Revelation

THE BOOK OF REVELATION: M. M. NINAN
Zec 12:10 "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and
supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns
for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. 11 On that day the weeping
in Jerusalem will be great, like the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will
mourn, each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives,
the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, 13 the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of
Shimei and their wives, 14 and all the rest of the clans and their wives.
Zechariah 13:6 “And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms?’ Then he will
answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.’”
Will all the Jews come alive to see the second coming? Because of this statement some interpreters believe
that the early church believed that Jesus would come back within their life. Otherwise how will this be
fulfilled literally? Is it only a figurative way of saying – even the Jews will echo Zechariah?
Jesus himself prophesied this. Mat 24:30 "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky,
and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky,
with power and great glory.
Zechariah describes this reentry thus: Zec 14:4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east
of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with
half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. :5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will
extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the
LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. “Immediately after the tribulation of those days
the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the
powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all
the tribes of the earth will mourn,
and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
Second Coming would take place “after the tribulation of those days”.
“The clouds of heaven”.
Daniel 7:13-14 “I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the
clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him.
1 Thessalonians. 4:17 “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”
What are these “clouds”?
Shekinah Glory
The cloud is the believers. Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to
come, the Almighty."
Here the message begins. It starts in a manner similar to all covenants of ancient days with the covenant
maker - the superior identifies himself before the decree is given. God who is the beginning and the end,
the origin and ultimate consummation declares his method and the means of such consummation in this
message. He is the almighty who
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