Revelation

I. The Purpose Of The Book Of The Revelation A. It Reveals Jesus 1. Revelation 1:1- “Revelation”-apokalypsis- Uncovering of something hidden; unveiling. 2. The word apocalypse has taken on a meaning of total destruction, and yet technically, the word means an...

Imprimatur- The authority or approval for something to be printed V. 1- The Father gave the Son a revelation to show His servants. George Eldon Ladd- God the Father is the ultimate source and fountainhead of all revelation; God the Son is the agent through whom this...

V. 9- The island of Patmos was a like an Alcatraz Island (a former island prison in California) in the Roman Empire. It was used as a prison island and functioned as a jail without bars. The island was rich in marble, and most of the prisoners were forced laborers in...

I. A Mighty Angel A. The Angel V. 1 1. Chapters 10 & 11 seem to be interludes, pauses in the action. a. Chapter 9 included many horrific and worldwide judgments. b. More judgements are coming, but we have a brief respite. c. This interlude lasts until Chapter 11,...

I. A New Temple For The Jews Vs. 1, 2 A. The History Of The Tabernacle/Temple 1. The Tabernacle a. On Mt. Sinai, God gave Moses the exact design for this portable structure of worship b. The presence of God accompanied the Israelites in their wilderness wanderings. c....

11:13, 14 The location is Jerusalem, just after the two witnesses are raised from the dead. An earthquake follows their raising and ascension, with 10% of Jerusalem being destroyed, and 7k deaths. At least some of the survivors recognize that God did these things, and...

Read Daniel 7:1-11- Babylonians; Medes/Persians; Greeks, Alexander The Great; Rome. 13:1 Beast- a wild animal, brutal, bestial, savage, ferocious. This seems to be a different personage than Satan, who was described as a Dragon. (Revelation 12:9) Seven heads and ten...

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 I. The 144,000 With Jesus Vs. 1-5 A. The Setting-The Second Coming Of Jesus V. 1 1. V. 1 Lamb- Jesus. (Revelation 5; 6; 7) 2. V. 1 Mt. Zion- Jerusalem. 3. V. 1 144k- The sealed Jewish men who serve God during the Tribulation. (Rev. 7:1-8) a....

I. Prelude To The Bowl Judgments 15:1-8 A. Victorious Worshippers 1. V. 2 John Describes Them a. John described the end of the age in Chapter 14. He now re-states it in more detail. b. John describes this group as those who have victory over the Antichrist. c. Their...

Daniel 2:31-45 I. Introduction Of The Great Harlot Vs. 1-5 A. What She Does 1. Babylon The Great- Not just the name of a city, but of a Godless religious system. a. Includes the ancient city of Babylon but goes far beyond it. Metaphorical language. b. Ryrie- The name...

I. Commercial Babylon A. Two Aspects Of Babylon To Consider 1. Vs. 1, 2 Speaks of Babylon as already having fallen; it is speaking of something yet future, but that is a certainty. 2. Chapter 17 spoke of the religious nature of what is called Babylon. a. An apostate...

I. Praising God A. Praising God For Judging Evil Vs. 1-5 1. V. 1 Alleluia- Hebrew for “Praise Jehovah”, “Praise God”. 4 x’s in the N.T. all in Rev. a. J.P. Love- ‘We like to think of a Hallelujah chorus in the style of Handel, where the Hallelujah is the triumphant...

I. History & Setting V. 1a A. Religious Climate 1. Ephesus had the temple of Diana, one of the seven wonders of the world. It was a temple which served as a place of worship and doubled as a bank. The worship of Diana involved sexual immorality of all sorts. 2....

I. The Cities, Jesus, His Commendations A. The Cities 1. V. 12-Pergamos- Political capital of the Roman Province of Asia, like the Washington D.C. of Asia. Center for culture and education, having one of the great libraries of the ancient world, with more than 200,000...

I. Introduction A. Smyrna 1. One of the great cities of Asia; competed with Ephesus for prominence in culture, business and wealth. Destroyed in 580 B.C., but rebuilt in 290 B.C. Known for its beauty. 2. One of the first cities to incorporate emperor worship. Citizens...

I. Satan Bound For 1000 Years A. The Bottomless Pit Vs. 1-3 1. V. 1 John sees an unnamed angel that comes to cast Satan into the Bottomless pit. a. It is not the Father, or Jesus the Son, or Michael or Gabriel. It is an unnamed angel. b. This shows the eventual...

I. The New Creation A. New Heaven & New Earth 1. V. 1 New- Not “new” as in recent, but new in quality. Not remodeled but recreated. a. This is not the Earth of the Millennial Kingdom, but a superior new creation. b. This will be a more pristine state than even the...

Vs. 1, 2a Perfect physical provision Psalm 46:4-5 4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn....

I. Sardis; Jesus A. Sardis 1. At the time of this writing, Sardis was in decline, but was still well known as a place of wealth and decadence. Even the pagans spoke of Sardis with a degree of contempt. 2. It was located at the intersection of five main roads, which...

I. Laodicea; Jesus V. 14 A. Laodicea 1. A center for banking, which made it a very wealthy city, one of the richest in the world. 2. Specialized in producing black wool clothing and carpets. 3. Hosted a famous medical school which specialized in a powder for treating...

I. Philadelphia; Jesus V. 1 A. Philadelphia 1. Founded as a missionary outpost for the Greek culture into the Asian lands. 2. Had a highway to the Far East, a gateway from one continent to another. 3. Beautiful city, known for its architecture. Known as the Little...

I. A Change Of Perspective; From Earth To Heaven V. 1 A. Four Perspectives On Revelation 1. Preterist-events described in Revelation came to pass by 70 A.D. destruction of Jerusalem 2. Historicist-described history of mankind up to the time of Jesus’ Second Coming. 3....

I. A Scroll Is Seen Vs. 1-4 A. Details About The Scroll V. 1 1. V. 1-Scroll- not a book, but a scroll. Usually written on only one side, but there was too much information to be communicated, so the scroll was written on front and back. 2. Contents of the scroll- the...

I. Four Horsemen/First Four Seals/Events On Earth Vs. 1-8 A. The First Horseman Vs. 1, 2 1. V. 1- The Lamb opened- As the Lamb, Jesus is known as the sacrifice for our sins. a. But we must also realize that as the Lamb, He initiates the eventual judgments of God. b....

John found himself caught up into heaven where he found himself before the throne of God. He saw Jesus take a scroll from the hand of God that had been sealed with seven seals. As Jesus broke each seal and unrolled the scroll a little further, events begin to take...

Leon Morris-Human wickedness does not go unnoticed in heaven. God has his own way and time for dealing with it. NOTE- There is great debate whether the seal judgments and the trumpets judgments are the same events, or sequential and different events. It isn’t plain....