Revelation of Revelation

By Howard Scaife and Gladys Scaife

Howard Scaife, truck driver by profession, was brought into the Body of
Christ by the conversation of his wife, Gladys. Through her studies and
her diligence in the Word, Howard acquired a curiosity that lead to the
Lord having him study the book of Revelation, with the Holy Spirit as
his Mentor. The result is this book, Revelation of Revelation. May all
who read it be as blessed as the vessel was in writing it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Aug 24, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466951778

Howard Scaife

This book explains the book of Revelation in plain and simple terms that anyone can understand. It tells the reader that a great catastrophe is coming upon the earth. This catastrophe is outlined from beginning to end. Anyone can know what will happen during the time of this catastrophe. The message of the book was sent to the earth so that its inhabitants could prepare to be preserved in God.

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Copyright 2012 Howard and Gladys Scaife.

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Contents

PROPHECIES TO THE CHURCHES

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

THE REVELATION

THE VISION BEGINS

THE SCROLL

THE LAMB OPENS THE SEALS

THE SEALING OF THE HUNDRED

AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND

THE SEVENTH SEAL

THE FIRST AND SECOND WOES

THE LITTLE BOOK

THE THREE AND ONE-HALF YEARS

THE EVIL TRINITY

FIRSTFRUITS

THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES

THE BOWLS OF THE WRATH OF GOD

JUDGEMENT OF THE HARLOT

THE FALL OF BABYLON

THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB

THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON

THE JUDGEMENTS

PART TWO

REVELATION OF REVELATION 12

THE PAST

THE PRESENT

THE FUTURE

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

CALL TO REPENTANCE

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

ACKNOWLEdGEMENTS

The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth,

My Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ,

My Father God, Creator

To my wife Gladys A. Scaife,

lifelong partner and collaborator

To the Body of Christ,

and all those who come into it from now on

PROPHECIES TO THE CHURCHES

May 13, 2000

The Lamb of God says:

Let your motivation be the love of God, and an overwhelming desire to do the will of My Father, and to see the will of My Father done in the lives of those around you. Hate those things that God hates. Work toward purging the Church of those doctrines and practices that pollute My word. There will always be those in the Church that will walk in both the world and the Kingdom of God, only because they are afraid to let go completely of what they have known and have been taught all of their lives. These are lies of Satan, and the result of his work within My Church. I cannot stop his work in My church because I have given every man a free will, and I will judge every man by the choices that he makes.

I will test to raise up certain among you to do work for Me of which you are uniquely qualified. Don’t be discouraged by what you conceive as a lack of action on My part. Just remember that I will never leave you or forsake you, even in what you believe is your darkest hour. I try and test you so that you will be strengthened to withstand the great tribulations that the enemy will surely throw at you, simply because you are My chosen vessel to the Body of Believers. The trials that you go through must not be mistaken for a lack of faith on your part, either. You just hang in there until the end of the crises, and you will see the glory of My God the Father and you will experience His wondrous works. In this you will know that you have more than just the material rewards of your faithfulness. You will be proven and strengthened beyond what the world can measure and comprehend. You are rich in the things that bring people into My kingdom, which is what it is all about in the first place.

My Church is in the earth, the stronghold of Satan. But he cannot stop My church from praising Us. Satan cannot stop My church from performing My works. All he can do is to use people to distract and detract from My way. He has been successful in this to a degree because he will always have people who just refuse to give up the pleasures, practices, and principles of the world. There will always be those among you who will influence those around you to be as they are, to act as they do, to straddle the fence, so to speak. Beware of those in the Body of Christ who work to reap the riches of the world in the way of the world. Teach those, even when they do not receive, that purity is My way, that adultery and sex outside of marriage is the worst kind of sin there is. I cannot stress this enough in the earth realm. When you get to heaven you will see in an instant why this is so fundamental a principle. But Satan is worshiped in this manner and those who take part in these ‘adventures’ don’t even know that they are actually doing his work, and turning those people that they are doing those works with away from the things of God, and are actually polluting the very blood that the Lamb has shed for you on the cross and at Calvary. But you, My children, be not dismayed, for I have for you that are faithful to the very end, the crown of glory, which I personally place upon your head in My kingdom of heaven, because you deserve everything that I have for you in heaven AND in earth.

There are men of God within the Body of Christ whose ministries have proven to be of love, patience, service, and faith. They have taught My people well. But they have also gloried in the knowledge that they are being used mightily by My Father, and by Me. My Father and I are the same. Our end is the same. There is not a division between us. We are One. So, too, you must be one with each other. Do not reward yourselves by helping yourselves to the riches of your congregations, or perceive yourselves to be above those that you teach, for your ultimate reward is in heaven and you will be judged and rewarded according to your obedience, and whether or not you took from My people to live the ‘good’ life of the world. Remember that I am your teacher, and I am not above washing your feet. He who is a master must also be servant to My people.

Now at the other end are those ministries that allow those in the pulpit who say the things and allow the things that only appease the people. They are teachers of their own doctrines: doctrines given to them by Satan and his demon helpers that lead My chosen people away from the things of God. They allow sexual immorality because they feel that they cannot stop it, and that those who practice it will go to someone’s church, anyway, so why not keep them in their church. This reasoning I hate. My Body is to be held pure in the strictest sense of My word. This is My Church, not yours to do with as you please. You make the mistake, through no fault of your own, of dividing the word of truth through your own intelligence. This is why I sent My Holy Spirit to you. He is alive and well in the earth realm, and He is at your disposal, to call upon to receive the word, the true and living word, that I and My Father have for you. He was in the beginning and He is the same. He does not change. The same voice that spoke to My prophets speaks to you today, only if you believe, and do not discard Him as a thing of the past, living in heaven and whose only purpose is to observe the actions of your own intelligence. He who rejects the Holy Spirit for this day rejects Him who sent Him to you in My stead.

To those who have not received the idolatry of Satan’s realm will be given a greater revelation of My mission. I will actually keep them from going through what Satan has in store for them, for I will teach them how to avoid the traps and pitfalls that he has set for those who walk in flesh and blood upon the earth. You will be a victorious Church, and nations will come to you to try to receive through you victory over their enemies. I will show the world through you that I am God.

You know who you are!! You have the whole world thinking that your church is the only church of consequence, that your congregation is the only congregation that reaps the benefits of an Almighty Father. Your church and your congregation are dead when it comes to receiving the true blessings sent from the Almighty!! Your riches and blessings come from the world and from each other, and it is your mistake, your own arrogance that makes you think that it is a reward from My Father for your good works. There is nothing that you do that is pleasing in the sight of God. Listen to what I am telling you. Get back to the ways and reasons that attracted Me to you in the first place. Some of your traditions are from the pits of hell. Satan is as active in your church today as when he first started in it, and you have forgotten how to get him out. No. You have made him an integral part of ministry, and he refuses to leave. But that is your fault. He dictates your theology. Without him you have no theology. Come back to Me, O wayward Church. Read My word and believe that the Holy Spirit reveals to you what comes from Me. You have faith in Me, but you have no faith in the Holy Spirit of God. He IS God. Everything that My Father or I say to you comes through the Holy Spirit, but if you don’t believe it, then you can never receive My or My Father’s words, this day or in this time. Hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to you, Church.

May 14, 2000

Father God says:

But even in your church there are those that are pure in heart and believe that there is more to God than what you teach. I am the Many-Breasted One. Don’t put your earthly limits upon Me. I am the Almighty God. I can do all things that do not contradict my Law. I am the God who heals you. I am the God who prospers you. I am the God who created the miracles in the desert. I am the God who has sustained you through all that you will ever have to endure. I am He who loves You beyond all of your imaginations. I am the One from whence comes your rewards. Hear My Son. Hear My Spirit.

PREFACE

It seems that dreams can be a complication, or a simplification of real life, depending upon where one’s focus lies. Dreams mean different things to different people. God gives dreams and visions to one, and speaks directly to another’s heart. To another He will speak to through the scriptures. To others He will speak to in any number of ways. He is a God of diversity, and works with and develops gifts in ways that encompass and compliment the individual that you are. We are His children, the Body of Christ, but at the same time, just as you and I have a family, we realize that each family member is a separate entity, and our desire is to relate to him or her on an individual basis, on his or her own level. Our Father God is that way, and we inherit those characteristics from Him.

God gave Daniel dreams. The dreams He gave to Daniel seem to be borne out in the revelation that He gave to John, a confirmation, so to speak. Whereas Daniel’s dreams were interpreted by an angel, a messenger from heaven, John’s revelation takes place in heaven itself, and is revealed to him by the angel that seems to be assigned to him to explain the revelation.

It seems as though no one wants or is equipped to deal in depth with the Book of Revelation. God gave us this book. He must want us to know and to understand what it is about. I truly believe that certain books of the bible were written for certain times. But I also believe that the entire bible is living and is written for all times. The Book of Revelation was written for such a time as this.

The entire bible is geared toward what we must do to live the way that God intended for us to live, and to stand at judgment before the Almighty God with the confidence that He will say, Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your Lord.

INTRODUCTION

REVELATION OF REVELATION

The Book of Revelation was written to the body of Christ by direction of the Holy Spirit of God. This book contains information that is true and, ultimately understandable as any other book in the bible. There are those among us who cannot read this book because they do not believe that our merciful God is capable of the atrocities that this book says are coming upon this earth and upon its inhabitants.

Revelation is a book of prophesies given to John by God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and holy angels, about future, end time events. This revelation seems preposterous, as does a lot of information throughout the bible. But this information is validated by the Holy Spirit, and spoken of by the prophets throughout the bible. Therefore, we must be assured it will come to pass (Isaiah 55:8-11). It doesn’t matter whether or not we believe it, it will come to pass, just as it is written, and in the order of events as written in the book of Revelation.

Of all the gospels, it seems that only John’s gospel gives a narrative of the events in Jesus’ public ministry in chronological order. How can this be, if all scripture is inspired by God (2 Tim.3:16)? Why would any writer of the bible be inspired to write events out of sequence? Answer:

Isaiah 55:8-9 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are My ways your ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Could it be, with all of the various writers, subjects, characters, thoughts, observations, prophesies, laws, inspirations, and books, that the bible was written as one unit, with one central theme? Could it be that God, being the God of order that He is, put His word, the bible, in order also, Genesis as the book of beginnings, to Revelation as the book of final judgment?

Could it be that God wanted to establish the writer John as a chronological writer, before we get to the book of Revelation, thereby establishing Revelation as a book whose visions are written in chronological order? If Revelation is in chronological order, as I believe it is, then many questions of traditional teaching come to mind: Will the rapture take place before the tribulation? Before the revealing of the Antichrist? Before the mark of the beast? When will the marriage of the Lamb take place? Will the descending of New Jerusalem take place before or after Armageddon? Will the Body of Christ be on earth during the desolation of Daniel?

Further evidence that John wrote Revelation in chronological order is the fact that from the beginning of Revelation and throughout, John is instructed to ‘Write’……. Common sense tells us that a person of John’s integrity would not go back through his book and re-arrange the order of the vision. It follows that when his vision was over, John had it recorded in the order in which it was given.

Some would say that Revelation is full of symbolism, that our merciful God could not actually commit the acts, or permit them to come to pass as they are described. Let me remind you that God is not the author of confusion (1Cor.14:33). Why would He lead His people to believe one thing, when He actually meant something completely different? Revelation was not put into the bible to confuse the Church, but to prepare it for the judgment that will come upon this earth. God has always prepared His people, has always warned His people, and in the process, has always given them choices. It is the world that has not believed God and responded to His warnings, thereby suffering the consequences for not preparing for what the Lord has told them to prepare for.

God is the God of judgment. He is still the God of mercy, compassion, love, redemption, salvation, and integrity. He cannot compromise His integrity: He must abide by His own laws, and His word shows time after time that if His laws are not abided by, then judgment must be executed.

In one state, capital murder is punishable by death. In another state, capital murder is punishable by up to and including life in prison without the possibility of parole, at the discretion of the judge. In some states, the judge, no matter what the circumstances, is bound by the laws of the state to sentence the convicted offender according to certain guidelines. No matter what extenuating circumstances may exist, or how compassionate or merciful that judge may be, no matter what the judge may think or feel, he must, by law, execute judgment as set forth in the guidelines.

God is bound by His own law to execute judgment upon all flesh. He said He will do it, He said how He will do it, and since it is impossible for God to lie, we must know that what He said will come to pass will indeed come to pass. God does not desire that He be misunderstood. His desire for His creation is that we hear His words, understand His words, and do His words. If we do these things, then we need not be afraid of what is to come, because therein lies our covenant with Him: He will deliver us through.

2 Timothy 1:7 God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Psalm 91:7-8 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.

It is God’s desire that His people be prepared to go through tribulation, any tribulation. His word tells us that if we are prepared for what we know is coming, then we should not be afraid, for He will protect us. Put your trust in the Lord, because He knows what is, and what is to come. Prepare yourself, and do it now. The generation that is on the earth right now may very well be the generation that ushers in the return of our Lord Jesus. Those who are not prepared have every reason to be afraid of the things that Revelation and other books of the bible say are coming upon the earth. God’s word tells us how to prepare: Put on the whole armor of God.

THE REVELATION

Revelation 1-3

John is taken in the Spirit into the presence of Jesus. John knew that he was in His presence, he recognized Him, and knowing what he knew had become of Him, and realizing where they must be, John became so overwhelmed that he just passed out. Jesus revived him, comforted him, told him not to be afraid, for He was with ‘the Alpha and the Omega, the One who lives, and was dead, and is alive forevermore; the possessor of the keys to Death and Hades.’ Jesus then instructed John to write down the things that he was about to see. In other words (paraphrasing), ‘This is not a dream, My friend. When this experience is over, you will have tangible evidence that you were here with Me. The book that I have put into you I do not want it said that it came out of your memory. What you are about to see is far too important to the destiny of mankind. The preparation of My people is at stake.’

Jesus begins His meeting with John by addressing the Church. This is very significant in that it places the Church at the forefront of importance in God’s design for the universe. It tells us that He considers the welfare of His people above all else. God’s work is on a scale that man cannot even imagine. He created the universe. He placed order in that universe. When we think of the great expanses of the universe, and the fact that everything in the vastness of the universe is so structured and ordered that nothing is ever out of place, it boggles the mind how mighty is the God who created and maintains it all. All power is His. And to think that He wants to share that power with you and me, His Church!!

The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches.

The seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Isn’t it interesting that Jesus instructed John to write to the angels of the churches, rather than to write to the churches themselves? All of His comments are directed to the angels of the churches through John, a man. Jesus tells a man to write to angels, and in essence He is telling angels to read what this man writes to them. In speaking to the angel of the church, Jesus lets us know that the angel of the church is responsible for bringing the messages from Jesus to the congregation. So in speaking directly to the angel of the church, Jesus is speaking directly to the congregation of that church, and, since His word is living, directly to today’s Body of Christ.

We must also keep in mind that Satan’s objective is to make war with the children of God (Rev.12:17). Satan does whatever he can to disrupt the good works of the church. Satan’s work is for the minds of the people of the earth, to plant seeds of discord, doubt, unbelief, and false doctrines in well-placed individuals within, and outside of the church. Jesus admonishes the Church to recognize and root out the workings of Satan, and to turn away from those individuals or groups whose teachings pollute and compromise His word.

Messages to the Church

To the angel of the church at Ephesus write-He who holds the seven angels of the seven churches in His right hand and who walks in the midst of the seven churches says: I know your works. Jesus goes on to commend the labor, patience, and perseverance of this church. But this I have against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-unless you repent. But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolations, which I also hate.

Jesus is telling this church (paraphrasing), "Look, I know that the works that you do are not easy, but you have shown patience, and you have persevered, and you have done all this for My name’s sake, which is good. But you have become so involved in these works for ‘My name’s sake’, that you have drifted away from the primary reason that you labor: because of love. I am your first love. I loved you before I ever formed you in your mother’s womb. I created the heavens and the earth for you. Therefore yours is to be first a labor of love. Remember that. Remember what your motivation was when you first started doing My work: your love. Repent, and go back to laboring because of your love, or I will quickly remove your church from its place.

One thing that is in your favor: you hate the deeds of the Nicolations, as do I. Hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Be victorious and you shall eat of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

The Nicolations were a sect whose primary focus was to incorporate pagan beliefs and traditions into