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I'm not sure all of Revelation can be taken in chronological order. For example Rev 12:1-9;
The woman could be Israel or Mary.
The dragon that swept away a third of the starts is likely Satan, and a third of the stars could be a third of the angels.
Rev 12:6; could possibly be about when Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt. ( Matt 2:13-20; ) In's possible the time frames mentioned in verses 6 and 14 were how
long they stayed in Egypt.
But then things get a little harder to follow. The rebellion of Satan and some of the angels in Rev 12:7-9; likely happened way
before the time of Joseph and Mary. In fact probably before Adam and Eve in the garden.
I guess we all have our own opinions and interpretations about things, but to me...
There has not been one world government yet.
There has not been a time recorded in history where people had to take a mark on their foreheads or right hands to buy things.
Other than the flood in Noah's time. There has not been a time when a third of the earth's population died. (In that case it was about 99.999% of the earths population).
There has not been a time in recorded history where a world leader had a mortal wound and was brought back to life. (except Jesus).
There is nothing in recorded history about an image or statue of a man that can miraculously speak and breathe.
There is nothing in recorded history about a lot of Christians disappearing from the face of the earth.
I think it's safe to say there is no time in history yet, where Satan has been thrown into prison for a thousand years.
I think it's safe to say that Jesus and the saints haven't ruled over the earth "with a rod of iron" for 1,000 years yet.
If the New Jerusalem really is a huge city (1500 miles x 1500 miles square) coming down from heaven, I'm pretty sure this would have been recorded in history.
(Not to mention we would be able to see it today).
It seems things like a huge meteor being cast into the sea, and a third of sea life and ships upon the sea being destroyed would have been mentioned somewhere in history.
There is no mention of hailstones weighing 100 pounds each falling all over the earth.
There is no mention of a great earthquake felt all over the world that moves islands and mountains out of their places.
There is nothing in recorded history about a great war in the valley of Armageddon.
It seems the vast majority of the "end times" prophecies have not happened yet. If they have happened, where is Jesus?
Also if they have already happened, why is Satan still running around?
I'm not sure I have all the discernment necessary to tell you all of the prophecies that have already happened.
Some of them certainly have. Some of them may occur more than once, and perhaps some of them have already occurred and may occur again
(the abomination of desolation comes to mind). But at least to me, most of them have not happened yet.
The woman could be Israel or Mary.
The dragon that swept away a third of the starts is likely Satan, and a third of the stars could be a third of the angels.
Rev 12:6; could possibly be about when Joseph and Mary fled to Egypt. ( Matt 2:13-20; ) In's possible the time frames mentioned in verses 6 and 14 were how
long they stayed in Egypt.
But then things get a little harder to follow. The rebellion of Satan and some of the angels in Rev 12:7-9; likely happened way
before the time of Joseph and Mary. In fact probably before Adam and Eve in the garden.
I guess we all have our own opinions and interpretations about things, but to me...
There has not been one world government yet.
There has not been a time recorded in history where people had to take a mark on their foreheads or right hands to buy things.
Other than the flood in Noah's time. There has not been a time when a third of the earth's population died. (In that case it was about 99.999% of the earths population).
There has not been a time in recorded history where a world leader had a mortal wound and was brought back to life. (except Jesus).
There is nothing in recorded history about an image or statue of a man that can miraculously speak and breathe.
There is nothing in recorded history about a lot of Christians disappearing from the face of the earth.
I think it's safe to say there is no time in history yet, where Satan has been thrown into prison for a thousand years.
I think it's safe to say that Jesus and the saints haven't ruled over the earth "with a rod of iron" for 1,000 years yet.
If the New Jerusalem really is a huge city (1500 miles x 1500 miles square) coming down from heaven, I'm pretty sure this would have been recorded in history.
(Not to mention we would be able to see it today).
It seems things like a huge meteor being cast into the sea, and a third of sea life and ships upon the sea being destroyed would have been mentioned somewhere in history.
There is no mention of hailstones weighing 100 pounds each falling all over the earth.
There is no mention of a great earthquake felt all over the world that moves islands and mountains out of their places.
There is nothing in recorded history about a great war in the valley of Armageddon.
It seems the vast majority of the "end times" prophecies have not happened yet. If they have happened, where is Jesus?
Also if they have already happened, why is Satan still running around?
I'm not sure I have all the discernment necessary to tell you all of the prophecies that have already happened.
Some of them certainly have. Some of them may occur more than once, and perhaps some of them have already occurred and may occur again
(the abomination of desolation comes to mind). But at least to me, most of them have not happened yet.
