Revelation is a book of victory, not confusion — once you have the framework. And the resurrection is bodily: same person, glorified body, real existence in a real place forever. This supplement connects the macro (the sweep of Revelation) with the personal (your resurrection body).

Here's the thing: there are certain earmarks of true Christians that you can always detect and confirm. These show whether a person has genuinely been born-again. There are also certain earmarks of the ungodly that are easy to spot — clear evidence that they oppose true Christianity and the Bible.

"Ye Shall Know Them by Their Fruits"

This statement comes directly from Jesus Christ Himself Matthew 7:15-23. There's never been a truer statement made.

It plainly teaches that there are ways for everyone to know who is right and who is wrong. You can discern who is for the truth and who is against it, who is a true Christian and who isn't, and who is a true teacher versus a false one.

The way to discern people is "by their fruits" — not by their outward appearance and refinement, which can be incredibly deceptive. Think of it like a rotten apple with an attractive coating of wax on the outside, colored with beautiful paint. It looks perfect, but a bite into it would be a bite into corruption.

A perfect and beautiful fruit tree on the outside will sometimes be so diseased inside that it produces the worst kind of fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth corrupt fruit, and a corrupt tree cannot produce good fruit. Every tree brings forth according to its own kind — whether good or bad.

So it is with false teachers and those who follow them. Such people can appear so good outwardly. They may be more refined and correct in their behavior than many true Christians. But this doesn't prove they're of God.

We've all seen false teachers and rebels against God and the Bible who are incredibly nice, refined, polite, well-mannered, polished, and poised. You'd think they were gifts from Heaven! But in reality, they were destitute of all truth and spiritual experience — bitter enemies of the Bible.

"Beware of False Prophets"

Not only are we told to beware of false prophets, but we're also warned to "Beware of men" who will cast true believers out of churches and even persecute them to death Matthew 10:17-20.

It was the refined and popular religious leaders of the first century who crucified Christ John 18:3, 19-40John 19:6-15Acts 2:22-24, 36. Jesus and His gospel were always at variance with the accepted religion of His day Matthew 16:6-12Matthew 23:13-39Mark 8:15Mark 12:38.

It was organized, backslidden religionists who persecuted the early disciples Acts 4:1-31Acts 5:17-42Acts 6:8-15Acts 7:51-60Acts 8:1-3Acts 9:1-2, 21Acts 12:1-4Acts 13:44-52Acts 14:19Acts 17:5-9Acts 18:6.