The Secret in Biblical HistoryThe reason the same event structure from the time of Jesus is understood to apply again in the era of Revelation is that this research interprets the Book of Revelation not simply as a prophecy about the future, but as a record that once again reveals a structure already connected to the history of the time of Jesus.
The starting point of this interpretation is Revelation 1:1–2.
Revelation 1:1–2
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT, 1898)
[The corresponding Bible verses from Young’s Literal Translation (YLT, 1898) should be inserted here.]
The basis for this revelation lies in the fact that the Word of God had already been recorded in the Old Testament.
In other words, the Book of Revelation should not be understood as speaking of entirely new events disconnected from the Old Testament. Rather, it should be understood as revealing the Word of God and its structure that had already been recorded and hidden within the Old Testament.
Rather than merely foretelling entirely new events, it leaves room for understanding Revelation as a way in which a structure already hidden throughout the Bible is revealed.
Another reason Revelation 1:1–2 is applied—that is, the reason the Old Testament (Prophecy) is applied—is that Jesus is interpreted as having returned to the position of Adam after His death on the cross.
According to this biblical research, Adam is understood not merely as the first human being, but as a spiritual being who held a position of responsibility for managing a certain realm within God’s created order.
From this perspective, Jesus came in the flesh and then returned to His original position, namely the position of Adam. In the era of Revelation, He can therefore be understood as the one who is in that position.
Within this structure, the Lamb in Revelation 5:5–14 signifies Jesus—that is, the one who is in the position of Adam.
The conclusion reached through this biblical research is that the figure described in Revelation 12:1–6 as “a woman arrayed with the sun” can likewise be interpreted, within the same structure, in connection with Jesus (Adam).
The reason Israel is also applied is as follows.
At this point, many people may raise a question:
If Jesus comes, does the Kingdom of Heaven not come immediately?
More precisely, the expression that Jesus “comes” is not always applied in the same way. Within the historical structure of the Bible, the perspective of the beginning and the perspective of completion must be distinguished.
If this distinction is not made, people may understand the coming of Jesus only from the perspective of completion and overlook the historical applications and structural repetitions that appear in the stages preceding that completion.
There is another highly ironic point.
Christianity, Catholicism, and all religions throughout the world today tend to presuppose that the era of approximately 2,000 years ago was not a scientific civilization, but rather an inferior ancient civilization.
Nevertheless, the most difficult point to understand is that a structure has been formed in which a person who studies the Bible is prevented from acting according to the Bible, while the commands of those who test the Bible—that is, the commands of the hypocritical scribes and Pharisees—are followed.
Then people may ask again:
Who is the one who studies the Bible?
The passage that this biblical research focuses on in relation to this question is Revelation 22:16.
Revelation 22:16
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT, 1898)
[The corresponding Bible verse from Young’s Literal Translation (YLT, 1898) should be inserted here.]
According to this passage, there must be a messenger of Jesus, and that messenger is understood not merely as someone holding an organizational position, but as one who was sent for the purpose of bearing testimony.
According to this biblical research, this messenger is interpreted in connection with the structure of Eve + the Bible Researcher, and ultimately, the role of rightly testifying to the Bible is understood to be revealed through the messenger of Jesus.
In addition, the church referred to here means the church to which the Bible applies.
The Bible Researcher is also understood as one who came according to the Bible. An important point is that, upon coming out from the place where the Bible had been studied, this person emphasized having seen God and Jesus, while at the same time clearly stating that he himself was neither God nor Jesus.
In other words, this role is not one of deification, but one of testimony—the role of a messenger who reveals the hidden structure of the Bible.
All of these elements ultimately converge on a single conclusion.
Therefore, the reapplication of the same event structure from the time of Jesus in the era of Revelation can be understood not as an accidental repetition, but as the reappearance of the Bible’s historical structure because Jesus is in the position of Adam.