Unveiling Jesus Christ

This podcast discusses and explains the symbols used by John the Revelator in his vision of paradise in Revelation 4:4, including the symbol of the throne of God surrounded by 24 seats (thrones). These thrones were occupied by 24 Elders clothed in white raiment and crowns of gold on their head to represent their exaltation-worthy status in paradise.

This podcast explains the meaning of the symbols in John’s vision of paradise in Revelation 4:2-3. John sees these symbolic images while “in the Spirit.” The images include a throne set in heaven on which God the Father is seated. His glory is described in symbolic term as a jasper and a sardine stone. There was also an emerald-colored rainbow round about the throne, representing life and the merc...

This podcast explains John’s vision of paradise in Revelation 4:1, where he was beckoned by the voice of Jesus Christ to come up hither through an open door leading to heaven. The symbols of this verse are interpreted including the voice that sounds like a trumpet and the meaning of “things which must be hereafter.”

This podcast provides an overview of chapter 4 in the Book of Revelation with an emphasis on the meaning of the word heaven. This podcast explains that heaven is synonymous with celestial paradise in the postmortal spirit world where the spirits of the righteous and just go to await their resurrection into the celestial kingdom. In this chapter John sees celestial paradise as of 96 AD, which is th...

This podcast explains the images and symbols found in Revelation 3:21-22. These verses describe the promise of eternal life given to people such as the saints in Laodicea who overcome their lukewarm condition in the gospel. This is reflected in the symbolism of overcomers sitting on the throne of God the Father and with Jesus Christ. These verses contain the admonition found in all seven letters b...

This podcast explains the symbolism of the lukewarm Laodiceans found in Revelation 3:19-20. In these verses John the Revelator describes the Savior’s love for the Laodiceans despite their spiritual apathy. He tells them, and all people, that he loves those whom he rebukes and chastens as a loving father. He commands the Laodiceans to be zealous and repent. He also tells them that he is standing at...

This podcast explains the symbolism about the lukewarm Laodiceans found in Revelation 3:17-18. In these verses John the Revelator describes the Laodicean saints as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked because they thought themselves rich because of their temporal wealth. Christ counseled them to buy spiritual gold tried in the fire and then they would be truly rich and clothed in white raim...

This podcast discusses John the Revelator’s letter to the church at Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-16. John’s letter comes from Christ who declares himself to be the “Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.” All these names and titles express the power of Christ to bring about the destruction of the Lukewarm Laodiceans who were spiritually apathetic members of Chris...

This podcast explains and interprets the various symbols used by John the Revelator in his letter to the saints in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:11-13. Christ promises to come to the saints quickly and warns them to guard against anyone taking their crown, which represents eternal life. He further promises that the faithful saints will be made pillars in the heavenly temple of God, which is also a...

This podcast describes and explains the letter that John the Revelator wrote to members of the church in the city of Philadelphia in 96 AD, as set forth in Revelation 3:9-10. In these verses the Philadelphian saints were told that the source of their persecution was those people that called themselves Jews but were of the synagogue of Satan. These persecutors would one day know the error of their...

This podcast discusses and explains the vision of John the Revelator in his sixth letter to the saints at Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-8. These verses describe the commendations of Christ to the Philadelphian saints who, despite their little strength, had remained true to the gospel and to his name. They were holy and true as Christ is the Holy and True. These verses also describe how Christ hol...

This podcast discusses and explains the letter of John the Revelator to the church in Sardis in Revelation 3:4-6. The saints in Sardis were fixated on their name and reputation instead of having their lives focused on the Savior. Christ states that there are few in Sardis­—a city famous for its woolen garment industry—that had not defiled their garments. The garments discussed in this verse symbol...

This podcast discusses and explains the meaning of John’s letter to the saints in the City of Sardis in Revelation 3:1-3. The topics of these verses include a discussion of how the Saints in Sardis were physically alive, but spiritually dead. They were Christians in name who lived off the faith and reputation of church members who preceded them. Their condition exists today in the modern church. T...

This podcast explains and interprets John the Revelator’s vision in Revelation 2:26-29. In these verses to the overcoming saints in Thyatira, they are promised power over nations. This is synonymous with godhood, as shown by many other scriptural references discussed in this podcast. This podcast also explains how Christ will rule over the nations with a rod of iron at his Second Coming, breaking...

This podcast explains and interprets the vision of John the Revelator in Revelation 2:24-25. These verses are a continuation of John’s letter to the saints in Thyatira, including the rest of the saints that did not engage in and know the doctrine of Jezebel—which is called the “depths of Satan by Jesus Christ. The saints are told that they shall have no other burdens placed upon them than what the...

This podcast explains and interprets the many symbols found in Revelation 2:20-23. These verses describe the condemnations of Christ upon the saints in the ancient church of Thyatira. He condemns them because they allowed a woman named Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to seduce church members to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. She is in everyway the antitype for...

This podcast discusses and explains the content of the verses in Revelation 2:18-19. These verses are part of John’s fourth letter to the church at Thyatira and they contain the commendations of Christ to the saints in that City. The Thyatirans were commended for their improved works of charity, service, faith, and patience in a city where the worship of the sun god Apollo was prevalent. To counte...

This podcast discusses and explains the new name written on the white stone in Revelation 2:17 that exalted men and women receive as part of the temple endowment. This new name is the key word that worthy people receive and which is necessary to be able to walk by the angels who stand as sentinels at the portals of heaven. This podcast discusses the use of new names for people in the scriptures as...

This podcast explains the meaning of the white stone mentioned in Revelation 2:7 as a Urim and Thummim that overcomers receive when they are exalted in the celestial kingdom. The ancient and modern uses of the Urim and Thummim are by persons on both the eastern and western hemispheres are explained. Joseph Smith’s used the Urim and Thummim to translate the Book of Mormon and to receive other moder...

This podcast explains the content and meaning of the hidden manna in Revelation 2:17. This verse is addressed to the saints in Pergamos who were guilty of compromising their standards by eating meats sacrificed to idols. The hidden manna foreshadows Christ as the bread of life and stands as an opposite image of the meat of idols that offers no life whatsoever.

This podcast discusses and explains Revelation 2:14-16, where the Lord condemns the saints of Pergamos for the reasons described in these verses. The saints in Pergamos were guilty of compromising their standards, which the Lord describes as the doctrine of Balaam. This is a metaphorical reference to a Midianite prophet who used his prophetic gift for monetary profit. He taught Balak, the Moabite...

This podcast discusses and explains the contents of John the Revelator’s letter to the saints in Pergamos in Revelation 2:12-13, including an interpretation of the sword with two edges, the meaning of Satan’s seat (throne) and the place where Satan dwells. This podcast describes the concept of martyrdom and the death of Antipas as a martyr and how the lessons of martyrdom from the past apply to us...

This podcast is a description and explanation of John’s vision in Revelation 2:11. This verse is a continuation of John’s letter to the saints in Smyrna. They were promised that if they overcame they would “not be hurt of the second death.” This podcast explains what is meant by the words “second death” as distinguished from various degrees of spiritual death.

This podcast explains the meaning and content of Rev 2:8-10, including John’s letter to the ancient saints at Smyrna. The letter was written by John but comes from Christ who identifies himself as “the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive.” The Savior knows the works of the saints in Smyrna, and their tribulation and poverty caused by the blasphemies of the Jews, who are Jews in name o...

This podcast discusses, explains and interprets the prophecies of John the apostle found in Revelation 2:7. This verse directed the ancient Ephesian saints to listen and hearken to the words of John’s prophecy with the promise that those who overcame the world of sin would be given to eat of the tree of life in the midst of the paradise of God. This podcast discusses the epiphone “he that hath an...