In Revelation 21-23, as in the closing visions of Ezekiel, the prophet is transported to a high mountain, where a heavenly messenger measures the symmetrical new Jerusalem, complete with high walls and twelve gates, the dwelling-place of God, producing a state of perfect well-being for his people.

Davros emerges as " The Great Healer " of the funeral and cryogenic preservation centre Tranquil Repose on the planet Necros in the Sixth Doctor story Revelation of the Daleks, where he uses frozen bodies to engineer a new variety of Daleks loyal to him, distinguished from the original Daleks by their white and gold livery and slightly changed design.

The term " Gnosticism " does not appear in ancient sources, and was first coined by Henry More in a commentary on the seven letters of the Book of Revelation, where More used the term " Gnosticisme " to describe the heresy in Thyatira.

95 ) Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation.

He has also been mentioned in the book " The Third Revelation " by Ralph McInerny as well as in the 1981 Greek play The Tape by Loula Anagnostaki, where the leading hero is recording a message to Ali Aǧca.

" Brown believes that the majority of scholars who advocate pseudonymity would place it towards the end of the first century, during a period where evil on a global scale was actively working against Christianity, the same time that Revelation was written.

This seven-year week may be further divided into two periods of 3. 5 years each, from the two 3. 5-year periods in Daniel's prophecy where the last seven years are divided into two 3. 5-year periods, () The time period for these beliefs is also based on other passages: in the book of Daniel, " time, times, and half a time ", interpreted as " a year, two years, and half a year ," and the Book of Revelation, " a thousand two hundred and threescore days " and " forty and two months " ( the prophetic month averaging 30 days, hence 1260 / 30 = 42 months or 3. 5 years ).

John was allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where some believe that he wrote the Book of Revelation.

John was then allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where some believe that he wrote the Book of Revelation, and where it is said he was later freed.

In apocalyptic literature, Mount Megiddo, the hill overlooking the valley where the current kibbutz is located, is identified as the site of the final battle between the forces of good and evil at the end of time, known as Armageddon and mentioned in the New Testament in Revelation 16: 16.

Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation ( the Cave of the Apocalypse ), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.

Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation ( the Cave of the Apocalypse ), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.

It bears the same name as the Greek Island of Patmos, where the Book of Revelation was written.

In the New Testament, the Greek word is found only in the letters of Paul, 1 Peter, 1 John, and Revelation, where it has a derogatory meaning, as one of the vices.

The character matches the description of Satan in the Book of Revelation, speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and is reminiscent of Saint Paul's comments in the Second Epistle to the Corinthians where he describes his public humiliation by the enemy.

Saint John eventually came to reside among them, being exiled to Patmos, where he wrote his famous Revelation.

Further reinforcement of the concept is provided in Revelation 21: 14 where the " lamb slain but standing " is the only one worthy of handling the scroll ( i. e. the book ) containing the names of those who are to be saved.

" And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever " ( Revelation 20: 10, KJV ).

The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible ( mainly in the book of Psalms, e. g.,, where it starts and concludes a number of Psalms ) and four times in Greek transliteration in the Christian Book of Revelation.

In addition to performing in various classical orchestras and ensembles, he also played in the band of Noel Jewkes, where he recorded his first solo ( Dr. Legato and the Rubicon on Revelation records ).

Alpha Omega, the first name chosen by the Fraternity, was taken from the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ where our Lord says, " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending ..." This name was chosen to show that we are a group which recognizes the sovereign majesty of God and His dominion and Lordship over all things.

In the book of Ezekiel, the Prophecy of New Jerusalem ( or City ( where ) God ( is ) there (, Jehovah-shammah ), also titled Heavenly Jerusalem, in the Book of Revelation as well as Zion in other books of the Bible ) is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city to be established to the south of the Temple Mount that will be inhabited by the twelve tribes of Israel in the Messianic era.

Based on the Book of Revelation, premillennialism holds that, following the end times and the second creation of heaven and earth ( see The New Earth ), the New Jerusalem will be the earthly location where all true believers will spend eternity with God.

The Book of Revelation refers to this same battle, recalling before our eyes the image of St Michael the Archangel ( cf.

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According to the Revelation of Esdras, the angels that will rule at the end of the world are Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael, Gabuthelon, Beburos, Zebuleon, Aker, and Arphugitonos.

Examples include the story of Saint George and the Dragon ( most probably descended from the Slavic branch of Indo-European and stories such as Dobrynya Nikitich vs. Zmey Gorynych ) as well as depictions of Christ and / or Saint Michael vs. the Devil ( as seen in the Book of Revelation among other places and probably related to the Yahweh vs. Leviathan and later Gabriel vs. Rahab stories of Jewish mythology ).

* Michael S. Kissell, " The Revelation in Storm and Thunder ", Popular Astronomy, 48 ( 1940 ), 537-549 & 49 ( 1941 ), 13-24-gives a summary of Morozov's 1905 astronomical dating of the Book of Revelation.

" He sometimes remarked that he himself might be the Michael mentioned in Revelation.

Piecing together the writings of Enoch and the Revelation of John, Phanuel, along with Michael, Gabriel and Raphael will all drink from the ' winepress of the Wrath of God ', strengthening them in that day, the Day of the Lord.

According to the New American Bible, the image in Revelation 12: 1-6 of a pregnant woman in the sky, threatened by a dragon, " corresponds to a widespread myth throughout the ancient world that a goddess pregnant with a savior was pursued by a horrible monster ; by miraculous intervention, she bore a son who then killed the monster ".

* The Book of Revelation twice refers to " the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan ," ( 12: 9, 20: 2 ).

Satan is also identified as the accuser of Job, the tempter in the Gospels, the secret power of lawlessness in, and the dragon in the Book of Revelation.

In his De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (), written c. 540, Gildas makes an allegorical condemnation of 5 British kings by likening them to the beasts of the Christian Apocalypse as expressed in the biblical Book of Revelation, 13-2: the lion, leopard, bear, and dragon, with the dragon supreme among them .< ref >* — " And the beast which I saw was like unto a < u > leopard </ u >, and his feet were as the feet of a < u > bear </ u >, and his mouth as the mouth of a < u > lion </ u >: and the < u > dragon </ u > gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

John's Book of Revelation — Greek literature, not Roman — describes Satan as " a great dragon, flaming red, with seven heads and ten horns ".

A dragon is also an enemy figure in the Book of Revelation ( chapter 12 onwards ) and in the saintly legend of Margaret the Virgin.

The Wyrms bears some similarities with Judeo-Christian mythology ; the Wyrm is sometimes identified with both the serpent in the Garden of Eden and the dragon in the Book of Revelation of John.

In his De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (), written c. 540, Gildas makes an allegorical condemnation of 5 British kings by likening them to the beasts of the Christian Apocalypse as expressed in the biblical Book of Revelation, 13-2: the lion, leopard, bear, and dragon .< ref >* — " And the beast which I saw was like unto a < u > leopard </ u >, and his feet were as the feet of a < u > bear </ u >, and his mouth as the mouth of a < u > lion </ u >: and the < u > dragon </ u > gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

The fragmentary line " He raises his tail ..." identified him for Neil Forsyth as a precursor of a later Adversary, the dragon of Revelation 12: 4, whose tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth.

The author of the Book of Revelation writes about God and the angels versus Satan and demons in an epic battle at the end of times when all souls are judged.

" ( Revelation 16: 14 ) Satan's angels will also appear as godly clergymen, and Satan will appear as an angel of light.

In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation.

The Book of Revelation describes how Satan will be cast out of Heaven, down to the earth, having " great anger " and waging war against " those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus ".

The book of Revelation in the Christian bible depicts a better time, in the future, after Satan and evil are defeated.

Although the identity of the Serpent as Satan is implied in the Christian Book of Revelation, in Genesis the Serpent is merely portrayed as a deceptive creature or trickster, promoting as good what God had directly forbidden, and particularly cunning in its deception.

The author of the Book of Revelation tells how he sees in a vision Satan rallying Gog and Magog, " the nations in the four corners of the Earth ," to a final battle with Christ and his saints:

Imagery of spiritual warfare is displayed in the Book of Revelation when after the War in Heaven ( Rev. 12: 7 ), the beasts and kings of the earth wage war against God's people ( Rev. 19: 19 ), and a final battle ensues with Satan and the nations of the earth against God himself ( Rev. 20: 8 ).

Both pro-Zionist and anti-Zionist schools of Christian thought may be influenced and motivated by the description found in Revelation, in the message to the Church at Philadelphia: " Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie.

The New Testament mentions Satan 36 times in 33 verses, and the Book of Revelation tells of " that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world ," being thrown down to the earth together with his angels.

Her popular books include The Gnostic Gospels ( 1979 ), Adam, Eve, and the Serpent ( 1988 ), The Origin of Satan ( 1995 ), Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas ( 2003 ), Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity ( 2007 ), and Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation ( 2012 ).

Amillennialism also teaches that the binding of Satan, described in Revelation, has already occurred ; he has been prevented from " deceiving the nations " by the spread of the gospel.

According to this letter, the Philadelphian Christians were suffering persecution at the hands of the local Jews, whom Revelation calls " the synagogue of Satan " ().

that originated from the Biblical verse Revelation 13: 18, which indicates that the number is the Number of the Beast, linked to Satan or the Anti-Christ.