Unveiling Jesus Christ

Unveiling Jesus Christ

by John Cassinat

Season 2

[§99] Rev 8:5-6: Christ Begins to Pour Out Judgments upon the Earth

This podcast describes and interprets the meaning of John's vision of the angel in Revelation 8:5-6, who takes a golden censer and casts down fire on earth in the midst of voices, thundering, lightning, and an earthquake. The imagery comes from the book of Ezekiel and is foreshadowed by the plague in Egypt when Moses cast ashes in the air and they caused boils then they fell to earth. The imagery reflects the judgments of God that will be poured out on the earth after the opening of the seventh seal that lies in our future. Revelation 8:5: 00:01:19 Revelation 8:6: 00:37:38

[§98] Rev 8:3-4: A Day of Atonement in the Heavenly Temple

This podcast interprets and explains the imagery used by John to describe events in heaven in Revelation 8:3-4. These verses correspond to the half-hour of silence that begins in Revelation 8:1. In this half-hour of symbolically measured time, Jesus Christ will perform his intercessory role as the mediator by offering incense on the golden altar of the heavenly temple. The incense will produce an aromatic smoke that will ascend to God as the prayers of righteous saints. This vision presents the anti-type in heaven of the earthy day of atonement that was celebrated in the tabernacle of Moses and in the temples of Solomon and Herod for hundreds of years.

[§97] Rev 8:2: Seven Angels in Heaven Are Given Seven Trumpets

This podcast explains this symbolism found in Revelation 8:2 that talks about seven angels that were given seven trumpets during the half hour of silence in heaven at the opening of the seventh seal. There is a high likelihood that the seven angels are the seven archangels who stand in the presence of God and receive their trumpets from him to herald in the seven plagues that will follow the half hour of silence.

[§96] Rev 8:1: Silence in Heaven About the Space of Half an Hour

This podcast interprets and explains the meaning of the half hour of silence in heaven mentioned in Revelation 8:1. This brief period of silence will occur when Christ opens the seventh seal in our near future. The half hour of silence is a somber and sacred time that comes after the worldwide calamities at the end of the sixth seal and before the judgments of God are poured out during the seven trumpet plagues of the seventh seal.

[§95] Overview of the Seventh Seal [1000-Year Millennium]

This podcast provides an overview of the Seventh Seal from the Book of Revelation that John begins to describe in Revelation 8:1. When the sixth seal (that we now live in) ends with a great earthquake and other worldwide cataclycisms, Christ will open the seventh seal and there will be a silence in heaven for a symbolic half hour. This podcast quotes from the talk of President Russell M. Nelson during his October 2024 General Conference address to illustrate that the time for opening the seventh seal is fast approaching. After the half hour of silence n heaven, judgments will be poured out upon the earth in the form of seven trumpet plagues followed by seven vile plagues. This podcast gives and overview of the relationship of these various plagues that lead to the Second Coming.

[§94] Rev 7:15-17: The Blessed State of the Great Multitude

This podcast describes the symbolism and meaning of the images seen and heard by John the Revelator in Revelation 7:15-17. In these verses John continues to describe the appearance of the Great Multitude that he saw in paradise. They are surround the throne of God in heaven where they serve and worship God day and night, which means continually. The Father dwells among them. He protects and preserves the exaltation worthy spirits in paradise as a tent or tabernacle covers and preserves those within its protective reach. Revelation 7: 15: 00:01:46 Revelation 7:16: 00:14:21 Revelation 7:17: 00:19:10

[§93] Rev 7:13-14: One of the 24 Elders Explains the Great Multitude

This podcast explains the symbolism found in Revelation 7:13-14, including the meaning of the Great Multitude that John saw in paradise in Revelation 7:9, and the meaning of the Great Tribulation as a description of the last 3½ years before the Second Coming of Christ. The Great Multitude wore robes of white that were made clean and purified by the atoning sacrifice of Christ as the Lamb of God. One of the 24 Elders from John's first vision declared to John the meaning of the Great Multitude in Paradise as the Six Seal comes to a close and the Second Coming approaches.

[§92] Rev 7:10-12: The Multitude and Angels Worship in Paradise

This podcast explains and interprets the words of John the Revelator in Revelation 7:10-12. The context for these verses is John's second vision of celestial paradise and he is here describing the great multitude that he was surprised to see in Revelation 7:9. As exaltation-worthy spirits in paradise, they are praising God and the Lamb in the form of a seven-fold doxology that is similar to a seven-fold doxology uttered by the 100+ Millin angels in Revelation 5:11. The connection between the 100+ million angels and the great multitude is explained in this podcast.

[§91] The Feast of Tabernacles Foreshadows the Sixth Seal Paradise

This podcast explains the historical roots of John's second vision of paradise in heaven in the Feast of Tabernacles. This feast was one of three great feasts that Israelite men were required to attend at Jerusalem throughout the Mosaic Era. It is also known by its Hebrew Name Sukkot, which means booths or tabernacles. The Feast of Tabernacles was a harvest festival that occurred in the seventh month of the Jewish calendar, and which corresponds to the months of September and October. This was the time of temporal ingathering, and also a time of spiritual ingathering because the feast came five days after the annual Day of Atonement when there was a reconciliation to Jehovah and a renewal of covenants. All these images from the feast are depicted in John's second vision of paradise in Revelation 7:9-17, as explained in this podcast.

[§90] Rev 7:9: Second Vision of Paradise and the Great Multitude

This podcast interprets and explains the imagery and symbolism of John's second vision of celestial paradise found in Revelation 7:9. This second vision comes after his first vision of celestial paradise in Revelation 4 and 5. In John's first vision of paradise he saw conditions in "heaven" as they existed at the time of his vision in 96 AD. Thereafter, he saw the sealing of the 144,000 Servants and their work as saviors on Mount Zion primarily during the sixth seal to bring as many as would come to the church of the Firstborn. John's second vision of paradise depicts the successful work of the 144,000, when he sees a great multitude of exaltation-worthy spirits in paradise that no man could number. John's second vision of paradise occurs in time at the end of the sixth seal and start of the seventh seal as the Second Coming approaches. Thus, John sees the great multitude in white robes. They are waving palm branches to herald and welcome Christ as the King of kings, which is an antitypical image for the same scene that played out on Palm Sunday when Christ entered Jerusalem in triumph.

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