§133] The Lion: Dominion in the Babylonian Empire

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 06:00:08 GMT

This podcast explains the images of the lion with eagle's wings in Daniel 7:4 to describe Satan's power in the ancient kingdom of Babylon. A brief history of the rise and fall of ancient Babylon is given with correlating details about the fall of Modern or Spiritual Babylon at the time of the Second Coming.

[§132] Satan’s Earthly Dominion Until Adam-ondi-Ahman

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:00:22 GMT

This podcast explains the images used by Daniel to describe Satan's power in the kingdoms of the world, including the Babylonian empire (Lion), Persian empire (bear), Greek Empire (leopard), Roman empire (hideous beast), and modern nations (ten horns). Satan's power grows in these successive kingdoms until the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman, which takes place 3 1/2 years before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. At this gathering, Christ will be coronated King of kings and this will begin the restriction on Satan's power. He will not be bound, however, until the Second Coming when Christ makes a full end of all nations.

[§131] Daniel’s Vision of the Future Gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahma

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:00:12 GMT

This podcast compares and contrasts the dream of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2, and the vision of Daniel in Daniel 7. The dream and vision both record events covering more than 2500 years from the time of ancient Babylon to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The great image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream represents the political kingdoms of the world, including the Babylonian empire (gold head), Persian empire (silver chest), Greek Empire (brass belly), Roman empire (iron legs), and modern nations (clay and iron toes). Daniel's vision describes the growing power of Satan in these same kingdoms as a lion, bear, leopard, and hideous beast with ten horns. Satan's power in the kingdoms of the world continues to grow until the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman.

[§130] Temple Ordinances Given at Adam-ondi-Ahman

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:00:19 GMT

This podcast explores the reasons why the ancient gathering of Adam's righteous posterity at Adam-ondi-Ahman probably included the first temple ordinances performed on earth for the exaltation of all Adam's righteous posterity. The ancient gathering three years before Adam's death foreshadows the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman in Missouri 3 ½ years before the Second Coming.

[§129] Foundations for Zion Laid at Adam-ondi-Ahman

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 07:00:22 GMT

This podcast explains the purpose for the great gathering of Adam's righteous posterity at Adam-ondi-Ahman. This gathering was both a physical gathering and a spiritual gathering that prepared Adam's righteous posterity to enter the presence of the Lord and to receive crowns of exaltation and eternal life. To this end the physical gathering occurred to establish the Patriarchal (Evangelical) Priesthood that was to be handed down by lineage beginning with Seth, who was the second presiding patriarch on the earth after Adam. In addition, the gathering established the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood, by which worthy men and women can be sealed eternally as husband and wife and thus receive the fullness of the priesthood. In short, Adam's righteous posterity received were promised and also received their exalting ordiances of the templ at Adam-ondi-Ahman.

[§128] Overview of Adam-ondi-Ahman

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:00:11 GMT

This podcast explains the great gathering of Adam's righteous posterity three years before Adam died at the age of 930 years. This gathering occurred at a place called Adam-ondi-Ahman, not far from the original location of the garden of Eden. Today, this same location is the place of a large valley and rolling hills in Davies County, Missouri. In the near future, there will be a similar gathering of Adam's righteous posterity at the midpoint of Armageddon, just 3 1/2 years before Christ's Second Coming. This podcast discusses the seven similarities in the two separate gatherings at Adam-ondi-Ahman and their similar purposes.

[§127] Overview of Revelation 10

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 07:00:16 GMT

This podcast provides an explanatory overview of Revelation chapter 10, where John saw a mighty angel (Jesus Christ) who comes down from heaven prior to the time of the Second Coming with a little book that he gives to John the Revelator. This chapter is frequently misidentified as an "interlude" chapter. It is actually a vision of Christ's appearance at the great gathering of saints at the midpoint of Armageddon at a place called Adam-Ondi-Ahman. Christ gave the little book to John to symbolize John's mission to prepare the Lost Ten Tribes for their return from the land of the north, including their attendance at the meeting of righteous saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman.

[§126] Rev 9:20-21: Armageddon’s Telestial Survivors Fail to Repent

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

This podcast explains the symbols used by John to describe the survivors of the seven-year battle of Armageddon in Revelation 9:20-21. The survivors are those who will refuse to repent during the battle, although they could do so. This means they are not sons of perdition, who have committed the unpardonable sin in this life and have lost the power to repent. John lists several characteristics of the survivors. They are guilty of murders, sorceries, fornication, and thefts. These characteristics align perfectly with latter-day revelation that identifies such persons as telestial worthy. Thus, we learn in this podcast that telestial people as a class will survive Armageddon and the third part of men that will not survive are mortal sons of perdition.

[§125] Rev 9:19: The Horses Kill and Hurt in Their Mouths and Tails

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 07:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains the symbols used by John to describe the heads and tails of the horses of Armageddon in Revelation 9:19. The horses represent (mortal armies) with power in their mouths to kill the third part of men. They also have tails like serpents that have heads with power to kill men on a lesser scale during physical Armageddon. The mouths of the horses represent powerful nations gathered to Armageddon, while the tails represent less powerful groups such as state sponsored terrorists, organized crime, gangs and other unlawful but powerful groups that fall in the category of secret combinations.

[§124] Rev 9:18: A Third of Men Die by Fire, Smoke and Brimstone

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 07:00:47 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the symbols used by John to describe the weapons of war to be used in the future battle of Armageddon as described in Revelation 9:18. In this verse, John saw the horses (mortal armies) and horsemen (evil spirits) of Armaggedon as they used three holy weapons of fire, smoke, and brimstone to kill the third part of men, who, as a class, represent mortal sons of perdition that will be on earth during physical Armageddon.

[§123] Rev 9:17: Breastplates of Fire, Jacinth and Brimstone

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:08:23 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the symbols used by John to describe the weapons of war to be used in the future battle of Armageddon as described in Revelation 9:17. In this verse, John saw the horses (mortal armies) and horsemen (evil spirits) with breastplates of fire, jacinth, and brimstone and out of their mouths issued fire, smoke, brimstone. All these symbols show that Armageddon will be a holy war that will accomplish the purposes of God through evil instrumentalities.

[§121] Rev 9:16: The Armies of Armageddon Number 200 Million

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the 200 million combatants that John the apostle heard and saw engaged in the battle of Armageddon in Revelation 9:16. The number of 200 million is symbolic. It represents an immense number of combatants from two armies of armies engaged in the conflict against each other. In this Holy War, the wicked will destroy the wicked.

[§120] Rev 9:15: Four Angels Slay the Third Part of Men

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 07:00:32 GMT

This podcast explains what it means for the third part of men to be slain during the Second Woe known as Armageddon, as described by the John the Revelator in Revelation 9:15. In this context, the third part of men represents a specific class of men called mortal sons of perdition who are appointed unto death and destruction during the Second Woe.

[§119] Rev 9:15: Armageddon Begins at a Set Time and Date

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 07:00:11 GMT

This podcast explains the timing for the future start of Armageddon as described by John the Revelator in Revelation 9:15. He tells us that this world-ending battle will begin when four angels are loosed from the Euphrates River (bottomless pit) at a specific hour, day, month, and year.

[§118] Rev 9:13-14: Four Angels Are Loosed from the Euphrates River

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 07:00:11 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the symbols present in Revelation 9:13-14, which describe the start of the battle of Armageddon, also known as the Second Woe of the seventh seal. The Second Woe will begin at a future day when the sixth trumpet angel sounds his trump. The symbols include four angels, who represent the unembodied and disembodied spirit sons of perdition who will be given great power on earth to influence mortal people to engage in the battle of Armageddon where one third of the symbolic number of 200,000,000 (two hundred million) men will die. The four angels (representative of evil spirits) arise from the Euphrates River, which symbolizes Spiritual Babylon, hell, the abyss and the bottomless pit from whence these evil spirits arise. The four angels in Rev 9:13-14 are distinguished from the four angels that John saw in Revelation 7:1-2.

[§117] An Overview of the Second Woe [Physical Armageddon]

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 07:00:11 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of the Second Woe of the seventh seal that will begin at a future day when the sixth trumpet angel sounds his trump. The Second Woe is a seven-year period of time when the physical battle of Armageddon will be fought. The events of the Second Woe are described by John the Revelator in Revelation 9:13 though Revelation 11:14. The battle is summarized in Revelation 9:13-21 and includes the deaths of all mortal sons of perdition collectively, who are identified as one third of the combatants involved in the war. Revelation 10 describes events at the midpoint of Armageddon when the Savior will appear as a great angel at the gathering of saints at the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman. These events are symbolically described as part of John's "Little Book Mission." After the events of Revelation 10, John's narrative continues in Revelation 11, which described events during the second half of Armageddon, including the ministry of the two witnesses in Jerusalem during the last 3 ½ years before the Second Coming, which are called the "Great Tribulation." The Two Witnesses will be killed and their dead bodies will lie unburied in Jerusalem for 3 1/2 days, during which time the Third Temple in Jerusalem will be destroyed during the "abomination of desolation" predicted by Christ on the eve of his crucifixion. The Second Woe will end when the two witnesses are resurrected in Rev 11:14.

[§116] Rev 9:12: The First Woe Ends When the Wicked Are Ripened in Sin

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:00:25 GMT

This podcast explains the transitional verse of scripture between the First Woe and the Second Woe found in Revelation 9:12. The transitional verse delineates a clear distinction and separation between the First and Second Woes, even though there will be a natural progression between the spiritual darkness of the First Woe and the deadly physical death and carnage of Armageddon during the Second Woe. The transition from the First Woe to the Second Woe will occur as wicked people all over the world are fully ripe in iniquity and the Lord will be fully justified in destroying them for their wickedness beginning with Armageddon during the Second Woe.

[§115] Rev 9:11: Satan Is King of the Locusts in the Bottomless Pit

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 07:00:21 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning and identity of the king of the Bottomless pit in Revelation 9:11, whom John identifies as Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek. John's description of this "king" as the "angel of the bottomless pit" could refer to either, or both, the unembodied spirit of Satan or the disembodied spirit of Cain, who succeeded to the power of Satan when he became perdition in mortality and then entered the postmortal spirit world with the title of Master Mahan.

[§114] Rev 9:7-10: Seven Symbolic Characteristics of the Locusts

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 07:00:53 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the symbols of the locusts seen by John in Revelation 9 as he describes the First Woe. In this podcast, the seven characteristics of the locusts are examined from Revelation 9:7-10. These various characteristics help to explain the spiritual darkness of the First Woe and the conditions of torment that rapidly occur during the five-month period of this woe.

[§113] Rev 9:5-6: Locusts Torment People for Five Months

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 07:00:10 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the symbols and images used by John in Revelation 9:5-6 to explain what happens during the future First Woe when the bottomless pit opens and symbolic locusts emerge with power on earth like scorpions that have power to torment mankind for a period of five months. The locusts represent evil spirits that will be loosed from the bottomless pit at a time of great spiritual darkness. The torments of the First Woe will prepare the world for the sixth trumpet plague called the Second Woe and Armageddon.

[§112] Rev 9:2-4: The Bottomless Pit Is Opened and Locusts Emerge

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 07:00:07 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the symbols and images used by John in Revelation 9:2-4 to explain what happens during the First Woe when the bottomless pit is opened and black smoke billows forth together with locusts that have the sting of a scorpion. The locusts represent the evil spirits that will be loosed from the bottomless pit at a time of great spiritual darkness symbolized by the black smoke. Unlike real locusts, these metaphorical locusts have the ability to torment mankind during the First Woe in the same way a scorpion sting causes great pain and anguish, but not death. The people singled out for this torment during the First Woe are those that do not have the seal of the living God in their forehead.

[§111] Rev 9:1: The Key of the Bottomless Pit

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 07:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the key used by the fifth trumpet angel in Revelation 9:1 to open the bottomless pit at the start of the First Woe to release evil spirits on the earth. The identity of the fifth angel is discussed, with Michael the archangel as the most likely identity for this angel. Chist is the ultimate keyholder over the bottomless pit and evil spirits are unleashed on earth only because Jesus Christ allows it to be so to fulfill his purposes.

[§110] The Disembodied Sons of Perdition in the Bottomless Pit

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 07:00:30 GMT

This podcast explains the role of disembodied spirit sons of perdition on the earth as distinct from the unembodied spirit sons of perdition that rebelled with Lucifer in the premortal existence and were cast down with him when the earth was physically created. Disembodied spirit sons of perdition are those that were born into this life with a mortal body and then committed the unpardonable sin while living on the earth. Cain, the son of Adam and Eve, was the first mortal son of perdition. Cain became such when he conspired with Satan to murder his brother Abel. As part of this evil conspiracy, Satan promised Cain that he would give him his power. Cain then became Master Mahan. He was head of Satan's kingdom of evil on earth and he retained this superior position when he died, and his disembodied spirit entered the postmortal spirit prison. As a disembodied spirit, Cain has led other disembodied sons of perdition on earth since at least the time that Christ was resurrected. Cain and his disembodied followers tempt and try mankind, just as the unembodied spirit sons of perdition that are led by the spirit of Satan. Cain is the symbolic Beast spoken of in Revelation 13:1-2, to whom the dragon gave his power. At the time of the First Woe that still lies on our future, Cain and his disembodied spirit sons of perdition will be given great power on earth as the bottomless pit (hell) is opened in Revelation 9:1. They will continue to have great power until the Beast (Cain) and his evil followers are cast alive into the lake of fire in Revelation 19:20.

[§109] Rev 9:1: Satan Falls with Unembodied Sons of Perdition

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:00:09 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of John the Revelator's statements and images from Revelation 9:1 in the Book of Revelation. The start of the First Woe begins in this verse when the fifth trumpet angel of the seventh seal sounds his trumpet to open the bottomless pit. Much of this podcast is devoted to a discussion of the fallen star in this verse that is Lucifer or Satan, as he was known after his fall in the premortal existence. This podcast also discussed the unembodied spirit sons of perdition that rebelled and followed Lucifer since the grand council in heaven until they were cast out with him on the earth at the time of the physical creation. Earth will become for them a hell and bottomless pit. When the bottomless pit is opened in our future, as recorded in Revelation 9:1, Satan and his unembodied spirit sons of perdition will be given much greater power on earth and with their influence unleashed the earth will be shrouded in spiritual darkness.

[§108] Rev 8:13: An Angel Warns About Three Remaining Plagues [Woes]

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 07:00:11 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of John the Revelator's statements and images from Revelation 8:13 in the Book of Revelation. This is a transition verse between the first four trumpet plagues of the seventh seal and the three woes that follow, starting with the First Woe in Revelation 9. The inhabitants of the earth, who have been encouraged to repent by the first four trumpet plagues, are now warned to beware of the three woes that are to follow because they have not taken the opportunity to sufficiently repent.

[§107] Rev 8:12: The Fourth Angel’s Plague Brings Total Darkness

Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:00:32 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of John the Revelator's statements and images from Revelation 8:12 in the Book of Revelation. This verse describes the fourth trumpet plague that will be unleashed by God after Christ opens the seventh seal. In this verse, darkness afflicts the sun moon and stars for a third part of a day and night. Thie ninth Egyptian plague that caused three days of darkness in the days of Moses is a type and foreshadow for this fourth trumpet plague that still lies in our future.

[§105] Rev 8:8-9: The Second Angel’s Plague upon the Sea

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 07:00:25 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of John the Revelator's statements and images from Revelation 8:8-9 in the Book of Revelation. These verses describe the second trumpet plague that will be unleashed by God after the Opening of the seventh seal. These verses describe a great and fiery mountain that is cast down from the sky and strikes the ocean. This refers to a worldwide judgment from God in the form of a large meteorite that will have devastating consequences on shipping industries, fishing industries, and economies of the world generally. The slat water seas will turn to blood as a sign or symbol of death as a third of merchant vessels are destroyed and a third of all sea creatures die. The ultimate purpose of this plague is to encourage people to repent and prepare for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

[§104] Rev 8:7: The First Angel’s Plague upon the Land

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 07:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of John the Revelator's statements and images from Revelation 8:7 in the Book of Revelation. This verse describes the first trumpet plague that will be unleashed by God after the Opening of the seventh seal. This plague is of fire, burning, and hail mingled with blood, will be directed primarily at the earth, trees, and grass. This refers to a worldwide judgment from God upon the land, the effects of which will be limited to one-third of the trees and all grass. This judgment will have devastating consequences on agricultural industries and economies of the world generally. However, the purpose of this plague is to encourage people to repent and prepare for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

[§103] The First Group of Four Plagues in the Seventh Seal

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 07:00:18 GMT

This podcast is an explanatory overview of the first four trumpet plagues to be poured out on the earth after the opening of the seventh seal in the Book of Revelation, chapter 8. The distinction is shown between these first four plagues from the last three trumpet plagues referred to as the Three Woes. The first four plagues are eschatological judgments that come from God. They are directed primarily at nature, including the earth, trees and grass, as well as the sea, sea-creatures and waters of the earth. These plagues are foreshadowed by the plagues of ancient Egypt. The first four plagues only affect both wicked and righteous people, but only indirectly. These first four plagues have as their primary purpose to inspire the wicked to repent in the face of God's judgments. These plagues all use the fractional number of "one-third" to indicate the limited scope of their effects on the land, sea, and freshwater systems.

[§102] Images of Blood During the Seven Plagues

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 07:00:14 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of the blood (both literal and symbolic) associated with the plagues of the seventh seal in the Book of Revelation beginning with chapter 8. There are symbolic images of blood, such as a red moon that appears to be as blood, but also literal scenes of blood that describe the destruction of the wicked at the Second Coming. The scenes of bloodshed are often dualistic in their meaning. On the one hand, they represent the judgments of a just God, but also the blood of Christ's atoning sacrifice gives life to those that repent thus depicting the mercy of his offering. This podcast provides an overview of the blood-filled scenes of the seventh seal to serve as a foundation for understanding the specific images of blood described by John the Revelator.

[§101] Fire and Burning Will Accompany the Seven Plagues

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:22:35 GMT

This podcast explains generally the fire and burning that will accompany the plagues of the seventh seal as described in the Book of Revelation, including the intense physical and spiritual heat that will accompany the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The heat will be literal and will cause mountains to flow down like hot wax and valleys to be filled in so that the earth will be relatively flat as it is transfigured from a telestial sphere to a terrestrial sphere. This podcast also discusses how the heat of Christ's glory will cause the continents to rapidly merge into a single landmass, much like the condition of the earth prior to the time of the flood in the days of Noah. Dr. Walt Brown provides a scientific explanation for the division of continents after the flood, and this podcast expands on his explanation to discuss how the heat of the Second Coming will reunite the divided continents. The symbolism of fire and burning is also explained together with a discussion of how the righteous will be able to endure the fire and burning of the seventh seal leading to the millennium.

[§100] Seven Judgments [Plagues] Lead to the Second Coming

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:00:08 GMT

This podcast is an overview of the Seven Trumpet plagues described by John in Revelation 8 through 19. These trumpet plagues are poured out as the Judgments of God on the earth after the Opening of the Seventh Seal. They are sequential plagues that occur rapidly within months and a few years of each other. The last three trumpet plagues include the Three Woes that bring great tribulation and suffering among the people of the earth, including the seven-year battle of Armageddon. The Third Woe, which corresponds to the seventh trumpet angel, will occur very rapidly and coincides in time with the Second Coming when the Great Whore of false religion is defeated and Modern Babylon falls in a single day.

[§99] Rev 8:5-6: Christ Begins to Pour Out Judgments upon the Earth

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 07:00:14 GMT

This podcast describes and interprets the meaning of John's vision of the angel in Revelation 8:5-6, who takes a golden censer and casts down fire on earth in the midst of voices, thundering, lightning, and an earthquake. The imagery comes from the book of Ezekiel and is foreshadowed by the plague in Egypt when Moses cast ashes in the air and they caused boils then they fell to earth. The imagery reflects the judgments of God that will be poured out on the earth after the opening of the seventh seal that lies in our future.

Revelation 8:5: 00:01:19

Revelation 8:6: 00:37:38

[§98] Rev 8:3-4: A Day of Atonement in the Heavenly Temple

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:10:45 GMT

This podcast interprets and explains the imagery used by John to describe events in heaven in Revelation 8:3-4. These verses correspond to the half-hour of silence that begins in Revelation 8:1. In this half-hour of symbolically measured time, Jesus Christ will perform his intercessory role as the mediator by offering incense on the golden altar of the heavenly temple. The incense will produce an aromatic smoke that will ascend to God as the prayers of righteous saints. This vision presents the anti-type in heaven of the earthy day of atonement that was celebrated in the tabernacle of Moses and in the temples of Solomon and Herod for hundreds of years.

[§97] Rev 8:2: Seven Angels in Heaven Are Given Seven Trumpets

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:10:27 GMT

This podcast explains this symbolism found in Revelation 8:2 that talks about seven angels that were given seven trumpets during the half hour of silence in heaven at the opening of the seventh seal. There is a high likelihood that the seven angels are the seven archangels who stand in the presence of God and receive their trumpets from him to herald in the seven plagues that will follow the half hour of silence.

[§96] Rev 8:1: Silence in Heaven About the Space of Half an Hour

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:00:12 GMT

This podcast interprets and explains the meaning of the half hour of silence in heaven mentioned in Revelation 8:1. This brief period of silence will occur when Christ opens the seventh seal in our near future. The half hour of silence is a somber and sacred time that comes after the worldwide calamities at the end of the sixth seal and before the judgments of God are poured out during the seven trumpet plagues of the seventh seal.

[§95] Overview of the Seventh Seal [1000-Year Millennium]

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:00:10 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of the Seventh Seal from the Book of Revelation that John begins to describe in Revelation 8:1. When the sixth seal (that we now live in) ends with a great earthquake and other worldwide cataclycisms, Christ will open the seventh seal and there will be a silence in heaven for a symbolic half hour. This podcast quotes from the talk of President Russell M. Nelson during his October 2024 General Conference address to illustrate that the time for opening the seventh seal is fast approaching. After the half hour of silence n heaven, judgments will be poured out upon the earth in the form of seven trumpet plagues followed by seven vile plagues. This podcast gives and overview of the relationship of these various plagues that lead to the Second Coming.

[§94] Rev 7:15-17: The Blessed State of the Great Multitude

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:00:36 GMT

This podcast describes the symbolism and meaning of the images seen and heard by John the Revelator in Revelation 7:15-17. In these verses John continues to describe the appearance of the Great Multitude that he saw in paradise. They are surround the throne of God in heaven where they serve and worship God day and night, which means continually. The Father dwells among them. He protects and preserves the exaltation worthy spirits in paradise as a tent or tabernacle covers and preserves those within its protective reach.

Revelation 7: 15: 00:01:46

Revelation 7:16: 00:14:21

Revelation 7:17: 00:19:10

[§93] Rev 7:13-14: One of the 24 Elders Explains the Great Multitude

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 06:00:11 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism found in Revelation 7:13-14, including the meaning of the Great Multitude that John saw in paradise in Revelation 7:9, and the meaning of the Great Tribulation as a description of the last 3½ years before the Second Coming of Christ. The Great Multitude wore robes of white that were made clean and purified by the atoning sacrifice of Christ as the Lamb of God. One of the 24 Elders from John's first vision declared to John the meaning of the Great Multitude in Paradise as the Six Seal comes to a close and the Second Coming approaches.

[§92] Rev 7:10-12: The Multitude and Angels Worship in Paradise

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 06:00:30 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the words of John the Revelator in Revelation 7:10-12. The context for these verses is John's second vision of celestial paradise and he is here describing the great multitude that he was surprised to see in Revelation 7:9. As exaltation-worthy spirits in paradise, they are praising God and the Lamb in the form of a seven-fold doxology that is similar to a seven-fold doxology uttered by the 100+ Millin angels in Revelation 5:11. The connection between the 100+ million angels and the great multitude is explained in this podcast.

[§91] The Feast of Tabernacles Foreshadows the Sixth Seal Paradise

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 06:00:24 GMT

This podcast explains the historical roots of John's second vision of paradise in heaven in the Feast of Tabernacles. This feast was one of three great feasts that Israelite men were required to attend at Jerusalem throughout the Mosaic Era. It is also known by its Hebrew Name Sukkot, which means booths or tabernacles. The Feast of Tabernacles was a harvest festival that occurred in the seventh month of the Jewish calendar, and which corresponds to the months of September and October. This was the time of temporal ingathering, and also a time of spiritual ingathering because the feast came five days after the annual Day of Atonement when there was a reconciliation to Jehovah and a renewal of covenants. All these images from the feast are depicted in John's second vision of paradise in Revelation 7:9-17, as explained in this podcast.

[§90] Rev 7:9: Second Vision of Paradise and the Great Multitude

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:00:14 GMT

This podcast interprets and explains the imagery and symbolism of John's second vision of celestial paradise found in Revelation 7:9. This second vision comes after his first vision of celestial paradise in Revelation 4 and 5. In John's first vision of paradise he saw conditions in "heaven" as they existed at the time of his vision in 96 AD. Thereafter, he saw the sealing of the 144,000 Servants and their work as saviors on Mount Zion primarily during the sixth seal to bring as many as would come to the church of the Firstborn. John's second vision of paradise depicts the successful work of the 144,000, when he sees a great multitude of exaltation-worthy spirits in paradise that no man could number. John's second vision of paradise occurs in time at the end of the sixth seal and start of the seventh seal as the Second Coming approaches. Thus, John sees the great multitude in white robes. They are waving palm branches to herald and welcome Christ as the King of kings, which is an antitypical image for the same scene that played out on Palm Sunday when Christ entered Jerusalem in triumph.

[§89] The 144,000 Become Saviors on Mount Zion

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 06:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains the role of the 144,000 Servants as saviors on Mount Zion, as seen in John's vision recorded in Revelation 7. As saviors on Mount Zion, the 144,000 Servants have a duty to bring as many as will come to the church of the Firstborn as they work on both sides of the veil of death.

[§88] The 144,000 Prepare to Rule as Kings and Priests

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 06:00:09 GMT

This podcast explains in detail the identity and meaning (both symbolic and actual) of the 144,000 Servants identified in John's vision in Revelation 7:4-8. Much of this podcast explains Joseph Smith's inspired explanation of them found in Doctrine & Covenants 77:11, as high priests in the patriarchal order of the priesthood, who are ordained or authorized to bring as many people as will come to the status of exaltation in the Church of the Firstborn. They are kings and priests together with their wives as queens and priestesses who will stand with Christ on mount Zion at the time of the Second Coming and then rule and reign with him over the political and ecclesiastical kingdoms of the house of Israel during the millennium and beyond.

[§87] Limited Sealings of the 144,000 Began in the Fifth Seal

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 07:00:39 GMT

This podcast explains the sealing of the 144,000 servants as described by John in Revelation 7, and how that process began with members of the ancient Church of Jesus Christ in the meridian of time, which corresponds in time with the fifth seal from John apocalyptic vision. Although the sealing of the 144,000 servants is to be accomplished in the sixth seal, the work began in the fifth seal until the onset of the Great Apostasy ended the work in that era, and left most of the sealings to occur during the sixth seal in which we now live.

[§86] Rev 7:4-8: 144,000 Are Sealed from the Tribes of Israel

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:00:33 GMT

This podcast describes and explains the meaning of the 144,000 Servants identified by John in Revelation 7:4-8. The 144,000 number is a symbolic number derived from the priesthood number of 12 that is squared to arrive at 144 which represents the fulness of the priesthood. The figure of 144 is then multiplied by 1000 as a symbol of superlative greatness. This number is derived from the number 10 cubed. Ten is a symbolic number that represents the whole of a part or part of a whole. When taken together, the symbolic numbers used to arrive at the figure of 144,000 represents all exaltation-worthy Israelites, both those who are part of that chosen bloodline as well as those who are adopted into the house of Israel through the articles of adoption, which are the ordinances of the gospel. The 144,000 Servants are saviors on Mount Zion on both sides of the veil whose duty it is to bring as many others who will come to the Church of the Firstborn to then stand with Christ on Mount Zion at the Second Coming and then rule and reign with Christ during the millennium.

[§85] Wasting of the Earth Without the Sealing Power

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 06:00:32 GMT

This podcast describes in detail the prophecy in Malachi 4:5-6, where he predicted that the earth would be utterly wasted if Elijah the prophet failed to appear before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. This prophecy was fulfilled, not during Elijah's visit on the mount of transfiguration in the meridian of time, but on April 3, 1836, when Elijah appeared at the Kirtland Temple to bestow the sealing power on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. Since that time, the exalting ordinances of the gospel have been performed in increasing numbers as a preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The keys of the sealing power on both sides of the veil that all things may be gathered together in one with Christ in heaven and on earth.

[§84] Bridging the “Great Gulf” Between Prison and Paradise

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:28:34 GMT

This podcast focuses on the postmortal ministry of Jesus Christ in the spirit world between his death and resurrection. The disembodied spirit of Christ entered celestial paradise and declared liberty to the captives in anticipation of their forthcoming resurrection. He also bridged the great gulf between paradise and prison as he called ministers to serve as a great missionary force in spirit prison. The gospel was thus taken for the first time into prison that the captive spirits could receive the gospel to be judged according to men in the flesh (i.e., according to the same standards), but live according to God in the spirit. That is, by their conversion to the gospel and the receipt of vicarious ordinances, the disembodied spirits in prison can cross the great gulf bridged by the ministry of Christ and overcome spiritual death.

[§83] The Status of Spirits in Spirit Prison [Hell]

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 06:00:24 GMT

This podcast explains the status of disembodied spirits in prison (hell) in the postmortal spirit world and the conditions in prison. The spirits include heirs of the celestial kingdom who have not yet received the gospel and/or they are waiting the performance of their vicarious ordinances by someone still living on the earth. If these conditions and others are satisfied, celestial-worthy spirits can cross the gulf between prison and paradise that was bridged by the Savior during his postmortal ministry in paradise. Spirits in prison also include persons of the terrestrial and telestial kingdoms, as well as sons of perdition. The conditions in prison vary depending on the spiritual condition of the spirits who enter. Because of the diversity of spirits that exist, there are also diverse amounts of spiritual light present in prison. The gospel is taught in prison, and disembodied spirits retain their agency to accept the gospel, including the vicarious ordinances that can be performed on their behalf.

[§82] The Status of Spirits in Paradise

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:00:24 GMT

This podcast explains the conditions in celestial paradise for the disembodied spirits of the dead who qualified in this life to enter paradise at the time of their death. Baptism is the gateway ordinance into the celestial kingdom and to enter paradise between death and resurrection. There are three classes of spirits in celestial paradise, just as there are three classes within the celestial kingdom. This podcast endeavors to explain (or give possible explanations) to distinguish on degree of glory from another, including the difference of being born in the covenant or being sealed to a parent by the ordinance of adoption. The spirits of the dead can also qualify to enter paradise after they receive the gospel in spirit prison and have the vicarious ordinances of baptism and confirmation performed for them by a mortal person. The resurrection of the dead will begin with the disembodied spirits in paradise worthy of exaltation. The spirits that do not qualify for exaltation will be resurrected after the exaltation-worthy persons.

[§80] The Laws of Earthly Ordinances and Resurrection

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 06:00:40 GMT

This podcast explains the doctrine or law of earthly ordinances, which requires that all gospel ordinances--beginning with baptism and ending with the sealing ordinance—must be received by people before they can enter the celestial kingdom. The only exception would be for small children before the age of eight and unaccountable persons who are not able to exercise their agency for any reason. Even these people, however, must be sealed as an earthly ordinance to be exalted. This podcast also explains the connection between the law of earthly ordinances and the resurrection, including the Order of Resurrection. Combined, these laws require that all people of the celestial kingdom receive their required ordinances before they are resurrected, which is when their status will be fixed as a form of final judgment. This podcast explains how these principles, laws, and doctrines make temple work an urgent priority in these last days of the sixth seal so that all exaltation-worthy people can receive their ordinances while living--or vicariously if dead--to be prepared to stand with Christ in the flesh on mount Zion at the Second Coming as described by John in Revelation 14:1.

[§79] The Urgency of Temple Work in the Sixth Seal

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 06:00:24 GMT

This podcast describes the importance and urgency of temple work during these last days that come at the end of the sixth seal described by John in Revelation 7. Temple work includes the need to engage in family history and genealogy. Latter-day prophets describe temple work as the most important work we can perform in preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We are told that our ancestors cannot be perfected without us, nor can we be perfected without them. This podcast also explains the meaning of the prophecy by Malachi that Elijah must come before the great and dreadful day of the Lord to restore the sealing power or the earth would be utterly wasted at Christ’s second coming. This podcast also gives a brief history of temple work in this dispensation that began with baptisms for the dead in the Mississippi river. As we perform this work we become saviors on mount Zion.

[§78] Elijah Restores the “Sealing Power” in the Sixth Seal

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:09:06 GMT

This podcast explains the sealing power and the role of Elijah as one who held the keys of the sealing power anciently. As the last prophet to hold the sealing power anciently, Elijah was translated so that he could then appear to Jesus Christ and to Peter, James and John on the mount of Transfiguration and bestow upon them the keys of the sealing power, which are the keys of the kingdom. Elijah also appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple on April 3, 1836 to restore the sealing power in this last dispensation. This podcast distinguishes the persons of Elias, who restored the keys of the Abrahamic Covenant and Elijah, who restored the sealing power. By this power, whatever the lawful administers of God bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatsoever the loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. This podcast also discusses how the spirit of Elijah accompanies the bestowal of the keys of the sealing power and causes the hearts of the children to turn to their fathers as they do family history and perform vicarious ordinances in the temple for their ancestors.

Rev 7 [§76] The Calling and Election of the Dead

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 06:00:15 GMT

This podcast explains what it means for a person to have his or her calling and election made sure at the time of their death or otherwise qualify for exaltation and eternal life sometime after their death. Every person who receives the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:2-4 must have their calling and election made sure either in this life or hereafter. To qualify for this blessing at death or thereafter, people must prove themselves worthy as described in this podcast. Once their calling and election is made sure, they receive an unqualified and unconditional promise of eternal life and exaltation. People that do not have the opportunity to hear and accept the gospel in this life can accept it in the postmortal spirit world. If they then receive the sealing ordinance vicariously and enter celestial paradise, their calling and election is said to be made sure at that time. They become numbered among the spirits of just men made perfect as they ender paradise to await their resurrection.

Rev 7 [§75] The Calling and Election of Those Living

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 06:00:32 GMT

This podcast explains what it means for a person to have his or her calling and election made sure in this life. This is also called the “more sure word of prophecy,” the “second comforter,” and being sealed by the “Holy Spirit of Promise.” Every person who receives the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:2-4 must have their calling and election made sure either in this life or hereafter. To qualify for this blessing, people must prove themselves worthy as described in this podcast. Once their calling and election is made sure, they receive an unqualified and unconditional promise of eternal life and exaltation that can only be broken if a person then commits adultery or murder and fails to repent. The seal and promise will also be revoked if a person commits the unpardonable sin and becomes a son of perdition.

Rev 7 [§74] The Calling and Election of Saints Made Sure

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 06:00:17 GMT

This podcast explains what it means to have your calling and election made sure as one of two parts of the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:1-8. Those that possess the seal are guaranteed eternal life, exaltation, and godhood. To have your calling and election made sure means that you receive the more sure word of prophecy or the Second Comforter. The seal comes as the Holy Ghost, acting in his function as the Holy Spirit of Promise places a ratifying seal that guarantees eternal life. Those that possess the seal of the living God have a guarantee of spiritual protection as the power and influence of Satan grows stronger as we approach the end of the sixth seal and the Second Coming during the seventh seal.

Rev 7 [§73] The Ancient History of the Sealing Ordinance

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 06:00:20 GMT

This podcast describes the history of the sealing ordinance going all the way back to Adam and the era of the Patriarchs. Moving forward in time, the podcast explains the sealing ordinance after the flood, during the Mosaic Dispensation, during the time of Christ, the modern era and after the Second Coming. In addition to the history of the ordinance, this podcast explains the purpose of the sealing ordinance and its relationship to the seal of the living God mentioned by John in Revelation 7:1-8. The sealing ordinance has been and must be performed in a temple, beginning with the eternal marriage of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. This podcast also explains the requirement for all people to be sealed (married) in the temple as a condition for entry into the highest degree of glory in the celestial kingdom called exaltation and eternal life. Christ himself undoubtedly complied with this sacred ordinance and was married during his mortal life to fulfill all righteousness.

Rev 7:2-3 [§72] The Two Parts of the “Seal of the Living God”

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:33:35 GMT

This podcast explains the seal of the living God identified by John in Revelation 7:2-3. This includes a description of how seals were used anciently. The seal is a symbol of ownership, and those that have the seal belong to God. The seal is not an actual mark on the body, but it is something that must literally occur in the lives of worthy people who then belong to God. The seal includes the sealing ordinance that can be received in the temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The second part of the seal is to have one’s calling and election made sure, which is a guarantee of eternal life and exaltation. Those that have the seal and this guarantee are spiritually protected against Satan and will one day live as God lives and to be like him.

Rev 7:2-3 [§71] The Two Parts of the “Seal of the Living God”

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 06:00:17 GMT

This podcast explains the sealing ordinance performed in latter-day saint temples today, which includes the promises associated with the Abrahamic Covenant, which is also called “the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage.” A distinction is drawn between this covenant of celestial or eternal marriage and the new and everlasting covenant that is another name for the gospel of Jesus Christ. This podcast also discusses what is required for people to enter the highest degree of celestial kingdom, which includes exaltation, eternal life, and the continuation of seeds. Exaltation is limited to husbands and wives who enter the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood, which is the fulness of the priesthood. Children are also sealed up to exaltation when they are born in the covenant or adopted through the sealing ordinance that binds them to their parents. The distinction is explained between people in the celestial kingdom who are exalted to become as God is, and others in the celestial kingdom that are ministering angels in the celestial kingdom. People cannot be exalted without receiving the sealing ordinance. There are no exceptions, even though the ordinances of baptism, confirmation and others are not required for those who are unaccountable in this life due to their age and mental and/or physical disabilities that limit their agency.

Rev 7:2 [§70] An Angel from the East [Elias] Has the Seal of God

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:00:21 GMT

This podcast explains the identity of the angel from the east that John saw in Revelation 7:2. The name of this angel is Elias. Elias is both a name and a title. In the context of Revelation 7:2, Elias is a composite angel who represents the multiple angels involved in, and having authority over, the sealing of the 144,000 servants during the sixth seal as mentioned by John in Revelation 7:4-8.

Rev 7:1 [§69] The Four Destroying Angels of the Sixth Seal

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 06:00:34 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism of the four angels in Revelation 7:1 as destroying angels who have the power to hold at bay the four winds of destruction until the 144,000 servants of God are sealed in their forehead as described in Revelation 7:4-8. These are also restoration angels with the power to save those that accept and live the gospel and the corresponding power to destroy those that do not accept the gospel to their own condemnation. These destroying angels are at work in the world today, but they will not allow the fury of the four winds to blow destructively over the earth until the work of sealing has been accomplished during this, the sixth seal.

Rev 7 [§68] Preaching the Gospel in All Nations

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 06:00:46 GMT

This podcast discusses the commitment of priesthood keys on the earth as a necessary part of the restoration of the gospel. From the commitment of the keys to men on the earth, the gospel has been rolling forth to the ends of the earth, which then facilitates the sealings that must occur during the sixth seal as envisioned by John in Revelation 7. This podcast discusses the distinction of the restoration of the priesthood in 1829 from the commitment of priesthood keys, including the final keys that were committed when Christ appeared at the Kirtland Temple in the company of Moses, Elias and Elijah.

Rev 7 [§67] The Four Angels Commit the Keys of the Kingdom

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 06:00:17 GMT

Rev 7:1 [§66] The Four Angels of the Restoration

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 06:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning and role of the four angels in Revelation 7:1, who stand on the four corners of the earth. They symbolically represent the four restoration angels of the gospel who have saving power to take the gospel to all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people. They are also destroying angels that hold at bay the four winds of destruction. This reflects the power of the gospel to save those who accept and live its principles and power to destroy those that do not. The four angels on the four corners of the earth hold at bay the four winds of destruction until the work of the sixth seal is complete, which includes taking to gospel to all the world and sealing the 144,000 Servants as described in Revelation 7.

Rev 6:17 [§65] Who Shall Be Able to Stand?

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 14:13:34 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of Revelation 6:17, which asks he question: “Who shall be able to stand?” This question has reference to the great day of wrath that will come at the second coming and asks who shall be able to stand on mount Zion with Jesus Christ at the day of the Second Coming. It correspondingly asks, who shall be able to stand against the destruction of the great wrath that will accompany the day of the Second Coming. John’s vision in Revelation 7 answers these questions.

Rev 6:15-16 [§64] Seven Wicked Classes of Men Hide in Fear

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 14:10:02 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning and symbolism of the seven classes of wicked men in Revelation 6:15-16, who will face the wrath of the Lamb if they fail to repent when the sixth seal comes to a close at the time of the great earthquake that still lies in our future. Revelation 6:15: 00:01:37 Revelation 6:16: 00:28:28

Rev 6:14 [§63] Heaven Departs [Opens] as a Scroll

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 06:00:33 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John to describe literal signs and wonders that will be seen in the visible sky at the end of the sixth seal as recorded in Revelation 6:14. John uses the symbol of a scroll that is rolled together to describe how heaven will depart. Heaven or that part of the sky that we see normally will depart when great signs and wonders in heaven become visible as the sixth seal comes to an end.

Rev 6:12-13 [§62] Signs in the Sun, Moon and Stars

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:00:47 GMT

This podcast describes the cosmic signs of the times in heaven that will accompany the Great Earthquake at the end of the sixth seal as described by John in Revelation 6:12-13. These signs include a dark sun, a moon that is red like the color of blood, and stars that fall like unripe figs when blown by a mighty wind. These are literal signs in heaven that have historical precedents as explained in this podcast.

Rev 6:12, 14 [§61] A Great Earthquake Ends the Sixth Seal

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 06:00:16 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the “Great Earthquake” that will occur in our future at the end of the sixth seal, as predicted by John in Revelation 6 verses 12 and 14. The podcast describes the power of this earthquake in relationship to other earthquakes from the past and in the future, including the two separate earthquakes described by John in Revelation 11 and Revelation 16. This podcast also explains how this Great Earthquake, along with other signs of the times from the sixth seal, are intended to encourage people to repent as we prepare to transition from the sixth seal to the seventh seal.

Rev 6 [§59] The Seven “Signs of the Times” of the Sixth Seal

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:00:22 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of the latter-day signs of the times that are part of the sixth seal in which we now live. The “Signs of the Times” are events and divinely controlled occurrences, including “natural disasters,” that portend future events associated with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This podcast explains how the Signs of the Times are becoming increasingly apparent to spiritually sensitive people who can recognize the signs for what they are. Even for spiritually discerning people the Signs of the Times can be difficult to recognize and interpret for reasons that are explained in this podcast. The Signs are also discussed in the context of the great wickedness that exists in the world today, including the United States, which is threatened by the increasing evil tolerated in this country. The signs of the times given in the sixth seal are intended to persuade wicked and evil to repent and the signs are sufficiently clear that the unrepentant shall be left without excuse the day of the Lord’s wrath that will follow the sixth seal.

Rev 6 [§59] The Seven “Signs of the Times” of the Sixth Seal

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 06:00:35 GMT

Rev 6 [§58] Overview of John’s Vision of the Sixth Thousand Years

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 06:00:47 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of the sixth seal described by John in Revelation 6:12 through Revelation 7:17. The sixth seal covers the thousand-year period from approximately 1000 – 2000 AD. When the Great Earthquake and other signs in the heaven occur as predicted by John in Revelation 12-16, this will mark the end of the sixth seal. The end of this seal will be delayed, however, so that the 144,000 Servants can received the seal of the living God so that they may stand with Christ on mount Zion as described in Revelation 14:1.

Rev 6:11 [§57] The “Great Apostasy” During the Fifth Seal

Sun, 30 Jun 2024 06:00:27 GMT

This podcast describes the context and meaning of the martyrdom mentioned by John in Revelation 6:11 as part of the fifth seal. John describes the martyrdom of two groups, including those of the ancient church of Jesus Christ, who were killed during the apostolic era and the time period known as the Great Apostasy. He states that these early martyrs will be at rest in the celestial paradise of the post-mortal spirit world until their fellow-servants, those of the latter-days, are likewise martyred. Martyrdom extends beyond the fifth seal and will continue during the sixth and seventh seals right up to the time of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. These topics are the subject of this podcast.

Rev 6:9-10 [§56] Martyrdom During the Fifth Seal

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 06:00:23 GMT

This podcast describes the fifth seal in the Book of Revelation described by John in Revelation 6:9-10. As explained in this video, the fifth seal is called the millennium of martyrdom that began with the birth of Jesus Christ and ended in 1000 AD. The most transcendent event in this period was the atonement of Jesus Christ, but John’s focus was on the martyrdom of saints that began after Christ was crucified. The message of martyrdom is symbolized by John’s vision of an altar in heaven and the souls of the martyrs beneath that altar. This imagery is explained in this podcast. Finally, this podcast also talks about the Great Apostasy when the true church of Jesus Christ was universally lost throughout the world during the period of the fifth seal and continuing for much of the sixth seal.

Revelation 6:9: 00:03:48

Revelation 6:10: 00:51:25

Rev 6:7-8 [§55] Sickness and Death in the Fourth Seal [1000 BC-1 AD]

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 06:00:17 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and meaning of the fourth seal in Revelation 6:7-8. The fourth seal covers the period from 1000 BC to the birth of Jesus Christ in about 1 AD. This was the time of the pale horse of the apocalypse, which represents the spiritually sick condition of the Israelites during this 1000-year period.

Revelation 6:7: 00:01:10

Revelation 6:8: 00:16:53

Rev 6:5-6 [§54] Famines in the Third Seal [2000-1000 BC]

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 06:00:25 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolic images used by John in his vision of the third seal of seven opened in Revelation 6:5-6. In these verses, he sees a black horse and rider, as well as other symbols that represent famines in the third thousand years of the earth’s temporal existence. This coincides in time with the period of the patriarchs, including Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel) and Joseph. There were also famines in the days of the judges in Israel and the three kings of Israel, including Saul, David and Solomon. This great time of famine occurred between approximately 2000 and 1000 BC.

Revelation 6:5: 00:01:51

Revelation 6:6: 00:20:09

Rev 6:3-4 [§53] Noah’s Flood in the Second Seal [3000-2000 BC]

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 06:00:23 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolic images used by John in his vision of the second seal of seven opened in Revelation 6:3-4. In these verses he sees a red horse and rider, which represent bloodshed and death in the second thousand years of the earth’s temporal existence. This coincides in time with the period of the great flood in the days of Noah between 3000 and 2000 BC. This podcast also explains the mechanism of the flood by first talking about the creation. The earth was organized through accretion which resulted in a hot molten earth. As the earth cooled rapidly, hot magma began to crystalize to form oceanic crust and continental crust. In the earth’s cooling process, water was expelled to form a shallow ocean on the surface of the crust. Continued cooling beneath the earth’s crust caused additional water to be expelled which formed a subterranean ocean. At the time of the flood, a rupture in the crust allowed the subterranean waters to be expelled to the surface very rapidly. This is described in Genesis 7:11 as the “fountains of the great deep.” The effects of this rupture in the crust are discussed in this podcast.

Revelation 6:3: 00:05:26

Revelation 6:4: 00:15:19

[§52] Rev 6:1-2: Enoch’s Conquests in the First Seal [4000-3000 BC]

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 06:00:25 GMT

This podcast explains in detail the meaning of the First Seal identified in Revelation 6:1-2. This seal covers the period of time from approximately 4000 to 3000 BC. This is the first of four historical seals described by the image of a white horse and a rider with a crown and bow who conquers his enemies. The imagery represents the triumphal conquest (both temporally and spiritually) of the prophet Enoch. After a ministry of 365 years, Enoch and his city were translated and taken into heaven.

Revelation 6:1: 00:02:17

Revelation 6:2: 00:15:41

Rev 6 [§51] Overview of the Seven Seals

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 06:00:37 GMT

This podcast summarizes and gives an overview of the seven seals described in the Book of Revelation. The seven seals represent the redemptive works of Jesus Christ during the earth’s seven thousand year temporal existence. They are first identified in Revelation 5 and the opening of the seals begins in Revelation six. The first four historical seals are described briefly in Revelation 6 and cover the period from 4000 BC to the birth of Christ. The symbolism of three prophetic seals cover the period from 1 AD to the end of the earth after the millennium and they are also described and summarized in this podcast.

[§50] Rev 5:11-14: Those in All Kingdoms of Glory Praise the Lamb

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 06:00:26 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism from John’s vision of celestial paradise and beyond in Revelation 5:11-14. In these verses, John beheld the voices of 100 million angels, plus thousands and thousands more who praised Christ for his atonement and the work of his redemption. These 100+ million angels were outside the inner circles of worshipers that included the 24 Elders (exaltation-worthy spirits) and the Four Beasts (representing four classes of creation). The 100+ million angels exist in spirit prison of the postmortal spirit world as of the time of John’s vision of heaven in 96 AD, from all reaches of the universe including all worlds created and redeemed by Christ. These angels proclaim a seven-fold doxology in their praise of Jesus Christ. The Four Beast say “Amen” as an expression of agreement and ratification of worship by the 24 Elders and the 100+ million angels.

Revelation 5:11: 00:02:02

Revelation 5:12: 00:37:22

Revelation 5:13: 00:45:41

Revelation 5:14: 00:56:33

[§49] Rev 5:8-10: Saints Worthy of Exaltation Praise the Lamb

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 06:00:36 GMT

This podcast explains the symbols in John’s vision from Revelation 5:8-10. In these verses, John takes the book with seven seals from the hand of God the Father. When he does so, the Four Beasts and 24 Elders immediately prostrate themselves before Christ and worship him as the redeemer. The 24 Elders four and twenty elders also have harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. The 24 Elders also sing a new song extolling the virtues of his sacrifice to redeem all of creation from every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. They once again proclaim how Christ has made them kings and priests that will rule on earth commencing with the millennium.

Revelation 5:8: 00:01:46

Revelation 5:9: 00:31:23

Revelation 5:10: 00:55:20

[§48] Rev 5:5-7: The Lamb Prevailed to Open the Book and Loose the Seals

Sun, 26 May 2024 06:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the symbols used by John the Revelator from his vision in Revelation 5:5-7. These verses are a continuation of John’s vision of paradise in the postmortal spirit world that began in Revelation 4. In Revelation 5:1-5, John saw a book with seven seals and he wept because he could not find any man to break the seals and open the book. John is now told that the “Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David” (Jesus Christ) had power to do so. He then saw a Lamb that stood in the midst of paradise as though he was slain, but was very much alive. The Lamb represents Jesus Christ. He had seven horns and eyes, representing his omniscience and omnipotent. Christ takes the book from the right hand of God the Father and prepares to open the book.

Revelation 5:5: 00:02:20

Revelation 5:6: 00:20:56

Revelation 5:7: 00:49:49

[§47] Rev 5:1-4: The Book with Seven Seals

Sat, 25 May 2024 06:00:17 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning and imagery of John the Revelator in Revelation 5:1-4. In these verses, John’s vision of celestial paradise continues from Revelation 4, but now he sees God the Father on the throne with a book (scroll) in his right hand having seven seals. The meaning of the scroll and its seven seals is discussed in detail as well as the meaning of the strong angel who asks the question of who is worthy to open the book and loose the seals. No man was worthy to do so, because only a God (Jesus Christ) had that power.

Revelation 5:1: 00:02:25

Revelation 5:2: 00:50:54

Revelation 5:3: 00:59:56

Revelation 5:4: 01:02:47

[§46] Rev 4:11: God the Father Glorified As the Creator of all Things

Sun, 19 May 2024 06:00:26 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and meaning of John the Revelator’s vision found in Revelation 4:11. This last verse in Revelation chapter 4 explains why the Four Beasts and 24 Elders in this chapter are worshiping God the Father as the ultimate source of all creations in the universe.

[§45] Rev 4:8-10: The Beasts and 24 Elders Worship the Creator

Sat, 18 May 2024 06:00:33 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the symbolic images of John the Revelator in Revelation 4:8-10. The images include the “Four Beasts” that rest not day and night as they utter the trisagion (holy, holy, holy) to God the Father seated on the throne in paradise. He is declared to be the “Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.” After the Four Beast glorified God, the 24 Elders (representing exaltation-worthy saints) also fell down or prostrated themselves before the Father and cast their thrones toward God in homage and respect for the Father’s creative enterprises.

[§44] Rev 4:6-8: The Four Beasts Represent All Creation in Paradise

Sun, 12 May 2024 06:00:26 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolic images used by John to describe paradise in heaven in Revelation 4:6-8. These images include the four beasts who represent all of creation. They are full of eyes before and behind representing their intelligence and omniscience to see things past, present, and future. The beasts (or living creatures more accurately) have symbolic faces of a lion, a calf, a man, and a flying eagle. Their power of movement and ability to carry out the works of God was represented by the six wings on each image. The beasts were also full of eyes within representing their power to discern their own eternal destiny.

Revelation 4:6: 00:01:41

Revelation 4:7: 00:27:48

Revelation 4:8: 00:46:50

[§43] Rev 4:6: The Sea of Glass Reflects Conditions in Paradise

Sat, 11 May 2024 06:00:23 GMT

This podcast discusses the symbolic meaning of the images described by John the Revelator in Revelation 4:6, including the images of the throne of God that stood before the sea of glass like unto crystal. This podcast sets forth various reasons why John’s vision in this verse refers to paradise in the postmortal spirit world where disembodied spirits go to prepare and wait for their resurrection rather than the celestial kingdom of resurrected persons.

[§42] Rev 4:5: God’s Throne of Judgment and the Seven Lamps

Sun, 05 May 2024 06:00:20 GMT

This podcast explains the symbols used by John to describe the throne of God in heaven that John saw in Revelation 4:5, including the lightnings, thunderings, and voices that John saw and heard. His verse also includes the images of seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. These seven spirits are the same seven spirits from Revelation 1:4, which represent the seven leaders from the seven churches of Asia following their mortal deaths.

[§41] Rev 4:4: 24 Elders Sit on Thrones in Paradise

Sat, 04 May 2024 06:00:18 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the symbols used by John the Revelator in his vision of paradise in Revelation 4:4, including the symbol of the throne of God surrounded by 24 seats (thrones). These thrones were occupied by 24 Elders clothed in white raiment and crowns of gold on their head to represent their exaltation-worthy status in paradise.

[§40] Rev 4:2-3: John’s Vision of the Throne of God in Heaven

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 06:00:18 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the symbols in John’s vision of paradise in Revelation 4:2-3. John sees these symbolic images while “in the Spirit.” The images include a throne set in heaven on which God the Father is seated. His glory is described in symbolic term as a jasper and a sardine stone. There was also an emerald-colored rainbow round about the throne, representing life and the mercy of God.

Revelation 4:2: 00:01:14

Revelation 4:3: 00:21:43

[§39] Rev 4:1: A Door in Heaven Is Opened to Reveal Things Hereafter

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 06:00:24 GMT

This podcast explains John’s vision of paradise in Revelation 4:1, where he was beckoned by the voice of Jesus Christ to come up hither through an open door leading to heaven. The symbols of this verse are interpreted including the voice that sounds like a trumpet and the meaning of “things which must be hereafter.”

[§38] Rev 4:1-11: Overview of John’s Vision of “Heaven” [Paradise]

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:00:17 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of chapter 4 in the Book of Revelation with an emphasis on the meaning of the word heaven. This podcast explains that heaven is synonymous with celestial paradise in the postmortal spirit world where the spirits of the righteous and just go to await their resurrection into the celestial kingdom. In this chapter John sees celestial paradise as of 96 AD, which is the date of his vision on Patmos island. Various reasons and explanations are given as to why this is not a vision of the celestial kingdom for resurrected persons.

[§37] Rev 3:21-22: Those That Overcome Will Be as God Is

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains the images and symbols found in Revelation 3:21-22. These verses describe the promise of eternal life given to people such as the saints in Laodicea who overcome their lukewarm condition in the gospel. This is reflected in the symbolism of overcomers sitting on the throne of God the Father and with Jesus Christ. These verses contain the admonition found in all seven letters by John the Revelator for saints everywhere to hear what the Spirit says to the seven churches.

Revelation 3:21: 00:01:52

Revelation 3:22: 00:54:31

[§36] Rev 3:19-20: Christ Stands at the Door

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 06:00:31 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism of the lukewarm Laodiceans found in Revelation 3:19-20. In these verses John the Revelator describes the Savior’s love for the Laodiceans despite their spiritual apathy. He tells them, and all people, that he loves those whom he rebukes and chastens as a loving father. He commands the Laodiceans to be zealous and repent. He also tells them that he is standing at the door of their hardened hearts knocking and waiting for a receptive ear to open the door to him. Those who open their heart to Christ will be blessed with his presence and will share with him an intimate meal as a symbol of eternal life.

Revelation 3:19: 00:01:43

Revelation 3:20: 00:22:51

[§35] Rev 3:17-18: Counsel to the Wretched and Miserable

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 06:00:26 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism about the lukewarm Laodiceans found in Revelation 3:17-18. In these verses John the Revelator describes the Laodicean saints as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked because they thought themselves rich because of their temporal wealth. Christ counseled them to buy spiritual gold tried in the fire and then they would be truly rich and clothed in white raiment as a symbol of eternal life. They were also counseled to anoint their eyes with eye salve to cure their spiritual blindness. This podcast explains how the Laodiceans came to be spiritually blind and how this condition relates to the human condition today.

Revelation 3:17: 00:02:47

Revelation 3:18: 00:25:12

[§34] Rev 3:14-16: The Lukewarm Laodiceans

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 06:00:32 GMT

This podcast discusses John the Revelator’s letter to the church at Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-16. John’s letter comes from Christ who declares himself to be the “Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.” All these names and titles express the power of Christ to bring about the destruction of the Lukewarm Laodiceans who were spiritually apathetic members of Christ’s church. This podcast explains why Christ told this church that he would rather that they be either “cold or hot” and why he would vomit them out of his mouth because of their lukewarmness.

Revelation 3:14: 00:04:27

Revelation 3:15-16: 00:24:09

[§33] Rev 3:11-13: Pillars in the Heavenly Temple of God

Sat, 06 Apr 2024 06:00:24 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the various symbols used by John the Revelator in his letter to the saints in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:11-13. Christ promises to come to the saints quickly and warns them to guard against anyone taking their crown, which represents eternal life. He further promises that the faithful saints will be made pillars in the heavenly temple of God, which is also a symbolic promise of eternal life. The saints will bear the name of the Father, the name of the New Jerusalem as the city of God, and the new name of Jesus Christ. All these things are a symbol of eternal life that come to those that overcome evil in this life.

Revelation 3:11: 00:01:25

Revelation 3:12: 00:15:21

Revelation 3:13: 00:37:13

[§32] Rev 3:9-10: The Patient Are Promised Eternal Life

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 13:08:39 GMT

This podcast describes and explains the letter that John the Revelator wrote to members of the church in the city of Philadelphia in 96 AD, as set forth in Revelation 3:9-10. In these verses the Philadelphian saints were told that the source of their persecution was those people that called themselves Jews but were of the synagogue of Satan. These persecutors would one day know the error of their way and would prostrate themselves before the Christian people to pay homage to them. The Savior also promised the Philadelphian saints that their calling and election to eternal life was made sure because they had kept his word in patience. To have one’s calling and election made sure is to have the more sure word of prophecy and to have the guarantee of eternal life. These topics are explained in this podcast.

Revelation 3:9: 00:01:42

Revelation 3:10: 00:10:34

[§31] Rev 3:7-8: Christ Holds the Key of David

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 13:02:35 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the vision of John the Revelator in his sixth letter to the saints at Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-8. These verses describe the commendations of Christ to the Philadelphian saints who, despite their little strength, had remained true to the gospel and to his name. They were holy and true as Christ is the Holy and True. These verses also describe how Christ holds the key of David as a symbol of absolute power. With this power Christ can open the door to heaven to those worthy of it, and he can exclude those who are unworthy.

Revelation 3:7: 00:06:11

Revelation 3:8: 00:41:43

[§30] Rev 3:4-6: Undefiled Saints Shall Walk in White

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 05:00:53 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the letter of John the Revelator to the church in Sardis in Revelation 3:4-6. The saints in Sardis were fixated on their name and reputation instead of having their lives focused on the Savior. Christ states that there are few in Sardis—a city famous for its woolen garment industry—that had not defiled their garments. The garments discussed in this verse symbolically describe the moral and spiritual status of the people, as discussed in this podcast. Those with clean and white garments are promised that they will be clothed in white raiment as a symbol of purity and eternal life. They also will not have their name blotted out of the book of life, which is explained in more detail during this podcast. This podcast also discusses the manner by which people have their name included in the book of life during premortality or during mortality. Christ will advocate with the Father for people who have their names in the book of life.

Revelation 3:4: 00:01:09

Revelation 3:5: 00:24:01

Revelation 3:6: 00:56:00

[§29] Rev 3:1-3: The Saints Are Alive, But Spiritually Dead

Sat, 23 Mar 2024 06:00:18 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the meaning of John’s letter to the saints in the City of Sardis in Revelation 3:1-3. The topics of these verses include a discussion of how the Saints in Sardis were physically alive, but spiritually dead. They were Christians in name who lived off the faith and reputation of church members who preceded them. Their condition exists today in the modern church. The Sardian saints were commanded to be watchful and strengthen those truths that remain among them. They are told to remember their testimonies from before and repent to avoid their spiritual deadness.

Revelation 3:1: 00:01:17

Revelation 3:2: 00:27:13

Revelation 3:3: 00:46:12

[§28] Rev 2:26-29: The Saints Will Receive the Morning Star

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 06:00:20 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets John the Revelator’s vision in Revelation 2:26-29. In these verses to the overcoming saints in Thyatira, they are promised power over nations. This is synonymous with godhood, as shown by many other scriptural references discussed in this podcast. This podcast also explains how Christ will rule over the nations with a rod of iron at his Second Coming, breaking them to pieces like potter’s clay. Finally, faithful and overcoming saints are promised the morning star, which is a reference to Jesus Christ. This is synonymous with the Second Comforter, as discussed in this podcast.

Revelation 2:26: 00:01:39

Revelation 2:27: 00:27:02

Revelation 2:28-29: 00:39:01

[§27] Rev 2:24-25: The Burden of the Faithful Is to Hold Fast

Sat, 16 Mar 2024 06:00:14 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the vision of John the Revelator in Revelation 2:24-25. These verses are a continuation of John’s letter to the saints in Thyatira, including the rest of the saints that did not engage in and know the doctrine of Jezebel—which is called the “depths of Satan by Jesus Christ. The saints are told that they shall have no other burdens placed upon them than what they have already been asked to do, which is to abstain from fornication, idol worship, and meats offered to idols. In short, their burden is to hold fast to the gospel and not to the dogmas to Jezebel, the Gnostics, the Nicolaitans, or the doctrine of Balaam. The saints are to hold fast “till I come” as an admonition to endure to the end.

Revelation 2:24: 00:01:45

Revelation 2:25: 00:35:21

[§26] Rev 2:20-23: “Jezebel” and Great Tribulation

Sun, 10 Mar 2024 07:00:17 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the many symbols found in Revelation 2:20-23. These verses describe the condemnations of Christ upon the saints in the ancient church of Thyatira. He condemns them because they allowed a woman named Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to seduce church members to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. She is in everyway the antitype for the woman named Jezebel in the Old Testament that was married to king Ahab and caused all of Israel to worship idols. Christ threatens Jezebel of Thyatira with destruction with all her followers, just as Jezebel of old was destroyed together with her family. As with Jezebel, the Lord knows our “reins and hearts” (innermost feelings) and has promised to give to everyone according to our works.

Revelation 2:20: 00:01:31

Revelation 2:21: 00:38:04

Revelation 2:22: 00:46:41

Revelation 2:23: 01:01:05

[§25] Rev 2:18-19: Commendations to the Saints in Thyatira

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 07:00:16 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the content of the verses in Revelation 2:18-19. These verses are part of John’s fourth letter to the church at Thyatira and they contain the commendations of Christ to the saints in that City. The Thyatirans were commended for their improved works of charity, service, faith, and patience in a city where the worship of the sun god Apollo was prevalent. To counter this pagan influence, Christ addressed himself to the Thyatiran saints as the Son of God. He also described his omniscience and power over paganism as one who “hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass.”

Revelation 2:18: 00:02:15

Revelation 2:19: 00:25:26

[§24] Rev 2:17: The New Name Is a Key Word

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 22:27:54 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the new name written on the white stone in Revelation 2:17 that exalted men and women receive as part of the temple endowment. This new name is the key word that worthy people receive and which is necessary to be able to walk by the angels who stand as sentinels at the portals of heaven. This podcast discusses the use of new names for people in the scriptures as part of life changing events. The new name always accompanies some form of new birth, rebirth or changed conditions in the life of the person receiving the new name. This podcast also discusses the origin of the key words used in the temple today from the writings of Abraham including specifically Facsimile 2 found in the Book of Abraham, chapter 3.

§22] Rev 2:17: The Hidden Manna Represents Eternal Life

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 07:00:34 GMT

This podcast explains the content and meaning of the hidden manna in Revelation 2:17. This verse is addressed to the saints in Pergamos who were guilty of compromising their standards by eating meats sacrificed to idols. The hidden manna foreshadows Christ as the bread of life and stands as an opposite image of the meat of idols that offers no life whatsoever.

[§21] Rev 2:14-16: A Call to Repent for Idol Worship

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 23:51:26 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains Revelation 2:14-16, where the Lord condemns the saints of Pergamos for the reasons described in these verses. The saints in Pergamos were guilty of compromising their standards, which the Lord describes as the doctrine of Balaam. This is a metaphorical reference to a Midianite prophet who used his prophetic gift for monetary profit. He taught Balak, the Moabite king, that Israel could be defeated if the Moabites befriended the Israelites and caused them to sin. Balak did so and this became a stumbling block for the Israelites who then committed grosser sins than just befriending the Moabites, including idol worship and fornication. The saints in Pergamos were also condemned for tolerating the doctrine of the Nicolaitans. Christ commands them to repent of be destroyed by the sword of his mouth.

Revelation 2:14: 00:01:19

Revelation 2:15: 00:49:08

Revelation 2:16: 00:51:18

Rev 2:11: [§19] Saints Won’t Be Hurt by the Second Death

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 07:00:24 GMT

This podcast is a description and explanation of John’s vision in Revelation 2:11. This verse is a continuation of John’s letter to the saints in Smyrna. They were promised that if they overcame they would “not be hurt of the second death.” This podcast explains what is meant by the words “second death” as distinguished from various degrees of spiritual death.

Rev 2:7: [§17] Those That Overcome Eat from the Tree of Life

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 07:00:25 GMT

This podcast discusses, explains and interprets the prophecies of John the apostle found in Revelation 2:7. This verse directed the ancient Ephesian saints to listen and hearken to the words of John’s prophecy with the promise that those who overcame the world of sin would be given to eat of the tree of life in the midst of the paradise of God. This podcast discusses the epiphone “he that hath an ear…” as well as other topics of interest, including the Spirit of the Holy Ghost, what it means to overcome, and the tree of life.

Rev 2:8-10: [§18] The Saints Will Suffer Severe Tribulations

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 07:00:45 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning and content of Rev 2:8-10, including John’s letter to the ancient saints at Smyrna. The letter was written by John but comes from Christ who identifies himself as “the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive.” The Savior knows the works of the saints in Smyrna, and their tribulation and poverty caused by the blasphemies of the Jews, who are Jews in name only—but not in practice because they belong to the synagogue of Satan. These verses give some perspective to the question of why righteous people suffer. The Savior tells the Smyrnian saints not to fear suffering even as he predicts tribulations for a symbolic period of ten days. He promises that if they are faithful unto death, they will receive a crown of life. Revelation 2:8: 00:02:19 Revelation 2:9:00:26:59 Revelation 2:10: 00:49:41

Rev 2:6: [§16] Christ Hates the Deeds of the Nicolaitans

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:16:36 GMT

This podcast discusses, explains and interprets the prophecies of John the apostle found in Revelation 2:6. This verses describes the hatred that the Ephesian saints had for the immoral, worldly and perverse teachings of the Nicolaitan’s within the ancient church at Ephesus. The Savior also makes an unusually strong, if not atypical, claim that he also hates the deeds of the Nicolaitans. This podcast will discuss the possible origins of name of this perverse group and what their deeds were that aroused the hatred of even Jesus Christ.

Rev 2:4-5 [§15]: A Call to Repent for Leaving Thy First Love

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 07:00:18 GMT

This podcast discusses, explains and interprets the prophecies of John the apostle found in Revelation 2:4-5. These verses contain Christ’s condemnation of the ancient Ephesian saints who had forsaken their “first love,” Jesus Christ. This means they lost the Christian virtue of charity and no longer possessed the ardent love of the Savior that they once possessed. Christ threatens to remove his church from among them if they do not repent and return to their first love. The Ephesian saints are a foreshadow for members of the latter-day church, who also run the risk of forsaking their love for Jesus Christ in the midst of great worldliness. Revelation 2:4: 00:02:02 Revelation 2:5: 00:23:50

Rev 2:1-3 [§14]: Commendations to the Ephesian Saints

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 07:00:38 GMT

This podcast discusses, explains and interprets the John’s writings found in Revelation 2:1-3. These verses contain Christ’s commendations of the ancient Ephesian saints who withstood evil in their midst, who tried and rejected the false apostles in their midst that were liars. The Ephesian saints are a foreshadow for members of the latter-day church.

Revelation 2:1: 00:07:46

Revelation 2:2: 00:14:50

Revelation 2:3: 00:44:55

Rev 1:19-20: [§12]: John's Final Charge to Write the Vision

Sat, 27 Jan 2024 07:00:18 GMT

This podcast includes a doctrinal explanation of the words of the apostle John in Revelation 1:19-20. These verses contain John’s charge to write the subject matter of all his visions from Patmos island—past, present and future. These verses are essentially an outline of John’s visions for the entire Book of Revelation.

Revelation 1:19: 00:01:40

Revelation 1:20: 00:12:50

Rev 1:16-17: [§11]: Christ Holds the Seven Stars in His Hand

Sun, 21 Jan 2024 07:00:52 GMT

This podcast summarizes and explains the symbols and content of Revelation 1:16-18. The symbols include the seven stars (servants) in the right hand of Christ, the two-edged sword from the mouth of Christ, and Christ’s countenance that shone like the sun. John collapsed when he saw the glorified Christ and fell at the feet of Christ as if dead and Christ raised John with the right hand of his power. The meaning of this event and it’s foreshadow of the resurrection is explained. Christ holds the keys of death and hell, which are also explained in this podcast. A discussion of these symbols in each of the individual verses can be found at the following times in this podcast:

Revelation 1:16: 00:01:39

Revelation 1:17: 00:27:49

Revelation 1:18: 00:46:04

Rev 1:12-15 [§10]: Christ in the Midst of Seven Candlesticks

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 07:00:19 GMT

This podcast explains the symbols and images found in Revelation 1:12-15, including the seven golden candlesticks, the menorah, Christ standing or walking in the midst of the seven candlesticks, the name-title of Christ as the Son of Man, the long garment worn by Christ, the golden girdle tied at Christ’s chest, his head and hair that was white like wool and snow, his eyes like the flame of fire, his feet like fine brass and his voice of many waters. Revelation 1:12: 00:01:13 Revelation 1:13-15: 00:25:23

§9: Rev 1:9-11:The First Woe and Start of the Second Woe

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:00:23 GMT

This podcast provides a verse-by-verse analysis of Revelation 1:9-11. After the introductory verses in the Book of Revelation, these verses begin the initial substantive visions. In these verses John identifies himself by name as a peer among his fellow-saints that suffer tribulation. The podcast explains the conditions of John’s day and his banishment to the island of Patmos for his witness and testimony of Jesus Christ. The podcast also explains what it means to be patient in a gospel-sense. John’s vision of Jesus Christ occurred on the “Lord’s Day,” which means Sunday. John was “in the Spirit” on that day as the vision was heralded by a symbolic trumpet. This podcast describes the process whereby Sabbath-day worship went from Saturday among the Jews to Sunday among Christians. The podcast concludes with the directive for John to write the vision on a scroll that was to be sent to the Seven Churches in Asia.

Verse Time Stamps:

Revelation 1:9: 0:03:51

Revelation 1:10: 0:53:08

Revelation 1:11: 1:24:35

§8 Rev 1:7-8: Introduction to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ

Sat, 13 Jan 2024 07:00:32 GMT

This podcast provides a detailed description and analysis of Revelation 1:7-8. These verses set forth John’s first introduction to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ when he shall come in the clouds and every eye shall see him, including those that pierced him at the time of his crucifixion. The discussion of each verse can be found at the following specific times in the podcast:

Revelation 1:7, Start: 00:01:15

Revelation 1:8, Start: 00:58:45

§7 Rev 1:4-6: John’s Salutation to the Seven Churches

Sun, 07 Jan 2024 07:00:17 GMT

This podcast describes the visions of John the Revelator in Revelation 1:4-6. These verses contain John’s salutation to the seven churches in Asia Minor. The name-title of Christ “which is, which was, and which is to come” is explained. The Seven Spirits are interpreted as the seven servants or leaders of the seven churches. This podcast further explains what it means for Jesus, “the faithful witness” to be the “first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth,” and how his atonement washed or loosed us from sin. Revelation 1:6 describes “God and his Father” which refers to God the Father (our Heavenly Father) who also has an exalted Father. The discussion of this verse includes a description of how creation is multi-generational and one generation is patterned after every other generation. We are literal children of a Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother in this generation of their spirit offspring. This podcast concludes with a discussion of the two-fold doxology or worship of Christ included in Revelation 1:6. The discussion of each verse can be found at the following times in this podcast:

Revelation 1:4 starts at 0:01:34

Revelation 1:5 starts at 0:26:45

Revelation 1:6 starts at 0:49:34

§6: Rev 1:1-3: John Announces the Revelation of Jesus Christ

Sat, 06 Jan 2024 07:00:39 GMT

This podcast provides a detailed description and analysis of Revelation 1:1-3. These three verses set forth the title and subject matter of the entire book which is the unveiling of Jesus Christ. The Revelation comes from God through Jesus Christ to his servant John and all faithful people who are also considered servants. The podcast explains the meaning of things which must shortly come to pass, the signification of the Revelation by an angel, the angels who appear throughout the Revelation, the testimony of Jesus Christ that John bare of all things he saw, John’s witness to the world of all things he saw, the duties of all people to read, hear, understand and keep the sayings of the prophecy, and the urgency to do so because “the time is at hand.” The discussion of each verse can be found at the following specific times in the podcast:

Revelation 1:1, Start: 0:8:00

Revelation 1:2, Start: 0:47:30

Revelation 1:3, Start: 1:08:31

[§81] The Status of Spirits Awaiting the Resurrection

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 06:00:31 GMT

This podcast explains the nature, condition, and status of disembodied spirits in the postmortal spirit world. A distinction is made between unembodied spirits in the premortal spirit world, embodied spirits in mortality, disembodied spirits that exist between death and resurrection, and reembodied spirits—better known as resurrected people. The postmortal spirit world consists of two great divisions called paradise and prison, but there are gradations of light in paradise and gradations of darkness, wickedness, and evil in prison. DIsembodied spirits in paradise are the spirits of the just who will ultimately qualify for the celestial kingdom, while those in prison are of the terrestrial and telestial kingdoms of glory. Prison is also home to the disembodied spirit sons of perdition who experience outer darkness while in prison temporarily and then ultimately throughout all eternity because they cannot be redeemed.

[§77] Rev 7:2-3: The Angel from the East Says “Hurt Not the Earth”

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 06:00:25 GMT

This podcast discusses the meaning and symbolism of Revelation 7:2-3, where John describes his vision of the angel Elias, who ascends from the east and directs the four angels not to hurt the earth, the sea or the trees until the 144,000 servants of God have been sealed in their forehead. This podcast brings together the concepts, principles and doctrines discussed in several earlier podcasts, including a more detailed discussion about the identities of the 144,000 servants that are sealed in their foreheads with the seal of the living God.

[§23] Rev 2:17: The White Stone Is a Urim and Thummim

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 07:00:24 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the white stone mentioned in Revelation 2:7 as a Urim and Thummim that overcomers receive when they are exalted in the celestial kingdom. The ancient and modern uses of the Urim and Thummim are by persons on both the eastern and western hemispheres are explained. Joseph Smith’s used the Urim and Thummim to translate the Book of Mormon and to receive other modern revelations. This podcast also describes a seer stone that Joseph Smith had in his possession. The Urim and Thummim as an oracle and revelatory instrument on earth foreshadows the white stone that exalted saints will receive in the celestial kingdom to see kingdoms of a higher order. This earth in its celestialized condition will also be a great Urim and Thummim through which kingdoms of a lower order will be manifest.

Rev 2:12-13: [§20] Commendations to the Pergamos Saints

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 07:00:21 GMT

This podcast discusses and explains the contents of John the Revelator’s letter to the saints in Pergamos in Revelation 2:12-13, including an interpretation of the sword with two edges, the meaning of Satan’s seat (throne) and the place where Satan dwells. This podcast describes the concept of martyrdom and the death of Antipas as a martyr and how the lessons of martyrdom from the past apply to us today.

Revelation 2:12: 00:05:15

Revelation 2:13: 00:17:18

CFM014: Revelation 20 - 22 (CFM Study: Dec 25 - 31)

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 07:00:20 GMT

This podcast covers the last three chapters in the Book of Revelation and the final podcast in the Come, Follow Me series. The podcast includes a discussion about the millennium, the first resurrection during the millennium, as well as successive stages of the resurrection after the millennium. There is a discussion of the timing and battle of the Great God (Gog and Magog) during the little season, as well as the final judgment of the sons of perdition after the little season. The death and resurrection of the earth is discussed, followed by a symbolic description of the celestialized earth. The latter discussion describes the two celestial cities of New Jerusalem and Old Jerusalem, which will be separate capital cities on the celestial earth. The epilogue of the Book of Revelation found in Revelation 22 is the final subject of discussion in this podcast.

CFM013: Revelation 15 - 19 (CFM Study: NA)

Sun, 24 Dec 2023 07:00:30 GMT

This podcast explains the revelations and visions of the apostle John in Revelation, chapters 15-19. This includes the Come, Follow Me curriculum for these chapters. These chapters and this discussion includes the following topics: The Grand Sign in Heaven just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ; a discussion of the Third Woe and the Seven Vial Plages that are part of the Third Woe; physical and spiritual Armageddon, the defeat of all unembodied and disembodied sons of perdition at the Second Coming; the history and modern presence of the great whore of false religion in Revelation 17; the spiritual and physical fall of Modern Babylon in Revelation 18; the marriage supper of the Lamb in Revelation 19; and all other plagues and judgments associated with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

CFM012: Revelation 12 - 14 (CFM Study: Dec 18 - 24)

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 07:00:19 GMT

This podcast corresponds to the Come, Follow Me course of study for the week of December 17-23, 2023. The flashback chapters in Revelation 12-14 are discussed in this podcast. The discussion covers the grand council in heaven on the spirit world called Kolob, the rebellion of Lucifer at that grand council, the premortal apostasy, the war in heaven, the growth of the ancient earthly church in the wilderness of the Roman Empire during the apostolic period, Satan’s war on the ancient church of Jesus Christ from 35-70 AD, the kingdom of Satan in the Roman Empire and beyond from 70 AD to the Second Coming in Revelation 13, including a discussion of the First Beast and Second Beast in Revelation 13, the 144,000 that will stand with Christ on mount Zion at the Second Coming, and the seven angels of Revelation 14, including the four “Harvest Angels” that reap exaltation-worthy saints and sons of perdition as the Second Woe comes to an end.

CFM011: Revelation 6 - 11 (CFM Study: Dec 11 - 17)

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 07:00:18 GMT

This podcast explains the content of Revelation 6-11 as the second Come, Follow Me lesson in the Book of Revelation. It includes a discussion of the seven seals, and the great earthquake that will occur at the end of the sixth seal. The podcast provides an overview of Revelation 7, as an integral part of the events of the sixth seal. There is also a discussion and explanation of the half-hour of silence as the seventh seal is opened in Revelation 8, followed by the trumpet plagues. The discussion continues with a description of the First Woe as a time of spiritual darkness followed by the Second Woe which coincides with the physical battle of Armageddon, including the destruction of all mortal sons of perdition as a group. The discussion of Revelation 10 includes information about the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman and John’s “little book” mission among the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. The podcast concludes with a discussion of Revelation 11 that describes the ministry of the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem and John’s introduction to the Third Woe just before the Second Coming.

CFM010: Revelation 1 - 5 (CFM Study: Dec 4 - 10)

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 15:02:31 GMT

This podcast provided an overview of the content in the first five chapters in the Book of Revelation. This podcast corresponds to the Come, Follow Me curriculum for December 4-10, 2023. The general topics include John’s vision of Jesus Christ in Revelation 1; an overview of the saints in the seven cities of Asia in Revelation 2 and 3; the context and timing of John’s vision of heaven (celestial paradise) in Revelation 4 and 5.

CFM009: Daniel’s Seventy Weeks Prophecy

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:06:16 GMT

This podcast explains the Seventy Weeks Prophecy of Daniel found in Daniel 9:24-27. Daniel’s prophecy predicted the timing of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ almost 600 years before it occurred. That same prophecy describes the timeline for Christ’s Second Coming and events that are to occur between the time of the crucifixion and the Second Coming. This podcast also describes the correlation between Daniel’s Seventy Weeks Prophecy and John the Revelator’s visions in the Book of Revelation.

CFM008: Book With Seven Seals

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:06:12 GMT

This podcast gives an overview of the symbolism and imagery used by John the Revelator to describe the book with seven seals in chapter 5 of the Book of Revelation.

CFM007: Seven Churches - Part 2

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:00:17 GMT

This podcast is the second of a two-part series that describes the seven cities of Asia Minor from the Book of Revelation. The focus in this part is limited to the history, events and attributes of the last six cities of Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Philadelphia, Sardis, and Laodicea from Revelation 2 and 3. This overview of the seven cities generally does not include a discussion of the seven churches themselves.

CFM006: Seven Churches in the Book of Revelation - Part 1

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 06:00:19 GMT

This podcast is an introduction and overview of the seven letters that John the Revelator wrote to the seven churches in Asia Minor in 96 AD. Following the overview of all seven letters and churches, this podcast discusses the history of Ephesus as the capital city for the province of Ionia, as a commercial center, and as a religious center that included the temple of Diana. The podcast also includes the song, “In the Hollow of Thy Hand” by Judith Kapp Perry and a personal story about sister Perry.

CFM005: The Book of Revelation Numerology and Symbols

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 06:00:17 GMT

This podcast describes the numerology used by John the Revelator in the Book of Revelation. Numerology is the study of the symbolism of numbers that communicate concepts, ideas and truths. The podcast explains, and gives many examples of, the historical use of the numbers 3, 3½, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12 in both religious and secular contexts. Hidden truths in the Book of Revelation will be unveiled as the symbolic meaning of these numbers are understood.

CFM004: The Book of Revelation Organization and Structure

Sun, 22 Oct 2023 06:00:26 GMT

This podcast discusses the structure of the Book of Revelation in the context of the Israel-Hamas War that began on October 7, 2023. The podcast includes a historical summary of conflict and warfare in Palestine since the end of World War I to provide a greater perspective for this latest war that some people are calling “Armageddon.” Based on the chronological structure used by John the Revelator in the Book of Revelation it’s clear that the current Israel-Hamas war is not the start of Armageddon. The current war is, however, a foreshadow of worse tings to come when the world is finally engulfed in the battle of Armageddon.

CFM003: Unveiling Jesus Christ: The Book of Revelation Made Plain

Sun, 15 Oct 2023 19:20:09 GMT

In this world of rapid-fire events and living conditions, it’s hard to find the time to study the scriptures in general. The problem is even worse for the Book of Revelation that requires more time and diligent study due to its complex symbols and images. This podcast explains how you can use your time most effectively to better understand the words of John the Revelator until you too can say that it is “one of the plainest books that God ever caused to be written.” (Joseph Smith, TPJS, 290)

CFM002: The Date and Canonization of the Revelation

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:57:42 GMT

This podcast describes the canonization of the Bible, and the miracle that occurred when the Book of Revelation was included in the Bible canon during the council at Carthage in 397 AD. This podcast also explores the date on which John received his visions while banished on the island of Patmos, how the contents miraculously got off the island, how they miraculously circulated in the Roman Empire, and how they miraculously survived intact into the modern era.

CFM001: John the Revelator – “He’s the Guy”

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 20:12:50 GMT

This podcast by John E. Cassinat describes in detail the person of Saint John the Divine—also known as John the Revelator—who wrote the Book of Revelation as the last book of the New Testament. Topics include John’s premortal foreordination to be the Revelator; his names and personal attributes; his familial and personal relationship with Jesus Christ; and their shared experiences until Christ’s crucifixion.

[§305] Rev 19:1-3: A Great Voice of Much People Praise Jesus Christ

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 19:1-3, which states: “AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.”

The much people in heaven are the redeemed Saints who rejoice because of the destruction and final desolation of Modern Babylon in Revelation 18. They proclaim alleluia (“praise ye Jehovah”) in a four-part doxology because Jehovah, who is also Jesus Christ, has been their salvation. They give glory, honor, and power to him as the Lord God Almighty. Christ’s judgments against the wicked people of Babylon are true and righteous because these are his godly attributes. His righteous judgments require the destruction of Babylon and the great whore because she corrupted the earth and killed the saints of God. The saints proclaim a second alleluia, in recognition of Babylon's double judgment, including the desolation of Babylon will continue like smoke that rises up forever and ever.

[§304] Rev 18:21-24: The Final Destruction of, and Conditions in, Babylon

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John to describe the final physical fall and destruction of modern Babylon in Revelation 18:21-24, which states: “And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.”

Jesus Christ is the mighty angel who throws down Babylon like a great millstone into a sea that represents the abyss and bottomless pit. Babylon will be cast down with great violence. When this occurs there are six different categories of things and events which will no longer be seen or heard forever in Babylon. The first category is the great city of Babylon itself with all its citizens. Second, there will be no music in four different categories including harpers, musicians, pipers, and trumpeters. Third there shall be no craftsman, which means that Babylon shall never be rebuilt and shall remain desolate forever. Fourth, there shall be no sound of a millstone, which means there shall be no livelihood or even life for there shall be no food produced by daily activity and there shall be great idleness. Fifth, there shall be no light either physically or spiritually. Sixth, there shall be no marriages, indicating that there shall never be a repopulation of Babylon after its destruction.

These judgments come upon Babylon because the merchants use sorceries to deceive the nations. The blood of prophets, saints and all those slain upon the earth is a stain upon Babylon warranting her destruction, desolation and burning.

[§302] Rev 18:17-19: Four Groups of Mariners Shall Cry and Weep

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 18:17-19 to describe how the mariners of modern Babylon will mourn and grieve when Babylon is destroyed, as follows: “For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.”

The Mariners are described in four different categories of seamen who grieve because their livelihood and excessive profits will be lost from transporting the goods of Babylon when the "great city" is destroyed in a single hour.

This podcast also describes the heavenly host in Revelation 18:20, who rejoices when Babylon falls physically. In fact, the voice of God the Father commands them to rejoice “over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.”

[§301] Rev 18:11-16: Merchants of the Earth Shall Weep and Mourn

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John to describe the destruction and fall of modern Babylon at the second coming in Revelation 18:11-16, which states: “And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!”

These verses describe seven different categories of merchandise that is bought and sold in Modern Babylon primarily as luxury items. Within each of the seven categories, there are four specific types of merchandise identified. The seventh category consists of slaves and the souls of men to depict both human trafficking in the last days, as well as people who voluntarily enslave themselves to Satan through their own carnal lusts and addictions to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, pornography, and other sexual addictions.

The merchants and purveyors of these harmful and addictive products will grieve when their merchandise suddenly becomes worthless and is destroyed when Babylon falls physically. They will stand afar off, fearful of their own destruction as citizens of modern Babylon.

Rev 18 [§299] Rev 18:9-19: Babylon Begins to Burn and Three Groups Mourn

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains provides an explanatory overview of the symbols used by John to describe the physical fall of Modern Babylon in Rev 18:9-19 and the three groups of people who will mourn the sudden fall and burning of Babylon in one day and one hour. The three groups or classes of mourners include the kings of the earth, who represent the leaders empowered by the Great Whore of false religion in the modern nations, the merchants who benefit from the manufacture and sale of Babylon’s worldly goods, and the mariners or seamen who benefit from shipping of Babylon’s goods worldwide.

This podcast also provides an in depth explanation of Revelation 18:9-10, which states: “And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.”

[§297] Rev 18:6-7: Modern Babylon Rewarded Double for Her Works

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in revelation 18:6-8, which describe the Lord’s judgment on Modern Babylon at the time of the Second Coming. These verses say: “Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.”

The double judgment is an idiom that expresses a complete judgment that is equal to a punishment that fits the crime. This judgment comes because Modern Babylon arrogantly and pridefully glorifies herself in luxurious living conditions. She claims to sit as a queen that is above and beyond judgment or punishment. She also claims that because she is no widow, she shall see no sorrow. Her logic is completely circular. She is the great whore who has no husband and whose sorrow is therefore eternal.

The plagues of Babylon will come in one day as a literal judgment, similar to the fall of ancient Babylon to the Persian armies of Cyrus in a single day. This one-day judgment shall bring about four conditions that include death and morning, as well as a famine that is both physical and spiritual. The fourth condition is fire that will burn Modern Babylon completely. God will bring about these four conditions, for the power of God is far superior to the power of Babylon.

[§296] Rev 18:4-5: The Saints Are Commanded to Flee Modern Babylon

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in revelation 18:4-5, which states: “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”

The other voice in heaven is God the Father. No later than the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman, he warns his covenant people who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to come out of Modern Babylon and come to Zion in Missouri. Those who fail to heed this warning will partake of the sins of Modern Babylon and will therefore receive her plagues during the seventh vial plague of the Third Woe at the second coming. God will remember the sins of Modern Babylon and will be justified in destroying Babylon and her citizens because her sins will be like the wickedness of people in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, the days of Noah, and the days of the apostate Nephites on the American continent. The destruction of Babylon is two-fold: The spiritual fall of Babylon will occur at the time of the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman. The physical fall of Babylon will occur during the seventh vial plague of the Third Woe at Christ’s Second Coming.

[§295] Rev 18:1-3: The Spiritual Fall of the Great Whore [Modern Babylon]

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 18:1-3, which state: “AND after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.”

The other angel in Revelation 18:1 is Jesus Christ, who appears at the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman to be coronated King of kings and Lord of lords. A similar description of Christ is found in Revelation 10:3. Revelation 10:3 describes the rise of Christ’s power on earth, while Revelation 18:1 describes the corresponding loss of Satan’s power, saying: “Babylon is fallen, is fallen.” Babylon falls spiritually at the time the saints gather to Adam-ondi-Ahman, 3½ years before the Second Coming. The physical fall of Babylon will occur at the Second Coming, which John records in in subsequent verses in Revelation 18.

When Modern Babylon falls spiritually, the world will become the habitation of devils. This means the earth will become a spiritually desolate place for all unembodied and disembodied spirit sons of perdition who have their influence on earth. This earth will become a hold (a place of detention like a holding cell) for these foul spirits, and a cage for these metaphorically unclean and hateful birds. When Babylon falls spiritually, these evil spirits and devils will no longer have their customary freedom to influence people on earth to commit evil. However, they will not be removed from the earth until Modern Babylon falls physically during the seventh vial plague of the Third Woe. John describes their removal in Revelation 19:20 for disembodied spirit sons of perdition and in Revelation 20:1-3 for unembodied spirit sons of perdition.

Revelation 18:3 describes three reasons why Modern Babylon will fall both spiritually and physically. First, Modern Babylon will fall because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of fornication supplied by the Great Whore of false religion. Second, the kings of the earth have committed spiritual fornication with her, which means they have forsaken Jesus Christ to worship modern idols including riches, fame, and immoral acts of self-indulgence. Third, and finally, Babylon will fall because the merchants of the earth are waxed rich by selling the worldly goods of Modern Babylon that have no redeeming quality.

[§294] Rev 17:18: The Great Whore Reigns over Modern Babylon

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:18, which states: “And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.” This verse is dualistic, which means it has two separate meanings. The symbol of the woman of false religion is first identified as that great city. This refers to Rome as the seat of power in the ancient Roman Empire, including the Holy Roman Empire through the time of the Protestant Reformation. From ancient Rome, the Roman emperors ruled over the kings of the earth throughout the middle and dark ages,

Ancient Rome is a type and foreshadow for Spiritual Babylon in the modern era. Revelation 17:18 identifies Modern Babylon (the Great Whore and Babylon the Great) as that great city which also reigns over the kings of the earth. Modern Babylon is not a single city but a collection of all cities where the evils of Modern Babylon can be found. Modern Babylon is the anti-type for Rome, which is also an anti-type for ancient Babylon. ancient Babylon was the seat of great wickedness since at least the days of Nimrod and the tower of Babel.

[§293] Rev 17:16-17: Ten Horns Shall Hate and Burn the Great Whore

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and imagery used by John in Revelation 17:16-17, which states: “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.”

Horns are a symbol of power and then ten horns represent one part of the whole sum of Satan’s power on earth in the last days. The power of the ten horns resides in the ten kings that represent the modern nations of the world. These ten kings are also part of the Second Beast from Revelation 13:11-18. The Second Beast is synonymous with Modern Babylon, which is corrupted by the influence of the Great Whore of false religion until the time of the Second Coming when the ten kings will then hate the whore of false religion and will seek to destroy her.

The desolate, and naked condition of the Great Whore means that she will be openly exposed for everyone to see who and what she actually is. When that occurs, her flesh shall be eaten and she shall be burned as a symbol of her complete destruction and annihilation. All this will occur according to the will of God, even though the destruction of the Great Whore is carried out by Modern Babylon which is an enemy to God. Modern Babylon is ultimately an instrument in the fulfillment of God’s will and his righteous purposes.

[§291] Rev 17:14: The Latter-day War of the Kings/Beast with the Lamb

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and imagery used by John the Revelator in the Book of Revelation, chapter 17:14-15, which states: “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.”

The persons making war with the Lamb (Jesus Christ) are the ten kings which represent a whole of the part of all modern nations and earthly kingdoms that unite with the Great Whore of false religion to engage in a war against the kingdom of God on earth since the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830. Modern nations and new geopolitical divisions have been forming since the early 1800s, which coincide with the rise of Satan’s seventh kingdom known as Modern Babylon, the Second Beast from Revelation 13:11-18, and the little horn from Daniel 7:8. The Civil War in America was the first modern war against the Lamb, where Satan sought to destroy the United States as the birthplace and cradle for the restored church. Since that time, wars have multiplied as part of Satan’s ongoing effort to make war with the Lamb.

The Lamb will ultimately prevail because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, which means that at the Second Coming he will rule over both and ecclesiastical and political kingdom because all other earthly kingdoms will be destroyed. At the Second Coming, Christ will be accompanied by a heavenly host identified as the 144,000 Servants who stand with the Lamb on heavenly Mount Zion in Revelation 14:1, and then descend with him at his Second Coming.

Revelation 17:15 refers to the Great Whore sitting on many waters that represent wicked people in all the world who support her wicked ideals and her warfare against the Lamb. The waters are identified using the world number four (4) to represent the geographical and worldwide completeness of all peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

[§290] Rev 17:12-13: The Beast Empowers Ten Kings [Modern Nations]

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:12-13, which states: “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.”

The ten horns are mentioned several times in the book of Revelation, including the 10 horns on the seventh head of the First Beast in Revelation 13:1, and again on the scarlet-colored beast in Revelation 17:2. The ten horns represent power. They are ten in number to symbolize that they are one part of the whole power of Satan’s seventh kingdom in the modern era. Revelation 17:12 indicates that the ten horns also represent ten kings or kingdoms in the modern era since the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in the early 1800s. When John had his vision in 96 AD, these ten kings had received no kingdom. However, the ten kings and their evolving kingdoms now exist in these last days.

The ten kings receive power as kings one hour with the Second Beast (Rev 13:11-18), which means that the modern nations incrementally come and go as each receives power from the beast. This power corrupts the leaders of nations and ungodly institutions. The modern nations have one mind with the beast, which means they share the same purpose and goal of wickedness and evil in the last days. As modern nations become increasingly corrupt and more powerful because of their corruption, they give back power to the Great Whore of false religion. She then becomes even more powerful and influential as we approach the Second Coming.

[§287] Rev 17:9: The Seven Heads and Mountains of Ancient Rome

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:9-11. These verses state: “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.”

The mind which hath wisdom is similar to the saying found in each of the letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor, which state: “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith.” Wisdom born of the Spirit is required to understand and apply the message concerning the woman of false religion who sits on the scarlet colored beast that has seven heads. The seven heads are also seven mountains that represent the hills upon which Rome was built. This means that the beast represents the Roman Empire.

These verses also identify seven kings who represent the seven earthly kingdoms of Satan. The five fallen kingdoms are Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece. The Roman empire is the sixth kingdom that still is, as of the time of John’s vision in 96 AD. The seventh kingdom yet to come is the Second Beast from Revelation 13, and Babylon the Great (Modern Babylon) from Revelation 17:5. The seventh kingdom exists in the modern age beginning in the early 1830s at the same time the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored to the earth. The seventh kingdom continues a short space between 1830 and the Second Coming when Modern Babylon will fall.

The beast in Revelation 17 also represents an eighth kingdom that will come during the little season after the millennium. At that time, the battle of Gog and Magog will be fought as both a spiritual and physical battle. Satan and his unembodied spirit sons of perdition will be defeated and cast into perdition by Michael and his heavenly host at the end of the earth.

[§286] Rev 17:8: The Beast That Was, and Is Not, and Yet Is

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:8, which states: “The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.”

The beast that was, and is not, and yet is, refers to the First Beast identified by John in Revelation 13:1 as the ancient Roman empire. In 476 AD that beast‒then known as the Imperial Roman empire‒ceased to exist when the city of Rome fell to the Germanic tribes from the north. By the time Rome fell in 476, a pagan form of Christianity had become the state religion of Rome. Thus, even though Imperial Rome (Pagan Rome) fell, a paganized form of Christianity survived and became a powerful force in the Holy Roman Empire also known as Papal Rome. Thus, "the beast that was, and is not" survived with its false religion into the modern era. He thus became the beast that yet is.

The beast that yet is shall ascend out of the bottomless pit. This alludes to the beast in Revelation 11:7 that rises from the bottomless pit to kill the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem at the end of the Second Woe. The evil spirits and people who kill the saints of God in the latter days‒including the two witnesses‒will go into perdition, which means destruction or ruin. Disembodied spirit sons of perdition will go into perdition at the time of the Second Coming as recorded in Revelation 19:20. Unembodied sons of perdition will go into perdition at the end of the millennium as recorded in Revelation 20:10.

Revelation 17:8 also states that mortals who dwell on earth in the latter days shall wonder or worship the Second Beast, which is synonymous with the Great Whore of false religion, and Babylon the Great. These worshipers are they whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. This means they were not valiant in premortality. They were not members of the premortal house of Israel. (Deut 32:8-9) They were not foreordained in premortality to receive exaltation and eternal life through the first covenant with God before their mortal birth. (More 10:7)

[§284] Rev 17:6: The Great Whore Is Drunk with the Blood of Saints

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:6-7, which states: “I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.” The woman drunken with the blood of the saints and martyrs is the Great Whore of false religion, also known as Babylon the Great and the mother of harlots and abominations. (Rev 17:5)

Thousands of Christians were martyred during the ancient Roman Empire, including “saints” who were tortured and killed as heretics during the middle and dark ages, as well as Protestant reformers who were subjected to torture and death during the Catholic inquisitions. All these persecutions and murders foreshadow the latter-day murder and killing of saints in the modern era, by the Great Whore primarily during the last 3½ years of the Great Tribulation before the Second Coming. When John’s angelic guide sees that John is astonished by the bloodlust of the Great Whore, he promises to tell John about the mystery and history of the woman responsible for the murders of saints during the ancient Roman Empire, and who subsequently evolves into and becomes the Great Whore drunken with the blood of saints in the last days.

[§283] Rev 17:5: The Name of the Great Whore Is Babylon the Great

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:5 to describe the Great Whore of false religion in the last days. He states that “upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” The names in this verse are written on the forehead of the Great Whore to indicate that she displays herself prominently in the world today according to the ancient tradition in Rome where prostitutes had a brand or inscription in their forehead to identify who and what they were to attract interested patrons.

The word mystery is either an adjective that describes the other name-titles in Revelation 17:5 or it is also a name and title for the Great Whore. In either case, the mystery is a hidden meaning or spiritual secret about false religions in the last days that can be known only through the spirit of revelation.

The great whore is also called Babylon the Great, which alludes to ancient Babylon. In Hebrew, Babylon comes from the word Babel, meaning confusion associated with the confusion of tongues from the tower of Babel. More anciently, the word Babylon probably comes from the word Bab-il, which means the Gate of God. This contradictory term refers to the wicked and apostate kingdom of Nimrod. He established an idolatrous kingdom whose ideals still survive in the false religions of the modern world. Hence, the Great Whore is called Babylon the Great.

The Great Whore is also called the mother of harlots and abominations. She is the mother church who gives birth to many other false churches who spiritually fornicate, which makes them harlots also. Their spiritual activities are called abominations. Hence, the mother of these many harlots is also the mother of abominations.

Rev 17 [§281] Rev 17:3: A Woman Sits on a Scarlet Beast [Roman Empire]

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:4-5 to describe the history of the Great Whore of false religion who sits on many waters with worldwide dominion in the latter days. In Revelation 17:3, John’s angelic guide physically transported John “in the spirit into the wilderness.” The wilderness was a desolate place representing the habitation of the Great Whore, who is both barren and desolate as the wilderness in which she dwells.

In Revelation 17:3, John “saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.” The scarlet coloured beast is the ancient Roman empire, which is also a symbolic synonym for the First Beast in Revelation 13:1. This connection is evidenced by the seven heads and 10 horns present on both beasts, as well as the names of blasphemy imprinted on both images. The blasphemy in both cases relates to false religion in the Roman empire. The woman of false religion in Revelation 17:3 sat upon‒and was thus supported by‒the ancient Roman empire represented by the scarlet coloured beast. The beast is red to represent the blood of martyred saints who were persecuted and died in the ancient Roman empire.

Revelation 17:4 coincides in time with the establishment of the Constantinian Church of Rome early in the fourth century AD. At that time, the persecuted Christian religion became the state religion in the Roman empire. The priests and clergymen in this apostate Christian religion were lavished with gifts, position, and power in the Roman empire. John describes this evolutionary transition in Revelation 17:4 as a “woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls.”

The evolving woman in Revelation 17:4 also had “a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.” This means that throughout the long period of the Great Apostasy, this woman of false religion spiritually fornicated with emperors and then governments in the emerging nations of Europe until the time of the Protestant Reformation. At that time, this mother church illegitimately gave birth to a large number of other false religions. She thus became the mother of abominations and the Great Whore of False Religion in the modern era since 1830.

[§280] Rev 17:1-2: Overview of the Great Whore [False Religion]

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:1-2, which say: “AND there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

The seventh Vial Plague of the Third Woe at the Second Coming is the context and setting for these verses. Here, an angelic guide explains to John the final judgment or destruction of the Great Whore who represents false religion. She sits upon many waters because she has dominion over all the earth among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people. The Great Whore is symbolically synonymous with one of the two horns on the Second Beast in Revelation 13. The other horn of power on the Second Beast is symbolically the same as the kings of the earth identified in Revelation 17:1-2.

The Great Whore commits spiritual fornication with the kings of the earth who represent political and secular leaders in the modern era. These governmental leaders gain power as they yield to the influence of false religion. With that power, and using the moral compass of false religion, these leaders enact laws and take civic actions that morally degrade society and harden people's hearts against the true worship of God. Thus, they drink the wine of her fornication and become increasingly intoxicated in sin. The kings of the earth lead the modern world down the same path.

[§279] Rev 16:21: An Exceedingly Great Hail Falls on Men

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the relationship between the great earthquake identified by John in Revelation 16:18-20 and the great hailstorm that he describes in Revelation 16:21. Using the flood in the days of Noah as a model, type, and foreshadow, I theorize in this podcast that that the hailstones during the greatest earthquake of all time will come as a result of the rapid changes in the earth’s topography that will reunite the western and eastern hemispheres that were separated during the universal flood. Dr. Walt Brown’s “hydroplate theory” postulates that a great deal of hail and freezing rain fell at the time of the flood and this serves as a theoretical model for what will occur during the seventh Vial Plague as well.

Revelation 16:21 states that “there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.” Although geologic forces can explain the presence of hail during the greatest earthquake of all time, the hailstones will surgically fall upon wicked people as a judgment from God. The magnitude of God’s judgment is reflected by the weight of the hailstones which John identifies as one talent each. A talent could be anything between 50 and 100 pounds. People afflicted by this final great plague of hail‒probably mingled with blood and fire‒will not repent. Instead, they will curse God and blaspheme his name because they know he is the source of this judgment and their punishment. Their death by hailstone is the great antitype for the Mosaic law which required people to be stoned to death if they cursed and blasphemed God.

[§276] Rev 16:18: The Third and Greatest Earthquake in History

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John to describe cataclysmic events during the seventh Vial Plague of the Third Woe in Revelation 16:18-20. These verses say: “And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.”

The voices, thunders, and lightnings in Revelation 16:18 symbolize the majesty and glory of God, as well as the exaltation-worthy and redeemed saints identified as the 144,000 Servants, who stand with Christ on Mount Zion in Revelation 14:1. The saints rejoice at the final events leading to the Second Coming. The great earthquake is the third of three earthquakes described by John in the Book of Revelation. The first earthquake occurs at the end of the sixth seal and start of the seventh seal in Revelation 6:12, 14, when mountains are moved out of their places. The second earthquake is localized in the area of Jerusalem. It occurs in the same hour that the Two Witnesses are resurrected in Jerusalem, as described by John in Revelation 11:13.

The third and greatest earthquake of all time will transform the earth’s topography as mountains disappear because they are made low and valleys are exalted. These topographic changes will occur as the Western and Eastern Hemispheres quickly combine and reunite into a single large continent. The single landmass or supercontinent that existed from the time of the physical creation until the time of the universal flood in the days of Noah will be restored. This podcast describes the geologic forces that caused the continents to quickly divide no later than the days of Peleg in Genesis 10:25. This sudden change in the earth’s topography can be explained by the Hydroplate Theory hypothesized by Dr. Walt Brown. The reuniting of the continents at the time of the great earthquake in Revelation 16:18 will be as equally sudden as the topographic changes at the time of the flood. The final great earthquake will cause the earth to reel to and fro like a drunken man and the stars to fall according to many scriptural predictions.

This podcast also describes other physical changes to the earth that will occur during the seventh vial plague. In this time, the Mount of Olives will cleave and separate to the north and south such that a new east-west running valley will form. A fountain of water will also flow from the foundation of the temple in Jerusalem toward the Mediterranean Sea and also through the new valley in the Mount of Olives toward the Jordan river. This continuous flow of water will eventually heal the waters of the Dead Sea and give it new life. All this is part of the renewal process that will transfigure or transform the earth into the same paradisiacal and terrestrial conditions that existed on the earth before the fall of Adam.

[§274] Rev 16:17-21: Seventh Vial: The Second Coming and Final Plagues

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the events of the seventh Vial Plague, which John describes in Revelation 16:17 saying: “The seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.”

This last and final Vial Plague is poured into the air to reflect that this plague will attack the entire domain and dominion of Satan, who is known as the Prince of the Power of the Air. (Ephesians 2:2) This plague is also an attack on all evil spirits who, according to tradition, have their existence in the air because they lack physical bodies and cannot step their feet on the ground.

Preparations for this final Vial Plague occur during the fifth Vial Plague when an angel pours out his plague upon the seat of the Beast and during the sixth Vial Plague when an angel pours out his plague on the Euphrates river in preparation for the kings of the east (hosts of heaven) to engage in Spiritual Armageddon against these evil spirits (hosts of hell) who have their symbolic domain in the air.

The seventh Vial Plague begins and ends in Revelation 16:17 to reflect how quickly this final Vial Plague will complete both the spiritual and physical cleansing of the earth. Thus, in Revelation 16:17, the voice of God the Father is heard from his throne in the temple in heaven, saying: "It is done." These words are the antitype for the last words spoken by Christ from the cross in at the time of his crucifixion when he said "it is finished," just before he gave up the ghost. No details are given in Revelation 16:17 as to what was done. However, angels explain to John the details of what will be done during the seventh Vial Plague in Revelation chapters 17-19.

[§271] Rev 16:14: Spirits of Devils Gather for Battle of Great God

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast provides a continuing explanation of the sixth Vial Plague, John describes in Revelation 16:14-16. These verses describe the three evil spirits like frogs that come out of the mouth of the Dragon (Satan), the Beast (Cain), and the False Prophet (Judas) in Revelation 16:13. In verse 14, John tells us that this unholy trinity “are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”

In this verse, the kings of the earth and of the whole world refer to the unembodied and disembodied spirit sons of perdition who rule like kings over the earth with great power and dominion. Isaiah 24:21 refers to them as the hosts of the high ones, reflecting their pride and their spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph 6:12) The unholy trinity gathers all unembodied and disembodied spirit sons of perdition to the battle of the great day of God Almighty. This is Spiritual Armageddon. The name of this battle or war is derived from the fact that Christ will personally be involved as a combatant in this battle between the hosts of hell and the hosts of heaven. (Rev 19:11-14)

In Revelation 16:15, Christ speaks, saying: “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.” This is an expression that Christ will come suddenly and unexpectedly to those who are unprepared even on the eve of the seventh Vial Plague when the Second Coming will occur. The blessedness expressed in this verse is the third of seven beatitudes in the Book of Revelation. Those who watch and head this exhortation will keep their garments clean and white representing their worthiness to survive the final plagues of the seventh Vial Plague. Those who fail to heed this exhortation will not retain their garments of righteousness. They will be ashamed and destroyed at the Second Coming.

Finally, in Revelation 16:16 John identifies Armageddon (Har Megiddo: the mountain of Megiddo) as the location of Spiritual Armageddon. The name may be used symbolically based on the many decisive battles of the past that have occurred in this location. Even if the name is symbolic, there will be a literal decisive battle during the seventh Vial Plague when the hosts of heaven will defeat all spirit sons of perdition.

[§270] The Spirit of Judas Iscariot Is the False Prophet

Sun, 31 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast describes the identity of the False Prophet mentioned by John in Revelation 16:13. Judas Iscariot is the False Prophet. His disembodied spirit is the spiritual head of all disembodied spirit sons of perdition in the last days, just as the disembodied spirit of Cain is the spiritual head of all disembodied spirit sons of perdition before the restoration of the gospel in 1830. Similarly, Satan (the Dragon) is the spiritual head of all unembodied spirit sons of perdition.

For Judas to be the spiritual head of disembodied spirit sons of perdition, he must also be a son of perdition. This podcast provides many illustrations, examples, and scriptural evidences that Judas did become a son of perdition at the time he betrayed the Savior. This podcast also compares the characteristics and evil dispositions of Cain, who was perdition, and Judas‒whom Jesus specifically identified as a son of perdition.

Finally, this podcast addresses the concerns of some scholars and theologians who do not believe Judas became a son of perdition because he did not have the Gift of the Holy Ghost at the time of his betrayal. The scriptures indicate that Judas had his sure witness of the divinity of Jesus Christ from the Father, which means he could and did commit the unpardonable sin when he betrayed the Savior, shed Christ's innocent blood, and put him to an open shame. Jesus knew from the beginning that Judas was a devil, and a son of perdition. Concerning his betrayal, Jesus said that it would have been better for Judas if he had never been born. This clearly puts Judas in the same class as all other unembodied spirit sons of perdition who can never be born.

[§269] The Spirit of Cain Is the Head of the Beast

Tue, 26 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

Revelation 16:13 refers to the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet in a single verse. The Dragon is a symbol for the unembodied spirit of Satan who stands at the head of all other unembodied spirit sons of perdition who rebelled with him during the Grand Council in heaven. The Beast and the False Prophet are similar symbols.

This podcast explains that the Beast is a symbol for the disembodied spirit of Cain, who became perdition when he murdered his brother Abel. At that time, Satan promised to give Cain his power and authority in Moses 5:30. This promise was fulfilled when Cain became Master Mahan during his mortal life. When Cain died, his disembodied spirit also became the head of Satan’s kingdom in spirit prison of the postmortal spirit world.

After the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Cain passed back through the veil of death to become the spiritual head of the Beast on earth as of 70 AD in Revelation 13. As Jesus Christ and righteous resurrected people passed back through the veil between the living and the dead, so also Cain and his disembodied spirit followers were able to do the same. In this way there was an opposition in all these things. According to Revelation 13:2, Satan (the Dragon) then gave Cain (the Beast) “his power, and his seat, and great authority.”

Cain’s power on earth as the spiritual head of the Beast will continue until the Seventh Vial Plague of the Third Woe, when the disembodied spirit of Cain shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone during Spiritual Armageddon. (Rev 19:20)

[§267] Rev 16:13: Three Unclean Spirits Like Frogs

Sun, 24 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery used by John in Revelation 16:13 to describe the spiritual cleansing of the earth that will begin with Spiritual Armageddon during the sixth Vial Plague of the Third Woe. In this verse, John saw “three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.”

The unclean spirits like frogs symbolize the many myriads of unembodied and disembodied spirit sons of perdition who have their unseen influence and power on the earth. This imagery comes from the plague of frogs in ancient Egypt. In the days of Moses, frogs were worshipped and the Egyptian goddess Heqet had the form of a woman with a frog head. From her nostrils came life and immortality. Nevertheless, Moses caused a plague of frogs in Egypt and God showed his power over these false gods of the Egyptians when all the frogs died and left a great stench in the nostrils of all the people.

In John’s vision, three types of unclean spirits symbolically come out of the mouth (nostrils) of the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. The Dragon represents Satan. He is the spiritual head of the first class of unclean spirits, which are the unembodied spirit sons of perdition that have followed him since the premortal existence. The Beast represents Cain‒the Son of Adam who killed his brother Abel. The disembodied spirit of Cain is the spiritual head of all disembodied spirit sons of perdition who died as mortal sons of perdition from the time of Adam until the gospel was restored in 1830. The False Prophet represents Judas Iscariot, who betrayed the Savior and became the type for all traitors to the truth. The disembodied spirit of Judas is the spiritual head of all disembodied spirit sons of perdition who become apostates of the latter-day church and die as mortal sons of perdition from the time of the restoration in 1830 until the earths spiritual cleansing begins during the sixth Vial Plague of the Third Woe.

[§266] Rev 16:12: The Kings of the East Prepare for Battle

Tue, 19 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John to describe the sixth Vial Plague of the Third Woe in Revelation 12:16, which states: “And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.”

In this verse, the kings of the east prepare for Spiritual Armageddon. The kings of the east are the 144,000 servants who will stand with Jesus Christ (the Lamb) on Mount Zion in Revelation 14:1. They are a heavenly host of exalted and exaltation-worthy saints who will accompany Jesus Christ at his second coming, which shall be as the rising sun in the east. These kings of the east are subordinate kings to the "king of Kings."

During the sixth Vial Plague, the great river Euphrates symbolically dries up to indicate that these heavenly kings of the east shall face no impediment in their battle against the hosts of hell during the spiritual battle of Armageddon. The hosts of hell consist of both disembodied and unembodied spirit sons of perdition who will be defeated during seventh Vial Plague in Revelation 19:19-20, and Revelation 20:1-3, respectively.

John identifies the great river Euphrates because it was the historical boundary between the promised lands given to Abraham on the west side of the river. The kings of the east will symbolically cross the Euphrates River on a dried riverbed to symbolize their easy defeat of Satan’s hosts of hell. This spiritual reality is foreshadowed by the experience of Joshua when he led 600,000 Israelites across the Jordan river into the promised land to battle against the indigenous peoples in Canaan. On that occasion, the waters of the Jordan River dried up so the Israelites faced no impediment when they conquered the promised land.

[§264] Rev 16:10-16: The Fifth and Sixth Vials Are Directed at Evil Spirits

Sun, 17 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of the fifth and sixth Vial Plagues described by John in Revelation 16:10-16. The overview provides context for a more detailed discussion about the fifth Vial Plague that John describes in Revelation 16:10-11, as follows: “And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.”

The fifth Vial Plague is antithetically symmetrical with the fifth trumpet plague, which means they are mirror opposites. During the fifth trumpet plague (First Woe), both unembodied and disembodied spirit sons of perdition (“hosts of hell”) are loosed from the bottomless pit with great power and influence in Revelation 9:1-12 to spread spiritual darkness on the physical earth. During the fifth vial plagues, these same hosts of hell have spiritual darkness poured out on them, on the seat (throne) of Satan. This torments them and causes them to gnaw their tongues in pain. Where once these hosts of hell were loosed from the bottomless pit to bring spiritual darkness on the physical world during the First Woe, the tables are reversed and they are tormented by spiritual darkness in preparation for the spiritual battle of Armageddon that will follow.

When the host of hell are tormented by the spiritual darkness in their domain, they do not and cannot repent for they are sons of perdition and have committed the unpardonable sin. Therefore, they curse or blaspheme God, whom they know to be the source of their torment. This is shown by the New Testament account of the encounter between Jesus Christ and the man from Gadarenes who was possessed and tormented by a legion of spirits. This legion of evil spirits knew Christ and asked if he had come to torment them before the time? The evil spirits not only knew the Savior as the one who would torment them, but they knew the time of their torment was to be the fifth Vial Plague of the Third Woe.

This podcast also provides an overview of Spiritual Armageddon, including the preparations for the battle in Revelation 16:12-16, and the final outcome of that battle where disembodied spirit sons of perdition are cast into the lake of fire in Revelation 19:19-20, while unembodied spirit sons of perdition are cast into the bottomless pit in Revelation 20:1-3.

[§262] Rev 16:5-7: Justice Declared by the Angels of Water and Fire

Tue, 12 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbols used by John to describe the Vial Plagues of the Third Woe in Revelation 16:5-9. These verses state: “I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.”

The two proclamations by the angel of water and the angel of the altar (fire) satisfy the eternal law of witnesses where the truth of God's righteous judgments are established by the testimony of these two angels. After the two witnesses testify of God’s righteous judgments after the first three Vial Plagues, the angel from the altar pours out the fourth Vial Plague that brings intense heat upon the earth and scorches all telestial-worthy people. The effect is opposite the fourth trumpet plague where the sun, moon and stars were dark for a third part of the day. When wicked people are scorched this occurs they will refuse to repent and will curse God knowing that he is the source of their suffering.

[§260] Rev 16:2: First Vial: A Noisome and Grievous Sore on Land

Sun, 10 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbols and imagery used by John to describe the first, second, and third Vial Plagues in Revelation 16:2-4, which state: “And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead [man]: and every living soul died in the sea. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.”

The first Vial Plague is foreshadowed by the sixth Egyptian plague where painful boils afflicted the Egyptian people and their animals, while the Israelites were not harmed. During this first plague and the others that follow, telestial-worthy people (who have the mark of the beast) will suffer and die from the effects of the Vial Plagues of the Third Woe, while people who live at least terrestrial law will collectively survive.

The second and third Vial Plagues curse the waters of the oceans and freshwater systems, respectively, on a worldwide scale. The curse upon the waters is also mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 61, where the vision of W. W. Phelps is recorded after he saw the destroyer riding on the waters of the Missouri River. During the second Vial Plague, every sea creature will die in the oceans, whose waters will become like the coagulated and putrid blood of a dead man. When the third Vial Plague occurs quickly after the second Vial Plague, every person will die who drinks the water turned to blood. The curse upon the waters is foreshadowed by the first Egyptian plague were Moses turned the waters of Egypt into blood for a period of seven days.

[§258] An Overview of the Last Seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16

Tue, 05 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast provides an explanatory overview of the last seven Vial Plagues of the Third Woe described by John in Revelation chapter 16. This overview includes a comparison between the seven Vial Plagues in Revelation 16 and the seven trumpet plagues in Revelation 8-11. A comparison is also made of the 10 plagues of Egypt in the days of Moses and the plagues called down by the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem who will exercise the Sealing Power. Particular attention is given during this podcast to the last three vial plagues, which include preparations for spiritual Armageddon. This is a spiritual battle that will cleanse the earth of evil spirits, including unembodied and disembodied spirit sons of perdition.

This podcast also explains the imagery used by John in Revelation 16:1, which states: “AND I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.” The great voice in this verse is God the father, who directs the seven angels to quickly pour out the last seven Vial Plagues of the Third Woe. The Vial Plagues contain the fullness of the wrath of God. The pouring out of God’s wrath will be full or complete in all the earth at the time of Christ's last appearance of the Second Coming. At that time the earth shall also be transformed from its current telestial condition to its paradisiacal or terrestrial condition for the millennium.

[§257] Rev 15:5-8: God the Father Prepares for the Third Woe to Begin

Sun, 03 May 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery used by John in Revelation 15:5-8. In these verses, John “looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.”

The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven refers to God's celestial kingdom, which is typified and foreshadowed by the ancient tabernacle in the days of Moses and the temples of Solomon and Zerubbabel (Herod). God is in this heavenly temple and he commissions the seven angels to carry out the last seven plagues of the Third Woe as a sacred duty. Their priestly duty is symbolized by the nature of the priestly clothing described by John in these verses.

After God commissions the seven angels to carry out the seven last vial plagues of the Third Woe, the golden vials full of the wrath of God are presented to them by one of the four beasts. The four beasts represent all of creation. One of the four is present in this heavenly scene because all of creation is concerned with the wrath of God that will be poured out on all people, animals, plants and minerals during the Third Woe.

The temple in heaven is filled with the smoke from the glory of God, which prevents anyone from entering the temple to make intercession on behalf of unrepentant people who will be destroyed during the Third Woe. Even Christ‒the Great High Priest and mediator‒cannot make intercession or seek the mercy of God during the Third Woe when the wrath of God will be poured out without measure to cleanse the earth of all corruption in all elements of the earth during the Second Coming. The earth will be cleansed to become a terrestrial (paradisiacal) world at the Second Coming.

[§256] Rev 15:3-4: 144,000 Sing the Songs of Moses and the Lamb

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and meaning of John's vision in Revelation 15, where he describes exalted and exaltation-worthy saints gathered on heavenly Mount Zion which is seen as a fiery sea of glass at the start of the Third Woe. These are the 144,000 Servants seen by John in Revelation 14. In Revelation 15:3-4: “They sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.”

The song of Moses is a celebration of the redeemed saints that stand on Mount Zion. It alludes to the song of victory sung by the Israelites on the shores of the Red Sea after Pharaoh and his armies were destroyed. The song of the Lamb is a similar song of victory that includes the worship of Jesus Christ as the redeemer and deliverer of his people both physically and spiritually. His acts of redemption are both great and marvelous. The lyrics of the song of the Lamb further proclaim that Christ is the King of saints (King of nations) and his judgments of destruction are just and true.

By the end of the Third Woe, all wicked people living less than terrestrial law shall be destroyed and those that remain shall fear (reverence) Christ and glorify his name. All persons in all nations not destroyed at the time of the Second Coming shall come to the mountain of the Lord's house to worship. All his judgments shall be made manifest at his coming and throughout the millennium.

[§255] Rev 15:2: The Redeemed Saints Stand on a Sea of Glass

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the imagery used by John in Revelation 15:2, which states:

“And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.” The context for this verse is the end of the Second Woe Harvest in Revelation 14:14-20, and the start of the Third Woe when seven angels will pour out the last seven Vial Plagues to cleanse the earth at the Second Coming. John describes a similar scene of blessedness in Revelation 14:1-2 where the 1440,000 Servants stand with the Lamb on heavenly Mount Sion (Zion). This podcast compares and contrasts both scenes set in heaven.

In Revelation 15:2, the sea of glass mingled with fire represents God’s celestial kingdom where exaltation-worthy saints will stand in the flesh in the presence of the Father with Jesus Christ during the destructive calamities of the Third Woe. This podcast compares the heavenly scene with John’s vision of celestial paradise in Revelation 4 and 5, where John described the heavenly conditions as a sea of glass like unto crystal without the mention of fire.

The exaltation-worthy saints are those who overcome Satan and gain the victory over the Second Beast, which John described in Revelation 13:11-18. These overcomers possess the harps of God as tokens of their victory and a symbol of their worship and gratitude as they play the Song of Moses described in Revelation 15:3-4.

[§254] Rev 15:1: Seven Angels and Seven Plagues of the Third Woe

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast examines and explains the writings of John the apostle in Revelation 15:1, which states: “AND I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.” The great and marvelous sign in heaven is known as the Grand Sign of the Son of Man, which is given as the last sign from heaven before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ during the Third Woe of the seventh seal.

In Revelation 15:1, John also identifies seven angels who have the seven last plagues of the Third Woe, called Vial Plagues. These seven last Vial Plagues are similar to, but very distinct from, the seven trumpet plagues described by John primarily in Revelation chapters 8 and 9. Although the trumpet plagues and Vial Plagues are similar in many respects, the seven last Vial Plagues come after the trumpet plagues and the two series of judgments are significantly different in their effects. This podcast provides an overview comparison between the seven trumpet plagues and the seven more deadly Vial Plagues.

John also states in Revelation 15:1, that the last seven Vial Plagues are filled up with the wrath of God. They are the last plagues that will occur before Christ's Second Coming and they are filled up with the God’s wrath to represent the fullness of God's indignation that will be poured out upon the wicked prior to, and at the time of, Christ's Second Coming.

[§252] The Third Woe Begins When All Things Are in Commotion

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast describes and explains the “Grand Sign of the Son of Man” that will be given in heaven and seen on earth at the start of the Third Woe, as described by John in Revelation 15:1. The exact meaning of this "Grand Sign" has not been revealed, but it is the last sign that will be given in heaven before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The Grand Sign comes just before the Second Coming, it is not the Second Coming.

When the Grand Sign is given, all things will be in commotion on a worldwide scale. This includes commotion that shakes the earth and all the elements as well as nations, governments, and people. The commotion will be physical, spiritual, and emotional. The commotion we see in the world today is merely a prelude to the much more significant commotion that will exist as the Second Woe comes to an end in Revelation 14 and the Third Woe begins in Revelation 15.

The Grand Sign will have the appearance of the sun rising in the east that can be seen by all people in all the world. The sign will be easy to recognize, although hardhearted people and unbelievers will attribute it to natural causes and will say it is a planet or comet. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ will follow very soon after the Grand Sign is given at the start of the Third Woe.

[§250] Rev 14:19-20: Wicked Grapes Are Trodden in the Winepress

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and imagery used by John in Revelation 14:19-20 to describe the second part or phase of the harvest that occurs at the end of the Second Woe. In this phase all mortal sons of perdition will be destroyed as prophesied by John, saying: “And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.”

Jesus Christ is the Third Harvest Angel that thrusts his sickle into the earth‒meaning earthly and worldly people. They are the wicked vine of the earth that will be cast into the great winepress of the wrath of God. This symbolizes God's judgments upon all wicked sons of perdition as a class. Christ alone will tread the winepress symbolically located outside the walls of the city of Jerusalem.

The blood of wicked people flows out of the winepress as a symbol of their destruction. The destruction will be so great that blood will symbolically flow to a depth of 4 to 5 feet for the space of 1600 furlongs, which equates to approximately 160 miles. The number 1600 is a symbolic number derived from the world number four squared (4x4), which is then multiplied by 10 squared (10x10). This symbolic number identifies the entire world of wicked people who are one part of the greater whole of all wicked people. Sons of perdition are the one part destroyed during the harvest of the Second Woe (Armageddon) like grapes that are crushed in the winepress of God’s wrath. When this harvest is complete, the Second Woe will end, and the Third Woe will come quickly. (Rev 11:14)

[§248] Rev 14:17: A Third Angel Stands Ready to Reap the Wicked

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John in Revelation 14:17-18 to describe the harvest of mortal sons of perdition at the end of the Second Woe, saying: “And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.”

Jesus Christ is the other angel who comes out of the heavenly temple. He is the third Harvest Angel with the sharp sickle. God the Father is the Fourth Angel that comes out of the altar with power over fire. He directs Christ to carry out this first harvest of the wicked. The altar is a symbolic reference to the brazen altar of sacrifice where sin offerings were made for the redemption of sin in the ancient temple at Jerusalem. When the angel with power over fire comes out from the altar, the eternal flame of that altar is symbolically extinguished to represent that there can be no redemption of, or forgiveness for, the sons of perdition who will be destroyed as a class during this stage of the harvest at the end of the Second Woe. The fully ripened condition of the grapes indicates that these are mortal sons of perdition‒the most wicked class of sinners on earth.

[§246] Rev 14:14: A First Angel Stands Ready to Reap the Righteous

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery used by John to describe the harvest of exaltation-worthy saints at the end of the Second Woe in Revelation 14:14-16. These verses say: “And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.”

The Son of Man sitting on the white cloud is Jesus Christ as he sits enthroned on heavenly Mount Zion. The golden crown on his head is a symbol of his forthcoming victory during the harvest of righteous saints like wheat gathered into the barn for safekeeping. He has in his hand a sharp sickle symbolizing his power to harvest the righteous saints.

The other angel is God the Father who comes out from the heavenly temple representing his glorified residence. The Father speaks with a loud voice and directs Christ to thrust in his sickle and harvest the ripened earth. At the direction of the Father, Christ thrusts in his sickle and reaps the earth thereby removing from its face all exaltation-worthy saints (the 144,000 Servants) who then stand with him on Mount Zion as described in Revelation 14:1.

[§245] Rev 14:14-20: The Four Angels of the Harvest at Christ’s Coming

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of the role played by the four Harvest Angels described by John in Revelation 14:14-20. In this podcast I compare and contrast the four Harvest Angels with the angels described by Jesus Christ in his parable of the wheat and the tares recorded in Matthew 13. This parable compliments and adds details to the harvest that will occur at the end of the Second Woe as described by John in Revelation 14.

In Matthew 13 and again in Revelation 14, the wheat represents exaltation-worthy saints that are harvested and taken up to stand with Christ on Mount Zion where they become his bride. (Rev 14:1) The tares in Matthew 13 represent mortal sons of perdition and telestial-worthy people who will be harvested as tares after the wheat harvest is complete. When sons of perdition are harvested at the end of the Second Woe, they will be metaphorically bundled and then burned during the final plagues of the Third Woe. Telestial-worthy people are also tares and they will be harvested and burned during the third Woe in Revelation 16. In Revelation 14, the sons of perdition are described as grapes that will be harvested when fully ripe. During the Second Woe harvest, Christ will crush all mortal sons of perdition like grapes in the winepress of God’s almighty wrath.

This podcast also briefly explains the Parable of the Ten Virgins found in Matthew 25. This parable also compliments the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares. Both describe events, including the marriage of Christ to the exaltation-worthy “wheat” at the end of the Second Woe.

[§243] Rev 14:12: Saints of Zion Survive the Great Tribulation

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and meaning of the words written by John in Revelation 14:12-13, which state: “Here is the patience of the saints; here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.”

The patience of saints will be required for righteous people who will live during the Great Tribulation before the Second Coming. Agents of the Second Beast will seek their lives because they refuse to worship the idols and image of the First Beast in Revelation 13, which represents the ideals and evils of ancient Rome. The Great Tribulation will be a time of plagues, pestilences and the worldwide effects of Armageddon, except in the latter-day New Jerusalem (Zion), which shall be a city of refuge and for a defense. Righteous people who dwell in the stakes of Zion beyond the borders of Zion shall be killed as martyrs in this time and many may also die from the collateral effects of earthly conditions beyond Zion. Those saints that have faith in Jesus Christ and keep his commandments‒despite these trials and tribulations‒shall be blessed because they die in the Lord. Their good works on earth will lead to their reward in heaven and they will continue their labors as righteous ministers of Jesus Christ among disembodied spirits in the postmortal spirit world.

[§242] Rev 14:9-11: The Third Angel Proclaims the Wrath of God

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and meaning of the vision of John in Revelation 14:9-11. These verses say: “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever; and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.”

The third unidentified Angel loudly pronounces judgment upon people worldwide who worship the Second Beast from Revelation 13:12-18, and have his mark (666). These wicked people are citizens of Modern Babylon who drink the wine of God's wrath without mixture. This means their punishment is undiluted and without mercy. They shall be tormented without end. The smoke of their torment is an allusion to Sodom and Gomorrah which is an ancient type for the destruction of wicked people in the modern world at the Second Coming. The third angel proclaims this judgment that follows in the next several verses of Revelation 14 that describe the Harvest Angels.

[§241] Rev 14:8: The Second Angel Proclaims the Fall of Babylon

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 14:8, which states: “And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” This second angel proclaims that Modern Babylon will fall twice because Modern Babylon is both an ecclesiastical and political kingdom. In addition, Modern Babylon will fall spiritually 3½ years before the Second Coming when Christ takes dominion on earth at his coronation during the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman in Davies County, Missouri. Then, at the Second Coming, Modern Babylon will fall physically very suddenly in the likeness of the fall of ancient Babylon—one of the greatest strongholds of the ancient world.

Modern Babylon is symbol for Satan's kingdom in the latter days. Babylon the Great represents the world of sin, of immorality and idolatry. The name is synonymous with the Second Beast from Revelation 13. It is the latter-day great and abominable church, the church of the devil, secret combinations, the mother of harlots, and the Great Whore that sits on many waters. Modern Babylon is Antichrist and the antithesis of Zion.

Babylon will fall spiritually and physically because she has made all nations drink the wine of the wrath of her fornication. This means that all the wicked nations of this earth will be spiritually intoxicated by the enticing evils and wickedness of the modern world. Her spiritual fornication will bring God's wrath upon Modern Babylon to her utter destruction both spiritually and physically.

[§239] Rev 14:6-11: The Sayings of Three Angels Before the Second Coming

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast briefly describes the meaning of the three angels in Revelation 14:6-11 who make proclamations about preconditions that must exist on earth and in heaven prior to the Second Coming. After this overview, this podcast provides a detailed explanation about the symbols used by John in Revelation 14:6-7, which states: “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.”

The other angel in this verse is frequently identified as the angel Moroni, who first appeared to the Joseph Smith in September, 1823. Moroni was instrumental in giving Joseph Smith access to the golden plates that were translated and became the Book of Mormon. This book of scripture contains the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ. Moroni's visits to Joseph Smith began the process of preaching the everlasting gospel, but the context of John's vision in Revelation 14:6-7 is the latter-day fulfillment of that preaching and the judgments that will follow.

These verses contain a twofold prophecy of preaching to people that: (1) dwell on the earth and (2) every nation, kindred, tongue and people. The first group of them that dwell on earth refers to living persons who receive the gospel after its restoration in the latter days. The gospel must also be preached to the second group of people who are disembodied spirits in the postmortal spirit world. This much larger group universally embodies the disembodied spirits of men and women from all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people.

In Revelation 14:7, people are commanded to fear God and worship him because the hour of his judgment is come. This voice of warning relates to the judgments that will follow the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman 3½ years before the Second Coming. The same prediction is made in Daniel 7:9, which coincides with his prophecy of the same gathering of saints and the judgment that follows.

[§238] Rev 14:4-5: The 144,000 Are Redeemed as the First Fruits

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism John used to describe the qualities and characteristics of the 144,000 Servants that stand with Jesus Christ on Mount Zion at the end of the Second Woe in Revelation 14:4-5. These verses say the 144,000 “are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.”

To be undefiled means that the men and women symbolically represented by the 144,000 Servants are morally clean and chaste. The symbol of a virgin means they do not engage in idolatry or other forms of wickedness. This symbol does not espouse the practice of celibacy in some religions. The 144,000 servants are exaltation-worthy because they have followed the Lamb through all earthly trials and tribulations, and they ascend with him in his resurrection and glory. In their exalted state they are redeemed, which means they are resurrected or have their calling and election made sure to exaltation and eternal life. They come forth in the morning of the first resurrection as the firstfruits, which is a status reserved only to those worthy of exaltation and eternal life. The 144,000 servants are filled with truth and in their mouth there is no guile. This means they exhibit no hypocrisy, deceit, or falsehood. These qualities and others mean they are without fault in the presence of God the Father and his son Jesus Christ on Mount Zion.

[§237] Rev 14:3: The New Song of the 144,000 Before the Throne

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John to describe events on heavenly Mount Zion in Revelation 14:2-3. In verse 2, John heard the voice of God the father represented by the voice of many waters, and the voice of a great thunder. These images depict the power and majesty of God as he speaks from his throne in heaven. John also heard “the voice of harpers harping with their harps.” This imagery reflects the joyful conditions in heaven as the 144,000 Servants stand on Mount Zion in their resurrected and redeemed state.

In Revelation 14:3, the 144,000 Servants “sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.” The 144,000 servants sing a new song based on their redeemed status, even though it is also an old song sung in anticipation of their redeemed condition. The 144,000 Servants sing in close proximity before the throne to indicate that these exalted saints stand in a favored condition before God. They also sing in the presence of the four beasts representing the four classes of creation and the 24 Elders who represent the exaltation-worthy saints who were once members of the seven churches in Asia. The 24 Elders were a separate group in prior visions, but in Revelation 14 they are also redeemed and exalted. Therefore, they become numbered among the 144,000 Servants. All 144,000 Servants are redeemed from the earth, which means they achieve a state of godhood as kings and priests who will begin their rule with Christ during the millennium and throughout all eternity.

[§235] The 144,000 and Millennial Church of the Firstborn

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT

This podcast provides an in-depth discussion of the Church of the Firstborn, including an explanation about the difference between the general assembly and the Church of the Firstborn. The general assembly is people who qualify for the celestial kingdom but are not exalted. Members of the Church of the Firstborn are exalted people in the highest degree of celestial glory.

Membership in the Church of the Firstborn, is synonymous with the 144,000 servants identified in Revelation 14:1. The Church of the Firstborn is the heavenly kingdom of God that will come down to become the millennial kingdom of God on earth. At the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman, the ecclesiastical kingdom of God now on earth‒which is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‒will begin to merge with the Church of the Firstborn, which is both a political and ecclesiastical kingdom. The merger between the ecclesiastical and political kingdoms of God will begin at Adam-ondi-Ahman as the priesthood offices and quorums of the church today are replaced and superseded by the priesthood organized according to family units within the house of Israel. This is known as the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood. This highest order of the Melchizedek Priesthood will be a theocracy that will govern during the millennium and throughout all eternity as it did in the premortal past.

[§234] The 144,000 Are Kings, Priests and Saviors on Mt. Zion

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast details the identity of the 144,000 Servants who will stand with the Lamb (Christ) on heavenly Mount Zion in Revelation 14:1. The 144,000 number is symbolic and represents people who have received the fullness of the Melchizedek Priesthood, also known as the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood. They are exaltation-worthy saints who have the seal of God and their forehead. This means they have their calling and election made sure. They also keep the exalting temple covenants they have made or that they will make after first standing with Christ on Mount Zion at the end of the Second Woe. They are kings and queens, priests and priestesses unto the most high God, which is to say they have achieved godhood.

The 144,000 Servants Come from four classes of people that include exaltation-worthy saints who (1) are alive at the time of the Second Woe and will be transfigured or translated and taken up to mount Zion as mortals in the flesh; (2) have died since the resurrection of Jesus Christ and will be resurrected to stand on Mount Zion in their resurrected condition; (3) resurrected with Christ in the meridian of time and will stand on Mount Zion in their resurrected condition; and (4) people translated since the resurrection of Jesus Christ, including the Lost Ten Tribes who will stand on Mount Zion in their translated condition.

The 144,000 Servants are also saviors on Mount Zion who bring as many people as will come into the Church of the Firstborn. They do so, as they build temples and perform exalting ordinances that qualify people for membership in the Church of the Firstborn. In anticipation of the end of the Second Woe‒when these 144,000 servants will stand with Christ on Mount Zion‒there will be a gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman 3½ years before the Second Coming where the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood will be organized according to the families and tribes of the house of Israel.

[§233] Rev 14:1: The Lamb Stands on Mount Zion with 144,000

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John in Revelation 14:1. This verse begins a new vision after Revelation chapter 13 concluded with John's description about the evils of the Second Beast during the last 3½ years before the Second Coming called the great tribulation. Revelation 14 begins in this same timeframe without interruption. However, Revelation 14:1 describes a heavenly scene of blessedness, saying: “I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.”

The Lamb of God in this verse represents Jesus Christ. Mount Sion (Zion) is located in heaven above the earth and beyond the horrors of Armageddon as the Second Woe comes to an end. Christ stands on heavenly Mount Zion with the 144,000 Servants first identified in Revelation 7. These exaltation-worthy saints stand with Jesus Christ on Mount Zion because this is the place where the marriage of the Lamb will occur. The 144,000 Servants are the bride of Christ and he is the proverbial bridegroom. The 144,000 servants have the Father's name written in their foreheads to signify that they belong to him in contrast to the mark of the Second Beast (666) that people have in their hand or forehead.

[§232] Overview of the 144,000 on Mount Zion, Great Tribulation and Harvest

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of Revelation Chapter 14. This chapter is divided into three separate visions. In Revelation 14:1-5, John describes the 144,000 Servants of God standing with the Lamb (Jesus Christ) on Mount Zion in heaven. These 144,000 servants are exaltation-worthy saints that lived and died in any age of the earth up to the time of the second coming.

In the second part of John's vision in Revelation 14, three angels make proclamations about earthly events that have been or will be fulfilled as preconditions to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. They include the preaching of the everlasting gospel in all the world as proclaimed by the first of seven angels in Revelation 14:6-7. A second angel proclaims the spiritual fall of Modern Babylon in Revelation 14:8, which coincides with the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman. Finally, Judgments are pronounced upon people that have the mark of the Second Beast in Revelation 14:9-11. In Revelation 14:12-13, John pronounces a blessing upon all righteous saints with the testimony of Christ who live and die in the Lord during the Great Tribulation.

The third part of John's vision in Revelation 14 describes the harvest that will occur at the end of the Second Woe. In Revelation 14:14-16, at the direction of God, the Father, Jesus Christ will harvest all exaltation-worthy saints that have ever lived upon the earth. This first part of the harvest corresponds to the harvest of wheat described by Christ in the parable of the wheat and the tares in Matthew 13. In Revelation 14:17-20, Christ will harvest or reap all mortal sons of perdition and prepare them for burning during the Third Woe. This second part of the harvest corresponds to the harvest of tares. John symbolically describes this harvest as a great winepress into which fully ripened grapes are cast to be trodden by Jesus Christ alone.

[§231] Rev 13:18: The Number of the Second Beast Is 666

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:49:06 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John the Revelator in Revelation 13:18, which states: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” The wisdom referred to in this verse is the wisdom of God. This phrase is a voice of latter-day warning for people to understand and protect themselves against the wickedness and evil of the Second Beast in Revelation chapter 13. The dangers of the Second Beast are symbolically represented by the number of the beast, which people are expected to count or calculate.

The number of the beast is also the number of a man, meaning it is worldly or evil‒not godly. The name and number of the beast is 666. This number has led to many different and erroneous interpretations using Gematria as explained in this podcast. The number 666 can be correctly interpreted with reference to the symbolism of the numbers themselves. The number six (6) symbolizes evil because it is one short of the perfect number seven (7). When combined with itself three (3) times, the 666 yields a trinity of evil or perfect imperfection. The name and number, therefore, represents the highest or fullest state of evil to be achieved by the Second Beast as of the Second Coming, which is the chronological context for Revelation 13:18.

[§230] Rev 13:17: No One Can Buy or Sell Without the Beast’s Mark

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and meaning of the words in Revelation 13:17, which say: “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” This is John’s prophecy that will be fulfilled during the last 3½ years before the Second Coming in the period of time called the Great Tribulation. The Second Beast will control the world's economy during the Great Tribulation. His power will be so great that only people who symbolically have his mark, name or number in their right hand or in their forehead will be able to buy and sell. The model or precedent for this economic control can be seen in the Roman empire when the emperors issued emperor certificates to prove that people had made sacrifices to the Emperor. Those that failed to do so were prevented from buying and selling. A similar precedent can be seen in the Holy Roman Empire, when the popes issued ecclesiastical canons that proscribed heretics of the church from buying and selling. Given the increasing amount of buying and selling that occurs on the Internet, it is not hard to imagine how the Second Beast will be able to prevent people from buying and selling in the worldwide marketplace of Modern Babylon if they do not fit the profile or computer algorithm of the Secret Combinations of the Second Beast that increasingly control worldwide E-commerce.

[§229] Rev 13:16: The Wicked Receive the Mark of the Beast

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the images used by John the Revelator to describe events that will occur as people worship the Second Beast in Revelation 13 in the modern world. In Revelation 13:16, John tells us that the “[Second Beast] causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.” The mark is analogous to a brand placed on animals, as well as slaves in the ancient Roman Empire. Today, people receive the symbolic mark as they become like the Second Beast through the form of their worship. The mark they receive of their own accord, identifies them as the property of the Second Beast.

John identified three pairs of wicked people who receive the mark of the Second Beast for a total of six groups. The number six symbolizes evil because it is one short of the perfect and sacred number seven. The three pairs of people in this verse identify people from all walks of life as worshipers of the Second Beast.

The placement of the symbolic mark in either the right hand or in the forehead is also symbolically significant. People who receive the mark in their right hand serve and strengthen the Second Beast, while people with the mark in their forehead are fully devoted to the Second Beast with all their heart and mind. The mark of the Second Beast in the forehead is the mirror opposite of the seal of the Living God that people receive when they have their calling and election made sure to exaltation. (Rev 7:1-3) Therefore, people who receive the mark of the Second Beast in the forehead are some of perdition. Wicked people who serve the Second Beast without the same degree of devotion as sons of perdition receive the mark of the Second Beast in their right hand to indicate that they qualify for the telestial kingdom.

[§228] Rev 13:14-15: The Wicked Make an Image to the First Beast

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of the imagery used by John the Revelator to describe events that will occur as the Second Beast from Revelation 13 matures and gains power throughout the modern world. In Revelation 13:14, John tells us that agents of the Second Beast will deceive people throughout the earth by means of the great wonders and miracles that the Second Beast has power to perform in the likeness of the First Beast representing the ancient Roman Empire. The main point of explanation is that earthly rulers in the modern age (both ecclesiastical and political) will exercise the same degree of power worldwide that that the Roman emperors and popes once exercised in the ancient Roman empire.

These modern-day rulers will cause people worldwide “to make an image to the [first] beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.” (Rev 13:14) This symbolism refers to the fall of the Imperial Roman empire in 476 AD, which led to the establishment of pontifical power in the Holy Roman Empire that finally came to an end in 1806 after the French Revolution. In Revelation 13:14, John alludes to the death of the First Beast as he predicts that the Second Beast in Revelation 13, will rise to power from the ashes of the Holy Roman Empire just as the Holy Roman Empire rise to power after the death of Imperial Rome in 476 AD.

When the Second Beast rises to power and is fully matured in Revelation 13:15, it will “give life unto the image of the [First] Beast.” That is, the same type of ecclesiastical and secular control that existed in the ancient Roman Empire will again exist on a worldwide scale. These conditions will fully exist during the last 3½ years of Armageddon. In this day, the Second Beast will have power to decree that “as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” This means that people who refuse to honor and obey the dictatorial decrees of the Second Beast will be killed.

This symbolism also includes Latter-day Saints who refuse to worship the idolatrous ideals of the beast. They will also be subject to the decree of death. This podcast further explains, however, that saints who flee unto Zion after the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman can find safe haven in new Jerusalem, which will be built during the last 3½ years before the Second Coming.

[§227] Rev 13:12-13: The Power and Miracles of the Second Beast

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolic language used by John in Revelation 13:12-13 to describe the power of Satan in the last days leading up to the Second Coming. Satan's power is symbolized by a Second Beast that has a lamb-like appearance, but it speaks like a dragon (Satan). These verses say that this Second Beast “exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.”

The power of the First Beast refers to Satan's dominion in the Roman Empire which continued until the Reformation. At that time, Protestant religions broke the ecclesiastical and secular power of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Roman Empire. In the modern era (post-Reformation), the power of the Second Beast evolved from, and grew out of the power of the First Beast. Satan's worldwide influence in the last days causes people to engage in the same types of wickedness and evil that were prevalent in the ancient Roman Empire. This is what it means for them that dwell on the earth to worship the First Beast.

The earthly agents of Satan who were part of the religious and secular institutions of the Second Beast do great wonders. These wonders include the great wickedness and false spiritualism that exists in the world today. The Second Beast also makes “fire to come down from heaven on the earth." This fire comes down as a judgment upon the wicked at the time of the Second Coming. The Second Beast causes this fire to come down only in the sense that it's acts of wickedness bring upon itself the fiery judgments of God at the Second Coming.

[§226] Rev 13:11: The Two-Horned Lamb That Speaks as a Dragon

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John in Revelation 13:11, which states: “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.” The context for this verse is the end of the Great Apostasy in 1830, when the true Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was restored. The restoration came at the end of the Protestant Reformation, which also brought an end to the Holy Roman Empire and the power of the First Beast described by John in Revelation 13:1-10. The Second Beast in Revelation 13 rose up from the earth as the First Beast met its demise. The Second Beast rose from the earth to represent its manmade origin, which stands in contrast to the restored Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which was heaven sent.

The Second Beast had two symbolic horns that represent its political and secular power on the one hand and its religious and ecclesiastical power on the other hand in the last days. The Second Beast has a lamblike appearance that deceptively portrays its innocence and meekness. However, Satan's kingdom represented by the Dragon is behind this false façade of the lamb. The Dragon has a mouth that speaks with great power in the last days. The Second Beast represents the kingdom of Satan that rose from the earth at the very time of the restoration to stand against and opposes the latter-day Church of Jesus Christ.

[§225] Rev 13:9-10: The Saints of the Renaissance and Reformation

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This Podcast explains the symbolism used by John in Revelation 13:9-10 to explain events of the Renaissance and Reformation, which led ultimately to the restoration of the Church and end of the Great Apostasy in 1830. John's prophecy of the Renaissance and Reformation is preceded by the statement in Revelation 13:9 that, “If any man have an ear, let him hear.” This statement emphasizes the importance of John's prophecy and the need for people of the world to both hear and heed the prophetic words spoken by John with reference to the Renaissance and the Reformation, which led ultimately to the restoration of the true church of Jesus Christ.

In Revelation 13:10, John symbolically describes the conditions of the Renaissance and the Reformation, saying: "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity.” The captivity in this verse refers to the spiritual bondage of people held hostage to the belief system of the Roman Catholic church throughout the dark ages. Spiritual freedom and liberty came as reformers finally broke the bonds of Roman Catholicism during the Protestant Reformation.

Bloodshed paved the way of the Reformation throughout Europe and in Latin American countries where millions of people died for their faith in Jesus Christ. John symbolically describes this scene of carnage in Revelation 13:10, saying, “he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.” This prophecy was fulfilled as the Protestant Reformation ended the political and spiritual control of the Roman Catholic church in an era of great bloodshed.

Finally, John described people of faith from the Renaissance and Reformation in Revelation 13:10, saying: “Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.” The saints are those people who patiently endured the Catholic Counter-Reformation that included the courts of inquisition, also known as the Holy Office. These ecclesiastical courts of the Catholic Church tried and punished heretics. For hundreds of years, faith-filled saints sought for, and ultimately prevailed in, their spiritual quest for religious and spiritual freedom.

[§224] Rev 13:8: All That Dwell on Earth Worship Satan

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This Podcast explains the symbolism used by John to explain the religious conditions and form of worship during the Great Apostasy in Revelation 13:8, where he said that “All that dwell upon the earth shall worship [Satan], whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” This verse affirms that the true Church of Jesus Christ was not upon the earth. The correct doctrines, priesthood, and prescribed ordinances had been lost worldwide in Satan’s war against the Saints such that it could be said that all who dwelt upon the earth during the 1260-year Great Apostasy worshipped Satan. To worship Satan means simply that in one degree or another, people failed to worship God in truth and in spirit. This occurred because many were forced to practice an apostate form of Christianity or because they simply did not realize that they were misled in their religious observances.

According to John, people who lived during the Great Apostasy did not have their names written in the book of the life of the Lamb from the foundation of the world. This means they did not receive a conditional promise of exaltation and eternal life when they were premortal spirits before their birth, nor did they have the means to qualify for exaltation and eternal life in mortality because the gospel was not present on the earth during the Great Apostasy. These topics and others are discussed in this podcast.

[§223] Rev 13:7: Satan’s Wars Overcome the Saints

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and meaning of John’s vision in Revelation 13:7, which states that “it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.” The HIM in this verse refers to Satan (the dragon) and the saints are members of the ancient church of Jesus Christ located throughout the Roman Empire. The saints are also members of Christ’s church among the Nephites on the Western Hemisphere and among the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. God allowed Satan to make war on all three groups of worshipers during the Great Apostasy. Revelation 13:5 symbolically identifies the period of the Great Apostasy as 42 months, which equates to 1260 days of years from 570 to 1830 AD. There were no legal administrators of God’s priesthood upon the earth for these 1260 years. The loss of earthly priesthood administration occurred as the ancient church in the Roman Empire fell into a state of complete apostasy, as the Nephites were physically destroyed on the Western Hemisphere, and when the Lost Ten Tribes were translated to heaven. The universal loss of earthly priesthood authority among all three groups fulfilled the words of Revelation 13:7, which say that “power was given [Satan] over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”

This podcast also describes the history of how Christ’s ancient church fell into a state of apostasy in the Roman Empire during the first three centuries of its existence. The persecutions of Christians by emperors Nero, Domitian, Trajan, Severus, Galerius, Diocletian illustrate Satan’s physical war on the saints. Satan’s spiritual war against the saints began with the paganization of the true doctrines of Jesus Christ in the first century and the complete paganization of the entire church after Constantine the Great made apostate Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire.

Rev 13 [§222] Rev 13:6: The Three Blasphemies of Satan

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism of the three blasphemies identified in Revelation 13:6. In this verse, John said that Satan‒acting through the First Beast of the Roman Empire‒opened his mouth “in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” The first blasphemy against God and his name symbolizes the deification of emperors in the Imperial Roman Empire and popes in the Holy Roman Empire. Both groups blasphemously elevated themselves to godlike status through worship and adoration. The second blasphemy against God’s tabernacle signifies false Christianity that blasphemously purported to be the true church of Jesus Christ during the period of the Great Apostasy. The true church of Jesus Christ was apostate long before the time of Constantine in the 4th century AD. His edits led to the further paganization of the true church. Satan’s third and final blasphemy of them that dwell in heaven signifies the worship and adoration of deceased saints.

[§221] Rev 13:5: Satan Has a Mouth [Power] Given Him 42 Months

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and imagery used by John in Revelation 13:5 to describe the Great Apostasy that began after the fall of Rome in 476 AD and before the start of papal authority in 607 AD. John describes the Great Apostasy saying: “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.”

Many interpret this verse to mean that the Dragon (Satan) gave to HIM (the First Beast) a mouth speaking great things, etc. However, the HIM in verse 5 refers to the Dragon who was given a mouth from God to speak great things and blasphemies throughout the world. The First Beast is a symbol for the Roman Empire as just one geographical location in the world where the much larger Great Apostasy was a universal and worldwide loss of truth and priesthood authority, including the church on the western hemisphere among the Nephites and the church among the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.

Revelation 13:5 indicates that the worldwide apostasy lasted 42 months, which is a prophetic period of evil equal to 3½ years or 1260 days. In this case, the 1260 days are prophetic days of years or 1260 years. From John’s perspective, the Great Apostasy was measured as the period of time when there were no legal administrators of the priesthood anywhere on the earth. This means that the 1260 years ended when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was restored with priesthood administrators in 1830. Working backwards from this date, the Great Apostasy began on or about 570 A.D. This date corresponds to the translation of the Lost Ten Tribes as the last legal administrators of the priesthood on the earth until the restoration of priesthood authority in 1830.

This podcast also explains the difference in John’s 1260 day apostasy in Revelation 13:5 and Daniel’s 1290 day apostasy in Daniel 12:11. Revelation 13:5 defines the apostasy as an absence of priesthood authority, while Daniel 12:11 defines the apostasy as a flood of spiritual darkness that began with the Roman Abomination of Desolation in 70 A.D. The spiritual darkness began to end in 1360 A.D., as the spiritual light of the Renaissance began to emerge and the power of the popes began to decline in the Holy Roman Empire.

[§220] Rev 13:4: Worship of the Dragon and the First Beast

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John in Revelation 13:4 to describe worship in the period of time from the fall of Rome in 476 AD until 607 AD, when Phocus‒the Emperor in Constantinople‒decreed that the bishop in Rome was chief among all other bishops and clergy in the Roman empire. This verse covers more than 100 years between the fall of Rome and the emergence of papal authority in what would later become the Holy Roman Empire.

Revelation 13:4 states that "they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?” This verse describes two separate forms of worship, homage, adoration or reverence for things that are not of God. The first form relates to the worship of the Dragon or Satan, which is more universal and worldwide than the worship of the First Beast in the Roman Empire. The worship of the Dragon includes locations like the American continent and all other lands outside the territories of the Roman Empire as of the early seventh century AD. By that time the Great Apostasy was universal in all the world, including apostasy among the Nephites in America and apostasy last of all among the Lost Ten Tribes no later than 570 AD.

The worship of the First Beast in the Roman Empire is also tantamount to worship of Satan, who gave the First Beast his power, his seat, and his great authority in Revelation 13:3.

As the power of the imperial Roman emperors declined and the power of the pope's increased, worshipers in the Roman Empire rhetorically asked: “Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?” The first question is a parody on the true worship of God. This verse means that earthly ministers of the First Beast (Roman Empire) had elevated themselves to a position above even God. The second question is a rhetorical recognition that there was no power on earth that could defeat or overcome the power of the popes in ancient Rome.

[§219] Rev 13:3: Imperial Rome Dies and Papal Rome Lives On

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolic images used by John in Revelation 13:3 to describe the end of the Imperial Roman Empire that fell with Rome in 476 AD, and the rise of papal power in the Holy Roman Empire over the course of hundreds of years. John describes these historical events in symbolic terms, saying: “I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.” (Rev 13:3) There are many and diverse views about the meaning of this verse.

One of the seven heads on the symbolic First Beast was mortally wounded by the sword when Germanic tribesmen from the north conquered Rome. The Roman Empire then began to divide into the modern nations of Europe represented by the 10 horns and 10 crowns on the head of the First Beast that died. However, that same head revived as the emerging nations of Europe gave their allegiance to the power of the popes. A major milestone in this revival occurred when Leo III, the Roman bishop and pope at Rome, coronated Charlemagne as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 800 AD. After this major milestone, the power of the papacy increased to the point that the popes had supremacy over all heads of state in the time of Gregory VII (1073-1095 AD). The popes reached the height of their power in the days of innocent III (1198-1216 AD), and this power continued for the next 100 years. Papal power finally began to decline with the death of Pope Boniface VIII in 1303. This demise of papal power coincided in time with the emerging spiritual light of the Renaissance predicted in Daniel 12:11. In this verse, Daniel said there would be 1290 years of spiritual darkness like a flood from the time of the Roman Abomination of Desolation in 70 AD.

Revelation 13:3 also indicates that throughout the Dark Ages, people in the Roman Empire worshiped and wondered after the First Beast. This means they were astonished by the degree of power possessed by the Roman popes and worshipped them as they worshiped the Roman emperors before them.

[§218] Rev 13:2: The First Beast Had the Power of Prior Kingdoms

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the symbolism found in Revelation 13:2, which states: “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” The beast represents the ancient Roman Empire, which incorporates the brutality and tyranny of other empires before it. The beast has the body of a spotted leopard that Daniel 7 identified as the Greek empire. The beast had feet like a bear, which Daniel 7 identified as the Medo-Persian Empire. The beast also had the mouth of a lion, which Daniel 7 identified as a symbol for the Babylonian empire. Satan's power and dominion within each of these prior empires is consolidated into and becomes part of the composite power of the First Beast in Revelation 13.

In Revelation 13:2, the Dragon, representing Satan or the devil, gave his power, seat, and authority to the disembodied spirit of Cain as the spiritual head of Satan's dominion within the Roman Empire as of 70 AD. This podcast also explains from whence Satan derived his power when he was Lucifer in the premortal existence.

[§217] Rev 13:1: A Beast [Rome] Rises from the Sea in 70 AD

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolic imagery used by John in Revelation 13:1, which states: “I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.” In this verse, the image of a First Beast rises from the sea which represents the bottomless pit, the abyss, and hell. The disembodied spirit of Cain, who is perdition, is the spiritual head of this First Beast and he received his power from Satan (the Dragon).

The First Beast represents the Roman empire, as the earthly instrumentality of Satan. After rising from the sea, the First Beast stood upon the seashore symbolizing power and dominion in the Roman Empire. The image of a beast is used to symbolize the Roman empire because of its untamable ferocity toward the ancient church of Jesus Christ.

The beast has seven heads. This image confirms the symbolic connection to Rome that was built on seven hills. The beast has 10 horns to symbolize that it exercises one part of the whole of God's power given to it. The beast also has 10 crowns that represent its regal power forcefully taken. The name Blasphemy is inscribed on each of the seven heads of this first beast. Examples are given in this podcast of how the Roman Empire blasphemed the name of God and Jesus Christ during its long history.

[§216] John’s Vision of the Two Beasts Compared with Nephi’s Visions

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast compares the apocalyptic writings of Nephi found in 1 Nephi 13 and 14 in the Book of Mormon with the apocalyptic writings of John found in Revelation 13. 1 Nephi 13 covers the period of time from the death of the apostles no later than 70 AD, until the restoration of the gospel in 1830. John's description of this same period of time can be found in Revelation 13:1-11. John and Nephi both describe Satan's kingdom on earth after 70 AD, which John identifies as the symbolic First Beast, and which Nephi identifies as the great and abominable church. The devil is the foundation for the great and abominable church, which was formed after the apostles died and apostate members of the ancient church introduced false doctrines and false ordinances among church members until the true Church ceased to exist during the period of the great apostasy. Both John and Nephi describe this in Revelation 13 and 1 Nephi 13, respectively.

1 Nephi 14 covers the period of time from the restoration of the gospel in 1830 until the Second Coming. John's description of the same time can be found in Revelation 13:12-18. After 1830, Nephi states that there are only two churches on earth. One is the church of the Lamb which is the only true and living church upon the earth that offers salvation. All other churches are called the church of the devil‒not because all other churches are wholly evil‒but because they take people away from salvation offered in the church of the Lamb. John describes these other churches, including both secular and religious institutions, as a Second Beast that looks like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon. John’s symbolism of the Second Beast in Revelation 13:12 matches perfectly the description of the church of the devil given in 1 Nephi 14:10.

Nephi confirms that his apocalyptic visions are the same as those seen by John in the Book of Revelation. However, Nephi was forbidden to write the details of his complimentary vision because John was foreordained to write the vision.

[§215] An Overview of Satan’s Kingdom [Two Beasts] in Revelation 13

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast provides an overview and explanation of the signs and symbols used by John to describe the kingdom of Satan on earth from about 70 AD to the Second Coming. In Revelation 13:1-8, John describes Satan's war on the remnant of Christ's ancient church through the instrumentality of the First Beast which represents the Roman empire. This First Beast entirely overcame the ancient church of Jesus Christ during the Great Apostasy. Revelation 13:9-11 symbolically describes the Renaissance and Reformation. In Revelation 13:12, John sees a Second Beast rising from the earth which represents Satan's latter-day kingdom that looks like a lamb but speaks like a dragon. The rise of the Second Beast corresponds in time with the restoration of the gospel in 1830. This Second Beast represents all institutions‒both secular and religious‒which lead people away from the true latter-day Church of Jesus Christ. Revelation 13:13-18 focuses primarily on the power of the Second Beast during the last 3½ years before the Second Coming in the period of the Great Tribulation, when the two witnesses will also minister in Jerusalem as described by John in Revelation 11.

[§214] Rev 12:17: The Dragon Makes War on the Woman’s Seed

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism found in Revelation 12:17, which states: “The dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” The historical context and timeframe for this verse is 70 AD, after the Roman Abomination of Desolation destroyed Jerusalem, Herod's Temple, and the Jewish nation as a whole. This violence was symbolically described by John in Revelation 12:15-16. After the violence in 70 AD, verse 17 indicates that the Dragon (Satan) was wroth with the woman who represents the ancient church of Jesus Christ in the meridian of time. Satan was wroth because his efforts to destroy the ancient church physically during the First Jewish War had failed. A remnant of the woman's seed still remained, and he went forth to make war upon that remnant. John tells us specifically that the remnant were those saints after 70 AD that kept the commandments of God and remained firm in their testimony of Jesus Christ.

Satan’s war against the Christian remnant after 70 AD included persecution and martyrdom, as well as a growing apostasy from within and among the faithful remnant. The seeds of apostasy were planted among the ancient members of the church, but these seeds of apostasy began to take root and grow in the aftermath of the violence in 70 AD. John's description of Satan's war against the remnant of the church after 70 AD is further evidence that the ancient church was not in a state of apostasy nor was it taken into the wilderness of heaven in Revelation 12:14 as some scholars suggest. The Great Apostasy begins as part of Satan's continuing war against the remnant of the church after 70 AD.

[§213] Rev 12:15-16: Flood Water Threatens the Woman in 70 AD

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast interprets the symbolic language found in Revelation 12:15-16, which states: “And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.”

In these verses, the serpent is a symbol for Satan acting through the Roman Empire, which is Satan’s mouthpiece or source of the flood. The flood of water is the violence perpetrated by the Roman Empire on the ancient Christian church represented by the woman. This flood of violence occurred in the 3½ years leading up to the Abomination of Desolation in 70 AD, when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and Herod's Temple. This occurred during the First Jewish War that was ostensibly perpetrated by Rome against the Jews but, according to Revelation 12:15, had the woman (the ancient church of Jesus Christ) as Satan's real target.

The violence of the flood in the days of Noah is remarkably descriptive of the violence perpetrated by Rome in 70 AD. To explain the violence of the flood imagery, this podcast explores the meaning of the statement in Genesis 7:11 that the fountains of the great deep were broken up on the day of the flood in Noah's day. This podcast goes back to the first and second days of the physical creation to explain the origin of the fountains of the great deep, which began as a subterranean ocean that formed through the creative processes according to natural laws that have always existed.

Before his death, the Savior warned members of his ancient church that the Abomination of Desolation was coming and that they would have to flee Judea and Jerusalem to avoid the violence of the Roman flood. Faithful members of the church heeded this warning and escaped to Pella located on the east side of the Jordan river in Perea. The symbol of the earth helping the woman means that church members, by their own earthly means, were able to avoid the Roman flood. The imagery may suggest that the waters of the Jordan River were "swallowed up" so that the Christians could pass through the Jordan riverbed on dry ground. However, there is nothing in recorded history or tradition to suggest that this occurred.

[§212] Rev 12:14: The Church Is Nourished in the Wilderness

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast interprets the symbolism found in Revelation 12:14, which states: “To the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.” (Rev 12:14) The context for this verse is the persecution of the Christian church after the death of Jesus Christ and prior to the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem in 70 AD. In this timeframe, members of the ancient church were initially persecuted by the Jews in and around Jerusalem. Revelation 12:14 symbolically describes how the woman representing the earthly church was protected and nourished by the two wings of the Great Eagle. The eagle was an emblem and standard for the Roman empire at that time. Thus, the Roman empire protected the ancient church in the wilderness of the Roman empire beyond Jerusalem, where all religions were generally accepted and tolerated.

The woman of the ancient church was protected in the Roman wilderness for a time, times, and half time, representing the symbolic number 3½. In this case, this symbolic number means the 3½ decades from the death of Jesus Christ to the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. During this period of the apostolic era, the ancient church was protected against the serpent who represents Satan, but also the Roman empire as Satan’s earthly agent. Unfortunately, as the end of the apostolic era approached, the Roman Dragon turned on the woman in the time of Nero. After his edicts against Christians in 64 AD, the Roman wilderness ceased to be a place of spiritual refuge. However, even at the time of the Abomination of Desolation in 70 AD, the Christians were protected because they followed the warning of the Savior to flee Judea to Pella in Perea as the Roman armies encircled Jerusalem and ultimately destroyed the city.

Many scholars in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints interpret the symbolism in Revelation 12:14, as the Great Apostasy when the ancient earthly church was taken up into heaven. This podcast explains why that interpretation is not correct.

[§211] Rev 12:13: Satan Persecutes the Ancient Earthly Church

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets Revelation 12:13 which states: “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.” (Rev 12:13) The Dragon symbolizes Lucifer (Satan) who was cast down to this earth at the time of the physical creation of the earth. However, in this verse, Satan was cast to the earth in the sense that he fell spiritually to defeat at the time of Jesus Christ's crucifixion and successful atonement. Christ’s victory brought Satan down to defeat or low in the dust metaphorically speaking.

This verse also indicates that after the crucifixion, Satan persecuted “the woman which brought forth the man child." The woman represents the ancient earthly church of Jesus Christ as of the time of Christ's crucifixion. John previously identified the man child in Revelation 12:5. The reference to the man child in verse 13 alludes back to the premortal birth of the man child in verse 5. The man child is not born in verse 13. He is simply mentioned by John as a point of reference to indicate that the woman representing the ancient church is the same woman John previously saw in premortality as the Church of God. (JST Rev 12:7) The church and kingdom of God in premortality evolved into and became the same church and kingdom of God on earth.

The persecution mentioned in verse 13 occurred in the ancient earthly church after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and during the apostolic period that formally ended with the death of the apostles and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.

[§210] Rev 12:12: Woe to the Earth for Satan’s Time Is Short

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:00:00 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of the words found in Revelation 12:12 which state: "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” The meridian of time and the atonement of Jesus Christ is context and timing for this woe. It cannot relate to the physical creation of this earth when Satan was cast down because, among other reasons discussed herein, there were no inhabiters to warn when Satan was cast down to this earth at the physical creation of the earth.

The woe in Revelation 12:12 is pronounced on the inhabiters after the atonement of Jesus Christ. Satan then knew that Christ had the victory. As Christ rose to power and victory, Satan fell spiritually. Satan's knew about the atonement and its effects because Satan retained his memories of all that had transpired in premortality. Thus, he knew that when the atonement was complete, he had only a very short time between the atonement and the Second Coming to destroy the souls of men. The time between the atonement and Second Coming is extremely short when compared to the millions of years that Satan has been fighting against Christ since the time of the heavenly grand council in premortality.

[§209] Rev 12:12: Rejoicing in Heaven at War’s End

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:00:29 GMT

This podcast explains the statement in Revelation 12:12, which states that the heavens rejoiced when Lucifer (Satan) was cast down from Kolob to this earth at the end of the war in heaven. There was great reason to rejoice because salvation had come to Kolob with the strength and kingdom of God and the power of his Christ.

Revelation 12:12 refers specifically to heavens‒plural that rejoiced at the end of the war in heaven. There were at least three distinct heavens that rejoiced when Satan was cast down to this earth. The first heaven was Kolob itself and the premortal spirits who kept their first estate. These spirits rejoiced when they were appointed to live on this earth during their second estate. They rejoiced because this earth had been created and they were about to embark on their mortal journey.

Revelation 12:12 alludes to another heaven, which consists of countless other worlds created by Christ in this generation. The inhabitants of these other worlds rejoiced because Christ's infinite atonement could and would occur on this earth after its creation. The atonement on this earth has the effect of redeeming people on these prior worlds. Thus, when Christ was resurrected on this earth, his infinite atonement had the power to bring about their resurrection. For this reason, the people appointed to live on these other worlds had great reason to rejoice when this physical earth was created.

The third heaven alluded to in Revelation 12:12 is the endless line of worlds and their inhabitants from prior generations. Creation is multi-generational. The worlds of prior generations and their inhabitants had already been redeemed. These higher kingdoms rejoiced in the progress of this earth as the greatest world in the universe of this generation.

[§208] Rev 12:11: Satan’s Defeat by the Blood of the Lamb

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:00:14 GMT

This podcast explains events at the end of the war in heaven described by John in Revelation 12:11. This verse indicates that Michael the Archangel and his heavenly hosts overcame Satan “by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” (Rev 12:11) The blood of the Lamb alludes to the infinite atonement of Jesus Christ. He sacrificed his blood to cleanse people from sin, including sins committed in the premortal existence on Kolob. The spirits who accepted Christ and kept their first estate were cleansed and became innocent again in the presence of God. They were born innocent at the time of their birth in mortality.

Michael and his heavenly host also prevailed against Satan by the word of their testimony. Their testimony was accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, which means they spoke the words of Christ. The power of Christ sealed up the wicked sons of perdition to condemnation. When the war in heaven ended, Satan and his followers were condemned to be cast down to this earth as unembodied spirits because they rejected the law given to them as a testimony or witness against them.

Michael and his angels also prevailed against Lucifer because they loved not their lives unto the death. This means that Michael and his angels put their spiritual lives at risk to fight with great valor against Satan. The words express the idea that it’s better to die than deny the faith. In the context of the premortal war in heaven, this means that Michael and his angels fought to preserve the eternal principle of agency at the risk of their own spiritual death.

[§207] Rev 12:10: The Accuser of the Brethren Is Cast Down

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:00:17 GMT

This podcast explains John’s vision in Revelation 12:10, where Satan is cast down from heaven to this earth and a loud voice is heard saying that John heard a loud voice saying in heaven … the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. Satan is called the accuser because he complains, or brings a charge, against those he opposes. Since Satan is the father of all lies, his accusations are false and untrue. Satan accuses his brethren, which includes members and leaders in the premortal church of God. These accusations have their likeness on earth when antichrists persecute, and make accusations against the saints of God. Satan’s day and night accusations symbolize his consistent and persistent efforts to destroy the premortal church and kingdom of God throughout the entirety of the war in heaven.

[§206] Rev 12:10: Now Is Come Strength and the Kingdom

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 07:00:21 GMT

This podcast explains John’s vision in Revelation 12:10, where Satan is cast down from heaven to this earth and a loud voice is heard saying that now is come strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ. These words describe the premortal establishment of God’s kingdom on Kolob after Satan was cast down, which is in the likeness of the Second Coming when the kingdoms of our God and his Christ will be established on earth. To establish the government of God after the war in heaven, an organizational council was held similar to the grand council that was held to organize the premortal church of God before the war in heaven. In the general council held after the war in heaven, God’s spirit children received their appointment to dwell on this physical earth, including the time of their birth, the place of their birth, and the family of their birth. According to the doctrine of election or the election of grace many faithful spirits who kept their first estate were appointed to be born into a favored lineage such as the house of Israel. Many were foreordained to exaltation and to enter the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood. The Patriarchal Order was organized as a model for the full government of God during the patriarchal era, during the millennium, and during this earth’s existence as the celestial kingdom.

[§205] Rev 12:10: The War Ends and Now Is Come Salvation

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:00:24 GMT

This podcast explains the loud voice in heaven that John heard in Revelation 12:10 at the end of the war in heaven. The voice declares "Now is come salvation." The loud voice may be the voice of a mighty angel, or the collective voices of premortal spirits who kept their first estate and rejoice because they were saved as Lucifer and his sons of perdition were cast out of heaven to this physical earth at the time of their defeat. After Lucifer and his sons of perdition were cast down and out of heaven at the end of the war in heaven, Kolob was spiritually cleansed and the premortal conditions after the war have their likeness in the millennial conditions on earth after Satan was defeated by Christ at the Second Coming. In both conditions, heavenly and millennially, there was righteousness, purity, peace, and the presence of the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ.

Salvation means different things depending on the context. Salvation is often synonymous with exaltation and eternal life. But in the context of the premortal existence, salvation came to those who kept their first estate. Such spirits are blessed to receive a physical body in this life and their faithfulness in premortality qualifies them for resurrection and immortality. The gift of immortality comes through the grace of Jesus Christ. He paid for this gift through his atonement. The gift of immortality is frequently referred to as general salvation. Full salvation means exaltation which is conditioned upon obedience to celestial law in this life, including temple ordinances. Full salvation means a person is added upon in this second estate with glory, power, and dominion forever and ever.

[§204] Rev 12:8-9: Lucifer Prevailed Not and Was Cast Out

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 07:00:18 GMT

This podcast explains the signs and symbolism used by John in Revelation 12:8-9 to describe the end of the premortal war in heaven that began in Revelation 12:7. Revelation 12:8 states that the war in heaven ended because Lucifer and his rebellious angels did not prevail against Michael and his heavenly hosts during the premortal war. When Lucifer was defeated, he and his followers were cast out of heaven on Kolob and they were cast down to this earth at the time of its physical creation. Lucifer’s death during the war in heaven is in the likeness of his future defeat in the battle of Armageddon at the Second Coming and the conditions of peace that will follow during the millennium.

John also identifies Lucifer, the great dragon, by three different names including that old serpent, the devil, and Satan. The serpent is an allusion to the garden of Eden where Eve was beguiled by Lucifer who spoke by the mouth of the serpent. His cunning and deceit brought about the fall of Adam. Each of the three names help to identify and define the characteristics by which Lucifer may be known on earth as he and his evil unembodied spirit sons of perdition continue to use their influence to destroy the souls of mortal men and women.

[§203] Christ Ministers on All His Celestial Earths

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 07:00:26 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning and symbolism of the parable found in Doctrine and Covenants Section 88:51-61, called the Parable of the Lord of the Fields. In this parable, Jesus Christ is Lord over the countless celestial earths he created to become habitable earths for all God’s children who kept their first estate. These many earths are symbolized by the field in the parable. In the parable, Christ sends one servant to the field in each hour of a 12-hour day. The Lord visits and ministers to each of the 12 servants consecutively in their hour beginning with the first to the last. After the first series of hourly visits, Christ visits each servant in their time in reverse order from the last to the first. Finally, the Lord visits each servant in his season from the first to the last.

The first series of visits represent the premortal ministry of Jesus Christ on each of the celestial earths he created. After the premortal ministry of Jesus Christ on this last earth of the physical creation as Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament, Jesus Christ was born on this earth in mortality. After his death and resurrection, Christ ministered to disembodied spirits in the postmortal spirit world for this earth. His atonement then brought to pass the resurrection of all exaltation-worthy people on this earth. This began the morning of the first resurrection and the second series of visits of the resurrected Jesus Christ to all his other worlds in reverse order. In this second series of visits, he resurrected exaltation-worthy saints in reverse order from the last to the first. Finally, during the third season of visits beginning with the first and continuing to the last, Jesus Christ resurrected people worthy of the celestial kingdom who were not worthy of exaltation in that kingdom. This stage of the resurrection is called the afternoon of the first resurrection. This third series of visits will conclude on this earth as the last earth of the physical creation. This will occur at the end of the millennium when the last celestial-worthy person is resurrected on this earth.

[§202] Physical Creation During the War in Heaven

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 07:00:31 GMT

This podcast discusses the creation of celestial earths by Jesus Christ during the war in heaven. Before the war in heaven began, Christ created worlds of lesser intelligence to become part of the telestial and terrestrial kingdoms. The creation of these lesser worlds occurred during the premortal apostasy that John describes in Revelation 12:6. When the war in heaven began in Revelation 12:7, Christ (Jehovah) began to create celestial earths that could sustain the life of human inhabitants during the period of their mortal second estate. Since these worlds abide celestial law, they will also be the place of inheritance for people living on them who also obey celestial law. This earth, with Kolob as its inward spirit, was created last as the most intelligent of all celestial earths.

Celestial earths were created as needed to accommodate God's spirit children who kept their first estate during the war in heaven. As new celestial worlds were created in ascending order of their intelligence, human spirits of like intelligence in their order were appointed to leave the war in heaven on Kolob to live on the spirit world of their habitable physical earth. A certain number of Lucifer's rebellious followers were also appointed and cast down to each such world. The war in heaven thus became a war of attrition as bad spirits who failed to keep their first estate were cast down to live upon the physical earth to which they had been appointed, while good spirits who kept their first estate received their appointments to be born on the same earth.

This earth was the last of Christ's physical creations. The creative process is eternal and has no beginning and no ending. That is the nature of multigenerational creation. However, in this generation of God’s direct offspring, there was and is a beginning and an end to creation. When this earth dies and is resurrected, all God's spirit children worthy of exaltation will be empowered by the atonement of Jesus Christ to begin a new generation of spirit creations. The process of creation will then continue endlessly from generation to generation.

[§201] Rev 12:7: Apostasy Ends and War Begins in Heaven

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:00:23 GMT

This podcast explains John's vision from Revelation 12:7, where he saw the war in heaven that began when the premortal church of God was restored on Kolob from the wilderness of God's celestial residence. This occurred in the likeness of the restoration of the church on earth in 1830.

The war in heaven was a literal war between armies led by Lucifer (the Dragon), on the one hand, and Michael the Archangel, on the other hand. This was not a physical war that involved bloodshed. It was an ideological war between premortal spirits and spiritual death was the consequence to those who succumbed to the lies and half-truths of Lucifer and his sons of Perdition. During this conflict, the missionary armies of Michael and Lucifer contended for the undecided and lukewarm spirits that failed to commit themselves either to Jesus Christ or to Lucifer during the grand council on Kolob. During the war in heaven there could be no neutrality. Spirits that made and kept gospel covenants kept their first estate and could progress to a second estate where they received a physical body. Those that failed to make and keep gospel covenants kept not their first estate and were denied a second estate.

Lucifer's objective during the war in heaven was to destroy faith in Jesus Christ. He and his rebellious followers were antichrist and they have their likeness in earthly antichrists described in the book of Mormon.

[§200] Start of Premortal Apostasy and Physical Creation

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 07:00:21 GMT

This podcast describes the physical creation of countless worlds by Jehovah (Jesus Christ) This discussion of the creation is placed in the context of other events in premortality after the grand council in heaven, including the premortal apostasy and the war in heaven. Many noble and great spirits participated in the creative activities of Jesus Christ, including Michael the Archangel.

The physical creation began during the premortal apostasy that lasted 1260 Kolob years (453.6 earth years). During this time, physical worlds of the telestial and terrestrial order were created in ascending order of intelligence. When the war in heaven began, physical worlds of the celestial order were created in their ascending order of intelligence to be the habitation for mortal humans during their second estate.

This podcast also describes how the premortal apostasy prepared God's undecided spirit children from the grand council to make and keep gospel covenants once the premortal church of God was restored to Kolob when the war in heaven began. As God's undecided spirit children made gospel covenants, they kept their first estate and were appointed to dwell on the countless celestial worlds that Christ physically created during the war in heaven.

[§199] Rev 12:6: The Premortal Apostasy in Heaven

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:00:15 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the signs, symbols and images found in Revelation 12:6. This verse describes the premortal apostasy in heaven on Kolob that began after the rebellion of Lucifer during the grand council in heaven, before the war in heaven began in Revelation 12:7. Revelation 12:6 tells us that after Lucifer’s rebellion, the woman representing the premortal church fled into the wilderness. The wilderness represents the celestial residence of God where his throne is located. In this symbolic wilderness, the noble and great spirits who were members of the premortal church were nurtured in the presence of God for 1260 days of years. These 1260 Kolob years are equal to 453.6 million years on earth where one day with God in heaven is as a thousand years on earth.

The sign of the premortal apostasy in heaven on Kolob has its likeness on earth during the Great Apostasy during the dark ages. As the dark ages were a time of spiritual darkness and suffering among mankind, so also the 1260 Kolob years of premortal apostasy on Kolob were a time of spiritual darkness when the undecided spirit children of God from the grand council were in the bondage of sin and were tormented by Lucifer on Kolob to aid in the process of their repentance.

[§198] Rev 12:5: The Man Child Is Born to Rule All Nations

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 06:00:26 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the images and symbolism found in Revelation 12:5. In this verse, the woman representing the premortal church of God brought forth a man child. The child represents Jehovah (Jesus Christ) at the time he was elevated to godhood and assumed his position as the Creator and Redeemer with the sustaining vote and common consent of the membership of the premortal church of God. In all these capacities, Christ was metaphorically born to rule all nations with a rod of iron, which is the word of God. His rule would be firm and unyielding but also benevolent like a shepherd.

After the birth of the manchild, he was caught up unto God’s throne, which means he was taken up from the grand council on Kolob to the throne of God on God’s celestial residence. The glorified Christ could not remain on Kolob following Lucifer's rebellion because Kolob became spiritually unclean.

[§197] Rev 12:4: One-third of the Stars in Heaven Spiritually Fall

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:01:15 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the images and symbols used by John in Revelation 12:4 to explain Lucifer's rebellion during the grand council in heaven. In this verse, the tail of the Dragon drew the third part of the stars of heaven to his rebellion. This means a third of God’s spirit children rebelled and experienced a spiritual fall as Lucifer did. The stars of heaven (God's fallen spirit children) were cast to the earth. This means they spiritually died and could no longer be in the presence of God, but they remained in their premortal first estate.

After their rebellion, the Dragon and his followers continued to stand before the woman (premortal church of God) when she was ready to deliver the manchild identified in Revelation 12:5. The premortal church metaphorically delivered Jehovah (Jesus Christ) as the creator, redeemer and head of the church of God when the membership of that premortal church voted by common consent to accept and sustain Christ in all these capacities. Christ was elevated to godhood by the vote of the church membership. In this way the woman (premortal church) metaphorically gave birth to Christ as the manchild.

After the sustaining vote occurred during the premortal grand council, the Dragon stood before the woman to devour the child. This means that Lucifer and his followers sought to destroy the faith of God’s spirit children in Jesus Christ and in the father's plan of salvation generally.

[§196] Rev 12:3: The Sign of the Red Dragon [Lucifer]

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 06:00:12 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the images and symbols used by John in Revelation 12:3 to describe Lucifer and his rebellious followers in the premortal existence as another wonder or sign in heaven. The great red dragon in this verse symbolizes Lucifer at the time of the grand council in heaven. The Dragon is identified as another sign in heaven. The first sign in heaven is the image of a woman representing the premortal church of God in Revelation 12:1. She was glorious and beautiful, but the Dragon is red in color to identify his destructive and bloodthirsty character. The symbol is dynamic and is used by John in subsequent verses to identify Satan’s power and influence on earth.

Scholars often misinterpret the Dragon in Revelation 12:4 as a symbol for the ancient Roman empire. Rome is merely an earthly likeness of Lucifer's presence in the premortal existence. The Dragon has seven heads and seven crowns upon those heads. These images represent Lucifer’s power and regal authority that he once had before he rebelled during the grand council.

The image of the great red dragon also had 10 horns. Horns represent power. The number ten (10) represents the whole of a part or part of a whole. Thus, Satan had incredible power in premortality, but he did not have the fulness or whole of God's power.

[§195] Rev 12:2: The Woman with Child Travails Giving Birth

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:00:29 GMT

This podcast explains the images and symbolism found in Revelation 12:2. This verse continues the description of the great sign of a woman in heaven who represents the premortal church of God which has her likeness on earth. In verse 2, John could see that the glorious woman was pregnant and travailing in birth. This imagery symbolizes the rebellion of Lucifer during the grand Council in heaven on Kolob. His rebellion came as Jehovah (Jesus Christ) was chosen by the father to become the creator, redeemer, and head of God's church and eternal government. Christ is the man child identified in Revelation 12:5, and the woman (premortal church) gave birth to this governor as the church membership voted for him and sustained him as he was born or elevated to rule with a rod of iron.

Jehovah’s birth or elevation to godhood was a time of great pain and sorrow in heaven among God's righteous spirit children called the sons of God. They shouted for joy at the prospect of moving forward with the plan of salvation and the physical creation. They were greatly saddened, however, by the loss of one third of all God's spirit children when Lucifer rebelled during the grand council. These circumstances are symbolized in the images of a pregnant woman in travail.

The symbol of the pregnant woman who gives birth to the manchild after much travail has been subject to many interpretations. Some say the woman represents Mary the mother of Jesus. Some say this scene is set in the time of the Second Coming. This podcast analyzes these various views and explains why these other interpretations are problematic.

[§194] Rev 12:1: The Sign of the Woman Is the Premortal Church

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 06:00:10 GMT

This podcast explains the images and symbolism found in Revelation 12:1. This verse identifies the great sign of a woman in heaven who represents the premortal church of God. This great sign has its likenesses on earth, including the church organized by Christ in the meridian of time. God the father organized this church at the time of the grand council in heaven on Kolob when Jesus Christ was chosen to be the creator and Redeemer before the foundations of this earth were laid. God's spirit children who had faith in Jesus Christ became members of this premortal church and were called the sons of God. God’s spirit children who rebelled with Lucifer became members of the premortal church of the devil and were called sons of Perdition.

The woman is dressed in the sun to symbolize her light-filled countenance. She stands on the moon to represent her dominion over all lesser kingdoms. She has a crown of 12 stars that represent the 12 tribes of Israel, not the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ. The crown represents her royal status and her right to rule and reign in the house of Israel forever.

[§193] Jehovah Was the Physical Creator in This Generation

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 06:00:21 GMT

This podcast describes the physical creation carried out by Jesus Christ on this world and many other worlds in this universe, including telestial worlds and terrestrial worlds, based on the Order of Creation. The likely sequence of creation is set forth for countless worlds, plants, animals, and the first Adam and the first Eve on the many celestial worlds created by Jesus Christ (Jehovah). The timing of the physical creation is explained from the end of the grand council through the end of the war in heaven. The seven periods of creation lasting 1000 years each are explained and how that timing fits into the creative sequence involving multiple worlds consecutively created by Jesus Christ. God the Father also had a role in the physical creation when he became the literal father of the physical bodies of Adam and Eve as an act of procreation with a heavenly mother.

[§191] The Grand Council in Heaven on Kolob

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 01:19:39 GMT

To better understand the spiritual fall of Lucifer when he rebelled during the grand council in heaven on Kolob, this podcast compares Lucifer's fall with the fall of Adam in the garden of Eden. The fall of Lucifer foreshadows the fall of Adam. Before the fall of Lucifer, the premortal first estate was a sinless environment where God's innocent spirit children dwelt in his presence. There was agency, but no accountability. The same is true of Adam and Eve's dwelling in the garden of Eden prior to the fall of Adam. When Adam fell, all of creation fell with him. Thereafter, he and Eve could no longer be in God's presence. That was also true of the premortal conditions when Lucifer fell. The two separate falls brought an end to innocence in their respective spheres. The opposition and uncleanness in both environments fostered growth and both falls were a fall forward in the eternal progress of mankind.

[§190] The First Estate from Spirit Creation to the Grand Council

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:00:43 GMT

This podcast describes the grand council in heaven that was convened on the premortal spirit world called Kolob. The Prophet Joseph Smith authored a poem in 1843 describing Kolob as the place where this grand council was held. God the Father presided over the council and it was here that he implemented the plan of salvation, which is also the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is the same plan that was implemented in every generation of spirit creations throughout eternity.

All God's children were present in the council, including Jehovah (Jesus Christ), who would be chosen the Redeemer and creator. Lucifer (Satan) was also present. He was a Son of the Morning and had authority in the presence of God. During the council, Lucifer arrogantly offered to be the Redeemer, but he wanted God’s glory and honor in return. He proposed to redeem all God's children by taking away their agency and forcing their obedience. His plan was rejected, and he rebelled with one third of God's premortal children on Kolob. Lucifer and his followers committed the unpardonable sin because they rebelled against great light and truth. On the day of their rebellion, they kept not their first estate, which means they were denied bodies in a second mortal estate.

[§189] Kolob Is the Spirit World Within This Earth

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:00:18 GMT

This podcast discusses the premortal first estate from the time of the spirit creation to the time of the grand council in heaven on Kolob. The first estate lasted for eons of time from the spirit creation until our birth in mortality. Before the grand council our time in the first estate was spent on the glorified and resurrected celestial world of our Father in heaven where we were born as his spirit children. This was a time of purity and innocence when our spirit bodies grew and matured. It was a time where we were educated and tutored by our heavenly parents. We had our agency to make choices, but there was no accountability for sin or temptation until the Father implemented the plan of salvation‒which is the gospel of Jesus Christ‒during the grand council on Kolob. When the gospel was implemented, God’s spirit children became accountable and could exercise their agency to accept the gospel by covenant or they could reject the plan. Lucifer and his followers rebelled against the plan. At that time, sin and wickedness were introduced on Kolob. When Lucifer fell, God’s spirit children fell spiritually in the same way that all of creation fell on this physical earth when Adam fell in the garden of Eden.

[§188] God Created Kolob as the First Celestial Spirit World

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:00:42 GMT

Kolob was the first premortal spirit world created by God the father in this generation. During the physical creation, Kolob became the inward spirit world of this earth. This podcast explains and gives various reasons why Kolob is the spirit world within this earth. This view is not a universally recognized doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The scriptural details concerning Kolob can be found in The Pearl of Great Price, including Abraham chapters 2-3 and the Joseph Smith explanations of the hieroglyphic images in Facsimile 2. These sources support the conclusion that Kolob is the spirit world within this earth. For example, members of the Church generally accept that this resurrected earth will become a celestial kingdom for worthy people of this earth and that Kolob will be the earth they inherit as their celestial kingdom. Church members also generally accept that Kolob was the premortal spirit world for God's spirit children who have and will reside on this earth in mortality. They generally believe that Kolob was also the location for the gathering of all God's spirit children during the premortal grand Council in heaven.

Kolob and this earth are also connected because they share the same reckoning of time, which is celestial time. One day on Kolob is as 1000 years on earth. Kolob is also the postmortal spirit world for disembodied spirits who lived upon this earth during their mortality. This postmortal spirit world is located within or on this earth. When people die, it is said they return to the spirit world to await the resurrection. If they return to where they have already been, then Kolob is both the premortal and postmortal spirit world of this earth.

Christ was born on this earth and carried out the infinite atonement here, which indicates that the greatest of all spirit worlds must be within this earth for these singular events to occur on this earth. Jesus Christ will rule over all the worlds he has created from this resurrected earth because he possesses the keys of the universe. This is consistent with the scriptural definition of Kolob as the great governing star of the universe and the first in government.

[§187] Spirit Worlds Are Created According to the Order of Creation

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 06:00:22 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning and background of Kolob, which is identified in Abraham 3 and Facsimile 2 in The Pearl of Great Price. Kolob was the first spirit world created by God the father during the spirit creation. It possessed more intelligence (light or truth) than all other spirit worlds created by God. After God created Kolob as the first spirit world in this generation, it became the spirit world within this earth, which Jesus Christ created last among all the physical worlds of his creation. Kolob is, in many respects, in the similitude of Jesus Christ.

Figure 1 in facsimile number 2 is an Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that depicts Kolob. Through the spirit of Revelation, Joseph Smith explained that this image signifies Kolob, which was the first spirit creation nearest to the throne and celestial residence of God. It is a great governing star, first in government and last pertaining to the measurement of time. According to God’s reckoning of time, one day on Kolob is equal to a thousand earth years. Kolob and this earth shared the same reckoning of celestial time until the fall of Adam. After the resurrection of this earth, both will again be governed by celestial time and this earth with Kolob as its inward spirit will again be filled with glory as the great governing star of the universe.

[§186] The Order of Creation

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:00:47 GMT

This podcast explains the order of creation involving countless worlds of spirit by God the Father. These worlds of spirit were created in descending order of intelligence. Intelligence is an uncreated and eternal spirit element with the attributes of light or truth. Intelligence before the spirit creation and they could act independent in their sphere. They also possessed a measure of agency, which gave rise to differing gradations of intelligence. Light and truth are also attributes of God the father. It thus appears that the gradations or differences in intelligence exist because of an inherent ability or quality in some intelligence to assimilate or absorb the light and truth that emanates from God.

The first worlds of the spirit creation are called celestial spirit worlds. They possess the highest measure of intelligence of all other worlds and they have the capability to abide and obey celestial law. By doing so, they fill the measure of their creation without transgressing celestial law. In the resurrection, these worlds will be resurrected to the glory of the celestial kingdom and only people who live and abide celestial law can dwell upon them as their eternal inheritance.

After the creation of celestial worlds in their descending order of intelligence, the Father created worlds of lesser intelligence as terrestrial spirit worlds and telestial spirit worlds. These worlds had to be created physically, but people do not dwell upon these worlds during their mortal probation because all humans can abide celestial law and therefore work out their salvation on physical worlds that have an inward celestial spirit world. People who fail to live celestial lives during their mortal probation, will be removed from the earth of their mortal dwelling after their resurrection. They will dwell on the other worlds created by God that exist as uninhabited physical worlds that will be resurrected as worlds with lesser glory and lesser intelligence in the terrestrial and telestial kingdoms.

[§185] Spirit Creations Are Multi-generational

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:00:21 GMT

This podcast explains the Order of Creation, which is a shorthand way to describe all the laws, processes, functions, and sequence of creation in all three stages of creation among all four classes of creation. The three stages of creation are the premortal spirit creation, the physical creation, and the resurrection. The four classes of creation are the kingdoms of mankind, animals, plants and minerals. In each stage of the creation, the order or sequence is reversed. Thus, in the spirit creation, the sequence is from the highest to lowest intelligence. In the physical creation, the sequence is from the lowest intelligence to the highest. In the resurrection the sequence is again from highest to lowest, which is from celestial, to terrestrial, to telestial, to sons of perdition and then to all other creations in descending order of intelligence.

The Order of Creation is dictated or governed by the eternal law of obedience. The creative processes and sequence are not haphazard or matters of chance. All creation is a matter of intelligent design, based on a perfect plan and process of creation that has been followed by the Gods in many generations, and is carried out in a systematic manner. Based on the Order of Creation, Jehovah (Christ) was the first of all God's creations during the spirit creation because he was the most obedient intelligence with the greatest measure of light or truth at the time his spirit body was created through an act of procreation by our Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother.

There is no such thing as an ex nihilo creation of something from nothing. The spirit creation involved the organization of uncreated and eternally existing spirit matter or spirit element called intelligence, which possesses the attribute of light or truth in differing amounts. The physical creation was the organization of uncreated and eternally existing physical element or matter. The resurrection involves the immortality and/or glorification of both spirit matter and physical matter.

Each stage of the creation is in the likeness of the other stages. Thus, the creations in one stage are in the likeness of creations in every other stage of creation. The number of creations in this generation is fixed. That is, there was a beginning and an end to the number of God's creations, including the number of his spirit offspring, which is fixed, as well as the number of his created worlds of spirit.

[§184] An Overview of Revelation 12 and the JST Changes

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:00:42 GMT

This podcast explains the perfect pattern and process of creation that is multi-generational throughout the eternities. In any single generation of creations by the same creator, there are both beginnings and endings in the creative process. However, multigenerational creations collectively have no beginning and have no end.

Creation begins in each generation with a spirit creation. In this generation, God the Father created spirit bodies for animals, plants, and worlds from eternally existing materials called spirit matter, spirit element or intelligence. The father did not create spirit bodies from nothing. The creation of spirit bodies for humans involved an act of procreation by our Father in Heaven and our Mother in Heaven. The spirit creation of all things occurred prior to the Grand Council in heaven which John describes in Revelation 12:1-4. Through the creative acts of Jesus Christ during the physical creation, all spirit creations become the inward spirit that gives life to their physical bodies, including this earth. Spirit bodies have the same form and appearance as their physical body.

Since creation is multigenerational, there is a plurality of Gods. God the Father has an exalted Father. The exalted children of our Heavenly Father will become Gods to the creations in their generation. The multigenerational aspect of creation is expressed in the following couplet: "As man now is, God once was; As God now is, man may be." The scriptures refer to this as the continuation of seeds or the continuation of the lives. The children of God in this generation become Gods to their own spirit offspring only as they enter into and keep the sacred covenants of the sealing ordinance in the temple.

The work of God in his generation is to bring about the immortality and eternal life of his spirit children. (Moses 1:39) In addition to this work (singular), God's creative activities or works (plural) include those of the Gods that came before him and the Gods that come after him. (See Moses 4:1, 38) Based on the eternal law of consecration, the work of every God in his own generation is carried out on worlds without number. But this work (singular) becomes the works (plural) of Gods from all generations. Thus the work of God in a single generation has a beginning and an end, while the works of Gods in multiple generations are endless on worlds without end.

[§183] Rev 11:19: Introduction to the Final Plagues of the Third Woe

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 06:00:14 GMT

This podcast provides an overview and explanation of Revelation chapter 12. In this chapter, John begins a flashback to the premortal existence, which typifies and foreshadows the conflict between the kingdom of Satan (the dragon) and the kingdom of God that began before the physical creation of this earth. Christ's victory over Satan during the premortal war in heaven typifies and foreshadows Christ's future victory over Satan at the Second Coming.

John specifically tells us in the Joseph Smith Translation of Revelation 12:1 that the signs and symbols of events in premortality are in the likeness of events and things on the earth. He identifies a wonder or sign in heaven of a woman in Revelation 12:1. She represents the Church of God in premortality. and her likeness on earth is the ancient church of Jesus Christ in the meridian of time.

This podcast will show that there are two parts to Revelation chapter 12. Everything described and depicted in verses 1 to 12 are representations, symbols and explanations of events from the premortal existence. Everything described and depicted in verses 13 to 17 are descriptions and explanations of Satan's war against the primitive church from the crucifixion of Jesus Christ until 70 AD. John uses the same symbols and images to describe the premortal church and the primitive church, but the events are separated by eons of time.

[§182] Rev 11:18: Mortals and Spirits Judged During the Third Woe

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 06:00:37 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and imagery used by John in Revelation 11:19 to introduce the seven vial plagues of the third woe. In this verse, John sees the temple of God opened in heaven, which is the heavenly counterpart of the earthly temple in Jerusalem. The heavenly temple is God's residence and his celestial kingdom. When the veil of heaven is drawn back so that John could see into the heavenly temple, he saw the ark of the covenant, which is called the ark of his testament in this verse.

The ark is a symbol for Jesus Christ. Therefore, the ark of his testimony represents Jesus Christ himself. The ark also symbolizes the covenants made between God and his faithful children because it contained the stone tablets on which the 10 Commandments had been engraved. The Lord's blessings promised by covenant were conditioned upon faithfulness to God's law represented by the 10 Commandments. The ark also contained a pot of manna in the rod of iron, representing the tokens and symbols of life and mercy. The meaning of these objects inside the ark of the covenant was enhanced by the mercy seat located on the lid of the ark located between two cherubim with outstretched wings.

In addition to the symbols of mercy associated with the ark of the covenant, John also saw lightnings, voices, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail representing the seven vile plagues. Thus, while great mercy is extended to the righteous in Revelation 11:19, the destroyers of the earth will be destroyed by the seven final plagues of the third woe.

[§181] Rev 11:16-17: The 24 Elders Worship God [Christ]

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:00:19 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John as an introduction to the third woe in Revelation 11:18. Wicked nations of the world are angry in this verse because the Lord's wrath is come in the form of the most severe plagues in the history of the world. John refers to this as the time of the dead, meaning that many wicked people will be destroyed in the judgments of God. At the same time, this verse assures righteous people that they will receive the reward of prophets and saints. The righteous dead will rise from their graves in the morning of the first resurrection. Righteous living saints will be taken up to descend with Christ in clouds of glory. They will be protected against the seven vial plagues of the third woe. When the third woe is concluded at the second coming, the Lord will destroy them which destroy the earth. That is, wicked people who live only a telestial law will be destroyed because they corrupt the earth and fill it with their evil works. The destroyers also include disembodied spirits of mortal sons of perdition who have and use their evil influence on the earth. Finally, the destroyers are also unembodied sons of perdition who were cast down to this earth and denied mortal bodies because of their rebellion with Lucifer in the premortal existence, including the war in heaven. All these destroyers, both mortals and spirits, will be destroyed when Christ begins to reign on earth during the third woe and at his second coming.

[§180] Rev 11:15: Worldly Kingdoms Yield at Christ’s Second Coming

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 06:00:26 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning and content of Revelation 11:16-17, which is part of John's introduction to the Third Woe. In these verses, 24 elders representing exaltation-worthy saints, who are translated, transfigured or resurrected saints as of the end of the Second Woe. They fall on their faces or prostrate themselves to worship Jesus Christ as a victorious conqueror at the Second Coming. They identify Christ as the Lord God Almighty, a title expressing his powerful reign on earth at the Second Coming. They also declare the eternal nature of Christ as one "which art, and wast, and art to come." This doxology of praise is expressed by the 24 Elders because Christ will take great power to himself when his reign on earth begins in the future, but the 24 Elders in John's vision described the scene in the prophetic past tense confirming the certainty of Christ's reign on earth with great power commencing with the Second Coming.

[§179] Rev 11:15-19: John Introduces the Third Woe [Seventh Trumpet Angel]

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 02:17:49 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of John's introduction to the Third Woe found in Revelation 11:15-19. These verses come after an angel announces in Revelation 11:14 that the Second Woe is past and the Third Woe comes quickly with the sounding of the seventh trumpet angel. Instead of describing the final plagues of the Third Woe, John's introduction focuses on the establishment of Christ's earthly kingdom during the Third Woe and his reign as the Lord God Almighty. The visionary introduction to the Third Woe also describes the praise and worship of exaltation-worthy saints on the one hand, and the wicked people and nations angered by the establishment of Christ's millennial kingdom. This introduction comes just before the flashback chapters in Revelation 12 to 14 that describe events going back to the premortal existence and a chronological account of Satan's wars against Christ from premortality through the Second Coming.

[§178] Rev 11:13-14: The Second Woe Ends with an Earthquake in Jerusalem

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 06:00:44 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism associated with the great earthquake that will literally occur in Jerusalem when the Two Witnesses are resurrected as predicted by John in Revelation 11:13. This earthquake is one of three earthquakes that John describes in the book of Revelation. The first earthquake will occur at the end of the sixth seal as recorded in Revelation 6:12-14. The greatest earthquake in the history of the world will occur in Revelation 16:18, when the continents of the earth will be reunited. In between the first and third earthquakes there will be a second earthquake of intermittent intensity described by John in Revelation 11:13.

In the second earthquake, John states that one tenth of the city will be destroyed and that 7000 people will die. Both symbols describe a large number of wicked people who will die. The tenth part of the city refers to part of the whole kingdom of Satan. This means that by the end of the second woe the destruction of the kingdom of Satan will begin with all mortal sons of perdition. THey will die as a class by the time of the great earthquake in Revelation 11:13. The 7000 people represent a perfect and complete destruction of the wicked sons of perdition.

A remnant of wicked people will be spared from destruction during the second woe. Revelation 11:13 states that they will fearfully glorify God. This does not mean they will repent. Revelation 9:20-21 identifies the survivors of the second woe (physical Armageddon) as telestial-worthy people who refuse to repent. This is the same remnant of survivors that John describes in Revelation 11:13.

Revelation 11:14 confirms that the second woe will end after the great earthquake in Jerusalem and he tells us that the third woe will come quickly thereafter.

[§177] The Two Witnesses Fulfill the Sign of Jonas [Jonah]

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:00:21 GMT

This podcast talks about the sign of Jonah (Greek. Jonas). Jesus Christ, mentioned the sign of Jonah when he was asked by the Pharisees and the Sadducees for a sign. He said that a wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign and none would be given except the sign of Jonas (Matt 12:40). The sign of Jonas was that as Jonah was literally in the belly of a great fish for three days and three nights, Christ would be in the belly of the earth for three days and three nights after his death and until his resurrection.

The sign of Jonas was given as a source of condemnation for the unbelieving Jews rather than a source of blessing. The unbelieving Jews would be cursed for their refusal to believe in Christ, because the Ninevites, who were not Israelites, repented when Jonah preached to them in the same Ninevites would rise up in judgment against the unbelieving Jews who failed to repent when one greater than Jonah was in their midst.

The same sign applies to the death and resurrection of the Two Witnesses who will minister in Jerusalem for 3-1/2 years during the Great Tribulation. They too will die and be resurrected after 3-1/2 days. When the sign of Jonah is given at the time of their resurrection it will be too late for wicked people to repent and come unto Christ.

There is a third aspect of the sign of Jonah in that he prophesied that within three days the nation of Israel would be restored to its ancient boundaries. This sign will also be fulfilled at the second coming when Israel will be restored to its ancient boundaries at the start of the millennium.

[§175] Rev 11:8-10: The Bodies of the Two Witnesses Lie Unburied

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains the context and meaning of John's vision in Revelation 11:8-10, where he saw the dead bodies of the Two Witnesses lie in the streets of Jerusalem unburied for 3 ½ days. In these verses the modern city of Jerusalem is "spiritually" (metaphorically) called Sodom for its wickedness and Egypt for it oppressive conditions. The city is called by these symbolic names, but there can be no mistake that Jerusalem is the city where the Two Witnesses die because it is also identified as the place where Jesus Christ was crucified. The Two Witnesses were left unburied as a sign of dishonor, disrespect, and impiety.

The testimony of the Two Witnesses will continue after they seal their testimony with their blood for all people, kindred, tongues, and nations shall see their unburied bodies through modern means of communication. Their bodies shall be exposed to world view for a literal period of 3½ days. Revelation 11:10 states that there will be worldwide rejoicing and gift-giving when the Two Witnesses die because they will no longer be a source of protection to the Jews and Jerusalem.

Rev 11 [§174] Rev 11:7: The Death of the Two Witnesses at Jerusalem

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:00:16 GMT

This podcast explains the events and symbolism found in Revelation 11:7 associated with the death and martyrdom of the Two Witnesses who will minister in Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation or last 3 ½ years before the Second Coming. Even though they possess the sealing power to control the physical elements, the Lord will give the gentile armies power to kill the Two Witnesses when their testimony is complete as the physical battle of Armageddon comes to an end. In symbolic terms, John states that "when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.” (Revelation 11:7) The testimony of the Two Witnesses will be finished only when the 3½ years of their ministry is complete, when they have accomplished their mission of warning the Jews and a wicked world of their destruction if they fail to repent, when the Two Witnesses seal their testimony with their blood.

The beast referred to in this verse is frequently referred to as the antichrist. The beast is a symbol to Satan's power exercised through persons of spirit, as well as mortal people that act as his earthly agents though any number of false churches, political institutions, evil governments and wicked rulers, whom Paul described when he said that there is spiritual wickedness in high places. This podcast explains the ancient origin of the beast in Revelation 11:7. The prophet Danial provides this history in his vision of the four beasts in Daniel 7. John also gives the history of the beast in Revelation 13, where he describes a First Beast that had Satan's power from 70 AD to 1830 and a Second Beast that evolved from the First Beast after the restoration of the gospel in 1830 until the Second Coming.

John describes the Second Beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. This refers to the First Woe in Revelation 9:1-3, when unembodied and disembodied spirits are loosed from the abyss with great power on earth to influence wicked people to engage in the battle of Armageddon and to ultimately kill the Two Witnesses as that battle nears its end at the Second Coming. The Two Witnesses will die in a very public display and then their unburied bodies will lie in the streets of Jerusalem for 3½ days.

Rev 11 [§173] Rev 11:5-6: The Two Witnesses Will Exercise the Sealing Power

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 06:00:34 GMT

This podcast explains the sealing power possessed by the Two Witnesses during the period of their 3½ year ministry just before the Second Coming. Their power is symbolically described by John in Revelation 11:5-6. The period of their ministry during the Great Tribulation coincides in time with the second half of the battle of Armageddon when there will be desolations, destruction, death and violence. The evil power of gentile nations and unrepentant Jews shall combine against the Two Witnesses in their efforts to kill the Two Witnesses. However, they will possess the Sealing Power in an unlimited measure to protect themselves and Jerusalem until the period of their ministry is complete. Anyone who attempts to harm the Two Witnesses will be hurt by them in the same manner. Fire will metaphorically proceed from their mouth to literally devour their enemies. When the enemies of the Two Witnesses succeed in killing them, these foes will die in like manner.

The sealing power possessed by the two Witnesses will be akin to the same power possessed by Moses and Elijah, except the Two Witnesses will have all power to perform similar plagues as often as they will. The will have power to call down fire from heaven as Elijah did, and to turn water into blood as Moses did. The Two Witnesses will also have power to shut heaven so that it does not rain during the time of their ministry in Jerusalem.

Rev 11 [§172] Rev 11:4: Two Witnesses Are Both Olive Trees and Candlesticks

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 06:00:32 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism used by John in Revelation 11:4 to describe the identities of the Two Witnesses who will prophesy in Jerusalem during the last 42 months (3½ years) before Christ's Second Coming appearance on the Mount of Olives. In this verse, the Two Witnesses are called the two olive trees and two candlesticks. This imagery comes directly from the Book of Zechariah 4:3, 11-14, where Zerubbabel and Joshua (Jeshua) were likewise described in their role as the builders of the Second Temple of Zerubbabel after the Jews returned from their 70-year captivity in Babylon. Joshua was the high priest and religious leader of the Jews during the temple construction, while Zerubbabel was the governor or the political and secular leader. Their respective roles may typify the role of the Two Witnesses in the future. One may come from a religious background, while the other may come from a political background.

Zerubbabel and Jeshua faced a mountain of opposition in the reconstruction of the Second Temple as the Two Witnesses will similarly face a mountain of opposition during their ministry. The power and spirit of God alone made it possible, and will make it possible, for the candlesticks and olives trees to accomplish their works. Both will stand before the God of the whole earth in the accomplishment of their ministries. (Zech 4:6) The Two Witnesses are the two anointed ones who are referred to as candlesticks because they hold up the light of Christ and they are olive trees because they provide the olive oil that keeps the light of Christ symbolically burning in the lamps upheld by the candlesticks.

Rev 11 [§171] Rev 11:2-3: Two Witnesses Minister 42 Months [3½ Years]

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 06:00:22 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery used by John in Revelation 11:2, where he is told by a mighty angel (Jesus Christ) to not measure the outer court of the Third Temple for it is given to the Gentiles who will tread down the Holy City of Jerusalem for 42 months (3½ years) known as the Great Tribulation. Jesus Christ predicted that Jerusalem would be trodden down until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:24) This podcast explains how the Holy City has been trodden down since the time the Romans destroyed the city and temple in 70 AD, how it was reclaimed in part by the British after the First World War, and the effects of the Six Day War in 1967. The times of the Gentiles began after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and we now live in the fullness of the times of the Gentiles. This is a time when the Gentiles have great power in the earth and the gospel is taken to them on a priority basis over the Jews. The time of the Gentiles will end, and the Time of the Jews will begin, at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, when the gospel will be taken to the Jews on a priority basis.

During the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman at the start of the Great Tribulation, the Two Witnesses will be called and anointed to prophesy in Jerusalem for 1260 days (42 months) until the Second Coming. This corresponds in time with the last 3 ½ years of the Second Woe known as Armageddon. They will call upon the Jews to have faith in Jesus Christ, to repent or face the judgments of God at the Second Coming. The Two Witnesses will be symbolically clothed in Sackcloth, which represents humility, sorrow, mourning, grief, and hardship. Their role as prophets to the Jews will continue until their death as martyrs just 3½ -days before the Second Coming. The Two Witnesses are not Jews. They are not Enoch, Moses, or Elijah. They shall be mortal men who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and holders of the Melchizedek Priesthood. Some believe they could be apostles, but that may not be the case. They are two in number to fulfill the Law of Witnesses. They will be raised up to the Jewish nation after the restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem and reconstruction of the City and Third Temple. They shall be forerunners for Christ's Second Coming as John the Baptist was a forerunner for Christ's First Coming.

Rev 11 [§170] Rev 11:2: The Court Given to the Gentiles Is Not Measured

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:00:27 GMT

This podcast explains the symbols and message found in Revelation 11:2, where Jesus Christ told John the Revelator not to measure the courtyard without the temple "for it is given unto the Gentiles." This scene is set in the Third Temple to be constructed in Jerusalem. The measuring occurs at the start of the last 3 1/2 years (42 months) before the Second Coming called the Great Tribulation. The vision in Revelation 11:2 is focused on worthy Jews living terrestrial law that are measured as God's people in Revelation 11:1, whereas those who are unworthy of at least terrestrial glory--including the wicked Gentiles that will besiege Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation—remain unmeasured as a sign of God's rejection of them. The unmeasured people are telestial worthy people or sons of perdition that will be destroyed at the Second Coming.

This podcast also explains the various courtyards found in the temple of Herod before its destruction in 70 AD, including the Court of the Priests, the Court of the Men of Israel, the Court of the Women, and the court of the Gentiles. During Christ's mortal ministry he twice cleansed the Court of the Gentiles where the moneychangers and merchants transacted business. Christ accused them of making his Father's house a den of robbers.

In the strictest sense, the Gentiles are non-Israelites or non-Jews, but in the context of John's vision the term is used to describe any wicked persons who fail to live at least terrestrial law. They are enemies of the Jews and seek to destroy Jerusalem and the Third Temple. They are the nations that will tread down the Holy City during the last 42 months of Armageddon when the Two Witnesses will minister with their protective powers in Jerusalem. These enemies and wicked nations remain unmeasured as a sign that the Lord rejects them and they will be destroyed at the Second Coming.

Rev 11 [§169] Rev 11:1: John Measures Them That Worship in the Temple

Sun, 27 Jul 2025 06:00:18 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and imagery used by the John the Revelator in Revelation 11:1, which states that John was given a reed to measure the people that worship in the temple of God. The context of this vision is the Great Tribulation just before the Second Coming. The temple refers to the Third Temple and the people to be measured represent Jewish people, although some Bible scholars spiritualize this imagery and say that it represents the Christian church or individual followers of Christ. The Jews who qualify to be measured are the honorable people of the earth and are therefore worthy of at least terrestrial glory as of the time of their measurement.

Measured Jews will be able to stand with Christ at the Second Coming on the Mount of Olives, where they will be converted. They will rebuild the temple making it the Fourth Temple in Jerusalem where the purified sons of Levi can again make offerings unto the Lord in righteousness and the Jews will be blessed ultimately with celestial glory as members of the Church of the Firstborn. Mosaic type sacrifices will occur on a limited basis after the Second Coming to bring about a restitution of all things from the beginning.

The image of measuring the Jews worthy of worshiping in the temple has a close correlation to the parable of the wheat and the tares. The wheat represents the measured Jews worthy of at least terrestrial glory to be found in the Holy Place of the temple, while the tares represent telestial-worthy people, including wicked gentile nations, that remain unmeasured in the Court of the Gentiles as recorded in Revelation 11:2.

Rev 11 [§168] Rev 11:1: John Measures the Third Temple and Its Altar

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 06:00:44 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism and imagery used by the John the Revelator in Revelation 11:1, which states: "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar." The angel is Jesus Christ, although this view is not universally accepted among all Bible scholars. This vision is similar to the visions in Ezekiel 40 and Zechariah 2. Both prophets prophesied concerning the construction of the 2nd temple of Zerubbabel, as a foreshadow and type for the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem that still lies in the future.

The reed in Revelation 11:1 refers to a long-stemmed plant that grows in marshlands in the Mediterranean region. A reed typically symbolizes weakness or feebleness, but since it is also referred to as a rod , the image portrays strength, power, and law. John is directed to measure the Third Temple that will be built prior to the start of the Great Tribulation.

The altar in this temple refers to the altar of incense located in the Holy Place, rather than the brazen altar of sacrifice located in the courtyard of the temple. The act of measuring symbolizes acceptance and ownership by God, which includes his protection of that which is measured. This protection will come in the form of the Two Witnesses who will minister among the Jews and in Jerusalem during the last 3 ½ years of the Great Tribulation before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

[§166] The Third Period of 1 Week of 7 Years [Armageddon]

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:00:23 GMT

This podcast explains the meaning of, and events that will occur during, the final 70th week of seven years in Daniel's Seventy Weeks Prophecy in Daniel 9:24-27. This one week of seven years corresponds to the physical battle of Armageddon described by John the Revelator in Revelation 9:13-21. John described this last week of seven years before the Second Coming as the Second Woe. During this last week of seven years in Daniel 9:27, Christ will confirm the covenant with many, meaning that many exaltation-worthy people then living will have their calling and election made sure. This means they will have a guarantee of eternal life and they will not be overcome by the spiritual darkness and trials during the battle of Armageddon.

At the midpoint of Armageddon (3 1/2 years), which coincides in time with the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman, Christ will cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease. This means that sometime prior to the midpoint of Armageddon, the Jews will rebuild, at least in part, the Third Temple in Jerusalem where the unpurified sons of Levi will offer sacrifices in the Third Temple patterned after the Law of Moses. These rituals will be suspended, however, by the gentile armies that will lay siege to the Holy City. They will make Jerusalem desolate during the final abomination of desolation, but at the consummation of these events at the Second Coming desolations shall be poured out on the gentile desolators. The sons of Levi will then be purified like gold and silver, and they will offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness after the Second Coming in a Fourth Temple to be built in Jerusalem.

[§167] Daniel’s Vision of the Great Tribulation [Daniel 12]

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:00:23 GMT

This podcast explains the vision in Daniel chapter 12, where Daniel saw two angels on either side of the Tigris river and the premortal Christ, clothed in white linen, standing above the water in the middle of the river. The two angels may be the premortal spirits who were foreordained to be the Two Witnesses who will minister in Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation, which is the last 3½ years before the Second Coming. The vision in Daniel 12 is focused on the oppression and trials of the Jewish people through the time of the Great Tribulation. The two angels appear to have a direct interest and role in the events of that future day. After multiple descriptions of the Jewish oppressions up to the time of the Second Coming, one of the two angels asks the Savior, "how long shall be to the end of these wonders?" (Dan 12:6) The answer in Daniel 12:7 states that the oppressions shall continue until "a time, times, and an half," which refers to the 3½ years of the Great Tribulation, including the 3 ½ days of the final Abomination of Desolation at the Second Coming.

The vision in Daniel 12 also reveals that the tribulations continue on the Jews as a form of godly chastisement to promote hope and faith in Jesus Christ and to cause them to repent as the Lord's covenant people. Daniel learns in Daniel 12:10 that after the tribulations, the Jews will be purified and made white. A similar promise is found in Revelation 7:14, where John saw a great multitude that came out of the Great Tribulation with their robes washed and they were made white in the blood of the Lamb. The Jews will ultimately become a blessed people, while the gentile nations and wicked people will do wickedly and shall meet with utter ruin.

[§165] Timeline for the Great Apostasy [Daniel 12]

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 06:00:19 GMT

This podcast initially answers the question of whether the prophecies in the book of Daniel are closed and sealed up as we approach the time of the end before the Second Coming. Daniel 12:10 states that the wise shall understand, and the scriptures tell us that we now live in the time when the Spirit of the Lord is poured out on all flesh and the knowledge of all things concerning this earth and its creation will continue to increase until the Second Coming when all things will be made known. The Book of Revelation is also meant to be understood and obeyed for "the time is at hand." (Rev 1:3)

The timing of the Great Apostasy is among the mysteries made known in the last days. The Great Apostasy is generally defined as a universal loss of truth and falling away from the true church of Jesus Christ on a worldwide basis. However, within this broad category different groups of people were in an apostate condition at different times. This podcast looks at the apostasy among the Jewish people as one group, among the ancient Christians on the eastern hemisphere as another group, among the Nephites on the western hemisphere as a third group, and the Lost Ten Tribes as a fourth group.

Daniel prophesied in Daniel 12:11-12 that the Jews would suffer apostasy and oppression that would be like a flood for 1290 years commencing in 70 AD, and the survivors would then be blessed after 1335 years. These dates coincide with the rise of spiritual darkness like a flood that crested during a very low point in human history as millions of people died from the Black Death at the start of the Renaissance in Italy during the late 1300's. The Jews that survived were blessed by religious and other societal reforms in the early 1400's.

John the Revelator also talks about the timing of the Great Apostasy which he measures as the loss of the true church of Jesus Christ and priesthood authority from the earth for a period of 1260 years between 570 and 1830 AD. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was restored and formally organized in 1830. At the time the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored in its original form from the ancient church of Jesus Christ and there were again legal administers of the priesthood on earth. Working backwards for 1260 years from the time of the restoration, we can calculate that the final loss of priesthood authority must have occurred when the Lost Ten Tribes were translated in 570 AD.

[§164] The “Flood” During the Gap in Daniel 11

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 06:00:45 GMT

This podcast discusses the period of apostasy predicted in the Seventy Weeks Prophecy found in Daniel 9:26. This period of apostasy occurs during the gap of time between 69th and 70th weeks identified by Daniel in Daniel 9:24-27. The 69th week ended with the death and atonement of Jesus Christ in about 34 AD, and the 70th week will end with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The 2000-year gap between weeks 69 and 70 is the period of apostasy among the Jews. This apostasy is the particular focus of Daniel's prophecy in the Seventy Weeks Prophecy. In addition to the apostasy among the Jews, the ancient church of Jesus Christ also fell into apostasy no later than the end of the first century AD. That apostasy continued until the restoration of Christ's true church as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830. This podcast discusses all these aspects of the Great Apostasy that engulfed the world as a flood during the 2000-year gap as described in Daniel 9:26.

[§163] Three Prophetic Events During the Gap

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 06:00:17 GMT

This podcast discusses the Seventy Weeks Prophecy found in Daniel 9:24-27. This prophecy chronologically predicts the first and Second Coming of Christ through a vision that is based on seventy weeks of seven years (490 years). The prophecy is broken down into one time period of seven weeks of seven years (49 years), and a second time period of 62 weeks of seven years (434 years). The first and second time periods add up to 69 weeks of seven years ((483 years total)) that end with the death and atonment of Jesus Christ in approximately 34 AD.

The third third time period of one week of seven years is the 70th week in the Seventy Weeks Prophecy. The end of the 70th week marks the time when the Savior will come again at his Second Coming. With almost 2000 years of historical hindsight, we know that Christ's second Coming did not occur seven years after his crucifixion. The gap between the 69th and 70th weeks is approaching 2000 years since the death of Jesus Christ. This podcast is devoted to explaining this 2000-year gap in the Seventy Weeks Prophecy. Daniel does not predict the actual time for the gap in the Seventy Weeks Prophecy. However, he identifies three events that must occur in Daniel 9:26. The three events include the Abomonation of Desolation carried out by the Roman Empire upon the Jews and the temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD. Following this event, Daniel predicted a flood of darkness and apostasy. FInally, Daniel predicted that between the start of the "flood" and the end of the 70th week of seven years the Jews would be subject to continuing desolations on account of their apostate condition and disbelief in the Messiah. These three events are the main focus of this podcast.

[§162] The Second Period of 62 Weeks of 434 Years

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 06:01:29 GMT

This podcast interprets and explains the second time-period of the Seventy Weeks Prophecy found in Daniel 9:24-27. The second period is equal to 62 weeks of seven years or 434 years. When these 434 years are added to the first week of seven years (49 year), this equates to a total of 483 years as the predicted time until the crucifixion of Jesus Christ after the decree of Artaxerxes. in 444 BC.

The 62 weeks of seven years (434 years) covers the period of time known as the Intertestamental Period when there were no prophets among the Jewish people. The period generally extends from the time of Malachi as the last prophet in the Old Testament until John the Baptist as the first prophet in the New Testament. During this long period, the second of four abominations of desolation occurred when Antiochus (IV) Epiphanes desecrated the temple in Jerusalem and slaughtered many Jews. This caused a rebellion among the Jews known as the Maccabean Revolt, that began in 167 BC. Daniel prophecied of this event in Daniel 11:21-32. After three years of warfare, the Maccabees captured Jerusalem and rededicated the temple in a celebration known as the Feast of Lights (Hanukkah) in 165 BC. After further conflicts and warfare, the Jews threw off the yoke of the Greek Empire and the Jews remained a free nation until 63 BC.

These events foreshadow the final abomination of desolation at the Second Coming when the Jews shall suffer during the period of the Great Tribulation but ultimately prevail when Christ appears on the mount of Olives at his Second Coming. The rededication of the temple in Jerusalem will follow Christ's Second Coming and the Jews will enjoy both physical and spiritual freedom forever.

[§161] The First Period of 7 Weeks of 49 Years

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 06:00:18 GMT

This podcast explains the circumstances of when and how Daniel received the Seventy Weeks Prophecy in Babylon while still in captivity after almost 70 years. Before the captivity of the Jews began, Jeremiah predicted that the exile would last 70 years. As the end of the 70-year captivity drew near, Daniel was praying about when he could expect the return of the Jews because he felt as though captivity should have ended already. In response to his prayer on that subject, Daniel received the Seventy Weeks Prophecy that has its basis in the 70-year captivity of the Jews in Babylon but is a prophecy on a much grander scale of 70x7 years or 490 years until the end of the spiritual captivity of the Jews at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

The first seven weeks of seven Sabbatical years in the Seventy Weeks Prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27) is equal to 49 years, which began in 444 BC. At that time, the Persian king Artaxerxes issued a decree that authorized Nehemiah to rebuild the city and walls of Jerusalem. This work was completed approximately 49 years later. The rebuilding project lasted 49 years because of the poor condition of the people and because the work occurred in troublous times due to opposition by groups such as the Samaritans.

After the first week of seven years, Daniel predicted that another 62 weeks of seven years (434 years) would elapse until the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, making in all 483 years from the decree of Artaxerxes. Based on Daniel's precise reckoning of time until the Savior's first advent, the Jews looked forward to the time of his coming with great hope in a Messiah that would free them from all their political oppressors.

[§159] The Second Coming Prophecies of Zechariah

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 06:00:15 GMT

This podcast reviews and explains the second coming prophesies of the prophet Zechariah from the Old Testament. Zechariah was the eleventh of twelve minor prophets in the Old Testament, and his book is the most Messianic book in the Old Testament by volume. Zechariah's prophecies include detailed references to the battle of Armageddon and the final Abomination of Desolation against the Jews during the last 3½ days before Christ sets foot on the mount of Olives at his Second Coming. He describes the great earthquake that will occur at the moment of his coming when Olivette will cleave in wo creating a great chasm or valley in the midst thereof. The beleaguered Jews in Jerusalem will flee into the chasm seeking refuge from the advancing armies of Gentiles. Zechariah also describes the moment in time when the Jews shall see the wounds of Christ's crucifixion in his hands, feet and side and will then recognize him as the Messiah. The Lord's wrath will then turn on the wicked Gentiles gathered against the Jews and Jerusalem, and he will destroy them by the brightness of his coming that will cause their flesh to melt as they stand still upon their feet.

[§158] The Second Coming Prophecies of Joel

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:01:00 GMT

This podcast reviews and explains the second coming prophesies of the prophet Joel from the Old Testament. Joel was the second of twelve minor prophets in the Old Testament, and probably the first to prophesy of Christ's second coming in detail. The words of Joel are echoed by prophets who came after him, including John the Revelator in the Book of Revelation. On the night of September 21, 1823, Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith and told him the prophecies of Joel were about to be fulfilled, including Joel's prophecy that in the last days the Lord's spirit would be poured out upon all flesh in a Pentecostal manner. Joel's prophecies include references to the battle of Armageddon to be waged in the valley of Jehoshaphat, also called the valley of decision, from whence Christ will execute judgment upon wicked nations and people that gather to battle against Jerusalem, and who carry out the final Abomination of Desolation against the Jews during the last 3½ days before Christ sets foot on the mount of Olives. The valley of Jehoshaphat, includes the valley of Jezreel in modern Israel also known as the plain of Esdraelon, located north and west of Jerusalem, where many famous battles have been fight in ancient and modern history.

[§158] The Second Coming Prophecies of Joel

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:58:12 GMT

This podcast provides an overview of the contents from John's vision in Revelation 11. The timing for this chapter is the last 3½ years before the Second Coming known as the Great Tribulation. During this time, the Two Witnesses will minister in Jerusalem. Their mission is to raise a warning voice to the Jews for them to have faith in Jesus Christ and repent of their sins, while also using the sealing powers vested in them to protect Jerusalem and her people from the Gentiles gathered against them in these last 3 ½ years of Armageddon. After 3 ½ years, the Two Witnesses will be martyred and their dead bodies shall lie in the streets unburied for 3½ days. During this brief interval, the Gentiles will overtake the city of Jerusalem. They will desecrate the Third Temple and will kill half the Jewish population in a scene of great horror. This is the predicted Abomination of Desolation that will end when Christ steps foot on the mount of Olives at his Second Coming and extends mercy to the surviving Jews as he destroys the Gentiles. This final abomination of desolation has several foreshadows including the desecration and destruction of the temple of Jerusalem by king Nebuchadnezzar in 487 BC, the desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes in 168 BC, and the desecration and destruction of the temple by the Romans in 70 AD.

[§156] John’s Little Book Mission Does Not Include the Jewish Gathering

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:00:40 GMT

This podcast discusses ancient and modern prophecies about the latter-day gathering of the Jewish people to their homeland in Palestine. The modern Jewish gathering began after Moses appeared to Joseph Smith in the Kirtland temple and restored the priesthood keys for the gathering of scattered Israel in 1836. John the Revelator was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, but he did not receive the keys to gather scattered Israel as part of his little book mission recorded in Revelation 10:8-11. The gathering of the Jews began in earnest after Orson Hyde dedicated the land of Palestine for the return of the Jews in 1840. Since then, there has been what the Jews call a mystical force called "Zionism" that compels them to gather to their homeland. Several events in history are major milestones for the gathering of Israel, including the Balfor Declaration at the end of World War I, which favored the creation of a Jewish State with the aid of other nations who serve as the nursing fathers and nursing mothers to the Jewish people as they gather. The state of Israel was born on May 15, 1948, in the midst of war. The Jews miraculously won their war for independence against their Arab neighbors, but many other conflicts and wars have followed including the Six Day War in 1967, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the Lebanon War in 1982, the second Lebanon War in 2006, Hamas-Israel conflict in the Gaza Strip in 2008, the 2012 Hamas-Israel conflict in Gaza, the 2014 Hamas-Israel war, the 2021 conflict that began with riots in Jerusalem and ended with airstrikes in Gaza, and the 2023 Hamas-Israel war that began when Hamas killed 1,200 people in Israel and took more than 240 hostages. This has been the deadliest war for Palestinians since the war of 1948, and it has leveled much of the Gaza Strip. These wars are a prelude to the increasing violence that will lead to and culminate in the war of Armageddon that is still in our future as predicted in the Book of Revelation, chapter 9.

[§155] The Translated Lost Ten Tribes in Jacob 5 and Ezekiel 37

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 06:00:33 GMT

This podcast discusses the translation of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel as seen through the writings of Zenos in his allegory of the tame and wild olive trees, recorded in Jacob 5 in the Book of Mormon. The same topic is viewed from Ezekiel's vision of the valley of the dry bones recorded in Ezekiel 37 in the Old Testament. This is part of a continuing discussion of John the Revelator's little book mission in Revelation 10:8-11, where the Savior commissioned him to go among the Lost Ten Tribes as a translated person to minister among a people to be translated in preparation for their coming to Adam-ondi-Ahman and the Second Coming. John's little book mission came after the visit of Jesus Christ among the Lost Ten Tribes after his resurrection in about 34 AD. The Allegory of Zenos describes the Lost Ten Tribes as natural branches hidden in the nethermost part of the vineyard in a poor spot of ground. Despite their adversities, the Lost Ten Tribes brought forth much good fruit by the time of Christ's visit among them in 34 AD. Nevertheless, the Lost Ten Tribes became wicked and corrupt as the Great Apostasy took hold universally in all the world. In anticipation of this event, John received his little book mission to labor among the Lost Ten Tribes as recorded in Revelation 10:8-11. (See also D&C 77:14) In the face of their apostasy, the Lord did not allow the Lost Ten Tribes to be destroyed like the Nephites in 420 AD, but he instead plucked out the most bitter branches and preserved the rest by grafting in natural branches from the original tree, which describes John's mission among them and perhaps that of the Three Nephites as well. The Lost Ten Tribes were thus preserved until the time of their translation in 570 BC, which is a date 1260 years before the restoration of the Church in 1830. The 1260 years is the prophetic time given for the great apostacy as measured by the loss of earthly priesthood during the Great Apostasy. Ezekiel describes the translation and restoration of the Lost Ten Tribes as one part of his vision of dry bones in Ezekiel 37. The vision applies to the whole house of Israel represented by dry and scattered bones. Ezekiel say flesh and sinews restored to the dried up bones to represent the gathering of scattered Israel and the restoration of the Lost Ten Tribes as a great army of the latter days. This vision symbolically depicts the translation of the Lost Ten Tribes who will stand up as a great army with translated bodies during the Great Tribulation.

[§154] Translation of Lost Tribes Mirrors the People of Enoch

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 06:01:26 GMT

This podcast discusses in detail the translation of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel and how their translation after the resurrection of Christ mirrors the translation of Enoch and the city of Zion before the flood in the days of Noah. Just as the people and city of Enoch (Zion) were taken up to heaven to save them from physical death during the universal flood, the Lost Ten Tribes were taken up to protect them from the spiritual death that would have overcome them during the Great Apostasy of the dark ages. Both groups will come together at the Second Coming as the Zion of Enoch's day comes down from heaven and Zion (the New Jerusalem) of the latter-days will rise up to heaven, including the Lost Ten Tribes who are among the builders of latter-day Zion. This will fulfill, in part, the saying in Acts 3:19-21 that in the dispensation of the fullness of times, God will gather together all things in one, both in heaven and on earth. There are several parallels, patterns, and types between the people Zion in Enoch's day and the Lost Ten Tribes. Both peoples went from a state of great wickedness to a state of righteousness before their translation. Some people believe the Lost Ten Tribes fell into a state of apostasy after Jesus Christ ministered to them after his resurrection in about 34 AD, but the pattern and type given by the people of Enoch suggests an opposite outcome.

[§153] John and the Doctrine and Ordinance of Translation

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 06:00:22 GMT

This podcast explains the doctrine and ordinance of translation, including a discussion of what translation is and who has been translated in the history of the world. A translated person is mortal, but that mortal body cannot die, it does not feel pain except for the sins of the world, it does not get sick, nor does it deteriorate in any way. The body of such a person is elevated spiritually to a terrestrial condition so it can operate in both the physical and spiritual realm on this planet and on many other planets. Heaven is the dwelling place of translated persons. Thousands and perhaps millions of people of this earth have been translated and taken to heaven without tasting death, including the people of Enoch and the entire city of Zion before the flood. The righteous and faithful people of Melchizedek also had the Holy Ghost fall upon them, and they were taken up to the city of Zion, whose builder and maker was God. The Savior promised John the apostle that he would not taste death until the Second Coming of the Son of Man so that John could continue to minister to the heirs of salvations and prophesy before nations, kindreds, tongues, and people. (D&C 7:1-3) The same promise and blessing was given to the Three Nephites in 3 Nephi 28:6-7. John and the Three Nephites were the only persons known to have been translated after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but Doctrine and Covenants speaks of other "holy men that ye know not of." These undoubtedly include the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, whom the Savior ministered to after his resurrection. John also ministered to them in his translated condition after he received his little book mission in Revelation 10:8-11.

[§152] The Physical and Spiritual Journey of the Lost Ten Tribes

Tue, 27 May 2025 06:00:49 GMT

This podcast explains the history of the Ten Tribes of Israel from the time of their deportation to Assyria in 721 BC, until the time of their return to the lands of their inheritance after the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Their history includes a journey that is both physical and spiritual. The northern ten tribes are consistently called the Lost Ten Tribes because they were lost to history after 721 BC. However, they are not lost to the Lord. They are a distinct people that are separate from the scattered tribes of Israel. The apocryphal book of 2 Esdras (Ezra) records that after the ten tribes were deported to Assyria, they repented of their sins and escaped from their captors by traveling north to a land where never man dwelt. They were led by prophets and had their own scriptures. Once in the north countries, they were visited by Christ after his resurrection. The scriptures prophesy that the Lost Ten Tribes shall return from the north. The word "north" has several symbolic meanings that include "dark place," "hidden place," and "heaven." Deuteronomy 30:4 speaks of the Lord fetching the lost tribes from the utmost bounds of heaven, which in symbolic terms means they will be returned from the north or heaven. They will return as a translated people to the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman. They will be taken up into the clouds of heaven to descend with Christ at the Second Coming. Thereafter, they will be spiritually gathered as they receive their temple blessings in Zion at the hand of Ephraim and they will then be gathered physically to the lands of their inheritance after the Second Coming.

[§151] The History and End of the Northern Kingdom [Ten Tribes]

Sun, 25 May 2025 06:00:13 GMT

This podcast gives the historical context of the Lost Ten Tribes from the time of the United Kingdom of Israel in the days of King Solomon to the time the lost tribes were deported to Assyria in 721 BC. With the death of Solomon in about 975 BC, the United kingdom divided into the Northern Kingdom of Israel led by Jeroboam and the Kingdom of Judah in the south led by Solomon's son, Rehoboam. The Northern Kingdom consisted of ten tribes although the intermixing of the tribes makes this number somewhat symbolical. The ten tribes in the north were consistently wicked and the Lord sent prophets among them warning of their destruction. This commenced in 745 BC when the northern ten tribes became a vassal state to the Assyrian Empire. The demise of the Northern Kingdom as an independent nation came about in 721 BC when thousands of Israelites were deported to the far reaches of the Assyrian empire.

[§150] Priesthood Keys for the Latter-day Gathering of Israel

Tue, 20 May 2025 17:36:32 GMT

This podcast discusses the priesthood keys needed by John the apostle to carry out his "little Book Mission" described in Revelation 10:8-11. Priestood keys were restored in this gospel dispensation to Joseph Smith, who is called the Root of Jesse in Isaiah 11:10-12. Moroni quoted these verses to Joseph Smith on September 21, 1823, and said the latter-day gathering of Israel was about to commence. On April 3, 1836, the prophets Moses and Elias appeared at the Kirtland Temple and conferred on Joseph Smith the keys of "the gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north. (D&C 110:11) The gathering of scattered Israel is first spiritual and second temporal. Scattered Israel is distinct from the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. Joseph Smith did not receive keys to physically gather the Lost Ten Tribes because John received these keys as part of his Little Book Mission. With these keys, John ministers as a translated person (a flaming fire) among the Lost Ten Tribes to gather them first physically before they will be gathered spiritually at Adam-ondi-Ahman. After this gathering, the Lost Ten Tribes will receive their temple blessings from the children of Ephraim at the temple of Zion (New Jerusalem). The Lost Ten Tribes will come to Zion from the north (heaven) as a physically gathered body in a translated condition and they will return with their scriptures and their prophets, including John the apostle.

[§149] Rev 10:8-11: The Meaning of the “Little Book”

Mon, 19 May 2025 03:17:45 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the "Little Book Mission" given to John the Revelator in Revelation 10:8-11. In Revelation 8:10, John hears the voice of God the Father telling him to take the little book from the mighty angel, who is Jesus Christ, who stands on both land and sea as a symbol of his dominion. The little book is open in the hand of Christ and the act of taking, reading, eating, and digesting the book represents John's calling and commission to perform the contents of the book open to his view. John commenced his mission and continues his mission into the latter days as a translated person. The little book mission is an "ordinance, for him to gather the tribes of Israel [as an] Elias, who, as it is written, must come and restore all things.” (D&C 77:14) Since the time of his commission in 96 AD, John has labored among the lost ten tribes of Israel to prepare for their return to the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman and for Christ's Second Coming. John fulfills his mission based on priesthood keys given to him anciently, which are not in conflict with the keys bestowed on Joseph Smith by Moses at the Kirtland temple, including "the keys of the gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north.” (D&C 110:11) This podcast also explains the symbolism in Revelation 10:9, where the little book is bitter in John's belly, but sweet as honey in his mouth. John takes and symbolically eats the book thereby accepting his commission to "prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.” (Rev 10:11) John fulfills this commission through his writings in the New Testament including the Book of Revelation, his three general epistles, and the gospel of John. He also fulfills his Little Book Mission by his preparatory work among the lost ten tribes of Israel.

[§148] Rev 10:5-7: No More Delay After Adam-ondi-Ahman

Tue, 13 May 2025 06:00:56 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the imagery and meaning of symbols used by John to describe the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman as recorded in Revelation 10:5-7. The signs and symbols include Christ (the mighty angel) raising his right hand to heaven in a ritualistic act of oath-making as he is coronated King of kings. His oath includes an immutable promise that "time shall be no longer," meaning that after the gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman there will be no more delay in the execution of his judgments during the last 3½ years leading to, and at, Christ's Second Coming. Confirming that the gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman will occur in the midst of the batlle of Armageddon, Revelation 10:7 states that the seventh trumpet angel will begins to sound thereafter in Revelation 11:15. At the sounding of this last trumpet the mystery of God will be finished. This refers to the Second Coming that will occur during the Third Woe. At that time the works and purposes of God concerning the salvation of mankind will be finished and all wordly kingdoms will be destroyed.

[§147] Rev 10:2-4: Dominions Given at Adam-ondi-Ahman

Sun, 11 May 2025 06:00:33 GMT

This podcast introduces the topic of John's "Little Book" mission mentioned by him in Revelation 10:2, but explained in Revelation 10:8- 11. This podcast focuses primarily on the imagery and meaning of symbols used by John to describe the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman in Revelation 10:2-4. This signs and symbols include Christ (the mighty angel) setting his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the earth as a symbol of his taking dominion on the earth. As a coronated King, Jesus CHrist will symbolically roar like a lion and the seven thunders, representing the seven dispensational heads of the major gospel dispensation will utter their voices. John was commanded to not write the words uttered by the seven thunders to symbolically depict the secret nature of the gathering at Adam-ondi-Ahman because it iwill be a highly sacred event.

[§146] Rev 10:1: Christ Is the Mighty Angel from Heaven

Tue, 06 May 2025 06:01:12 GMT

This podcast explains the imagery and meaning of the other mighty angel (Jesus Christ) that comes down from heaven as described by John the Revelator in Revelation 10:1. This visitation of Christ to earth will occur at the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman in Missouri as described by the prophet Daniel in the Old Testament. (Dan 7) The image of Christ as a mighty angel includes the symbol of a rainbow as a sign of covenants that will be made at Adam-ondi-Ahman. The rainbow is also a sign of Christ's mercy. Christ's other brilliant features include his face that shines like the sun and feet like pillars of fire, indicating that during his appearance at Adam-ondi-Ahman, he will be glorious from head to foot.

[§145] Zion Built in the Last 3½ Years of Armageddon

Sun, 04 May 2025 06:00:26 GMT

This podcast explains how New Jerusalen (Zion) shall be built after the redemption of Zion in Missouri during the 3 1/2 years after the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman and before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The building of Zion will include construction of the temple in Independence Missouri, where the Lord, Jesus Christ, will suddenly appear as prophesied by the prophet Malachi and others. Zion will become a place of safety, a defense, and refuge for celestial-worthy saints who live the law of consecration, while the world around them is engaged in the battle of Armageddon. New Jerusalem shall be one of the two world capitals during the millennium. FOr out of Zion will come the law and from Old Jerusalem will come the word of the Lord.

[§144] The Land of Zion Is Redeemed in Missouri

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:01:18 GMT

This podcast explains how the redemption of Zion in Missouri will occur during the 3 1/2 years after the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman and before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The podcast includes a discussion about the origin and meaning of the name Zion and how it applies to geographical locations as well as to the condition of the Lord's chosen people. The early saints in this gospel dispensation lost their inheritance in Zion in Missouri because they failed to build the temple at Independence Missouri and also failed to live the law of consecration or United Order, as it was then called. For these transgressions, the saints were persecuted and driven from the state of Missouri in 1838-1839 under the threat of an extermination order issued by Governor Lilbun Boggs. The saints left Missouri and resetttled in Nauvoo, Illinois, but they have never lost their resolve to redeem Zion in Missouri, to build the temple of the New Jerusalem in Independence and to establish the center stake of Zion in that same location. Zion shall only be redeemed in the Lord's due time without the shedding of blood. The New Jerusalem will be built as the saints adhere to celestial law, including strict obedience to the celestial law of consecration. Wehn this occurs at and after the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman, then Zion in Missouri shall be redeemed without the sheddng of blood.

[§143] Ecclesiastical and Political Kingdoms Merge

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 06:00:20 GMT

This podcast explains how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is the ecclesiastical kingdom of God now on earth, shall merge into the political kingdom of God commencing with the gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman. When the merger of the ecclesiastical and political kingdoms is complete at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the millennial kingdom will be called the Church of the Firstborn. This name is derived from the fact that Christ is the Firstborn Son of God who shall inherit God his Father's kingdom, as will all the members of this millennial church who qualify for exaltation and thus inherit the Father's kingdom as though they are also God's firstborn Son. The Church of the Firstborn will replace all earthly kingdoms and governments. It will be a theocracy with Jesus Christ at its head, but it will be based on the freedoms and principles adopted in the United State Constitution.

[§137] Ten Horns: Dominion in the Modern Nations

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 06:00:25 GMT

This podcast explains the symbolism of the ten horns on the head of the dreadful fourth beast in Daniel 7:7-8. The ten horns represent Satan's power in the modern nations of the world after the fall of Imperial Rome in 476 AD, and after the Holy Roman Empire came to an end in 1806. There are ten horns in number, to symbolically represent all nations, kindreds, tongues and people in the modern era and they correspond to the political kingdoms represented by the toes of iron and clay from the dream of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2.

[§136] A Dreadful Beast: Dominion in the Roman Empire

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:01:10 GMT

This podcast explains the image of the dreadful, terrible, and exceedingly strong beast in Daniel 7:6. This indescribable beast represents Satan's power in the Roman Empire beginning with the defeat of the Greek Empire in about 160 BC. The power of Satan that existed in the Babylonian, Medo-Persia and Greek Empires continued to grow in the Roman empire to the point that Daniel had no beast known to mankind that could explain what he saw. The horrible beast was diverse from the kingdoms before it, and it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue of the Jews in 70 AD when Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD in the "abomination of desolation" predicted by Christ in Matthew 24:15. The beast also killed and persecuted Christians for almost 300 years, before Constantine made an apostate and degenerate form of Christianity the state religion of Rome, and the beast and Constantinian Christianity then became as one.

[§106] Rev 8:10-11: The Third Angel’s Plague upon Fresh Water

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 07:00:31 GMT

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of John the Revelator's statements and images from Revelation 8:10-11 in the Book of Revelation. These verses describe the third trumpet plague that will be unleashed by God after Christ opens the seventh seal. These verses describe a meteorite that burns like a lamp as it enters the earth's atmosphere and then falls on the earth. This will be a worldwide judgment from God that causes the freshwater rivers, streams, and fountains to become bitter like the wormwood plant. Hence, the meteorite is called "wormwood." This meteorite will make one-third of all freshwater systems bitter and deadly to many people that will die as a result of this plague whose purpose is to encourage people to repent and prepare for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.