Revelation 1:11b
Re-evaluation Translation:
(Repeating) 1:11 Saying, I am all-inclusive: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it unto the seven years of restoration [six Years of Returning (Darius) plus the Sabbatical year]; unto the dispersed, the arising, the gathering, the migrating, the sequestered, the gently taught, and the established.
Bible, KJV Translation:
(Repeating) 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Significant Words and Comments:
Commentary on Revelation 1:11 continued (24 November 2007):
“Thyatira” is ’ayin-T-R [primary root H6280], “make abundant, multiply, swell.” During the
fourth Year of Returning (Darius), 7 April 2008 through 26 March 2009,
“the acceptable year of Yehuveh,” Yehuveh was calling His people and beginning the
selection of the remnant of Israel who are to be gathered to the land given to Jacob.
The groundwork was being laid for the mighty immigration which would shortly and
suddenly “swell” the land with immense population. They were making the early
decisions which would soon allow them to return with joy and singing! This was the
Swelling Year. Isaiah 61:1-2; 11:11; Daniel 11:20; Ezekiel 28:25; Isaiah 51:11.
“Sardis” is ’ayin-R-D [primary root H6166], “to sequester self; to withdraw, to hide.” During
the fifth Year of Returning (Darius), 27 March 2009 through 15 March 2010, the
preparing people of Israel enjoyed a quiet year of personal intraspection and growth. Knowing
they would soon be dwelling safely in their own land, they were closed in with Yehuveh for a
full year of preparation. “Turn, O backsliding children, saith Yehuveh; for I am married unto
you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.”
As commanded “when a man hath taken a new wife, . . . he shall be free at home one year,”
Yehuveh spent this entire year with us! This year of intimacy with Yehuveh restored our souls.
This was the Sequestering Year. Jeremiah 3:14; Deuteronomy 24:5; Psalms 23:3.
“Philadelphia” is D-L-Ph [primary root H1811], “to drip, drop through, pour out.” During the
sixth Year of Returning (Darius), 16 March 2010 through 4 April 2011, Yehuveh quietly
sprinkled and poured out His wisdom on His soon-to-be-fully-restored Israel. They learned
His instruction gradually, though steadily, “for precept must be upon precept, precept
upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little” While some
can accept truth very quickly, most of us must receive it gently in very small portions.
“I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily.” This was the Flourishing Year.
Isaiah 28:10, [13]; Hosea 14:5.
“Laodicea” is the prefix L (to, for) and D-K-H [primary root H1760], “to push down.” During
the Sabbatical Year, 5 April 2011 through 22 March 2012, Yehuveh’s restored faithful
Israel will “again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.” “He shall cause them that
come of Jacob to take root.” This is the Establishing Year! Isaiah 37:31; 27:6.
Gael Bataman
Originally Written: 24 November 2007
Latest Update: 20 July 2011
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