Revelations
By Craig Paardekooper

SYNOPSIS
Revelations describes the time of the End, when God judges the peoples of the earth for their sin. Prior to theJudgement, and perhaps as the culminating evil that triggers the judgement, Revelations describes an oppression ofhuman beings that takes place in the last days. This oppression is in the form of violence, plague and famine
implemented by an anti-Christian government against its own population and resulting in the martyrdom of many
believers. This oppression takes place over a 3.5 year period and involves forcing the population to abandon
Christianity and worship the Beast instead. Everyone is required to receive the Mark of the Beast, in order to buy orsell. Perhaps this is a last ditch attempt by the forces of evil to snatch people away from salvation, knowing that theend is nigh. The bible certainly states that those who take the mark and worship the Beast will suffer the same fateas the Beast.
Following the 3.5 years of this evil and in response to it, God sends upon the people a series of woes or punishments
as judgements, in the hope that the people will repent.
These woes are followed by a great battle. The armies of God defeat the armies of the anti-Christ, inaugurating the1000 year reign of Christ on earth.
Revelations comes across rather like a person recalling a fantastic dream that they have had. It was experienced by
John, who was probably the apostle John.
Though it purports to describe events soon to take place, i.e. take place in the first century, its description ofbelievers and of judgements are all global in scope, and suggest a modern time when•

there is a one-world government•

there is sufficient surveillance to regulate buying and selling via a Mark, and no country to escape to•there is an army of 200 million troops – far more than any empire of the past.

THE TIMING OF THE EVENTS
God made a covenant with Abraham in 1921 B.C. (Ussher), and this marked the beginning of God’s dealings with theIsraelites, and His witness to them. The Jewish people rejected and crucified their Messiah, and Jesus accurately
prophesied their impending judgement and destruction in Matthew 24. The judgement of the Jews took place in 70
A.D. with the destruction of Jerusalem – as I have outlined in my book “Sign of the Son of Man”, and this completed
God’s witness to the Jews.
So the Israelites received witness from 1921 B.C. till 70 A.D. a period of 1991 years.
However, the New Testament also invited the gentiles to partake of the New Covenant – and consequently they also
had an opportunity to either accept or reject the Messiah.
And, just as with the Jews, the judgement of the Gentiles would also take place, at some distant point in time.
God is a god of justice and fairness, so it would seem right to give the gentiles the same amount of witness and time(from 30 A.D. till the end) as had been accorded to the Israelites.

JUDGEMENT OF THE JEWSThis took place with the return of Christ in 70 A.D., as Jesus had prophesied in Matthew 24, and as I have outlined in
the monograph “Sign of the Son of Man”. This judgement was preceded by Christ’s return in the clouds as recordedby both Josephus and Tacitus at that time.
Consequently, Revelations makes several statements that the time is near - I am coming soon.
“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must SOON TAKE PLACE. He
made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw- that is, the wordof God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, andblessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because THE TIME IS NEAR” Rev 1 v 1 -3
“I AM COMING SOON. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown” Rev 3 v 11
“Behold, I AM COMING SOON! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book.” Rev 22 v 7“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because THE TIME IS NEAR” Rev 22 v 10
“Behold, I AM COMING SOON!” Rev 22 v 12
“He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I AM COMING SOON” Rev 22 v 20
“I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the WHOLE EARTH TO TEST THOSE
WHO LIVE ON THE EARTH” Rev 3 v 10

Here Jesus is referring to the apocalypse of Israel - imminent destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
However, as you will soon learn, the primary focus of Revelations is a wider and more global event – the apocalypseof the Gentiles.
And just as Jesus returned on the clouds for the Jews, so He will return again for us.

SUMMARY OF THE EVENTS – THE 7 SEALS – Rev 6
This chapter seems to be a summary of everything to come.
1. Conquest
2. Civil war
3. Famine
4. Sword, Famine, Plague, Wild Beasts
5. Martyrdom
6. Earthquake – Sun, Moon and Stars darkened, Major tectonic movement
7. Judgement starts.
The first stages seems to be turning people against each other, starving them and inflicting a plague. During this time
many believers are martyred.
Then comes a darkening of the sky and major tectonic movements. This is interpreted by the world’s leaders as thestart of Judgement. They seek to hide beneath the earth, despite the earthquake – as if they were hiding fromsomething in the sky above that they feared even more.
Though events 1-5 did occur in 70 A.D., there was no darkening of the Sun, Moon and Stars or massive earthquake atthat time – neither did world leaders hide underground after 70 A.D.

PROTECTION OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD FROM THE COMING JUDGEMENTS – Rev 7“After this I saw the four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of theearth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.”
There is a cessation of wind – a complete stillness of the oceans and the atmosphere – waters become as smooth asa mill pond, sail-ships lose all power, “wind-farms” cease to produce any energy, the “jet-streams” cease. Stillness.
Weather forecasters note the complete absence of cyclones and anti-cyclones.
Then the servants of God who have survived martyrdom, are marked in order to protect them from the coming
judgements.
“Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of ourGod”(Note that it does not say that those sealed are removed from the earth – they are just marked for protection – as
you will see later)
Those marked for protection are 144,000 from Israel + a great multitude from every nation tribe, people andlanguage who have survived the great tribulation, and been atoned for by the blood of Christ.
“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation,
tribe, people and language…..These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washedtheir robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb”
Often, in Scripture, 144,000 is used symbolically to denote all believers.
So those who survive the 3.5 years of the Beast, and who are servants of God (Christians) are then marked to protect
them from the judgements to come. You may not know you are marked, but you will be protected from what
happens next.

DESCRIPTION OF THE JUDGEMENTS – Rev 8, 9Here is a summary
1. Small meteors : Hail and Fire mixed with blood : A third of all the land is set on fire
2. Giant meteor : impacts in sea : sea creatures and ships destroyed. Massive tidal waves
3. Giant meteor : impacts earth : contains a toxin that pollutes water sources
4. Darkening of the Sun, Moon and Stars : possibly resulting from dust exuded by the meteor impacts
5. Huge volcano : smoke and furnace of the abyss – causes darkening of the Sun and sky : provokes insect
swarms. These flying insects attack people rather than plants – and do so for a duration of 5 months – these
insects have a sting which is painful, but does not kill. They don’t attack those with the seal of God.
“They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who
did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.”(This indicates that those who were sealed ARE STILL ON THE EARTH – they have not been
raptured or taken away – they were simply protected from the coming judgements.)
6. Military Action: a vast army of 200 million. Their vehicles are marked with red, blue and yellow insignia, andcan fire projectiles with gunpowder.
“out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulphur”
Such a large army is probably the collective army of all the nations combined. They make war – a third of
the population are killed.

The initial response of the government to these judgements was described in Revelations 6 –“Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave andevery freeman hid in caves and amongst the rocks of the mountains”
In fact, this is the exact response that they would take to an imminent meteor strike – they would take refuge inunderground bunkers – and emerge afterwards to a darkened world.
Note that all of these judgements seem to effect the whole earth – and these events did not happen in 70 A.D.
The exact same judgements are described in more detail in Revelations 16.

HOW LONG WILL THE TRIBULATION LAST ? Rev 11
The Gentiles will trample the Holy City for 42 months = 3.5 years. During this time, witnesses will speak out for aperiod of 1260 days = 3.45 years. The witnesses are killed, but resurrected after 3.5 days and ascend to heaven. Thenthe Kingdom of God is established.
This chapter condenses the entire tribulation into the period of witness during which the gentiles trample thetemple, immediately followed by the Kingdom of God
So, this chapter suggests that the duration of the tribulation is 3.5 years. People will resist and speak out for almostthat entire duration, but will eventually be martyred (then resurrected)

The book of Revelations now goes into more detail concerning what happens during the 3.5 years.

A MESSIAH BORN - Rev 12
A woman gives birth to a child that the Dragon wants to destroy, but she flees to the desert and is protected for 3.5
years. Once again, note the 3.5 year period of persecution.
This is a parallel to the birth of Christ, and so it suggests the birth of an earthly ruler at this time who must flee forprotection to a remote place.

THE BEAST HAS AUTHORITY FOR 3.5 YEARS – Rev 13
The Dragon fails to destroy the child, so summons the Beast – an entity with 7 heads and 10 horns – (the G7/D10 ?).
The beast exercises authority for 3.5 years.
There is a one world government since the beast has authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
It persecutes the saints and conquers them – martyrdom.
The Mark of the Beast is mandated, so those without the Mark cannot buy or sell. Such a system would need to beworld-wide, otherwise a person would simply move country to circumvent it.

144,000 SEALLEDThis is repeating what was spoken of in Chapter 7 – after the 3.5 year time of the beast (the 4 horsemen), but before
the judgements start, the believers are sealed to protect them from the coming judgements.
There is still opportunity to repent and turn to God at this time. The Gospel is still preached in every nation. (those
who receive the mark of the beast and worship it, though, will be condemned. It seems to be irreversible.)THE JUDGEMENTS ARE DESCRIBED AGAIN – Rev 16

Revelations 8,9
1. Small meteors : Hail and Fire mixed
with blood : A third of all the land is
set on fire

Revelations 16
Ugly and painful sores broke out on people
who had the mark of the beast andworshipped its image

2. Giant meteor : impacts in sea : sea
creatures and ships destroyed.
Massive tidal waves

Sea turned to blood and everything in it died

3. Giant meteor : impacts earth :contains a toxin that pollutes water
sources

Rivers and springs of water become blood

4. Darkening of the Sun, Moon and Stars: possibly resulting from dust exudedby the meteor impacts

Sun was given power to scorch people with
fire. They were seared by the intense heat.

5. Huge volcano : smoke and furnace of The kingdom of the beast is plunged into
the abyss – causes darkening of thedarkness
Sun and sky : provokes insect swarms.
These flying insects attack people
rather than plants – and do so for aduration of 5 months – these insects
have a sting which is painful, but does
not kill. They don’t attack those withthe seal of God“They were told not to harm thegrass of the earth or any plant ortree, but only those people who did
not have the seal of God on theirforeheads.”
6. Military Action: a vast army of 200
million. Their vehicles are marked
with red, blue and yellow insignia,
and can fire projectiles withgunpowder. This is probably thecollective army of all the nations
combined. They make war against thearmies of Christ – a third are killed.

Waters of the Euphrates dried up to prepare
the way for the kings of the East (China)
Battle of Armageddon

Great earthquake, tectonic plates move,
mountains sink, islands disappear. Huge
hailstones of ice
These are exactly the same judgements as described in Rev 8,9 except that more details are provided.
Once again none of these judgements took place in 70 A.D.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE BEAST – Rev 17
THE FALL OF BABYLON – Rev 18
This takes place after all the judgements. The final state of the apostate nations is described as•Filled with gangs – demons•Believers must flee the great city•

Overtaken by plagues, death, mourning and famine•

Consumed by fire•

Cessation of trade / shipping•

No more concerts•

No more jobs•

No electricity•

No relationships/marriages•

By pharma all the nations were led astray

ARMIES OF THE BEAST DESTROYEDThe armies of the Beast are defeated at Armageddon

THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF CHRISTJUDGEMENT OF SATAN and of the DEAD

NEW JERUSALEM
God dwells with men. No more death and suffering

SUMMARY
Revelations describes a 3.5 year period during which there is civil war/unrest, famine and plague. A messiah isborn – but protected for the duration of this period of 3.5 years. The beast, an entity with 10 horns and 7 heads(G7 / D10) is given total authority over all the nations during this 3.5 years. People are required to worship thebeast and receive the mark of the beast, without which they cannot buy or sell.
During this time many believers are martyred, presumably because the Beast’s agenda is anti-Christian.
Immediately after 3.5 years, the people of God are sealed and protected from the coming judgements. The signfor this will be a short period where there is complete absence of wind – stillness – like entering the still centre
of a hurricane.
Then follow the judgements of God. These judgements take the form of meteor impacts on land and sea.
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On land, these impacts result in fires across the earth, and in pollution of water sources. They also resultin the appearance of sores on people who have taken the mark – possibly because their immune systemcannot cope with a toxin found on the meteors.

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At sea these impacts result in tidal waves (many ships are destroyed) and pollution of the sea – killing
many sea creatures.

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The meteor impacts cause dust to accumulate in the atmosphere – blocking light from the Sun, Moonand Stars.

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Solar flares scorch people with fire.

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Insects agitated by the environmental disturbances, form swarms and attack people for 5 months. Theirsting does not kill, but is painful. They only torment those with the Mark(The Governments take shelter in underground bunkers from the imminent meteor strikes, but this fails
to protect them from the earthquakes that follow. They emerge to a darkened world)

The Bible does not say how long these judgements last – though it will probably be for a year or longer.
With the cessation of these cataclysms, the people slowly remerge from their underground shelters. The kings ofthe East assume that the world, recoiling from the devastation, must be in a state of weakness, so they see thisas an opportune time to invade. The armies of the Kings of the East (China, Russia?, India?) advance to cross theEuphrates, and align themselves against the armies of Christ.
It seems that the army of believers has grown, and is able to fight back against the kings of the East. Perhaps thejudgement period caused many to repent, as they saw the prophecies coming true. Conversely, the cataclysms
may have handicapped the armies of the kings of the East – perhaps destroying their supplies and equipment ordepleting their personnel.
The armies of Christ win, and a thousand year reign of Christ ensues.
After 1000 years, Satan gathers a new army and surrounds Jerusalem, but they are destroyed by God with firefrom heaven.
The Day of Judgement takes place, a new Heaven and New Earth are created, and its residents receive eternal
life.

COMPARISON WITH EVENTS IN 70 A.D.
The Jewish nation underwent judgement in 70 A.D. at the hands of the Romans. The conflict with the Romans
did last 3.5 years up until the destruction of Jerusalem, and the siege of Jerusalem did involve conquest, civil war
between gang factions, famine and plague.
In addition to this, the prophecies found in Revelations DO say that the prophesied events would happen soon.
However, none of the judgements described in Revelations 8, 9 and 16 occurred in 70 A.D. - neither was there abattle of Armageddon with 200 million troops in 70 A.D.
I can only conclude that Revelations must refer to a different event than 70 A.D.

SO WHAT TIME DOES REVELATIONS REFER TO?
The Meteor Judgements: The meteor judgements have not happened yet, so must refer to a future time.
The One-World Government: A one world government (world empire) is described. This could apply to the
Roman empire. However, in modern times it has become realised with the orchestrated synchrony of all nations
in response to the “Covid Pandemic” – since they all appear to be reading from the same script – acting as one
nation, as if under the control of a single leader - and this is EVERY SINGLE NATION world-wide rather than justthose of the Mediterranean.
Mark of the Beast: The creation of a health passport system is the first time in recorded history that ordinary
healthy people are not allowed to buy or sell unless they carry a mark or certification. Modern technology hasreached the point where it can create such a system for buying and selling – since it requires remote control of
the certification process, remote monitoring of all transactions, and universal administration of a procedure formaking the Mark.
And such restrictions on buying and selling are ONLY POSSIBLE if all countries apply them simultaneously (a oneworld government); otherwise such a system could be avoided by simply moving country.
Armageddon: An army numbering 200 million with canon-fire is something that is only possible in modern times– such a large army would require the amalgamation every national army today.
So it seems that these prophecies probably apply to modern times rather than first century Israel. In otherwords, the judgement described is the judgement of the Gentiles rather than that of the Jews.
Period of witness to the Jews

1921 B.C. till 70 A.D.

1991 years

Period of witness to the Gentiles

30 A.D. till 2021 A.D.

1991 years

40 YEARS OF WARNING
The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. was preceded by a 40 year period of warning. I show this in my book“Sign of the Son of Man” – freely available on Telegram.
Regarding the Gentiles, a warning of the coming apocalypse was the Georgia Guidestone – a monument erectedin March of 1980 – exactly 40 years before the first lockdowns. It lists the 10 commandments of a new world,and predicts a 95% fall in population to only 500 million. It is written in the languages of the survivors. It is built
to withstand cataclysms.
[I discuss the Georgia Guidestone in a monogram entitled “Insight into a Religious Motivation for the Pandemic”– also found on Telegram.]

THE COMPLETE CYCLE AND THE END OF WITNESSThe number 2020 is significant in another way. It is a digital permutation of 22, the last letter of the Hebrew
alphabet – signifying the End. The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet is ALEPH, and the last letter is TAU (the 22nd
Letter)In his book “Bible Wheel”, Richard McGough shows that the entire witness of the Bible is arranged around the
22 letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.
[I have made Richard’s book available as a pdf on Telegram. You may also wish to view the monogram “Isaiah as
a Miniature Bible” which shows the same – also available on Telegram.]Jesus said, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end (the Aleph and the Tau).

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALL THIS FOR YOU?

The powers behind this are Anti-Christian
The Bible states that the powers behind this are anti-Christian. This is important to realise, since you cannot
bargain or reason with such powers. For the next 3.5 years they will assume total control of all governments.
Their intention is to gain complete control over the population. Then they will be able to force compliance with
their agenda. In order to do this they will restrict the freedoms of those who don’t comply.
They know that their time is short - the End is approaching – so they are proceeding at great speed – and AT ANY
COST – they are devotees - willing to sacrifice their entire economies, and any human life.

The current situation has an end
You should know that the time of persecution and deprivation of human rights (the time of the Anti-Christ) will
only last 3.5 years. You only have to hold out for this length of time against forced vaccinations and restrictions
on buying and selling, travel, work, education and access to medical help.
You will also have to hold out against arrest once the vaccine becomes mandatory, since then being
unvaccinated will be a criminal offence. Most likely, unvaccinated with be fined, and refusal to pay will result in
detention. Many Christians will be martyred at this time – just as Christians were martyred in the early church,
prior to the destruction of Jerusalem.
If you can hold out for 3.5 years, then you will survive.

Time scale
If we count the time of the beast from November 2021, when the vaccine becomes mandated through healthpassports, then this will last until May 2025.

Following Judgements
Following the 3.5 years, there will be a series of judgements in the form of cataclysms, but Christians WILL BE
protected from these. This will be a time of disruption and shortages, so prepare.
When the meteor strikes become imminent, many will flee underground for protection – but this may provefatal, since the earthquakes that follow may trap or crush them. The Bible says that Christians will be protected.
This is a test.

Armageddon
After the cataclysms most countries will be in a state of disarray – many people will still be sheltering
underground. Many will be ill from the vaccines. The kings of the East will perceive an opportunity to launch aninvasion while countries are still recovering, taking advantage of the weakness and disarray following thedevastations.. A vast army of 200 million will cross the Euphrates. There will be a war. It will be a war of thearmies of Christ against the armies of the East. It will be a conventional war. Many will die, but Christ will havethe victory.

Should we be worried about nuclear war?
The proliferation of nuclear weapons has been closely monitored by “higher powers” since the advent of the atomic
age in the 1940s.
Since the first atomic tests at Los Alamos, and ongoing through all of the Cold war, more advanced beings weremonitoring our activity, and frequent interventions at nuclear missile bases were observed by ground crew, radarcrew and missile operatives. Sometimes whole batteries of missiles were deactivated or disabled – this occurred atboth Russian and American bases.
Any build up to a world-wide nuclear war would probably result in increased interventions, perhaps to disable thatcapability.
This might explain why Armageddon takes the form of a land army (conventional warfare).

God on our side
The Bible says that the servants of God will be protected from the cataclysmic judgements following the 3.5 years of
the Beast. These cataclysms will therefore target and weaken the ground forces of the enemy in advance ofArmageddon. So God is already fighting on your side before the battle begins.
If you survive this long, you will see that battle…..
Will you stand with Christ at Armageddon?

A Cause for Hope
When the Israelites entered Canaan they were faced with giants, yet with God’s help they conquered the land. Thismay be a case of David against Goliath, but the vast army of the enemy (200 million troops) will be weakened, andChrist will be on our side.

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Monograms by Craig Paardekooper
1. “Sign of the Son of Man”
2. “Isaiah as a Miniature Bible”
3. “Insight into a Religious Motivation for the Pandemic”

Book by Richard McGough“Bible Wheel”