To understand Rev. it's important to understand that it is not all "future" events. It includes matters that have already transpired, as noted with Satan being on/in earth, being in people, blinding people's minds to the Gospel, etc etc.
There are many other examples of matters that have already transpired or are and have been in effect for quite some time or are references to past events.
So, no, not all and only future whatsoever.
Here is a piece of understanding 'time."
The devils also have "time."
Matthew 8:29
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before
the time?
We also know that the devil has what? Yes, a short TIME. Rev. 12:12
Their, the devil and his messengers "time" on/in the earth has been from day 1 of Adam. That "time" continues on to this day. The wicked/evil generation (singular tense application) we can read of in many places of scripture. It refers to "them" and "their time."
Does scripture speak of and to these entities? Of course. Scripture is not only about 'man.'
So, they have their TIME. This is the first understanding of TIME, singular. It is STILL to this day, the devils "TIME."
Now let's look at man. Man has many generations, plural. These are the "times" of man. Second fill in. "TIMES."
Now, if we are paying attentions, we might note that that these parties occupy the same space, that is in the flesh. It is the "spirit of disobedience, the god of this world, the prince of the power of the air" that is in the flesh, stealing Gods Words, blinding minds to the Gospel, Mark 4:15, Acts 26:18, Romans 11:32, 2 Cor. 4:4, Eph. 2:2 etc.
We can read in Matthew 25's account of sheep and goats that sheep and goats will be what? Yes, separated. People read that account and they only see MANKIND. But the devil and his messengers are CLEARLY also referenced in that account and are IN mankind.
There, in Matt. 25, is the DIVIDING of these parties. OR the what?
Yes, the DIVIDING or the HALVING of TIME or the half of "time." The separating of "TIME/TIMES."
Time, times, half of time. Quite simple if we get all the parties on the table for view.
What happens when the "angel of Revelation puts one foot in the sea and other other on earth and makes his declaration?
Rev. 10:
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon
the sea and upon
the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that
there should be time no longer:
Where does 'the great dragon' abide in scriptural terms? Why, in the "sea."
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish
leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Where does the Whore of Babylon sit? IN PEOPLE, which are referred to as "waters."
Revelation 17:1
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:
Revelation 17:15
And he saith unto me,
The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth,
are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
What is Babel/Babylon? "Confusion by MIXING."
Where else is the great dragon shown to be "in?"
Ezekiel 29:3
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
This great dragon has been for quite some time, deceiving the "whole" world. (another side study in itself, the whole world term)
Revelation 12:9
And the
great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
The above happened in the Garden of Eden. The devil, the tempter, the serpent was IN Garden, doing his things.
What is Mystery Babylon?
Rev. 18:
2 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. See Mark 4:4 for "birds of the air" who PREY on seed. See Mark 4:15 to see WHO this "hateful bird" is. Who is the PRINCE of the power of the air?
All of these things are actually QUITE easy to see.
But you see, God Himself has put the "spirit of slumber" upon people, so they CAN'T see. It's done on purpose, to MAKE believers HONEST. If they are not "honest" they will not and can not see any of it. They will simply read the scripures through BLINDED eyes that only see MAN. They get only HALF the accounts and disregard the rest because they can't understand.
So, here is a path of "honesty" for anyone GOD CALLS to see:
Such have to see that their own sin, the sin dwelling in their own flesh, is of the DEVIL. If they can't admit this, they remain UNDER the power of the BLINDER.
When they are honest, which only God in Christ can provide in any case, on this matter, only THEN will they see as they should see, and the scriptures will OPEN to them.
But, not my call. It's quite a firm blockade that's run by the adversary and his minions, but it DOES serve for the purposes of imposing HONESTY (or not, in most cases.)
I'm not saying anyone who doesn't see ISN'T saved. They just won't see very well. And this is actually done by God, when He Sows His Perfect Word, the RESISTORS come to steal it. They will pay the price of eternal damnation for it.
Half the reason I post here and at other christian boards it to REMIND them of these things, that SOME believers DO see, and THEIR TIME is in fact short and getting shorter by the DAY.
AND, this is done precisely to PROVOKE and EMPOWER them for the "end of TIME."
Romans 7:13, 1 Cor. 15:56.
