2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 72
was prepared to fight, and burnt them up every one, so that
upon a sudden, of an innumerable multitude, nothing was to be
perceived, but only dust and smell of smoke: when I saw this, I
was afraid.
Revelation 19:15 KJV
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the
winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Revelation 19:21 KJV
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon
the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the
fowls were filled with their flesh.
For anyone wondering, a flaming sword in scripture has precedence all the way back
to the angels who guard the entrance to the Garden of Eden. When Paul mentions the
law of the spirit of life, it also appears he is quoting 2nd Esdras.
2nd Esdras 14:30
And received the law of life which they kept not, which you also have transgressed
after them.
Romans 8:2 KJV
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law
of sin and death.
Notice, how 2nd Esdras bridges the gap between the Old Testament and the New.
This is one of the most important purposes of this book that preserves the Old in the
New in prophecy. Even the Book of Life concept is published in 2nd Esdras before
Revelation though we do see that concept in the Book of Jubilees in true origin.
2nd Esdras 14:30
For after death, shall the judgment come, when we shall live again: and
then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works
of the ungodly shall be declared.
Revelation 20:12 KJV
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the
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