# The Revelation  ## Metadata - Author: [[Oliver B. Greene]] - Full Title: The Revelation - Category: #books ## Highlights - The New Testament Church—CHRIST’s body and His bride—is now in the process of being called out and will be completed when the Rapture occurs. This is known as the Church Age—or the Dispensation of Grace. During this dispensation, both Jews and Gentiles are being saved and they all become members of the same body (I Corinthians 12:12-13). The New Testament Church is not a subject of prophecy, but is a New Testament revelation (Matthew 16:16-17, Ephesians 3). ([Location 24](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0189Y9CPM&location=24)) - What the Beast does politically, the Antichrist will do religiously. The two will control all political and religious activity here on earth. Bear in mind that this takes place after the Rapture of the church (Revelation 3:10; I Thessalonians 5:9). ([Location 33](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0189Y9CPM&location=33)) - The events recorded in Revelation chapters four and following cannot take place as long as the Church is here on earth. Evil at the present is actively at work, and the mystery of iniquity is already working. But the mystery of iniquity is restrained, kept in check, by the Holy Spirit (II Thessalonians 2:6, 7). The presence of the New Testament Church and the presence of the HOLY GHOST restrain the development of the “mystery of iniquity!” ([Location 41](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0189Y9CPM&location=41)) - The gates of hell, however, will never prevail against the Church—but the gates of hell will prevail against the visible local assembly. The true believers in the assembly will be taken out. The false professors will be left. ([Location 47](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0189Y9CPM&location=47))