Contents

1) Framework introduction  link

1.a) The cosmic spaces

1.b) The two earthly spaces

1.c) The spatio-temporal analysis of Revelation

1.d) Time-lines and time-parallels

1.e) Time-scales and classic interpretations

1.f) The proposed macrostructure model

1.g) Classic literary patterns and the proposed macrostructure

1.h) The Creation to New Order story-line

1) Summary and conclusions

1A) The consequences of the shedding of the blood of the Lamb (5:5-6:1, 12:9-12, 12:17-18)  link

1A) Section construction

1A.a) The first step back in relative time (4:2)

1A.b) The second and third steps back in relative time (12:1, 12:13)

1A.c) Time-parallel 1: the Cross and its immediate consequences (5:5-6:1, 12:9-12, 12:17-18)

1A.d) Why there are two earths

1A) Summary

1B) Section interpretation  link

1B.a) The beginning of the letter

1B.b) The beginning of Creation and the cosmic spaces

1B.c) The celestial mother and the birth of the Messiah

1B.d) The Messianic War

1B.e) The beginning of the two earths

IB.f) Battles and angels

1B.g) the consequences of the Cross

1B.h) Revelation’s characters’ roles and spatially-related identities

1B) Summary and conclusions

2) Literary patterns, seals, censer and trumpets  link

2A) Section construction

2A.a) Seals, golden censer and trumpets

2A.b) Classic literary patterns

2B) Section Interpretation

2B.a) The seals

2B.b) The ending of the seal era

2B.c) The Day of God’s Wrath and the Great Tribulation

2) Summary and conclusions

2C) The ‘last days’? the eschaton and Gospels  link

The ‘end times’? The censer, beginning of the eschaton and the Gospels

2C.a) The golden censer and trumpets begin

2C.b) The Gospels and Revelation: post-Cross times (‘the present age’)

2C.c) The Gospels and Revelation: pre-Parousia times (‘the age to come’ is imminent)

2C.d) Seals, trumpets and bowls in John’s ‘present age’ and ‘the age to come’

2C) Summary and conclusions

3) Woes announced, beasts arise and bowls begin  link

3A) Section construction

3A.a) Overcoming the paradoxes

3A.b) Time-parallels 2 – 8

3A.c) Satan’s two beasts arise

3A.d) The Third Woe

3A) Summary

3B) Section Interpretation – woes, angel, vantage points  link

3B) Section interpretation

3B.a) The last trumpets, beasts, woes and bowls

3B.b) The mighty angel and the little scroll

3B.c) John’s return to earth and the visionary vantage points

3B.d) Why does the story-line steps back in relative time at 14:20/ 15:1?

3B) Summary and conclusions

3C) Satan’s two beasts arise  link

3C.a) Satan’s two beasts and below-the-earth

3C.b) Satan’s two beasts and the two earthly spaces

3C.c) History and satan’s two beasts in Revelation

3C) Summary and conclusions

3D) The ‘last days’ (the eschaton) are underway  link

3D.a) Early warning signs that the eschaton is underway

3D.b) Implications of Revelation’s eschatology

3D.c) Applications of Revelation’s eschatology

4A) The Lamb, beasts and Babylon  link

4) The Lamb, imminent war and fall of Babylon (14:1-11, 16:10-19:6; time-parallels 8b to 11)

4A) Section construction

4A.a) Time-parallels 8b to 11

4A.b) Which earth?

4A.c) The literary spiral construction

4A) Summary and conclusions

4A.d) Options, advantages and disadvantages  link

a) Option 1: 14:1-20 reflects the biblical narrative (Fig. 4 and 5 in the Model)

b) Option 2: 14:1-20 occurs on the physical-spiritual earth

c) Option 3 – the hybrid option (a spatial transition at 14:6, Figure 6)

4B) Section Interpretation – the Lamb, beasts, Babylon  link

4B.a) The Lamb, Babylon and satan’s beasts

4B.b) John’s visionary vantage points, the literary spiral and Babylon

4B.c) The eschaton and the Day of God’s Wrath

4B.d) Relative time-scales

4B) Summary and conclusions

4C) satan’s two beasts and Babylon  link

4C.a) Satan’s two beasts and angels

4C.b) Satan’s two beasts and Babylon

4C.c) Satan’s two beasts’ images

4C.d) Two eras

4C.e) The end of satan’s two beasts

4C) Summary

4D) Babylon  link

4D.a) Babylon and the two earths

4D.b) Who and what is Babylon

4D.c) Babylon and the two eras

4D.d) Babylon’s fall and the literary spiral

4D.e) John’s visionary vantage points and Babylon

4D.f) The relationship between Babylon and the Lamb in Revelation

4D.g) Armageddon – a place, not a battle

4D.h) Jerusalem and Babylon

4D.i) It is done!

5) The final ‘last days’  link

5A) Section construction

5A.a) Time-parallels 12-18

5A.b) The New Jerusalem and John’s closing words (21:9-22:21).

5A) Summary

5B) Section interpretation – the Parousia and thereafter  link

5B) Section interpretation

5B.a) The Parousia and the Gospels

5B.b) The Parousia and Revelation

5B.c) Christ and the gathering of the evil armies

5B.d) One-like-a-son-of-man and the Grain Harvest

5B.e) The Rapture?

5B.f) The Grape Harvest – gathering

5B.g) Crushing of the Grape Harvest and the blood on the Rider’s gown

5B.h) The ending of the Day of God’s Wrath (the Great Battle)

5B.i) The final ‘last days’: Millennium, Final War, Final Judgement

5B.j) The Bride of the Lamb (the New Jerusalem)

5B.k) They are done!

5B.l) Mt Zion, Mt Olives and the Parousia

5B.m) The ‘why’ of the Parousia

5B.n) What will happen during the Parousia on the physical-spiritual earth?

5B) Summary

Conclusions  link