Sid Roth

First of all you’ll never go wrong in the interpretation if you know the Old Testament. Because did you know the Book of Revelation uses references to the Old Testament hundreds of times! And this is why I tell people, these people that say “Well the Book of Revelation is an allegory.” I say so you’re telling me every Old Testament verse quoted is an allegory?

“Well, no.” Okay, if it’s not an allegory in the Old Testament, you take it literal that the sun’s going to be dark, the moon’s going to turn to blood, you take it literal the earth’s going to shake but then you going to tell me that when you take the same prophetic word spoken by the prophet of the Old Testament and you put it in the New you going to shift it to an allegory because you don’t like what it says!

Okay? Can’t do that, can’t do that. If it’s literal in the Old, it’s literal in the New. Now what I want to do here, I want to show you something that I, that I, that I discovered that I thought was very intriguing. If you take, for example, the prophet Ezekiel, and you read what happened to him at the time when the Babylonians came in and destroyed Jerusalem, Israel and took the Jewish people captive, and then go to the Book of Revelation, let me show you something that’s extremely interesting.

Most people don’t know this, but John, the Apostle John was linked according to early fathers, to the priesthood in Jerusalem. They [people] don’t know that, in fact let me saying something about the Book. John wrote this Book from a, from a perspective of a man that understood the priesthood in Jerusalem. There are all sorts of scriptures in the Book of Revelation that you would have had to known how the Temple was set up and you would have had to have known Judaism a little bit to understand what he’s writing.

That if you look at the Book and you see Jesus, you know it’s called the Revelation of Jesus Christ, and here’s what’s odd. And when I did my study on the Book of Revelation in [my book] “The Apocalypse Code” that Sid has offered, I, this is one of the first things I noticed. If this is a Revelation of Jesus Christ how comes He shows up in chapter one as Jesus, as a person clothed in a white linen garment.

But then He shows up as a Lamb with seven eyes and seven horns. And then from that point on you don’t hardly see Him throughout the whole Book ‘til you get to chapter 19. And I’m thinking this is a Revelation of Jesus? No, this is a Revelation of Judgement! So this was the first thing I had to meditate on many years ago when started really studying the Book. I had to meditate on what did John mean when he said this book is a Revelation of Yeshua the Christ and yet He doesn’t appear all through the Book.

Then you have to go into the Book to understand what’s going on. And I want to show you this. In the Old Testament time, there were three major positions. A prophet, a priest and a king. The prophet gave the voice of the Lord to the people, the priest made the intercession on behalf of the people, but the king had the authority over the people.

And they all, when Israel was properly working, they all worked in cooperation with one other on behalf of the people of Israel. Now when Jesus came to walk on the earth for about 33 years approximately, 33 and a half years, we know that He was called a prophet by the people. Even He said a prophet hath no honor in his own country.

TONY: Look at somebody and say Pressure is leaving.

AUDIENCE: Pressure is leaving.

Tony: Look at somebody and say Supernatural weight loss by the loss of pressure.

AUDIENCE: Supernatural weight loss by the loss of pressure.

MAN #4: Humble is the way!

TONY: Humble is the way, man. Humble is the way. So you’re feeling pressure. Heh, Heh. All right. You ain’t right man, you are not right!

MAN #4: No, I‘m with my brother.

TONY: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Humble is the way, though. So you’re feeling…

MAN #4: Yeah, I did. I did. I felt something when you said something.

TONY: Yeah. Father, we thank you that you’re doing this thing. And I appreciate, Lord, my brother’s humility. He’s got true humility. Umm, do you pray for the sick?

MAN #4: Yes, sir.

TONY: Do you see some healings?

MAN #4: I intercede.

TONY: Yeah. Do you pray for the sick and do they get healed?

MAN #4: Not in your capacity.

TONY: Well we ain’t talking about my capacity.

TONY: Have you prayed for the sick and have you seen some healings? Put your hands up man. Have you? Have ya? Yes or no?

MAN #4: Yes.

TONY: Is he your brother? You know him? Has he had some healings in his ministry? You don’t know him that well? Listen, listen. Listen. Listen. You going to have more. You’re going to have some healings. Have you been wanting to see some?

Man #4: Yes.

TONY: Okay. In the name of Jesus I release gifts of healings into this brother and I thank you for it Father, in Jesus’ name. Give the Lord a hand clap!

AUDIENCE: (CLAPPING)

TONY: Is there anybody else? Anybody else? Yes, sir. What is happening?

MAN #5: I‘m dieting and, uh, my stomach’s smaller.

TONY: From?

MAN #5: From, yeah, when we prayed over there, I stood up, and uh, my stomach’s smaller. I got to tuck in my shirt to actually, because I couldn’t like see it to check it, but yeah, it’s actually smaller.

TONY: Look at somebody and say I‘m being provoked to jealousy.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)