In this study on the Book of Revelation, the Holy Spirit moved us to study the origin of Lucifer, the anointed cherub whose God appointed authority once covered the entire earth, including the inhabitants that lived upon this earth.  The relevance of all of this becomes apparent further on in our study when we begin to more closely examine the supernatural appearing of Satan's son upon planet earth who is better known by the title, "Antichrist".  We study his priesthood, his subjects, and his great desire to stand in the place of God and his attempt to redirect the worship of  Almighty God to his own self exaltation and glory.   We look at how the first earth was destroyed through a great cataclysmic event being the direct manifestation of the fall of Lucifer long before the creation of Adam and Eve.  We look at the biblical texts which prove that this perspective is indeed what the scriptures declare as we search out the meaning of the Hebrew text and compare scripture upon scripture, verse upon verse.  We discover how Satan is the very god of this world and begin to comprehend the true state of this planet and the spiritual warfare which continues to be fought in heaven as well as throughout this earth.  We discover the truth about the origin of Demons and what the ancients referred to as the lost world of Atlantis.  We learn how approximately one third of the angelic host of heaven joined forces with Satan and fights on his side against the forces of heaven until this day.  We learn how even the heavens were polluted by Satan's fall and how the mission of Christ was more than simply an earthly mission but included the cleansing of heaven itself.  Finally, we discover how the end of all this will result in the great destruction of this present earth as well as the present heavens, and how both will be recreated again.  As a result of this study we discover that the "Gospel" is much greater than most Christians have ever imagined.   Each of these concepts we prove by careful examination of the scriptures.  There is a common teaching today as concerns the great tribulation period and the "rapture" or the catching away of the church.   Does the Bible indeed teach that there is a promise for some to be air lifted off of this earth before that great day of testing which shall come upon the earth? If so, when is it to occur.  Some teach pretribulation rapture, others say midtribulation rapture, while some even teach a posttribulation rapture.   Then there are those who teach no rapture at all.  But what does the Bible say about this catching away or rapture of the Church? Our study will take us to look at what the early church believed. We will look at a great historical writing known as "The Shepherd Of Hermas", a writing which was read throughout the early churches and believed by many to be inspired scriptures. After this, we will examine every biblical reference to the catching away of the church.  We will look at what the scriptures say of the catching away of Philip, Paul, Enoch, Elijah, John, and of course Jesus himself.  Are there two separate comings of Christ foretold?  Is there a rapture and a Second Advent?  What do the scriptures say concerning the time or times of his appearing?  We will also examine the throne room setting with a  special emphasis upon the four cherubim which stand before the throne.  What does the bible really mean by each of the four cherubim having different faces?  Many believe there is a symbolic truth here and we will explore that.  In fact, we will discover that there are actually four separate dispensations of the church represented in these four different faces of the cherubim.   We shall examine the glory of  God, the glory of Christ, the glory of Israel,  the glory of the Bride, the glory of the New Jerusalem, and the glory of Lucifer before his fall.  What do these all have in common?  What does the bible say about these things?  Do the twelve stars upon the head of the bride represent  something similar to the ten horns on the head of the dragon? Can we know or identify the truth behind the dragon having seven heads?  Are there seven Satans?  Or is Satan the leader of seven fallen angelic beings?  We will then turn our attention to the heavens for it was Jesus himself that declared that we should expect to see signs in the heavens prior to his return.  Was every tribe of ancient Israel associated with a house of the zodiac?  Did ancient synagogues in Israel have the zodiac engraved  upon the floor?  Do we see such images as Virgo, Cassiopeia, Coma, Corona, Libra, Scorpio, Ophiuchus, Serpens, Draco, Sagittarius, Hydra, Corvus, Leo, Gemini, Cetus, Pegasus, Aquarius, Argo, Taurus, Pleiades, Cephus, and Aquilla throughout the Book of Revelation?  Is Reuben symbolized by Aquarius?  Does Pisces represent Simeon and Levi?  Does Zebulun find his standard in the sign of Virgo?  Is Cancer a symbol representing Issachar?  Many down through history have believed Dan to be associated with antichrist because of his identification with Scorpio and the Serpent.  What of Gad and Aries or Asher and Sagittarius?  Is Capricorn a  symbol for Naphtali and the horns of Taurus representative of Ephraim and Manasseh? Are the twelve major signs of the zodiac the very stars worn on the head of the Bride of Christ?  If these things are not true, then why are they connected so throughout the bible and Jewish history?
In the hand of He who sits upon the throne is a sealed book or scroll.  Is this scroll the title deed to the planet earth?   What does this sealed scroll have in common with the Book of Daniel?  What is the Kinsman Redeemer and what place does he play in the loosing of the seven seals?  Is there a connection between the Goel (kinsman redeemer) and Adam?  Is Jesus the Goel sent forth to balance the blood account of Adam?  Is he also the Goel sent forth on behalf of the inhabitants of  the PreAdamic earth? Why does the lamb in the Book of Revelation have seven eyes and seven horns?   What is meant by the rider on the white horse, red horse, black horse, and pale horse?  Is there a connection between these seven seals and the Olivet Discourse of Jesus?  Did Jesus foretell of the destruction of Herod's temple in the Olivet Discourse?  Is there a connection with Cestius Gallus, governor of the Roman province of Syria, the future emperor of Rome, Titus, and the antichrist of the future?  Does the abomination of desolation spoken by the prophet  Daniel have relevance to last day prophecy?  Was there such an abomination of desolation placed in the temple by the Roman soldiers in 70 A.D.? Do the four horsemen of the apocalypse begin their prophetic  fulfillment around 70 A.D.?  Are the prophecies of Revelation chapter  6 actually fulfilled in 70 A.D.  Is their a prophetic pattern which occurred beginning almost 2,000 years ago, getting ready to happen again in our days? How accurately were the prophecies spoken by Jesus in the Olivet Discourse already fulfilled?  Can we trust the prophetic words of  Christ as concerns our own time?   Much  of biblical eschatology or last day prophecy hinges on a correct interpretation of  Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the Image and the prophetic insight into it's meaning by the prophet Daniel.  What is meant by the head of gold, the breast of silver, the tummy of brass, the legs of iron and the feet mixed with iron and clay? Does this image contain a key which unlocks the Book of Revelation?  Is there a connection between the two beasts which John sees in his apocalypse and the four beasts which Daniel saw in his dream?  Does the prophet Daniel give us the insight we need to understand the coming of the future antichrist?  Daniel gave clear prophetic instruction concerning the destruction of the Persian kingdom by Alexander The Great.  Alexander the Great himself was envisioned as a great horn in the center of the head of a Hegoat.  Did Daniel speak of even greater things than this?  Did Daniel give us a prophetic record of events which would happen after the death of Alexander the Great and the splitting of the Grecian kingdom. Did Daniel go in depth in his prophecies concerning the antichrist who would rise up out if the north in the last days?  Is there indeed a great prophetic connection between the Ram, Hegoat, Lion, Bear, Leopard, and Ten Horned Beast of Daniel with that of the two beasts mentioned by John in the apocalypse?   What is that prophetic  connection which will help us of understand biblical prophecy for our own day?  Who was Antiochus Epiphanes and why is he so important to understanding the books of Daniel and Revelation?  Often times in the Book of  Daniel we are instructed concerning the King of the North and the King of the South.  The references to each can be especially confusing.  Is God the author of confusion? Hidden within many of these statements are prophetic truths necessary to understand prophecy concerning the coming of antichrist in our own day.  But how can we understand these things without a proper understanding of the prophetic references and who they referred to historically? In chapter eleven of Daniel, there are references to Ptolemy I Soter, Ptolemy II Philiadelphus, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Ptolemy IV Epiphanes, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Ptolemy VI Eupator, Ptolemy VII Philometer,  and even Cleopatra VI.  This just covers the kings of the south.   References to the kings of  the north include: Seleucus I Nicator, Antiochus I Soter, Antiochus II Theos, Seleucus II Callinicos,  Seleucus  III Ceraunos, Antiochus III the Great, Seleucus IV Philopater, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, and Antiochus V Eupator.   We will look at such references and identify each scriptural reference in this chapter.  We will also get into the books of Maccabees and consider the abomination of desolation which was prophesied by the prophet Daniel.  Many Christians do not  know how  in his time the Jewish  temple was dedicated to the Olympian Zeus.  Many are completely unaware how the ivy leaf, a symbol of the Greek god Dionysus was branded or tattooed in the forehead of the faithful.  Will history again be repeated in the days of antichrist?  Will the antichrist brand or mark people in their foreheads with his own religious sign of apostasy against God?  The prophetic parallels which we shall study are very important to a complete understanding of what antichrist will do in  the very near future.  As Nebuchadnezzar's image had legs of iron which ended with ten toes, so likewise we see how the Roman Empire actually split into ten different divisions.  We will discuss the Germans, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Vandels, Suevi, Burgundians, Heruli,  Anglo Saxons, and Lombards and their fulfilling of biblical prophecy.    We will discuss how the Book of  Daniel actually prophesied of the construction of a New Holy Roman Empire to follow the dividing of the first Roman Empire.  We will discuss the slaughtering of the Celtic Christians  by Saint Boniface under the authority of the papacy and the reign of Charles the Great. We will look at the Roman Imperial Cult and the  seven heads and ten  horns upon the Roman beast.  We will discuss the reigns of Augustus,  Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Domitan, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Aurelius, Commodus, Serverus, Maximin, Decius, Valerian, Aurelian, and Diocletian..  We will discuss the destruction of Herod's temple and the  abomination of desolation placed by the Roman soldiers.  We will further discuss the meaning of the encrypted "mark of the beast" or  666 as it is more commonly referred to.  Was there indeed such a marking in the times of the Roman emperors Decius and Valerian?  Does the encryption 666 and the numerical  significance of the mark point to Rome?  We will proceed to discuss the conversion of the emperor Constantine and the division of the Roman Empire, the Eastern Empire and the Western Empire which is reflected prophetically in Nebuchadnezzar's image having two iron legs.  We will also look into the interpretation or symbolic meaning intended within the seven trumpets of the Book of Revelation.   We will look at the apostasy which begins to come into  the church as a result of Constantine's supposed conversion to Christianity.   We see the advancement of the power given to the clergy and a hierarchy being established as in a pagan priesthood. We see the papacy coming into power and the slaughtering of any who protested against the Church of Rome.  We discuss the deliberate darkening of spiritual light and the systematic removal of the scriptures from the people.   We look at the connection of the Roman   Papacy with the Babylonian Cult and the white witchcraft which began to arise throughout the Roman dominated priesthood.  We discuss the worship of the Virgin Mary as the Virgin Goddess of Heaven and the declaration of the ecumenical Council of Constantinople in which it was decreed that all who refuse to acknowledge the virgin's supreme power of intercession were to be anathematized.  We will look at the ever growing apostasy which envelopes the outward worship of the Virgin Mary as the Virgin Goddess of Heaven and the divine Mediatrix.   We consider how the prophecies in the Bible actually foretell this spiritual apostasy throughout the recognized church and the resulting judgment by God of the Bubonic Plague also known as the Black Death.  We look at the rising up of the inquisition and the estimated 68 million deaths claimed by the church as a direct result of their spiritual apostasy.  At a time when the Roman Church seems  invincible, we see the rising up of  Mohammed and the establishment of the Moslem Religion of  Islam.