The Book of Revelation:
Miraculous Parallel With Exodus
May 31, 2013
All agree that Revelation
14:1-2 is symbolic, in speaking about the name of the Father on the foreheads of the 144,000.,
Why then do we say Revelation 13:16-18, speaking about the mark of the beast on
the foreheads of people is not?
Revelation 13:16 - 14:1 And he
causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark
in their right hand, or in their
foreheads: And that no man might
buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his
name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and
six. And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an
hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their
foreheads .
Both passages speak of something
being put on the foreheads of individuals.
- In fact, the passages, though they
separated by the humanly added chapter title "CHAPTER 14," are only one or two verses
apart! (The chapter writings in
- chapter 14 are
original, but the chapter and verse title -- " CHAPTER 14" -- was added.)
- The same imagery is
used in both chapters. Most agree that the idea of the name of the Father on the
foreheads of the 144,000 is a symbolic picture of the people of God being
identified. Nobody believes there will be a literal mark on the foreheads of these
people reading "FATHER" or "JESUS", or whatever! Yet the same people will say
that the mark or number of the beast on the forehead or right hand is either a
physical computer chip or something else that is physical.
- So many are unaware
of the biblical usage of symbols and therefore don't even recognize the following connection:
Exodus 13:15-16 And it came to
pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I
sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the
firstborn of my children I redeem. And it shall be for a token upon thine hand,
and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us
forth out of Egypt.
A TOKEN would be placed on their
hands and foreheads.
Exodus 13:9 And it shall be
for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the
LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee
out of Egypt.
The word "TOKEN" is translated from
the from the Hebrew " 'owth " {oth} and is probably derived from "'uwth" {ooth}
which means "to consent, agree" (in the sense of appearing). It is also
translated in the KJV as "sign(s)", "ensign(s)", "miracles", "mark". Its
definitions are as follows:
1) sign, signal
1a) a distinguishing mark
1b) banner
1c) remembrance
1d) miraculous sign
1e) omen
1f) warning
2) token, ensign, standard,
miracle, proof
So we clearly see the symbolic
nature of the token. It even says it is translated as "MARK", and we find that
in...
Genesis 4:15 And the LORD said unto
him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him
sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
These frontlets and hand tokens
were called PHYLACTERIES by Jesus in Matthew 23:5. For an entire message about this
issue check out this study: PHYLACTERIES OF HELL .
- The Word
"Phylacteries" is actually defined in English as "defenses and protections." They were parchments
of the laws that specifically were told
- by God to be
regarded as frontlets. When God told Moses to regard these scriptures and truths as frontlets
between his eyes (on his forehead) and as
- bound to his arm,
He told Moses that keeping the commandments of His Word would cause the people to be protected and
defended by God, Himself. Satan has His counterfeit "Torah and law." He has his
kingdom also.
- The forehead is a
metaphor for the WILL of a person (Ezekiel 3:8-9 -- note how you must interpret the metaphor using
the Bible itself, rather than search into science magazines of the present day).
The right hand is a metaphor for a person's POWER (Exodus 15:6; Luke
22:69). The idea of a computer chip placed beneath the skin is simply not what the
Bible is speaking about in Revelation 13.
- One would not know
that, though, if one did not search the Bible for interpretations rather than the science
magazines of today's world.
- People would have you believe that a claim for
the use of allegories in the Bible is actually an excuse for spiritualizing
away the word of God.
- Nonsense.
- It is using the Bible itself to interpret the
Bible.
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J. L. Martin, in 1873, wrote these
words, having missed the symbolic nature of the book of Revelation chapter 9.
"John is pointing to the modern
mode of fighting on horseback, with the rider leaning forward, which, to his sight,
and to the sight of one looking on at a
distance, would appear as the great
mane of the lion; the man leaning on his horse’s neck. He would, in
fighting with firearms, have to lean forward to
discharge his piece, lest he might
shoot down his own horse that he was riding. In John’s day the posture was very
different. . . . Now, I want to ask my
friendly hearers if it is not as
literally fulfilled before our eyes as anything can be? Are not all nations engaged in
this mode of warfare? Do they not kill
men with fire and smoke and
brimstone? . . . Do you not know that this is just ignited gunpowder?"
(JL Martin, The Voice of the Seven
Thunders: oc Lectures on the Apocalypse (Bedford, IN: James M. Mathes,
Publisher, sixth cd., 1873), pp. 149f.)
Martin looked at his
then-modern-day invention of gunpowder and pistols and pointed to Revelation 9 saying this
proves John wrote of his day and the pistols of his day.
- Instead of looking
to the Bible for the reference of "locusts", etc., he looked to the science of his
day.
- He would have
accused anyone of thinking
otherwise that they were spiritualizing the Bible away!
............
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must
shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his
servant John:
The term "signified" means
betokened or symbolized.
- It is through the
use of signs that
Revelation relates to us the manifestation of Jesus Christ.
- Its SIGN-IFIED.
- To signify is to
give a sign and to indicate . It is to betoken.
- So what we are told
right up front is that the visions of the Book of Revelation are symbols of actualities.
- Agabus SIGNIFIED
through the Spirit about trouble coming.
Acts 11:28 And there stood up one
of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth
throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
What did Agabus do in order
for the Bible to say that he "signified" future events?
- Let us look
elsewhere in the Bible to see if Agabus did anything similar to SYMBOLIZING something.
- The same prophet is
later spoken about in Acts
21 and we read that he once again SYMBOLIZED something about Paul, and
in doing so he used SYMBOLS
of Paul's girdle to indicate bondage Paul would enter into in Jerusalem.
Acts 21:10-11 And as we
tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And when
he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and
feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the
man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the
Gentiles.
In addition to what already we
wrote about Understanding Revelation, since I wrote it, some further wonderful
parallels from the Old Testament Exodus became even more evident.
Rev 1:10 I was in the Spirit on
the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Rev 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and
Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto
the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto
Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto
Laodicea.
Rev 1:12 And I turned to see the
voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Rev 1:13 And in the midst of the
seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the
foot, and girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.
Rev 1:14 His head and his hairs
were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Rev 1:15 And his feet like unto
fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many
waters.
Rev 1:16 And he had in his right
hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his
countenance was as the sun shineth in his
strength.
Rev 1:17 And when I saw him, I
fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear
not; I am the first and the last:
Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth,
and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of
hell and of death.
Exodus 3:2 And the angel of the
LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and,
behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exodus 3:3 And Moses said, I
will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Exodus 3:4 And when the LORD saw
that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and
said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
There is a clear parallel to the
burning bush experience of Moses when John heard a voice behind Him saying it was
the I Am.
- John, like Moses,
had to turn to see the
voice.
- When turned, he
saw, similar to Moses' experience, a burning tree-shaped candlestick, whereas
Moses saw a burning bush.
- And Christ was in that candlestick.
God directed him to take the blood
of the Passover lamb and deliver Israel.
Rev 5:6 And I beheld,
and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders,
stood a Lamb as it had been slain,
having seven horns and seven eyes,
which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Rev 5:7 And he came and took the
book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
Rev 5:8 And when he had taken
the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having
every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the
prayers of saints.
Rev 5:9 And they sung a new
song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation;
Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto
our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
When Moses went atop Sinai for the
Law, Exodus 24 reads God called him up, as follows:
Exodus 24:12 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of
stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach
them.
Notice what John was told:
Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and,
behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were
of a trumpet talking with me; which
said, Come up hither, and I will
shew thee things which must be hereafter.
And when Moses obtained the Ten
Commandments,m they were described as follows:
Exodus 32:15 And Moses turned, and
went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the
tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they
written.
Rev 5:1 And I saw in the right hand
of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside,
sealed with seven seals.
The sequence of furniture God spoke
to Moses to build, which we learn in Hebrews 9 was a pattern of the tabernacle in
Heaven, follows with John's sequence of sights in Heaven.
Ark of the covenant - Exodus
25:10-22
Throne of God - Rev 4:2
Table of Shewbread - Exodus 25:23-30
Twenty Four seats - Rev 4:4
Candlestick - Exodus 25:31-40
Seven Lamps Burning - Rev 4:5
Barrier of Curtains and Veil with
Cherubims embroidered: Exodus 26:1-10; 31-37
Barrier of Crystal Sea and Four
Beasts (Cherubims): Rev 4:6-11.
Rev 4:6-9 shows the Lamb slain,
whose blood redeemed the saints, take the book to open the seals. Moses was able to
retrieve the Tablets of Law from God on Sinai after the Passover lamb's blood
was shed and struck onto the doorways to redeem Israel from Bondage.
Plagues are found in both the
Egyptian ordeal and through the seals, trumpets and vials of Revelation.
Revelation 12 seems to span the
entire Exodus parallel regarding the initial Exodus aspect of entering the wilderness
after leaving Egypt in one chapter.
Pharaoh parallels the dragon, or
serpent. Pharaoh even wore a crown with the serpent emblazoned on it. And the
man-child corresponds to Moses, and is
fulfilled in Jesus.
Exodus 1:15-16 And the king of
Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the
name of the other Puah: (16) And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife
to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye
shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
Rev 12:1-4 And there appeared a
great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,
and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: (2) And she being with child cried,
travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. (3) And there appeared
another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten
horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (4) And his tail drew the third part of
the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood
before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as
soon as it was born.
Moses went into Egypt where he
arose in power for the throne, escaping Pharaoh's massacre.
Exodus 2:1-5 And there went a man
of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. (2) And the woman
conceived, and bare a son: and when she
saw him that he was a goodly child,
she hid him three months. (3) And when she could not longer hide him, she took for
him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the
child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (4) And his
sister stood afar off, to wit what
would be done to him. (5) And the
daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens
walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she
sent her maid to fetch it.
Mat 2:12-18 And being warned of God
in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own
country another way. (13) And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word:
for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. (14) When he arose, he took
the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: (15) And
was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. (16)
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding
wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in
all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time
which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. (17) Then was fulfilled that
which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, (18) In Rama was there a voice
heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her
children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Rev 12:5 And she brought forth a
man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up
unto God, and to his throne.
Much time passes and Israel escapes
Egypt's bondage by Passover, when the lamb's blood redeemed them, and Pharaoh pursues
the people. Time passed for Christ as well, after escaping death at the hand
of Herod, and He dies and resurrects to the throne of God.
Israel flees into the wilderness
and is fed manna for 40 years.
- Pharaoh pursues the people.
Rev 12:6-13 And the woman fled into
the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed
her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. (7) And there was war
in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the
dragon fought and his angels, (8) And
prevailed not; neither was their
place found any more in heaven. (9) And the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (10) And I heard a
loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom
of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren
is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (11) And they
overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and
they loved not their lives unto the death. (12) Therefore rejoice, ye
heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the
sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth
that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the
earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Exodus 14:5-8 And it was told the
king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was
turned against the people, and they
said, Why have we done this, that
we have let Israel go from serving us? (6) And he made ready his chariot, and took
his people with him: (7) And he took
six hundred chosen chariots, and
all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. (8) And the LORD
hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and he pursued after the
children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
When Pharaoh comes upon Israel,
they are at the Red Sea and God opens up the Red Sea for Israel to escape, blocking
Egypt's armies by the pillar of fire and cloud. Pharaoh sees the pillar remove
and sends his armies off after Israel into the Red Sea. And God drowns out the
armies of Egypt.
Exodus 14:23-28 And the Egyptians
pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his
chariots, and his horsemen. (24) And it came to pass, that in the morning
watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and
of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, (25) And took off their
chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let
us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the
Egyptians. (26) And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the
sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and
upon their horsemen. (27) And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians
fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
(28) And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen,
and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained
not so much as one of them.
When Moses later worships
God with Israel, God speaks how he carried Israel on eagle's wings and had the earth swallow
up the armies of Egypt.
Exodus 15:12 Thou stretchedst out
thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I did
unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto
myself.
Rev 12:14-16 And to the woman were
given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is nourished for a
time, and times, and half a time,
from the face of the serpent. (15) And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a
flood after the woman, that he might
cause her to be carried away of the
flood. (16) And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed up the flood which the
dragon cast out of his mouth.
Here is where things get really
interesting.
As Moses came down from the Mount
with Law, God informed him that the people made a golden calf and were worshipping
it.
Exodus 32:1-34 And when the people
saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves
together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before
us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
we wot not what is become of him. (2) And Aaron said unto them, Break off the
golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your
daughters, and bring them unto me. (3) And all the people brake off the golden
earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. (4) And he
received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had
made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought
thee up out of the land of Egypt. (5) And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar
before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
(6) And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and
brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose
up to play. (7) And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy
people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: (8)
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they
have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed
thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out
of the land of Egypt.
We read of an IMAGE OF THE BEAST in
Revelation as well.
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that
dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the
sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should
make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
When Moses came down, he demanded a
separation from the worship of the image of the beast, the golden calf, and the
Levites came out and stood with Moses.
Exodus 32:26 Then Moses stood in
the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And
all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
After we read of the people
worshiping the image of the beast and wearing the mark, we read of another group standing
with the Lamb on a mountain.
Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a
Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having
his Father's name written in their foreheads.
In considering the mark of the
beast, or his name or his number, on the foreheads of the worshipers of the
beast, we read a very interesting connection
with the Law of Moses.
Deu 6:2-8 That thou mightest
fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command
thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that
thy days may be prolonged. (3) Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do
it; that it may be well with thee, and
that ye may increase mightily, as
the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk
and honey. (4) Hear, O Israel: The
LORD our God is one LORD: (5) And
thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy might. (6) And these
words, which I command thee this
day, shall be in thine heart: (7) And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy
children, and shalt talk of them when thou
sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou
shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets
between thine eyes.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right
hand, or in their foreheads:
Associated with the law being
obeyed from their hearts, and with their soul and might, we can see a connection to the
soul being represented by the forehead, and the might represented by the right
hand.
- These are Hebraic
metaphors for soul and
might.
- They indicate one's
totally allegiance to the Law of God and full dedication to the Lord. But satan's
answer is the mark in the right hand or forehead.
After Moses called for folks to
stand by his side, he sent these faithful ones forth to slay the others. Three thousand
died that day by the edge of the
sword. Similarly, we read of
Babylon having fallen, fallen, after the 144,000 stand by the Lamb's side on Mount Zion.
Exodus 32:28 And the children of
Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about
three thousand men.
Rev 14:7-10 Saying with a loud
voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and
worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
(8) And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath
of her fornication. (9) And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud
voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his
forehead, or in his hand, (10) The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of
God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Revelation ends with a New
Jerusalem, and God and the Lamb are the temple of it.
- The ultimate
journey of Exodus would end with Israel's entrance into Canaan to take Jebusi and convert it into
Jerusalem, and build a temple for the Name of the Lord.