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Title: REVELATION


1
REVELATION
  • THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT THROUGH CHRIST (THE LAMB
    of GOD)
  • Lesson One
  • Past, Present, or Future?

2
LESSON PLAN
Basic Background
  • Past, Present, or Future?
  • The Old Testament
  • Rome and Gods People
  • A Woman, A City, and Witnesses
  • The Serpent and The Christ
  • Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
  • Armageddon, New Jerusalem
  • Numbers and Their Message
  • Chapters 1-10 (Two Lessons)
  • Chapters 11-22 (Two Lessons)

Major Characters
Major Images
Putting it Together
3
LESSON PLAN
Basic Background
  • Past, Present, or Future?
  • The Old Testament
  • Rome and Gods People
  • A Woman, A City, and Witnesses
  • The Serpent and The Christ
  • Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
  • Armageddon, New Jerusalem
  • Numbers and Their Message
  • Chapters 1-10 (Two Lessons)
  • Chapters 11-22 (Two Lessons)

Major Characters
Major Images
Putting it Together
4
LESSON PLAN
Basic Background
  • Past, Present, or Future?
  • The Old Testament
  • Rome and Gods People
  • A Woman, A City, and Witnesses
  • The Serpent and The Christ
  • Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
  • Armageddon, New Jerusalem
  • Numbers and Their Message
  • Chapters 1-10 (Two Lessons)
  • Chapters 11-22 (Two Lessons)

Major Characters
Major Images
Putting it Together
5
LESSON PLAN
Basic Background
  • Past, Present, or Future?
  • The Old Testament
  • Rome and Gods People
  • A Woman, A City, and Witnesses
  • The Serpent and The Christ
  • Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
  • Armageddon, New Jerusalem
  • Numbers and Their Message
  • Chapters 1-10 (Two Lessons)
  • Chapters 11-22 (Two Lessons)

Major Characters
Major Images
Putting it Together
6
Lesson 1What We Will Learn
  • Revelation is Written in Pictures
  • Revelation is Rooted in the Old Testament
  • Events in Revelation Were To Happen Soon
  • Two Major Elements In The Book
  • Central Message

7
Rules for Study
  • Revelation was written to Comfort, Encourage, and
    Edify Christians in the First Century
  • It was written with Symbols Dont Take
    Literally.
  • Do Not Jump Back and Forth from Figurative to
    Literal Interpretations (Be Consistent)
  • John Uses OT Terms with NT Meaning
  • Read a lot of the Old Testament
  • Do Not Press The Symbolism Group Together
  • Be Content To Grasp The Main Points
  • Dont Get Tied Down In the Details
  • Interpretation Must Be Consistent With Entire
    Bible.
  • Believe God Gave Us This Book to Understand
  • Use Common Sense

8
The Good Samaritan
  • The Man Adam, Human Race
  • Jerusalem Heavenly City
  • Jericho Profane City
  • Fell to Robbers Sinned
  • Stripped of Garments Stripped of Righteousness
  • Beaten, Left for Dead Man is Dead in His Sins
  • Priest Cant Save Man
  • Levite Cant Save Man
  • Good Samaritan Jesus Christ
  • Dresses Wounds w/Oil With the Holy Spirit
  • Dresses Wounds w/Wine With His Own Blood
  • Inn Church
  • Two Shillings The Word and Sacraments
  • Will Return Judgments

9
666
  • Invisible Laser Tattoo
  • Micro Chip
  • Universal Product Codes (UPC Bar Code)
  • Social Security Card
  • ATM Cards
  • Cashless Society
  • Soviet Union (Russia)
  • Red China
  • Adolph Hitler
  • New York Yankees
  • Barney

10
Use of Symbols
  • Rev 11 Signify or Express by Signs
  • Safety of Writer and Reader (Code)
  • Used During Times of Difficulty
  • Written To Stress Virtue and Loyalty
  • Express Ideas With Descriptions
  • Describe the Indescribable
  • John Uses Over 350 Allusions to OT

11
REVELATION
  • Misunderstood Book
  • Ignored Book
  • Intimidating Book
  • Abused Book
  • SO WHY STUDY IT?
  • Part of Gods Word
  • False Teaching
  • Applicable Today
  • Rev 13 Blessed is he who Reads, Hears,
    Understands
  • Rev 227 Blessed is he who keeps the words of
    this book

12
APOCOLYPTIC LITERATURE
  • REVELATION WHAT IT MEANS
  • An Uncovering, Revealing
  • LIMITED PROPHETIC
  • Foretold Immediate Future
  • SYMBOLIC (11 Signify)
  • Take as Figurative First, Literal Second
  • SEQUENTIAL
  • Same Story Told From Different Perspectives

13
Major Elements of Revelation
  • Predictive Elements
  • Revelation Does Predict Certain Events
  • These Have Been Fulfilled.
  • Focused in the Emperor Domitian
  • Daniel 2 and 7 Done!
  • Timeless Truths
  • God Alone is Worthy to be Worshiped
  • Trust In God No Matter What Comes

14
Has Revelation Been Fulfilled?
  • MUST Morally Necessary (Matt 1621)
  • SHORTLY TAKE PLACE
  • 11 Must Shortly come to pass
  • 13 for the time is near
  • 226 Must shortly take place
  • 227 Behold, I come quickly
  • 2210 Time is at hand
  • 2212 I am coming quickly
  • 2220 Surely I am coming quickly

15
Why Was Revelation Written?
  • Rev 2210 Do not seal the words of the
    prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.
  • Dan 826 And the vision of the evenings and
    mornings which was told is true therefore seal
    up the vision, for it refers to many days in the
    future.
  • Ezekiel 1221-28 - the days are at hand
  • Book of Daniel Was Written in 535 BC
  • Antiochus IV Epiphanes Died in 164 BC (400 Yrs
    Later)
  • If 400 Years Is A Long Time, What About 2,000?
  • Ezekiel within 6 years Jerusalem would be
    destroyed!

16
Messages of the Revelation
  • WARNING TO THE CHURCH
  • Keep Yourself Pure
  • What Makes a Congregation, and Worship Acceptable
  • WARNING TO THE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH
  • Through Christ the Church Will Triumph
  • Who Are Gods Enemies
  • COMFORT TO THOSE WHO SORROW
  • Gods Care, Concern, and Protection of His
    Children.
  • HOPE FOR THE DISCOURAGED
  • Lift Up Your Heads God Is Still On His Throne

17
Purpose of Revelation
  • COMFORT CONSOLIDATION ASSURANCE
  • God Sees Their Tears (717 214)
  • Their Prayers Rule The World (83-4)
  • Their Deaths Are Noticed (1142 204)
  • Heaven Is Worth The Pain (142 204)
  • Final Victory Is Assured (152)
  • Their Blood Will Be Avenged (69 83)
  • Christ Lives And Reigns (57-8)

18
Relevance of Revelation
  • To The Church In General (314-22)
  • Draw Closer to the Holy Spirit
  • To Individual Saints (2214)
  • In Trouble Times, You have a Friend
  • To Satan (18)
  • Christ, as Eternal Power, Is the First Power, and
    Will Be the Last Power
  • To The Lost (2217)
  • Come to God
  • To The Reader (2218-19)
  • Do Not Change Anything About Gods Message
  • Nahum 17-9 Concerns Judgment on Nineveh

19
THEME OF REVELATION
  • Rev 1714 - These will make war with the Lamb,
    and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord
    of lords and King of kings and those who are
    with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.
  • Rev 196 - And I heard, as it were, the voice of
    a great multitude, as the sound of many waters
    and as the sound of mighty thunder, saying,
    Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
  • Rev 1115 - Then the seventh angel sounded And
    there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The
    kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms
    of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign
    forever and ever!

20
Recipients, Author, and Date
  • The Seven churches Which Are In Asia
  • His Servant John (11, 4, 9 228)
  • The Apostle John
  • Date
  • Early Date (54-68 AD) Nero (Jerusalem)
  • Middle Date (69-79 AD) Vespasian (Rome)
  • Late Date (94-96 AD) Domitian (Rome)

21
Authors of Revelation
  • GOD
  • CHRIST
  • ANGELS
  • JOHN

22
Seven Churches of Asia
23
Numbers in Revelation
  • ONE Unity
  • TWO Strength, Courage, Energy
  • THREE Divinity Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
  • FOUR The World Number
  • SIX Failure, Evil, Bad Omen
  • SEVEN The Perfect Number
  • TEN Human Completeness or Fullness
  • TWELVE Organized Religion
  • 144,000 - The Fullness of Gods People
  • 1,000 Completeness upon Completeness
  • 3 ½ , 42 Mos, 1260 Days Incompleteness, a Time
    of Unrest.

24
Methods of Interpretation
  • FUTURIST Entire Book is Unfulfilled Prophecies
    About the Future
  • CONTINUOUS HISTORICAL Calendar of Events of the
    Church Written In Advance.
  • PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY Events Not Really
    Occurring, but Symbolic, Sets Forth Principles.
  • PRETEREST Completed in the Past
  • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Meaning for Johns Day,
    But Has Overall Message Is For All Time.

25
Continuous Historical Method
  • 1st Seal Rome 96-180 AD
  • 2nd Seal AD 193 (Commodus)
  • 3rd Seal AD 211 (Caracalla)
  • 4th Seal AD 243-268 (Decius Gallienus)
  • 5th Seal Persecution (Diocletian)
  • 6th SealInvasion of Barbarians ( 365)
  • 7th Seal Trumpets
  • 1st Trumpet Invasion of Goths (AD 395-410)
  • 2nd Trumpet Invasion of Genseric (AD 428-468)
  • 3rd TrumpetInvasion Attila the Hun
  • 4th Trumpet Invasion of Heruli (Ad 476-490)
  • 5th Trumpet The Mohammedans
  • 6th Trumpet The Turks
  • Chap 10 Angel Reformatoin
  • The Little Book Bible Opened
  • 7 Thunders Insults by Pope
  • Chap 11 The True church
  • Those who spoke of Romes errors
  • 7th Trumpet Catholic Church
  • 1st Beast Catholic church Power
  • 2nd Beast Papal Power
  • 7 Bowls Blows to Papal Power
  • French Revolution
  • Capture of the Pope
  • Harlot The Papacy
  • Fall of Babylon Fall of Papacy

26
Beatitudes In Revelation
  • BLESSED IS HE WHO
  • 13 Reads, hears, and keeps the words of this
    prophecy.
  • 1413 Dies in the Lord, they may rest from
    their labors and their works follow them.
  • 1615 Who watches, and keeps his garments,
  • 199 Are called to the marriage supper of the
    Lamb.
  • 206 Has part in the first resurrection, over
    such the second death has no power.
  • 227 Keeps the words of the prophecy of this
    book
  • 2214 Do His commandments that they may have
    the right to the tree of life

27
Contributions of Revelation
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Timeline of Revelation
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