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Things seen by John within his vision in Revelation that are directly interpreted by the angel and/or by The Son of Man:
In Rev 1:13-16, John describes a vision where he saw The Son of Man standing in the middle of 7 lampstands and holding 7 stars in His right hand. Then in verse 20, The Son tells John exactly what his vision of the lampstands and the stars represented. The stars John saw represent angels and the lampstands John saw represent churches. In the post, I have listed 7 more examples of this type of direct interpretation within John's vision(s).
Are there others that anyone can point out Scripturally from the book of Revelation with just such a direct interpretation?
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The horns and eyes of the Lamb John saw represent The Spirit of God sent into all the Earth.
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The harps and golden bowls of incense John saw represent prayers of saints.
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The great crowd of people John saw dressed in white robes represent those people from every nation that have come out of the great tribulation washed by the blood of the Lamb.
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The fire and smoke and sulphur that John saw come out of the mouth of the horses represents three plagues that kill 1/3 of humanity.
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The frogs coming out of the mouths of The Dragon (Satan), The Beast and The False Prophet that John saw represent demonic spirits.
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The Lake of Fire John saw represents the second death.
In Rev 1:13-16, John describes a vision where he saw The Son of Man standing in the middle of 7 lampstands and holding 7 stars in His right hand. Then in verse 20, The Son tells John exactly what his vision of the lampstands and the stars represented. The stars John saw represent angels and the lampstands John saw represent churches. In the post, I have listed 7 more examples of this type of direct interpretation within John's vision(s).
Are there others that anyone can point out Scripturally from the book of Revelation with just such a direct interpretation?
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Revelation 1:12, 16, 20 (LEB) And I turned to see the voice which was speaking with me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lampstands, ... and he had in his right hand seven stars, ... As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands—the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
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Revelation 5:6 (LEB) And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing as though slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.
The horns and eyes of the Lamb John saw represent The Spirit of God sent into all the Earth.
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Revelation 5:8 (LEB) And when he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one of whom had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
The harps and golden bowls of incense John saw represent prayers of saints.
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Revelation 7:9, 14 (LEB) After these things I looked, and behold, a great crowd that no one was able to number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes and with palm branches in their hands.
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And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
The great crowd of people John saw dressed in white robes represent those people from every nation that have come out of the great tribulation washed by the blood of the Lamb.
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Revelation 9:17-18 (LEB) And in this way I saw the horses in the vision, ... and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulphur. By these three plagues a third of humanity was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur that came out of their mouths.
The fire and smoke and sulphur that John saw come out of the mouth of the horses represents three plagues that kill 1/3 of humanity.
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Revelation 12:3, 9 (LEB) And another sign appeared in heaven, and behold, a great fiery red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven royal headbands.
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And the great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
The great red fiery dragon John saw represents Satan (The Devil)....
And the great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
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Revelation 16:13-14 (LEB) And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are the spirits of demons performing signs that go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them for the battle of the great day of God the All-Powerful.
The frogs coming out of the mouths of The Dragon (Satan), The Beast and The False Prophet that John saw represent demonic spirits.
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Revelation 15:2 (LEB) And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name were standing by the glassy sea, holding harps from God.
Revelation 20:14 (LEB) And Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:14 (LEB) And Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
The Lake of Fire John saw represents the second death.