The book of Revelation is all about gathering the Bride and going through the wedding feast while bringing a conclusion to the marriage of Jesus Christ and us as born-again believers in taking us to the New Earth. It’s a concept (truth) the Jews don’t understand to this day. It certainly was not because God didn’t make it clear. The hearts of the Jews were so focused on a “Moses-type” leader to deliver them that this virgin birth blew right by them, like a moth in the wind.
The life of Jesus was a pure and righteous demonstration of the life of a perfect and Holy Groom. For the future members of the Bridal team of Jesus Christ to be able to connect with Jesus Christ permanently, they had to go through a born-again experience. The reason we have to go through this born-again experience is that we were born into sin, and the bad seed that came into Adam was passed down through every generation. For Jesus to capture His Bride, they have to be redeemed; they have to go through a death process to self or the “old man” or the old nature and be renewed through the life of Jesus Christ.
When the people made contact with Jesus, they experienced the love of the Heavenly Father and the demonstration of His power. He came to offer peace and justification to the enslaved, the future Bridal members of His Covenant Marriage. He provided unconditional forgiveness, healing, renewal of mind, and the restoration of life to the state of Adam and Eve, before the fall of humanity.
The moment Jesus took His last earthly breath on the Cross, the book of Revelation began. His death became the Seal of putting away the Old and providing the pathway of the New, into the future. The work of the Cross demonstrated the Father’s Righteousness in the most significant way possible. It washed away the stains the enemy placed upon His Bride and provided a new robe, dipped in blood, pure like that of a virgin. Christ’s future Bridal members were once slaves to Satan, believe it or not. Christ offered payment of a ransom that was demanded of Him, and He made His Bride innocent before the courts of the Law of God. Jesus’ Bride has become pure, holy, and chosen.
If you look at your individual life, you’ll probably wonder: “how is it that I could be pure, holy, and chosen by the way I feel, or by the way I think, or by some of the sins I’ve committed?” It is the great mystery that Paul refers to in his writings. While we are in a human state, as we are in Heaven, we are in a pure, holy, and chosen state. When this body passes, it will stay in its grave, but our soul will go on and be put with a new body, and we’ll see what this miraculous piece of doctrine means to us.
The Revelation of God in Vertical History is continuous throughout the Old and New Testament. In the Old Testament, the deliverance of the Hebrew people stands out through Moses, delivering the people from Egypt. Now, the New is providing the final “Moses-type” to free His people from the ruthless symbolic leader of Egypt, and that is none other than Satan. The Cross is the ultimate symbol of the Red Sea and the Identification of Christ through co-crucifixion, co-burial, and co-resurrection. It provides the final picture of walking through the Jordan River and entering into the land of milk and honey—the Canaan land. It is the symbol of the New Earth and our life in Christ.
The Resurrection of Christ is the perfect and final symbol of joining Himself to His Bride. This perfect act of redemption is the life we now call the Victorious Christian Life. Historically, it declares God the Father has overcome the relativity of the historical events in this one past occasion of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Because we are fellow partakers in these three redemptive acts, we are free to be the Bride of Christ—the Church. We are now the predominant players in the book of Revelation. Revelation is the Groom demonstrating acts of revenge on all those, spirit and man, who have insulted His Bride—the Church.
In considering the New Testament’s expectation regarding the outcome of Vertical History, we can now base our mind-set upon the understanding and comfort of the book of Revelation. The Apocalypse is in complete harmony with the rest of the story noted in the book of Revelation. There are unity and oneness in all that we study from this moment forward.
The writing of John’s Revelation, which is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, has been considered to be the ending of the New Testament. In actuality, it is the opening of the remainder of eternity. This book is exceptional, and it reveals the third connection to the trinity of the history of the Bible, which, as I have said, in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the book of Revelation. There are a few theologians today that keep this trinity in its proper place. I will be one that maintains this book is so significant, it is set apart for absolute Holiness.
Testaments are precisely what the word itself means—a witness of Truth. The Old Testament takes place with the people of old and their stories confirming God’s ordained Truth. The New Testament transpires with the people after the Cross, giving witness to the New Covenant aligning itself with the Truth. The book of Revelation is the Testament that will bring closure to the Old and the New.
When the objective of Vertical History is viewed through the eyes of Christ, which is the only way to view Vertical History—through the eyes and mind of Jesus Christ, it possesses a clear view of our past, present, and future. His character qualities, and, of course, Him being Truth, set the course for all events. In returning to end the war of all wars, Christ will reveal the fullness of His glory. In the present, He is calling out His final Bridal members. Once this has been completed, He comes to an end all wars that rise against His Bride.
The New Testament conceives the finality of Redemption and the rebirth of His Bride. The book of Revelation is the consummation of Vertical History and the full realization of the will of God, the Father.
Our study of Revelation comes to an end when our Groom returns to finish the work of the Groom, defending His Bride. He will use His authority to destroy every regime and power, which has attempted to steal the role of the Groom.
Since salvation takes place through our Groom when each person receives the Lord Jesus Christ into their lives, the Holy Spirit indwells the believer—thus making the believer the Bride of Christ. It is essential to understand that this process of salvation comes by way of co-death, burial, and resurrection with Christ Jesus. A follower of Christ is a “wanna-be” Christian, but those who possess the Life of Christ are true indwelt believers. Over two-thirds of those who say they are Christians, maybe, a third of them are genuinely indwelt by Jesus Christ. They claim to be “Christians” because they are followers. But one of the greatest deceptions that Satan has used and will continue to use is that anyone who follows the modalities of Christ is a Christian, and that simply is not true. The reason this is so important is that the indwelt believer is NOT a follower of Christ but is directly led from within by the Holy Spirit to release Christ Jesus to walk through His Bride. Anything that Christ owns as His own—He will come to claim, defend, and even seek revenge on those who have harmed His Bride—this is what the book of Revelation is all about.
