"The Book of Revelation is meant to be understood. It's a book designed by God to be understood by the people of God, especially to those it directly applies to.
"It's a book marked by the number seven. The No. 7 is a number of perfection. The Book of Revelation is filled with cycles of seven," explains Jordan. "There are seven churches in chapters 2 and 3. There are seven spirits, seven golden candlesticks, seven stars, seven lamps, seven seals, seven horns, seven eyes, seven angels, seven trumpets, seven thunders, seven heads, seven crowns, seven last plagues, seven golden vials, seven mountains, seven kings. You go on and on with these groupings of sevens.
"When history comes to an end, the culmination will be of the perfection that God designs. Years ago, I heard that the word history literally can be divided and made to be HIS STORY. The guy who said that was a professor of mine at Mobile College teaching a western civilization class. He said the 'his' was man's story and I thought, 'Who'd want to remember your story or my story? It's God's story that makes an account.'
"I'll tell you, 500 years from now . . . you know, when you get to thinking you're somebody, you know what you need to remember? Do you know that at the height of your glory there are 7 billion people on this planet who never heard your name? There are all kind of ways to keep yourself humble and that's one of them.
"With the Book of Revelation you want to find the things that help you understand it. To me, understanding that the Book of Revelation mirrors back and completes; it's like Genesis throws the ball and Revelation catches it.
"What you want to remember in history is not my story or your story or somebody else's story; you know, 'This guy was a great guy.' It's, 'What's going to count in history is going to be what God did and what He IS doing and what's going to come to fulfillment and fruition.' "
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