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THE PLAYERS

[Scheduled Reading: Revelation 7-12]

There’s a lot in Revelation I don’t fully understand. 

And if this is one of your first reads through the book, it can be overwhelming. 

Here are some helpful rules for newer readers of Revelation: 

1. Don’t try to understand all the symbolism and deeper meanings of things that are not so clear. 

2. Do focus on the things that are clear! (There’s plenty to understand).

Also, I find it helpful to stay focused on the key players:

-  Jesus – The SEED. Again, this book is His revelation. He’s the central figure, not a sideline spectator.

-  God – Surprisingly, His role and mention throughout the book is minimal.  

-  Angels (good guys)

-  Demons (bad guys)

-  The two witnesses (believed to be Elijah and Moses)

-  The Serpent = Dragon = Satan (different descriptions of the same entity)

-  The Beast & the False prophet – (together with Satan, the three make up the unholy trinity) 

-  Various multitudes 

-  Great multitudes who stand before the Lamb

-  Various armies (good guys and bad guys)

-  Souls beheaded for not taking mark of the beast 

-  Servants who worship the Lamb in New Jerusalem

-  Those inflicted by various plague & judgments

-  The dead (those names not in the Lamb’s Book of Life). 

Every person or creature - holy or unholy - has a future. 

Each has an eternal state destined for them according to the prophecies in this book.