The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 17:6b-17 THE GREAT ENIGMA BESIDES the secret of the woman and of the wild beast, we are called upon to solve one of the most enigmatical statements in the Scriptures. “Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains where the woman…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 17:1-6a THE GOLDEN CUP THE influence of great Babylon over the peoples of the earth is figured by a golden cup, which she holds in her hand, brimming with the abominations and uncleanness of the prostitution of her and the earth. Its wine made them drunk.…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ UNDER the seventh bowl Babylon the great is brought to remembrance before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His furious indignation (Rev.16:19). The very wording of this sentence is cryptic. Babylon is a city, yet is presented under the figure of a woman. This suggests that…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 16:2-21 THE BESOM OF THE BOWLS GOD’S judgments are just. To whom much is given much is required. It follows that the severest of His inflictions cannot be visited on all without discrimination. In consequence, some of the bowls are clearly localized. One falls on the…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ   The Concordant Version CHAPTER 15:1-16:1 THE SONG OF MOSES AND OF THE LAMBKIN BEFORE the bowls are poured out we are given a comprehensive outline of Israel’s history as foretold in the song of Moses. This is the key to the judgments that follow. Although Moses’ song is not…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 14:14-20 THE HARVEST AND THE VINTAGE THE two divisions of this Temple section of the Unveiling, one giving us Yahweh’s redemption of faithful Israel, and the other detailing His destruction of the apostates, both close with a pair of pictures most graphically presenting their consummation. One…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ   The Concordant Version CHAPTER 14:6-13 THE EONIAN EVANGEL THE religious redemption of Israel is the subject of the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth chapters of the Unveiling. The star-crowned woman and her male son are safe. The hundred forty-four thousand are protected. What about “the rest of her seed, who…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ   The Concordant Version CHAPTER 14:1-5 THE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND AS WORSHIPPERS THE Melchisedec priesthood of Christ is the key to the Millennial kingdom. He will be a Priest on His throne. The same is true of all the officers in His kingdom. Their powers will be twofold. They…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 13:1-18 THE TWO WILD BEASTS IN the twelfth chapter of the Unveiling, we have an outline of the dragon’s defeat in the heavens and of the failure of its effort to destroy the male son and the sun-clothed woman. It now turns to the rest of…

The Unveiling of Jesus Christ The Concordant Version CHAPTER 12:7-17 MICHAEL AND THE DRAGON THE second sign in the Unveiling is described as a great fiery-red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads seven diadems. And its tail is dragging a third of the stars of heaven, and casts them to…