Notes on Revelation

Chronology of the Book of Revelation?

Every Sabbath the Jews read certain portions of the scriptures. These portions are divided into two groups: a reading from the Pentateuch (first 5 books) and the haftorah (prophetic). The schedule is either a one year or three year cycle. I have taken the book of Revelation and looked for parallels in the Pentateuch and have shown at what time each of these sections are read in a synagogue using either the one year or three year cycle. The prophetic portions are usually connected to the Pentateuch portion and, therefore, each week has a "theme." I have just taken this basic premise and extrapolated.

The information on which readings at what time comes from the Encyclopaedia Judaica CD-Rom edition, 1997. Readings from the Pentateuch do not consist of just one verse, for example the first week goes from Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3, etc. The following is set up as: Pentateuch portion/haftorah (prophets) portion.

Overview

FIRST YEAR
Nisan (Mar/Apr)

1. tree of life; water of life
2. dragon cast out of heaven;
   mark of the beast;
   dragon bound 1,00 years
3. Passover - 144,000 redeemed

Tammuz (June/July)

1. Babylon is fallen

Shevat (Jan/Feb)

1. 2nd trumpet 1/3 sea blood, creatures dead, ships destroyed;
   2 witnesses given power for 1,260 days;
   2nd vial sea to blood, everything dies

Adar (Feb/Mar)

1. 1st trumpet 1/3 trees and green grass die;
   1st vial noisome and grievous sore
2. 4th trumpet 1/3 sun, moon, stars smitten;
   locusts;
   5th vial beast kingdom in darkness

SECOND YEAR

Nisan (Mar/Apr)

1. redeemed of nations sing new song;
   6th seal earthquake, sun blackened, moon blood, stars fall, heaven departs;
   6th trumpet 200 million army;
   7th trumpet, wrath is come;
   144,000 sing new song;
   overcomers of beast and his mark sing new song;
   6th vial Euphrates dries up, kings of east prepared;
   7th vial wrath, earthquake, every island flees, great hail
2. 3rd trumpet waters bitter.

Iyyar (Apr/May)

1. come up hither;
   witnesses revived;
   woman to wilderness for 3 1/2 years
2. 144,000 redeemed

Sivan (May/June)

1. New Jerusalem comes down

THIRD YEAR

Shevat (Jan/Feb)

1. reaping of earth

Holiday readings are for those in Jerusalem.
Monthly
Rosh Hodesh (New Moon) Num 28:1-15
Shabbat and Rosh Hodesh Weekly portion; Num 28:9-15/Isa 66:1-24
Shabbat immediately preceding Rosh Hodesh Weekly portion/1 Sam 20:18-12

FIRST YEAR

Nisan (Mar/Apr)
1. Gen 1:1/Isa 42.5
2. Gen 2.4/no haftorah

• Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
• Rev 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
• Rev 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
• Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

• Gen 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
• Rev 7:13-17 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• Rev 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• Rev 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
• Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

3. Gen 3:24/no haftorah

• Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
• Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
• Rev 20:2,3 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

• Gen 4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
• Rev 13:16,17 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
• Rev 14:9-11 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

4. Gen 5:1/Isa 30:8-15

Passover starts on Nisan 15
1st Day Exo 12:21-51; Num 28:19-25/Josh 5:2-6:1
2nd Day Lev 22:26-23:44; Num 28:19:25/none
3rd Day Exo 13:1-16; Num 28:19-25
4th Day Exo 22:24-23:19; Num 28:19-25

• Exo 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God.
• Rev 14:1-5 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

5th Day Exo 33:12-34:26; Num 28:19-25
6th Day Num 9:1-14; 28:19-25
7th Day Exo 13:17-15:26; Num 28:19-25/2 Sam 22:1-51
Intermediate Shabbat The order changes/Eze 36:37-37:14

Iyyar (Apr/May)
5. Gen 6:9/Isa 54:9-10
6. Gen 8:1/Hab 3:1-5
7. Gen 8:15/Isa 42:7-21
8. Gen 9:18/Isa 49:9-13
9. Gen 11.1/none

Sivan (May/June)
10. Gen 12:1/Josh 24:3-18
11. Gen 14:1/Isa 41:2-14; 1 Kings 10:9
12. Gen 15:1/Zeph 3:9-19; Isa 1:1-17
13. Gen 16:1/Isa 64:1

Shavuot Sivan 6
Exo 19:1-20:23; Num 28:26-31/Eze 1:1-28: 3:12

Tammuz (June/July)
14. Gen 17:1/Isa 63:10,11
15. Gen 18:1/Isa 33:17-34:12; 2 Kings 4
16. Gen 19:1/Isa 17:14-18:7

• Gen 19:12,13 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place; For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
• Rev 18:1-8 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

17. Gen 20:1/Isa 61:9-10
18. Gen 21:1/I Sam 2:21-28

Fast of Tammuz 17
Morning and afternoon Exo 32:11-14; 34:1-10/none

Av (July/Aug)
19. Gen 22:1/Isa 33:7-22

• Gen 22:7,8 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
• Rev 5:1-6 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

20. Gen 23:1/1 Kings 1:1
21. Gen 24:1/Judges 19:20
22. Gen 25:1/2 Sam 5:17-6:1

Ninth of Av
Morning Deu 4:25-40/Jer 8:13-9:23
Afternoon Exo 32:11-14; 34:1-10/Isa 55:6-56:8

Elul (Aug/Sept)
23. Gen 26:11/Isa 65:23-66:8
24. Gen 27:1/Isa 46:3-6
25. Gen 27:28/Micah 1:1, 5:7-13
26. Gen 28:10/Hosea 12:13
27. Gen 29:31/Isa 60:15

Tishri (Sept/Oct)
28. Gen 30:21/1 Sam 1:11
29. Gen 31:3/Jer 30:10-16; Micah 6:3-7:20
30. Gen 32:4/Obad 1:1
31. Gen 33:18/Nahum 1:12-2:5

Rosh Ha-Shanah Tishri 1
1st Day Gen 21:1-34; Num 29:1-6/1 Sam 1:1-2:10
2nd Day Gen 22:1-24; Num 29:1-6/Jer 31:2-20

Day of Atonement Tishri 10
Morning Lev 16:1-34; Num 29:7-11/Isa 57:14-58:14
Afternoon Lev 18:1-30/The Book of Jonah; Micah 7:18-20

Sukkot starts on Tishri 15
1st Day Lev 22:26-23:44; Num 29:12-16/Zech 14:1-21
2nd Day Lev 22:26-23:44; Num 29:17-19/none (Days 2-7 portion read 4 times.)
3rd Day Num 29:20-22
4th Day Num 29:23-25
5th Day Num 29:26-28
6th Day Num 29:29-31
7th Day Num 29:32-34
Shabbat during intermediate Days Exo 33:12-34:26; Daily portion from Num 29/Eze 38:18-39:16
Shemini Azeret 8th Day Gen 1:1-2:3; Num 29:35-30:1; Deu 33:1-34:12/Josh 1:1-18
Simhat Torah 9th Day none/none

Heshvan (Oct/Nov)
32. Gen 35:9/Isa 43:1-7
33. Gen 37:1/Jer 38:8
34. Gen 38:1/Isa 37:31-37
35. Gen 39:1/Isa 52:3-9

Kislev (Nov/Dec)
36. Gen 40:23/Amos 1:3-15, 2:6
37. Gen 41:1/Isa 29:8
38. Gen 41:38/Isa 11:2-9
39. Gen 42:18/Isa 50:10-52:11

Hanukkah starts on Kislev 25
1st Day Num 7:1-17
2nd Day Num 7:18-23 (Days 2-7 portion read three times.)
3rd Day Num 7:24-29
4th Day Num 7:30-35
5th Day Num 7:36-41
6th Day Num 7:42-47
7th Day Num 7:48-53
8th Day Num 7:54-8:4
First Shabbat Weekly and Hanukkah portions/Zech 2:14-4:7
Second Shabbat Weekly and Hanukkah portions/1 Kings 7:40-50
Rosh Hodesh during Hanukkah Weekly and Hanukkah portions; Num 28:1-15
Rosh Hodesh and Shabbat Hanukkah Weekly Rosh Hodesh and Hanukkah portions/Isa 66:1-24

Tevet (Dec/Jan)
40. Gen 43:24/Jer 42:12-17, 43:12-14; 1 Kings 3:15
41. Gen 44:18/Josh 14:6; Eze 37:10
42. Gen 47:28/1Kings 2:1, 13:14
43. Gen 49:1/Isa 43:2

Fast of Tevet 10
Morning and afternoon Exo 32:11-14; 34:1-10/none

Shevat (Jan/Feb)
44. Gen 49:27/Zech 14:1; Micah 2:12
45. Exo 1:1/Isa 27:6; Eze 16:1,20
46. Exo 3:1/Isa 40:11; 2 Kings 20:8

• Exo 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
• Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

47. Exo 4:14/Isa 55:12
48. Exo 6:2/Judges 13:2

• Exo 7:10-12 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
• Rev 11:3-5 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
• Rev 13:11-14 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
• Rev 16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

• Exo 7:17,18 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river.
• Rev 8:8,9 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
• Rev 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
• Rev 16:4-6 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Adar (Feb/Mar)
49. Exo 7:18/Joel 3:3
50. Exo 8:16/Isa 34:11

• Exo 9:8-11 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
• Rev 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

• Gen 9:22-26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there not hail.
• Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

• Exo 10:12-15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they neither after them shall be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
• Rev 9:1-12 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

• Exo 10:21-23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
• Rev 8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
• Rev 16:10-11 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

52. Exo 12:13/Jer 46:13-26

Fasts of Esther Adar 13
Morning and afternoon Exo 32:11-14; 34:1-10/none

Purim Adar 14
Exo 17:8-16

SECOND YEAR

Nisan (Mar/Apr)
53. Exo 12:29/Isa 21:11
54. Exo 13:1/Isa 46:3
55. Exo 13:21/Isa 45:24

• Exo 14:21-28 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
• Rev 9:13-19 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
• Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

• Exo 15:1-4 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
• Rev 5:9,10 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• Rev 14:1-5 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
• Rev 15:2-4 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

• Exo 15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
• Rev 6:12-17 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
• Rev 11:15-18 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
• Rev 16:17-21 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

56. Exo 15:21/Isa 49:10

• Exo 15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
• Rev 8:10-11 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Iyyar (Apr/May)
57. Exo 16:25/Isa 58:23
58. Exo 18:1/Isa 6, 61:6-10

• Exo 19:4-6 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagle's wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Rev 1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Rev 5:9,10 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• Rev 12:13-17 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

• Exo 19:16-20 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
• Rev 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
• Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.
• Rev 11:11-14 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them [the two witnesses], and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

59. Exo 21:1/Jer 34:1
60. Exo 22:26/Isa 49:3

• Exo 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God.
• Rev 14:1-5 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

Sivan (May/June)
61. Exo 24:1/Isa 60:17-61:9
62. Exo 25:1/Isa 66

• Exo 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
• Rev 21:2,3 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

63. Exo 26:31/Eze 16:10-19
64. Exo 27:20/Hosea 14:7; Eze 43:10
65. Exo 29:1/Isa 61:6

Tammuz (June/July)
66. Exo 30:1/Mal 1:11-2:7
67. Exo 30:12/2 Kings 12:5
68. Exo 31:1/Isa 43:7-21
69. Exo 32:14/2 Sam 22:10-51

Av (July/Aug)
70. Exo 34:27/Jer 31:33-40; 1 Kings 18:27-39
71. Exo 37:1/1 Kings 8:8-22
72. Exo 38:21/Jer 30:18
73. Exo 39:1/Isa 33:20-34:8; 1 Kings 7:13

Elul (Aug/Sept)
74. Lev 1:1/Isa 43:21; Jer 21:19; Micah 6:9-7:8
75. Lev 3:1/Eze 44:11, 20:41
76. Lev 4:1/Eze 18:4-17
77. Lev 5:1/Zech 5:3-6:19
78. Lev 6:1/Jer 7:21

Tishri (Sept/Oct)
79. Lev 6:12/Mal 3:9
80. Lev 8:1/Eze 43:27
81. Lev 9:1/1 Kings 8:56-58
82. Lev 12:1/Isa 66:7

Heshvan (Oct/Nov)
83. Lev 13:29/2 Kings 5
84. Lev 14:1/2 Kings 7:8
85. Lev 15:1/none
86. Lev 16:1/Eze 44:1

Kislev (Nov/Dec)
87. Lev 17:1/none
88. Lev 18:1/Eze 22:1
89. Lev 19:1/Amos 9:7
90. Lev 21:1/Eze 44:25

Tevet (Dec/Jan)
91. Lev 22:1/none
92. Lev 24:1/none
93. Lev 25:1/Jer 36:6; Eze 34
94. Lev 25:39/Isa 24:2

Shevat (Jan/Feb)
95. Lev 26:3/Jer 16:19; Eze 12:20
96. Num 1:1/Hosea 2:1
97. Num 2:14/none
98. Num 3:14/Isa 43:9

Adar (Feb/Mar)
99. Num 4:17/1 Sam 6:10
100. Num 4:21/Judges 13:2-25
101. Num 5:11/Hosea 4:14
102. Num 6:1/Judges 13:2

THIRD YEAR

Nisan (Mar/Apr)
103. Num 6:22/none
104. Num 8:1/Zech 4:14
105. Num 9:22/none
106. Num 11:1/none

Iyyar (Apr/May)
107. Num 12:1/none
108. Num 13:1/Josh 2:1; Judges 18:7
109. Num 14:1/none
110. Num 15:1/none
111. Num 16:1/1 Sam 11

Sivan (May/June)
112. Num 17:16/Eze 44:15
113. Num 18:25/Eze 44:29
114. Num 20:14/Judges 11
115. Num 22:2/Micah 5:6

Tammuz (June/July)
116. Num 23:2/none
117. Num 25:10/Mal 2:5
118. Num 26:52/Josh 17:4
119. Num 28:1/Eze 45:12

Av (July/Aug)
120. Num 30:1/Jer 4:2
121. Num 32:1/Jer 2
122. Num 33:1/none
123. Num 34:1/Eze 45:1; Josh 21:41
124. Num 35:9/Josh 20:1

Elul (Aug/Sept)
125. Deu 1:1/Jer 30:4; Amos 2:9
126. Deu 2:1 none
127. Deu 3:23/Jer 32:16
128. Deu 4:1/none

• Deu 4:1,2 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
• Rev 22:18-21 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Tishri (Sept/Oct)
129. Deu 5:1/none
130. Deu 6:4/1 Kings 10:39
131. Deu 8:1/Jer 9:22-24
132. Deu 9:1/Jer 2:1; 2 Kings 8:30

Heshvan (Oct/Nov)
133. Deu 10:1/2 Kings 13:23
134. Deu 11:26/Isa 54:11-55:6
135. Deu 12:20/Jer 23:9
136. Deu 15:7/Isa 61:1-2

Kislev (Nov/Dec)
137. Deu 17:14/1 Sam 8:1
138. Deu 17:24/1 Sam 10:24
139. Deu 18:1/Jer 29:8
140. Deu 20:10/Josh 24:1

Tevet (Dec/Jan)
141. Deu 21:10/Isa 54:1-10
142. none/none
143. none/none
144. Deu 26:1/Isa 60:1-22

Shevat (Jan/Feb)
145. Deu 29:9/Isa 55:6-58:8; Micah 7:18-20
146. Deu 31:1/Jer 12:15
147. Deu 31:14/Judges 2:7
148. Deu 32:1/Eze 17:22

• Deu 32:32,33 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
• Rev 14:14-20 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Adar (Feb/Mar)
149. Deu 33:1/Josh 1:1-18
150. Deu 34:1/none
151. Shekalim Exo 30:11-16/2 Kings 12:1-17
152. Zakhor Deu 25:17-19/1 Sam 15:2-34
153. Parah Num 19:1-22/Eze 36:16-38
154. Ha-hodesh Exo 12:1-20/Eze 45:16-46:18

ONE YEAR CYCLE
These readings start on the Sabbath after Simchat Torah (Tishri 23). Simchat Torah is the day after Shemini Azeret (8th day of Sukkot/Tabernacles). Months are added just to give a general idea of when the readings that relate to the book of Revelation would fall.

Tishri (Sep/Oct)
Gen 1:1-6:8/Isa 42:5-43:11 (see 3 year cycle)

Heshvan (Oct/Nov)
Gen 18:1-22:24/2 Kings 4:1-37 (see 3 year cycle)

Shevat (Jan/Feb)
Exo 6:2-9:35/Eze 28:15-29:21 (see 3 year cycle)
Exo 10:1-13:16/Jer 46:13-28 (see 3 year cycle)
Exo 13:17-17:16/Judges 4:4-5:31 (see 3 year cycle)
Exo 18:1-20:23/Isa 6:1-7:6; 9:5 (see 3 year cycle)

Adar (Feb/Mar)
Exo 25:1-27:19/1 Kings 5:26-6:13 (see 3 year cycle)

Elul (Aug/Sept)
Deu 32:1-52/2 Sam 22:1-51 (see 3 year cycle)

Readings in parentheses follow Sephardic as opposed to Ashkenazi ritual.
Readings with an asterisk denote portions that are sometimes combined.
Reading with two asterisks is not read on the Sabbath but on Simchat Torah.

For Traditional Commentaries and Midrash (exposition) of each parsha (torah portion), please see Jewish Gates

Please see The Temple: Its Ministry and Services by Alfred Edersheim for information which corresponds to images in the book of Revelation of rituals that were performed either daily or weekly.

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