You’ll find our verse by verse study of Revelation not only informative and intriguing, but invaluable to your understanding of the rest of the Bible—not to mention your personal walk.
Notes:
Purpose of #WordStrong
7 Levels of Spiritual Growth /
7 Qualities to “Add to Your Faith” (2 Peter 1:5–7)
- Baby (1 Peter 2:2)
- Little Children (1 John 2:12)
- Children (Ephesians 4:14)
- Young Men (1 John 2:13b; 14b)
- Father (1 John 2:13a; 14a; Eph. 4:13)
- Elder (1 Peter 5:1-3; Acts 20:17,28)
- Aged (Philemon 1:9; Psalm 92:14)
Basic Assumptions
- The Bible is the ___________/______________ of God. (1 Cor. 2:1–8)
- As such, it is humanly ________________________. (1 Cor. 2:9)
- Therefore, it must be _________________. (1 Cor. 2:10–12)
- We must make _____________ _______________. (2 Tim. 2:15)
- We must ________________ ____________________ with ___________________. (1 Cor. 2:13)
Big Picture of Revelation
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The Keys to “Rightly Dividing” Revelation 1
- 22 Chapters
- Heaven opens two times in the Book.
- Revelation 4:1–2 — Heaven opens and somebody goes up. (The Rapture)
- Revelation 19:11 — Heaven opens and somebody comes down. (The Second Coming)
- Note the distinction between these two events:
- Rapture
- Jesus comes in the clouds FOR His saints.
- Ends the Church Age and ushers in the Tribulation Period.
- Second Coming
- Jesus comes to the earth WITH His saints.
- Ends the Tribulation Period and ushers in the Millennium.
- Those two events “DIVIDE” the Book into three sections.
- Revelation 1–3
- Revelation 4–19
- Revelation 20–22
- God told John there would be three sections to the Revelation. (Rev. 1:19)
- “The things which thou hast seen.” (Past)
- “The things which are.” (Present)
- “The things which shall be hereafter.” (Future)
- The actual time period in which John wrote the Revelation. (Rev. 1:10)
- “I was in the Spirit”
- “On the Lord’s Day”
- From the standpoint of “the Lord’s Day,” this “DIVIDES” Revelation this way.
- Revelation 1–3 – “hast seen” – (past) – “Church Age”
- Revelation 4–19 – “which are” – (present) – “Tribulation to the Second Coming.”
- Revelation 20–22– “which is to come”–(future)– Millennium, New Heaven/Earth, Eternity.
Beginning the Journey Through
Revelation (Rev. 1:1–3)
- THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST. (Rev. 1:1)
- The unveiling of the _______________ of Christ.
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ…” (1:1a)
- The unveiling of the _______________ of God.
“…to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass.” (1:1c)
- The unveiling of the _______________ of transmission.
“…which God gave unto him…and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John.” (1:1b, d)
- THE RECORD OF JOHN. (Rev. 1:2)
- The record of the ____________ of God.
“Who bare record of the word of God…” (1:2a)
- The record of the __________________ of Jesus Christ.
“Who bare record of…the testimony of Jesus Christ…” (1:2b)
- The record of the things ______________ by John.
“Who bare record of…all things that he saw.” (1:2c)
- THE REWARD OF THE BOOK. (Rev. 1:3)
(The Three-fold Promise of Blessing)
- Blessed is he that ___________ the words.
“Blessed is he that readeth…” (1:3a)
- Blessed are they that ______________ the words.
“…and they that hear the words of this prophecy…” (1:3b)
- Blessed are they that ______________ the words.
“…and keep those things which are written therein:” (1:3c)
Conclusion
Will you experience the __________________ or the __________________ of Revelation?
“…for the time is at hand.” (1:3d)
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