Michael and the Myth of National Angels
A Mekorah Reconstruction of Daniel 10–12 The received text of Daniel describes an invisible political world behind the visible one. Persia has a prince. Greece …
Chapter 4 — The Importance of Understanding the Chronology of Revelation
After These Things: How Revelation Moves Revelation 4 opens with the words “After these things.” That expression tells us what John saw next. It does …
Chapter 7 — The Universal Sealing, the 144,000 of Israel, and the Great Multitude
Revelation 7, as it has been transmitted, does not contain one continuous scene. It contains three different prophetic blocks that have been placed beside one …
Chapter 8 — The Seals and Trumpets. The Problem of a Strict Chronological Sequence
The opening of the trumpet vision requires a decision about the structure of Revelation. If the seals and the trumpets are read as two consecutive …
Chapter 10 — The Only Sealed Prophecy – What Does It Mean That “The Mystery of God” Is Finished?
Revelation 10 is not another trumpet judgment. It is an explanatory interlude placed between the Sixth and Seventh Trumpets, just as Revelation 7 stands between …
Chapter 11 — The Seventh Trumpet Sounded in 2020. Unsealing the Book of Daniel.
Revelation 11 completes the interlude that began with the open scroll in Revelation 10. The chapter contains two connected scenes. The first follows the prophetic …
Chapter 12 — Mythological Insertion. How My Interpretation Changed
Revelation 12 was not a problem for me. As long as I accepted the story of Eden as authentic revelation, the chapter appeared to explain …
Chapter 13 — The Image of the Beast & The Ideological Evolution of the USA and Europe
The Beast described in Revelation 13 is not merely another empire placed after the four Beasts of Daniel 7. It is a composite power that …
Chapter 15 — The Victors over the Beast, the Open Temple, and the Seven Last Plagues
Revelation 15 does not yet describe the seven bowls being poured upon the world. It prepares the scene. John sees the seven angels who carry …
Chapter 22 — The River, the Tree, and the Final Words of the Revelation
Revelation 22 brings the vision of the New Jerusalem to its conclusion. The river of the water of life flows from the throne of God …