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Revelation 7

Revelation 7. Last week we ended with the 6 th seal: 6:12 As the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.

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Revelation 7

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  1. Revelation 7 Last week we ended with the 6th seal: 6:12 As the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood. 13 Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

  2. Revelation 7 Last week we ended with the 6th seal: 6:12 As the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood. 13 Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places. This could be the jump off point for what Jesus called the “Great Tribulation” Mt. 24:21

  3. Revelation 7 Last week we ended with the 6th seal: 6:12 As the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood. 13 Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places. Mt. 24:21 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

  4. Revelation 7 Last week we ended with the 6th seal: 6:12 As the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood. 13 Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places. Mt. 24:21 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Also Daniel: “then there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time” 12:1

  5. Revelation 7 The great tribulation: 3 views

  6. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus

  7. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end

  8. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods

  9. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Most of Rev. is symbolic

  10. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Most of Rev. is symbolic • Focus on teaching that we are in the last days

  11. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Revelation is just teaching spiritual principles that apply to the whole age

  12. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Don’t believe this period changes any rules

  13. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Jews no different than other Christians

  14. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Both think the rapture happens at Jesus’ 2nd coming

  15. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Based on a collection of scripture re. the Jews in the last days

  16. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Key example is a passage on the 70 ‘sevens’ in Daniel 9

  17. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] “A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.”

  18. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] “A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.”

  19. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] Sixty nine sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah comes.

  20. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] Sixty nine sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah comes. From the command to rebuild Jerusalem Until the Messiah will be... 476 years 7 sevens and 62 sevens AD33 444 BC

  21. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.

  22. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times. 26 After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Messiah will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and the people of the ruler who is to come will destroy the city and the Temple.

  23. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times. 26 After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Messiah will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and the people of the ruler who is to come will destroy the city and the Temple.

  24. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times. 26 After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Messiah will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and the people of the ruler who is to come will destroy the city and the Temple.

  25. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven.

  26. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

  27. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

  28. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. Jesus: Mat 24:15 15 “When you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.”

  29. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. Jesus: Mat 24:15 15 “When you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.”

  30. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. Jesus: Mat 24:15 15 “When you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” Jesus: 21 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22 “In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, no life would have been saved.”

  31. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. Jesus: Mat 24:15 15 “When you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” Jesus: 21 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22 “In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, no life would have been saved.”

  32. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

  33. Revelation 7 Daniel 9: 24 [An angel speaking] 27The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven. In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

  34. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9

  35. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 • Everyone agrees the previous 69 sevens were fulfilled literally

  36. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 • Both reject this

  37. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 What was Jesus referring to? • Both reject this

  38. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 What was Jesus referring to? Cannot be the destruction in 70 AD! • Both reject this

  39. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 Seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people

  40. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 Seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people Could explain why we see Israel in the tribulation

  41. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 Seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people Points to the likelihood that the ‘rapture’ happens before the tribulation

  42. Revelation 7 Other evidence for an early translation of the church: Post tribulation rapture = incompatible with a literal millennium Explains why Jesus’ people meet him in the air instead of on the ground ‘Prophetic gap’ explained OT temple worship in the tribulation period

  43. Revelation 7 Other evidence for an early translation of the church: Post tribulation = incompatible with a literal millennium Explains why Jesus’ people meet him in the air instead of on the ground ‘Prophetic gap’ explained OT temple worship in the tribulation period 2 Thess. 2:4 [The man of lawlessness] will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.

  44. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 Seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people Points to the likelihood that the ‘rapture’ happens before the tribulation

  45. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 Seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people Explains why Israel was re-gathered from around the world

  46. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 Seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people Doesn’t mean all their actions are in the right

  47. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 Seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people Doesn’t mean all their actions are in the right Ezekiel 37 shows 2 re-gatherings

  48. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods • Directly tied to a key passage in Daniel 9 Explains why 3 ½ years shows up repeatedly in Rev.

  49. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods

  50. Revelation 7 • The great tribulation: • 3 views • Refers to the whole time between the first and second coming of Jesus • Just an unspecified time of trial near the end • A 7 year period of tribulation divided into two 3 ½ year periods

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