The Key to Revelation

In our ongoing study of the Word of God, today I will reveal the key to understanding the book of Revelation. It's a very simple book to understand. The first thing you must understand that it's a chronological book, meaning that from start to finish, the events happen one after the other, and there's no jumping back and forth between the Antichrist and back into the churches, and then back into the beast, and so forth. Once it starts, it continues going to the end, and then actually into infinity. Okay, so the book deals with the teachings that Jesus gave John in John's day, from John's day into eternity. So, here's the key. If you look in Revelation chapter 1 verse 19, it says, "...write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter." How many have read that and just passed by and, oh, where's the organic Christ? Well, you'll get there. Don't worry about that. So, let's deal with the things which thou hast seen. That deals with the vision of Christ in the midst of the candlestick. That's in Revelation chapter 1. Then, the things which are, and that is the churches, which is dealt with in Revelation 2 and chapter 3. And then, the things which shall be hereafter. Now, here's the question. Hereafter what? Well, the churches. So, after the rapture of the saints, okay, it deals with the future events. These events will not and cannot happen until the church is gone. So, from chapter 4 to 22, nothing that is written there will take place as long as there's one Christian on this planet. And after that last Christian has been removed, then Daniel's 70th week, the last seven years of the times of the Gentiles, the tribulation period will take place. Not before, okay? So, that's the key. Once again, it's in Revelation 1 verse 19. Once again, write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter. And that, my friends, is a simple key to the book of Revelation. Now, you can read it all you want. You can study the prophecy in there, because prophecy, after all, is history written beforehand. But as a true Christian, what you should be focusing on is chapters 2 and 3, which deal with the churches. Because, after all, that's our information. That's for us, the present age. Once the church is gone, then the rest of the people left on this planet will have to deal with whatever is written from chapter 4 on to 22. So, I hope you enjoy this, and I hope you finally understand the book of Revelation. Thank you.