Jw daily bible reading schedule2/19/2023 ![]() The wild beast and the false prophet are not literal. How do we know the lake of fire alluded to in Revelation is symbolic? While still alive, they both were hurled into the fiery lake that burns with sulfur.” ~Revelation 19:20 “And the wild beast was caught, and along with it the false prophet that performed in front of it the signs with which he misled those who received the mark of the wild beast and those who worship its image. Januby Ave Valencia Revelation Revelation, chapters 17-19 There are parts of the Bible that beg more attention of me than others, and I hope to continue sharing insights from my personal study here on my own schedule. ![]() ![]() That said, I am really looking forward to reading the newly translated Spanish New World Translation and sharing notes on that in Spanish on a future sister page. I did not intend this project to go on indefinitely. Thank you to all my subscribers and casual readers over the last few years.īecause of you and God’s spirit I have been able to endure and strengthen my faith. Whenever I felt discouraged from studying or writing, I remembered that conversation and felt renewed commitment to this project. I replied, “I would need more than five minutes to explain it.” This means that there undoubtedly is a second, final war, which lends support to the explanation that John’s “Gog and Magog” is a second attack, similar in nature to the first.Ī work friend once asked me a question about what the Bible says on human suffering. Satan is not destroyed then, but tied up for a thousand years, and then released. If I go out on an analytical limb here and imagine that both prophets’ Gog of/and Magog references occur at the end of the thousand-year reign, then I am forced to ask myself the same thing about Armageddon and the second, final war.īut at the end of chapter 19, the wild beast and false prophet are being destroyed as a result of Armageddon. Not all the prophets’ accounts about the last days cover the same details, and the details in Revelation are not in chronological order, so one can imagine the prophecies unfolding in different ways. 25:29-38)Ĭan it be referring to the first attack or the second? What about Jeremiah’s parallel account? ( Jer. Why doesn’t John’s account have a more easily identifiable parallel account to that of Ezekiel’s? While this makes sense within the framework of our current understanding of these prophecies, it brings up another set of questions. In this case, “Gog and Magog” is alluding to the original attack on God’s people before Armageddon, but literally refers to a second attack before a second, final war with God. Satan, infuriated, will lure some away from God, influencing them to form new groups, like nations, that rule themselves and reject God’s heavenly king. One way to explain there being nations ready to war against God at the end of Christ’s reign is to draw the conclusion that not all will accept God’s authority. 16:13,14 17:12-14)īut in John’s “Gog” prophecy, the wild beast has already been destroyed, and the one directly misleading the nations is Satan. 38 & 39)Įzekiel’s prophecy seems to take place before Armageddon, in an attack headed by a coalition of nations otherwise known as “the wild beast” and the “false prophet.” ( Rev. The “Gog and Magog” referred to in this passage is apparently different from the one in Ezekiel’s prophecy. If nationalist divisions are done away with during Christ’s millennial reign, where do the nations comprising “Gog and Magog” come from? ( Dan. “Now as soon as the 1,000 years have ended, Satan will be released from his prison, and he will go out to mislead those nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Maʹgog, to gather them together for the war.” How Patriarchs’ Lives Overlapped with Shem’sĬategories Categories Archives Archives Recent CommentsĪve Valencia on 1 Chronicles, chapters 21…Ĭharles Feemster on 1 Timothy, chapters 1-3įollow Bible Reading Highlights on.It is the second time I am reading it in English, and the first time reading the new revised 2013 version.įollowing the weekly reading schedule outlined on wol.jw.org, it should take me about 5 years. ![]() This is my 6th time reading the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures from start to finish. This site is not intended as a resource for personal study or meeting preparation, but rather is an example of the spiritual, emotional and intellectual benefits that personal study can reap. The following are new points I’ve meditated upon during my weekly Bible reading.
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