The Coming

Through my life journey,

I've come to discover the most

beautiful love story ever told.

The Book of Revelation is not about doom and gloom

as so many people think.

It's about the revelation of Jesus Christ,

who he is, and what he's done for us.

The book of Revelation is one

of the only books that offers

a blessing to whoever reads it.

It's one of the most extraordinary books I've ever read.

It starts off with a warning to the seven churches.

The first is the Church of Ephesus,

who God congratulated on the patience and labor for him.

But he had one thing against them.

They lost him, their first love.

He wanted them to repent or he would come quickly

and remove their candlestick.

If they overcame, he'd let them eat the tree of life.

The Church of Smyrna, though poor, was spiritually rich.

They went through much tribulation for 10 days,

but God told them to be faithful to death

and he'd give them the crown of life.

The Church of Pergamum, who dwelled where Satan's seat is,

yet held fast to God's name and didn't deny the faith.

Yet God had several things against them.

They held onto wrong teachings of Balaam,

which sought to set stumbling blocks for God's children.

Eat things, sacrifice to idols,

and commit sexual acts of fornication.

God warns them to repent,

or he would fight against with the sword of his mouth.

And if they overcame, he'd give them manna and a new name,

written in a white stone.

To the Church of Thyatira,

whose charity, service, and works were known by God,

but he had a few things against them.

They tolerated that woman, Jezebel,

which called herself a prophetess,

which taught and seduced God's servants

to commit fornication.

He would cast her on a sick bed.

And those that commit with her will have

great tribulation unless they repent and turn.

And he will kill their children with debt.

And all the church will know that he searches the hearts.

To him that overcomes,

he will give him power over the nations,

and he will give him the morning star.

The Church of Sardis,

who was commanded to be watchful

and strengthen within them that are ready to die.

He commands them to repent and watch,

or he will come upon them like a thief.

The Church of Philadelphia,

who have little strength, yet didn't deny God's name.

God sets an open door before them

and made those in the synagogue of Satan

that called themselves Jews and were not, but lied.

God will make them come to worship at their feet.

And to the Church of Laodiceans,

who is neither hot, nor cold, but lukewarm.

God says he will vomit them out of his mouth.

So they are rich, increased, and need nothing,

but they don't know they're poor, wretched, and miserable,

blind and naked.

He stands at the door and knocks.

And if any hears his voice, he will come in

and sit with him.

The one who holds the seven stars,

whose head and hair were white like wool,

whose eyes were flame of fire,

whose feet are bronze, like fine brass burned in a furnace,

whose voice with the sound of many waters.

In chapter 4, it goes into talking about the throne

that John saw set up in heaven

and one that sat on that throne.

Around the throne were 24 elders,

with white clothing and gold crowns.

Lightning and thunder proceeded from the throne,

and a sea of glass like crystal were before the throne.

Four beasts full of eyes were in the midst of the throne.

One was like a lion,

other, like a calf.

Another had the face of man.

And another was like a flying eagle.

Each of them had six wings.

They were full of eyes,

and they rest not, day and night,

saying, "Holy, holy, holy,

"Lord God Almighty, which was and is to come."

And when they give glory to God,

the 24 elders fall and throw their crowns before the throne.

And at the right hand of him who sat on the throne,

there was a book.

And a strong angel proclaimed,

"Who's worthy to open the book and loose the seals?"

And no man in heaven, nor Earth,

or under the Earth was found worthy enough to open the book,

neither to look therein, except for one.

The lion of the tribe of Judah,

the root of David has prevailed

to open the book and loose the seven seals.

And when the Holy Land took the book,

the Elders sung a new song, "You are Worthy."

But this book, this book that no one was worthy to open,

is where it all began.

And the seals, the opening of seals, is the beginning

of the most unforgettable journey

that no one will ever forget.

But you may be wondering, who am I?

And where do I fit into this story?

My name is Joanna Shepherd,

and I don't know how it all started

or how it all began,

all I remember was there was no peace.

Mom?

Dad.

Evan.

I don't know what happened.

One second everything was fine.

The next second, all hell broke loose.

Trains started derailing.

Computer and data systems started going down.

Planes started crashing.

People started panicking for no good reason.

I haven't gotten any sleep,

because they've been breaking in and killing nonstop.

There's no peace.

I know.

They broke into my house.

I heard gunshots inside.

I can't find my mom or my dad or my brother.

Don't worry, I don't know where my family is either,

but at least we have each other.

Do you remember that time in the second grade

when that girl with the big buck tooth tried beating us up?

Yeah, and you thought you had superpowers,

so you pulled out your magic wand to stop her.

She took it and snapped it in half.

And you tried to jump in and save us,

and she ended up head-butting you.

Yeah, I couldn't let you get beat up alone.

We had to get beaten up together.

You're my girl.

You know, when all of this happened,

I thought I lost you.

I went to your house and I couldn't find you.

I prayed you'd be okay.

And here you are.

So now what?

I guess we wait and see.

Today the world leaders have gotten together

and decided the only way to secure peace

in their countries is to have one world leader.

Today a new world leader has been chosen

to take the position of becoming the leader

of the entire world.

Never before has this event happened.

The chosen leader has accepted the invitation

and is eager to take on the challenge.

Some idiot stole my car.

Where did you just come from?

What are you doing?

I'm calling my job.

Stupid phone's dead.

You're not going back out there.

I've been late ever since I got this job.

He'll fire me.

I haven't been there in four days.

Are you kidding?

He probably hasn't been there in four days, either.

It's crazy out there.

People are outside shooting each other,

and you're talking about going to work.

Do you want me to stop my life?

We won't have a house if I do that.

The dumb landlord's talking about barricading us in

or evicting us if we don't pay.

After all this, his only focus is money.

He doesn't care.

And he vows to work harder than ever

to bring world peace and unity.

The new world leader plans to make

a seven-year peace treaty with Israel.

In this treaty, he also agrees to rebuild

the Promised Temple for Israel.

He states, "If we would like peace,

"we must first give."

I think it looks better on me.

Help me, help me.

Help me.

Help me.

Help me, help me.

Help me.

Help me.

Eva, you okay, what happened?

Please don't leave me.

I'm not going to leave you.

Please, they're gonna kill me.