Unveiling Jesus Christ

This podcast explains the symbolic images used by John in Revelation 13:3 to describe the end of the Imperial Roman Empire that fell with Rome in 476 AD, and the rise of papal power in the Holy Roman Empire over the course of hundreds of years. John describes these historical events in symbolic terms, saying: “I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and...

This podcast explains and interprets the symbolism found in Revelation 13:2, which states: “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.” The beast represents the ancient Roman Empire, which incorporates the brutality and tyranny of other empi...

This podcast explains the symbolic imagery used by John in Revelation 13:1, which states: “I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.” In this verse, the image of a First Beast rises from the sea which represents the bottomless pit, the abyss, and hell. The dise...

This podcast compares the apocalyptic writings of Nephi found in 1 Nephi 13 and 14 in the Book of Mormon with the apocalyptic writings of John found in Revelation 13. 1 Nephi 13 covers the period of time from the death of the apostles no later than 70 AD, until the restoration of the gospel in 1830. John's description of this same period of time can be found in Revelation 13:1-11. John and Nephi b...

This podcast provides an overview and explanation of the signs and symbols used by John to describe the kingdom of Satan on earth from about 70 AD to the Second Coming. In Revelation 13:1-8, John describes Satan's war on the remnant of Christ's ancient church through the instrumentality of the First Beast which represents the Roman empire. This First Beast entirely overcame the ancient church of J...

This podcast explains the symbolism found in Revelation 12:17, which states: “The dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” The historical context and timeframe for this verse is 70 AD, after the Roman Abomination of Desolation destroyed Jerusalem, Herod's Temple, and the Jewish n...

This podcast interprets the symbolic language found in Revelation 12:15-16, which states: “And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.” In these verses, the serpent is a symbol for Sat...

This podcast interprets the symbolism found in Revelation 12:14, which states: “To the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.” (Rev 12:14) The context for this verse is the persecution of the Christian church after the death of Jesus Christ and...

This podcast explains and interprets Revelation 12:13 which states: “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.” (Rev 12:13) The Dragon symbolizes Lucifer (Satan) who was cast down to this earth at the time of the physical creation of the earth. However, in this verse, Satan was cast to the earth in the sense that he fell spi...

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of the words found in Revelation 12:12 which state: "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” The meridian of time and the atonement of Jesus Christ is context and timing for this woe. It cannot relate to the physical creation of thi...

This podcast explains the statement in Revelation 12:12, which states that the heavens rejoiced when Lucifer (Satan) was cast down from Kolob to this earth at the end of the war in heaven. There was great reason to rejoice because salvation had come to Kolob with the strength and kingdom of God and the power of his Christ. Revelation 12:12 refers specifically to heavens‒plural that rejoiced at the...

This podcast explains events at the end of the war in heaven described by John in Revelation 12:11. This verse indicates that Michael the Archangel and his heavenly hosts overcame Satan “ by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” (Rev 12:11) The blood of the Lamb alludes to the infinite atonement of Jesus Christ. He sacrificed his...

This podcast explains John’s vision in Revelation 12:10, where Satan is cast down from heaven to this earth and a loud voice is heard saying that John heard a loud voice saying in heaven … the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night . Satan is called the accuser because he complains, or brings a charge, against those he opposes. Since Satan is the fath...

This podcast explains John’s vision in Revelation 12:10, where Satan is cast down from heaven to this earth and a loud voice is heard saying that now is come strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ. These words describe the premortal establishment of God’s kingdom on Kolob after Satan was cast down, which is in the likeness of the Second Coming when the kingdoms of our Go...

This podcast explains the loud voice in heaven that John heard in Revelation 12:10 at the end of the war in heaven. The voice declares "Now is come salvation." The loud voice may be the voice of a mighty angel, or the collective voices of premortal spirits who kept their first estate and rejoice because they were saved as Lucifer and his sons of perdition were cast out of heaven to this physical e...

This podcast explains the signs and symbolism used by John in Revelation 12:8-9 to describe the end of the premortal war in heaven that began in Revelation 12:7. Revelation 12:8 states that the war in heaven ended because Lucifer and his rebellious angels did not prevail against Michael and his heavenly hosts during the premortal war. When Lucifer was defeated, he and his followers were cast out o...

This podcast explains the meaning and symbolism of the parable found in Doctrine and Covenants Section 88:51-61, called the Parable of the Lord of the Fields. In this parable, Jesus Christ is Lord over the countless celestial earths he created to become habitable earths for all God’s children who kept their first estate. These many earths are symbolized by the field in the parable. In the parable,...

This podcast discusses the creation of celestial earths by Jesus Christ during the war in heaven. Before the war in heaven began, Christ created worlds of lesser intelligence to become part of the telestial and terrestrial kingdoms. The creation of these lesser worlds occurred during the premortal apostasy that John describes in Revelation 12:6. When the war in heaven began in Revelation 12:7, Chr...

This podcast explains John's vision from Revelation 12:7, where he saw the war in heaven that began when the premortal church of God was restored on Kolob from the wilderness of God's celestial residence. This occurred in the likeness of the restoration of the church on earth in 1830. The war in heaven was a literal war between armies led by Lucifer (the Dragon), on the one hand, and Michael the A...

This podcast describes the physical creation of countless worlds by Jehovah (Jesus Christ) This discussion of the creation is placed in the context of other events in premortality after the grand council in heaven, including the premortal apostasy and the war in heaven. Many noble and great spirits participated in the creative activities of Jesus Christ, including Michael the Archangel. The physic...

This podcast explains and interprets the signs, symbols and images found in Revelation 12:6. This verse describes the premortal apostasy in heaven on Kolob that began after the rebellion of Lucifer during the grand council in heaven, before the war in heaven began in Revelation 12:7. Revelation 12:6 tells us that after Lucifer’s rebellion, the woman representing the premortal church fled into the...

This podcast explains and interprets the images and symbolism found in Revelation 12:5. In this verse, the woman representing the premortal church of God brought forth a man child. The child represents Jehovah (Jesus Christ) at the time he was elevated to godhood and assumed his position as the Creator and Redeemer with the sustaining vote and common consent of the membership of the premortal chur...

This podcast explains and interprets the images and symbols used by John in Revelation 12:4 to explain Lucifer's rebellion during the grand council in heaven. In this verse, the tail of the Dragon drew the third part of the stars of heaven to his rebellion. This means a third of God’s spirit children rebelled and experienced a spiritual fall as Lucifer did. The stars of heaven (God's fallen spirit...

This podcast explains and interprets the images and symbols used by John in Revelation 12:3 to describe Lucifer and his rebellious followers in the premortal existence as another wonder or sign in heaven. The great red dragon in this verse symbolizes Lucifer at the time of the grand council in heaven. The Dragon is identified as another sign in heaven. The first sign in heaven is the image of a wo...

This podcast explains the images and symbolism found in Revelation 12:2. This verse continues the description of the great sign of a woman in heaven who represents the premortal church of God which has her likeness on earth. In verse 2, John could see that the glorious woman was pregnant and travailing in birth. This imagery symbolizes the rebellion of Lucifer during the grand Council in heaven on...